The Mena weekly star., 1920-11-18
PRESIDENT WILSON
PROTECTS MEN
Issues Proclamation Taking Into Ma
tional Forest 4S7 Acres of Land
to Secure Municipal Water
Supply Against Pollution.

A presidential proclamation relat-
ing solely to Mena territory was
issued by President Woodrow Wilson
ON October 10, 1920, and copy of the
same reached Commercial Club Head
quarters this week. The subject COW
cred in the proclamation relates to
the protection Of the watershed from
which the city secures its water sup
ply, and provides that the northwest
quarter of Section 6-2-30 and the
north half or Section 1921 be with
drawn from homestead entry and add
ed to the Arkansas National Forest
Reserve. This movement was started
early last summer by the Commercial
Club, Secretary +. j. Smith represent
ing the interests of the city. The mat
ter was taken up directly with Chas
A. Plymale, forest supervisor at Hot
Springs. In due time a survey of the
watershed was made and thru the
efforts of the Forest Service, the pro-
clamation was issued. This move ulti-
mately will mean more than the pro-
lection of the watershed, which, how
ever, in itself is important, but in
course of time a ranger station will
be established in the vicinity of the
watershed, bride trails viii be made,
and in time tourists will not only be
able to 90 to the Peak on horseback.
but trails will be made to Mount
Mena.
The Presidential proclamation is as
follows:
Arkansas National Forest, Arkansas
Fifth Proclamation)
BY the President of the United
States of America.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, it appears that the
public good will be promoted by adj
ding to the Arkansas National Forest
the northwest quarter of Section six
| (6), Township two (2), South, Range
thirty 800 West, and the north half
of Section one a., Township two (2),
South, Range thirty-one t31) West,
9th Principal Meridian, Arkansas.
Now, therefore, /, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the power in me
vested by the Act of Congress APP
proved March third, eighteen hundred
and ninety-one (26 Stat, 1095), en-
titleo, "An Act To repeal timber-cul-
ture laws, and for other purposes"
and also by the Act of Congress APP
proved June fourth, eighteen hundred
and ninety-seven $50 Stat, IL at "a
and 36), entitled IAN Act Making APP
preparations for sundry civil expenses
of the Government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
! nd MI M ~ .~I@ ~ L
purposes" do proclaim that the above
described areas are hereby added to
the said Arkansas National Forest.
The withdrawal made by this pro-
clamation shall, as to all lands which
are at this date legally appropriated
under the public land laws or reserved
for any public purpose, be object to
and shall not interfere with or defeat
lega, rights under such appropriation,
nor prevent the use for such public
purpose lands SO reserved, so long
as such appropriation is legally main
tained or such reservation remains in
force
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, / have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed.
DONE in the District Of Columbia
this 18th day Of October in the
year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and twenty, and of
the independence of the United
States the one hundred and forty
fifth.
(SEALl WOODROW VIII SON
BY the President:
cambridge Colby,
Secretary Of State.