The Arvada enterprise., 1922-03-02

sr,xius or DISPOSAL under the laws Of the United
States and dedicated and sst apart 40 game
sanctuary and forest preserve for the benefit and
enjoyment of the people. and shall hereafter b
kAowp % the Presidents ToSest."
'"The Presidents Forest" II this resolution u
passed By both houses, will therefore be the name
q approximately 10000 acres Of timber forever
~ aside for the people and forever barred to puF
chaser. homesteader. miner. stockman. lumberman.
resident hunter and trspper. 0nder the pressot
form Of The resolutioa coatros will remain in the
forest service Of the Agricultural department.
Which controls the kaibab National forest and oil
0ational fosestS. To Az intents and purposes The
feesst will b. part Of the Grand Canyon National
Dask which runs iato II % the south and . Ia
sAafss Of Tie national park service Of the interior
1sparmsnt.
10 The President's Forest" 10 something new.
Ths name. for one thing 10 new, And why 'Ths
Presidents Forest"f
Because the United States 10 q nation governed
by laws rather than by men. Presidents come
and PRESIDENTS 60. A. long - there 10 q United
States there will b. president. And - long %
there ID president there will be 1.-THE Presidents
Forrest"
And "The Presidents Forest" 10 new In form
too. There's nothing just like Il. It's nearest In
form to national park. 1t has size. majesty and
beauty. Private and commercial interests are
barred. II Is a game sanctuary. II 10 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. as established
BY law. are purely commercial and Industrial In.
stitutions for the application for profit Of scien.
tihc numbering and grazing to the nations wood.
lots. though Rs matter Of fact there In instead
OF profit nn annual deficit OF million and more
and the forest service is exploiting the national
forsu.a as rccreationnl rivals to national parks
Anyway, 'The Presidents Forest" will be one for.
est where the forest service cannot insist upOu
trying TO combine cattle md campers. wood chop.
pers aud tree-lOvers. sheep and tourists Cattle
In wild beauty spot are calamity: sheen arr
. catastrophe.
Tho movement To create 'The Presidents For.
ct" has Significance that glnddcns the nature
lovers heart II betokcns an increasing national
appreciation Of the value Of scenery a. u natural
resource. ns II national asset. II betokens an In.
cresslag national consciousness that Il In not well
to lay the nx to every forest. to turn the cattle
and sheep loose the shrubs and nowers Of ~.
cry wild beauty spot
The Kalbab National forest In approximately
20 miles square. and contains l.O72DO acres /,
stands on the kaibab plateau. which rises up from
the desert that surrounds II on the north east and
west and slopes down to 5000 feet 1t the North
Rim Of the Grand canyon.
THE President's Forest" 10 the east half Of the
kabsb National forest. The northwest p.rt Of
The Presidents Forest" shoulders up on to buck
ekin mountain. So there ars mountains and val
)sys covered with gnaried seeded Juniper and
DlnCn and with majGBtie western yellow pine
which are three and four feet through and rt.e
100 feet. There u soms Douglas ar and some
spruce. Ravines are clad With the lighter green
Of the aspen which chsngss 70 VIVID yellow. gold
and red In the fall In ~ ittls parks within The
forest the trees stop halfway down the rimmlns
slopcs and leave room fee whles clover grass and