The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-06-23
Secretary of Agriculture En-
thusiastic Over Advances
In Administration of Ma.
tional Forests.
CORDIAL RELATIONS
WITH FOREST USERS
Finds Stock Owners Thorough
Converts to the Wisdom Of
Sensible Conservation of the
Range.

Washington, June s3.-The first
hand impressions and experiences
Haiued an his thirty-dny tour Of the
national for 'sts are described ns i'm
valuable" hy Secretary of Agriculture
Houston In "a letter which he has sent
on his return to Washington To the
chief forester expressing MS approval
at the administrative worK n meth
ODDS OF the forest service.
starting out with the expressed in
t"ntion OF seeing the work with his
own eyes anu studying ON the ground
b principal problems involved IN
managing and developing the forest
Of the country. secretary
Houston visited typical forests In
each OF the six great forest districts
Of he west. penetrating inta. the wilds
on logging locomotives. automobiles.
horseback and at times on foot. ~
getting into personal touch. not only
with the rangers and guards, but with
humeztcaders. cattlemeu. lumber
Jacks ana others among whom he
forest officers do their work.
Il especially desired to familiarizc
myself. says the secretary in ms let
tor tu the forester, with the admin
istratiNc machinery and business
methods, 90 acquaint myself with Ia"
Ernxlng conditions, the water power
developments the timber operations,
the relation Of the forests 10 agricul-
ture. the roud and trail and other
improvements. the I-crrcatiunad use of
the forests. other uses. u 90 SCI"
some of the typical homestead claims
was afforded AN opportunity Ia see
typical forests In cHch of the districts
aud some of The more striNing opera
ttous 81 each of them
4 regret tina it was physically inn
possible fur me to visit more of the
forests IN each district. feel. how
'ycI. that 1 accomplished ms main
~rurnftcs aud thUtt Tho results - my
trp are invaluable. WIS eNcecdiuR-
~ srltfod with the evidences ot en-
tuusIa-m, loyalty ANA devotion TO
duty ON the part of all representa-
ti,,s ct the department with whom
came Iu contact. was especially
Impressed with the intelligent ANA
symputhotI, attitude between the
forest service aud the users ct the
forests aud 81 an communities de-
pendent upon Them u was pleasing
Goo observe shat 100 the forests then
#rl,ts m" residents aud other users
book To- the forest officers, not only
tor Information bearing on forestry
problems Boz which they ale interest
rd uut also cor assistance Boo many
other matters The efficient ana
.ympathctir handling ut forestry
problems ON the part ui the service
10 the interest not unly ct the nation
but particularly OF the sections IN
winch the forests are located, gives
80 HE- .L..L...NaH. aANfNHHaHn AN
any problems that may confront us
IN a statement experimenting mis-
letter Secretary Houston said that
umpug the first of tn" activities with
which hc came in contact was The
rcrreatiunli usc of the national for
rsts. under which upward ot 70 million
persons every year travel. camp.
hunt, fish ~ maintain GUNNER homes
uud resorts M the forests, The tour
pr Inspection began on the Santa r"
forest. New Mexico. whore many
summer homes have been built In the
mountains. Ia the 'oy"niuo and Tu-
ruyan forests, Arizona, which border
the famous Grand Canyon, the sccrc-
tlry was particularly impressed, ne
sud. hy IA" necessity of improvements
Which Will make the cduyon more
accessible &C. the public u which
ur. being constructed by the forest
service on those and other forests as
rapidly as funds permit, nearly 500"
miles OF road and 1000 miles of trall
having hcon built uu an of thr ma
tiuual forests up to date.
ON the AnLoles forest. in southern
california, the secretary said, h" Saw
"a striking illustration of the import
nnDc OF forest protection of water
sheds. which in this locality has con
trihutcd 60 the irrigation development
that iu twenty years has transformed
20 desert into one ot the most flour
i-hing agricultural sections of th'
country. lie visited some of the l,l0'
towns and cities which derive theil
domestic water supply from natiorn
forests end. after crossing she Sierf.
Nevada range In an automobile ina
was lifted to the railway with spc'
cial Hanged wheels, he inspected one