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Show ORESTRY EN ENFORCE LAW Forost rangers meet with odil ex-, periences In their efforts to comply with Instructions relative to gathering I evidence and enforcing the feii-rai law according to B. S. Drench, assist -a it to the soli' it'H who looks after tho legal queetlons in diatrlct four. ! in certain region, larwloas with re- B i.l to hunting ami fishing, the (or i st iftiiKi r, with the machinery of Un-i cle Sam behind him. Is a much feared 1 man. Evidence abounds that in cer-' tain c.ics of$endera have succeeded In escaping by reason of the "under-groUnfl "under-groUnfl rail" i; . and worel passed down rural telephone linos us to tho i ibouts i'f the forest efflcers. In om- instance several violators had taken to their beds and feigned ser-loua ser-loua .icknr.sa In an effort to establish an alibi. i i HI i: I iti SPA8BES. And there are other treapasaea al-J al-J " 081 too nuwarous to discuss. There 'i- thfl man who fools there is no harm in poiriK to th- nearby forest to get J himself a Chrlatfnaa tree, and th' ' more progrcssivi citizen who ran sec no wrong in getting a wagon load of I trees to sell. For hasn't Uncle Sam I millions of tree.-'.' There is th- Ingenious stockman who, finding himself on the outside range- with Insufficient water. pro-Vldei pro-Vldei a tank wagon and hauls his water wa-ter to his stock from a rc-ne rvoir constructed con-structed by the forest service for stock gruzinj; under permit. There is the young lady runcher who, soiing the forest si rvi.a- tell - i phone line pas her premises enn die-cover die-cover no necessity to obtain a permit from the forest supervisor before attaching at-taching her Instrument to the government govern-ment line, nor to remove M thereartei when riic is advised that the line iN alrcadv "over-loaded." I ROM MIM TO KOMI 11 i 'l ii.'ic .'i the tv, ii hreit hi-r.- who take a particular liking to a certain area allottee! to a stockman They pro aed to drive the herder and stock out at tho point of guns, ami appropriate the i bin constructed, under permit, by the stockman for his stores. These direct actlonists first conceive th-1 th-1 iiii to be a mine, then decide It Ifl j homestead. They make it plain, i v iilnl, that they would ha willing to 'alk II over with the stockman with . v "v to i-vncuatlon. for a consideration considera-tion moving to them. : And. finally, the forest r.ingi-r i.--. a hi -luun. Danger constantly lurks in I i path a ranger frequently heurs that ao-and-so has sajrt he Would hoot him on sljrht. Some- of these than 'heats During tlv war a ranger lu southern L'uii wasl phot und killed by 0 deserter from ,the army The past year a ranger in Arizona took the life of his assailant and being Indicted, nucceded at his trlnl in showing that the- killing was in self-defensi ll s poi it I POU I D. Tlv Act of February c, 190:,. (81 Stat. 7 00 1 provides that all forest or- jficers shall have auhorlty without warrant to arrest persons taken In the act e-f violating law or regulations governing the national foresls. and to arrest with warrants persons not do-tecteel do-tecteel In the- commission of such offenses of-fenses hut later found to have dls-obeyed dls-obeyed the law's mandates In addition forest officers, notably vthe ranger, who is the organisation unit, customarily possesses powers of a state peace officer with respect ie Offenses committed upon a forest. The necessity for this li apparent when it is remembered that in these western states sometimes a single-county single-county comprises an area equal to a small eastern state, and many an offense of-fense must have gone undlsooven 1 but for the presence of a forest ranger. ran-ger. I This is commanded bv the Act of May 23. 190S. i3i Slat." 259) as follows. fol-lows. Hereafter officials, of the forest for-est service shall In ull ways that are practicable aid In the enforcement of the laws of the states with regard to stock, for th prevention ami extinguishment exting-uishment of forest tires and for the protection of fish and game, l ilti: ii PRKD vi n An ever present evil Is fire, man-caused, man-caused, whether from carelessness or incendiary motives. In the matter of fire the department has an additional and mon- severe federal fed-eral law, namely, section 52 of tho, penal code, carrying a penalty of no, mon- than five thousand dollars fine,' or Imprisonment not more- than two; i ars or both. The service Ifl leaving no stone un- turned to eliminate fire, and to prose-' cute with the utmost vigor both the careless fire-lea ver and tho incend-ary. incend-ary. District 4. With headquarters at Og den. is the largest grazing dletrlct in the service. The State of Utah, within with-in that district, is among the most! intensively grazed units In the United, States. j The secretary of agriculture allots each year to the various forests the1 number of stock, cattle, horses, sheep and goats which ihe range will carry without injury. Thereafter the supervisor sup-ervisor of a forost grunts permits to graze livestock to those making application ap-plication up to the number designated by the secretary. For theso permits In fee Is palil per hearl of slock to be i grazed, and these grazing receipts go a long way toward carrying on sonic, I ;ul least, of tin- service's activities. Trespasses occur frequently. It Is proposed, during the coming spring, ti inaugurate a elrive which will great- jly reduce trespass. I The Act of June 4. 1S97. is the do- part un nt s uuthoritv to regulate grazing. graz-ing. The- same penalties apply to tres- trlthOUl permit upon the national forests, for-ests, namely, a fine eif not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for net more than twelve months or, both. I vi ky I OR HOMJEXP BADS. Bv the Act of June 11. 1 90ti. fJD Stat. 233i. the secretary of agriculture is authorized .upon application or oth-' iSrwiee, to examine lands within the national forests, and If he finds any parcel or parcels which, in his opinion, opin-ion, are chiefly aluubb- for agrlcul-' jture, and not needed for public purposes, pur-poses, he may list the said lands with the secretary of the interior to the enel that they may le opened to entry as aye, other public lands In accordance with the Jiomesti-ail laws. In this connection U may be stated that no home-ste-.nl settler can obtain rights upon the national forests except to lands thus examined and listed by the secretary of agriculture. Occupancy Occu-pancy of forest lands, except under the mining laws, without permission eif the- secretary of agriculture, given through the forest service, constitute tre.spa.-s and renders aui-h an OCCU-pant OCCU-pant liable to tho criminal provisions of the Act of Jun 4, 1807. above I H cited MINING RIGHTS SHOWS With respect to mining, the Act of June 4, 1897, provides: Any mineral lands In any foret rfl- H orvatlon which have been or which ! ii.av be shown tu be such, small n- El unu" to be- rtubjeei in location md en- KH Mi-ilng. t iir t efori-. upon the nati v- II al forests goes on without let or hind- HI I l and to the not being ,n IH actual public use at tin lime tempted location. I J (Jpoo application being made for I BH I mm by the joint regulations promulgnrej' I I bv the secretary of the interior onll tin- secretiry -f agriculture- to exaiu- I HH ine the land sought for milling par- j J BH . HJ found not tn be mineral the district forester must. ;; I test against issuance of patent. al j' BHl a hearing Is had before the local Di m "Ami Office similar to lhat held in land con- tests between private Individuals i H FISH M GAMI RULES Wild life upon the national forest ll BBJ the prop. M-, n Un sta.-. Xi Cpt ial- BAB I.-- een above, under "cooperation" B . named V.I'll 111" . nfore eni I BJ the state .itne laws nrion Ihe fore-i j BBJ In some Ihcj am by reason BI their employment, exofficio, state , lie i .i H .-late aw on the subject, cufltomai . BH the state game department laauea forest officers uppolnments as deputy I game wardens. In the absence of this j I cooperation It is doubted if the atat&i BBJ could themselves police the vast for- i bsled areas, for. lack of necessary j BBJ In an effort to reinforce the stale i BH game laws the secretary of ugiicu - uie ha. promulgated a regulation un- BJ der the Act of 1S97, cited, forbidding BH persons being upon the forests wujt BH intent to hunt or fish in violation -if ! B hi Btate law. This regulation Is fr.- j Bj jUently Invoked in game cases. ' |