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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

seeds. When sure that the reproduction
has been acquired, proceed with the secon-
Diary cut taking but tree in two to
three, more or less, depending upon whether
spring frosts to be feared. A secondary
cut may be necessary in the judgment of the
forester. two years later before proceeding
with the final cut. Clearance of the seedlings
is almost always necessary as the young oak
is slow and apt to be beaten out by young
beeches and naples during the first few years
Of its infancy. Thinning: Up to the age of
low thickets the stand can be left very Dense
but from that time proceed drastically in
favor of the dominant trees, intervening when
you see culture necessary to aid them, and in
general leaving enough of the dominated and
suppressed trees to protect the trunks of your
dominants-the trees of the future. Return in
ten years. earlier If conditions are favora-
bIe and take out all dead and dominated trees
and all of the dominants that getting
crooked or being left behind the rule being to
keep the tops of your best trees always with
a little space to meet in, which space is filed
with second stage dominated trees. Leave in
the beech sub-growth and any other tolerant
trees which add leaffall to the humus. The
trees will reach eight inches diameter in thirty
years and you will thin about one hundred per
acre every trip From that time on they add
great deal more to their volume every year
since they grow new ring all around The
trunk which by this time is over two fec In
circumference. OF course as you will start
with forest with some grown trees on It,
you will arrange it SO as to always have some
mature cutting to do, well as thinning cuts
on all other sections The management OF
forest is always a paying proposition, so long
as you choose to keep at it, and while you will
never see the final crops cut of the sections
that you regenerated, you have had good
deal of business out of the old forest and the
thinning cuts of the new, and your forest or
woodlot has increased In value, not deterior-
ated under your hands.
Closely allied to the white oak, and sold
with it, is the Swamp White Oak, quercus BIZ
color, good for your wet soils and creek bot
toms. Know it by the heavy-ended, slightly
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

this region has been infested by
snakes and the settler, being curious
to know from whence they came, foi-
lowed the snake to the place OF dis
appearance. Lighting piece OF pa
per, Smith threw it into the hole,
which was about two feet in diameter
at the mouth, but which ran back into
a cave of larger proportions, and was
Mortified to see hundreds of snakes
crawling about. some coiIed and many
lying apparently dormant.
Within an hour the news reached
Three Forks and hunters came armed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14
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Recent sc.

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Il was treated by five st. Paul doc
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locomotor ataxia. One said / could
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14


your memory against the time you want
very hard wood. Otherwise leave it severely
alone, except to clean 1t out forest weed.
1t belongs to the bristle-tipped and pointed
leaved families of oaks of which the red oak
is the representative and most valuable spe-
cies Seeding is biennial Sylvicutural treat
ment of red oak about the same as white oak,
except that the seeding cut must be trife
more open. The red oak is claimed to be a
faster grower than the white and it Ger
tainly overtops it and crowds it out in direct
competition. I am of the opinion however,
that if the white oak is given an equal amount
of sunlight it will give a crop OF mature trees
within ten years of the corresponding planta-
ton of red oak. From the carpenters point of
view there is comparison between 1T and
the white oak, nor is there when it comes to
market value as the white commands nearly
double the figure. Personally find red oak
much easier to work, rather brashy, and no.
where near so strong as the white. 1t is a
hardy, aggressive grower in the forest, and
you will know 1t by its large, dark-green
shiny pointed, lobed leaves and its big blunt
acorn with the fiat saucerlike cup. This acorn
is the distinguishing feature, as the black oak
has a very similar leaf but its acorn Is half
enclosed in green, scaly cup. The red oak
has the smoothest bark of any of them
nearly black greenish tinged the north
side Leaves turn a deep red, late in October
Now that white oak is getting so high priced
the red is used great deal in interior house
trim. 1t will grow on dry soils, which fact
often decides it's choice as the forest species
when choosing between it and white oak.
It's cousin the black oak, and the scarlet
oak, q. cocinea, are like it in leaf that all
that can be said is that the leaf is more deep
" notched and heavier-veined You must
look to the acorn to be sure. Both scarlet and
black have a deep-cupped scaly acorn, and the
inner bark of the black oak is orange-yellow,
making fine dye, used in medicine as querci-
iron and in the industries for tanning. Wood
sells as "red oak" The scarlet oak is a much
smaller tree, growing best in plenty of sun
light; inner bark reddish, kernel of the acorn
is white while that of the black oak is yellow
Both of them have gorgeous orange and scar
let foliage in October, and are useful for orna
mental trees.
All through our moist ravines and creek bot
toms you will find a tall slender oak, growing
in natural pure stands, with notched, peaky
leaf like the red and black oaks. But under
the tree you are sure to find abundant small
round acorns with shallow cups, almost
smooth The little acorns are half an inch
long and very pretty, sometimes with delicate
light stripes running longitudinally. This tree
is the Pink Oak or water oak, a. palustris.
Wood is coarse and not durable; sells as "sec'
ond" red oak. Pin oak, beech and black gum
are however, the three toughest woods In the
forest Sylviculturally the tree has value;
when you take out replace it with swamp
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

reaches maturity.
The thinning cuts
are worth about
one-third the value
of the final crop.
This little outline
will give an idea of
how much knowl-
edge and Judgment
is demanded of the
forester. Unless he
knows exactly what
he is doing, the
method is danger
Gus and apt to re-
suit in failure of the
reproduction, requir-
ing excessive plant
ing. In France sue
cessiye generations
Of forests have
worked it out to a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

1obed leaf, and the
rather small bottle
shaped acorns, in
pairs on a stem
anywhere from an
inch to t h r g e
inches long. The
leaf is something
like that of the
black jack, but the
acorn, the bark
and the size of the
tree will prevent
confusing it. A
third tree in the
white oak class is
the Burr Oak, but
with harder and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

small private tracts, is a
combination of the French
system with ordinary Sc
lective forestry, that is,
taking out ripe trees here
and there as they ma
ture. II you have q fair
sprinkling Of good oaks
on your woodlot, there is
no reason why you should
not encourage them a lit
tie by giving them a
chance to extend. If you
have a tract of barren
land hardly worth pastur-
age and for which the tax
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

see a patch OF brown
foliage amid the
bare tree trunks,
it's either a white
oak or a beech.
Look under the tree
in early October or
late September and
find the long oval
acorn, brown and
light yellow. They
grow usually In
pairs with a rough
knobby cup, not
scaled, bowl shaped.
The bark is light
gray, ON e W b a t
rough, and young
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

white oak, The
name pin oak
comes from it's val
ne for tree nails ssl.
house building.
Two more oaks
that have their own
peculiarities are the
Willow Oak, q.
phellos, with tiny
scale-cupped a,corna
and long willOw.Iks
leaves, and the Shin
gle Oak, with per-
fectly smooth mag
nolia-like ] g av e s,
smooth bark and
small shallow-cupped
acorns. Both OF
these woods split
easily, and the vii
low oak is tough
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14
CAVE CROWDED WITH SNAKES

stead settler, who ran all the way to
Three Forks to report the find and to
get assistance. At least one hundred
men and boys went to the scene and
three hundred rattlers of all sizes were
killed
Smith was prospecting in the gulch
when he saw rattlesnake crawl IN
to a hole several yards above his head
on the slope of the ravine. For years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

ests in Europe. Seeding
cut somber, giving a quite
shady forest floor with
not very many trees re-
moved, and be careful to
do it evenly SO that no
very open spaces are left.
Scratching up the humus
with the three tined for
est rake to allow the
acorns to find plenty Of
crevices to drop into is
imperative just before
the fall of the acorns.
Seeding should be COM
pleted in one fall of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

and with one rattle each. The party
was about to leave, when one Eaaa
fred a shotgun blindly into the dea
and long pole brought iLto use
pulled fifty more dead reptiles from
the hole-Three Fork (Mont) letter
to the Butte MfRer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

have but little
fire risk and no
patrol expenses,
as something is
always going on
in nearly all the
sections SO that
there are plenty
of W o o d s m e n
about to head off
incipient fl r e S.
When we get a.
sane system of
state forest taxa
ton taxing only
the value of the
yearly Trimmings
and the final for
est crop, such
forestry will be-
come an estab-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

right handy to good transportation and con-
tinuaIly producing an annual yield, would be
ideal, for the trees grow so straight that ev-
erything from the three-inch trimmings up to
the sixteeninch fullgrown trees are market
able at profitable rates and have their use in
the economy of the national life Of Germany.
The trees reach sixteen-inch diameter in sixty
year revolutions, are protected from fire along
the railroad right-of-way by fire borders and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

trees have many little tufts of twigs up and
down the trunk, which will develop into side
branches if the least gets down to them
The wood is strong and fine-no comparison
with such brashy specimen as the red oak
Just try the two with a plane and saw, and
report on the difference in working. None but
sharp-edged tools need apply with white oak
In forestry the white oak, that is, its equiya-
lent quercus robur is grown, pure, in big for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

kept for purely commercial
forestry, / am sure our people
would not want our forests to
be like those / saw this year
during an extensive trip over
the German forests, where
only three out Of over two
hundred forests were by nat
ura1 reproduction, all the rest
being planted. For the lum-
herman these forests. located
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

tougher wood. It is also called the overcup
oak, technical name quercus macrocarpa. Lear
has a big lobed head with two very deep
notches about halfway down. Bark OF tWlgs
always has corky wings, and the acorn is very
large with scaly, fringed cup. This tree grows
across the whole United States to Montana, as
far south as the latitude of New York City, par
allel 40 degrees. All these white oaks VIII
grow sylviculturalIy under the same treat
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14
Posse in Montana SEXES Chance to
Wipe Out Dreaded Menace to the
al Community.

The citizens OF this community We're
highly xcited yesterday by discov'
cry of a den of hundreds of rattle
snakes in the side of Rattlesnake
Iu'ch on the Peoples ranch, several
niles from the city. The discovery
* made By Amos Smith, home
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14
a Mild suuuestion.

Why" asked the benevolent trust
magnate, as he wiped away furtive
tear of regret, ooh. why is the world
so down on us?"
Perhaps" suggested his friend, sit
Is because you persist in holding it
up"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14
No Chance About IL.

I'm awfully sorry it happened
apologized the abject young man, aft
or the stolen kiss.
Happened" she exclaims. FLAP
pened! That is worse than the kiss!
RI you didn't have 1t in mind when you
asked me to stroll away back here In
this quiet corner of the conservatory
shall be offended, after all."-Judge
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

Don't tell me that girl is used to
the best society"
What makes you think she isn't?"
why. IL you notice, she is polite
to everybody she meets"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

and pliable enough VIXEN none better can he
had for the purpose. In conclusion ! would
mention the Post Oak Of the Southwest, this
"white" oak of that section, deeply lobed
(seven); strong wood; small, sweet acorn
scale-cupped.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14
A Mean Insinuation.

Maude-Ive something to tell you.
I'm engaged to Jack
Ethel am not surprised. Jack
never could say NO"
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science for the eight species of trees that are
lsed in their forestry operations. We will &C
cumulate this experience for our own species
n time. A
But the kind of forestry which we can begin
10 practice right now both in woodlctS and in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

"What a modest man he isl"
~Why?"
HE got . raiee in pay the other "a!
and didn't claim that it was tans9!L
ited.'
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

A woman doesn't care what her
husband earns; it's what she gets out
Of 1T that counts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

Why suffer under the curse of Dyspepsia
when Garfield Tea can remove it?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14

is best in the
shape of tan-bark
coppice.
A widely dis
tributed and in
teresting oak, but
of no value in
forestry is the
Black Jack. You
will know it at
81 g hit by t h e
blunt-ended leaf
with three lobes,
oug h b l a C k
bark s m o o t h
higher up the
tree) and small
stemless a c. IN
with scaly cup.
AS a woodsman,
nl1f IL down in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-03-14
By
WarreDA.MiIIer
BY

ment and all seed annually The flowers are
miserable little catkins of green, pin-heaHed
fowerets, in clusters of four or five catEins on
a sheaf
No forest would be complete without few
specimens of the chestnut-oak family. If you
pick up leaf with sca1loped edges and find
big acorn with long oval nut over inch
long, with fine, scalp cup, that's C. prinus, the
Chestnut oak 1t has very strong hard wood
durable in soil and water, used for fencing
and railroad ties. Bark is fine for tanning OPP
erations and it grows we'll simple or stand
ard coppice, as described in my previous series
on European Forestry. Another form of chest
nut oak is known as Yellow oak, with leaf
startlingiy like the chestnut itself, but the
acorn gives it away. The illustration shows
a representative leaf. Both the chestnut oak
are annual seeders and their value in forestry
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-06
WHY ANGER SHoRTENs LIFE.
Every Time We Flare Up Our Vitality
Shrinks ProportionateIy.


when we are pleased the pulse is
strong, when we are displeased weak.
The same thing holds for breathing.
If an experience Is pleasant we breathe
more deeply, IL unpleasant less deeply.
In Joy we breathe In great breaths In
sorrow our breathing Is short and
weak. When we are pleased we are
stronger muscularly-we can put out
more strength-than when we are just
ly angry. pleasant anger. Grief bows
us down, brushes us, leaves us physi.
cally weaker than ever"
Thus writes DR.. e. B. Tichenen in his
Primer Of Psychology" and his views
are partly borne out by DR.. Maurice de
Fleury, the well known authority on
brainstorms.
His view is that every time we are
angry our vitality shrinks SO much In
proportion for every outburst. In fact,
DR.. de Fleury asserts that each bout
of anger, each rush Of evil passion, cuts
off certain portion Of the life we
should enjoy II 1t had not happened.
Every time a man gets angry" he
says, che shortens his life by so many
minutes or days-perhaps even years
A great deal depends on the intensity
of the anger."-Tit-Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-06
UT in that magnificent country
! through which flows the Colo

- UT in that magnificent country
through which flows the Colo
RADIO there was once an In
dian chief Of such imposing
mien, such great strength, such mar
velous bravery, that his own and neigh
boring tribes attributed to him super
human powers. His son, Rainbow, IN
herited much of his fathers manly
beauty and courage, and when the IA
Their became too old to lead in war he
summoned his people and representa-
tives Of the neighboring tribes to wit
ness the ceremony of his abdication In
favor Of the younger man. When oil
were assembled Sunface, the father,
addressed his son, admonishing him to
rule wisely, then counseled the visit
ing chiefs to keep the peace. ending by
placing in the young mans hand a
spear which the old chief had carried
for many years.
One Of the chiefs present had brought
his daughter, Singing Water. to wit
ness the ceremony. Rainbow saw her
and loved her. Singing Water saw the
young chief and loved him. Before
the maiden returned with her father to
her country Rainbow had asked for
her hand, but she had been promised
| to another, Snake n-the- Hole.
Singing Water had no sooner depart
ed than Rainbow fell into melancholy.
His father, seeing that Rainbow would
| be useless as ruler without the mai
den, proposed that they should go to-
| gether to her father and endeavor to
secure her in marriage. They made the
journey, crossing the Colorado, and APP
| peared before the chief. He did not
dare grant their request for fear of
antagonizing Snake-in-the-Hole Hav-
ing met with polite refusal, they
started, with heavy hearts, on their re-
! turn journey. On the way they saw
I Singing Water sitting on a rock wait
| ing to bid adieu to the man she loved.
Rainbow rode up to the rock, which
was to the height Of his pony's back.
Singing Water put her arms about him
and whispered in his ear, take me
with you" Placing her before him
on the horse, he gave the word he used
only when he wished the beast to 60
at full speed, and before the few peo-
pie standing about had realized what
he was doing Rainbow. with his bur-
den. was going like the wind. Surface
followed calling on his son to halt.
Snake-in-the- Hole, seeing that some.
thing was amiss, rode to where the
maiden had been captured and, learn.
ing what had taken place, dashed after
the fugitives, calling Mt the same time
to other warriors to follow him. Sun
face when he overlook his son chided
him for what he had DONE saying that
this was n rash act with which to be.
gin his rule.
1t seemed to the lovers that the old
man spoke rashly, for the Colorado
lay between them and safety, and its
crossing was slow process. Before
they could descend thousand feet to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-06
THIS METAL CATCHES COLD.
Tin Unless Kept Above Certain Degree
Falls Victim to "Tinfluenxa."

Tin Unless Kept Above Certain Degree
Falls Victim to "Tinfluenxa."
A curious illustration Of the suscep-
tibility of metal to heat and cold IL
provided by the effect which winter
has upon tin.
As a matter Of fact, unless tin Ia
kept above 10 degrees @. It falls a vic
tim to a strange illness which has
been described as ''tinfuenza." In
other words, the metal catches very
severe cold, the symptoms Of which
are decay. loss of luster and crum-
bling Of the surface to gray powder.
The change is not a chemical one, for
the gray powder Is still tin, and the
extraordinary fact Is that 1t can be
brought back by careful warming to
Its originally healthy condition.
The purer the tin Is the more sus-
ceptible 1t Is to cold and consequent
decay apparently, and In fact 1t may
be made proof against the disease by
alloying 1t with other metals. The
disease is a cause of considerable an
noyance and disappointment to the
collectors Of coins who possess valua.
BILE tin specimens in their cabinets.
The rot Is even infectious, for de-
caying tin In contact with healthy,
lustrous tin soon spells 1t and reduces
1t to its own unhealthy state.-Tit.
Bits.