The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-03-09
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rrazine or diHnosnl under the laws OF the United
states and dedicated and set apart as game
sanctuary and forest preserve for the benefit and
Enjoyment OF the people, and shall hereafter DC
known as the Presidents Forest"
"The Presidents Forest" II this resolution Is
passed by both houses, will therefore be the name
pf approximately 100000 acres OF timber forever
90 esIas sc- the people and forever barred to pur-
chaser homesteader miner, stockman, lumberman,
resident. hunter and trnpper Under the present
FORM Of the resolution control viii 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 II ON the south and Is In
charge Of the national park service OF the Interior
department.
so ~The Presidents Forest" Is something new.
IThe name. for one thing, IL new. And why "The
Presidents F0rest"f
Because the United States Is a milton governed
#by laws rather than by men. Presidents come
and presidents 60. Az long az there 10 United
States there will be president. And as long as
there Is president there Will be "The Presidents
Forest"
Il And 'sThe Presidents Forest II new IN form
too. There's nothing just like IT, It's nearest in
form TO n national park. IL has sire. majesty and
beauty. Private and commercial interests are
barred. II Is game sanctuary. II IL purely "for
the benefit and enjoyment Of the people, All Of
which closely describe a national park.
H Certainly Il IL fur removed IN form from a ma
tional forest The national forests. as established
A BY law. purely commercial and Industrial In
situations for the application for profit Of scieR-
f THE numbering and grazing TO the natioa's wood
"a lots. though a. matter 81 fact there II instead
OF pront an annual deficit OF q million and more
F and the forest service Is exploiting the national
# forests as recreationnl rivals TO national parks
Anyway. THE Presidents Forest" win be one for
y est where the forest service cannot insist upon
. trying TO combine cattle and campers wood chop
. pers and treelovers, sheep and tourists. Cattle
IN = wild beauty spot are a calamity; sheep are
a catastrophe
The movement to create '-The Presidents For.
I est" has a significance that gaddens the nature
A lovers heart It betokens an increasing national
appreciation OF the value OF scenery as a natural
resource as national asset. II betokens an in
creasing national consciousness that II Is not well
20 lay the AK 70 every forest, TO turn the cattle
and sheep loose on the shrubs and flowers OF ev.
cry wild beauty spot.
The Kalbab National forest Is approximately
40 miles square. and contains 1072DOO acres IL
stands on the Kaibab plateau which rises up from
the desert that surrounds Il the north east and
west and slopes down TO 5000 feet at the North
Rim Of the Grand canyon.
'"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 are mountains and val.
leys covered with gnarled one-seeded juniper and
pnon and with majestic western yellow pine
which are three and four feet through ana rise
100 feet There Is some Douglas FIR and some
spruce. Ravines are clad with the lighter gTeen
Of the aspen which changes 10 vivid yellow, gold
ana 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