The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-31
IS much respected throughout Dane
county, where he was reared.

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is much respected throughout Dane
county, where he was reared.
$4,000 to Protect Forests.
Two years ago tentative commission
to look after our timber interests was
named by the legislature. This year it
is, here, headed by ex-senator G. B.
Burrows Of Madison and H. C. Putnam
Of Eau Claire Cloth lumbermen) after
$4,000 to make a start. They want
department of state forestry estab-
lished, made up of state officers, under
whom shall be a superintendent at 3d.
0O0, with a five years term His as
sistant is TO receive So, 600. The idea is
to give them an office in Madison. No
more state lands are to be sold. AT
present the state has about $4,000 acres
left. This shall constitute the forestry
reserve. Counties are authorized also
to maintain. forest reserves, to be SUI
pervised by this superintendent at
county expense. He shall remove dead
timber and such live timber as he
pleases, logging profits to go to the
state or county treasury 1t seems that
in the scientific care of forests GER
tain number of trees are felled every
roads, plant or SOW trees, and establish
forest experiment stations, cooperating
with the federal government, which
promises to give the state some stations
when Wisconsin has made a start. 1t
is hoped in time the university at Madi-
son will have a college of forestry. Cor
nell has one and owns 10000 acres of
timbered Adirondacks, where the stu
tr SIN nd h..
head of this college is Dr. Fernon, who
was formerly the forest commissioner
at Washington. He is a German and
gave some lectures in Madison on tree
culture about two years ago.
Burning of Cities Unnecessary.
The proposed policy is evidently
wise one, in that not too much will be
attempted on the start. The superln-
tendent is to have fire warden in every
township where one IS needed, and the
first business of the whole department
will be to put out fires. 1t seems that
nearly all these OCCASIONAL fires that
make cities into ashes are raging for
days before they finally do their fatal
work. A town sees smoke miles away
and does nothing about it-takes its
chances. In 1871, when Peshtigo was
burned Tin Governor Fairchild's admin
istration,) and nearly LOCO people were
destroyed, the fire was raging IN the
distance for weeks. Phillips knew that
there were fires for days before 1t got
too near and too big to stop. SO, too,
the fires in Barron county that rendered
280 families destitute recently. There
are S,000,000 acres of land in northern
Wisconsin on which timber has been
more or less cleared. To this an area
of 10000 acres is being added each year.
1t is these wastes that cause forest
fires It is said a fire in forest will
Gle out Moreover fire sweeping over
these ''cut' regions prevents new growth
of timber The work of the commits
sion, therefore, will be to clear these
tracts and keep the fire off, and then
to grow new timber Of course, the
work will require years for full &C
complishment But eventually our for
est reserves may become a source of
great profit, timber being cut each year,
and being constantly replaced by new
growths. Ex-Speaker Burrows is a
sleuth hound when he gets interested in
a public benefit and he never lets go un-
til ne wins.
judicial Timber from ASnlanu.
Lamoreux of Ashland is a likely man
of whom good things are expected He
was born in Portage county and put In
some years as an editor in Cumberland,
where he was also postmaster, until he
went to Ashland in 1884. He has been
an attorney ever since he reached mans
estate and his majority in the sena-
torial election was terrific-two to one.
Senator LamereuX is a conservative
lawyer, whose opinion is much sought
by the senate; a man of character and
will be judge some day when 1t comes
northern Wisconsin's turn.
Dan Riordan's name would indicate
that he did not come from Germany,
but he was born in Berlin Green
county, and was well educated at an
Indiana normal school Although
scarce SO years old he is judge and
has been for four years, being Gov
ernor Upham's appointee for Villas
county The predominance of men in
the northern county (Mr Riordan's dis
trict takes in eight counties in the
lumber district) is shown by the fact
that though his district and Senator
Weeds (Winnebago) have practically
the same population, about $1,000 there
were 1902 votes cast for senator in
the former district as against 10,676 in
Winnebago county. Senator Riordan
is popular and votes right.
A Porto Rico Lieutenant.
A straight-out representative Of the
rwegian-Amercans (who, by the
way, do not land many men in the leg
islature notwiths standing their imputed
fondness for politics) is Norman Knud
son of Manitowoc He is but % years
of age and the Spanish war aided his
election, for he went to Porto Rico as
first lieutenant. His majority, however,
was very small--37 votes out of nearly
10000 cast Mr. Knudson is a clerk by
occupation and has been enthusiastic
in national guard matters since 1890.
A viroqua Editor in the Senate.
Senator MunSOn is so Well-knOWn in
Madison that he does not seem new
He ran the Richland Republican for ten
years and has kept the Viroqua Censor
hot for eleven years. He has held
clerkships in the legislature for enough
sessions to make legislation A, B. G to
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