Show 1 A Clit cULAR FROM tile the coninis mioner i of the general land and 01 office lee appears in this issue of THE JOURNAL relating to the alic reservation reFer of certain timbered lands it will ivill lie be of interest to many of our readers and their attention is directed toward it and the request of special timber agent 0 robertson Rober tizon in in connection therewith the wisdom wis dolli of reserving reserving 0 timbered lands in in our mountains ino ains where the snows art are piled in winter and from which we wc secure our water supply anut t be apparent to all there the re were no snow slides in these mountains of utah until the timber hall had been taken filin awni them and as by the taking in off of timber the enoi snows vs are arc exposed V to tile the Quin summer nier suns uns it necessarily follows that they melt more rapidly and there is ices water when it is needed to reserve all tile timbers would be a r areat reat hardship where coal is so expensive and can call be gotten eo seldom when needed and where there is often so little motley money with which to secure it but the water services should lie be protected to this all will assent |