 | United States. General Land Office - Public lands - 1876 - 436 pages
...wood or other inferior timber, while under the provisions of the pre-emption and homestead laws it is granting a license to destroy millions of acres...almost incalculable value, which should be preserved a* a nation's heritage. I recommend that the attention of Congress be specially called to this subject,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 818 pages
...cottonwood or other inferior timber, while under the provisions of the pre-euiptibu and homestead laws it is granting a license to destroy millions of acres...almost incalculable value, which should be preserved a» a nation's heritage. I recommend that the attention of Congress be specially called to this subject,... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Forests and forestry - 1878 - 668 pages
...cottonwood or other inferior timber, while under the provisions of the pre-emption and homestead laws it is granting a license to destroy millions of acres...which should be preserved as a nation's heritage. He urges immediate attention to this subject, as every day of delay will continue to add largely to the... | |
 | United States. Forest Service - Forests and forestry - 1878 - 662 pages
...of the pre-emption and homestead laws it is granting a license to destroy millions of acres of pino forests of almost incalculable value, which should be preserved as a nation's heritage. He urges immediate attention to this subject, as every day of delay will continue to add largely to the... | |
 | Robert Dyer Lyons - 1884 - 56 pages
...under the pre-emption and homestead laws it is granting a license to destroy mil lions of aerea of fine forests of almost incalculable value, which should be preserved as a nation's heritage." Much difficulty is still experienced in dealing with these complicated conditions arising out of the... | |
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It is an anomalous fact that the government is giving away the rich alluvial soil of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Minnesota to any citizen who will plant a few acres of cottonwood or other inferior timber, while under the provisions of the pre-emption... 