The herald., 1922-03-16

flowers and for wild strawberries about a spring.
This vast, remote, rugged heavily -timbered Nal
bah National forest is still wild place in spite Of
the fact that thousands of cattle and sheep have
been grazing in 1t for years. 1t is still so wild
that there at least 10000 back-tail deer In 1t.
though they shrink in disgust from the cattle and
sheep. There are many mountain lions that live
the deer.
This is the way Senator Shoots joint resolu-
ton came to be introduced: Stephen T. Mather,
director of the national park service, drove from
the north through the Kaibab 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:
Last summer / visited the wonderful country
the North Rim of the Grand canyon and pro-
foundry impressed with the splendid forest and the
extraordinary display of wild life to be found there
This region has been isolated from transportation
centers that it has remained almost untouched, and
is of the very largest of virgin forest in
the country. 1t is reliably estimated that there
some thirteen thousand deer in the Kaibab National
forest
1 accompanied by Mr.. Emerson Hough the
wel-known writer. who suggested for this splendid
the name of 1.-The Presidents Forest"
A few weeks later in Los Angeles / Mr. z.
J. Marshall president of the Grand Canyon Cattle
company. the corporation which has conducted cattle
grazing operations in this forest for number o
years, and was very much gratifed 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 very generously made
the offer which have the honor of transmitting to
you in the accompanying letter. This offer means a
very real sacrifice the part of the Grand Canyon
Cattle company in abandoning the improvements
which they made and relinuuishing the prospect OF
considerable profit from their operation. Mr. Mar
shalrs other interests however considerable and
he cheerfully makes this sacrifice in truly public
spirited
May 1 express the hope. Mr.. President that you
may find opportunity of visiting the Presidents
Forest yourself and feeling the inspiration
and unspoiled 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 a number of
under leases from the United States
ice and during that time has made extensive and
valuable improvements, particularly in the develop
of water supply and the erection of stone cat
ented tracts of land within the boundaries
reservation and several tracts of located scrip
lands the immediate vicinity. At the present time
grazing herd Of breeding cattle. numbering
about 45O head, under permit from the forest service
We desire to register willingness vacate and
abandon the Kabab forest reservation and the pub
lie lands Immediately adjoining the east thereof
President Roosevelt in establishing game preserve
here could be completely fulfilled, and making
the entire region available for the public enjoyment
only request is that a reasonable time be given
company dispose of and move its livestock and
other personal property and that in recognition
action such grazing permits be hereafter issued
interests in the covered by
permit
Arrangements have been made through private in
dviduals for acquiring the company's patented land
holdings, which to be presented to the United
States without cost to the government.