Bisbee daily review., 1914-07-08
ARIZONA IS ALLOTTED
 S27,OOO TO IMPROVE HER FOREST RESERVE
Disposal of lnflammable Materi-
 als Along the Grand Canyon Road Will Be Betterment.


 1914. and ending June 3Oth, 1915 Dis trict 8 of the Forest Service, compus ing the National Forests of New MeN- ice. Arizona and oklahoma, has re ceived an allotment of $45,OO0 to bc expended exclusively for protective. administrative and range improve ments. Protective improvements in- clude telephone lines. roads, trails, bridges, fire breaks. lookout towers, cabins and shelters for lookout men and patrolmen, and fire tool boxes. Administrative improvements com prise improvements that are needed by the regular administrative force and include houses or cabins for the rangers. barns and pastures for the . rangers horses, wells. windmills l tanks. cistems and other improve . ment8 of a miscellaneous nature ! Range Improvements refer to drir l fences, which are constructed for the | purpose of confning cattle grazing to l certain ranges, water development ! prospects, such as the construction Of earthen tanks Co open up unused ranges. the development of springs by cleaning them out and piping water | to troughs, and corrals for holding cattle on the open range and breed ing calves.
 In addition to the allotment of $48- 900. 10 e of the receipts of the For ests will be available for the con struction of roads within the Forests. l The amounts received from this source for the fiscal year commencing July 1. 1912 and ending June 30. 1913 was l s39.89SO7 apportoned as follows. New Mexico $1251499; Arizona S27, ] 113.9O: Oklahoma S26928. Thus. it will be seen that the amount annually available for permauert improve ments is approximately $S4S9SOZ depending, of course. on the amoun1 of annual receipts as well as the amount appropriated by congress.
 The total acreage of National For lests in District 8 is 2O,163,277 acres, exclusive of lands owned by the State. corporate interests and private indi- viduals. Based on this figure, the an nual cost of improvements per acre is approximately SO0O42 Strictly speaking this is an investment charge, yet the returns in dollars and cents would Joe extremely difficult to ascertain. It is known, however that roads may make accessible large bodies of timber which otherwise would not be sold. telephone lines by reason of rapid communication may be the means of saving thousands of feet of timber from fire. likewise roads and trails wlll permit of ready access to country that otherwise would mean serious delay and great loss in case of fires. To develop water or un- ? used ranges permits the grazing ol more cattle or sheep and likewise in- Icreases grazing receipts.
 Of the S45,OOO. allotment approu. ? mately S27,OOO, will be expended for , protective improvements. Over 200 miles of new telephone lines will be constructed and the existing telephone }. lines which total about 1900 miles will be maintained Approximately 100 miles of new trails will be constructed and existing trails repaired.
 t One project of unusual interest will Il consist of a thorough clearing an
 consist of a thorough clearing ana
 disposal of innammable mateua' e along tbe so-called Scenic Road tha I runs sram El Tower Hotel at t' |, Grand Canyon to lie init Point ahou
 9 miles west of the Grand Canyon sta B ton. Tl Q sum of 5000 has already
 been expended on tais project and
 with Che amount nov available, it | planned O complete the work. The oh
 lect. of course, of this project Is sim is ply a precautionary measure in Oh s protection fthe timber along th rim of the Grand Canyon from fire
 The clearing will constitute am e
 fecuve fire break in case of fires. ne Another project that deserves sp' s cial mention is a drift fence on th 'U Apache National Forest in Arizou,
 The fence will separate the lowe i'd gramme green range from the SC ty called bunch grass range-the ide nNANk AL hNNN NfNNNNN "iA NAtN
 ranges (bunch grassl until the weati he CT conditions in the mountains ar
 such a sto make it necessary for th
 cattle to be removed to the ranges Q ae the lower situation As condition in are now. the cattle drift to the gran ny me grass after the first summer rain
 land will remain there. That, the
 logical winter range used out of SCI ys son with Che result that the bune D." grass in the higher elevations is bar
 ly touched and in consequence D
 comes a serious fire menace. Bune in- grass after becoming dry, is not sougI
 by cattle. accordingly if not eat' .. which green and tender it becom'
 am economic waste as well as a h es' menace It is of further interest sh- state that the cattlemen concerns ..4 are quite enthusiastic about the co
 stuction of this fence and are c be' operating with the Forest Service in furnishing an of the necessary ian nal to build it-the Forest Service i'