Show n s FOREST RESERVES f M There is an n old saying ying that a person nerson Berson can sometimes ims im's get t too much cf a good tb thing ing and fl from m present prese t indications its truth may bo ho brought rought homo home to to the thc people of this thi state stale in inthe the matter of having our mountains P set apart r as forest reserves It seem seems to be he a f find fad d now for every lo locality to petition our r represent representatives pr represent represent- representatives in congress to have o not only the thc V l i l lt mountains bordering on streams from which whid t culinary y water waler is obtained for settlements thus set apart but to include whole il p. p i r. r t tain taro ranges in the petitions Now w a forest reserve to protect the thc head hend headwaters headwaters waters ater of certain streams streams' will wiIl Jn in 1 some ol le let t cases undoubtedly y be of gret great public ben benfit b benefit bene- bene ne fit fit t but tho those e cases cases are not nearly s so q nh lJ ner- ner pus ous as some lome people would have the the J public ft believe T To Ti tell teU the straight straight- truth about l t the the matter matter in a majority of instances the question of grass has a greater be bearing in on Oil the efforts of individuals to have these reset reser- reser reservations E the of set apart than does the q question estl estlA of A large public health It is is a battle between arge ar e ef f f f. f stockholders on the lie one side and nd 2 on the thc other t t tj j Up to tho the present present time there has been no no not t t common upon which these e wo w wr r interests can unite 1 Si and P it t is not th the pl purpose i e of this article he to take O up the thc cudgels of or r l JC t also i o 6 ot fth t etti 14 i i r r the oth other l' l hut nut I rawer to point out solution L. A solution t o of the q question ques e i t. t f 7 tion t at t ig is v I j ht judgment of tae Ino writer r ill iii prove pro of oj- greater realer benefit to the general ou tal nV public i-e i than HUlO will vill the thc establish establishment T rifest ment tit lit I tine ioie st l t n lovi re ve vein r in n the first pla e I the ve we have e no absolute ab as as- p. p sun J t tc tilt tao at of f forest fore r reserves reserves re re- serves serves seLves will r result iti in III the protection c lOn of public health by r reason a un 9 of keeping the lU free jin fi-jin p lulion A Again Lin if these mountains mountains moun moun- taim are ro all ail tt so s1 set et ai apart rt and the stockmen r are successful it in ill bavi having g sheep excluded from the thc reservation it will mean the destruction of the she sheep p industry in this state which is is certainly pot a desirable proposition to con- con template It is equally probable that in case case case- the thc stockmen were successful su in having sheep the reservations that in rei retaliation retaliation re re- excluded from re- re i the would see that a the get the same treatment which would be e another calamity mity and the b battle between these two ind industries would prove the millstones between en which the great majority of tho people of the state would w uld be b ground to destruction t r Even where there are forest reserves established established es es- it is no great di difficulty culty for large J or large to get permission e to glaze a c certain r ai number u of animals on tho the reservation and tho the e n number will be bo governed bythe by the animals animals' controlled by bythe the p parti parties rt efi e inter interested t d. d These 1 concession d defeat feat th the tho ih public 6 iche health l phase of i the question an and also defeat the ests of tHe h f farmer 1 r or or villager il j Y who owns only ons rif only ly a few i 1 J r C 1 t siJ I J. J head ot of stock 01 sheep for they have neither the money y i root root- or tho hu Ole influence necessary to secure these concessions ll and in consequence lice would ho bo ho t out from th the enjoyment of Hof these privileges privilege All parties partH concerned are areat at the tho mOH mercy Y of ui the the t Interior d department If If- the Secretary y of tho the Interior otc o desires to be on oD the thc he question he hC eau can mi shut hut shutout out ut allstock all allstock stock from the flIe re reservations oi cr a ions A method that tuat we believe o would be much more moio sat satisfactory s all around a would w hl b be be to have hav all i all lf the tho lay laths It da i in in the canyons from which Y water Yater is obtained surveyed stir sur for a a reasonable lc distance nc b buck ck fro from tho the settlements and then either or of the Clio State tat by th the general public In th this v vay ay theland would all betaken be taken up JIt in in q quai ir ler sections iop by bv the tho small JI farmers toil and and villagers who who would hold it for their theil own mal Thus they th y would w uld become be bo come the slimmer n r p st ra rawl wl ich they could co ld lot wt L get got if lands the lands were reserved r d and and the fact of of this ownership wn rs will keep largo large Jar e herds herd an and docks of the canyons and thus prevent any possibility ty of polluting ting the V waters watern ot tit the the ci i eks eki The ir immense i s area r a outside o the seven seven mile mil limit c could uld then bel be bo l left ft op open tor public range range- and ana no nc li industry c l shy suffer would would w t t. t v w i |