FOREST RESERVES IN IDAHO. 89 



Mr. Pincliot to Senator Heyburn. 



Washington, Aj^ril 2If^ 1905. 

 Dear Sir: Upon my return to the office your letter of April 19 has 

 been brought to my attention. Within a few days I shall be glad to 

 send you a map of Idaho showing the lands temporarily withdrawn 

 from settlement for proposed forest reserves. As I have already ex- 

 plained to you, I am not in a position to give you information in re- 

 gard to any additional areas which may hereafter be teinporarily 

 withdrawn. 



Very truly, j^ours, Gifford Pinchot, 



Forester. 

 Hon. AV. B. Heyburn, 



United States Senate^ Washington, D. C. 



Mr. Pinchot to Senator Heyburn. 



AVashington, April 25, 1905. 

 Dear Sir : I am in receipt of your letter of April 22, transmitting a 

 copy of the objections you have filed with the Honorable the Secretary 

 of the Interior to the proposed forest reserves in Idaho for which 

 j^roclamations have been prepared. 



Very truly, yours, Gifford Pinchot, 



Forester. 

 Hon. W. B. Heyburn, 



United States Senate^ Washington.^ D. C. 



Mr. Pincbot to Senator Heyburn. 



Washington, May 4, 1905. 



Dear Sir : Upon looking over the map of Idaho of which I gave 

 you a copy Avith the proposed new forest reserves outlined, I find that 

 errors in the location of towns are responsible for most of your pro- 

 tests against these reserves. The outlines of the reserves were draw^n 

 as they are recommended, but the draftsman did not alter any fea- 

 tures printed on the original map. 



If you will examine the map again you will find two towns of Xew- 

 some. The one shown in the proposed addition to the Bitter Root 

 has no actual existence. Garden Valley, shown to be just within the 

 proposed Squaw Creek division of the Weiser, is in reality several 

 miles outside, to the east. Sawtooth, Twin Spring, and Rockybar are 

 all excluded from the Sawtooth, although their erroneous location 

 indicates otherwise. Spencer is not in the Lake Henry area. Roose- 

 velt is 20 miles from the proposed boundary of the Payette." 



These towns were located by the examiners as accurately as possible 

 from more recent and reliable maps and plats, and the boundaries are 

 recommended so as to exclude them. In unsurveyed regions it is ob- 

 viously necessary to locate lines by projecting them from the nearest 

 surveys. It is hardly likely that any offsets in future actual surveys 



a The map and diagrams showing the exact and the erroneous locations of the 

 towns named will be found at the end of this bulletin. 



