Show I GREAT SUM FOR FOREST SERVICE I Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Dollars Dol Dol- Dol- Dol lars Will Be Spent During During During Dur Dur- Dur- Dur ing the Year IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED Betterment of Range Conditions Conditions Conditions Condi Condi- One of the Necessities Necessities Necessities ties Just Now Six hun hundred rell thousand dollars lar will be spent pent during the time O fiscal al yeAr elir 1909 1908 for tor the construction of oC roads trails telephone lines and other Improvements nt on the national forests has appropriated the same sam Congress fie amount for Cor this purpose during the tho 08 cal year car of oC 1909 In order that the fore forest rangers ranger rs ma may a cover the large area contained In th the It Is 19 very or necessary s T that att a a. system of ot trails be he constructed alon f routes which give the he best control o othe or of orthe the areas to be he patrolled In man many districts dl- dl telephone lines JInes have hn been bunk bull built between the supervisors supervisor's office a ant and ran ranger er headquarters and to prominent peas peaks which are used for lookout stations sta sta- to observe fires Ores To oro fight forest tires Sires effectively cl It 1 Is of oC time the utmost Importance tint that a force fore of or men be rushed to the lire as soon ai ns as pos possible ns as these fires Ores can be he and put out If taken when the they ar are small where It would be almost impossible sible Ible to check then them after aUer tit tile they e ha had this spread over o a large area aren For this reason reason rea rca son the telephone lines and trail systems terns are of vital Importance and have hav played no small part In the time patrol ays system tem tern which has hns resulted In the remarkably remarkably remark remark- aliI ably 11 small IOn 11 area aren burned over since the forests have o been under tinder government go supervision heifer Helfer imago Condition Among other necessary Improvements Improve Improve- Improvements ments provided for tor the service takes up the matter of ot the betterment of ot range conditions First b by the con con- I of ot drift fences which are arc for forthe time the purpose of oC keeping stock tock within th the area allotted to them and to save sava I i the lip time of ot the herders second bythe by bv the Improving of ot springs and watering I places laces In man many sections of ot the West nest est large areas have ha been of oC no value on account of ot the lack of water during a large larg portion of ot the tho year oar By the fencing fencing fenc fenc- encIn enc enc- In ing and piping of or the springs spring and providing providing pro pro- viding adequate storage the service has In been able ahle to conserve a a. supply of or water which enables enable these theBe ranges to tobe tobe tobe be used throughout hout the season third by 11 the fencing of ot bog bOJ or mire holes As s fast as 8 possible places where the Toss ross of ot stock tack from miring In iii bog hog holes has been boo heavy are being fenced so 80 that the cattle cannot get Into them therm fourth by the time fencing of poisonous areas In certain sections of ot Colorado there thoro Is Js a e poison polson larkspur which during durIng during dur dur- ing the spring season will poison polson stock tock that graze on It These places are beIng being being be be- be- be ing fenced and amI the thet stock kept away from the areas until tho the poisonous season season season sea sea- son Is o over ocr cr when they are arc opened tot foi grazing All of ot tho the national forests are Bro di divided divided di- di vided Into districts which arc are under the direct supervision of or a forest ranger rang rang- er who looks after the time timber cutting and grazing matters an and patrols his district to detect and prevent forest Ore fires As the national rore forests ts arc are located lo located located lo- lo in and timbered country and anti ha have 0 but tow few settlements within their boundaries It Jt Is necessary necessary sary SRI to provide e these rangers with quarters convenient to the districts o over er which the they have ha charge These quarters con consist of ot a 0 small smal hou o o. o a table for tor his saddle horses a R fence tence enclosing a pasture for tor his stock an and occasionally occasional the fencing of ot a n. small garden gardon patch and a a. small piece of or hay has hayland land to provide fodder for the stock during winter Wilson on toads The Time forest st service ser also co operates with the time states counties on and communities ties In the tune construction of oC Wa wagon on roans roads roads trails and bridges which will make malee accessible bodies 11 of ot mature timber tim tim- her bor and otherwise assist In the control control control con con- and antI use URO of oC the forests An example ex example example ex- ex ample of times this operation co-operation is time tho Boise Boise- Atlanta wagon road rand This road connects connects connects con con- the city of or Boise Ida with tho the mining town of oC Atlanta a place of ot about Inhabitants The road follows follows fol rOI- lows up the Boise river for Cor the entire nUre distance with tho exception of about seven m miles s beginning at a n point ln live miles out from Boise The entire length of oc tho the road J Is about 96 miles Atlanta is situated in the Sawtooth mountains and ond Is 90 IO miles from front a rail rall- road rondo Time The former Cormer outlet was b by wagon road rond to the town of at Mountain Home n This road follows over o high mountains and und Is snowed in during six or seven months of oc the year The Boise Atlanta wagon road will willbo willlie bo lie snowed In for Cor only two or three months of or tho the year Tho The road Is anold an anold anold old project about 40 10 miles of It having hav ha ing 1111 been built Lout out from rom Boise Bolso some ton years ago RO This ThiN work was done dono by bv bya a fund raised from fromn subscriptions taken In Boise Bolso and Atlanta In 1905 the road rond was W extended 28 miles from Crom funds appropriated appropriated ap ap- propria tell by tho time state of oC Idaho This work brought the road to the boundary i of or the tho Sawtooth national forest now the the- Boise national forest During the summer of 1907 the people people peo peo- of ot Atlanta subscribed 3 tho the Commercial club of oC Boise 2500 the tho the tho lio state appropriated about anti ant the ho forest ser service ico contributed a total of ot with which the old road rond was put In proper propel repair and n a little less than 20 miles of or very difficult difficult cult mountain road was constructed through rough h a narrow canyon on which witch In Inmany Inmany many places had precipitous us walls of oC rock The rhe scenery along this road rivals rl- rl als vals that of ot many of ot tho the scenic high high- ways as This road opens up tip a large e area of or national forest heretofore Inaccessible es gives comparatively quick communication lon tion between Boise Dolse th time the state capital and nd Atlanta and greatly lessens tho time length of oC time that Atlanta will ho bo shut shot off from communication with tho the outside world I |