Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-13

! The cut of the Duluth saw m'i'S
was 323, OOO, 900 feet last year, ar In
crease over 1897. The stocks on
hand at the close Of the year showed
. decrease. which indicates that sales
were larger than the Ont.
The Moon & Kerr Lumber CON-
pany ia utting in about l2,WD'WV
feet of logs in it's camps north OF
Virginia.. They expect to commence
onerating their mill much earlier IN
the spring than heretofore.
The lumber shipments from Mime
apolis during 1893 were 345.43 wv
feet. an increase Of nearly $4,000 Wo
feet over 1897. For December the
shipments were the largest ever
made for the closing month OF the
wear, except in 1892.
The Mesaba road Will 90 more
than ever In the log hauling business
this winter. The present contracts
of the road aggregate about 4o.WW'-
600 feet. The logs are banked 10 tne
1T. Louis river near the ore docks.
s, s. Brown, surveyor general {"
logs for this district, has filed bis re-
port for 1898 with the governor. IL
shows that 64,5s5,000 feet of logs
were an wed at Little Fails last year.
80. COZ ono feet ana II OOO. 900 shingles
and 10. OOO. 400 lath. 1O.OO'. 400 feet OF
logs are carried over at this place.
The logs cut at Sank Rapids Ia
placed at - $40. 900 feet and at
Brainerd 81. OoO, ONO fest. Anoka cut
less than million feet this year.
WASTE OF FOREST WEALTH ON CHRIST
MAS TREES.
Otis Staples. Of saltwater. at one
time chief estimator Uf Indian pine
IN Minnesota and well known as II
Me.time logger and lumberm"n.
writes a very practical letter on for
estry to the Pioneer Press OF yester-
0dJ IAC pays"
A. the question Of forest preserva-
tiou 1. matter In " hich every citizen
at Minnesota ia or should be interest
Cd. I heg leave to call your attention
to the almost countless number Of
spruce and fir trees that are being
cut every year and used to celebrate
Christmas. From all that l can
le..rn there have been 55.OW or 6O.0OO
marketed in st. Paul and Minneapo-
Ms, or one to every seven persons;
and the rule that will apply there
will apply elsewhere. only much
stronger, al there IL no doubt there
are more trees shipped into the
smaller cities in proportion to the
population than into the larger ones.
ii the rule will apply to the country
districts you will readily see that we
are destroying the fl''wer Of our for
ests at the rate Of 3OO,WO0 trees per
year-dPstroyihg our forests at
greater rate for pleasure than we are
for profit.
The trees lost largely used for this
purpose now are spruce. one OF the
most hardy and rapid growing trees
on this continent, and one that will
grow and thrive as well on the most
worthless land as on the most fertile
Orairie. Now we will see how many
acres of land it will take to nOurish
3OO, Ol,O trees. l have seen al many
as 230 good sized pine trees growing
on one acre of land, all fit for saw
logs Of about four logs per tree and
400 feet per log. But that doesn't
matter. We are now planting trees.
and we will plant one tree on two
square rods. or eighty trees per acre,
which would be 81 200 trees ON Sec
ton OF land. These trees, II planted
when they are five or nix years old
and properly cared for thereafter,
would each make Ia feet Of lumber,
ut the very least, twenty-five years
after they were planted. or 10000
feet per acre, or 6. 4tND. 600 feet per sec-
ton Of one square mile.
Minneapolis Lumberman: d. r.
Cameron Dresidant ~ rha Rat PORT