St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-16
STATE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
HOLDS AN IMPORTANT SES-
SION.
KILKENNY GATHERING OF POPS
STATE LEAGUE OF THE PEO-
PLIES PARTY.
CENTRAL DEANERY SEssI
Poultry Show Begun-Bank Closes
Its DOOrs-News of Minne-
apOIis.

1t was but little handful Of men, a
dozen in number, that met together
yesterday morning at the Commercial
club to open the twentieth annual meet
| ing of the Minnesota State Forestry as
ISOLATION. Nevertheless this small
gathering of men exchanged practical
ideas one with another and went ahead
with their business as if nothing were
amlss and exhibited the greatest earn
estness and interest in the discussions.
The meeting was most profitable one,
and those who attended it will carry
home with them new ideas to agitate
among their people, and some good is
bound to result in time. 1t was a great
subject that these men discussed so
earnestly. The misrepresentation of
Minnesota is subject that carries
with it great significance, and it is
vitality concerned with the future pros
perity of the people of the North Star
state The forestry association has
been striving to awaken the public to
the fact that this subject is no mere
theory, but great practical question
that vitality concerns every citizen. 1t
was in such a spirit of earnestness and
seriousness that the forestry men met
yesterday.
CAPT. CROSS PAPER.
The venerab BILE Col John H. Stevens
called the meeting to order, and pend
ing the arrival of the president, S. NJ.
owen, Capt JudSon N. Cross read q
paper which was not on the pro-
gramme, but which created the most
discussion and interest of the day, and
probably paved the way for some val
liable legislative enactments His
paper was addressed ITO the Owners
or Large Pine Land Areas in Min
nesota," and roughly outlined plan
for the acquisition of land from which
the pine has been cut by the state. He
proposed to have suitable legislation
enacted to provide for the maintenance
I or forest reserve areas, and suggested
that such law make provision for the
/ transfer to the state of areas of cut
lands by the present owners on certain
conditions, namely, that from the
future income of such land the state
shall receive one-third to make up for
the loss to it of the taxes on the land,
and to recompense the state for the
care which would necessarily have to
be maintained, guarding the lands
against fire; one-third to go to the
grantor and his heirs and assigns for
100 years, and the remaining third to
be given to some educational purpose
probably divided between the state
public schools and the state university.
At the end of 100 years the grantors'
income revertS to the institution named.
Any person so desiring may deed any
such lands to the state for the purpose
OF growing forests when such lands
have been thoroughly examined and
recommended, to be received by the
state as part of it's reserved forest
area" The legislature is to appoint
commission to make the examinations
of land to be given to the state Such
lands would become, of course, exempt
from taxation.
Capt Cross paper was so well re-
ceived that again in the afternoon he
was requested to read it a second time
which he did. Ex-Gov. John S. Pills
bury spoke on the scheme outlined. in
dorsing it most highly. President
Owen. Gen c. G. Andrews. O. F. Brand
Col. w. A. Jones, DR.. Hewitt and others
gave addresses.