The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-26
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forests furnish abundant forage sup
plies, opportunity for the adoption of
the best methods, freedom from live
stock diseases, and protection in the
enjoyment of all rights and privil-
eyes. Cattle from the Hayden Ma
tional Forest in Colorado took the
grand championship prize at the Ma
tional Live Stock Show in Denver,
and in many cases the lambs from
the forests topped the market. Los
seS from predatory animals are grow
ing less as the wolves, bears and
other animals are killed off by forest
officers.
Game Protection.
In connection with the grazing
work, the forests serve to protect the
game; and the Wichita forest with
Its buffalo herd, is one of the show
places of Oklahoma. During the year
the service cooperation with the BIZ
| illogical survey in placing over two
hundred elk On various national for
ests. A large number of streams were
stocked with trout fry.
A large part of the report is de-
| voted to discussion of various kinds
OF claims under which title to land
within the forests is sought Nearly
| Thousand hOmesteads were taken up
under special act which provides for
opening to settlement land suitable
for agriculture. The report states,
| however, that some old homestead
| claims were instituted for the purpose
of securing timber, and the same is
still true of ONE mining claims.
| "Any attempted frauds under the
mining laws are usually resorted to
by interests in no way associated
with mining, similarly the vast ma
jority of homestead frauds are not
chargable to practical farming, but
appeal to popular prjudice has been
made in the name of the mining in
dustry and in the name of the farm
ers of the country
Mining Claims.
"The mining laws" Mr. Graves
says, afford the greatest cloak for
land frauds in the national forests,
and fraudulent mining claims are in
itiated by men and interests having
| no connection whatever with the
mining industry" The mining laws,
/ for example, have been used to cover
town site and timber claims, to Sc
cure farms and ranches, to secure
mineral springs, sites for saloons, wa
ter power sites and stock watering
places.
1t has often been asserted that the
national forests have operated as a
| bar to legitimate mining develop
ment. Figures collected in Colorado
during the past year show that. if
anything, there is more activity in
prospecting on national forests than
outside.
las with the live stock industry.
the proper relations of the forest ser
vice with the mining Industry should
be cooperative.
Classifying Lands For Use.
One OF the largest tasks of the SER
vice during the past year has been
the classification of lands within the
national forests in respect to their
highest future use. This work was
undertaken during 1913 on a more
comprehensive scale than ever be-
fore because there was specific appro-
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prlatlon for the purpose. Large areas
are being classified where the amount
OF land chiefly valuable for agricul-
ture warrants its being taken out of
the forest, and it also takes care of
areas on which detailed classified
ton will disclose small areas suitable
for Agricultural dpyoIOpnonf r,;<b; -,
the forests. The work is being car
ried on with the assistance of the
bureau of soil and the bureau of
plant industry. One result of this
i work was the elimination of 100000
acres from the Nebraska National for
est, $4,000 acres from the Rainier, in
Washington, and 413,770 acres from
the Deschutes and Paulina, in Oregon.
About 100000 acres in small isolat-
ed tracts were listed for settlement
j during the wear The areas now ha-