The Republican journal., 1888-09-20
Maine Matters.


'th ~ Ml>F-h NiE1rNSiS.
The Agricultural Department has Just issued
a report. from its Division of Forestry, touch
ing the lumber interests of the country. From
this report it appears that twelve million acres
of the State of Maine are wooded, or 62.7 of
its entire territory. Of this percentage 22.4
per cent is in farm lands, and the balance in
wild lands, largely in tie northern part of tie
State Referring to the timbcred portion Of
the State the report says:
Originally the entire State covered with
pine, spruce and hemock. with hard woods
largely intersperse,l. The old growth Of white
pine is mostly cut out. only small scattered
| patches remaining. in at present inaccessible
places, but fine hard wood timber abounds,
| especially in the central portion of the State.
The immense forests in which the large rivers
Of the State find their sources were originally
worked for the pine. Since Its exhaustion
they have been worked for the spruce. The
white pine is largely replaced by rank growth
Of spruce. birch and other hard woods.
The abundant growth Of maple. birch and
other hard woods which has hitherto possessed
| 10 commercial value, from the fact that the
| rivers furnished the only route for the logs to
the mills, may eventually. when railroads are
| built in the wilderness, make these woods of
more Valuc to the owners han even the pine
and spruce.
From the important position which the lnm-
Der business OF the State once occupied it has
gradually tlwinded down; yet the annual pro-
duct of the forest may still be placed at
| Sll 100000 TO S12.0C0,0G0 for timber and fire
wood, representing. say 220.0000oo cubic feet,
| of which 40 per cent. is lumber.
The conviction that the commercial and in
dlistrlA! importance of the State must be based
largely Oh its forest wealth has induced a change
Of policy in regard to the working Of the for
| eSts. and more sensible and economical manage
nent has taken the place Of the former waste
fnl methods, This consists mainly in keeping
out fires and in hot allowing trees below GER
tain size to he cut, condition which enters
into the lan,i-ho'tscrs' leases to the loggers.
| The owners of the wild timber lands. whose
holdings are in large tracts, often comprising
| one or more townships, clear no land, and sell
| 10 land.
| In the southern counties the Young pine now
| spring up freely on abandoned farnn. lands.
1t is the belief among prominent lumber
| men that the annual growth OF wood equals or
| even exceeds the cutting.
The interest Of the State In forest property
| led. a> cary as 1858, to the passage of an act
ITO protect forest and timber land from fire,
and to punish the unlawful and careless kind
linz Of 1res;' amended in 1855 by substituting
| Imprisonment for the fine imposed. OF the |
| 900 acres of land set aside in each township |
| for public purpose, probably good deal Is
| ;itlered. but no enactment in reference to
| those lands exists.
Iree-planting for shade and ornament is
practiccl throughout the State. Arbor Day
was appointed by the governor, upon recon- |
mendatipn of the legislature, in 1887. The
l,taH u'nll.e' 'N ~ eoin'liillee on Arnor
,"s %,.i ~ u, "no'T otlci c'"l-
'n'' -" u sst,> pe ie'l',ileu 10
| Industry. so that the state of this important
| interest may lie better known from year to
a'r ,na !, r y, ,,e ~, IRON 'lla annual ~ S'atslts
! = ~" iNu 'S '"o 5e'io''iS VI 'he 9'"'e'
4 Goop JokE on SENATOR FRYE.
| Senator Frye is an ardent teetotaler. lie |
EeNef taxes dfop OF INTOXICATING i'Iuor. ana
rihiioi Peaf lhe presence OF ". ne olhcr gay
| nc was ii tht "tHa't restaurant WIN some |
NielnhefS OF iAe House. says thc hlcago Her
| hid. Tie ordeIc' cold tea. and cold tea IN the |
| l!t"f,t sense o1 inc term Is what nc wanted |
! .oid ita pure ahH simple, Is what the waiter |
brought nm, NJ II hai hccn shaken up 50 |
inuch that It haA foam on it. which. TO the
senator eyes @aIe II strange ahd danger |
| o'i~ appearance. iie lahded II around for ~
| spettlon. ana a>kc' y II was not aic Every !
man >"iti It was ate lhcn, with an angry |
.%nwl on ms la'r ne called fhe ":'tef ana sad:
" nat 10 YOU mean, Slr: " nat 40 you bring |
me thlS tor: q, ! NOT what ordered; Or
! dcftN "9iu YEA. iskc thls away ahd orlhS me |
>0'.',' :. IN }',G ,;..I, ip' o,, &c..
tainly. iii. said the waiter. ana away he went. |
! taking the offensive beverage with him In a |
moment he returned with another tnmbler. Ii
| was just about half full, and this time il was |
| >oli,l viii Kew Tie class of water which A. |
! companied it BETRAYED its identify and 50 the |
| Senator was not entrappcd into drinking |
| When il was explained that the first class was |
| really cold tea lie rather enjoyed the ioke and |
| regained hs temper
|
| IUrit : inE COUNTY, EDtCAlioNAL A>>oCI-
| TinNs.
| \ general lro.raullnr and >yIlablIS of ,,,L- |
| irct> for thc meetings Of county educational |
| dissertations. thi, falI I'm been issued by the
| State >lperintrndpnt of school, 4, followsw |
! sub-liy lsior>: ..rrmnrranc,. iu,iructious:.' |
| .Trachiue exercise. in rcadinr. arithmetic |
| Language, And gcographv;- ..Rookkccpinr; ! |
| ...upplrmeutary rrnlinr:.' ..S..iooI festivals"
! la addition there M, the followin. uueric, for |
discussion. HON can thr usual ntuuhrr Of |
| classes III mi<e,i school. bc>t H. reduced: low
| ,lall writing hc talr.,ht in mixed schools. Wha,
! arr thq 9,iynu,a..,~ mil Ii,alyup,ae,, of ,hc
| ..unrLir,r ~y,t,ut." III What WY rnn neral, |
H., H.. fo;,,ht. ar. General r,.t..s.r. Ia N. |
| rarnlunrr,,.,I. WLt MI ,hn mos ,purn,,ri. |
| ntr ..oI,rt,iut, cycrri.c~.-
T!rl!N trrn> IL thr (r,e h;,h ,.bn,,. Min |
urnaraiI, orrn thi> month. on, hundred anJ
| ,irhty t.wr. IL IN, Sta,n ,,in,,rJ thr fr. L;rh
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". In in;.rea,,. HI. Vim
|
liiE ''LLE'iN'
Colby ha> i,.tH it> ,iNtV-nnth Year y i'll IN |
| cntcrin.. eta, nl tnrtv->iX nine Of whom are |
youn- Ladies. Each succeeding Freshman cln>S |
Ill Coby ha> a large number of Young ladies |
| prnf s4w.l lt. h.r,, ,,r.ntnI i ,,,,,. nf ALL |