, 1922-03-02

grazing or disposal unuer tne laWS-O1 1T Ohiteu
States and dedicated and set apart as a 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" 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. s%tockman, 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 Kalbab 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 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 1.-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 n president. And as long MS
there Is "A president there Will be 'The Presidents
Forest"
And "The Presidents Forest Is new in form
too. There's nothing just like II. It's nearest I'm
form to a national park. 1t has size, majesty and
beauty. Private and commercial interests are
barred. II Is u game sanctuary. II Is purely "for
the benefit and enjoyment OF the people" All of
which closely describe a national park.
Certainly II is far removed In form from n ma.
uonnl forest. The national forests, ms established
ny mN' Mt purely commercial and Industrial in
stitutions for the application for profit of scien-
tific numbering and grazing to the nations wood.
lots, though as n matter of fact there Is instead
of n profit an annual deficit of a million and more
and the forest service is exploiting the national
forests as recreatiOnal rivals to national parks
Anyway, "The Presidents Forest" win he one for.
est where the forest service cannot insist upon
trying to combine cattle and campers. wood-chon.
pers and treelovers, sheep and tourists. Cattle
In a Wild beauty spot are n calamity sheep nre
Il catastrophe.
The movement to create THE Presidents For.
est has n Significance TINT glnddens the nature.
lovers heart. 1t betokens an increasing natlonnl
appreciation of the value of scenery ms a nntirnl
resource, ms n national asset. II betOkens an In.
creasing national consciousness that Il Is not well
TO lay the nx to every forest, to turn the cattle
and sheep loose ON the shrubs and flowers of a.
cry wild beauty spot.
The KnIbab National forest is npproxlmot.lv
40 miles square, md contains 1,072,OOO acres.
stands on the knibnb plateau. which rises up from
the desert that surrounds II on the north, enst and
west and slopes down to 5000 feet at the Nortb
Rim Of the Grand canyon.
"The Presidents Forest" Is tho east half Of Tho
kaibab National forest. The northwest nart OF
"rhe Presidents Forest" shoulders up on to Buck.
skin mountain. SO there nre mountains ind ynl.
leys covered with gnarled one-seeded juniper and
pinon and with majestic western yellow pine
which are three and four feet through ana rlse
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 In 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