Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-23
CHRISTMAS TREE
INDUSTRY IN utah.
How Uncle Sam Sees That Yam
daIs Do Not Despoi|
Forests.
YOUNG HEART GLADDENED
Typical Incident on tho streets wifi,
business Nun as Il Santa
Claus.

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eye upon the endless variety of good
things displayed in the windows, OF
Salt Lake City this. year, ami been
conscious of the fact that there could
be no real Christmas -for Him. no
Christmas tree and none of the joys
that seemed TO belong to other boys.
il must be SO always: some poor chill
dren must awaken on Christmas
morning TO u room empty and cold,
untitled stockings indiffcrently hung
and nowhere Il sign, of the hand OF
the ever mysterious santa Claus.
a visit among the Christmas tree
vendors OF the city, this, morning,
brought forth manga ,heartrendinS
story, for so many chlldrensa eyes are
brilliant with confident hope that the
wee sad face attracts considerable ut
tcntion. For instance, one ragged lad
stood for two hours last night in the
vicinity OF Third South and state
streets cycling with endless longing
the numerous trees on sale in that
vicinity. What his intentions were. no
one knew. but the night was SO cold
and his minationtto!, stay onethe
ground 50 lnvinciblc thnt: Mr.. F.ssg f.
Brashcre or a local salAsss;tna service
company approached hinitands in
fquired his wants:
II want Il Christmas tree" said the
,rchin.
& "Well aren't you going to have one"
was asked
mo, we're too poor: papa ls q
pnrarhanger; and we have always
been too poor"
AZ the boy hegan't to cry he was
given tree; and like AN ;intelopc no
darted homeward as happy as he
could be.
FROM PRIVATE GROUNDS.
Most of tho trees on. sale In Salt
Lake City were taken from private
grounds, a short distance away MI.
Sargent of Coalvillc shipped several
hundred, rs did Mr.. Mcneil of East
Bountiful and Giles and Company of
Cottonwood. Carloads were received
from Washington state. the trees
being slenderer and more graceful
than the Utah pine.
Il would just like to see that man
in jail," said Il woman who looked at
a large display of Christmas trees.
Its Il sin and IL shame she continued
ito cut down such pretty young trees
and it ought to be stopped" There
lies another story.
When seen in his Office this morning
e. H. Clark, forest supervisor Of INC
Wasatch national forest, had the fol-
lowing to say on this phase of tho
question:
"Practically all.of the trees on sale,
In salt Lake City. were taken from
private grounds. In Big. Cottonwood,
Mill Greek, and Little Cottonwood can
yons. there Is much private ground;
and. of course, in the vicinity of Amer
lean Fork, silver Lake and Alta there
are numerous mining claims from
which pine trees may be cut
UNCLE SAM ON GUARD.
"The forest service of this district,
however. absolutely prohibits the cut
ting of any green timber from our
mountains, because the service believes
the timber to be of more value as u
water conservor than as a commercial
product. We have, nevertheless, had
several trespass cases this year. One
man entered Mill Creek canyon and cut
over q hundred trees, then, taking them
! to the roadside in the canyon, he stood
them up in various places in the brush
to make them appear to be real live
tries, intending to get them all at an
opportune time one night close TO
Christmas. This occurred on Dec. .,
but was soon discovered by Ranger w.
w. Smith. I placed Il special man on
watch, but as the tresnosser evidently
smelt a rat; he did not return and
last Monday ordered the trees sold.
This valley uses approximately 5O,-
600 Christmas trees every year. The
forest service planted during 1870 1861
900 trees on the water sheds OF Salt
Lake City at an average cost of $l2 a
thousand 1t would, therefore. be the
height of folly to permit the cutting of
young trees when we are going to the
expense Of reforesting in order to con-
serve the water shed.