| Show I I UNLAWFUL FUL TO USE TIMBER from tho the Teton Valley Valey Forest fores Reserve in Wyoming lion J Ironi tillS the In Cn Interior II tenor hy y Sir Ur lr II H I C J ol of o Iah The News has hal been requested by byH H 1 f C of ot Leigh Idaho to 10 publish tho the following correspondence between himself and Senator Shoup of or Idaho aho relative to the tha timber reserve re ervo lands In the Teton country countr Washington Feb Fob S 8 1901 Mr II 11 I C Lamoreaux Leigh Idaho J pear Dear Sin again to the peti petition Ilot tiers tion lon which you ou forwarded ec asking for tor permission to use timber from the tho Te To Teion Toton ton ion forest reserve In Wyoming I en enclose close Clo herein a II letter Jeler Irons from the commis commissioner oner of at the tho general land office one from Which you will wi observe that It would be bl contrary to law to do so Very respectfully yours L I Following l Is hi II tho tIo 10 letter from tho the corn com COl of the tho general land office of at the deportment department of or tho the Interior Wash ington D I C lion Hon Ceo Oco L L Shoup United States Senate Bri I have hass the honor to acknowledge acknowledge edge ello tho tIm receipt by reference from tho the department of ot n II petition dated at atLeigh atLeigh Leigh Idaho December 29 1900 signed by H It I C Lamoreaux and Ind many others and a 1 petition otton dated at Idaho on the same day and signed by b It H a 0 I Meikle and others otherl nil air nl claiming to bo be bor residents r ll of ot the Teton valley nley Idaho I and asking to bo lie allowed tho the free tree use uso of or timber from the thc Teton forest reserve In Wyoming These petitions arc referred by Si you OU to the secretary of or the Interior with wih the Iho recommendation aton that favor favorable able action eton be taken thereon I 1 beg b g leave enve to 10 state that the lands within the reton Teton forest reserve being set net apart anti reserved under the tho pro iro provisions visions Vinion of l the act of ot Mare March 3 1831 18 26 1095 are oro required by the terms of ot the tho act of ot If June JUle 4 1597 11 30 Stat Hint to bo ho administered In accordance with wih the provisions of the tile said sahl act of ot Juno June 4 4 1897 tho provisions o of or which respect lag Ing the tho free treo use uso of ot timber In tho the forest reservation require such timber to bo he heuse used use within the tho State or Territory re to respectively such reservations may be bo located The Tho sundry civil civi act of at July 1 11 1893 30 Stat Slat contains an nn amendment to tn section 8 of or the act of ot March 3 Isn 1831 26 Stat 1093 1090 whereby permits may be granted under tho the provisions of at said Bald Seo Sea 8 to citizens Of bt Idaho and ond Wyom ing to cut timber In tho the State of at Wyom lag Ing In west vett Wel of or the continental divide on the thc Snake river and Its 11 tributaries to tho the boundary line ln of at Idaho for tor agricultural tural mining or other domestic pur put purposes purposes poses and to tu remove tho the timber so cut cutto cutto cutto to the tho State of or Idaho Said section 8 S net act of or March 3 1891 26 Stat 1093 IOn relates to tho the use of ot timber on the unreserved public timber lands and ond not to the tho use uia of at timber on the tho lands within the tho Teton forest re ic reserve reo serve withdrawn under tinder ull vr the act net of ot 3 1891 1091 26 Stat 1095 and gov gos governed eret by b the above mentioned act acl of ot June 4 1897 1697 In III view of at tho Iho statutory restrictions and requirements above cited these Idaho petitioners cannot bo be allowed the free reo use of or the tho Toton Tet forest reserve tim ber Very Ver respectfully r tm BENOK Commissioner HERMANN |
