Show 4 SERVICE MAKES PROGRESS Chief Inspector Says Gratifying Results Have H lVe Been Shown by Work AREAS OF TIMBER T ER IN UTAH VAST FORESTS OF MERCHANT MERCHANTABLE MERCHANTABLE ABLE PRODUCT i Chief inspector H n E R n of of na M national forest 4 U r turned from Washington a day or two ago ngo had so far cleaned up his correspondence yes yesterday yesterday es that ho had a moment to spare for the newspaper men Mr 11 Benedict has lioa been attending a meeting meet meeting ing in of all tho the chief Inspectors tors In Wash Vash Washington Washington ington at which the heads of depart departments departments departments ments were also present It was a meet meeting meeting ing inS for the Interchange of ideas Id as the pre presentation of the needs bv by men who are arc familiar with conditions in fn the field and the general discussion of plans and meth methods cds for Improving the service Mr Ir Benedict says Rays S the convention was successful In Ji the Hie last degree and that much benefit will result In discussing the meeting mC lIns and the results of the work worl of the forest service during the tho la U ear I Mr Benedict said I While of course as was as to be expect expected ed cd everything planned for Was not accomplished ac accomplished Mr 11 Pinchot and the members mem members bers of the thc forest service as a n whole art arte ar arI artI I believe well satisfied with the pros progress ress Tess of the work during durin the past year I Ilo Ido Ido do lo not mean to give the Impression that enough no ugh was as done or that the work Of managing tho the timber sales ales the handling of the stock on the ranges range disposition of timber under the free use privilege orthe or orthe orthe the protection of the forests from fire was wholly satisfactory AVe We e all aU know perfect perfectly ly h that many of the present methods are arc rude crude rud and are susceptible of great Im Improvement improvement provement but considering all the difficulties difficulties and disadvantages under which the work Is performed Its newness and n a force for e mostly untrained itis it itIs Is js felt that a great advancement has been made masle Timber Saving Effected Thus in the management of the tim timber timber ber tho the value alue of which amounts to some something something something thing like we have hae so far been able to use only the most elemental prin principles of forest management as it t is practiced practiced practiced In Jn Europe By B means mean however of the most simple rules so far put Into force foroe which merely morely require as complete utilization of the tree as the market permits per permits permits mits a saving of from 10 to 20 O per pcr cent in the timber has been effected At the same time enough trees have been left standing and provision made for their protection from destruction by b fire to per permit permit mit flit of a st se S ond cutting In from thirty to years This is In itself a areat great reat improvement over oer the old methods of logging under which much timber was wasted asted and the cuttings left in such shane that fire almost inevitably followed On the other hand we have not as yet et been able to place In the hands of the lumber lumbermen lumbermen lumbermen men accurate Information in regard to the location of commercial bodies of tim timber timber timber ber and the probable cost of extraction Plans hate hav ha recently been perfected by b the department of timber sales to do this and I am sure the movement will be heartily appreciated by the lumbermen In Utah Forests In the meeting at Washington an at attempt attempt tempt was also made to classify the time va various various a arious rious forests according to the amount of o merchantable timber on them and tho the probable market for It H Thus the c for forests forests forests ests like the Salt Lake Bear River and I Manti Mantl which have only on I a limited supply of timber and a comparatively dense pop population population surrounding them are placed In one class On such forests it willbe will be the tha I policy to limit the sale of timber to small i amounts nm for the hc h use E of the local people p plc only It has already happened In a num number number number ber of places that the local supply of timber has been completely cut and shipped d to some distant point making it necessary for the settlers to import their lumber and pay a much higher price On other forests like the Uintah with two billions of feet of timber the Sevier with five rive million and the Aquarius with one hundred and fifty million feet teet and avery a avery avery very small population to supply It will be bethe bethe the policy to encourage large sales s les of tim timber timber ber which will go Jo into the general mar market marI ket keto Plans have also been made to do ev everything e everything possible with Ithe the funds at the disposal of the service to improve the th means of transportation trans to the timber bodies This will Include the construction construction construction tion of roads and the clearing of streams to make makl them drivable the cost of such works being too great for private capital capi capital capital tal Grazing Problem Important Tho Tim grazing problem which is of very great reat Importance In Utah Idah and Wyo Wyoming Wyoming ming min was gone over thoroughly and andaS ways aS and means to Increase the carrying capacity of the ranges were werl given the tho most careful consideration consid This can be b bedone done by b opening up ranges ra at nt present not used on account of Inaccessibility or lack of water by the construction f roads find and reservoirs r developing springs prIn s and laying lay laying la laIn ing In pipe lines The carrying capacity of or ofa ora ofa a range rm e can also allo be Increased by employing employ employIng employIng Ing Improved methods of handling handlin stock on tho range and anI by b restoring r ranges with better b species of forage Bet Better Better ter methods of or handling stock on the theran range ran e can only be discovered through ex cx experience but it Is planned to send out a number of nf experts experienced stock stockmen stockmen stockmen men to make a thorough study stud of o the problem on the tho ground Tile The construction of drift fences will wilt also aid materially In the handling of cattle attle and funds will willbe willbe be b appropriated for this purpose wherever wh fences will evidently be of assistance For Better Forage The present corps of experts who are conducting experiments in the tho Improvement Improve Improvement Improvement ment of time the forage fora o on the ranges will he be increased and valuable results arc are hoped for forThe The Tile system now In operation of grant ing Ins permits for or grazing privileges for a single grazing season only is recognized as being ill III adapted to conditions and as s rapidly as possible it t is planned to au authorize authorize authorize the supervisors to grant grazing permits Owing to the limited appropriations great difficulty difficult has been encountered by bythe bythe bythe the forest orest service In the past two years since the enactment by congress of the act ct of Juno June 11 1906 1905 opening agricultural lands rands l within national forests to settlement under the homestead law in having the lands examined promptly It is now planned to establish six districts with a aman aman man roan In charge of ot each who will have a corps of o examiners under him This officer officer officer will also have charge of the examina examination tion of mining claims all aft of which will be bo inspected when patent has been applied for It Is probable that one of these of officers officers will be located in Salt This plan will make it much easier for claim claimants claimants claimants ants to present their side of a case or to take an appeal I feel certain that the plan will prove of or much benefit to the applicants for homesteads and miner miner patents For Permanent Improvements At Al the close of the fiscal year rear ending June 30 1908 the forest service will have spent In permanent Improvements in the national forests These improve improvements Improvements improvements ments consist of telephone lines Unes roads trails development of o water drift fences cabins for rangers etc Congress will probably appropriate y for this pur purpose purpose pose for fo the they next next fiscal year ear and nd the work Rork will Viii be pushed as rapidly rapidly as possible possible ble b e In order to expedite the work and keep in closer touch with operations the chief engineer and his corps of engineers in charge of or this line work have been moved into the field fold with headquarters at Ogden It la is clearly seen by b the forester that the best administration of the forests can cannot cannot cannot not be achieved unless the chiefs of de departments departments departments are in close touch with condi condl conditions lions and unless the users of the forests have an an opportunity to present theIr cases in person It 13 Is Impossible at the present time for a a number of reasons to move the central office of nee from Washington into the field but It will undoubtedly be done as soon as aa practicable In the meantime the supervisors and rangers are being given given given en more and more authority to settle questions ques questions questions the ground and by means of the inspectors who are permanently In the field the users of the forests have full fuU opportunity to have any complaints in investigated I 1 IAre Are Doing Do ng Good Goo Service The scientific departments of the forest f rest service which are arc distinct from that part of the service engaged In time the administration administration tion tion of the national forests are ar all doing work which Is of great importance 1 think to the people at large The department of tree planting Is do doing doIng doing ing much to encourage forest planting throughout tho the United States and particularly par particularly particular In the treeless regions It has collected and placed before the tho people a It avast avast vast amount of valuable Information In regard to the species of or trees which will thrive In different regions and also the best methods of treatment The department of forest products Is doing a very important tin and valuable Work in collecting data data relative to th and uses of the th different kinds of or timber Umber the best methods of prolonging the life of timbers and other ways wa s of utilizing and economizing our supply of timber which It Is now seen by all aU will soon be exhausted ex exhausted exhausted hausted In Readable Form The department of publication and In Information formation which is charged with the duty dut placing of the information collected by b the various arious technical departments before the people has used every possible means I to do this efficiently Realizing that the time usual form of government publications Is not adapted to the general public It has compiled the Information In short read readable readable readable able articles and given glyen them to tho the news newspapers newspapers newspapers papers The newspapers have been glad to print these articles and in this wa way they the have reached a much greater num number number number ber of readers than would have been the case had they been issued as government bulletins Recently this plan was crit criticized critIcized criticized very ery severely In congress on the ground that the service is in effect main maln maintaining maintaining a press bureau but I cannot see that the department is doing anything reprehensible in using modern methods to disseminate Information which it Is required re required required to do db d by law Those Wild Wll J Horse Stories As As an instance of the vast number of f readers reached by utilizing the newspaper per perg I Z might cite the articles In regard I to the wild horse proposition on on the Ne Nevada Nevada Nevada vada forests which were vere printed by the Salt Lake papers a month or so ago This news neW item must have ha been copied very widely by other papers for the Washington office was deluged with let letters letters tom from every state In the union protest protestIng protesting Ing against the killing of these horses Altogether I feel that great progress has line been made by the forest service dur during durIng during ing the past year The people generally have shown great interest rest In the work of the service and tho the forest fore t problems The eastern people are arB almost a unit in demanding de demanding demanding manding the time establishment of oC national forests covering the White mountains In Jn New Hampshire and the Appalachian mountains In the south The Th farmers throughout hout the country are paying more attention to planting and caring for wood woodlots woodlots I lots The large consumers of timber lik like the are treating timbers with chemical preservatives to prolong their life liCe and there is evidenced everywhere ever a tendency to exercise xer and care inthe In Inthe Inthe the cutting and use of timber In the th forest reserve states the Ule people have hae a much better under understanding understanding standing In regard rega to the aims alms and purposes pur purposes purposes poses of or the tho forests arid and n 6 much better knowledge of the tho regulations for their use and occupancy It is true that there is still much opposition but it nearly all comes from large stockmen or corporations which are prevented prevent d from maintaining control over vast ast tracts of range or timber lands The people as a whole I think believe the principle Is correct and for Cor the benefit of the community community and that If there are arc abuses they will be overcome with time and alI experience ence |