Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-14
KOREA WAKING UP,
Begins to Realize the importance of
Maintaining Forest Area

Korea, the Hermet Kingdom, is wax.
ing up to the necessity of protecting its
remaining forests and replanting de-
nuded tracts on important watersheds.
Japan is furnishing the inspiration and
part of the money which will produce
the change from the old order of things
to the new. A school for training
Korean foresters has already been put
in operation.
The two governments drew up a co,
operative agreement last spring and
outlined a plan for the wise use of the
forests in the Yalu and Tumen Valleys,
| and as a result national forest policy
for Korea has been developed The
new Korean forest laws are similar to
| those of Japan, according to United
States Consul General Thomas Sam
mons, of Seoul.
Although Korean forests have been
exploited and neglected, and the coun-
try has suffered severely from drouth,
floods and erosion, the denudation is
less serious than in neighboring prov
inces of China. One of the first meas
ures to be taken up will be the preser-
walton of such wooded tracts as yet re-
main. In order to do this, the govern
ment has taken all forests under its
care, whether they are publicly or pri-
vately owned. The owners will not be
deprived of their property without com
pensation, but the government will reg
ulate the cutting of timber, and in GER
tain cases may prohibit all cutting on
tracts which ought to remain timbered
to prevent floods, drouths, landslides,
and to preserve unimpaired the scenic
attractiveness Of places of public re-
sort All owners of timherland and
all leaseholders are required to report
to the government their holdings in or
der that the property may be listed and
cared for. Failure to report within a
year subjects the forest to forfeiture.
The forested area of Korea is about
. 100000 acres, which is only one-tenth
of the land on which forests ought to
be growing Extensive timhered tracts
remain in the northern part of the coun.
try on the waters of the Yalu and Tu- |
men Rivers, and lumber operations are
carried on in the mountain districts. |
But in the agricultural sections of the |
country wood is very scarce, and the |
fuel problem is serious. Coal and other
mines have been opened by Americans,
ana one OF tne most pressing needs Is
timber for use in and about the mines
In that country, as elsewhere, large
quantities of timber are necessary in
developing mining property, and it is
noteworthy that country as backward |
as Korea can put into prac-
ice the principle that the only sure
way of getting timber is to grow it.
Tomato Cafsup.
Boil together a peck of unpeeled to
matoes and six minced onions until
soft enough to be rubbed easily through
a colander. After putting the vegeta.
bles through a colander, pour through
a coarse strainer and add 20 them q
tablespoonful each of powdered cloves,
mace, pepper, salt and sugar, a salt
OF cayenne pepper, three bay
caves and a tablespoonful OF celery
seed sewed into a small "heeseclotb
bag. Boil all together for SIX hours,
stirring frequently. Take out the bag
# seed and add pint of cider vinegar.
Boil up once more, take from the fire
ind. when cold bottle and seal