Show Is MOOTS SMOOTS BILL DILLIS s 1 I LIKELY TO PASS Senate Committee Favorable to Pro Protection of Wild in Grand Canon Forest Reserve AN IDEAL GAME PRESERVE I REPORT MAKES I STATEMENT Special to The Herald Washington D C March re reporting porting Senator Smoots bill provi providing ing for protection of wild ild animals in the Canon forest resErve the senate committee on forest reservations stated in part the following The Grand Canon forest reserve has bas been set apart In northern Arizona This tract of land is the only timbered per tion of what Is known as the Arizona striP north and west of the Ilver It cannot be utilized for agricultural agricultural tural purposes as there is not sufficient water available It has hes been set apart as asa asa a permanent timber reserve The bill proposes to permit the presidEnt president dEnt of the United States to desIgnate as asa asa a game preserve for animals such part of said r reserve as in his opinion may be proper In one of his messages the pres president president ident asked authority be given as to all l the forest reserves in the United States for the executive to designate areas thereof as havens of refuge for the small remaining portion of our game and bIrds Thus far has not enacted a gen general general eral law on the subject Is No Opposition The bill applies only to the Grand Can on fort Io est reservE and no thereto has been expressed from any part of the affected thereby The committee understands that the sentiment li Is unanimously in favor faor cZ thIs action in that it will protect from some suitable portion of that regIon to b bu be u used ed as a refuge and breeding ground for game animals which are being reduced in number b by of havin having no such protection and whose existence It Is bane bene to maintain The Grand Canon forest r serve reserve Is so provided with facilities of pro protection protection that an crea rea therein suItable for the purposes of this bill can be in safely b by sixteen miles of fence in addi tion to natural barriers that now protect It on three sides The Colorado and Ka rab creek now form Impassable barriers on the east west and south sIdes of an anarea I area on the north side of which hIgh clIffs and sIxteen miles of fence would make an inclosure where animals can be kept and protected Ide Ideal 1 Spot for Game The is ideal for buffalo deer and other wild game The land Is aU public land is in a state of reserVe and Is pro protected protected by federal custodians custodIan so that in inthis inthis this rEgard the protection of animals in inthe inthe the forest Will not Involve additional cx x pense ense There will be no interference with the use of the forest reserve in respect to tots tots ts general purpose while the E ment of such a game in that place would be beneficial both in aiding to provide the department of agriculture with supplies for purposes of propagation elsewhere re and in beng generally advantageous to the public Interests so far as these are by the protection and propagation ot of species of game animals In the United Stats States r OUR 1906 Wall Paper Announcement out Our new goods have arrived We Weare Weare are prepared to show you the most fashionable and exclusive line Une of In Interior tenor decorations in the city They are the cr cream am of the leading factories selected with care regarding color de design design sign and decorative effect If you are desirous of decorating your home borne In Inthe the way with decorations YU you must see our 1906 line lineW lineW W A W So Both phones |