| Show FOREST RESERVES recently president roosevelt signed an order creating tho dixie forest reserve in utah by this action a tract of nearly half a million acres in washington and iron counties Is set aside for the perpetuation of native trees it extends westward from the pine valley mountains a high narrow range many points of which exceed ten thousand feet in elevation the chief object in creating the reserve is to protect this water supply of the rush lake valley to the northeast and of the santa clara valley to the southwest together with other neighboring valleys jn all of them the settlers have been in favor creating of the reserve furthermore the tract contains much timber whdeh though of interior quality la the only timber adall abio in the nearby near by valleys and is essential to mining development tho total area of the forest reserves in the united states alaska and porto itco is thus increased to over acres with proper intelligence arid energy the management should show first a armiter prevention of alres second a more wholesome cutting and third a larger profit to the government from the sale of lumber in this connection it can hardly be ye heated too often that these forest reserves aro not for the benefit ot the government at washington but of the communities in their neighborhood the reserves are established tor the express purpose of preserving a perpetual of timber tor home industries dus tries for preventing the destruction ot the forest cover which regulates the flow of streams and tor protecting local residents from unfair competition in the uso of forests and ranges tho revenue derived from the administration of the reserves maintains the force of men organized to preserve those domains |
