Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Practical Forestry.

~AS ~. sSA w "A\AOuC pay illlu W HAL
age any lands which the state may
acquire by gift or purchase for for,
estry purposes. The first lands which
the state has acquired under that law
were 1000 acres of cut over pine land
in Cass county which were donated
by the late Ex-Governor John S. Pills.
bury. In June last the board EN-.
ployed Mr.. T. L. Duncan and four as
sistants-all of whom had received
scientific forestry training al
the Minnesota Experiment Sta.
tion-to make a survey and ex.
animation of the Pillsbury land;
and Mr.. Duncan't report on the
Ian! and temporary working plan for
Its reforestation has just been issued
as a bulletin of information by the
forestry board.
Mr.. Duncan thinks it would be ad.
vlsable to- plant over IS per cent OF
the whole area rather than wait for
natural regeneration in pine.
Competent judges estimate that in
course of fifteen years the original
pine forests of Minnesota will have
been cut. What immense danger
there would result for the state OF
Minnesota. It takes on an average
about eighty years for pine to grow
to understandable size on poor sandy
soil. Individuals will seldom engage
in raising crops where so much time
is required, and if the supply of cheap
timber is to be maintained the state
will have to undertake the work OF
reforestation.
People will naturally ask Does not
the state of Minnesota already pos
sess considerable land that it could
use for forestry purposes?"
This must be answered in the neg.
atlve. All of the states land must
be sold at not less than SIS per acre
for the benefit of the public school
fund. If there. is pine timber on
any land belonging to the state il
must be sold separately.
1t would not be good economy tc
use agricultural land for growing
pine forest. Pine will grow profitably
on sandy. billy or rocky land that
is not useful for cultivation; and il
would be practical forestry for the
state to buy such land which can be
had for nominal price. and the
VOlkszeitung recommends that the
next legislature shall enable the for.
estry board to commence buying such
tracts and plant them with coniferous
forest. Friends of forestry should
try and have their members of the
legislature seasonably pledged to sup.
port such project. Forestry has
been talked many years. It is time
for action.-Translated from the St.
Paul Valkszeitung.
Lands.
There are 1889, lab acres of unappro,
priated and unreserved lands in Min.
nesota, of which l,533,635 acres are
surveyed and 2,0l9,5o acres unsur-
veyed, according to the annual report
OF Land Commissioner Hermann. The
area Of reserved land is 5,005, sos acres,
and 42.644.439 are already appropri.
ated
The report says that the survey worl,
authorized in Minnesota during the
year included three contracts, with az
gregate liability of Sc, 100, and thirteen
small surveys of islands under special
instructions. the average cost Of which
was SIS each. all being payable from
the general appropriation.
There is also contract Of 81, 900 70,
surveying remnant Of Chippewa In.
dian lands, a tract of which was long
OF uncertain status, at the northwes,
angle OF the Lake of the Woods
She Tried to Kill Him.
May Smith. daughter of parents re-
siding at Winona. attempted to kill
Roy Williams in the shipping room OF
the Palisade mill. Minneapolis.
Williams had promised to marry her,
but declined to keep his word.
The woman pressed a rcvolve,
against Williams body and fred. The
bullet struck near the eighth rib and
passed upward in the region of the
heart and inflicted severe flesh wound.
The woman was arrested and when
taken to the police station she ex,
pressed regret that she had not killed
Williams.
A Young Hishwayman.
Night Waterman Ryan. of Norris
was called upon to arrest An 8-year-oid
lad who had played highwayman and
held up farmer with twenty-five
revolver, and then cmpticd his gun at
the farmer when the latter persisted
he had no cash with him. Shantie:
have been built around town by bow.
and in them they congregate after
school. A raid upon one these brought
to light two revolvers.
News in Brief.
The weekly smallpox report for the
state shows twenty-eight cases of the
disease and no deaths.
James Bennett. head miller for the
Kensington Mill Company, lost his
life by being smothered in a shorts
bin. The shorts stopped running and
it is probable were banked around q
vacant space over the hopper, so tina,
when Mr.. Bennett stepped into the
bin the shorts covering the vacant
space gave way and he dropped to the
bottom, the sides of the banked
shorts falling in and covering him
Ole Walstrom, a we'll known farmer
was kicked to death by his horse neal
Detroit.
Percy Brown, aged - years, was
accidentally shot and instantly killed
by his 16-year-old brother in the town
of Ramsey. The boys were inspecting
their muskrat traps and carried e.
caliber rifle, which was discharged
They are sons of w. C. Brown. The