Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-19
sATTERLEE's SPEECH.

service gave most interesting an,
obstructive lecture upon the wor, q
the government bureau in conservin,
the national forest reserves, at tn
court room in the. county buildin,
last evening. MIR. Satterlees address
Looming from one whose long con
ion with the service has give,
MIN thorough understanding OF tb,
~ necessity of saving the remainins
Sources of the timber SUNNY and n
the most practical methods 10 he fol
lowed in the work, was of the create,
Interest through the general, though
superficial knowledge, of the fight
made to bring halt in the destruc.
ton of the remant of the once an.
parently unlimited timber. supply
gained through tie publicity given
me efforts of ex-President Roosevelt
tTama Jim Wilson and Clifford Pin
&chot, chief of the service.
The lecturers boyhood was spent ii.
the heavily timbered regions of the
= adirondack mountains, and the years
Spent in the sugar bush" the nine.
xries and saw mills formed on emf
nently practical apprenticeship fo,
Sthe forestry service. Detailing the
work Of the department he said:
II am pleased to meet this good
fasemblage of my old friends and
Sneiglbors this evening and i shall
4esteem myself more fortunate Il
shall be able to contribute tc
pur pleasure and instruction rela.
ye to the matter of which nm
attempt to speak.
1t may be of interest to many
rhaps all, of YOU 10 know bow
i tine into the work of which have
! become part and parcel which on.
brtunities enjoyed tending ia pre.
are me in any measure for sucJ
york as few, IL any, of YOU have ha.
Vhny knowledge of the facts. i wa,
Sorn less than SO yards from n saw
mill and rot more than 200 ward.
From another one, in both of wb,c,
ny fathers family were interestes
and in about the operation of which
hey, were employed, during such mr..
ions Of this time as thew coulS
Spare from the work OF the Form
hey were winning from tie Wide,
hess, back in the foothills Of th,
Adirondacks, ON the south side o
ne big woods in Northern Contra
sew York; and the sawmill yard
I ne mills themselves, when coul.
ccompany my father there, and TIN
Forests from which came the sup
pies Tor the mills, were my earl:es
pay grounds, play houses, when
ould DO nothing more helpful tina,
look with awe and large-eyed won.
err and ask more questions thar
ven scientist could ever hope t.
nswer. My father was thinke.
nd q splendid practical woodsma,
no some OF his answers to my child
N questions were marvels in thei,
ay and as he was lover of the
prest and cut only what he must
nd with the best judgment of an,
Ian lever knew, and insisted o.
wing all of every tree that was
>rth saving and could be saved
the theory that: If not wanted
that moment it would be in time
owe to his instructions very large
the ideas that ultimately brough
ne into the work for which / shall
Bpeak.
Reared in Adirondack Forest
When j was only n child ana h,
ad undertaken to make for him
elf, and for us, home near m, /
birthplace, / helped to prepare ever,
lex of the timber in the buildings
IA the old farm. among the rnpped
becky hills of Herkimer- county. New
ork; was scoring timber for nv
hther to hew, at twelve, thirteen
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iliprosiueh1 waste.
.'Thc American people as a people
Ire nothing If not improvident no,
I b say criminally thoughtless. They
flew the forests of our country with
But Judgment, without the exercise Of
That saving common sense that ought
IN Gland any naonIa IN oood sto,a