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Show THE NEW CHIEF FORESTER. A despatch from Mr. A. V. Potter, who is designated by President Ta.fl lo fill tcmporarib' the position of Chief Forester from which Mr. Clifford Pinchot was ousted, says that Mr. Potior is determined to give tho West fair play, and to have his relations with western interests congenial. . We trust, that thi? may be tho harbinger har-binger of ti now orn so far as the dealings deal-ings of ha west arc concerned with t lie forestry service. There have been many just complaints of arbitrariness, unlawful unlaw-ful acts, and vicious restriction imposed upon tho settlers and -upon the live stock intorcsts of air this western country, coun-try, by the Pinchot. orders and regulations. regula-tions. Most of the livestock men have protested more or less vigorously against the Pinchot policies, but politics have kept the Utah sheepmen from open remonstrance. re-monstrance. They joined with the rost, howovor, in tho convenlion at Ogdcn in acclaiming the ousting of Pinchot; and now. it is to be presumed, thej will join with the other interests of these western commonwealths in demanding a uett' deal. And a now dcnl it will have to be, all around; because unless there is something some-thing drastic and decided put forth in the way of new orders requiring the forest rangers and other employees under un-der tho chief forester to conform to the law in their acts and requirements, everything ev-erything will go on as before: nothing will bo cured. It is hopeful, however, to see that Mr. Potter takes sufficient, interest in remedying abuses in Ihc west to wire to the country that ho is going to inaugurate a decided chango of policy; for, although he docs not spc-cificalry spc-cificalry promise this, it is impossible to get the cordial relations which he announces an-nounces that he will seek in any other way.y-' |