New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-08
President WithdraWs 35,O73,-
1854 Acres from Public Do
main in the West.
ACTS UNDER NEW LAW
Mr.. Taft and Secretary Ballinger
Cooperating in Policy Of Prac-
tical Conservation-Orders
Signed at Beverly.

lands from the PUBIC OOiIld4u III wi -
and South Dakota. Washington. Utah.
Colorado and Arizona
Bv this action vast areas Of fuel OF al
most Incalculable value have been pre-
served from spoliation and exploitation
by spectators
of the total Withdrawals 2o.69s.469
acres are new. while IA, 314. 500 acres are
covered in combinations and ratifcations
under the new law. approved June .. or
Withdrawals made in the last four years
bv Presidents Roosevelt and Taft
North and South Dakota are the two
states most affected by the new WITH
drava1s From the public domain in
North Dakota the President mas WIN
drawn from settlement 1I.S2S.Io- acres
of land believed to contain Worka Do
coal In South Dakota the amount VIII
drawn is 2.sT0.2 sT acres
Previous Withdrawals confirmed oy the
President tonight are divided among
the several states. as follows:
Washington. .2OT. 967 acres; Arizona,
ISL. $50 acres. Utah. 5.S14.2SI acres. and
Colorado. 6.191. 161 acres
Approved by Mr.. BaIIineer.
The withdrawal orders, prepared by-
the Geological Survey and approved DT
the Secretary of the Interior, reached
Beverly from Washington late tonight
They were sent to the TAFT cottage, on
Burgess Point. where they were signed
nv the President This was announced
as one of the few important matters that
will be called TO Mr.. TafJ's attention n
his ten days of real vacation
All the Withdrawals and conhrr1a-
tons were made under the new law
passed at the late session OF Congress
which definitely authorizes the Presl-
dent 10 withdraw various lands rom
entry pending their classification and
speciaI disposition by Congress The
President urged this law as the hrsr
step in his plan for practical conserva-
ton He hopes 10 secure additional
legislation at the coming session OF
Congress dealing with the terms under
which water power sites. COAL perro-
Ieun7 and phosphate lands may be DIS
posed Of
In Colorado the various orders OF with
dravaI confirmed tonight date from
July %. 1906. 10 June 81. 1910; in Utah.
from July %. 1906. TO May 9. 1910; IN
Arizona. from November %. 1909. TO De-
cember IS. 1909. and in washington
from July IS. 1906. TO April ., 1919
Act on Practical Miners Report
In Withdrawing the vast amount OF
new lands in North and South Dakota
have acted principally on a report by
Arthur G. Jafa, a practical miner en-
Moved BY the Geological Survey. dated
December 2S. 1909. and further tuvesti-
CATION by the survey
George Otis Smith, director OF tho
Geological Survey. in his recommended
flor, for Withdrawals in North and South
0axo+a saws. "A consideration OF the
information available here. as well as OF
the report of Mr. Jafra- leads me 10 In7
conclusion that there are large areas IN
these states which are underiain by hs-
mite considered workable under the pres
emf regulations and which should Do
withdrawn from entry.
All the orders say that the lands arc
..vithdrawn from settlement. location
colo ~ entry and reserved for examina-
+ion and classification with respect 10
coal value
President Taft earlier this week signed
orders withdrawing approximately ~
100000 acres of waterpower sites. phos-
oha1e and petroleum lands in the United
States and all the known coal fields IN
Alaska
National Forests Charged
The President also has signed prOcla-
nations eliminating about 6o2'4tc acres
Of land from national forests and AIDING
rs Az acres TO the reserves The land
eliminated will probably be opened 70
settlement
The Cheyenne National Forest. IN
wyoming. has been deprived OF $500
acres and its name has been changed 10
rbe Medicine Bow The Medicine Bow
Forest in Colorado, has been renamed
tho Colorado National Forest The Neoo
National Forest in Utah. has lost lo-1--
acres. while from the Wahsatch Natlonal
Forest in the same state, 1,lA acres
have been eliminated
The Sequoia National Forest. in Cali
fornia. has been stripped Of $3.50 acres.
and has received an addition OF S.SSS
acres About 1880 acres have been
transferred from the Sierra NationaL
Forest to the Sequoia. and new forest
has been created. TO be known as the
Kern National Forest. by the division OF
the Seduoia. The new forest has an area
of 1 951. 1871 acres. Its headquarters VIII
be at Bakersfield. Cal
The Chiricahua National Forest III
Arizona and New Mexico has lost Si,2s'
acres and received an addition or SO.ooo
acres. About 3s3.sO9 acres have been
eliminated from the Coronado National
Forest in Arizona and 15.120 added Tse
greater portion of the examinations rom
this forest consists OF desert land
From the Manzano National Forest IN
New Mexico the proclamation eliminated
s415s acres and added 26s.6IO acres
The Zuni National Forest in Arizona and
New Mexico has received an addition OF
100 001 acres and has lost 5.219 acres.
The changes in the boundary lines OF
these forests were made in accordance
with an agreement reached some time
ago bv the Interior and Agricultural de-
uartments concerning the reclassihcation