River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-03-02

grazing or disposal under the laws or the united
States and dedicated and set apart as game
sanctuary and forest preserve for the benent anu
enjoyment of the people, and shall hereafter DC
known as the Presidents Forest"
1.-THE Presidents Forest" IL 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, ZIMMERMAN,
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 THE
Presidents Forest?
Because the United States is nation governed
by laws rather than by men. Presidents come
and presidents go. AS long as there is a United
States there will be president. And as long as
there Is president there will be 1.-THE Presidents
Forest"
And 1.-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
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 ma
tional forest. The national forests, established
by law, are purely commercial and industrial in
stitutions for the application for profit of seien-
tific numbering and grazing to the nations wood
lots, though matter of fact there is instead
of profit annual deficit of million and more
and the forest service is exploiting the national
forests as recreational 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 tree-lovers, sheep and tourists. Cattle
in wild beauty spot calamity sheep are
catastrophe.
The movement TO create "The Presidents For
est has significance that gladdens the nature
lovers heart. 1t betokens increasing national
appreciation of the value of scenery as natural
creasng 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 approximately
40 miles square, and contains 1,072 900 acres. It
stands on the Kaibab plateau. which rises up from
the desert that surrounds 1t the north east and
west and slopes down to 5000 feet at the North
Rim of the Grand canyon.
1.-THE Presidents Forest" is the east half of the
Kaibab National forest. The northwest part of
1.-THE Presidents Forest" shoulders uD on to Buck
skin mountain So there mountains and val
eys covered with gnarled one-seeded juniper 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 Ravines 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
S'opes and leave room for white clover, grass and