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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



SOME INSTANCES GIVEN 



Secretary Lane points out some of 

 the red tape caused by the present di- 

 vision and multiplication of authority 

 in Alaska. 



In many instances it is apparent that 

 the management of the forests by the 

 Forest Service is noticeably free from 

 red tape and is productive of the best 

 possible results under the existing laws 

 and conditions. 



leased by the Department of Commerce; 

 adjoining unreserved islands may not 

 be leased, but may be acquired under 

 the general land laws, from the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior. Still other isl- 

 ands are reserved for special purposes, 

 under the control of the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



"Vast areas in the forest reserves are 

 entirely untimbered, but are held under 

 the regulations of the Forest Service, 



ESQUIMO MOTHER AND BABE. 



Secretary Lane says : "There is one 

 procedure for making homestead, min- 

 eral and other land entries within the 

 National Forests ; another procedure 

 for making such entries in lands out- 

 side the forests reserves. Water power 

 and power sites within the forest re- 

 serves are leased and operated under 

 permits from the Forest Service ; there 

 is question as to whether authority ex- 

 ists for disposal or leasing of water 

 powers elsewhere in Alaska. 



"A citizen who wanted to lease an 

 island for fox farming, carried on a 

 correspondence with three different de- 

 partments, for several months, in an ef- 

 fort to learn which had jurisdiction and 

 authority to make the lease. It was 

 finally decided that none of them pos- 

 sessed this authority. Certain islands 

 along the south coast of Alaska may be 



THE PROUD FATHER. 



HIS CLOTHING IS MADE OF REINDEER SKIN WHICH 

 WITH ITS LONG HAIR IS WARM AND COMFORTABLE. 



while timbered lands in other sections 

 are unprotected. 



"Mineral claims within the forest re- 

 serves must be investigated and ap- 

 proved by the Forest Service before the 

 General Land Office may grant patents. 

 Homesteads within the forest reserves 

 are surveyed by the Forest Service with- 

 out cost to the entryman. Homestead- 

 ers on unsurveyed land outside the for- 



