| Show I I THROWING OPEN FOREST LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT The rho local alike o lec of the forest rarest service has issued a statement of or the aim of ot the lure service as defined by the tho of the service and approved by too President and the Secretary ry ot of Agri Agriculture Agriculture culture Primarily the desire Is to aid the people In obtaining the fullest use or ot orall all forest lorest resources which Is compatible com compatible with the purposes for which the tho forests were hero created Not only ani the water wood flat ami for forage age but the land Itself la is to be devot devoted devotI devoted I ed to tho the most productive use for tor or the tho permanent good of the whole people says tho the forester This means that all lands within the forests which are chiefly alu valuable valuable able for lor agriculture and which arc are I not noL needed for administrative pur purposes purposes poses rOes shall shaH be thrown open to settle settlement settlement ment mont and aud entry so that citizens may ma till them thorn build homes homel upon them and finally 11 nail obtain ob title to thorn thom Just as on similar lands outside the tho forests rore ts in order to make such action possible congress on Juno 11 lUU passed a special act acL empowering the Secretary of Agriculture to determine what lands should be released horn irom tho the lor tor lorI tors sll and aud given up to homestead entry Since that time a corps corp of weIl lied fled examiners havo have been employed at atall atall atall all seasons when weather cathor has haa permit permuted permitted ted tell tho the survey sure and examinations no ne to doline tile agricultural I areas aroas It IL Is 10 frequently a matter of or the tho ut tit utmost utmost most difficulty for Cor an nn examiner to de decide chic cide whether lands are aro or are not ag ago agricultural agricultural In nature Such areas aro are usually In lit a mountain valley a II 0 often otten at high altitudes and at somo d I stance I above tho tiro highest farms which trial has proved to bo be agricultural In na nay nature tare lure I There aro are droughts In summer heavy hOa snows In winter and frosts occurring oc occurring I possibly evory evary month in the tho thor year r ir to bo ho considered The Tho land may ma maI maybo j I bo be steep stony ston with cold colli or 01 shallow I soil soli 1 hard to Irrigate and moro more or orless orI orless less colored co with brush or 01 stumps mumps or orI I timber I The THo applicant Is la Invariably an opt optimist optimist mist and his friends will toll of or the tho crops grown out ot or reason on neigh neighboring neighboring boring land or similar locations ui 01 ten len the tho water Is completely printed by prior settlers Tile The land landma may ma be bo fertile and yet yot ot subject to a aI I climate which makes Impossible the tuo continuous residence demanded by the tho homestead law In cases of doubt a liberal policy la is pursued and the bene lit ilL of oC tho ho doubt given to tho the applicant In spite of oC the benevolent intention ot or the tho special forest orest homestead law Jaw Jawand lawand and tho iho liberal way a In which It has ima been Interpreted by br the tho forest there has arisen some flome dissatisfaction dl over tho decisions In cases This Thle Is due In part to contrast with tho ho lax easygoing methods have bc prevailed In past yearn ea in par Jk I coling statutes out the public lands under other otner I |
