bO FOREST RESERVES IN IDAHO. 



out, SO that from 40 to 80 acres can be l)ruii<i:ht under cultivation. 

 Of these 10 claims, 2 are on section 8(), township 47 north, range 1 

 east, B. ]\1., and 8 are on section 'M'u township 47 north, range 5 east. 

 B. M., and were " located " with knowledge that the approval of 

 survey would find them on school lands. Such of these lands as arc 

 capable of cultivation will produce good crops of hay, although it 

 has been the general experience in that country that the small fiat- 

 dry out after die timber has been removed. Owing to the mountain- 

 ous character of the country, with its heavy snows and cold nights, 

 diversified agriculture is out of the question, and grasses would be 

 the main reliance. 



Question 3. To what extent, if any. have the lands claimed l)een 

 cultivated, grazed, or otherwise used for bona fide homestead pur- 

 poses? 



Answer. Frank Herdmau, who has a claim in section 14, township 

 47 north, range 5 east, B. M. (which is on the north side of the range 

 and near the town of AVallace, Idaho, and not in the main timber 

 belt), has about 5 acres under cultivation; Emil Krause, in section 2i) 

 (same township), has one-half acre in garden truck; Fred Uhlman. 

 in section 'M') (same township), has al)out 1 acre cleared and in garden 

 and grass. With these exceptions, none of the lands in the with- 

 <irawal have been cultivated, grazed, or otherwise used for bona fide 

 homestead purposes. 



Question 4. AMiat improvements have l)eeu placed thereon, and 

 what are the value and character of such improvements? 



Answer. Herdman has a good hewed log house and small barn and 

 about 10 acres fenced: also a water-power sawmill, used principally 

 for sawing wood from the claim for Wallace, Idaho, people. The 

 remaining claims have cabins built at a cost of from $10 to $'25, and 

 with a half-dozen exceptions none of them are habitable. There are 

 over a hundred cal)ins without door, floor, window, or chimney, 

 built, pen like, of unchinked logs, and with roof of brush or bark. 



Question 5. Whether those claiming lands have complied in good 

 faith with the requirements of the settlement laws as to residence, or 

 have maintained homes elsewhere since the assertion of such claims? 



Answer. Herdman lives on his claim part of the time and also has 

 a home in Wallace, Idaho. (He was living in Wallace in June last 

 at the time of my two trips there.) Uhlman lives on his claim, 

 although not at home at the time I was there. Emil Krause makes 

 trips to his claim about once a month and stays a day or two. The 

 other claimants in the Avithdrawal make occasional fishing or hunting 

 trips in to the cabins. Such claimants as were mentioned by the sur- 

 veyor's field notes (many of whom were '' located " by the surveyors) 

 and such claimants as have their names on the cabins or claims I have 

 run down, and I append a list showing their actual residence and 

 occupation. The lists are of interest. None of the claimants have 

 complied in good faith with the requirements of the settlement laws 

 as to residence. Uhlman is out there because he has a good timber 

 claim and is employed by the Slate Creek Settlers' Association to 

 l)luff out any claim jumpers. Herdman's ground is probably min- 

 eral, as it is surrounded by mineral claims, and he formerly held the 

 land as mining claims, but his principal income has been from the 



