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I 3270 J 1>RooLAMAT1oNs, iam. ·l¤¤*¤¤'Y 25·19°7· BY THE P1u:sn>m~zT or THE UNITED STATES or Ammuoa A PROCLAMATION FC¤¤$¤g<; gggge Whereas, the Cascade Range Forest Reserve, in the State of Oreoiiegs S ’ gon, was established by proclamation dated September twenty-eighth, €{,‘§’}“§§}°i,_ 1240; eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and the boundaries thereof have Val}; v- been subsequently changed to include additional lands in the State of ’p`Oregon, and also to exclude from the reserve certain lands in said State; I And whereas it appears that the public good would be promoted by . further adding to the said forest reserve certain lands, in the State _ of Oregon, which are in part covered with timber;

,,gQ’,{°d°'l°” °“` Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United

V°l· 3°· P- 36; States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen V hundred and ninety-eight. and for other purp0ses,” do proclaim that the aforesaid Cascade Range Forest Reserve is hereby further enlarged to include the said additional lands, and that the boundaries of th; reserve are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereo · - L"“°S °‘°°°°°°‘ Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which are at this date embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing or selection duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired; and also excepting all lands which at this date are embraced within any withdrawal or reservation for any use or purpose to which this reservation for forest uses is inconsistent: Provided, that these exceptions shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler, or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing, or settlement was made, or unless the reservation or withdrawal to · which this reservation is inconsistent continues in force; not excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation, however, any land within the boundary herein described. which has been withdrawn to (’¤¤U¤¤d¤· protect the coal therein but this proclamation does not vacate any such coal land withdrawal; and rovided that these exceptions shall not apply to any land embraced) in any selection, entry or filing, which has been allowed or permitted to remain of record subject to the creation of a permanent reservation. ¤egii;eii»i»i¤i.ed {mm Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN IVITNESS IVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of IVashington this 25th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, [sean.] and of the Independence of the United States the one dred and thirty-first. W Tuaooomz Roosmvmrr By the President: Emnc RO()T Secretavgy of State.