Show GOVERNMENT AS I TIMBER DEALER Total of 1 Feet Sold Off Of-f National Forests in Year Just Ended v-u v SHEEP MEN HEARD TODAY Committees Will Take Up Grazing Questions With The rIte second day aj of tho the annual conference con con- ference of the time national forest Inspectors inspectors tors of District i 4 meeting In the tIme United States Circuit court room was ns marked b by many maur Interesting papers anti and talks on Oil forest questions Chief Insl Inspector ector R. R EL E. Benedict of or tho tire dl presided presie an and first called for Lao ClO tug tUb of the tIre discussion on ou timber Umbel prices unfinished from the first day ar This question was consi considered consider ere at length au and consisted mainly of verifying the tire scales scale used in the past The reports showed that HiO OO feet of lumber had been en sol sold by the tIle forest department In Inthe inthe inthe the past year ear Mining claims within tho the forests were brought up and a paper was read b by M. M T T. Woodruff supervisor of or the Bear Dear River forest The discussion ion was lead b by G G. G F. F Pollock chief of tire the division of ot lands at Washington andwan and was wan waa directed eted to the care that should be used in the reports of or the supervisors supervisors supervisors super super- visors on mining claims within tho the forests I particularly when application for tor patent is made While the tor forest cst land is open to tho prospector the thc same as the tue public domain the tho officers of 0 th the forest department are arc expected to look after aCtor all locations and to see sec that mineral ruin min i eral erol land alone is taken up also to re report re- re port on all so called wild cat cal companies com corn paules an and fraudulent operators I Improvement At tho the afternoon meeting tho the question question question ques ques- tion of or permanent improvement nr first t brought up A paper papel on this subject subject subject sub sub- as was read by G. G B. B Mains 80 supervisor supervisor super super- er- er visor of ot the Payette layette forest In I Idao lo followed h by a discussion b by TV W. V E Herring chief engineer of or forests forest at Washington ton The last congress set aside for tor these Improvements of or which fell to District No 4 J and It was on the most economic methods moth moth- of or expending this that the tho matter was discussed While the permanent improvement improvement- look to the s saving of the timber Itself certain steps in the proper administration tion of the forests were deemed to be necessary B By these were wore meant the building of roa roads s. s bridges tho the establishment of telephone lines for the time use uso of or supervisors and rangers lans and other othel means of administration Plans were offered to provide for fOI or operation co with tin tilt count county authorities and with the settlors on tho of fronds and amI other matters In Jn would be In Interested R. R V. V II H. Reynolds first to the engineer ens read a a. paper on Conditions Conditions Condi lions and Eliminations referring to the character of ot lands that should be embraced in the forests This brought up the tho question of timber lands or what lands by proper treatment would be made matle timber cr lands An act of or congress of June 11 last per pertaining to settlement settlement settle settle- ment meat on forests was also brought t up This provides for tho the application of homestead d rights on parts of ot forel forests that may be determined to be more valuable valuable valuable val val- for agriculture or grazing s Today loda Today the tho session will go Into the tho Important question of ot grazing In th the forest the question that Is now th time tho cause ause of so much on the 1 par part ort of t the Utah To lead head this dis- dis there will be A A. F. F Potter Potto chief of or grazing s at ot Washington ton L. L F F. Assistant Chief W W. C. C Barnes and others Many important matters o of grazing s will bo be brought up and it is understood that several veral committees o or of will be bc heard The session will close on Saturday night with an elaborate banquet at tho tue Cullen hotel at t which Major F. F A A. Fenn of ot Idaho will act as toastmaster |