Gunnison news-champion., 1911-03-24
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trtsas the far..s -ervsGc. seeks - E'roEs
by STATISTICS thsss taeEe hsve been
aose is.si- res ated b. entry IN Calo-
TaSio under ~. acs a JsHe IA. Isri.
than thsFe ~eEe -sttiers a..-ausns D.
uttsIn sent,essesst tesre- said -
pseVe The -,.ieaeai are gwen D. The
effect thai ~ Cols,raeio is,re-i- t..A
CLAIMS have been - re-soEea. bsi
oaiy asa have seca hied uyon.
Hence a r. srgsea thaf the firesi
servIee " not gb-Irsctsne sertl.a,sat.
Almost anything eas be proved by
statistics Il the h9sres are carefully
selected for the p.rpsse aimed Al
In oraeI 10 arrive al the real iscts
there should also have teen slven.
tirst-The s.mber II applications
for settiemenis. the h-tlne If winch
vas refused by the service.
Second THE naui,er of applIcaIlts t.
who have eecome discouraged by The
DELAYS and exPense required b. pro
cure the lisalns Of their homesseads.
and who have quit by reason there'f {
When these hssres are gwen. the
resslts viii nea show sp an the credit
of the forest service bOoks
To these might he added the nun
ber Of those who woald have applied
bat for their observation of the an-
successfel experience Of those who
did apply
One case of several with which |
have been connected will serve DO
explain this apparent hack oi settlers.
immediately upon the passage OF
the oct referred 10, a man who had
been living with his family for about
thirteen years upon leo acres, a
portion Of which was in successful
cultivation long before 1t was IN
claded in forest. undertook 30
homestead 1T under the act. HIS
effects and the methods resorted 10
by forest officials and others 30 pre-
vent it for four years constitute a
story altogether TOO long for news
paper article At the end of that
time he had succeeded in having
eighty acres approved, but the eighty
acres which was refused WAS neces-
sary TO a desirable homestead
He then came 10 me for assistance
and after another years strenuous
effort, succeeded in getting the
other eighty recommended for list
ing, aud in January last | was mott.
fed that his application will be
taken up With view TO opening y
entry the lands therein describ, d
within two or three months
When these two or three months,
and probably more, have elapsed
and few weeks publication IN a
newspaper has been made, then, II
some forest ranger lspurred by Mr.
Pinchots suggestion that when
lands pass into private hands they
are forever lost to the public, 81
some other idea Of new nationalism
doesn't find a new objection, this
homesteader can make hls entry, and
then for the first time, can proceed
10 improve his homestead with a
reasonably certain assurance that II
will lnure to his benefit and not that
of someone else.
Nothing bat absolute necessity to
protect a home already established
and bulldog tenacIty OF the pioneer
for his rights, kept this man in the
ring. One who is proposing to in
itiate settlement, and finding that
he has TO wait five years before he
could build a cabin, OF fence, with
the certainty that it would finally be
his, is not 10 be blamed for getting
cold feet or throwing up his hands
in despair.
| Now, is it 10 be wondered at that
33 per cent Of intending settlers,
either become discouraged or die OF
old age, before getting to the point
Of filing on a homestead In forest
reserve? Is II not more OF a wonder
that anyone tries to do 80, instead OF
trying something else-like hunting
for the North pole?
have for several reasons kept
quiet for some time ON the forest
business, although since the Graves
visit the press bureau in Colorado
has resumed its former activity. Is
had not been my intention to pub
licly refer TO the above case and |
have not now given Its worst iea-
lures but such partial statistics
ought not to 60 out TO mislesd people
who do not come in actual contact
with forest management.
Yours truly,
ID O. BE4NAN