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Show p7 fteferfe !&gf SH?b?h " fll y JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN HEl'AItB for "The President's Forest I" Something new I Soroc- - thing significant ! Interesting I H I I A Joint resolution (S. J. Res. H 1 KM) "creating Uie President's H MT Forest within the present Kalbab jijh r, National forest, Arizona," has LLLl - alj tKcn introduced by Senator Heed aaH aA rfl Smoot of Utuh and referred to flflHr?' SW the committee on public lands ikV 'jj)mj& Rnd BUn'eJ's- Tl)0 resolution, tR&rEttJiM tter defining the boundaries. HLWMCT provides that the land and tlm-B tlm-B jjM ber "are hereby withdrawn from F settlement, location, occupancy, Hrraxtng or disposal under tho laws of tlio United LHHstates and dedicated and set apart as a gamo BKanctuary and forest presorvo for tho benefit and HMjoyincnt of tho people, and shall hereafter bo Knpwn an tho President's Forest." f TIie President's Forest," if litis resolution is Bmmw! by both houses, will therefore bo tho name Kf approximately 600,000 acres of timber forever LLBCt ,A iCT til pesJl' mill lortY? r barrel to pur-KMr, pur-KMr, homesteader, miner, stockman, lumberman. Wesldent, hunter and trapper. Under tho present Hform of the resolution control will rcmuln In tho Hforest service of tho Agricultural department, Hwhlch controls tho Kalbab Natlonnl forest and all natlonal forests. To all Intents and purposes the Hforeet will be a part of the Grand Canyon National Hprk, which runs Into It on the south and Is In charge of the national park Bcrvlce of tho Interior Hdepartmcnt. B So "The President's Forest," la something new. The name, fur one thing, la new, And why "The H President's Forest"? H Uecause the United States Is a nation governed Hby laws rather than by men. presidents coma Hand presidents go. As long as there Is a United HtttRtea there will be a president. And as long as Hthere Is a president there will be "The President's Hrorest." H And "The President's Forest' is new In form tHtoo, Thore'a nothing Just like It. It's nearest la Hform to a national park. At has size, majesty and H beauty. Private and commercial Interests nro H barred. It Is a game sanctuary. It is purely "for Hthe benefit and enjoyment of the people." All of HBwhlch closely describe a national park. HB Certainly it Is far removed' in form from a na-jtlenal na-jtlenal forest Tho national forests, as established Hby law, aro purely commercial and industrial In-HH In-HH ntltutlons for tho application for profit of sclcn-H sclcn-H tlftc lumbering and grazing to- the nntlou'a wood Hlet. though as a matter of fact there is Instead IB of a profit an annual deficit of a million and more Hand tho forest service is exploiting tho national H forests as recreational rivals to national parka. H Anyway, "The President's Forest" will bo one for-Hest for-Hest where tho forest servlco cannot InBlst upon B trying to comblno cattle and campers, wood-chop-sHuern and tree-lovers, sheen and tourists. Cnttlo M ia a wild beauty spot aro a calamity ; sheep are Bi catastrophe. Bn Tho movement to create "Tho President's For Bk est" has a significance that gladdens tho naturc-BBjj naturc-BBjj lover's heart. It betokens an increasing national IB appreciation of tho vnluo of scenery as n natural BBs resource, as u national uss,et It betokens an in-BB in-BB creasing national consciousness that It Is not well Bv to lay the ax to every forest, to turn the cattle BBc and sheep looso on the shrubs and flowers of ev-BBv ev-BBv try wild beauty spot BBv The Kalbnb Natlonnl forest Is approximately Bm 40 miles squnre, and contains 1,072,000 acres. It Bw? stands on tho Kalbnb plateau, which rises up from BBV tho desert that surrounds it on tho north, east and BBV west and slopes down to 8,000 feet ut tho North BB Him of tho Grand canyon. BHj "The President's Forest" Is tho cant half of the BV Knlbab National forest. The northwest pnrt of B "The President's Forest" shoulders up on to Duck Hj skin mountain. So thero aro tnountulns and vul-BQ vul-BQ leys covered with gnarled one-seeded Juniper and WK phion and with majestic western yellow plno Hft which are three and four feet through and rlso H 100 feet. There Is soino Douglas fir nod somo BB1 spruce. Ituvlnes are clad with tho lighter green BBJ of the aspen which chonges to vivid yellow, gold BB am) red In tho fall. In tho little parks within tho K forest the trees stop half-way down the rimming BB elopes and leavo room for whlto clover, grass and BwBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBj T m3u& Jr j?it? NfllJTHr BwMjBm JCiBBtBtBtAI rPMHHBilwlm IhHHbII flowers and for wild strawberries about a spring. This vast, remote, rugged, heavily-timbered Knlbab Knl-bab National forest Is still a wild placo in spite of tho fact that thousands of cattlo and sheep have been grazing In It for years. It Is still so wild that thero aro at least 10,000 black-tall deer In It, though they shrink In disgust from the cattle and sheep. Thero aro many mountain lions that live on tho deer. This is the way Senator Smoot's Joint resolution resolu-tion came to bo introduced: Stephen T. Mather, director of the national park service, drove from the north through the Kalbnb National forest to tho North lllta of tho Grand canyon. Upon his return to Washington ho wrote the following letter let-ter to President Harding: Dear Mr. Prtoldtntt Last tmmr 1 vltlted the wonderful country at the North Him ot the Grand canyon and was profoundly pro-foundly Impreaaed with the splendid forest and the extraordinary dlaplay of wild lite to ho found there. Thla region haa been to leotated from transportation centers that it haa remained almost untouched, and la one of the very largest areas of virgin forest In the country. It Is reliably estimated that there are i some thirteen thousand deer In the Kalbab National forest I was accompanied by Mr, Emerson Hough, the well-known writer, who suggeited for this splendid tract the name of "The Preildent's Forest" A few weeks later In Los Angeles I met Mr. E. J. Marstiatl, president of the Otand Canyon Cattle company, the corporation which has conducted cattle gnUIng operations In th!. forest for a number ot years, and was very much (ratified to And a ready and enthusiastic response to the Idea of maintaining this region solely as a game preserve and for publlo enjoyment. Blnce then he has very generously made the offer which I have the honor ot transmitting to you in the accompanying letter. Thla ofTer means a very real sacrifice on the part of the (Jrand Canyon Cattle company In abandoning the improvements which they made and relinquishing the prospect of a considerable profit from their operation, Mr. Marshall's Mar-shall's other Interests, however, are considerable, and he cheerfully makes this sacrifice In a truly public-spirited public-spirited manner. May I etpresa the hope, Mr. President, that you may find an opportunity of visiting the President's Forest yourself and feeling the Inspiration of Its vast-neas vast-neas and unspoiled beauty. The leter of Mr. Marshall to President Harding Is In part as follows : The Grand Canyon Cattle company, a California corporation, has been operating here for a number of years under leases from the United States forest service, serv-ice, and during that time has made extensive and valuable Improvements, particularly in the development develop-ment ot water supply and the erection of stone cattlo cat-tlo camp buildings. The company owns certain patented pat-ented tracts ot land within the boundaries of the forest for-est reservation and several tracts ot located scrip lands In the Immediate vicinity. At tho present time we are graslng a herd of breeding cattle, numbering about two head, under permit from the forest service. We deslro tc register our willingness to vacate and abandon tho Kalbab forest reservation and the publlo pub-llo lands Immediately adjoining to the east thereof, recognising that by bo doing the purposes of former President rioosevelt In establishing a gams preserve here could bo more completely fulfilled, and mtklng tho entire region avtalable for the publlo enjoyment. Our only request Js that a reasonable time be given the company to dUpose of and move Its livestock and other personal property, and that in lacognltlon of our action such graslng permits be not hereafter Issued to other livestock Interests In the area now covered by our permit Arrangomtnts have been made through private Individuals In-dividuals tor acquiring the company's patented land holdings, which are to he presented to the United tuur without cost to the government It was tho orlglnnl suggestion thnt tho President should create "Tho President's Forest" by executive ex-ecutive order. Tho President however, preferred action by congress to Insuro permnnency. Hence tho Joint resolution. Senator Sen-ator Smoot was pleased to Introduce Intro-duce the resolution. Utnh Is tremendously tre-mendously Interested In the exploitation ex-ploitation of tho region north of the Grand canyon. Senator Smoot says It Is a "wonderland." It Is inaceu a land of scenic beauties, of geological marvels, of strange contrasts, of romantic history. The High plateau of Utah Is divided by canyons Into nlno distinct plateaus which drop tho surfaco In successive cliffs from nearly tho summit-level of the Wasatch mountains to the desert out ot which rises tho Kalbab plateau. Thcso cliffs expose ex-pose in turn strata representing many millions of years of world-bulldlng. They curve and twist in fantastic outlines. They take every posslblo eroslonal form. They literally run tho gamut of color and shado and tint Thero Is no space here for detailed description of the Pink cliff, the White cliff and the Vermilion Vermil-ion cliff; of tho great Hurrlcano fault, the Natural bridges and the Ilalnbow bridge; of tho Painted desert; of Lee's ferry across the Colorado, where John D. Lee hid out for 20 years nfter the Mountain Moun-tain Meadows massacre; of Utah's "Dixie", land of cotton and semi-tropical fruits; of the variegated varie-gated hills of sediment from a prehistoric sea along tho 1'urlnh river where aro gold and frco mercury. Zlon National park a deep, many-colored gorge cut in tho plateau by tho Illo Virgin Is famous. Cedar breuks, a marvel of eroslonal forms and stratified color, is yet to bo seen by the public. Drycc canyon, a thousand-foot niche In the top of the Pink cliff, an amphltheatcr-llko canyon showing show-ing an endless variety of eroslonal forms painted In every color, shado and tint of tho artist's palette. pal-ette. Is ono of tho roost gorgeous spectacles of the world. Southern Utah nnd northern Arizona are working together to exploit tills land of wonders. A branch railroad Is likely to be' run from Luud to Cedar City; tho steel may be extended from Murysvalo to Pangultch. Cedar breaks, Bryco canyon, Zlon aud "Tho President's Forest" are to be connected by automobile highways over Hip routes Indicated by the broken lines, according to present plans. A bridge across the Colorado at Lee's ferry Is planned. Two of tho Colorado-Utah highways to bo constructed by Colorado under tho federal aid plan will strlko southern Utah, thus connecting this region with Mesa Verde and Rocky Mouutaln National parks. There Is a bill in congress to make Dryce canyon tho Utah National park. It ia mpro likely to be made a state pn-k. Cedar breaks may bo added to Zlon National park. So there will soon be thousands of tourists pushing from tho north to the North Illm there wero 1,200 Inst season. And now that' the Kalbab Suspension bridge has been built across tho Colorado Col-orado in tho Grand canyon a largo proportion of South ltlin visitors of whom thero wero 00.218 last year will cross to the North Illm. On the North Itlm there Is scant room for tho public within with-in the national park lines. Hedco the need of The President's Forest." "In these clrcumstnnccs," asks Mr, Average Man, "why not mako Tho President's Forest' a part of the Grand Canyon Natlonnl parkr "Because It can't be done," answers tbo experienced experi-enced national park enthusiast, "at lenst not now, Tho people will bo lucky to muster enough votes In congress to get tho Joint resolution through. Tho Agricultural department nnd the forest service serv-ice us usual would light to tho last ditch to prevent pre-vent tho transfer of nutlonnl forest land to n na-tlonnl na-tlonnl park and tho Interior department nnd the natlonul park service. Huh I Didn't Theodore Itoosovclt make the Grnnd canyon n natlonnl monument mon-ument Jnnuury 11, 1003, with the Idea that It would be mado a national park at once In responso to tho nntlon-wldo demnnd? But tho monument was put In charge of the Agricultural deportment liiRtend of being transferred to the Interior department. de-partment. And didn't It tnko tho people Just eleven years, ono month nnd fifteen days from January 11 1003, to get their Grand Canyon National Na-tional park? Verb. sap. I" One enthusiast writes of "Tho President's Forest" For-est" us "(he grandest natural work of Almighty 3od row left In nil tho world." Suffice It to ?ny that as n forest It Is a worthy companion to tliv Grand l nyon the Canyon of Canyons I |