anaheim-gazette 1906-12-27

VALUE OF NATIONAL FORESTS The Secretary of Agriculture Shows Their Lasting Benefit to the West. The report of the secretary of agriculture for 1906 contains a highly interesting exposition of the national forest policy now taking shape in the development and use of the reserves. The broad principle on which this policy rests is secure to all the people, equitably, through public ownership of a great natural resource, the fullest and most lasting benefits from it. It is the same principle in accordance with which the president in his message to congress recommends the withdrawal and use of the public coal lands. "The withdrawal of these lands," writes the president, "would constitute a policy analogous to that which has been followed in withdrawing the forest lands from ordinary settlement. The coal, like the forests, should be treated as the property of the public, and its disposal should be under conditions which would inure to the benefit of the public as a whole." The report concerning the work of the forest service was partly as follows: GROWTH OF RESERVE BUSINESS. In area the reserves were increased during the fiscal year 1905-1906, the right is given set to homestead within the reserve wherever strips and patches of able land can be found. At same time, through their water-serving power, these forests fill regions of scanty rainfall the amount of land which can be brought up by the plow, since at best much other wise fertile land must go unvated for want of water. With forest reservation much of the now under irrigation would have been abandoned again to the depletion. Thus the promotion of agriculture one of the main ends of the forest reserve policy. SUPPLIES FOR MINING. Mining in the west is mainly in regions surrounded by reserves or included within them; but the reseed do not impede the development mineral resources. On the contrary by guaranteeing future supplies timber they are indispensable for the future development of these sources, as the great mining interest well know. They do not interfere with the prospector, who has same right to prospect and locate forest reserves that he has on other part of the public domain. PROTECTION OF GRAZING. Administrative control of the west reserves is beneficial to the growing industry. The sentiment stockmen throughout the west unitedly in favor of such control, cause of the gain to them now the reserve ranges are safe for overcrowding and deterioration. treated as the property of the public, and its disposal should be under conditions which would inure to the benefit of the public as a whole." The report concerning the work of the forest service was partly as follows: GROWTH OF RESERVE BUSINESS. In area the reserves were increased during the fiscal year 1905-6 from 85,693,422 to 106,999,138 acres. In revenue they brought in $767,219.96, as against $60,142.62 for the previous year. In timber sales there were disposed of for immediate or early removal nearly 300,000,000 board feet of lumber at stumpage prices ranging up to $4 per thousand (besides other material to a large value), as against 96,060,258 board feet, with a maximum price of $2.50 per thousand in 1904-5, and 69,257,710 board feet in 1803-4. The number of free-use permits granted in the same years also showed progressive increase. In the year 1904-5 the reserves were under forest service control only after February 1. One fiscal year of full control has established two important facts—that the reserves advance the present interests of the people of the west and that they will speedily pay the cost of administering them. BENEFITS TO INDUSTRY. These national forests are being made useful now. The benefits which they are to secure are not deferred benefits. Through government control the interests of the future are safeguarded, but not by sacrificing those of the present. Far from handicapping the development of the states in which they lie, the reserves will powerfully promote development. They work counter to the prosecution of no industry, and retard the beneficial use of no resource. The wealth of the west lies, and will long lie, in what the soil will produce and in what the earth hides. Administrative control of the forest reserves is beneficial to the growing industry. The sentiment stockmen throughout the west unitedly in favor of such control, cause of the gain to them now to the reserve ranges are safe for overcrowding and deterioration. Thus the rights of the individual user are respected, and the permission of this great resource is assured. I wish to commend particularly this connection the heartiness and good spirit with which the association of western stockmen have operated in our efforts to enforce it and just measures for the regulation of grazing in the interest of the public, to whom these forests belong. The charge of a grazing fee, made for the first time during the previous year, though reasonable in view of the advantages of grazing regulation to the stockmen and the cost reserve administration to the government, and justly due in the interest of the public, might have been expected to cause dissatisfaction and friction. On the contrary, as so as the reasons for the change and method in which it would be applied had been explained, it was generally approved and paid willingly and promptly. It was followed by falling off in the number of stocked in the reserves. In some cases the associations of stockmen have voluntarily aided the service settling local difficulties. The whole conduct has shown remarkable moderation, farsightedness, and readiness to recognize and accept what is in the permanent interest their industry, even though it involves the sacrifice of immediate personal advantage. LUMBER FOR USE. Finally, forest service administration of the reserves is beneficial all to the lumber industry and to from handicapping the development of the states in which they lie, the reserves will powerfully promote development. They work counter to the prosecution of no industry, and retard the beneficial use of no resource. The wealth of the west lies, and will long lie, in what the soil will produce and in what the earth hides. Labor and capital will here find employment mainly in turning to use the farm land, grazing land, timber land, and mineral lands of the region, and in the commerce to which these great productive industries will give rise. That the reserves beneficially affect all of these industries is becoming clearer to the people of the west every day, and in consequence the policy of public administration of our unappropriated timber lands become more and more firmly established in the approval of a united public sentiment. Local sentiment has sometimes been unfavorable to the creation of reserves before their effect upon the public welfare was understood; but opposition has always dissolved under the test of actual experience. PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE. The reserves do not withhold land from agricultural use, but greatly increase the amount of available farm land. Though they were made from the most rugged and mountainous parts of the west and were intended to include land unsuited for agriculture, by the act of June Finally, forest service administration of the reserves is beneficial also to the lumber industry and to the lumber-consuming public. There now standing on the reserves less than 300,000,000 board feet merchantable timber. This is locked up from present use as hoarded supply against future need; it is ready for the immediate mands of a developing country. Will not be rushed upon the whole sale market in competition with the cheap stumpage prices of private owners anxious for ready money and it will not be disposed of under a shortsighted policy of utilization which would leave a gap between the end of the present supply and the oncoming of the second crop but it is and will continue to be available, first for the small user home-builder, rancher, or miner and then for the needs of lumber concerns, large miners, and railroad for which a timber supply is indispensable, and which in turn are dispensable to the prosperity of the west. WOOD FOR THE FUTURE. The supply of timber furnished by the matured crop now on the ground is so vast in proportion to the present demand that there might see RIGHT is given settlers within the reserves and patches of tillage be found. At the through their water-conductance these forests fix in county rainfall the amount can be brought under at best much other land must go uncultivated of water. Without motion much of the land negation would have to again to the desert. Motion of agriculture is in ends of the forest. RES FOR MINING. The west is mainly in reed by reserves or in them; but the reserves in the development of acres. On the contrary bag future supplies of rare indispensable to development of these regreat mining interests They do not interfere inspector, who has the prospect and locate in that he has on any public domain. ION OF GRAZING. Live control of the for-beneficial to the grazing. The sentiment of throughout the west is poor of such control, being to them now that ranges are safe from and deterioration. to be no need for caution in its use. Were no more cut than last year it would suffice for four hundred years. In the mature forest production is at a standstill, so that from the point of view of the largest possible production of timber lumbering under such methods as will insure a second crop is highly desirable. The demand upon the reserves, however, is as yet insignificant in proportion to even the present need, most of which is met by the supply from private holdings. The reserves form the heart of the western timber lands. They are generally less accessible than the private holdings which surround them, and would naturally form the last resource of the lumberman. They must be so maintained as first of all to be ready to meet the future demands of the regions in which they lie. With a growing population and expanding industries these demands will far exceed those of the present. The crucial problem of management will be to insure a timber and water supply for the great west, and to conserve the summer stock ranges. To meet it successfully will require careful foresight and the best technical information. Timber sales are now made with strict attention to the welfare of the forest, and at stumpage prices often decidedly in advance of the market. RESERVES SOON SELF-SUSTAINING. The income from the reserves is as yet but a small fraction of what may be expected as they approach full utilization. The sentiment of throughout the west is poor of such control, beain to them now that changes are safe from and deterioration. Parts of the individualized, and the permanent resource is assured. Amend particularly in the heartiness and which the association stockmen have co-er efforts to enforce fair rates for the regulation the interest of the pubese forests belong. A grazing fee, made time during the past reasonable in view of of grazing regulations and the cost oftration to the governny due in the interest night have been exe dissatisfaction and the contrary, as soon for the change and the it would be applied defined, it was generally paid willingly and was followed by no number of stock reserves. In some situations of stockmen may aided the service in difficulties. Their has shown remark, farsightedness, and recognize and accept permanent interest of even though it ince of immediate per. REVENUE FROM PRIVILEGES. In reaching this result no unjust burden will have been laid on any interest. As public property the national forests should yield to the public a reasonable return for whatever of value private individuals secure from them for their own profit. In accordance with this principle, applicants for special privileges—as rights of way, reservoir sites, powerhouse sites, and similar concessions—have been called upon to pay for such privileges on the basis of their commercial value. For example, in the case of water powers duly located under the state laws, but which RESERVES SOON SELF-SUSTAINING. The income from the reserves is as yet but a small fraction of what may be expected as they approach full utilization. Yet their administration is already on a sound business basis. Not only are they meeting from their receipts a very large part of the cost of their maintenance; they are even now beginning to show a decided decrease in net expense to the government. My estimate of the appropriation necessary to meet the general expenses of the forest service is less by $100,000 than the appropriation of last year, notwithstanding that the total area of the reserves has been substantially enlarged by executive action; that increasing use necessitates greater expense of administration, and that in general the work of the service is growing very rapidly. Though the administration of the reserves forms but a part of the field of work, it may confidently be expected that within five years from the transfer of the reserves to this department the forest service will cost the taxpayer nothing whatever. REVENUE FROM PRIVILEGES. In reaching this result no unjust burden will have been laid on any interest. As public property the national forests should yield to the public a reasonable return for whatever of value private individuals secure from them for their own profit. In accordance with this principle, applicants for special privileges—as rights of way, reservoir sites, powerhouse sites, and similar concessions—have been called upon to pay for such privileges on the basis of their commercial value. For example, in the case of water powers duly located under the state laws, but which It service administraves is beneficial alike industry and to the long public. There is on the reserves not 10,000 board feet of timber. This is not to present use as a against future needs; the immediate developing country. It need upon the whole— competition with the free prices of private for ready money, be disposed of under policy of utilization have a gap between present supply and of the second crop; will continue to be for the small user— rancher, or miner— the needs of lumber miners, and railroads per supply is indiswhich in turn are inthe prosperity of the THE FUTURE. Timber furnished by up now on the ground portion to the presthere might seem In accordance with this principle, applicants for special privileges—as rights of way, reservoir sites, powerhouse sites, and similar concessions —have been called upon to pay for such privileges on the basis of their commercial value. For example, in the case of water powers duly located under the state laws, but which can not be developed without the occupancy of reserve land, besides a charge for the land occupied, based on its value as forest land, a small charge per unit of power developed is made, not for the use of the water itself, which is clearly private property, but for the conservation of the supply which the preservation of the forests furnishes, and which, were it not for the existence of the reserve, the water-power owner could secure only by himself acquiring great bodies of forest land. Such a charge is essentially similar to the charge for stock grazed upon the reserves. It is a return for actual value received, and throws upon those who profit by public control of the reserves a share of the cost of maintaining that control. LOSS IN TAXES OFFSET. By the wise and just provision of congress in enacting at its last session that 10 per cent of the gross receipts from the national reserves shall be made over to the several states in which they are situated for the benefit of the counties which would otherwise receive no revenue from a part of their area, a real grievance was redrest. INQUENT TAX LIST IN AND FOR THE of Anaheim Orange, State of California, the Fiscal Year 1906-1907 A In Santa Fe tract, lot 11, block 4, and costs due, 96 cents. In Santa Fe tract, lot 18, block 4, and costs due, 96 cents. In Spoerl tract, lot 1, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. In Spoerl tract, lot 2, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 3, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 4, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 5, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 6, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 7, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 8, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 9, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 10, block 4, and costs due, 76 cents. B In Santa Fe tract, lot 17, block 4, and costs due, 96 cents. In Santa Fe tract, lot 18, block 4, and costs due, 96 cents. In Spoerl tract, lot 1, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. In Spoerl tract, lot 2, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 3, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 4, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 5, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 6, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 7, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 8, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 9, block 2, and costs due, 76 cents. R., in Spoerl tract, lot 10, block 4, and costs due, 76 cents. Notice of Tax Sale STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Orange, City of Anaheim. Public notice is hereby given that default having been made in the payment of taxes due the City of Anaheim for the fiscal year 1906-07, upon the property hereinbefore described, I. N. F. STEADMAN, as Tax Collector in and for the said City of Anaheim, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by law, unless the taxes delinquent together with the cost and percentages due thereon are paid will on Monday, the 7th Day of January, 1907, At the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, commence to sell the real estate upon which said taxes are a lien at PUBLIC AUCTION, for and on account of such delinquent taxes thereon, in front of the City Hall, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, and that I will continue such sale from day to day (Sundays and legal holidays excepted), according to the adjournments, and between the hours of 10 o'clock a.m. and 2 o'clock p.m. of each day of sale,and at the same place until the whole property hereinbefore set forth, or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be sold;and that I will sell the smallest quantity of each piece or parcel of property liable for such taxes that will be taken by any person for the amount; in legal coin of the United States,the taxes and costs remaining due and unpaid thereon,together with the sum of fifty (50) cents provided by law for the certificate of sale in duplicate in each and every case. Conditions The real property will be sold subject to redemption within twelve months from the day of sale; but if not redeemed, conveyances absolute in form of the property sold will be executed to the purchasers thereof.as provided by law. No Property Is Exempt No property is exempt from seizure and sale for personal property taxes; even the homestead and house utensils are subjected thereto.The law is imperative. The Collector has no discretion,and delinquents must suffer if they fail to pay. Conditions The real property will be sold subject to redemption within twelve months from the day of sale; but, if not redeemed, conveyances absolute in form of the property sold will be executed to the purchasers thereof, as provided by law. No Property Is Exempt No property is exempt from seizure and sale for personal property taxes; even the homestead and house utensils are subjected thereto. The law is imperative. The Collector has no discretion, and delinquents must suffer they fail to pay. All the property heretofore described is in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California. Signed and dated at the said City of Anaheim, Cal., this 13th day of December, 1906. N. F. STEADMAN, Tax Collector of the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California. CENTER Market Carries a choice line of Fresh and Salt Meats KARL KLEMENT, Prop. Phone Main 123 Center Street, ANAHEIM CITY MARKET In New Odd Fellow's block The Best of Fresh Meats Constantly on Hand Hams, Bacon Sausage F. W. Fleischman LUMBER Sash, Doors, Shingles Shakes, Lath, Cement Lime : : : : C. Ganahl Lumber Co CHAS. F. CRIM, Manager EAST CENTER ST., ANAHEIM O. LAGMAN Builder and a Graduated Architect Having 28 years experience in build- J of James A, in Spoerl tract, lot 15, block M; and costs due, $1.03. L in Center tract, lot 29, block M; and costs due, $1.49. M in Spoerl tract, lot 11, block 5; and costs due, 82 cents. P in Santa Fe tract, lot 18, block 2; and costs due, $1.08. R in Santa Fe tract, lot 19, block 2; and costs due, $1.03. S in Spoerl tract, lot 23, block 2; and costs due, 76 cents. T in Spoerl tract, lot 24, block 2; and costs due, 76 cents. Uers. in Santa Fe tract, lot 7; of tax and costs due, 89 cents. W in Anaheim Extension, 11.16 C. Ganahl Lumber Co CHAS. F. GRIM, Manager EAST CENTER ST., ANAHEIM O. LAGMAN Builder and a Graduated Architect Having 28 years experience in building constructions and thoroughly versed in designing Artistic Homes. Consult me before building and I will submit Plans, etc., of new ideas right up to date and save you money. RESIDENCE NO. 207 HERMINE STREET P. O. BOX 253 Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars at Roman Wisser's Favorite Saloon ANAHEIM BEER ON DRAUGHT Center St. - r - Anaheim Joseph Backs Undertaker Embalmer Furniture Bedding Repairing Done FOR SALE CHEAP A team of heavy work horses at Anaheim 2nd Hand store. F. J. Nemetz.