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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



September 



West and That Senator Heyburn 



Forest struck a discordant note 



Reserves , . , .-, T 



in his speech at the Irri- 

 gation Congress in which he bitterly 

 assailed the forest policy of the Gov- 

 ernment, is quite evident from the tone 

 of the press in his own section of the 

 country. The general attitude of the 

 West in the matter is well summed up 

 in the following editorial from the 

 Denver Republican : 



"There was no justification for the 

 vehement attack which Senator Hey- 

 burn made upon the forestry policy 

 of the National Government in the 

 address delivered by him before the 

 Irrigation Congress now in session in 

 Boise, Idaho. 



"The policy of to-day differs radi- 

 cally from that of only a few years 

 ago, when the reservations were under 

 care of the Department of the Interior 

 and on proper understanding of for- 

 estry existed among the officials of 

 that department. At that time the res- 

 ervations were managed with but little 

 regard for the immediate needs and 

 interests of the public. The whole 

 thought seemed to be to keep the pub- 

 lic out, as though that were the most 

 effectual way to promote forest growth 

 or to prevent the destruction of valu- 

 able timber. 



"A wiser policy has been inaugu- 

 rated. The forest reserves are man- 

 aged now with direct reference to the 

 benefits to flow from them to the 

 pie of this day and generation. The 

 pasturage within their limits is utilized 

 by permitting grazing by both cattle 

 and sheep. Trees of proper size are 

 cut under direction of practical forest- 

 ers, and thus the forests are made to 

 yield a revenue in timber and lumber 

 which helps cover the cost of main- 

 tenance and promotes the proper 

 growth of younger trees. Where 

 agricultural land is shown to exist 

 within the limits of a reservation it is 

 segregated and made subject to lo- 

 cation and entry. Thus the settlement 

 of the country is not interfered with 

 by the maintenance of these reserves. 



"Let any man study the forestry 

 policy of to-day and he will give it his 



hearty approval whatever may have 

 been his views concerning the one 

 which was followed a few years ago, 

 but which since then has been aban- 

 doned." 



Canadian 

 Meeting 



As this number of For- 

 estry and Irrigation 

 goes to press a forestry 

 convention is being held at Vancouver, 

 British Columbia, upon the call of 

 Lieutenant-Governor Dunsmuir, and 

 under the joint auspices of the British 

 Columbia Lumbermens' Association 

 and the Canadian Forestry Associa- 

 tion. Among those in attendance is 

 Mr. Overton W. Price, associate for- 

 ester, representing the United States 

 Forest Service. He will make an ad- 

 dress on the forest work our Govern- 

 ment has in hand. 



Washington The Hazelwood Com- 



Notes ti0n Patly f S P kane has 



pleted plans to irrigate 



4,000 acres of land near Spokane. The 



land will be cut up into 200 farms, 



upon which it is purposed to furnish 



water to farmers at a cost of not more 



than $2.50 a year. 



Electors in Washington will be 

 asked to vote on two constitutional 

 amendments next November. One of 

 them is that the use of the waters of 

 this State for irrigation, mining, man- 

 ufacturing and for the removal of 

 timber products shall be deemed a 

 public use. The other is that private 

 property way be taken under such 

 terms, conditions and limitations as 

 shall be prescribed by the legislature, 

 but that just compensation must be 

 made. 



Advices from Twisp, Wash., are 

 that the Methow Canal Company is 

 rushing work on its big irrigation 

 canal and that the work will be com- 

 pleted early the coming spring. Three 

 thousand acres of land near Twisp 

 will be irrigated. The flume is 138 

 feet above the level of the land. 



The Lewiston-Sweetwater Irriga- 

 tion Company is planning to furnish 

 water for 3,000 acres of land on Lewis- 

 ton flat in Idaho, south of Spokane. 



