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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15
Samfunbslip blanbt 9anife i g,
saul.
III t..
III.
SAUL far pl,noet!

ct. SAUL far pun6et!
@anife pitt far ri enbnl1 life moo
taget officiel Mapport fra Sberiefre=
tpr Micbelien men cit miblertioig
&apport fra bolm bor operbepilt Mtn=
neopolis, og Ct, Saul bar i1gen 8e<
biicr 8ebop = hi bar ,1ernlig belle
5i6en pioit Set! Sa,. &onpe1 bar
baar6> Dog gift intet SIP tabt, og life
cit Draabe 8lo0 ct Ser flp0t paa So
len. Sborpoloien 2oge5 i%opiale Cts
ErGlioent lamt General Game - to
at 2ogens melt gcniole og leoen0e
Men0, alti6 FORFEIT / &Gfterne, ser
bpor &en roicbe pilbeit - liber
begge al cit >betpoelig @iertefuabab=
Belle, iom bog Gr. S. @p6eien for
itfrer bill bore fl1l0itenoig fureret /
CIT ner Bremtio og oil life paa 1ogen
Mao6e bin6re oern / at beltage / sen
fonm1cnoe Set, iom gipes / Mnleb=
ming at &rigens Nfilutning.
Cont get ontagelig bill bore 6en
Gneoe 2eier befie1ot, mootog $. 6.
Mroeriens 2oge al ct. saul i Mioten
al afpigte S11li Maaneb Ell &rigser-
flering fra 9borpaloien 2oge / Min-
neapolis. IT'S or0ringe,1 lgo lom fpl.
ger:
r9a1, $. 6. Mn0erien, far paa CT.
unberfrmoerlig Mau6e %forn1aitet sig
til at gro mig, Sin el6re 8rooer, ODER
@opeoet, og Set ifjput o1t life bar nc
re emo Ell Sre6ie0el iaa mango Sc
.frlltter at beige imellem iom ie0
0ette maa life bore, og giprcs ST..
berme6 pitterligt, at ou life / Sc fgrit-
fommen6e fem og cit balb Maaneo iii
bore iitan6 til at formere bine &G.-
fer meo lige iaa mango &efrutter iotn
ieg." !.
Wangen en- brat Sol6ut / bore
&Gffer felte be6 oenne l1bfororin9
lit &ierte iDnfe felt neoen for fine
8ugierlinninger. Den ipoife Smeo
81 iom ben Sribe6smano ban blep
ifior, % ban befsle6e Soanbtrpf mes
Carrie Station / gngellanbs berpm=
tie 9apneta6 @ull - foriegte at. reo-
Sc 5ttuationen be6 at gribe 0roet /
-6lugten og pao lit pe%lflingen6e Ser
6ens6ialeft at erfl9re, at &rig bar
cit 8e0eritDggeligbeo, .og pil6e ban
paa set inoitenoigite raaoe til at tage
ct @las 9l iom 8epis paa 6reo pg
gob 6oritnaelie. 81 anbte tpiplebe
life paa Smebefs Mob, men -
&anbifen bar faltet, og $. 6. Mn6er=
len reiite Zig meo lin imponerenbe
N9ie % iag6e: Sag ben op!
Si6en % bar 8ampen rniet ufor.
trgben. Stort Ma1befal6 bar Be-
frpgtet, men fun bette enc beflagel-
iesparoige SiIfeIbe inotraf: Sgren
SCOT toh Mi6iommteren peo Sialpe-
tropperne i 8eit ct. Saul, % Sd Ser
Ell Mften iaa, blnites til bnrtig l1o-
rpfnirg til Gronten, itornpeoe Sgre,1
! iia ssSDer nforiogt oDer BobafbaI
gro. Gn RIarfe bar inioIerfo goo
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

sIterloseus' Maifcrabe. S Mor-
gen Mften, 2groae 5. is. Sanuar,
er BET oItina at 5eiterimfunoets
itore Observation-Disclosures finoer 5teo
pao Central Sail. &ontante MMrpe
mier u6oeles. Mogangspriien er SOC
for @errer og 35c for Gamer.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15
yGt. Saul Sioeube"

goar / &resien bber Gorsoag
Miboag, bporfor bore erebe SsS11ojen=
oere al 6oreningsnpt, Advertisements
ter off,, be6es bragg Omiorg for, at
alt iaaoant er inbienbt til Onsbog
Mften eller ieneit 9orsoag
Morsen.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

S @aar % i Dag. Minnelota
Stote federation of Commercial
Clubs traa6te / @oor lammen til en-
o%beror6enltg interesiant og for l1o=
pifling al Stotens forifiellige @iel=
pefiloer og &eiourcer oberoroenlig
ptgtig &onference, ser boI6es / ct.
Saul Commercial Club. 8egge
5pillingbpers Sorrtningsmnnb og
leoenoe Me,ro poo andre Setter er
meget interesleret / benne @onferen<
&c, og Ser penteoes mango 9elegater
ira anore 8Ders Commercial Clubs.
81 ifal / neite Mumer al 81aoet gipe
EN- Speriigt oper Gorbanolinger og
&eiultater.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

o..I..s,rr.. Er mo:,o-
u''' "'eu oolpe a. - ,'e1l.'' ~
to'!''1te1 nup CO. ~'n'ssoe ~. ~
a.ne Op1gS"'''ger on' !,
pens george nort 0u9e, 'Dpt
nor11 % oa1't Ueano % @pl''oe pe'
.Dere an9ells Soreora9 o9 e O. uo-
mrrfeoe sDsp'lleoer, 'om ieolaset
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15
ST. PAUL.
.sA Fanl TlassAe" removed to Room
sol Court Block.
We'd Kjsb eller Reparation #
Uhre besSg den vellkjendte Juve-
Ter Simon Nelson, 2oe 3. 18th St,
St. Paul.

GtGte &iitorical soeietp bar uo'
napnt en- @on1ite til at forbereoe ct
2~ouforjIag til 2egislaturcn ONT 8eDil-
ling uf $5OO,0OO til en- 8pgning.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

81. $anls Sasenibrforenius Dalg-
te peo fin. @eneralforiamling forle.
SEN Mften 8. S. Snrgenien til Sc
freter.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

@bem Der bar / bans Steb! gn
l11g Slagter, S. 6reo. 5quires> be-
ifjeftiget i Mc0uaio 5orretningen,
s. & Cedar Str, fif forleoen. Sag
Mebbelelie ONT, at banS 8eoitefa6er
England par 6eb,, og at Fan par
en- al Mrpineerne til Sent gamle
5quiers'lfe 2%anoejenoom Ser. pGrb'
lat til omfrtng 100000.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15
minneapolis.

S ~nnsbomsforeningeu at 1905 bill
Oct Sorsbug Mften 5. %. Sanl1ar BIZ
be ofbolot ct itort offenligt Disfus<
iionsmg6e, bpor ST. 6. 6. 8arben=
fletb bill i116le6e ODER gmnet: 9 e II
| . t n6tge 6an + e
II II 60 o. m 3 B q g I e /
81 merifa"a NRrrnere Meo6elel=
Ter berom / nelte Numer al 8laoet.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

Torcningcu r@obt @aob"s brama-
tiife selifab opfsrte r6aitclobnsgil-
Set" i 2ucf, @is., 2erbag Mften og
i Milltomn 5pnoag. Erobs set foloe
Ser bapoe ser paa begge Elabier
iamlet Jig et ganife onlelig 6oriam=
ling, iom fulgte Stpffets Gong meb
8egeiitring.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

len poo Cate 8 Daflano Mpe. 8e-
gropelfen peo bpilfe1 Naitor q. S6at1-
len talte pan Gngaif % Danif, fauot
|Steo iioite 2sroag Gfterm. 9iget
BEN attes / 2igbuiet paa 2apmans
|@rapplaos.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

&as paa! 5tats=O lieinipettpr
Mc@men rapporterer, at / 1908 bar
Mntalet al lllpffer / State1,, for.
oariaget peo uforiigtig 0meang mes
Hetrolel1m meo paafglgaoe gfsplp=
iionerN life npinbre ems 1O2, bnornf
5 me6 oebeligt lt6falb pg is rciul-
terenbe / lpere 8ranbiaar. Sab |
Gien6omspGroi: $36,442.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

6anbelsreiienbe Sobn q. Sprscn=
len, en- 5pn at Meblem al 2egtslatu=
rem Sans Sgrgenien / Manfato,
mel0te / 29roags for 8olitiet, at ban
al nogle ufienote 3erioner, io1u ban
tilf9loig traf paa @noen, bleb loffet
inO / ct @otel / 242 @ennepin Mpe.
boor ban blep be6gpet og plpnoret for
500 / &onta,1ter og e1oel 8eroilo=
ger.q San fl,n6e opgipe ct go0t Sig
nalen1ent al &ansmGnoene, og 2 al
6isle, Uranf Yasco og Sulius Dugan,
blcp onbolote nGite Sag % tilitob &C.
res 8eOrift.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

9aptejn s. Nnsell fra ariitiauia
er lpnt omtalt iioite llge tommet til
Nmerifa, u6ienot al ~NoromanoSfor=
bun0et, for at bol0e 8orebrag UNDER
r@pnner al Norge"s Muipicier. Sap
tein Mngell CT fienbt iom en- u6mer-
fet 6ore6rogsbol6er, Der bar beiggt
ian at lige ollie l%1,1g0omslag / Morge.
fra Norofap til 2inbenGs, fra &ip-
Len til @elterbapet. Saa bel offen=
Iige &ontorer JONI pripate far btitaaci
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

2pge go. 81 al 9anlf 8rooerl ant
f1nb afbol6er lin lite aarltge Srg=
mie-Maiferabe paa Mo5art Sail 2er<
Sag Mften 5. 6. Sebruar. &omiteen
mg6te i Manbags Mftes bos 0ennes
Tormanb, Mr. sc. q. Sobnien, og Set
pebtoges at arbei1e fen Ill at gibre
benne Mniferube enbnll itgrre og be-
ore ems fine 6org9ngere.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

Gn S~lbebranb / en- tire Gtoees
8pgnins paa 6ourtb og @abaiba
Street 81. 7.3O 5enoag Mften for
oariageoe Gfa6e for omfring $40
600. 5tabe for onrfring $4,000
bleb onrettet / 6. g. 8anfcrs GO
loon. Ser bar ct 8ar Srpfferier /
8pgningen og nogle andre 6orret.
ringer.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

Gn ing sp9eplejcrife, Mn,1o S S.
Maacf, ser bopoe paaoraget Jig Star=
Elagensfeber UNDER lit Mrbeibe meb at
pleie Sc Spgc paa @pi6emiboipita-
let, oe0e Ma16ags Morges paa 81
tn @oipital. Dette 5ilfeloe er fgrit
Oct anoet / II Star al at en- 5pgc-
plejerife CT oeo al en- imitlom 5pg=
Dom, p%aa6raget Sjenelten, bbtlfet
cr laa meget merfeligere, naar man
eri11brer BET ftore MntoI al unge
sapinoer, oerNbpert Mar g%ie11nemgaar
ct 5pgepleierz&urius boorun6er er.
in%obefattet en- 6 tigers Eieneite / Gpi-
oentiboipitalet. Sen mi afogoe urgc
@ige, Der for ID Mnnne6er ii6enl
tom BERTH 8Den fra Gbippetpa Sails,
isis, for at blanot Be spge at tnge
BEN 2ipsgierning op, Der ful6e bIipe
iaa fortpurig, uotalte fom lit fioite|
gnife at maatte blipe btgrapet i fiji
19pgepIIeieriteorngt. ssl
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

S Morben Club bolotes iote Giirs.
bag Mften 8eibreliespalg neo fbI.
genoe l1ofalo: S. g.. 2ilpsreen, Nre-
iioent; al s. serenion, Bice Nra1i-
bent; g. 9. Molanber, 5efretar; 90.
S. 5ucfpm, Rasjerer.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-01-15

@olgatbafirffen. 8oitor u. 6. Gpcb.
preoifer i Rirfen fpritfomlnen6e
spnoag Sormiboae @l. 1890. Weon-
Bag Miten 5. 10. San,,ar nRlte
Manoag Aften -~-nfboloer Menigbe.
ber tit Morsmeoe i &frten, % ale
beoes eipe 0ssoe. Der
bill blipr &alg al 8eitprelie og 4f-
leggelie al @apport fra De forifielli=
ge Creme al Menigbeben.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29

nation has the largest section devoted
to 1t and all branches of its history
are we'll represented. The collection of
material for United States history IL
by far the best In Germany and an
excellent selection. Besides the Ger
man and American sections the library
Is especially strong in its collection of
Belgian, English colonial. East Asiatic
and a still more remarkable collection
In the Chinese and Japanese sections.
Another remarkable fact about the Ii.
Drary Is that the books here deal not
only with political, constitutional and
economical history, but also with the
history of art, music, sculpture, relig-
Ion, education, manners and customs
The idea is that knowledge of all the
different kulture branches Is necessary
really to understand the history of a
people. So we find here an unusually
rich assortment of art collections, at
lases, some 100000 drawings by chill
dren from all nations, family letters
OF the earlier centuries, many that
cannot be found elsewhere.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29
FANS ARE NO LONGER IN IT.
People Arc Interested Now Only IN
The ANTIQUE Specimens.

PEOPLE Are Interested Now Only IN
The Antique Specimens.
It Is said the fan trade is steadily
declining. and this. too. in spite Of
the fact that at no time has that
graceful weapon Of coquetry and COM
fort been so universal. Some Of the
leading fan houses in Paris have
closed their doors, and one of the best
lawmakers, whose patronage includes
the elite Of Europe, declares the day Is
past when long prices will be paid for
fans. One instantly seeks the reason
for the change of sentiment which
thus affects trade. The aforesaid fan
maker explains 1t by saying the Ger
man copies Of the expensive styles
have done good deal to injure first
class trade. The richest customers
buy only antiques. Instead of seeking
the work Of modern artists who make
exquisite pictures they will fly into
raptures over dirty old fan that Is
by no means beautiful, merely because
1t Is an antique" and possible
Louis XVI. Not long since lady went
into ecstasies before a beautiful fan
painted only the other day. She de-
clared she had seen nothing lovelier
in any art exposition in Europe, that
nothing was done nowadays like it, it
was genuine. She was not at all
pleased when told the truth that it
had been made in those very work
rooms. The Japanese fan has proved
a formidable rival to the artistic
French fan. 1t is pretty and dainty,
but its price damns it with faint
praise. What lady arrayed in $1,000
costume could fan herself with a bit
of colored paper? But the majority of
women eschew fans. They are only
carried on state occasions for no one
wants to be bothered with their care.
A museum is the best place for this
rare antique, particularly If it has any
historic association guaranteed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29
More Sun-Spots.

The pun is not regarded as high
order of humor; nevertheless a good
pun Is irresistible. A writer in the
Baltimore American relates this con-
versation:
"Who is that neglected-looking lit
tie boy with that awfully dirty face?"
'He is the child of Professor Som
nenshine, the noted astronomer who
lives over the way"
"Oh, is he? Come here, little boy.
Run home and tell your father he
doesn't need his telescope to see spots
on the SON."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29
HOME OF HISTORY AT LEIPZIG.
Especially Strong in It's Collection
of American Material.

Especially Strong in Its Collection
of American Material.
A few years ago the new institut for
kultur and universal history OF the
University of Leipzig, under the direc-
ton of Prof Lamprecht, was opened.
It Is especially favored in its site, for
the building itself, as its outward ap-
pearance indicates, is Of especial his
torical interest. For what true citizen
of Leipzig does not know the Golden
Bear" that remarkable old house on
the Universitatsstrasse, which Bern
hard Breitkopf, the founder Of the firm
of Breitkopf & Hartel, erected in 1876
for business purposes, and which later
became the seat of the Breitkopf &
Hartel bookstore? asks correspond
ent of the Hartford Courant. In the
second story of this building above the
store Gottsched lived until his death.
in the year 1767-Gottsched, to whom,
as Goethe in his "Wahrheit und Dich-
tung" says, the elder Breitkopf had
promised a lifelong dwelling In the
second story of the Golden Bear" be-
cause of the great advantages his store
offered in Gothic manuscripts. transla-
tions and other such distances. In
order to make the acquaintance Of
Gottsched, Goethe visited this house
in 1866, in consequence of which we
have that happily drawn sketch in
"Wahrheit und Dichtung." What
Goethe said in this passage about this
dwelling will seem even to-day credible
to the visitors Of this house. which In
the last summer has undergone re-
storation. It Is still to-day "ein an
sehnliches Gebaude," although it Is
only three stories high and surround
ed by four or five storied modern
houses, and the words "sehr anstandig'
which Goethe used In describing Gott-
scheds apartments apply still to the
rooms Of tho new institut,
Naturally. the history Of the German
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29
New Home for EIks.

North Yakima, Oct. 25.-At a meet
ing of the Elks last evening it was
decided to give minstrel perform
ance in this city November and 10.
The proceeds from the show will be
applied to furnish the new home of
the fraternity that is now under course
of construction. Next week the local
brothers will attend the minstrel show
up at Ellensburg and the Kittitas or
ganization will return the compliment
by attending the performance here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29

Flies.
In former times it was the big
things that froze mems hearts with
fear-the mythical giants, the drag
ons, the specters. Now science has
taught us that the little things are
the dangerous ones-the insects, mos
Quitoes and flies, and the microbes,
those immeasurably minute plants and
animals, too small for the unaided hui
man eye to see.
We first learned of the part the mos
quito plays in the transmission Of
malaria and yellow fever, but the
menace that there Is to mankind in
the house-f1y was for long unsuspect-
ed. 1t is only about fifteen years
ago that the first needed warnings
were uttered against this insect, and
its actual guilt as a murderer of men
was clearly demonstrated only at the
time of the Spanish War, when 80
many of the flower Of American youth
died of the typhoid fever that decim-
ated the volunteer army In the deten-
ton camps in all parts Of the coun-
try.
So active is the fly In the spread of
this disease that it has been proposed
In a recent publication of the United
States Department of Agriculture to
rename it the typhoid fly"
1t may carry the germs Of this dis.
ease in one Of two ways, either
directly by soiling its feet with the
discharges from fever patients. and
then flying off and alighting upon
food or falling into milk; or else by
eating matter contaminated with ty-
phoid and carrying the germs in its
intestinal canal and depositing them
upon food.
But it is not alone typhoid that
flies spread The germs of tubercu-
losis may readily be carried by them
unless the patient has needed the
warnings sounded on all sides, and
taken care to destroy all expectorated
matter. The virus of a sore may be
taken up by ay's feet and depos-
tied on a cut or abraded surface Of
the skin of another person. Any dis
ease. indeed, which Is capable of in
oculation or of being spread by the
taking in of its germs with food or
drink may be spread by these noxious
insects,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29

A New Yorker, dining a Philadel'
phia friend, wanted to show him all
the delicacies of the season. One dish
in particular the Philadelphia ex-
claimed over in delight.
"This Is made of snails," said his
New York host. Don't you have
snails in Philadelphia?
ooh, yes" responded the Philadel'
milan. "but we can't catch the pesky
things Lippincott's
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29
Canned Tomatoes Short

Sunnyside, Oct. 23.-R. I. McLaugh.
lin, manager of the Sunnyside can
uery, reports that owing to the short.
age of tomatoes this year he will only
be able to supply 600 cases, while he
had orders for 1000 cases. Sixteen
tons of pumpkins were canned in two
days, filling $4,000 cans. The company
is paying from Sc to 50 per ton for
Gull apples and will use a large guam
tity.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29
y IN Science !
: S's7GnVenti0n

Prizes will be offered at the coming
German aeronatical exposition for a
metal lighter than aluminium, but re
tanning its solidity and for balloon
halls Of various types.
The two battleships authorized by
the last Congress, which will be laid
down next fall, will carry heavier bat.
teries than any other warships af1oat
or ordered by any nation.
To measure the amount of air ad.
mitted through cracks in buildings a
novel instrument has been devised,
shaped like funnel and carrying q
small thermometer in it's nozzle.
While the forests of the United
States are increasing at the rate OF
7,000,O00,O0O cubic feet a year, the
country is using 23,OOO,OOO,OOO cubic
feet of wood each twelve months
A simple fire escape patented by an
Iowa woman consists of a spool over
which a rope is wound two or three
times. At one end of the rope is a
seat, the occupant of which lowers
himself with the other end, the fric-
ton Of the spool checking the rapidity
of descent.
At Nelson, British Columbia, large
electric smelter Is now at work re.
ducing mixed ores of lead and zinc
The ore Is first crushed to the size OF
wheat grains, and then roasted, by
which process most of the sulphur is
removed. From the rooster the ore
goes to the electric furnace, which
melts 1t into Stag. The lead, sinking
through the Stag, passes into crucible
the zinc takes the gaseous form ant
Is led into condensers, from which 1
Is ladled out into pigs.
Exaggerated ideas have been enter
tanned, according to the opinion O.
F. A. Lucas, concerning the prodigious
size of the ancient mammoths, whose
remains have been found in Alaska
and Siberia. 1t is mistake, he says
to ascribe to them greater size than
that Of the modern elephant. He be.
lieves that no Siberian mammoth has
been found with greater height, at
the shoulders, than feet 6 inches.
Indian elephants occasionally attain
this height, whereas the African ele-
plant often stands II feet at the
shoulders, and sometimes slightly
more. The real giants among fossil
elephants were found in southern Eu-
rope and the western and southwest
ern parts Of the United States. These
stood from IL feet inches to posi-
bly, 13 feet inches high"
The constantly growing Importance
of india rubber in various industries
makes the question of the cultivation
of the rubber plant, as we'll as that
of the production of synthetic rub
ber," one of general interest. The in
vestigations of Herbert Wright appear
to show that the wild Para rubber is
superior to that produced from Guilt
waited trees "a wise manufacturer"
saws Mr.. Wright, would not dare to
buv fifty tons of cultivated rubber and
store 1t for six months. for fear Of
grave deterioration in quality, bat he
would buy thousands of tons of up
river fine Para with a full knowledge
that 1t would grow better in storage"
As to synthetic rubber, Mr.. Wright
asks how we can have that when we
do not yet fully understand the chem
ical composition of the components OF
natural rubber.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-29
We Are Cutting Them Three Times
~ Fast a. They Arc
Growing.
66o.ooo.ooo ACRES OF WOODLAND
Cheapness and Abundance Of Timber
Has Made Us Reckless in
Its Use.

The total yearly drain upon our
forests, not counting losses from fires,
storms, and insects, Is some twenty
billion cubic feet" says R. S. Kellogg,
assistant forester in charge of the Of
flee Of forest statistics, in a publica-
ton just issued by the Forest Service
on "The Timber Supply of the United
States"
"Our present forest area of $50 mil
lion acres may be roughly estimated
to consist of 200 million acres of ma
ture forests, in which the annual
growth is balanced by death and de-
cay, of $50 million acres partially cut
sonable care, there Is sufficient young
growth to produce in the course of
time a merchantable, but not full
crop Of timber, and 100 million acres
of more severely cut and burned over
forests. on which there is not suff1-
cient growth to produce another crop
Of much value.
Taken as whole, the annual
growth of our forests under these con-
ditions does not exceed twelve cubic
feet per acre, a total of less than seven
billion cubic feet That Is, we are cut
ting our forests three times as fast
as they are growing. There Is men
ace In the continuance of such condi-
lions. While we might never reach
absolute timber exhaustion, the I'M
restricted exploitation Of our forests
In the past has already had serious
effects, and it will have much worse
White pine, for instance, which
was once considered inhaustible, has
fallen off seventy per cent in cut since
1890, and more than forty-five per
cent since 1900. The cut of oak, our
most valuable hardwood lumber, has
decreased sixteen per cent since 1900.
and that of yellow poplar twenty-five
per cent. The same story will be told
of other woods If they are not con-
served.
'"The fact that timber has been cheap
| and abundant has made us careless OF
| it's production and resckless In Its
use. We take $50 cubic feet Of wood
per capita annually from our forests
while Germany uses only thirty-seven
cubic feet, and France but twenty-five
On the other hand, Germany, who haa
learned her lesson, makes her state
forests produce an average Of forty.
eight cubic feet of wood per acre. We
have as fast-growing species as Gar
many, or faster, and as good or better
forest soil If we protect it.
'The necessity for more farm land
may eventually reduce our total for
est area to 100 million acres less than
it is at present It Is entirely posi-
BILE, however, to produce on $50 mil
lion acres as much wood as popula-
ton much greater than we have now
will really need If all the forest
land Is brought to it's highest produc-
ing capacity and If the product is
economically and completely utilized.
But to reach the necessary condition
Of equilibrium between timber produc-
ton and consumption will take many
years of vigorous effort by individual
forest owners, by the States, and by
the National Government. None of
them can solve the problem alone; all
| muSt work tOpether"