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the reserve, permission is given to remove 

 free of charge in any one year timber to 

 the amount of one hundred dollars for 

 individual use on his own claim, subject 

 to the usual restrictions and supervision. 

 To discourage the demand for reserve 

 timber no export removal of the same is 

 allowed from the State or Territory 

 wherein cut. The precaution against 



were, with few exceptions, excellently 

 protected. The largest single reserva- 

 tion is in Oregon ; it contains nearly four 

 and one half millions of acres, and ex- 

 tends from north to south over 234 miles. 

 For a third of a century in the fall of the 

 year it was rare that a clear view could 

 be had in all that distance of the high 

 mountain ranges, least of all of that 



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VIEW OF BURNED FOREST, PRIEST RIVER RESERVE. 



fires, the methods adopted for extinguish- 

 ing the same, the penalties for causing 

 them, and the discipline which supervises 

 the fire patrol are all so minute in detail 

 as to forbid more than a reference to 

 them. Though but one year has elapsed 

 since the organization of an efficient for- 

 estry force, yet the most gratifying re- 

 sults are already the reward. Though 

 numerous most destructive fires last year 

 swept over the great forests not under 

 reserve, yet those under reservation care 



majestic, far-famed and ever sought for 

 Mount Hood. Travelers from remote 

 countries came to gaze upon its snow- 

 capped summit and lofty height as it 

 towers far above all the higher mountains 

 of the range, but usually so dense was 

 the volume of smoke as it ascended from 

 the burning forests that no satisfactory 

 observation could be had. Last year, 

 however, so thoroughly had the forest 

 rangers guarded the reserve that not a 

 single day was Mount Hood or any of the 



