Show FOREST LANDS lais PUT TO MANY USES OSES almost every conceivable use to which land may be put is represented represent ec in the permits reported by y the forest service for special projects on the national forests some of the uses shown range alphabetically from apiary through brickyard cannery cemetery church h it cranberry marsh fox ran ranch ch marine tail railway way rifle range and turpentine still to wharf and whaling station there are permits in force tor for such special uses which are distributed geographically from alaska to the mexican line and east to florida this figure does not include any of the permits in force tor for grazing cattle and sheep on the forests nor the transactions for the sale of timber and the more than permits issued last year for the free use of timber by settlers miners and others in developing ve their homesteads and caal claims water nor the nearly permits for water power development california led all tho the national forest states in the number of these special use permits followed by arizona colorado montana and new mexico in the order named the largest single class of permits tor for special pastures or c corrals or to be used tor for lambing grounds shearing pens and the like next came rights of way for conduits ditches and flumes blumes practically all 0 of I 1 these being free various agricultural permits came third telephone lines fourth with more than a thousand permits tor for miles of line and drift fences for the control of grazing animals fifth in both of these latter classes too practically all of the permits are tree free reservoirs for which more than COO free permits were issued for the occupation of more than acres came sixth the rest of the uses are not classified though there are a large number of apiaries camps summer hotels and schools the use of the governments land for schools is given free tor for hotels a charge is made the principle which governs the charge Is based according to the fa forest service on whether or not tho the use usa of the land Is sought by the per mitte for a commercial purpose if it if Is the me intent of 0 the user to make money from roni a resource which belongs to th thonol the aholo people the service holds that ha be should give a reasonable return for or that use it on the other hand farm ers want to use government land for 1 f their own telephone hohe lines irrigating works and schools the government gives them that use without cost |