PISGAH FOREST PURCHASED 



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Members of the commission look 

 upon this as the best purchase which 

 has yet been authorized, because the 

 forest is in the finest possible condition 

 and less than three-tenths of one per 

 cent can be classed as burned-over land. 

 The price, too, is lower than the aver- 

 age paid for all lands which have been 

 acquired heretofore. 



With this purchase, and with others 



approved today, the total area approved 

 for purchase under the Weeks Law in 

 the eastern mountains is 1,077,000 

 acres. The officers of the commission 

 are the secretaries of war, agriculture, 

 and the interior, Senators Gallinger of 

 New Hampshire and Smith of Mary- 

 land, and Congressmen Lee of Georgia 

 and Hawley of Oregon. 



TRAIL CONSTRUCTED BY FOREST SERVICE AT A COST OF $35 PER MILE IN VIRGINIA. 

 THE ACTUAL SAVING FROM Loss ON AREAS PROTECTED FROM FIRE DIRECTLY AS 

 A RESULT OF THE WEEKS LAW, WOULD AMOUNT TO A VERY LARGE AGGREGATE 

 SUM." 



