| Show FOREST NOTES more afore than mineral claims patented within tho the national forests during the fiscal year 1915 within the national forest bound ardts are somo some 21 million acres in private ownership consisting of lands granted or taken up for ono one purpose or another before the forests vero were or of homestead en teries made since sime of tho the timber sales made on the forests last 3 ear 1062 1 were for amounts less than each up to june 30 1915 tho the national forest reservation commission in ac cor dince with the act of march 1 1911 common comboni com moni known as tho the weeks law had approved the purchase liase of acres 01 oi lands within tho the appalachian and arid white mountains these lands will bo be administered as national forests on july 1 1915 the force employed by the forest arvice numbered of these aut wre employed upon the national forests as supervisors rangers guards etc and 00 62 were engaged in administrative scientific and cler cal work at the washington and seven distel t headquarters |
