The Dolores star., 1922-03-10


States and dedicated and set apart game
sanctuary and forest preserve for the benefit and
enjoyment OF the people, and shall hereafter be
known the Presidents Forest"
'"The Presidents Forest" II this resolution is
passed by both houses, Will therefore be the name
of approximate 100000 acres of timber forever
aside for the people and forever barred to pur-
chaser. hOmesteader, miner, stOckman, lumberman.
resident hunter and trapper. Under the present
form OF the resolution control will remain In the
forest service of the Agricultural department,
which controls the Kaibab National forest and all
national forests. To all intents and purposes the
forest will be part of the Grand Canyon National
park. which runs into 1t on the south and Is in
charge of the national park service Of the Interior
department
SO "The Presidents Forest" is something new.
The name, for one thing is new, And why THE
Presidents Forest?
Because the United States Is a nation governed
by laws rather than by men. Presidents come
and presidents 60 AS long as there Is United
States there will be president. And as long as
there is president there will be 1.-The Presidents
Forest"
And "The Presidents Forest" is new In form
too. There's nothing just like It, It's nearest in
form to national park. 1t has size majesty and
beauty. Private and commercial interests are
barred. 1t is game sanctuary. 1t Is purely for
the benefit and enjoyment of the people" All of
which closely describe a national park
Certainly it is far removed in form from ma.
tionai forest. The national forests, established
by law, are purely commercial and Industrial In
stItutiOns for the application for profit of scen-
tiic numbering and grazing to the nations wood
lots though a matter of fact there is instead
of q profit annual deficit of million and more
and the forest service is exploiting the national
forests as recreatiOnal rivals to national parks
Anyway. "The Presidents Forest" will be one for
est where the forest service cannot insist upon
trying to combine cattle and campers, wood-chop
pers and tree-lovers, sheep and tourists Cattle
In q wild beauty spot calamity; sheep are
O catastrophe.
The movement to create 1.-THE Presidents For.
est has significance that gladdens the nature
lovers heart. 1t betokens an Increasing national
appreciation of the value of scenery as a natural
resource. national asset. 1t betokens an in
creasing national consciousness that 1t /, not well
to lay the to every forest, to turn the cattle
and sheep loose on the shrubs and flowers of ey-
cry wild beauty spot
The Kaibab National forest Is approximately
20 miles siuare, and contains 1,0729O acres 1t
stands on the Kaibab plateau, which rises up from
the desert that surrounds 1t on the north east and
west and slopes down to 5000 feet at the North
Rim of the Grand canyon.
1.-THE Presidents Forest" is the east half of the
Kaibab National forest. The northwest part of
"The Presidents Forest" shoulders up on to Buck
skin mountain. So there mountains and val
leys covered with gnarled one-seeded Juniper and
pnon and with majestic western yellow pine
which three and four feet through and rise
100 feet. There is Douglas fir and some
spruce. Ravines clad with the lighter green
Sf the aspen which changes to vivid yellow gold
and red in the fall. In the little parks within the
Forest the trees stop halfway down the trimming
slopes and leave room for white clover, grass and