The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-07-15
s..,,sIoN EXPRESSES VIEWS.
~ Favorable Local Sentiment
impressed " ecvernment's Efforts.

ravorabIe Local Sentiment
nprssssso, :, n governments Efforts.
.--,-hand impressions and ex-
q The ~ lined on his thirty day |
eriences national forests are des-
}pur !" .invaluable" by secretary
rOso ,..iculture Houston IN le''er
Asi has sent on his return TO
Ehe l.. !, to the chief forester, ex-
Vsshns',sa,. approval of the admins
RESINS ..ork and methods OF the forest
'sr'''s oot with the expressed in
S5ar'm seeing the work with his
ention y ana studying on the ground
w principal problems mvoi'eo IN
Ne cling and developing the iorest
'nanasa s Of the country, secretary
|ss0u wv visited typical forests In each
Houston s,r great forest districts OF
ne nenetrating into the wilds on
BE VIZ locomotives, automobiles, horse
Osgihs At times on foot, and get
Psck, ~. rersonal touch, not only with
ing n.s and guards, but with home
pc iane cattlemen, lumberjacks, and
tssoe's oong whom the forest Off
& bthers amons
- 40 their work.
\, a.necialIy desired to famiiiarize
IN" saws the secretary In his let
me forester. with the admins
~ - machinery and business methods
Paw o,a,nt myself with the grazing
s,..s.,s ;he water-power develop
40 timber operations, the re-
pens the forests to agriculture, the
hum "A trail and other improvements,
au -a.reational use of the forests,
uses and to see some OF the
us wv, homestead claims. / was af-
"a an opportunity to see typical
sts n each of the districts and
0ma OF the more striking operations
n each Of them.
81 regret that it was physically inn
mn for me to visit more of the
80. IN each district. / feel, however,
y, accomplished my main purposes
10 that the results of my trip are
".,nable I was exceedingly gratifi-
,,th the evidences of enthusiasm,
S.a,tv and devotion to duty on the
I, all representatives Of the de-
srtuant with whom l came In contact.
was especially impressed with the
htsIgent and sympathetic attitude
stuaen the forest service and the
w ~ the forests and of all COM
nntias dependent upon them. 1t was
loosng 10 observe that in the forests
Asmselves the residents and other
.ars lodx to the forest officers, not
0lv for information bearing on fores-
i poblems In which they are In
srested. but also for assistance in many
Itber matters. The efficient and SYM
Rstbetic handling Of forestry problems
the part of the service, in the in
crest not only Of the nation, but par
cularly Of the sections in which the
rests are located. gives promise OF
N successful solution Of any problems
hat may confront U.S."
In a statement supplementing his
liter Secretary Houston said that
among the first of the activities with
Which he came in contact was the rec
rational use Of the national forests,
nder which upward of a million per-
Ons every year travel, camp, hunt, fish
maintain summer homes and resorts
the forests. The tour of inspection
*&egdn on the Oduuo TO AOiCott ANOW
Esxico, where many summer homes
ave been built in the mountains. In
be Coconino and Tusayan forests, Ari-
pna which border the famous Grand
canyon, the secretary was particularly
Impressed, he said, by the necessity OF
mwovements which will make the
anyon more accessible to the public
nd which are being constructed by
be forest service on these and other
@ests as rapidly as funds permit, near
5000 miles of road and $1,000 miles
trail having been built on all of
BE national forests up to date.
On the Angeles forest, in southern
california, the secretary said, he saw a
trking illustration of the Importance
forest protection Of watersheds, which
this locality has contributed ia
Pc irrigation development that in
Fenty years has transformed a desert
rto one Of the most flourishing agri-
utural sections of the country. He
sited some of the LOO towns and
Tiles which derive their domestic
Esler supply from national forests
pa, after crossing the Sierra Nevada
ange in an automobile that was fit
q 70 the railway with special, Hanged
neeis, he Inspected one of the largest
sIer-power projects on the forests
iourteen-million dollar plant operated
nuer permit In the Sierra nationa
'esl With regard to water-power
'e'opment OF which is going on &C.
Wy under the department of agricul-
regulations. the secretary said
r. ne saw no need for a change in