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Show Forestry Bureau Chief Said to Be Interested in a r Publication. ' BOTH HE AND WILSON TO . , FOREGO WESTERN TRIP Geological Survey to Be Investigated Investi-gated Addition to Pay-son Pay-son Reserve. Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. -"Secretary "Wilson of tho Agricultural department had planned a "Western trip, Including Utah -forest reserves. Tho "graft" developments devel-opments which are spreading dally over his department havo caused him to forego fore-go the trip. Tho same conditions may recall re-call Giftord Plnchot, chief of the forestry bureau, from his tour of inspection, which was to tako In Iho reserves in "Wyoming and Utah. Pinchot Is Under Tire. Pinchot Is under fire today in tho Eastern East-ern press, charged with being Interested In a Chicago publication as associate editor edi-tor along with a group of scientists from tho geological survey who, 11 Is alleged, uso the frulls of scientific research mado under, ofllclal auspices to brighten tho pages of the private newspaper with which their names aro associated editorially. edi-torially. Will Investigate tho Survey. Tho charge Is made that some of the scientists In the survey havo been booming boom-ing private mining enterprises In tho gulso of official bulletins. It Is announced an-nounced that the Keep Investigating commission will Investigate tho survey at once. ' Extend Payson Reserve. The Payson forest reserve In Utah has been cxtonded by the addition of D5.O0O acres. The addition Includes tho northern north-ern ond of San Pilch mountains (or West mountain), which Is south of Salt Creek pass, which divides tho San Pitch from the Mt. Nobo range. Tho following descriptive de-scriptive statement was Issued from tho bureau of forestry: Pass Is Left, Open. "Tho lands along tho valley of this pass are mostly alienated. Tho Sanpelo Valley Val-ley railway and tho wagon road from Sanpcto valley to Juab valley both cross the mountain nt this point, and tho pass Is also a natural drlvexvay for sheep corn-zing corn-zing In from tho winter range on the desert and bound for the summer range In the mountains on the east. In estab-Ihhlng estab-Ihhlng this addition to tho reserve it was accordingly thought well to leave tho fir.ss open by leaving a gap about a mile n width between the reserve as originally original-ly established and this addition. Protect tho Watershed. "That portion of the San Pitch mountains moun-tains Included In thl addition, while containing but little land that can be classed as agricultural, constitutes a watershed of various streams important 10 irrigation of farm lands below? "The object In reserving tho tract Is to protect this stream Mow and also to insure in-sure full and proper so of all forest resources re-sources of that locality. Including grazing. graz-ing. The total acreage of the resorvo is now 1G7.280 acres." |