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

casses of sheep and lambs were foun,
In that stream, for these men, womel
and children in Pocatello tootake. IL
infusion. Would you know what w,
did? The telegraph was brought int
reuuisition, a forest reserve was ere
ated without delay, giant Swede O.
the Pocatello police force, a mar
without fear, was placed in charge
and those sheepmen and their flock:
i were sent to other pastures and they
haven't been back. They sang
| doleful song of starving animals, oil
oppression and outrage but the little
river regained its purity and the men
women and children of Pocatello ma,
drink of its waters in peace.
Roosevelt, Wilson and Pinchot.
But the force available for the
work was Inadequate, the funds a,
disposal insufficient, a change must
come and came when president
who loved the forest and recognized
It's Importance, when the fierce zeal
OF Roosevelt was enlisted in the
work. The law was modified the work
was transferred to the jurisdiction OF
the agricultural department, when
the intelligent, logged persistency of
our own Jim Wilson was enlisted and
when Clifford Pinchot, the embo,:.
ment of energetic, active, sure
enough forestry, came into his own.
Service Accomplisies Much.
1.-THE forest service has become n
great army CT which we of the elder
day We're only scouts and skirmishers.
1t Is opening trails, building roads to
reach as rapidly as POSSIBLE every az
cess1ble point in the national forests.
1t is keeping out, as far as human
effort can succeed in doing SO. the
devastating fires that have wrong
SO much mischief in the past. IT is.
Keeping grazing focks and herds
down to a reasonable standard and
Keeping the water sources from pol
luton, it is requiring the man with
wealth enough to do SO to nav for
the privilege of pasturing his stock
on the lands in the forests and Sc
curing to every man, as nearly as
can be done. the peaceful, uninter-
rupted enjoyment of what lie pays
Tor. 1t is conserving the water power
OF the streams for the uses of the,
people. 1t is providing any and
every man who needs it and applies
for 1T with timber free of charge to
build and improve his home. II is
selling the dead and matured timber
to responsible, respectable purchasers
who will cut, manufacture and sell IL
to the public at reasonable price. II
is guarding the cutting and removal
OF the timber with care to preserve
for future use the young, growing
timber, shrubs and seedlings. 1t is
painting the waste places as rapidly
as possible studying to ascertain what
varieties are most likely to succeed
IN any given locality and ceaselessly.
through storm and sunshine, doing
your work. 1t is studying every
phase of the timber problem with
diligent care. Studying and devising
methods of utilization and conf
IDENTIFY predict that the time is not
far distant when it will be announced
without hesitancy that every trace
Of turpentine has been extracted from
the pine. which must be for long
time, II not for all time, one of our
staple timbers, and that an excellent
article of wood pulp is being made i
from the purified fiber, that chemi-
cal processes have attained such per /
lection that wood can be made
through such processes as durable |
as iron. These things I hope for
and believe that many of YOU will
live to see.
But am wearying you and must |
close. ! bespeak your assistance in
our work. Lest you should feel that
my request is a peculiar one under
The circumstances / call your atten-
.ention to the fact that the senior :
senator from Iowa has been one of |
our stoutest champions, If not our
stoutest champion, and that it. is
possible for each and every one If
keep Iowa first in this as in ever, |
Keep Iowa first in this as in ever,
other good work. Hep us that the
generation yet unborn may, as bc.
ieve they will. rise up and call US
blessed