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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
Awarded a Fountain Pen
CHRISTMAS IN CHICAGO
GENEyIEyE C. AGERs.
Atlas. Age III Years

A month before Christmas 1 received
letter from my cousin Ruth of Chi
cago. She said she was going to have
a fine time and wanted me to be with
her. It was what l called real Christ
mas weather. 1t was showing all the
time. We had sleigh rides every day.
The ponds were frozen and the skating
was fine. Christmas eve soon arrived
We had a party and "a children came.
They arrived at o'clock We played
games till 6. We then had dinner
At half past we had big candy
pull We made Christmas trees and
Santa Clauses. AT 8 o'clock Ruth's
mother told us to come into the parlor
Over the door were the words, Merry
Christmas in red and green. The
room was trimmed with holly berries.
In the center of the room stood a large
tree beautifully trimmed. 1t had lights
of all eolors. On the top of the tree
was a Christmas angel. We all Joined
hands and danced around the tree
singing Christmas songs. Suddenly we
stopped singing and stood as still as
stones, for we saw Santa Claus coming
down the chimney. He was dressed in
fur from head to foot and covered with
snow. His face was very red and hts
eyes twinkled merrily. His beard was
long and very white. He had sack
on his back, filed with good things.
Each of US got lots of things. At half
past we were all packed in a
sleigh and went for long sleigh ride
We got back at IL o'clock, very sleepy
and tired.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
Awarded a Fountain Pen
YULETIDE
FRANCES STARR,
564 Central Avenue, Alameda. Age Is

Christmas is here at last We can
almost feel it in the air. With Christ
mas comes Santa Claus, holly berries,
candies. dolls and toys of all sorts;
and last, the big dinner, with its huge
turkey and immense plum pudding, Oh,
the joy of it ALL
Christmas throughout the Christian
world is looked forward to with more
joyful anticipation than any other holi-
day of the year
Indeed. there is nothing more merry
than helping to trim the big tree, re-
serving a whole twig so that Santa
Claus will be sure to see just where to
hang that new sleeping baby doll, and
the hanging up of freshly mended
stockings near the great fireplace Just
before bedtime There are few who
will ever forget that sleepless night
spent in listening for just the slightest
sound of the reindeer team, and then.
at the imaginary sound of tinkling
Sleigh bells, your heart would leap with
joy, and with a contented sigh you
would sink down into the soft pillows
and in twinkling you would be off
in the happy land of dreams.
AS the first rays of the morning sun
burst in through the window general
scramble follows. Every one makes a
grand rush for the beloved gift, to
which many Obs and Abs follow.
The middle of the day finds Johnny
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
Awarded a Fountain Pen
A CHRISTMAS SURPRISE
BERTRAM MCCARTHY,
1917 York street. san Francisco. Age

13 Years
On the outskirts of a large city there
lived widow and her three children.
They were so poor that she had to
work so as to keep them from starving.
They had so little clothing that they
could not go out in the street for fear
of catching cold Sometimes the neigh
bors gave them some clothes, which
the poor little ones appreciated very
much, and they would go out in the
streets and run erTands for the neigh
bors so as to make a few pennies.
One Christmas eve as they were sit
ting by their fire. as it was very cold
and stormy out, they heard a knock at
the door. and they were surprised to
hear that any one was out on a stormy
night When they opened the door they
saw man standing there who looked
very tired and cold He told them he
had lost his way and that no one would
night. The widow was so kind that
she could not turn him away, so she
gave him some of the food she had and
a bed for the night.
In the morning he seemed very
grateful and went away thanking her.
1t was now Christmas day, but it did
not seem much different from the other
DAYS to them. In the afternoon a
wagon drove up to the door and they
did not understand who sent it there
The driver brought in two large boxes,
which contained presents for all of
them and provisions to last them for a
long time. They were very much sur
prised TO find a card in the box which
read: from your Christmas eve Wis
itor."
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
AN IDEAL CHRISTMAS
BRUCE II. FLOOD
Mountain View Avenue, San Rafael


1t was a bright, sharp morning. The
sun shone down on the gliStenfng
snow that covered the earth like a
mantle Here and there a group of
evergreens raised themselves above the
snow.
On the roads the sound of jingling
sleds mingled with the merry shouts
of Christmas greeting. Here and there
a rustic farmer journeyed in on a
spacious bobsled with a buxom wife
and ruddy children.
From the windows of nesting farm
houses holly and red berries hung, a
deep contrast to the white landscape
In the village merry troupes of chill
dren went from door to door, shouting
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out the big brown env|
as if all the girls ane
at the same timeA1u1
crowd only increased
ticked on. Before n
basement were ope
cases of dolls. The 4
The Call sent hurry uI
for a fresh supply, Z
heavy over there.
BY Monday morning
tanning coupons. whic
the mails. could hard
clothes basket. It>see
every boy and girl ii
couldn't come in per
coupon by mail with
the dolls sent. Mail
kept busy until Frida,
mailing the big enve
ceedings had to come 4
half carload of dolls
out forever. The dems
large as expected. and
carefully The Junior
town that you know o
towns that you never
These dolls would I'd
than rs cents a set i
they could be found IN
so you can see that IN
a good deal Of money
Christmas for the girl
read and love The Jun
II you have cut Out|
have had fine fun wit
afraid TO write a letter
The Junior and say 81
editor will be very 81
The Juniors efforts to
been successful.
OF course it is too
coupons now, because
gone.
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every elf. fairy OF bf
into the world to sc
ness. When the X
land they are very III
get 10 in the anticip
quet given by the faii
It is held in the mo
flowers. All the tain
best dresses. They es
nectar and dew. Tn
around the little c.
tell the experiences
the day.
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comes down the rive
gets into it and 81
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the fairies Of Mar
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little old men.
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good time rambling
ing the Mars fairies y
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Merry Christmas" The younger mem
bers of the various families We're COM
pairing the gifts of old Saint Nick. Boys
in new caps and mitts were testing
the speed of new sleds.
The various stores had lost their
charms which had fascinated so many
before the eventful eve. and only a
lone doll or meek turkey remained TO
tell the tale.
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shooting at sparrows with his new
rifle and Susie with her needle and
thread making a dress for her doll. So
interested are they in their new gifts
that they scarcely hear the dinner bell.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
CHRISTMAS IN FARMLAND
ALICE TOFT.
Mountain View. Age I3 Years

Since The Junior Call stated that the
competitors of the writer's contest
could write on how Christmas is cele-
brated in other lands. / am going to
write on how Christmas is celebrated in
Fairyland.
Bright and early Christmas morning
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

has advanced from 10000 to acres
increase .: nearly $40 per cent
With more intensive methods of cultivation larger
yields will undoubtedly be obtained from the same area
yet the itself agricultural crops will have to
be increased, especially II remain an export
ing country.
In Belgium the arabic forms 63 per cent of the
total land area, in Denmark &c. In France AZ and in
Germany A. These are not exporters Of cere
ais although their methods of cultivation are highly de-
veoped France is especially interesting criterion
because its methods are most intensive is the
only country that ID selfsustaning 1t produces SO
cent OF all the cereals which it consumes There in
little doubt that population in the years win
reach 5OOOO000 about SO per square mile
crease at much faster rate than the population as has
been the case in the past. whether will grow at
the same or even slower rate than the population the
future alone can tell; but increase 1t must.
In mountainous Switzerland only IL per cent of the
land Is cultivated and in Sweden and Norway situated
in unfavorabe climate and with scanty population
(29 and is persons square mile respectively the
proportion of arabic land is ST. per cent and per
cent. respectively. es
Land chiefly valuable grazing will form about one
fifth of the extent Of the United States proper This
land. originally lay of the hundredth meridian
in the plains and mountain valleys advance
of dry farming Its eastern boundary shifted
farther west to about the hundred rnerid
IAN This land receives but scanty rainfall
produce neither forest field crop, but supports
vegetation of hardy It formerly natu
raj range of millions of buffalo now the grazing
ground Of herds Of cattle and sheep. This will re-
main largely Natural since the which
be irrigated and thus reclaimed for agricultural pur
poses which be used for dry farming Is COM
paratively small.
According to government estimates the available
ter will be suficent to irrgate 100000
acre In IN OF the whole region The reclamation
vice however does expect to reclaim than
per of all the arid lend This area together with
that dry farming will barely to counter
balance the reduction of the productive area in the
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

he more than double the present area and THIS ID en-
trelv ont Of the question Much Of the land now unoe1
forest but capable producing crops will have 70 DO
cleared and titled to provide for Increased popu
ton All the evidence, therefore is that the land I'M
der forest will during the next SO years be reduced 10
45O 900 900 acres this reduced area Will nave 10
provide for population almost twice as large as tho
present Nor will much hope for covering the
shortage of our home production by importaons from
abroad.
The demand for timber is constantly growing all over
the world. 1t the rate Of hve per cent
annually II compare the total excess of imports
over exports Of all woodmporting countries OF Europe
with the total of exports imports OF all
wood-exporting countries shall fnd that there 10
deficit Europe of al 100000 cubic feet, which 10
present by imports from North America. sws-
den Norway and Hungary have already touched
the highest point in their Russia could prob
ably extent its exports from the north
where still large of virgin forest but
growing scarcity Of timber the other parts OF the
empire make 1t very unlikely that larger supplies Of
timber export will be available Canada Is still able
its exports but the drain the Canadian
forests is growing and they will remain the
only of supply satisfy the needs Of tho
rest for coniferous timber after Austria
Hungary and Russia to be exporting countries.
The growing demand for wood material must be met.
then, increase Of the forest land by do
pending imports abroad but BY increase in
productiveness Of the forest decrease in the
which chiefly 10 due the fact that the United
has the greatest per capita consumption in the
world. an
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

mother of labor and the father OF all
products necessary to sustain human lie.
The richness and prosperity OF country,
therefore. depend on the presence OF nat
ural resources within Its borders. sucn as
water. minerals. forests and cultivable SOILS
on the one hand, and4intelligent human en-
ergy on the other to shape them into the
forms necessary for the needs Of man. Of
the two elements the natural resources are
indispensable. for in country like the des-
ert OF Sahara all human effort would be
OF but little avail The growth Of nation
depends therefore. upon the extent OF the
natural resources and upon the knowledge
of how to use them with as little destruc-
ton as possible
The resources of a country fall natu-
rally into three groups-water minerals
and land-which represent. respectively, re-
sources which are inexhaustible, resources
which are exhaustible and cannot be re
newed. and resources which are exhaust
ible but can be renewed. 1t may be ques-
toned, indeed. whether there is such a
thing as an inexhaustible natural resource.
Even water. through the denudation Of the
drainage basins. may become irregular in
its flow, or through the careless disposal
of refuse may become polluted so that 1t
cannot be used. Mines are illustrations of
resources which are exhaustible and not
renewable. Gas. oil. coal and iron once
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

in Nevada in Utah and in Oregon in the form of arid
basins. Icebound deserts found in Alaska and
the glacer-covered mountains. This land must, long
the climatic conditions Of the country continue
they remain unproductive.
shrink to about 10000 less than onefth of
the extent Of the United States Together with
the wood lots which will continue to form part of the
mately 450000000 fourth of the total land
Will this be suficient to provide population
structon. ties poles pulp and all the various for
to protect the soil from erosion. regulate the stream
Of the people?
With the exception of those countries which have
naturally humid climate. like Great Britain the
Netherlands the countries with forest of only
20 per cent less show usually to marked degree bad
climatic conditions, with prolonged droughts ross and
alternating floods and low water. result Of the
duced forest Portugal with forest Of only
81 per of the total; Spain with 16 per cent;
Greece with 10 per cent Turkey with 20 cent and
Italy, with "a per cent, good examples
While the absolu tey necessary for the regula
ton Of and the protection of soils be deter
mined only approximately and indirectly, the area
essary make country selfsustainng regards the
production Of timber be found with greater accu
II we compare the exports Of the different coun
with the forest for every 100 Inhabitants
hnd that countries with % 100 inhab
have surplus Of imports while those
IS or less have surplus Of imports over sx
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

America on an average yield less than 49,
far-sighted national policy conservation of
natural resources Is to make provision for an eyern
creasing population then greatest possibilities lie
In the direction OF developing all its forms
Held forest and range-for, notwithstanding all possible
in the of the non-renewable thew
are bound to decrease time goes on
One hundred ago the United States east of the
Mississippi river was an almost unbroken forest,
prising something 100000 square miles, or about
700 100000 Now. after about century of settle
erchantabe forest land in the United
About 100000 miles have been cleared
hand The remainder has been culed of its valuable
her and devastated by fire else turned into useless
brush land. With the growth Of population and the
greater demand for agricultural land the ratio between
farm and forest land will change still further
and soils too thin too for agricultural
poses. 1t be safely assumed that in SO years
proportion Of land devoted the different purposes
will change almost much it has during the past
century These changes will especially in the east
part of the United States because there the forest
confined. It is in the west, to high attitudes.
where agriculture IL generally impractcable. In the
the forests with few exceptions, in the low
the midst Of semfarid plains and their original
OF 100000 miles half Of which lies in the
Sierra Nevada and in the Cascades and half in the Rock
% has changed but very little since In the
increase Of agricultural land must be secured
chiefly through the irrigation Of the semiarid land
we take long look ahead into the future and try
10 picture ourselves what will be the ultimate
on Of farm forest range and desert in this country SO
Year, in the light Of the increasing demand
agricultural land and of approximate knowledge
q the climatic conditions and the physical properties Of
tAe dinerent lands in this country. shall get some
thins like the condition shown in the diagram.
The area devoted agriculture in half century.
antead Of being q per cent Of the total 1t is
nnv win be so per cent That this IL not an
Il Indicated tv the fact that during the
last 20 year, the improved farm land in this country
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gone are gone forever.

gone are gone forever.
OF all the natural resources the
only one which contains within itself
the possibility of infinite renewal is
land. The nation should therefore be
most vitality concerned with the con-
servation and improvement of this re-
source. Human control over such nat
ural resources as minerals is limited.
The only possible means of conserva-
ton is the avoidance of waste, but
their ultimate exhaustion is unayoid
able. With agricultural and forest
land. however. it Is otherwise. Land
can not only be conserved, but con-
stantly improved and its yield in.
creased. While in England the iron
ores and the coal are becoming con-
stantly harder to get and their ex
haustion is threatened. the agricultural
land. after thousand years of cultiya-
ton. is now more productive than ever.
The wheat fields of England, under in.
tensive cultivation, yield 80 bushels to
the acre. while the virgin fields of
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

ports Apparent exceptions to this rule appear in the
Of Bulgaria and Servia These countries while ~
present importing than they export possess
considerable of forest inaccessible and with
development of of exploitation and the In
demand for lumber they will in time become ex
porting countries
From this may infer that country In order to be
sefsustaining regards its timber supply must have
of about 100 Of forest land for every 100
Inhabitants The to supply all the wood
needed for home consumption will vary of course with
the per capita consumption and the 100 acres per 100
inhabitants be considered the minimum area. be-
1t is based moderate per capita consump-
found in densely populated countries OF
Europe, like Germany France.
The minimum for every 100 inhabitants
make country selfsustainng can also be
deduced in way. At present Germany imports
353OOGO00 cubic of wood from abroad To produce
this Of timber Germany would have to possess
forest of 100000 in addition to the $4,000
900 available. In other words. she would NEG
100000 forest in order to meet her own tim
Der requirements, 1872 for every 100 nhabf
tants. Germany is extremely good example with
which the productivity of the forests OF all other coun
tries be compared, because her
forests be taken standard OF
I
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

In this country. where the per cal
tia consumption is six times as gre1
as that in Germany or France ana the
annual growth per acre may be esti-
mated roughly as one-third OF that IN
those countries, the forest area woulo
have to be 1900 acres for each 1oo IN
habitants, or more than twice the pres
ent area, in order to maintain the pres
ent cut. The present area OF 775 acres
for every 100 Inhabitants at the pres
emit per capita consumption ana an
nual growth per acre would be sum
Client to meet our own needs II there
were not present a supply Of virgin
timber. the accumulated capital OF
centuries to meet the deficiency. With
the exhaustion of this remaining viz
gin supply, which can last only about
80 years more, there must come tine
when not only all our exports OF tim
Der must cease, but there Will not DO
enough wood for home consumption.
Even as it is. the total exports OF
wood from this country amount to only
five per cent. Of the lumber cut, whiie
the surplus of exports over Imports ID
only 1.8 per cent.-an insignificant
amount. This shows clearly that we
have practically ceased to be an ex-
porting country and the tendency Will
be more and more toward becoming =
wood-importing' country.
How shall this shortage be met?
with an increasing demand for laR
for agricultural crops there is litce
hope of increasing the extent of fort
land. AS we have seen, the area NC
essary for this purpose would have to
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

N THE last anal
ysis all material
wealth. all the
comforts and ne
cessities Of life.
are tho product
OF two elements
nature and Ia
Dor. 1t may be
truly said that
nature. or the
earth. ia the
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-09

United States through
the growth of cities, the
building of railroads and
the general development
OF commerce and nom
agricultural industry. The
possibilities for increas-
ing the productiveness of
the 30O.O0O.OOO acres of
our public grazing land
are very great.
About two per cent. OF
the total land area will
forever remain desert.
There are but few areas
within the United States
which. on account of the
intense heat. very low
temperatures. alkali or
lack of rainfall. are UNIT
for the use of man and
may be truly considered
desert land. Such land is
found in
q the South
IA west about
lB& the Gulf of
c a lifornia.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-11-05
PROFESSORS OF
COLUMBUS COLLEGE
ARE IN PLACE
Organization of Institution Is
Completed and Glass Work
Begins Next Week.

Chamberlain, S. D., Oct. 26.-The Rev
NJ. ]. Surprenant, q. $. ", A. M, n
Professors w. j. Burke and j. j. Bois-
vert, G. S. ", have arrived at Cham
berlain from st. Viateur's college. Kan
kakee, III. Father Surprenant will be
the president and the other gentlemen
professors of Columbus college, the new
Catholic college located here. The first
batch Of students will arrive on the
passenger next Monday night. Several
applications have already been received
from prospective students in all parts
OF the state. While it is the Intention
of the managers of this institution to-
develop it into a university in a few
years, they Will for the present con-
tent themselves with opening a thor
ough commercial course comprising all
the branches of a finished business edu-
cation. They will also open at once
high school and collegiate departments
embracing all the studies required for
a liberal education, preparing young
men for the study of law, medicine, en-
gineering and other university courses.
The teaching order of st. Viateur have
taken over the Chamberlain buildings
from Bishop O'Gorman, and feel con-
WINGED hat a few years will see de-
veloped here one OF the largest uniyer-
sites in the northwest. The Chamber
lain college is ideally locaued On the
banks of the Missouri river, in the very
center of the state.
The citizens of the town are elated
over the change from an Indian school
TO a modern n progressive college for
white students.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-11-05
WOMAN SHOOTS AT
HORSE, BUT WOUNDS
OFFENDING RIDER
justified in Court for Enforcing
Her Rights at the Point of
a Gun.

Gregory, s. d.. Oct. 30.-"If your
horse won't go, I'll make him go with
seme shet." with these words Mrs.
Sedlacek, living IL miles north Of
Gregory, took a hot at the horse rid
den by a neighbor, Edward Holbert,
and peppered the mans leg with leaden
pellets.
In justice court, before Judge Big
gems, the charge of assault with intent
TO do great bodily harm was dismissed.
This was not, however, the beginning
of the contention which came near
having a tragic end. Holbert's cattle
had trespassed on the premises of the
Sedlaceks and the latter had i'm
pounded the cattle, asking SIS for dam
ages lone before they would release
them. Holbert went with another man
In the absence of Sedlacek to force
the delivery of his cattle. when Mrs.
Sedlacek came out and demonstrated
with him, but to no effect. She then
ent one of her little boys into the
house for the gun and when ii was
handed TO her she again asked Holbert
to leave the premises. With his as
s%istant, Holbert started away, but was
not going fast enough to suit the wom-
an. who urged him to go faster, and
when he made the excuse that he
couldn't get his horse to go at a more
rapid gait, she shot at the animal, so
b testified, but hit the man.