Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-03-02

grazing or disposal under the laws VI the ohi''N
States and dedicated and set apart as game
sanctuary and forest preserve for the oeneht anu
enjoyment of the people, and snail hereafter oe
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 10 pur
chaser hOmeSteader miner, stockman lumDermah'
resident, hunter and trapper. Under the present
form of the resolution control Will remain III the
forest service of the Agricultural department,
which controls the Kaibab National forest and all
national forests. To all intents apd purposes the
forest will be part Of the Grand Canyon Natlonal
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 thing, Is new And why line
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 United
States there will be president. And as long as
there Is president there will be "The Presidents
Forest"
And 1.-The Presidents Forest is new in form
too. There's nothing just like 1t. It's nearest In
form to a national park. IL has size, majesty and
beauty. Private and commercial interests are
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
sttutionS for the application for profit Of scien-
tifc numbering and grazing to the nations wood
lots, though as matter of fact there is instead
of a profit ali 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" 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 II betOkenS an increasing national
appreciation of the value of scenery q natural
resource, national asset. 1t betokens an In
Creasng national consciousness that II is not well
to lay the to every forest, to turn the cattle
and sheep loose on the shrubs and flowers Of
cry wild beauty spot.
The Kabab National forest is approximately
40 miles square, and contains 1,0T2900 acres 1t
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 the
Kaibab National forest. The northwest part of
"The Presidents Forest" shoulders up on to Buck
skin mountain So there are mountains and val
leys covered with gnarled One-seeded juniper and
plnOn and with majestic western yellow pine
which are three and four feet through and rise
100 feet There is some Douglas fir and
spruce. Ravines 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