The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24
CARE AND USE OF OUR FORESTS

The and management of resources represented the
timber lands important matter, but not new one as
of candidates for governor would have people think II
it is new to him. and he talks if it only proves the OFT
repeated charge that teachers preachers and Judges Obvious
to what going around them except far affects their
work. and furnishes another proof that need practical bust
and professional men or ursts IN executive and legs
atve positions.
About the beginning of the present century the lands and
timber of Idaho began receive attention. and rapidly came to
be recognized something valuable Governor Hunt followed
the policy of selling off the timber fast they could and getting
the money of it. His administration took the view that it
might be destroyed any time by fire. and sold 1t so eagerly
became byword afraid of fire. They quandered the inherit
ance of the by selling great of white pine timber the
choicest the United States such rdcuuouy low that
the Wrehauers and others who from Wisconsin and
Minnesota make timber swiftly made into
mionares and mumonare from the profits of Idaho white
pine.
When Governor Morrison took the office, he instituted
vigorous campaign of cruising and surveying state timber lands to
determine what the state possessed and where its probable value
the time when the different would into market BY
of their location and proceeded dsceety the sales TO
that the received good prices for what Sold
R. Goodng succeeded Morrison and he carried the work
forward with greater vgor applying his research also to
school lands and found that much of worthless by beng
on the tops of mountain ranges otherwise situated would
never be saeabe He took the up with the federal govern
en to see such lands could be exchanged for lands suitable
agriculture and the time he secured much aid from
the establishing supervision the forests with
view of preventing and exnguShng forest res Ranger sta
tons patrol lines extended the great forests rapidly
as possible telephone lines were established reghe dis
trbuted the country signs posted along the roads and
trails warning travellers and campers about the of their fires
the necessity Of nguhng every spark before leaving it, and
of the penalties for carness State and federal
pended carefully for the protection of the natural
of the timber scaled and estimated before being
offered for SALE and the state began get its timber business
in hand could act intellgenty in the disposal of it,
This constructive policy has been aggrevey followed
snce and for aspiring the position of send
his childish wadd the that he has received nspr
ton about hurng up and selling off lot of timber lands and
getting money conduct the affairs of the and thus reduce
the taxes only another evidence of his inertia having lived
in the midst of all this activity relating timber and forestry
and have observed caught superficial knowledge
of it's fundamentals 1t is little wonder that his candidacy
considered in the parts of the where timber questions
exist and that he spreading his literature broadcast those
other portions of the where little attention has been
given timber questions because there by of the
freaks of the direct primary he should be elected safe guess
that he would mention timber afterwards when he could
avoid the subject.