Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02

grazing or disposal 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 be
known as the Presidents Forest"
"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, 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 1.-THE Presidents Forest" Is something new.
The name for one thing, Is new, And why 'Ihe
Presidents Forest?
Because the United States Is u nation governed
by laws rather than by men, Presidents come
and presidents so. AS long as there Is a. United
States there will be president. And US long US
there is president there will be 1.-THE Presidents
Forest"
And "The Presidents Forest" Is new in form
too There's nothing just like 1t. It's nearest In
form to II national park. 1t has size, majesty ana
beauty Private and commercial interests
barred 1t Is game sanctuary. 1t Is purely "for
the benefit and enjoyment of the people" All OF
which closely describe n national park.
Certainly it is far removed In form from ma
tional forest The national forests us established
by law, are purely commercial and Industrial In
sttutions for the application for profit Of scien-
tItc numbering and grazing to the nations wood
lots though as n matter Of fact there Is instead
OF profit nn annual deficit of million and more
and the forest service is exploiting the national
forea.s as recreatlonal rivals to national parks.
Anyway 1.-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 treelovers, sheep and tourists. Cattle
In a wild beauty spot are calamity; sheep are
a catastrophe .,
The movement to create 1.-THE Presidents For
est" has a Significance that gladdens the nature
lovers heart II betokens an increasing. national
apDreciation of the value of scenery as u natural
resource us i, national asset. 1t betokens an In
craosi;r M onal consciousness that 1t Is not well
70 lay the nx to every forest to turn the cattle
and sheen loose on the shrubs and flowers Of ev-
cry wild beauty spot.
The Knibub National forest Is approximately
40 miles square, and contains 1,012,oOO 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 oVOO Ieet Ut the >oEt"
| Rim of the Grand canyon.
| "Tbe Presidents Forest" Is the east half Of the
| Ko,hob National forest. The northwest part OF
| "Tha Presidents Forest" shoulders up on to Buck
| el,p mountain. So there are mountains ana val
| iovs covered with gnarled one-seeded juniper and
| ninon and with majestic western yellow pine
| wh,cb nre three and four feet through and rise
| I'M foot There Is some Douglas fir and some
| .nrucc Rayines are clad with the lighter green
] ~ tho nsncn which changes to vivid yellow, gold
and rod in the fall In the little parks within the
| sorest the trees stop halfway down the rmm'he
slnncs and leave room for white clover grass and