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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14
KING GEORGES MAIL BAG

All letters addressed to the king and queen
of England are sent direct to whichever Of the
royal residences they are occupying from the
general postoflce in London in specially
sealed bags, says the Strand. In the case Of
Buckingham palace, this bag arrives, as a
rule, just as his majesty is finishing dinner,
and is taken charge of by the secretary on
duty, who opens 1t and proceeds to sort out
the contents. Such letters as will ultimately
demand the personal attention Of King George
are placed before him the same night, but
it is not often that he deals with them at the
moment, save in matters that will not brook
delay. He glances through them, makes a
few brief notes upon them, and they are then
placed under lock and key until he is ready
for them on the following morning.
He has barely had time to deal with these
before the royal breakfas is served and al
most simultaneously an even larger bag of
correspondence arrives. Only those who have
been called upon to handle them can realize
the vastness Of the royal rostbags, the con.
tents of which often range from a private
communication from some amiable lunatic
who considers that his claim to the British
throne is superior to that Of King George. BY
the organization OF a we'll nigh perfect sys-
tenn, however, this heavy correspondence is
dealt with in remarkably quick time. Lord
Stamfordham, should he be on duty, opens
every communication, and, glancing at 1t,
places the bulk Of it in the large crimson
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

SEEDS. When sure that the reproduction
has been acquired, proceed with the secon-
dairy cut, taking but one tree in two tn
three, more or less, depending upon whether
spring frosts are 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
Deeches ana 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 on 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
donlnants-tne trees of the future. Return in
ten years, or earlier If conditions are favora-
Bile, and take out all dead and dominated trees.
and all Of the dominants that are 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 filled
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 iameter in thirty
years and you will thin about one hundred per
acre every trip. From that time on they add
a great deal more to their volume every year,
since they grow a new ring all around the
trunk, which by this time is over two feet in
circumference OF course. as you will start
with a forest with some grown trees on it,
you will arrange it so as to always have some
mature cutting to do, as we'll as thinning cuts
on all other sections. The management of a
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 a 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
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14
Too Thin.


The greatest curiosity I ever came
across in the curse of a long expe-
%rience," said the first broker, "is a
man who comes into our office every
day, watches the ticker like a hawk
for five hours, and pays cash for
everything he buys
Il can beat that by a mile" replied
the second broker. "A man came into
u place a while ago and started to
trade actively in Reading and Union
on a five-point margin. He had $50, 900
when he began. In six months he
had $4,000. Then do you know what
he did? He put his money into first
mortgage bonds-and quit"
The first broker looked almost
dazed. Il hate to do it." he MUIR
INJURED, but I've just got to. You're
a liar!"-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14
FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
Where the Winters Are Cold and tho
Shows Deep.

Writing from the vicinity David
Harum made famous, q man says that
be was an habitual coffee drinker, and.
although he knew it was doing him
harm, was too obstinate to give it up,
Till all at once he went to pieces with
nervousness and insomnia, loss Of APP
petite, weakness, and a generally
used-up feeling, which practically I'M
lifted him for his arduous occupation.
and kept him on a couch at home
when his duty did not call him out.
While in this condition Grape
Nuts food was suggested to me, and I
began to use it. Although it was in
the middle of winter, and the Their
mometer was often below zero, almost
my entire living for about six weeks
Of severe exposure was on Grape-Nuts
food with a little bread and butter and
a cup Of hot water, till I was wise
enough to make Postum my table bey-
erage.
After the first two weeks / began
to feel better and during the whole
winter ! never lost a trip on my mail
route, frequently being on the road
Z or 8 hours at a time.
The constant marvel to me was
how q person could do the amount OF
work and endure the fatigue and hard
ship as did, on so small an amount
OF food. But I found my new rations
30 perfectly satisfactory that / have
them-using both Postum
and Grape-Nuts at every meal. and
often they comprise my entire meal.
All my nervousness, irritability and
insomnia have disappeared and healthy.
natural sleep has come back to me.
But what has been perhaps the great
Rst surprise to me is the fact that.
with the benefit to my general health
mas come a remarkable Improvement.
my eye-sight.
AZ q good appetite, good digestion,
good eye-sight, strong nerves and an
hctlve brain are to be desired. I can
from my own experience, use
Grape-Nuts and Postum Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, THE Road to
Wellvine," in pkgs. There's q reason.~
Ever read the above letter. -
one appears from time to time. Thry.
are genuine, true, and full az huuan.
~
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lished commercial enterprise with us, whereas
our present system of taxing annually the en-
tire value of the stand is most unjust and one
of the biggest hindrances to the introduction
Of commercial forestry in place of our present
speculative numbering.
The Prussians have worked out commercial
forestry to a mathematical science. They
know to a dot just how long a given forest of
kiefer, or sylvester pine, will take to reach ma
turity, just how much thinning is best and when
to do it, just the right age and soil for the
plantations, every known disease of the tree
and its remedy, and just where to market ev-
cry splinter of it at maximum profit. And
their government encourages them with COM
pulsoTy fire protection from the railroads and
just tax laws. The same system prevails with
the spruce and fir of Saxony and the hard
woods of Hesse and Westphalia, so that they
make from $3.50 an acre per year in the spruce
of Wurtemburg to $3.50 In the sylvester pine
forests of Prussia, and the annual yield from
but thirty-five million acres of forest is four
and one-half billion board feet! But We are
far from any such exact knowledge of our tree
species as this, and we have over a hundred
species where they use but seven. And it is
a well-known fact that many of our expert
ments in clear cutting and planting have so
far failed. After ten or twelve successive gen.
6TdtlOnS Oh IOTeSIerS nave SLuQleQ out our pest
species for pure stand raising and we have, as
1t were, grown up with our forests and know
them as do the older nations, this system will
be applicable on a large scale with us. 1t Is
being applied now to a certain extent with
white pine, as witness the numerous success
full, though young. stands of white pine in New
England. The total area of planted forest with
us IS now about 100000 acres. The total land
that would yield best on planted forests is
more than 5000, 900 acres.
The French system of futaie regulaire, or
standard forest, is the more likely one for us
to use, or rather to grow into, for we are in
for at least fifty years Of %selective forests be-
fore any extensive use of standard forest can
be introduced. In the French system three
cuts are necessary when the forest reaches
maturity: The seeding cut is first made, let
ting in sun on the forest floor, and varying in
amount widely, depending upon the species Of
the tree. The next fall of seeds from the seed
ing trees results in a dense floor Of young
shoots, for the suns warmth is present to ger
inmate and to feed the young trees with sun
light. Then follows the secondary cut, when
the trees have reached the age of five years
and are tough enough to allow cutting opera
lions without too many of them being killed.
This cut takes nearly all the old trees, leaving
enough to protect the young thicket from wind,
frost and drought. The terminal cut follows
when the young trees reach about ten years
of age, and takes the last of the old stand.
First thinning begins five years later and con-
tinues every ten years until the main stand
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 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, If you have a 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
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

man has no terrors for you, there is no
reason why you should not set It out in
white pine, or sylvester pine, or what
ever species your state forester specifies as
suitable for the soil and climate. Keep cattle
and running fires out of the woodlot, plant out
your spare acorns every chance you get, use
up the weed trees for c%ordwood, and take out
worthless trees wherever they are crowding
the young oaks, and you will soon be in a fair
way to own a valuable oak stand. The same
is true of small forest tracts of a few hundred
acres, the ideal sportsman's retreat. You can
practice an immense amount of culture for
estry during your hunts and camps and wan.
derlngs about your tract. Here and there will
be predomtnating areas of valuable species
which only need a little encouragement to take
up the whole land. You are always using fire.
wood out of the tract. Make that frewood paw
by planting the room each tree leaves with a
half-dozen oak or pine seeds, or, better, keep a
little nursery of white pines and white oaks
and draw from 1t as you take out worthless
stuff. A white pine twelve years old is a very
respectable little specimen twenty feet high
and three inches across the butt. In six years
1t is higher than your head, and wants at least
twenty square feet of room, SO, before YOU
Know 1t, what was once a clump of soft naples
and white birches is now a thicket of thrifty
young pines. AS regards the oaks, a sharp
SUCK and your heel is all they need to put the
acorn down two inches into the mulch. There
ought to be one Seeding every ten PAGES, with
a reasonable chance at the sun, all over that
part of your forest where oaks are wont to
grow.
AS the oaks are the most important family
OF the hardwoods, and one in which every sports
man is interested, l will just run over in re-
view the most widely distributed members of
the family in our country. We are blessed
with many species, suitable to all kinds of soils
anG climates. At the head of the family stands
the white oak, quercus alba, the noblest tree
in our forests. You will know him by the
familiar deeply notched leaf with nine regular
lobes disposed four on a side with one at the
end. Along in October it turns a fine copper
color and then brown, hanging on all winter,
so that. when snow is on the ground, if you
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

with stones, sticks and guns. A noise
was made at the mouth o. the hole
and the snakes, becoming angry, sal
lied forth to fight. When the noise
failed to bring them, long poles were
used to prod the reptiles. AS the
snakes emerged from the cave they
were slaughtered, and at the end Of
the killing, 24O dead ones were count
q. None Of the attackers had been
bitten, though some had narrow es-
capes. Some Of the snakes were from
three to four feet in length and had
many %rattles, while many were young
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 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 n hundred
men and boys went to the scene and
three hundred r~attlers Of all sizes were
killed.
Smith was prospecting In the gulch
when he saw a ~rattlesnake crawl in
to a hole several yards above his head
on the slope Of the ravine. For years,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

your memory against the time you want a
very hard wood. Otherwise leave it severely
alone, except to clean 1t out as a forest weed.
1t belongs to the bristletipped and pointed
leaved families of oaks, of which the red oak
is the representative and most valuable spe-
cles. Seeding Is biennial. Sylvicutural treat
ment of red oak about the same as white oak,
except that the seeding cut must be a tri1e
more open. The red oak is claimed to be a
faster grower than the white and it GER
tainly o~vertops it and crowds 1t out in direct
competition. l I'M of the opinion, however,
that II 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 no comparison between it and
the white oak, nor is there when it comes to
market value as the white commands nearly
double the figure. Personally l 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 it 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 a green, scaly cup. The red oak
has the smoothest bark of any of them.
nearly black, greenish tinged on the north
side. Leaves turn a deep red, late in October.
Now that white oak is getting so high priced
the red is used a great deal in interior house
trim. 1t will grow on dry soils, which fact
often decides its choice as the forest species
when choosing between 1t and white oak.
Its cousin the black oak, and the scarlet
oak, q. cocinea, are SO like it In leaf that ALI
that can be said is that the leaf is more deem
~ 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 a fine dye, used in medicine as ouerci-
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
lei foliage In October, and are useful for orna-
mental trees. A
All through our moist ravines and creek hot
toms you will find a tall slender oak, growing
in natural pure stands, with a notched, peaky
lear 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, q. 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 no value:
when you take one out replace it with a swami
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this region has been infested by
snakes and the settler, being curious
to know from whence they came, fol
lowed the snake to the place Of dis
appearance. Lighting a 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
q cave Of larger proportions, and was
horriaed to see hundreds Of snakes
crawling about, some coiled and many
lying apparently dormant.
Within an hour the news reached
Three Forks and hunters came armed
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right handy to good transportation and con.
tinually producing an annual yield, would be
ideal, for the trees grow so straight that ev.
erything from the three-inch Trimmings IN to
the siyteeninch full-grown 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
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 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
cessive generations
Of forests have
worked 1T oTlt tn a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 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 0 o d S m e
about to head off
incipient 0 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-
roma an aetoh,
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white oak, The
name pin oak
comes from its val
ue for tree nails for
house building.
Two O oaks
that have their own
p~eculiarities are the
Willow Oak, q.
phellos, with tiny
scale-cupped acorns
and long willow-like
leaves, and the Shin
gle Oak, with per
fectly smooth mag
nolia-ltke leaves
smooth bark and
small shallow-cupped
acorns. Both OF
these woods split
easily, and the Will
-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

lobed leaf, and the
rather small bottle
shaped acorns, in
pairs on a stem
anywhere from an
inch to t h r e G
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 1t. A
third tree in the
white oak class is
the Burr Oak, but
with hardar md
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14
Posse In Montana seizes Chance "a
Wipe Out Dreaded Menace to the
Community.

The citizens Of this community were
highly xcited yesterday by a discov.
cry Of a den Of hundreds Of rattle
snakes in the side Of ~Rattlesnake
Gulch on the Peoples ranch, several
miles from the city. The discovery
was made by Amos Smith. q home
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

No man is a hero to his stenograph-
er. So say the organized women ste.
nographers of Chicago. For self-pro-
lection then, we shall have to hire
male stenographers for whose opin-
ion we don't gave a hang.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

A woman in Iowa laughed so long
and SO hard at a joke that they had to
send for three doctors to chloroform
her. This ought to be some encour-
agement to those mournful members
of the community. the jokesmiths.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

The French government asks for an
appropriation of 81, 4O0, 900 for military
aeroplanes, Those who imagined that
the aerial navies would reduce the
cost of peace insurance" may have
to revise their ideas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 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, S o m e W h a t
rough. and Young
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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
Dleted in ona FOIL oP
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

tougher wood. 1t is also called the over-cup
oak, technical name quercus macrocarpa. Leaf
has a big lobed head with two very deep
notches about halfway down. Bark of twigs
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 will
grow sylvioulturally under the same treat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

A child S years old in New York has
had his income raised from $4,000 per
year to $4,000, thus permitting him
70 support his guardians in the style
to which they alleged that they have
been accustomed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

Who says the Filipinos have not at
tanned a high degree of civilization?
Manila is grief-strieken over the de-
parture of the troops for China. The
best baseball team in the city went
with them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

One of Alaska's most popular vol
canoes is In violent eruption. If it is
assisting to temper the atmosphere in
Its vicinity it is likely to make itself
1earer than ever to the hearts of the
Alaskan people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

Silk stockings are no longer consid-
cred fashionable in Washington. Has
that any possible connection with the
crusade the women of Washington are
waging against high street car steps?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

and with n rattle each. The party
was about to leave, when one man
fred a shotgun blindly into the den
and o long pole brought into use
pulled fifty more dead reptiles from
the hole.-Three Fork eMont.) Letter
to the Butte Miner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-14

A California boy % years of age
has married a lady of So. We hope
she will be good enough to refrain
from spanking him in case she hap
pens to catch him stealing jam.