Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-05-30 | Page 2 | Idaho Forest Land Withdrawn

IDAHO FOREST LAND WITHDRAW! The president has sltned a proclamation procla-mation eliminating approximately 22,-.32r, 22,-.32r, acre of land from the Pocatello national forest, Idaho. Those eliminations elimina-tions are the result of very careful examinations made by the United States department of asrleultuie during dur-ing the summer of 19-VJ. The areas excluded from the forests are mainly agricultural and K'a.ing In character, , and hove practically no value for for est purposes or for watershed protec- ; tion. j Slightly over half of this eliminated area la taken from the Port Neuf dl-I dl-I vision. In nairow strips of bench land ) along the east and west boundaries, j From tne north end of the Oxford dl j vision 3S40 acres are eliminated. The examination disclosed that these areas are more valuable for grazing and dry farming than for national forest purposes. pur-poses. On the oast boundary of the Elk-born Elk-born division, in township 11 south, rauge 30 east, there is eliminated a strip of land one and u half miles wide by eIx miles long, embrnelng fi7G0 acres of land. This area Is chiefly valuable for agriculture and hits practically prac-tically no forest cover. Six suctions of land of tho same character are also released along the northern boundary or tho Malad division, la township 12 , south, rango 37 east. Tho lands which are eliminated will bo restored to settlement and entry I nfter having been duly advertised In I the local papers by the secretary of I tho interior.