The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-31

The s-eaty aslyance In the prior Of hard
~ous1 iImos~ tor -cuat wears may De- taken
~ prerry good eybhnsr that the available
sIPFfy y decreasing ar a rapht rate. or that
the cruE1nd ; hncrsasSng lister than faciLh-
tlsz arr furnished o. pur Il In the market
Lnere y 10 rucm % question the frsE Pso-
VosErhul. hc.Erver. for let any One trzvel In
4lmoeg any direction in the Northwestern
-szres~ whxrw rwenty years ag0 were me
fores1s q hardwood timber. and he will
10 logger 60uhr The iacx that vcry large
portion q such f0rs~rs have been depleted
q THIS woosa@d wealth
The Al 81 the pi0neer has been called "a
gre2z ciyLLEer.- bar il has AZ the same
nme- bs~n a c<spodLry q untold riches in
Ih~ halats q IajuiiciOus or rhOughtless
u<n- IL j. rrue that hundreds Of men
have h<wn down The primeval wilderness
and carved cuE homes in the d-ep forests.
huE- in Auo<t every esA-r. they have done
- wirk ss1rcely a thought or a care about
Eke vzln~ q the timber which tell before
rh<ir xx-srrU<es- They seieefed their sites
for th~lr dwellings ant their = clea-iugsr
gpon cSus6krarious into which the relA-
i've CO prospective value Of different kinds
q wood did n0C enter Their : sashings
tDck 10 zeruUnr II Varirtie~ or kinds Of
wood and walnut cherry. btr'i's-eye ma
pSc- etc. were ~ riris~d InC.I=crimInarrly
wlZh cssch- elm % poplar :. tree No
uL4-zer u n hAr kind Wa An enemy 90 BE-
gog md ". and thus hundreds 0f thou
S11ts. yrs.. milLb0us 81 feet 81 the choicest
hardwood varieties 81 timber were Dr.
sErUyes1 IN TAr con1a-ra-iOns Ok the = wind
rO-- Many II thr men, who 1cted 20
unwEsely. lived l01g enOUgh TO see and ~
gre< .hns InprDyblenr Waste Of what would
hzve proved n very important source Of
prUer 60 rh@r1- The = clezrings- might.
Very 0fr=n- have be~u located WHERE the
ssrri1cr= w0ubi have been IsS.. and tine
ultimate benefits Infinitely greater.
NoE. this NAV recall the story Of the
miIknHxSl. or IL moral hur il NAV NOT D.
zlEogexh@r p-uGrAesS. for rhss same thingis
SILL gong on IL -0une ~ the newer poF-
lions q rhbe wooded regions u thu North
Erss- and II Ehoee who are pursuing a
polsry 30 susrstll Do not d~Sire % rspine
OVER shSrt-siyhsed and imprOvilenr de-
s-r1criS1 &C valuable rpSOurcrs. Iet them
take warning and preserve their hard
wo.0.d rimh.r-
This WznrOn destruction u woods which
p.oss<S< 20 much intrinsic value has had
Eery l1rh "a do with Ehe appreciation in
p-loes referred 90 az rhe outset Of rhi- 1rfi-
&4AAA - "N&tA- hFNRALN -t1-LNF-I.
the pricrS viii 1lv1nc,r still more The
consumption in the legitimate wants II
ErssSr i Increasing. ak-1. every year. and
~hlbr the demand all draw more largely
upc1 tn re-o1rcrs q the forest and these
vii he annually Shortened il i question
-azA a very important 0u~-h0w long
thy I'll k-sr- Certainly ns-- always and
whihr NE SHALL n9t attempt Ia answer the
ar,s<rHDr Al This time III Ne hal rhs4 dara
uD.sn wtscn u make an estimate. W. may
s1ggr~r that L J. a MATTER upon which not
o1ly Eisss. u -o-say- who have a personal
interest - kEr a. buS4Zess l. c0ucrEu-d.
nay gru6-aklv h.SrOw some attention. but
COR al-so upon whbch every thoughtful man
wh0 kocks 10 tn future viii 10 well 20
E.onsA-r- uzf --rn~TE-hGu u men owes
s.slzD<hinZ 10 p.e-frrfrr- >hoEld We 70 on
hlID1ly AMI --.irishly T-uovrng the require
m-enEs "a IN future - "A l.usia Lls.t5sr~