The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08


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the general welfare by extsaAin9 tAo
area Of cultivation. ! A0precAt0 tho -.
tation in fsver of such Bsgaaatioa. IL =
invttinG the geasrI Oevernmeat ioto
esntr.butios from y. trs.sa,y tsv:rs -
BY private capital o. at the Instance e
the state. In thsss days thsFo y 1ts0s-
Htion 70 Ieek To- much - the federal
government for everything. ! Am liberal
In the construction Of the Constitutes
with reference to FEDERAL power: but I
course for W to pursue 10 TO hold fast
to the Limitations Of the Constitution and
= regard a. sacred the powers Of the
states. We have MADE wonderful prog
rsos and At the same time have pre-
served with judicial sxactnsas the re-
strictions Of the Constitution. There 10
an easy way in which the Constitution
judicial Inhibition. to-wit. by appropria-
tions from the national treasury for un.
constitutional purposes. II will b sorry
day for this country II the time ever
comes when our fundamental compact
shall b habitually Aisrsgardsd In this
manner.
Mineral Lands.
BY mineral lands I mean those lands
bearing metals or what are called metal
iiferous minerals. The rules Of owner
ship and disposition Of these lands were
flrst Axed by custom IN the west, and
then were embodied In the law. and they
have worked. on the whole. % fairly and
well that I do not think II 10 Wise -
attempt to change o. better them.
Forest lands.
Nothing can Be more important in the
matter Of conservation than the treatment
Of our forest lands. II was probably the
ruthless destruction Of forests In the
older states that drst called attention to
was recognized by congress by an act
authorixing the executive TO reserve from
entry and set aside public timber lands
as national forests Speaking generally,
there has been reserved Of the existing
forests about seventy Per cent. of all
the timber lands Of the government.
Within these forests 0ncludinG 5000. 80
acres in two forests in Alaska) are 49,
100 Of acres, Of which l6S. 900 Of
acres are in the United States proper and
include within their boundaries some
thing like 1900 900 Of acres that belong
to the state or to private individuals. We
have then, excluding Alaska forests. .
total Of about 1A.ooc,ooo acres Of forests
belonging to the government which IL
| being treated in accord with the princi-
pies Of scientific forestry.
| The government timber in this coun-
| try amounts to only one-fourth Of all the
timber. the rest being in private own
nj oP ~ wyhf f>h
IL in private ownership Is looked after
properly and treated according to mod
ern rules Of forestry. The usual de-
structive waste and neglect continues in
| the remainder Of the forests owned by
private persons and corporations 1t IL
estimated that hre alone destroys $50 Co.,
| 900 worth Of timber year. The
management Of forests not on public
land IL beyond the Jurisdiction Of the fed
eral government II anything can be done
| by law II must be done by the state leg
,slatures. believe that 1t Is within their
constitutional power to require the en-.
| forcement Of regulations in the general
public interest. as to FIRE and other
causes Of waste in the management Of
| forests owned by private individuals and
corporations.
have shown suficiently the conditions
! as to federal forestry to indicate that no
further legislation ID needed at the mo-
lection to national forests and an act
vesting the executive with full power to
make forest reservations in every state
where governonent land ia timber-covered.
or where the land IL needed for forestry
purposes.
y Coal Lands.
The next subject. and one most impor-
tant for our consideration. is the DISPOSE
tion Of the coal lands in the United
States and in Alaska. First. as to those
in the United States. At the beginning
Of this administration they were classi-
fed coal lands amounting to 5,f6,oo0
acres. and there were withdrawn from
entry for purposes Of classification IT,
se7, 900 acres. Since that time there have
been withdrawn by my order from entry
for classification 77.64s,o0o acres. making
a total withdrawal of 3515.0Oo acres
Meantime. Of the acres thus withdrawn,
II, 900 have been classified and found
not to contain coal. and have been re-
stored to agricultural entry. and 900
acres have been classified as coal lands;
while 79.7ss,OOO acres remain withdrawn
from entry and await classification. In
addition $500 acres have been CLASH
fled as coal lands without prior withdraw
al. thus increasing the classified coal
lands to TO- 1Gs 900 acres.
Under the laws providing for the dspo-
sition of coal lands, the minimum price
Is SO an acre; but the secretary of the
interior has the power to fix a maximum
price and sell at that price BY the first
regulations governing appraisal, ap.
proved April 8. 1907. the minimum was So
as provided by law. and the maximum
was 800 and the highest price actually
placed upon any land sold was SIS. I'm
der the new regulations adopted April TO-
1909, the maximum price was increased to
$500. except In regions where there are
large mines. where no maximum limit ia
fixed and the price is determined by the
estimated tons of coal to the acre. The
highest price fixed for any land under
this regulation has been S60S. The ap-
praisal value of the lands classified as
coal lands and valued under the new and
old regulations is shown to be as follows:
4.S03, ,921 acres valued under the old regu-
latitns at ST,6A.s2s. an average Of SIS an
acre: and 6.s64.702 acress classified and
valued under the new regulation at 1884,
20s. 242. or a total of 1o.16s.6z3 acres, val
ued at 3471.s47.571.
For the year ending March 81. 1909. 227
coal entries were made, embracing an
area of S.s3l acres which sold for $685.