The Idaho recorder., 1922-03-17

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states and dedicated and set apart as game
sanctuary and forest preserve for the benefit and
enjoyment of the people and shall hereafter be
known as the Presidents Forest"
The Presidents Forest" II this resolution Is
passed by both houses, viii therefore be the name
of approximately 100000 ncres of timber forever
set aside FOR the people and forever barred pur-
chaser, homesteadcr, miner, stockman. lumberman.
resident, hunter and trnpper. 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 he part of the Grand Canyon National
pnrk. which runs into 1t ON the south and Is In
charge OF the national park service of the Interior
department,
No The Presidents Forest" is something new
me 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
aud presidents GO AS long there Is u United
states there Will he II president, And as long as
there Is president there will be THE Presidents
Forest"
And "The Presidents Forest" is new In form
too There's nothing just like Il. It's nearest In
form to IA national park. II has size. majesty and
heauty. Private and commercial interests are
barred II Is game sanctuary. II is purely "for
the benefit and enjoyment Of the people" All OF
which closely describe national park.
certainly II is fur removed In form from a ma.
'tohH iofest Inc national forests, as established
by law are purely commercial and Industrial In.
stitutions for the application for profit of scien.
tihc numbering and grazing to the nations wood.
lots though matter of fact there Is instead
of profit an annual deficit of n million and more
and the forest service Is exploiting the national
forests as recrentonal rivals To national parks
Anyway. The Presidents Forest" will be one far
est where the forest service cannot Insist upon
trying to combine cattle and campers wood,chop.
pers and trce-loNers. sheep and tourists Cattle
In Wild beauty spot calamity; sheen nre
catastrophe.
The movement to create THE Presidents For.
est has Significance that gladdens the nntur,.
lovers heart. IL betokens an increasing national
appreciation Of the value of scenery as a natural
resource, as national asset. II betokcns nm I'm.
"reasng national consciousness that IL il NOT well
I" lay the aS to every forest To turn tho cattl.
"nd sheep loose on the shrubs and nowers OF ey.
cry Wild beauty spot.
The kabah National forest Is upproximat.l.
~ miles square, and contains 1,OTa 900 acres I,
the desert that surrounds Il ON the north r,st and
west and slopes down to 5000 feet AT the North
Rim OF the Grand canyon.
The Presidents Forest" Is the east half ~, ,h
kaibah National forest. The northwest nart n,
The Presidents Forest" shoulders un ON IN R,ck
skin mountain, So there mountains and val
i"ys covered with gnaried seeded hummer and
pinon and with majestic western .y,Ilov n,r
which are three and four feet through and rise
lo feet. There is some Douglas nr and SOM,
spruce. Ravires clad with the lighter ,r,o,,
of the aspen which changes To vivid yellow pnlJ
ana red In the fall. In the little parks within ,h
iorest the trees stop halfway down the rinp,f,.
'"i's ana leave room for white clover grass and