The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
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Report Of Chief Forester Of
Service Discusses Great
Activity. A

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. selling
some billion and a half board feet Of
timber and supervising the cutting on
several; Thousand diterent areas, over
seeing the grazing OF more than y
|s50 1000 cattle land : 1000, 900 sheep.
and building more than SEQ miles Of
road, 1000 miles of trail. $1,000 miles
LOT telephone line, and 200 miles Of
fire line are some OF the things which
the government forest service did last
year, as disclosed In the report BIZ
the; chief forester for 4 914 These ac-
/ tiyities were. all on the national for
Eests. which at present total about
IA 900 900 acres,
( There is need, says the chief for
ester. TO increase the cut OF timber.
from the national forests wherever Il
|sfair price can be. obtained for the
stumpage, because great deal Of it
49, nature and ought to be taken out
ought tpabe taken out TO make room
tory pnns growth, Unfa yorahie scondiS
ti9ns In the lumber trade caused new
sales Of national 3ores timber to fall
on somewhat during The: last year;
though the atoms on outstanding
sAles cont fltcts sbrong tlie total cnt
iahpYe thai Of the pr Ions aear liy
%, 000 boar feet There was;
howeysr;sa big increaSA in small tins
her sales, these numb 6ring S,2aS. in
1914 against 6 ,1s2' the previous year.
Desirable blocks of national forest
timber. have been appraised and put
on the market, and 1t Is expected that
these will find purchasers when con-
ditions in the lumber Industry i'm
nroye. All tod! 5fhesipoyefnfnai1t re-
ceiyed. 1904 .053 rs from the SALES e,f
timber on tie forests In 1914. The
receipts from all sources tofaled So
1s sS 7iotsl s ~ - s0utses sosalsu -
After eight Years Of exnerience
| stockmen are; we'll satisfieti saws tlfe
chief forester viii, tfp ySay tlie graz
| ing of livestock on the forests Il reg.
ulated. and have (. even, nreed ,,non
congress the annlication az ti,ey same
method 'zof control 10 the ,,nreserved
public range kImost "a 1Dni, .ner,,,it-
tees craze stock onsti,e national for
| sests. and these Maid Ia the znvernn,e,,t
Bin tie fiscals veal. 1914 fees 'amonntinr
| 10 over a million dollars The nres.
ent tendency to raise fewer sheen ana
goats ande more cattle and horses Il
shown. Ia the fact that ff,e hummer. nj
cattle and horse nermittees on the
western forests 7increased last year Inv
579 while The numher az si,ee M ar ~
goat permfttees fan soff nv q stota i ~ a.
SSs The western stnclt il,,,sin ess M
forasters noirt MT nil Is hecomirs. -.
facl,adsto the soil and itinerant she ss
| grower aud smacmiafors Il, al t,e e
siyins Mace =, The = narn,anent . rs =
de,,ts ard owner. n smnrassd s,.anct,
nfonerty The latter Il al Sss ii,a
nrefsrenne N f,te S,se n nstionai, fnr.
asa, ranpa i
some 4 4no t,(,t, wa i Z mont &, ne ~.
seTvice dnriny tt,es vsar - tn az ~.
,nansnt iSS =. erts =, ,1a nat;arai
forssts w maita t,sn, accassitis ara
Ia Ia i ins,,re, their nrdt t from Arc
T,,,sse inanrovama ia 4 SInSla mi, t,n III
n ne,y s,.oad "a sisss miss AZ tra; = :
0as miles a. tslenhone line ~ sn 4,
NJ ara line on "A 1tlf ionko,,t
bas;desi shrisgs: corrs Il fanass ~, "a
CAIRNS n af3dition III mi I - ,: ma
Of 70 per cent Of the national forest
1eGs,Sss e AssnSs,ssu 10y songress
the national sorest re ~ MS FIR sas me ~
year, amounting to $5ss, 5sS:S were
which TIL, eforeStS lie for the bAfiefit