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in Nevada in Utah and in Oregon in the form of arid
basins. Icebound deserts found in Alaska and
the glacier-covered mountains This land must long
the climatic conditions of the country continue as
they are, remain unproductive.
The land chiefly valuable for growing forests will
shrink about 360000000 less than onefth of
the extent the United States proper Together with
the wood lots which will continue to form part of the
farm land the total forest will amount to approx
mately 450000000 fourth of the total land
area
Will this be sufficient to provide population
of people with all the timber needed for con-
strucon ties poles pulp and all the various for
which wood seems be the only suitable material and
protect the soil from erosion, regulate the stream
and exert it's wholesome influence upon the lives
of the people?
With the exception OK those countries which have
naturally humid climate, like Great Britain the
Netherlands the countries with forest of only
20 per cent or show usually marked degree bad
climatic conditions with prolonged droughs frosts and
alternating floods and low water result Of the
forest area Portugal with forest area of only
81 per cent of the total; SPAIN with 16 cent;
Greece with 13 per cent Gurkey with 20 cent, and
Italy, with IA per cent, are good examples.
While the absou tsy necessary for the regula-
streams and the protection of soils can be deter
mined only approximately and indirectly, the nec-
essary to make country seisustainng regards the
production of timber he found with greater
racy If we compare the exports of the different coun-
tries with the forest for 100 inhabitants we
find that countries with go 100 inhab
tants have surplus of exports imports while those
with IS acres have surplus of imports over ex
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-02

has advanced from 113OOOO00 to 900 acres
increase of nearly $40 per cent.
With intensive methods of cultivation larger
yields will undoubtedly be obtained area,
yet the itself under agricultural crops will
be increased especially if remain export
ing country.
Belgium the arabic land forms GO per cent of the
total land area, in Denmark g. in France 49, and in
Germany At These countries not exporters of
ais although their methods of cultivation highly de-
veoped France is especially interesting a criterion,
because its methods most intensive and it is
only country that is sefsustaning produces SO per
little doubt that population in the years will
reach 5OOOO0OO or about SO per square mile.
Whether the acreage of improved farm land will in
crease at much faster rate than the population has
been the in the past, whether it will grow
the same slower rate than the population, the
future alone tell; but increase it must.
In mountainous Switzerland only II per cent of the
land is cultivated and in Sweden and Norway, situated
in unfavorabe climate and with scanty population
(29 and Is square mile respectively the
proportion of arabic land is 81 per cent and 13 per
cent, respectively.
Land chiefly valuable for grazing will form about one
fifth of the extent of the United States proper. This
land originally lay west of the hundredth meridian
in the plains and mountain valleys but with the advance
of dry farming its eastern boundary has been shifted
farther west to about the hundred and third merd
ian. This land receives but scanty rainfall
produce neither forest field crop, but supports
vegetation of hardy grasses. 1t formerly
raj of millions of buffalo and is the grazing
ground of herds of cattle and sheep This land will
main largely natural range, since the which
be irrigated and thus reclaimed for agricultural pur
poses, which be used for dry farming, is
paratively small
According government estimates, available
will be sufficient to rrigate II 100000 acres
acre in 71s of the whole region The reclamation
vice. however does expect to reclaim than five
per cent the arid land This area together with
dry farming, will barely suffice to counter
balance the reduction of the productive area in the
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he moro than double the present area anu 1ni@ 10 -
+;re11 ont of the question. Much OF the lana no" ~
f+ hit canable of producing crops, Will nave 10 %
cleared and titled to provide for an increased popu"
+;on All tba evidence therefore, is that the lahu u
dor forest will during next SO years be reduced
A5o nm nm acres and this reduced area VIII nave
nrovido for nonulation almost twice as large as e
nrosont Nor will there be much hope for covering Inc
bortaoe If orr home production by mportatlons oin
abroad.
The demand for timber is constantly growing al o
tho world 1t increases at the rate OF nVe per cent
Annually If we compare the total excess Oh Imports
over exnorts of all woodimportng countries Oh uope
with the total excess of exports over imports u al
woodexporting countries shall find tnat there 10
deficit for Europe of 141000000 cubic feet "hlcn Is
met at present by imports from North America. oWe
den Norway and Austra-Hungary have already touched
+bo highest noint in their exports Russia could PROB
b to some extent its exports from the north
where there are still large areas or virgin FOREST put
the growing scarcity of timber in the other parts OF the
an,nire make it very unlikely that larger supplies OF
tirbor for export will available. Canada is still able
to increase its exports but the drain upon the Canadian
forests is growing year and they Will remain the
on1v source of supply to satisfy the urgent needs or the
reet of the world for conerous timber after Austria
Hungary and Russia to be exporting countries
The growing demand for wood material must be met
then not by an of the forest land nor by de-
pendng on imports from abroad but by an increase IN
the productveness of the forest and decrease in the
waste TO which chiefly is due the fact that the United
States has greatest per capita consumption In the
world
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-02

hams Vegetable Compounds the most
successful remedy for all kinds of
female troubles, and / feel that l can
never praise it enough. "-MRs. LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, KY.
The Changeof Life is themostcritical
period of woman's existence, and
neglect of health at this time invites
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Womeneverywheresh ouldremember
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For 30 years it has been curing
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If you would like special advice
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-02

America on an average yield less than
If farsghted national policy in the conservation of
creasing population then the greatest possibilities lie
in the direction of developing the land
field forest and range-or Notwithstanding all possible
economy in the of the nonenewabe resources they
are bound to decrease as time goes on.
One hundred years ago the United States east the
Mississippi river almost unbroken forest,
prisng something 100000 square miles, about
700000000 Now after about settle
ment, there than 100000 square miles of
merchantable forest land in the eastern United States
About 100000 square miles have been cleared for
land The remainder has been cued of its valuable tim
Der 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
and forest land will change still further The for
will be and crowded into the mountains
and soils too thin too for agricultural
poses 1t be safely assumed that in so 100
proportion of land devoted to the different purposes
will change almost much it has during the past
century These changes will especially in the east
ern of United States because there the forest
is not confined it is in the west, to high attitudes
where agriculture is generally impracticabe. In the
west the forests, with few exceptions in the low
country Puget sound in the mountains which
rise in midst of semiard plains and their original
area of 10000 square miles, half Of which lies in the
Sierra Nevada and in the Cascades and half in the Rock
les has changed but very little since settlement In the
west the increase agricultural be secured
chiefly through the irrigation of the semiarid land
If we take long look ahead into the future and try
to picture ourselves what will be the ultimate proper
ton of farm forest and desert in this country 90
wears from now in the light of the increasing demand
for agricultural land and of approximate knowledge
of the climatic conditions and the physical properties of
the different lands in this country, we shall get some
thing like the condition shown in the diagram
The area devoted to agriculture in half century,
instead of being 81 per OF the total it is
now viii be nearer so per cent. That this is not an
oyeresmate indicated by the fact that during the
last so years improved farm land in this country
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try. In 1909 he visited the United
States on his return from another
journey to Europe. It was at this
time that he became an enthusiastic
admirer of republics and made up his
mind to free Venezuela from Spanish
despotism. From that time on war
was his portion.
In 1913 he entered Caracas as con-
queror, was hailed as the iberator of
his country and made absolute dicta-
tor in civil and military affairs. He
met with reverses, however, at the
hands of the Spaniards and it was
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-02
HAD AWFUL WEEPING ECZEMA
Face and Neck Were Raw-Terrble
Itching, Inflammation and Soreness
ALI Treatments Failed.
cuticura Proved a Great Success.

Eczema began over the top of my
ear. 1t cracked and then began to
spread. 1 had three different doctors
and tried several things, but they did
me no good. AT last one side of my
face and my neck were raw. The
water ran out of it so that | had to
wear medicated cotton, and it was so
inflamed and sore that l had to put
a piece of cloth over my pillow to keep
the water from it, and it would stain
the cloth sort of yellow. The &c
zemaitched so that it seemed as though
| could tear my face all to pieces.
Then began to use the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment, and il was not more
than three months before it was all
healed up. Miss Ann Pearsons, North
field, VT, Dec. 10, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
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during period of defeat on the con-
tinent that he convoked congress In
Hayti, instituted a government and
abolished slavery there. That was IN
1916. Thereafter he was successful
against the Spaniards in South Amer
lea, and in 1919 at Angostura, Venez-
uela, he was chosen president with
the power of dictator. When New
Granada united with Venezuela he was
made the first president. By 1872 the
new republic was completely cleared
of royalist troops.
Bolivar was summoned the same
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ports Apparent exceptions to this rule appear in tbs
cases of Bulgaria and Serva These countries while al
present importing wood than they export possess
considerable of forest inaccessible and with
the development of of exploitation and the In
creased demand for lumber they will in time become eX
porting countries
From this may infer that country in order to be
selfsustaning regards its timber supply must have
of about 100 of forest land for every loo
inhabitants. The necessary to supply all the wood
needed for home consumption will vary of with
the capita consumpton; and the 100 acres loo
inhabitants must be considered the minimum be
it is based upon moderate per capita consump
tion such is found in densey populated countries OF
Europe like Germany France.
The minimum for every 100 inhabitants
necessary to make country selsustaning can also be
deduced in another way. At present Germany imports
cubic feet of wood from abroad To produce
this amount of timber Germany would have to possess
forest of 900 in addition to the $4,000
900 now available. In other words, she would need
SO Of forest in order to meet her own tim
Der requirements, 1872 for every 100 inhabl'
tants. Germany is extremely good example with
which productivity of the forests of all other coun
tries be compared, because her
forests can be taken standard or
Huativ
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year to help the Peruvians, and IN
1924 was named dictator of Peru. By
1921 the Spaniards were driven out
of Peru also, and Bolivar, calling
congress at Lima, formally resigned
the dictatorship. Soon after that the
southern part of Peru was erected
into a separate state and named Bo-
livia. and he could have been dictator
for life. Howeye- troubles IN Co
lombia kept him busy. Verezuela
broke away from the rest of Colon
bia in 1929 Bolivar was denounced
for his ambition AMI he was virtually
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STORMY LIFE OF LIBERATOR

sisted in making it republic in 1925.
Bolivar had been writing his name
large in South American history for a
long time before that date, however,
earning for himself the title of the
Washington of South America" ST.
mon Bolivar was born in Caracas,
Venezuela, in 1888, of a noble and
wealthy family. He studied law in
Spain. travelled much in Europe. mar
ried and returned to his native coun-
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Good Answer for Small Boy.

Bobby's father, who was minister,
asked his little son if he could tell
him how God knew that Adam and
Eve had eaten the apple from the
tree of knowledge Of good and evil"
This was a hard question for such a
little fellow, and after thinking for
some time he replied: 81 don't know,
papa, less twas by finding the peel
ings."-The Delineator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-02
Simon Bolivar, Who Freed South
American Countries from Spanish
Yoke Had EventfuI Career.

Bolivia, the South American coun-
try which is just now feeling very ILL
disposed toward certain of its neigh
bors gets its name from Simon Boil
var. The land has had as stormy a
history as die the nberator who as
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-02
Fortunate Lady.

Patience-Peggy is very happy.
Patrice-She's engaged, isn't she?
Yes, and the man she's engaged to
is cross-eyed, and he's looking at her
all the time, and no one can tell it but
herself"
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In this country, where the per cap
tia consumption is six times as grea'
az that in Germany or France and the
annual growth per acre may be estf
mated roughly as one-third of that ID
+bose countries. the forest area would
have to be 1000 acres for each 100 IN
habitants. or more than twice the pres
ont area. in order to maintain the pres
ent cut. The present area OF 40 acres
for every 100 inhabitants at the pres
ent per capita consumption ana an
nual growth per acre would De SUM
ciant to meet our own needs II there
were not present supply of virgin
timber the accumulated capital OF
centuries. to meet the deficiency. WIN
tho exhaustion of this remaining VII
gin supply, which can last only aDou'
20 wears more, there must come tllhe
when not only all our exports OIL TIM
her must cease, but there Will not Dc
enough wood for home consumption
Even as it is, the total exports oil
wood from this country amount 70 only
five per cent. of the lumber CUT Whlle
the surplus of exports over Imports is
only 1.8 per cent.-an insignificant
amount. This shows clearly that we
have practically ceased to be an ex-
norting country and the tendency VIII
he more and more toward becoming
woodworking country.
How shall this shortage be met?
with an increasing demand for land
for agricultural crops there is little
hone of increasing the extent OF forest
land. AS we have seen, the area nee
essary for this purpose would nave 70
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leauaCneS, nervous
pro stration, and
hemorrhages.
Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compoundmademe
well and strong, so
that lean do all my
houseworl1, and at
tend to the store
and post-oflice, and
Ifeel muchyounger
than L really am.
+" IVdia E. Pink
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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 unavoid-
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 cultiva-
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
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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 300,000,O0O 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 unfit
Tor the use of man and
may be truly considered
desert land. Such land is
found in
~ :: i. :: : ~: :;
G a lifornia,
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forced to retire to Cartagena.
died in 1880.
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THE
BEST
REMEDY
For WOmen-Ly E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Noah, KY. was passing through
the Change of Life and suffered from
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mother Of labor and the father of all
products necessary to sustain human l1fe
The richness and prosperity Of country,
therefore, depend on the presence OF nat
ural resources within it's borders, such as
water minerals, forests and cultivable soils
on the one hand, and intelligent human en-
ergy on the other to shape them into the
forms necessary for the needs Of man. Or
the two elements the natural resources are
Indispensable, for in a country like the des-
crt or Sahara all human effort would be
Of bus little avail The growth of a nation
depends, therefore, upon the extent OF the
natural resources and upon the knowledge
Of how to use them with as little destruc-
ton rs 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 it
cannot be used. Mines are illustrations of
resources which are exhaustible and not
renewable. Gas, oil, coal and iron once
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AND NO WONDER.

IT don't know why you moved, my
dear. Your house was close to the
golf links"
II know; but found the children
were learning such bad language"
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Y THE last anal
ysis all material
wealth, all the
comforts and ne
cessities of life,
are the product
of two elements
nature and Ia
Dor. 1t may be
truly said that
nature, or the
e arth is the
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