M I I I I l' l THE THE FOREST RESERVES RESERVES J MM I UJ M M U M M M M M M M M I M M II M M M M M MIn In all nil probability the act action on of the I Interior Department Department De De- De- De in reserving resel from sal sale almost five thousand thousand thou thou- sand square miles mites of foi st the State of Utah will disappoint and will be severely criticised criticised criticised by bj many of our citizens But they will remember remember remember re re- re- re member that the reservation is not nt ot final but merely tentative and according to our Washington advices advices ad vices has been decreed in order that the Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment may hear and consider all claims complaints and arguments in the premises before taking decisive de action i It i is admitted that the lands withheld by the order just issued include the watersheds feeding a large number of our streams and the headwater headwaters of the same The conservation of these supply sources is a a. matter vital to the people who must depend upon them for the means of irrigation Itis It Itis Itis is no doubt true and the Department does not assert the cont contrary ary tha thata a much gre greater ter area has been temporarily reserved reser than is js necessary necessary to accomplish accomplish accomplish ac ac ac- the purposes of the movement That matter will be discussed and we hope settled equitably and satisfactorily between the national authorities an ana Utah citizens concerned with the question If the final solution of the problem shall be of a character to assure the perpetuity of the thc water supply derivable from the watersheds and streams sought to be protected and at the same time shall hall restore to the community tle the opportunity t to exploit the resources of areas not necessary ary to hold in unbroken en forest then no harm but a great deal of good will Hll be done