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THE FORESTER. 



April, 



Special Agent Frank Gryglar, of the 

 United States Land Department, isnowin 

 Alaska investigating timber depredations. 

 ]t seems that while the squatter has a 

 right to timber, he has no right to cut 

 timber for sale. A number of yards in 

 Skagway are well stocked with Fir wood, 

 and it is said that some of these parties 

 have already been proceeded against in 

 the court. Some of these made applica- 

 tion for settlement, some explained that 

 they were cutting for others. The rail- 

 road company had a certain right-of-way, 

 which had to be cleared, and they gave 

 certain parties the timber on condition 

 that they would clear it. This has been 

 investigated already and permitted. 

 Where the fire went through last summer 

 the removal of the injured timber has 

 been allowed. Outside of these two 

 instances all who cut and sell timber will 

 be prosecuted. 



Mr. Gryglar has over 200 cases of lands 

 in Alaska located for speculative and not 

 for bona fide improvement. Such locators 

 have been warned not to cut the timber. 



The idea of the Government in this is 

 the protection of the country, since strip- 

 ping the hillsides near Skagway would 

 allow the cold winters to sweep down on 

 the town unhindered and would make 

 snowslides more easy of occurrence. 

 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 



from the officials to notify them when 

 they desire to take their sheep through 

 the mountains, and a patrol will be sent 

 to accompan}' the bands and see that 

 no harm is done. It is thought that 

 the sheepmen will take kindly to the 

 work of the officials and will not en- 

 deavor to break the law, but if such 

 should not prove to be the case, they 

 will be severely dealt with. San Bernar- 

 dino (Cal.) Times-Index. 



A half million feet of Red and White 

 Pine lumber were sold at noon yesterday 

 by United States Marshal Bailey. 



The sale was conducted in Park County, 

 about eighteen miles west of Cripple 

 Creek. This is the largest sale ever held 

 in this State, of replevined lumber ille- 

 gally cut from Government lands. The 

 original value of this lumber when cut 

 was from $10 to $15 per 1,000 feet. 



United States District Attorney Whit- 

 ford said yesterday that the Government 

 would be glad if $5 per thousand was 

 realized by the sale. Both the men who 

 cut this timber have paid fines for their 

 offense. 



The price obtained by Marshal Bailey 

 will not be known until after his arrival 

 in Denver today. Several Denver lum- 

 ber dealers sent representatives to bid on 

 the lumber. Denver Republican, Feb- 

 ruary 10. 



From present indications there will 

 be no sheep in the San Bernardino 

 Forest Reserve this summer, for the 

 authorities are already making prepara- 

 tions to keep the bands out. 



Deputy United States Marshal Pourade 

 came in from the reserve Wednesday 

 and found orders awaiting him from 

 B. F. Allen, Forest Superintendent at 

 Los Angeles, instructing him to be on 

 the watch for sheep and not allow 

 them to infringe on the reservation. 

 Pourade says that he will enforce the law 

 even if it is necessary to call out the 

 troops to do so. Sheep are not re- 

 stricted from passing along the roads 

 but will not be allowed to graze on the 

 reserve. 



The sheepmen have received notice 



The officeseeker has 'discovered that 

 there is an office at the city hall to be 

 filled, or will be as soon as the ordinance 

 creating a city forester has become a law, 

 and the mayor's office is besieged with 

 applications for the place. The appoint- 

 ment will be made by the board of public 

 works, but any recommendations in this 

 line offered by the mayor will be con- 

 sidered. Yesterday he stated that he 

 would recommend no one for the place 

 who was not thoroughly posted in regard 

 to the planting and care of trees and who 

 was not young and active enough to 

 get around and do the work. Kansas 

 City Journal. 



The Government officials are having 



