Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-03-02

flowers and for wild Strawberries about a spring.
This vast, remote rugged heavily -timbered Kali
bah National forest is still wild place in spite of
the fact that thousands of cattle and sheep have
been grazing in it for years 1t is still so wild
that there at least 10000 blaCk-tail deer in it,
though they shrink in disgust from the cattle and
sheep. There are many mountain lions that live
on the deer
This is the way Senator Shoots joint resolu-
ton came to be introduced Stephen r. Mather,
director of the national park service, drove from
the north through the Kabab National forest to
the North Rim of the Grand canyon Upon his
return to Washington he wrote the following let
ter to President Harding:
Dear Mr. President:
Liant l visited the wonderful country at
the North Rim of the Grand canyon and pro-
foundly Impressed with the splendid forest and the
extraordinary display of wild life be found there.
This region has been isolated from transportation
centers that it has remained almost untouched, and
is one of the very largest of virgin forest in
the country It is reliably estimated that there are
some thirteen thousand deer in the Kabab National
forest.
I accompanied by Mr.. Emerson Hough, the
well-known writer. who suggested for this splendid
tract the name of THE Presidents Forest"
A few weeks later in Los Angeles l met Mr.. E.
j. Marshall, president of the Grand Canyon Cattle
company, the corporation which has conducted cattle
grazing operations in this forest for a number of
years, and was very much gratihed to find a ready
and enthusiastic response to the idea of maintaining
this region solely game preserve and for public
enjoyment Since then he has generously made
the offer which I have the honor of transmitting
you in the accompanying letter. This offer means
very real sacrifice the part of the Grand Canyon
Cattle company in abandoning the improvements
which they made and relnqushing the prospect of
considerable profit from their operation Mr. Mar
shalls other interests, however considerable,
he cheerfully makes this sacrifice in a truly public
spirited manner
May l express the hope MIR. President, that you
may find opportunity of visiting the Presidents
yourself feeling the inspiration vast
and unspoied beauty.
The Letter of Mr. Marshall to President Harding
is in part follows:
The Grand Canyon Cattle company, a California
corporation has been operating here for number of
years under leases from the United States forest
ice, and during that time has made extensive and
valuable improvements particularly in the develop
ment of water supply and the erection of stone
tie camp buildings. The company certain pat
ented tracts land within the boundaries the for
reservation and several tracts of located scrip
lands in the immediate vicinity. At the present time
grazing a herd of breeding cattle numbering
about 1850 head, under permit from the forest service
We desire to register Willingness to vaCate and
abandon the Kabab forest reservation and the pub
lie lands Immediately adjoining to the east thereof
recognizing that by doing tho purposes Of former
President Roosevelt in establishing a game preserve
here could be more completely fulfilled and making
the entire region available for the public endowment
Our only request is that a reasonable time be given
the company to dispose of and its livestock and
other personal property and that in recognition of our
to other livestock interests in the now covered by
permit
Arrangements have been made through private in
dyiduals for acquiring the Company's patented land
holdings, which are to be presented to the United
States without cost to the government.