The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-03-09

grazing or disposal under the laws OF the united
States and dedicated and set apart as a game
sanctuary and forest preserve for the benent ana
enjoyment of the people, and shall hereafter be
known as the Presidents Forest"
"The Presidents Forest If 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, l~umberman,
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 a part Of the Grand Canyon National
park, which runs into it 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 The
Presidents Forest?
Because the United States is a nation governed
by laws rather than by men. Presidents come
and presidents go. AS long as there is a United
States there will be a president. And as long as
there Is a 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 a national park. 1t has size, majesty and
beauty. Private and commercial interests are
barred. It is a game sanctuary. 1t is purely 'for
the benefit and enjoyment Of the people" All of
which closely describe a national park.
Certainly 1t Is far removed In form from a ma
tional forest. The national forests. as established
by law, are purely commercial and Industrial in
situations for the application for profit of scien-
tdc numbering and grazing to the nations wood
lots, though as a matter Of fact there is instead
Of q profit an annual deficit Of a million and more
and the forest service Ia exploiting the national
forests as. recreationa1 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 are q calamity; sheen are
d catastrophe. re t>*.%4c
The movement to create "The Presidents For.
est" has a significance that gladdens the nature
lovers heart. 1t betokens an increasing national
appreciation Of the value of scenery as a natural
resource, as q national asset. 1t betokens an in
creasing national consciousness that It is not we'll
20 lay the az to- every forest, to turn the cattle
and sheep loose on the shrubs and flowers Of ev-
cry Wild beauty spot.
The Kaibab National forest Is approximately
20 miles square, and contains 1y072,9 300 acres. II
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.
The Presidents Forest" is the east half Of fhe
Kaibab National forest. The northwest mart of
The Presidents Forest shoulders up on to Buek-
skin mountain. So there are mountains and val
1eys covered with gnaried one-seeded tuniper and
pinon and with majestic western yellow nine
which are three and four feet through and rise
100 feel. There is some Douglas fr and some
spruce. Ravfnes are clad with the lighter green
n the aspen which changes to vivid yellow. gold
md red IN the fal1. I'M the little parks within the
forest the trees stop halfway down the trimming
aepss md leave room, for white clover. grass and