1905 



FORESTKY AND IRRIGATION 



81 



scribed lands in the State of North 

 Dakota for irrigation works in connec- 

 tion with the Buford-Trenton project: 

 Fourth principal meridian. T. 150 

 N., T. 100 W. ; Sec. 21 N. E. Y 4 N. 



E. y 4 . 



Pending further investigation, the 

 Secretary of the Interior has with- 

 drawn from any form of disposition 

 whatever the public lands 1 in the State 

 of Montana in connection with the 

 Madison River project, as follows: 



Montana principal meridian. T. i 

 S., R. i E. ; all sees, i, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 

 13. 17, 18, 19, 20, 24. 25, 30, 36. 



T. 2 S., R. i E. ; all sees, i, 12, 13, 

 24. 25, 34, 35, 36. 



T. 3 S.. R. i E. : all sees. 2, 3, 9, 10, 



11, 15, 1 6, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34. 



T. i S., R. 2 E. ; all sees. 6, 7, 18, 19, 



30.. 31- 



T. 2 S.. R. 2 E. ; all sees. 6, 7, 18, 19, 



30- 



T. i S., R. 2 W. ; all sees, i, 2, 3, 4, 



12, 13, 24,^25. 



T. i N., R. i E., all sees. 25 to 29 

 inclusive, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. 



T. i N., R. 2 E. ; all sees. 30 and 31. 

 T. i N., R. i W. ; all sees, i, 2, 10, 



11, 12, 13. 14, 15, l6, 17, 20, 21, 22, 



23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 



35- 36. 



T. 2 N., R. i W. ; all sees, i, 2, n, 



12. 13, 14, 15. 22, 23, 24. 25, 26, 35, 36. 



LUMBERING IN FOREST RESERVES 



Millions of Feet of Lumber are Annually 

 Cut with Regard to the Future of the Forests 



ETEDERAL forest reserves are now 



fixed facts. It is a serious thing 



to withdraw from settlement, as the 



ment of a reserve settlers within its 

 boundaries and those living in its 

 neighborhood are allowed, within defi- 



Government has done, some 63,000,000 nite and reasonable restrictions, free 



acres of land. But when the charac- use of timber actually necessary for 



ter of this land is understood, and the their domestic needs. The great change 



purposes the reservations will accom- for the better, however, is that the 



plisli are known, it will be generally reserve laws provide for the sale of 



recognized that the area permanently timber in small or large quantities to 



reserved will serve the public best persons both in and outside the re- 



umler ( -rest cover. Its topography serve. Thus the forests can be made 



and soil unfit it for agriculture, but self-supporting, and through funds 



it is admirably suited to tree growth, created in this way they can be pro- 



Wisely administered, it will continu- tected from fire and be made more 



ously furnish an immense timber out- productive and useful, 



put, while its influence in conserving But in making these sales the fu- 



the water supply for vast dependent ture of the forest is more considered 



agricultural areas will prove of ines- than the money return from the tim- 



timable value. 



ber cut. Hence the sales are strictly 



Without the establishment of re- guarded by bonded contracts between 



serves, proper control of the public the individuals and the Government. 



forests is impossible. The present The contracts specify the amount of 



free use of timber is being greatly timber bought and the price to be paid, 



abused, and there is practically no limit the area and time of cutting, 



management of these vast resources prescribe simple and practical regula- 



and no income from them, unless the tions to guard against fire, and cover 



timber and land are both sold outright all essential relations between the con- 



and together. After the establish- tracting parties pending the comple- 



