The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-02

grazing or disposal under the laws of the United
States and dedicated and set apart MS u game
sanctuary and forest preserve for the benefit and
enjoyment of the people. and shall hereafter be
known the Presidents Forest"
1.-THE Presidents Forest" II this resolution Is
passed by both houses, will therefore be the name
of approximately 100000 acres of timber forever
set aside for the people and forever barred to pur
chaser, fonesteader. 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 nation governed
by laws rather than by men. Presidents come
and presidents 60 AS long us there Is United
States there will be president. And us 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 it. It's nearest in
form to national park. 1t has size, ajesty 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 national park.
Certainly 1t is far removed in form from n ma.
tional forest. The national forests as established
by law, are purely commercial and Industrial In
stitutions for the application for profit of scien
Tile numbering and grazing to the nations wood
lots, though as matter of fact there Is instead
of a profit an annual deficit of million and more
and the forest service is exploiting the national
forces as recreationul rivals to national parks
Anyway. The Presidents Forest" will be one for
est where the forest service cannot Insist lpon
trying to combine cattle and campers, wood-chop
cha
IN n wiid beauty spot are calamity; sheep are
catastrophe.
The movement TO create "The Presidents For
est has significance that gladdens the nature
lovers heart. 1t betokens an increasing national
appreciation OF the value of scenery MS n natural
resource, as II national asset. II betokens an In.
creasi"g national consciousness that 1t is not well
TO lay the AK 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 approymate,v
40 miles square, and contains ,0T2 800 acres II
stands on the Kabab plateau, which rises yp from
the desert that surrounds 1t on the north east and
west and slopes down to 5000 feet ut the North
Rim of the Grand canyon
THE Presidents Forest" is the east half of tho
Kaibab National forest. The northwest part of
"The Presidents Forest" shoulders up on to Buck.
skin mountain. So there are mountains and val
teys covered with gnared one-seeded junper and
pinon and with majestic western yellow pine
which are three and four feet through and rise
100 feet There Is some Douglas fir and some
spruce. Ravlnes are clad with the lighter green
of the aspen which changes to vivid yellow gold
and red I'm 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