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Show WILSON PLANS OPENING MORE FOREST LANDS PORTLAND, Or.. July 2!). James Wilson, Wil-son, secretary of agriculture, arrived in this -city last night from Seattle, and ai-mos't ai-mos't his flrsl act after his arrival in i Portland was to make a statement of sig- ; niflcance to the west. The secretary said that he had taken , personal charge of the forest aervlee and declared it his intention to open for settlement set-tlement all lands now within, government forest reserves which Ure suitable for agriculture ag-riculture and do not run over 1000 feet of timber to the acre. "We are not trying lo set men up in tho limber." said Mr. Wilson, "but where the noil of any tract is good and does not carry more than 1000 feet of timber to the acre, we arr. willing to let the settler set-tler have It under, the act of June 11, 190R. The forest reserve withdrawals were hastily mndc and there Is much laud within their boundaries as they at present pres-ent exist are more nluablc for agricultural agricul-tural purposes than for timber. Five or six -million acres of this class of land will be eliminated this summer as fast as maps can bo prepared and proclamation!; proclama-tion!; prepared for tho signature of the president " |