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Show iJST :! FOREST FIRES 'ft: . " H. Paul Would Have Special Legislature Con-li; Con-li; aider Problem. 'Bi, c. ater Supply of West Is Menaced by Annual j-. Blazes, He Says. lecommendins that Utah join the ional war to be waged against for-fires, for-fires, Prof. J. H. Paul, of the Uni- Bity of t'tuh, lias written, to Governor s .iibercr urging that the matter be ' 'oght to the attention of the state islature at the coming special ecs- 0. Ol'rofcasor Paul pint3 out u,at the ler supply in tho Kocky mountain ion is ting seriously depleted by fires which rage every year in the wst ranges, and quoting an eminent hority, alleges that if the present rse is pursued for fifty years the ITjes of this region will be wiped out 'ause of the lack of water, lis letter, in part, follows: 'I respectfully urge that the fol-:?ing fol-:?ing legislation is imperatively i;d';d, for the safety or welfare of commonwealth: M'l That congress be memorialized (V1 adopt a more thoroughgoing policy ftfonpervinpr the forests of the Rocky "Vnintains. Many of the forests which at the sources of the water supply 'A" our chief cities and valleys are rap-'y rap-'y being impaired and destroyed. This ison has been the worst in history. pities Threatened. 'lf the present rate of destruction jinot be halted, most of our valleys a ill bo barren and our cities will fail. i 'ithout forest cover, the water all dies down in early summer, often in Niods, leaving August, September and rI1.tobc7 dry. E. Hough, a celebrated lKthoritv, declares that, from this Use, fifty years will murk the end a- tlte Rocky mountain civilization, and U It tho exodus from the cities will le . well under way long before that it. o.'J'Tlio present forestry force 13 so e Issly inadequate as to seem ludicrous "r its attempt to meet tho conditions, 'T'ri should probably bo increased ten-u, ten-u, d. The state itself must manifest ,;'T le interest or little will be aceom-",,,ihcd. aceom-",,,ihcd. Every timo tin foresters try l-. save a AInnti or a Mount Pleasant 'm impending oblitoral inn by floods 7 mud, they meet opposition and mis-: mis-: lcn opposition of certain stock inter- 1, too shortsighted to perceive that rrj also will fail to survive when the LUintain ranges arc destroyed. I li'ir. That each county be author-'4 author-'4 to designate in roar-by canyons, die camping grounds, to be known stuto parks, to bo equipped jointly -jA, Blato and county for simple outdoor V(Tliping in the summer months, open ,'m easy terms to all tho people, t'n-s t'n-s u 1 sonic such action is taken, all the table places will soon be in private ids and the erneral public will be ice, irnly excluded I'rom using them. 1 t-'Ttiia summer great numbers of chil- n ill in tho cilies could not be taken t" tho mountains, as ordered by the """rsir.ians, because, parents could not ml tho present almost prohibitive , . t of canyon cottages or tent hire, fiK'l Ivcauso in most, places they would 101110 trespassers in trying to camp " ong tho hills. ion to Children. ""'lU. That the forest service be. iJ.p itid hv h legisltitts niemori.'il, or in ... In other suitable way, to reserve to 1 use of the Vniversity of Utah for iologicjtl station and to use as a sito lh,i its summer school for teachers those d. j 'ts of Upper Brighton (Silver Lake itolTico) which aro under tho federal est service- administration. In this ommendation I shall furnish details cr soon an I can consult you; will you ,"" dlv indicate a suitable time? 'With a litllo ptato aid and this C, ;ht federal concession, this T'tah sum- ,,. r school, open to all tho people, in I of tho finest localities for such '''k tn be found in alt America, could n establish a wide fame ami would omplish much for the state and the h ni tfl schools. This matter, however, nut. be fully gone into without a "Ional interview, which T trust you liavo timo to grant in the near Ire.'' 1 |