| Show I l THE t Bl BLACK MESA FOREST t 1 RESERVE tit t tIt It Has Been Created by Presidential Presidential Proclamation in inGraham inGraham inGraham dental Graham County IN ROUGH ARIZONA COUNTRY I It I I I 11 9 llio While Il anti tl tite ii I r t Itne to the Sews News Washington July Jil U By presidential proclamation an addition to the Black RIc BIl Mesa forest tot reserve rte of Arian has hu been created comprising shout about abut rOO idOl acres ar af nd aie located m Ir Graham Grham county between the LIse t White Mountain Indian Indin reservation of ot Arisona end and n the Gila ala forest tot reserve nl nf nt New few ew Mexico fh directly north n of ot the be mining town toR of litton Clifton which to Is I con cn ItH hy by b railroad with the Southern Ithem Icil at N K y M CU TR The T country Included In la the addition I I si extremely rough ru h full Mi ll of precipitous Pith hill hi and peaks ul and ant Intersected by b carrow car nar narrow nr row ow canyons cannons There are re practically no DC ne true In an agricultural sense ni nr riot nor I Is II there ther much mil eel I among mO the I he rocks rock rok The Th Themi almost everywhere exposed ep stream mi usually intermittent have hat a arpid rapid and nd destructive ra nino after the severe storms of the region which of often ten Len have base ba 1 the nature of oC Jn cloudbursts Th Th climate of ot the Ue addition varies from the theiry d dry iry and warns warm rm arid ard reo of 01 the Ibe south southern luth southam ern am rn pert part to the cooler cler northern portion porton of ot f higher hl her altitude and 1 proximity of th Ih mountain ran ranges to the north nt The for forest forel el sit est cover cIr ml be b said Nd to 10 be scent nl and nd to 1 ha has Its chief economic value as ma a protection cover to prevent In tn so 1 se tar far fa as au A possible the disastrous Hood flood fl which have hIe hut hul recently caused eU raison 1 lo lost loss of ot property to the te th mining Indu try lr TO KEEP KEEl OT OFF OP At 1 present the forest ferret III t Is t Inadequate fl a aI fla a I protection cover making It to o restrict cutting especially along ua isa ter Ler I courses cur to tl prohibit the grazing grating of 01 gnats Jw In the lb reserve fre as Al they destroy the he growth on nn which reproduction tion lin depend to make mk planting where It I it Is II feasible Tl The no Industries InUI of ot the region f on are f min mm tag Inc gracing Ira n and wood 0 cutting The Ther area r to 10 the south Is II the second Ind larg lary largest est ct copper producing district In the lie te United Stales talea one mine being the third largest Jr Individual producer pruce In th Ih the coun country rUI country try A forest torl cover cpr that would oud tend lend tenIto to prevent p nl floods or n at al least lel to alleviate their destruction would be b of o Immense advantage to the mining properties for tor forIn torIn forIn In the tie past year tar they th suffered loss IO losses pt to le JM tram from I this I source Mure II C A Tl Th The rho cattle Interest ire are re in strong supPort sup ap support port of ot the new flew hII addition because buI It I will wi mean mn to 10 them h m a conservation of ot the gracing erasing areas ae but more mor mt than Ihan all iii 11 the exclusion u ulon nf of goats t from th te the range ran a astep step atop that mutt must be taken since the let lat latter ter ler mulct Inflict Irreparable Injury on tb young growth on which reproduction Ut 1 depends III In order or not to work k too 10 great greata la I II a I hardship upon the owners owner of ot gout gnats It ti it itIs I ItIs i Is prot t d to so allow 1011 theta then to remain fur for furone tOl forone one M year er and end after ater that to rr th 11 iho goats goat IOU by b of or f th the original mn mini i iber ber be r each fh year et so an 1 that In la flit five fn years er non n none would remain and n ample opportunity would have h been git given en their owner own n to dispose of ot them I h m without loss lops Io GOAT GAT MEN MN EN MAD AD Naturally the are re opposed to tn the reserve reser n and a certain aln amount opp of o opposition may mr come 1 from the house householders h holders boWers of o the th town towns whose whO fuel f wood wo because bu of C restricted r cutting will wl b b he male made somewhat more mon expensive The Te lumbering operations are a almost aln all U fuel fu cutting with lh some I larger I timber taken lakin out Ot though the tb mines generally use am timbers timber that are shipped in and nd use l coal lot for to fuel luel Taken Take altogether then the t addition will wi be b of o signal to the th people JI of fr the region n mainly as I a protective cover tr to prevent floods fn also alsoto alsoto 11 to conserve the th erasing and eventual eventually ly I to give dve re In an Increased furl fuel supply though st It frat hi will 1 be he b restricted up |
