The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-02
IN. MILLS TO LECTURE ON
FORREST PRESERVATION

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nm MILLS TO LECTURE ON
FOREsT PRESERVATION.
.-rhey shall cut down her forests--
rhat was one Of the curses prophe-
s,ed BY Jeremiah against Egypt and
xrtN.r w. Page says: what sort Oh
/. eurse that was we shall begin our
~aIvea 10 realize IL we continue TO de-
~trov the covering of our mountains.
This question of preserving and per-
petuating the forests of America ahu
what 1t means 70 tns tuLnLe " woe
country has reached the thinking "o
men as well as men for force. one OF
fhe important committees Of the Gen
~ral Federation OF WoMen's CLUBS -
me forestry Committee. of which mrs.
n. 8. Peterson IL chairman, and every
state division Of the General Feders-
tion is urged to appoint such con-
mittee. and nov the wave OF s has
ing TO the emergency OF the case nas
reached the city Federation OF Wo-
men's Clubs of Montgomery, Of wnicn
Mrs. Phares Coleman Is President, anu
- under the auspices of that ofganlza-
ffon. not vet year old, Enos A Mills
az the United States Department %
Agriculture, the noted scientist. jour
nelist, mountaineer and versauIe -.
will visit our city and give free OF eny
charge a lecture on Forestry and tne
Perturbation OF American Forests. II
,ur,Yi he n rare educational event ue-
voted to a subject on which tne gen
nral public is depiorably ignorant q
matter that perhaps closer tne ~
sure prosperity OF our county . asv
Mr.. Mills il sure to deliver an interest
ing and enlightening address on the
subject of the establishment OF the
Anpalachian Forest and the Dill now
-ergiur for the movement before Con-
gress.
II is the purpose OF the American
Forestry Association to make every en-
Scrt ID arouse the interest Of people
81 the South in the forestry and 70
awaken them to the important ana
pressing necessity Of immediate action
with relation to the Appalachian ma
t.onaI Forest. As a result of sugges-
ton from Secretary Wilson TINS Dill
10 create an Appalachian national ior-
est. was presented at tne last ssss .Ia
Of Congress. It was pigeon-holed, tne
movers that be at Washington diner
- to it's advisability. Based on the
theory of States rights, John Sharp
williams Is one who Is opposed TO the
bill.
The cry of paternalism is heard In
ragard to this measure OF enforced pro-
tSction of our forests as II was IN re-
ing children. In the latter case, the
RAIN men and their present interests
were to be fought. In this instance
movement to protect our forests tne
two enemies to the future OF our couh-
try are forest fires and ruthless oe-
ssfruction by lumber companies. snort
afwhtedness Is the trouble in both IN
~1ancea. II will be interesting TO
TFontromerians to know that the Prest-
dent of the American Forestry Asso-
citation, Mr.. Logon Johnson, Is tne
grandson Of Mrs. Emily Ligon ana the
late Robert r. Lyon, one of Alabama
most distinguished citizens. His moth
err, Mrs. johnson, was before her mar
rfaxe, Miss Lyon of Montgomery. VINO
now resides here with her mother. MT.
Tdxon made a speech Thursday before
Congress on Forestry. He is q man or
treat distinction, of whom Alabama mas
Fanse to be proud. He IS special as
sistant to Attorney General Bonaparte
and was recently made general eounsei
Of the National Association OF the Ene'
ntrical Producing Managers OF amer
Ica. Mr.. Ligon has made q study OF
forestry in travels IN the West, IN worm
Georgia and Nerth Carolina.
Returning to the coming lecture on
FEBRUARY by Enos A. Miller and the
Importance of the subject OF forest
preserving to the South. IT VIII be wen
most of the Southern Apalach ians
ara attn covered with virgin forest.
glayery, the war, and reconstruction
10 hampered South ern industry that the
forests have until late fairly well es-
capped. II the Southern states now
grasp the opportunity which their
economic and political misfortunes
-sve6 for them, they, may look on the
war as an economic benefit for the
forests are worth many times what tne
war cost They have now prontaDle
monopoly of the cotton crop. WIth
right methods of numbering they can
have as profitable q monopoly OF tne
hard wood supply, ana 1t VIII De just
as lasting monopoly.
II is to awaken o public sentiment
Yor reforesting and stopping as far as
can be the ruthless destruction OF trees
That Tnos A. Mills Is delivering hts
lectures through the South. He -
student of nature and lover or nature.
ana Is said by those who have heard
MIN in Atlanta to be convincing
mreaker. 1t is said that the day FOL
Iowing one of his lectures LUMBER
nan decided to reforest 5000 acres or
1and under instruction from the for
aatry service, and that another VINO
had ordered a tract cut down along
waterway through his farm maoe
trip of twenty-five miles 10 eOu"'o'
The following sketch OF MI. AalIS
will be interesting in view OF MS COM
ing visit to Montgomery:
SEnos A. Mills. the mountain guioe'
vvho talks SO interestingly concerning
the value of trees, birds and nature,
Svas horn in Kansas and went to Alas
IA when a boy. For twenty years ne
has rambled the mountains Of the West
as a prospector and nature lover. ne
has thoroughly explored the Rockies
alone. unarmed and afoot during all
seasons of the year. He has scaled all
the highest peaks of the Rockies, some
Of them in mid-wipter. and many OF
them by moonlight. He enjoys being
out in the storm and has often climbed
or travelled the wilds by moonlight
alone. He has scaled Longs Peak 257
times, and the day Of his life was the
time he guided little S-year-old Har-
riet Peters to the summit OF this rug
ged peak.
FOR three years he held that unique
and adventurous position. State Snow
Observer of Colorado
HE is a tribe under medium height
and weight. eats but little and has ex-
xraordinary physical endurance, not
withstanding that during his early life
he was an invalid.
Schooling he has had. but this chief
" from nature. He has written q lit
tie for The Youths Companion and
other Eastern press. and is the author