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defense sets up the claim that the timber 

 was cut for mining purposes and not to 

 be shipped away. Denver {Colo.') News, 

 January II . 



Forest Supervisor Taggart has re- 

 peated the edict that hereafter no one 

 will be allowed to take wood of any 

 kind, either fallen or standing, from the 

 San Jacinto reserve. Any violation on 

 the part of any one will be considered 

 as trespassing, and will be dealt with 

 as such. Riverside (Ca/.) Press. 



Acting on offical information, Com- 

 missioner Binger Hermann of the 

 General Land Office hasdirected a special 

 agent at Juneau-, Alaska, to make a com- 

 plete investigation and prompt report 

 with a view to stopping the denudation 

 of the forest tracts. The action is based 

 on notice sent the Department in regard 

 to the cutting going on in many places ; 

 that Indians on Annette Island, who are 

 aliens, having been transported there 

 from British Columbia, are cutting 

 valuable spruce and cedar on all the 

 adjoining islands and have established 

 a saw mill on Graniva island, near 

 Kechcan, where they are manufacturing 

 lumber and carrying on extensive traffic. 

 In his instructions Commissioner Her- 

 mann states that neither the natives nor 

 other residents of Alaska are allowed 

 under the law to cut timber for market 

 from the lands in Alaska belonging to the 

 United States, until after first purchasing 

 the timber from the Government through 

 the Secretary of the Interior. 



ment is becoming more strict than ever. The 

 newest sensation in lumber depredations is laid 

 to what is known as the Rock Springs Lumber 

 Co., which has employed about 300 men cutting 

 timber near the head of the Green River , in Fre^ 

 mont and Sweetwater counties. The matter is 

 under investigation by United States Agent 

 Abbott. TUe company claims to have complied 

 with the law in every particular ; saying that it 

 has been cutting timber only on lands either 

 acquired from the State of Wyoming which had 

 selected the lands under Government grant, or 

 bought wich soldier scrip from the Government, 

 They say that the charges of timber depreda- 

 tions were originated by a set of hunteis and 

 guides who have established lodges for the 

 entertainment of foreign and Eastern hunters. 

 The investigation will be pursued. 



Some additional light is thrown by the 

 following dispatch dated Cheyenne, 

 Wyo., January 17, upon the doings of the 

 Rock Springs Lumber Co., in the Green 

 River valley in Wyoming, mention of 

 which appeared in the last issue of The 

 Forester : 

 The surveillance of the United States Govern- 



From the North Yakima Times it is 

 learned that the supervisor of the Mount 

 Rainier Reserve met the stock rangers of 

 the contiguous region in the State of 

 Washington, on January 16. Although 

 he did not make any allotments he re- 

 ceived applications for grazing permits. 

 It was suggested that the cattle men and 

 sheep men get together and agree upon 

 some plan to harmonize their interests. 

 The stockmen were warned against over- 

 crowding the reserves with cattle and 

 sheep, and that the ill-advised actions 

 of the few in violating the rules would 

 operate against all. It having been pro- 

 posed to limit the number of stock to be 

 grazed in the reserve hereafter to 325,000 

 head and to define the grazing season as 

 continuing from June 15 to September 

 25 of each year, the stockmen appointed 

 a committee consisting of five cattle men 

 and five sheep men, to settle the matters 

 under dispute. This committee drew up 

 an agreement by the terms of which cer- 

 tain parts of the reserve are to be re- 

 garded only as cattle ranges and are not 

 to be invaded by bands of sheep. The 

 charge for pasturage of sheep is to be at 

 the rate of $5.00 per thousand, single 

 bands not to exceed 2,500 in number. 

 The fee for grazing cattle has not yet 

 been determined upon. 



