Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-04
FOUR THOUSAND
ACRES FOR FORESTS
MORE LAND TURNED OVER TO BE
CAREFULLY PRESERVED
Railway Ties In the Tropics Are Vacci-
mated Against Insects--oovern-
ment Policy to Protect the
Trees Indorsed


estry commission for practical forestry
purposes.
At q meeting of the Wind River Live
Stock association, held recently at Lam
der. Wyo., resolutions were adopted in
dorsing the governments forestry policy
and recommending that local men be en-
trusted with the administration OF af-
fairs.
Railway ties are vaccinated in the
tropics" eaid an engineer. Vaccination
prolongs their life three or four times
over.
''you see, the soft wood of these ties, un-
protected, falls a quick prey to the innu-
merable fierce hosts of ants and worms
and other tropical insects. They go for
an unvaocinated sleeper as tramp goes
for pie, and in a few weeks it is re-
duced to dust.
"But we vaccinate them. We inject
into them creosote. or sulphate Of cop
per, or some other 'antiseptic.' Then, i'm
mune to the tropical insects attacks, they
last as long as they would on the Penn
sylvania or the Drie line. '-Evening Wis
consin.
"Factors of Prosperity"
The passenger department Of the Rock
Island Frisco system has issued a neat
pamphlet entitled Factors of Prosperity
H. the Rock Island-Frisco States of Amer
ica,' with diagram maps illustrative OF
the developed and potential wealth Of the
richest and most prosperous section of
the United Staets, together with its inn
mense possibilities of every kind, with
commentary on it's economic advantages.
The lumber production of the region pen
etrated by this system Is referred to as
foil ows: 1.-THE largest reported product OF
any single wood in 1906 was southern pine.
Next is Pacific fir and next the white pine
CT north and east Soft woods make about
five-sixths of the countrys entire pro-
duce, while of the remaining sixth oak
is the greatest in volume of a large num-
ber of hardwoods. Supposing that the
total lumber output of 1906 was about
twenty-four and quarter billion feet,
mixed suothern pine was perhaps 40 per
cent of this, and southern hardwoods
about 50 per cent
Laws Unerring
The currents of the worlds civiliza-
ton obey certain laws as unerringly as
the currents of the ocean and the air
obey the laws that govern them. one
of these laws is the wealth producing
power of the valleys along the worlds
great rivers. This power Is due largely
to the fact that winds, rains and floods
all tend to carry the surface soil OF the
hjghlands, rich in humus, down the hill
tile vegetable mold, adapted to the
growth Of a luxurious vegetation. An
other fact is that the rivers often fur
nish a means of cheap transportation
which enables the inhabitants to ship
their products to the sea, where 1t not
only supplies cities built up along the
coast but finds a world market. This
was more important before the days OF
railroads than now, but even now they
are natural highways of commerce.; are
owned by no corporations; they have
\ free right of way, float no bonds. pay
no dividends on stock. cost little for re-
pairs, no capitalist holds monopoly and
they are free to the use of all.
Harry L. Bleecker, secretary OF the
Washington Water Power company OF
Srokane, Wash, tells a story of his ex-
Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot cut red
tape in the forestry department
Describes Attention
'T went to Washington" said Mr..
Bleecl1er, ''in conenction with getting
right of way for our power line across
some of the forest reserve in Northern
Idaho. I knew something about the diff
ficulty of getting things through the de-
partments at Washington, and l went
prepared to stay three weeks.
II thought would go to Congressman
Jones and get him to introduce me to Mr..
Pinchot thinking it might expedite mat
ters, but they told me it was unnecessary;
lust to go right in and introduce myselr.
I was waiting for him when he came to
his office at about $3.50 o'clock in the
morning. and when told him what I
was after he said: You have come
long Journey, and no doubt would like to
get your business done and go home. l
will see if / cannot hurry 1t through He
got busy Immediately examining the pa
pers and the evidence, which were all
prepared, and before night everything
was done and was ready to come home.
He had done for me In one day what l
expected would require three weeks
.sThe fact that 1 went to his office
stranger and without any introduction
shows that he did not make special eff
fort in my case, but that he treats every
body as he did me-"
Body Wide Awake
The action of the National Association
OF Box Manufacturers affords an example
of what wideawake organization can do
for forestry. Not content with the pas
sage of strong resolutions indorsing the
creation of natural forests in the Appa-
lachian and White mountains, the resolu-
tions committee added OF that resolution
the following:
Resolved, That we urge tne mempers
of this association TO join, individually,
the American Forestry association. for
which the annual fee is only 81, with
view to encouraging and assisting Ameri-
can forestry work, as well as receiving
the very valuable publications of the
American Forestry association, to which
each member will be entitled"
If every association in the country, di-
rectly or indirectly interested in the for
estry question, would do likewise, the for
estry propaganda could be made power
in the land.
To Give Lectures
State Forester Griffiths of Wisconsin is
arranging for a series of illustrated lee
lures by Prof Thomas d. viii, secretary
of the American Forestry association,
early in November. The itinerary includes
Madison, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Grand
Rapids and Wausau.
The American Forestry association Of
Washington, d. c., was organized in 1882.
and Incorporated in January. 1897.
The object of the association is to pro-
mote the preservation by wise use, and
hte extension of the forests of the Ursle
States; it seeks to encourage the applica-
tion OF forestry by private owners to for