AMERICAN FORESTRY 



^vantage which they will not be 



[ally- -swamps. There arc swampy 



ts au ,i swampy creek bottoms in 



dlol and the best treatment 



I know is to drain the one and dam the 



,,,lu-r \ lake is just as beautiful two 



deep as twenty, and it will add im- 



measurably to the beauty of your forest. 



building your dam run a contour 



li,u- at the lake level and see just where 



ir backwater is going to come also 



:- hj,rh spots that will later 



,me islands. All the trees that_ will 



their stumps submerged within 



these boundaries will have to be taken 



they will surely die and will be 



mfmitcK harder to take out when sur- 



mded by water than before the dam 



.uilt. The ones that will thrive on 



r inlands and along the borders will 



be red maple, pin oak. swamp white oak, 

 bitternut hickory, black willow, white 

 pine, tamarack, white cedar, red cedar, 

 sour gum, white oak (if not too wet), 

 black birch, hornbeam, and black spruce. 

 With these and innumerable waterlov- 

 ing bushes to choose from you are in a 

 fair way to astonish yourself with your 

 island and lake border effects ! 



Having transformed your woodlot 

 into a notable forest we will need all 

 our knowledge backed by our bird and 

 insect allies to defend your pet vistas 

 against the attacks of insects, fungus, 

 and fire. I hope to present you a paper 

 containing some ideas along these lines 

 in the future, but at present we must 

 hurry on to the foresting of the stony 

 pasture. 



( To be Continued.) 



FEDERAL POWER SUPREME ON FEDERAL LANDS 



Til!-', contention of the Govern- 

 ment that ] tower companies can 

 not secure rights of way across 

 national forests without com- 

 plsiug with the regulations of the Sec- 

 ry of Agriculture has been com- 

 pletely sustained, according to the offi- 

 nf the Forest Service, by the opin- 

 'iivuii Court of Appeals filed 

 ember 1 I in the case of the 

 ted States versus the I'tah Power 

 1 .i^ht Company. 



In its decision, the court announces 



that i has assumed complete 



rol I.]' the waterpower question, so 



- tin' public lauds are affected, and 



thai .1 Stale in the exercise of its sov- 



-11 aulhoniv can not interfere with 



d this constitutional power 



I Kvemher 15, I'.mo. the Utah 



nd l.i^lit Company has operated 



hydro electric power works on cer- 



puhlic lands in the State of Utah 



part of the Cache Na- 



i'1'l the Inked States 



n this occupancy until the 



company should comply with the pro- 

 visions of the Act of May 14. 1896. 

 The power company alleged that its 

 rights were secured and protected by 

 the Act of July 26, 1*66, now Section 

 2339 of the Revised Statutes. 



The decision holds that the Act of 

 May 14, 1896, empowering the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior to permit, under 

 general regulations to be fixed by him, 

 the use of, or rights of way upon, the 

 public lands and national forest reserva- 

 tions for the purpose of generating, 

 manufacturing, and distributing electric 

 energy, repeals the Act of July 26, 1866, 

 insofar as it related to the subject of 

 generating and distributing electric 

 power and that the company must ac- 

 quire its rights of way in accordance 

 with the privisions of the later act. 



The court denies the company's con- 

 tention that it was protected in its ten- 

 ure because that tenure was authorized 

 by the laws of the State of Utah, exer- 

 cising sovereign and exclusive jurisdic- 

 tion with respect thereto. 



'(/ th.it western yellow pii tC will furnish an excellent source of turpentine 

 '" />/,- hecniiies exhausted. 



