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regular berth in the Atlanta series, Mccormick will continue his hunt for another southpaw beaver. Several deals are pending at the present time and may be closed at any moment. Pres ident Andrews looked several men over during his recent trip to the east.
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON DECLARES HE WILL FIGHT PREDICTED RAID-FEDS HAVE ARCHER CONSIDERING OFFER

Chicago June 17.-President Johnson declared the American league today was ready to fight the new raid on it's players predicted by President Gilmore of the Federal league. Not only with the Amer ican league try to prevent Chase playing with the Buffalo federals, but it has all
 ready been moved to prevent other White
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APPALACHIAN DIsBANDs

Chattanooga. June T.-(SpecialD telegram received tonight from President Fisher of the Appalachian league at Morristown, Tenn, states that the organization has disbanded for the season. being total financial failure. The with drawal of Morristown and Middles- boro. Ky, were the final contribu- tory causes. The circuit Is com posed of Knoxville. Hartman, Mid dlesboro and Morristown.
 The Appalachian is the third minor league to die this month. The California State and the Penn sylvania-West Virginia league passed out of existence earlier in the month.
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CLOSE CALL FOR
 JOHNSON AND CADY

St, Louis, June l7.-Rankin John son, pitcher for the Boston Ameri- cans, who was to play in today's game aganst St. Louis, and Forest Cady, catcher for the Boston team, were passengers in a clothing store elevator that dropped five floors here today. Johnson was so shaken up that he could not pitch this aft ernoon. Six persons were in the elevator. None were seriously hurt.
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MANAGER GILKS ORDERED
 TO GET TWO OUTFIELDERS

Manager Gilks has been sent to Chi cago for ball players. with instruc- tons to stay until he gets them. He was told that there was plenty of money to back him up. The club wants players and will go to any expense to get them At a recent meeting of stockholders it was decided that Gilks should continue as manager. All stock kholders but one favored Gilks."
 The big league teams, on account of the Federal leagues activity in sign ing all players who are released to leagues of lower rank, are holding on to all available players, so Bobby may have a difficult time in carry ing the orders into execution Never theless, he is making a desperate at- tempt to get two outtielders.
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WIN THIRD
 BY A SINGLE TALLY

Atlanta, June 17.-Atlanta made if three straights from Nashville by win ming today's game, l to 0. The locals scored in the third when a pinch bit by Eibel brought Mcconnell home
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Home Run-Knisely.
 Two-base Hits-Marcan, Mcbride. Sacrifice Hit-Marcan.
 Sacrifice Fly--Knisely
 Double Plays-Hudnell to Price Schmidt to O'Dell; Mcdonald, Covington Ellam to Tragesser.
 Struck Out-Price 2, Robertson 4. Base on Balls-Price B. Robertson | Wild Pitch-Price.
 Left on Bases-Mobile 5, Birming- ham D.
 Time-1.40.
 Umpires-Kellum and Rudderham.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Galveston: Galveston S-1, Waco 60 (second game II innings).
 At San Antonio: San Antonio > Fort Worth 3 d4 innings darkness).
 Other games postponed, rain.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC

At Sayannah Savannah 9. Augusta 2. At charleston: Charleston 2, Colum bia 0.
 At Albany; Albany 3, Columbus l. At Macon: Macon 6, Jacksonville f.
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to play because of a disocated shoulder, declared there was no one to substitute for Lively. Catcher Donahue was fined by the umpire for protesting Score:
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Totals ...... 2t

Summary: Two-hase hits. Kircher, Sloan. Struck out, Kroh 3. Dent l.. Base on balls, Kroh 3. Double plays, Dent to Jennings; King to Gibson. Hit by pitcher. Kroh (Tyree). Sacrifice hits. King, Paulette, Kircher, Flanagan, Time. 45. Empires, Fifield and Pfenniger.
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tllt the ninth inning and Chicago won todays game to 1. Score: R. IT. E. PittsburE .... 900 900 001--1 6 1 Chicago ..... 100 00s o0s--s 2
 Batteries: Walker, Adams and Berry; Lange and Wilson.
 Seven Twirlers Work
 Indianapolis. June 17.--Indianapolis won from Buffalo today. Il to 8, in a game that was remarkable for wild pitching displayed by both teams. The local club used three box men and the visitors four. Score. R.HE. Buffalo ................. 050 o0i 200 S g Indianapolis ........... SS2 POI 00s--ll 12 Batteries: Schultz, Moore Moran. Houser and Blair; Billiard, Mullin. Nose ley and Rariden.
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Quinn Pitches We'll

Quinn Pitches We'll
 Kansas City, June 17-Baltimore scored two runs on four singles and a stol>u Kansas City, 2 to l. Score: RH.E. Baltimore ................ 0OO coo O2O-2 10 Kansas City ............ GOO loo 000--1 4 Batteries: Quinn and Jacklitsch; Herris, Stone and Easterly.
 Lange Pitches Invincibly Chicago, June 17.-Lange permitted no Pittsburg player beyond second base
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-18
RAIN PREVENTS SECOND CON- TEST-ROBERTSO IN CON- MAND-M'DONALD AND KNISE- LY STAR
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Birmingham 1, Mobile 1. New Orleans 10, Montgomery 2. Atlanta l, Nashville O. Chattanooga-M Memphis, rain.
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APPALACHIAN LEAGUE

At Mddlesboro: Middlesboro D. Morris town l.
 At Hartman: Hartman 3, Knoxville d2 innings darSness). (Other Sports on Last Page)
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FEDERAL LEAGUE

St. Louis. June 17.-Brooklyn took the second game of the series with St. Louis today, 3 to l. The visitors player error less ball and punched several timely hits. Score; R.H.E. Brooklyn ............ 00l 200 000-3 10 O St Louis ,.......,.... GOO 900 100--1
 Batteries Lafitte and Owens; Groom, Keupper, Simon and Hartley.
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Games Today

Birmingham at New Orleans. Montgomery at Mobile. Nashville at Atlanta. Memphis at Chattanooga.
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BOB MESSENGER STARTLES
 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FANS
FORMER BARON SLUGS OVER 300 ARk-M'GILVRAY FINDS BATTING EYE-PROUGH AND SMITH FAIL TO STAR
Ny REUBEN A. LEWIS

C PEEDY Bob Messenger, having de-
 parted from St. Louis to the ~> Rochester club in the International
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IIOnttI
 Birmingham won the game in the first inning. Marcan doubled to left field. Magee sacrificed him to third,
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
DOO|N'S BOYS TAKE
FIRST FROM CHAMPS
Connie Mack's TitIeholders Are
Shut Out by Two Young
TWirIerS in the Opener.

PHILADELPHIA. April 3.-That the
Phi1lies are far from being al in as A
result of Federal League raids upon
them was shown by their surprisingly
good work. against the worlds cham
pion Mackmen in the first battle of the
spring series for the championship of
the city Two young twirlers. Cy Mar
shall and Harry Oeschger. the latter
fresh from st. Mary's College in Cali
fornia, held the Mackmen phalanx to
three scattered hits and nary run.
Marshall yielded two hits in four
frames. Oeschger giving but one in
five innings. The Phillies made their
runs on five hits off Pennook. The
score: r. II. j..
Pfffijes;- -. 3fo 900 100 z I
Mackmpn ..... On0 40 900 = I
Batteries-PhiIlies. Marshall, Oeschger
and Doom. Burns: MackmeD. Pennock,
Wyckoff. Lapp.
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
Amherst Today Meets
Fast BrOOkland Outfit

Today Amherst's fast varsity team,
after defeating Gcors eto"n. S to :, yes
terday, goes up against Catholic TINT
versity. The BrooklaRtlers. winners
over Seton Hall yesterday hy Il score of
TO !. will prove no easy foe for the
Massachusetts team. Coach Moran s
boys arc showing amazing strength for
this time of the year, and will make
every opponent travel for the honors.
Georgetown proved and easy victim
of Robinson. AmherSt's twirisr. ycster-
DAY. The HilltOpperS managed to get
two hits. their runs coming in Oh fast
base running an dtaknE advantage Of
RobinsCn's wildness. Amherst played
errorless ball and five :allics "alIoped
over for the visitors in the fifth when
Tyson and his whole defense blew up.
II WAS soft after that.
Catholic University continued its win
ming streak against Seton Hall. never
being in danger. johnson famed ten
Seton Hall batsmen. but walked five.
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
Introducing One B. Spencer, of Patapsco Md, Short
But Powerful. Who Seeks Regular
Berth in Griff's Garden.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

pitcher who could hit as we'll AZ
twirl.
When Shanks' an'-le refused to
give its full quota of service last
summer. Griffith threw out the s.
O. 5. for an outfieldcr and Mike
Kahoe Gummed through number
of leagues before he finally settled
upon Spencer as the Lest man. His
release was purchased and, as soon
as Petersburg got toe ho,d ~ the
pennant in August, Spencer re-
ported here.
lie was assigned to lcftrield and
from the start hit we'll. although he
was suffering from such an attack
of malaria that he had to he tenn
porarily withdrawn from contest
This spring he has been competing
against the drawback of a lack Of
bulk. but is ALWAYS in the game
when the regulars and recruits
Erapple in a practice joust.
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
GRIFFMEN WILL MISS
BOB GROOM THIS YEAR
Skinny Finger Proved of Great Value to Washington ea
Shown by Official Records-Youngsters Will Occupy
Mound Against University of Vermont:
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Laying aside all preJudices, forgetting
u. natural antipathy of organized
,-~"hall men against the Federal
'ague and its activities. and looking
'Hc matter sQuareIy in the face. The
!--s"rtions that Bob Groom will not be
.SSed by the Washington bali club
a defenseless
This is in no sense a calamity howl
or intended that the desertion of Groom
means disaster. II is A contention
founded upon records. The Nationals
may and probably viii, succeed, while
The missing pitcher is performing on
i'"lds beyond The pale of the American
J oague. still the absence Of Groom will
felt. although the Iacu that he is not
. Iong those present is traceable di-
''"uy to the outlaws and not thu fault
any one connected with the Wash
ton club.
7wes and lost 81. Thirty-six of the
y ctorics. or 30 per cent. were won white
alter johnson was performing in his
D. lar role. while but seven times or II
, r cent OF the de.eats. Was the monarch
q the mound reversed. This gives him
seasons percentage of 7SS
Md TO the triumphant sweep of John
q n. the success of Joe BoehlinE. Then
q nlblne all the victories of the others
" lhc stafi, barring Groom. and il
~ be found that, eliminating johnson
. I'd Boehling. Groom put the Griffmen
d front as often as all the other pitch
- grouped.
Few of the students of baseball in
- city ever formed a proper esti-
ate of Groom, and in this they are
t greatly to be censured To para
Tas" an ancient adaSe SO as to fit il
'' baseball it might be said that a
. tch@r Is never without honor save in
own town. This obtained in the
SO Of Groom to the superIative de-
ee.
There is maxim in the game that
ball player can outlive his useful
- in any city. BEFORE the rise of
alter Johnson to his present emin-
e. Groom was the huh of the Wash
StUn twirling wheel. but his popu-
trity wansd until the SaIItation which
-eeted the announcement that he was
pitch was ye for his immediate
moVal. Groom was always most sen
i've to adverse criticism. Il has often
en- charged that moral stamina wa
missing quantity N the makeup o
e tail pitcher. and. while this has
. rver been proven. the chilly truth re-
aims that Groom was at his best
nen away from those who had lost
rufidence in his ability and who cx-
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Considered collectively ,he Ma
tionaIs are the giants Of the Ameri
can League. but Ben Spencer is
among those who arc not of Sigan-
tic proportions. In fact, excepting
Billy Lee and ACosta, Spencer is the
midget.
His home is in Patapsco, Md. ;rd
he has heen; playing ball ever sircc
he was in Short pants. Five .!cars
ago he ma6 his bow as a high
class amateur player with the
Hampdens. at that time being q
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
Reds Lose Another.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. April S.-The Gin
Cirnati Reds lost their second straight
game To the Louisville Colonels yester-
day by score of to 2. With the score
tied in the sixth inning Tingling. for
merly with Brooklyn. walked Dodge,
v'Eo once played third for the Cincin-
natl team. filing the bases. McLarTy
singled. scoring three, and counted him.
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pressed themselves most forcefully on
the subject.
ON foreign fields the writer has seen
Bot Groom pitch maSterful ball. mas seen
him stop the opposition time after time
when some other club-fellow had fall
tered, and il may be said that there is
hardly member of the GTffmen, as
they are at present constituted who
does not feel that the detection of Groom
was = distinct loss.
III the game with the University Of
Vermont this afternoon Griffith intends
10 snow the crowd some more of his
young pitchers, the choice resting be
TWEEN Hans Schwartje, Paul Musser, and
johnny MumfOrd.
Tho Green Mountain ColIegians are
coached by George Winter, the former
Detroit pitcher. who keeps an eye peel
&c for Griffith for any future Nationals
that he may find lurking in the teams
which his own pupils meet
The Amherst College team, which
played at Georgetown Yesterday. is
coached BY the veteran George Davis.
who slipped Harry Harper to the Gr:ffs.
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
.ORIFFMEN'S CARD

Tomorrow - Nationalettes VS..
Newark.
Tomorrow-Nationals, at Gin
cinnati.
April 5-At Cincinnati ..-
April 6 6-Vigilant A. C..
April cardinal A. G..
April S-Catholic University and
Gallaudet, double-header.
April a-MaryIand Aggics.
April i0-Boston Braves.
April 11-Boston Braves.
April i1--Natiolalettes at Rich
mond.
April 12-At Providence.
April l2-At Providence.
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Lewis WallOpS Pill.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. April c.-The
Boston American League team defeated
the Nashville Southern LeaEu" club
here yesterday. to 6. Outfielder Lewis.
of Boston. secured a home run, a tribe
double. and single out of five times at
bat. Score: II. II. T.
Boston ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 :
- stSli lit y y
Batteries-COllins. Foster, and Nuna-
maker: Thomas. Berger, Renter. and
Rogers.
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ob Groom Certain To Be Missed By Griffnen This Year

self a little later when r. Clemons
singled. The Reds made a desperate
effort in the last inning, but could shove
only one man across the plate. The
score:
II. III. Z.
Cincinnati ......... IG0 600 Ool-2 3
Louisville ............ O0l O04 O0$-5 10 1
Batteries-Lear. Yingling and Con
zales: O'Rourke. r. Clemons, Toney and
V Clemons
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Virginia Takes First
And Tries Again Today

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. April a.
After yesterdays splendid victory over
Cornell. to 1. Virginia expects to win
from the New Workers. again today
Douglas Neff.' the Orange and Blue
CAPTAIN. twiried against the Cornellians
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Bomb Wells! Hurray!

LONDON. April 3.-Bombardier Wells
knocked out Albert Lurie. an unknown
FrencE heavyweight. here last night In
the seventh round.
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SPORTS nos;, nsi'ss naass<r By

letting them down with five hits and
tanning eleven. He was invfncible In
the tight places. In addition. Neff col
lected three hits.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-04-02
PERU.

|
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bell have n
son, born March ~,
Geo l.. Richardson has been quite
i'll for few days.
%. J. Coolidge has recently had a
telephone placed in his house.
Edna Burroughs returned 10 her
school in CRANKY, Mass the last of the
week
= Ira Wait, who is III at his daugh'
ter's in South Londonderry, is report
ed to be gaining.
%. h. Hewes attended the Road
Commissioners meeting in Bennington
last week.
Quite spring like. A small amount
OF sugar has been made. Roads aye
very soft.
dewey Bronson of South Shafts
bury and Edna and Kenneth Hewes
visited nj O. l.. Hewes last week
Last Wednesday evening about 10
neighbors and friends gathered at the
home of Mr.. and Ms. j. b. Brown in
honor of his birthday. The evening
was pleasantly spent.
M. J.. Hapgood and wife Are
camping out' at the quarters recent
ly occupied by his mother and sister at
Cambridge, Mass, near Harvard Uni
versity. Saturday evening they were
alarmed by three revolver shots upon
the opposite side of the street, occa-
stoned by two desper ADDE'S who order
ed grocer behind his countef TO "hold
up hs hands, He was a bold fellow
and fought them with bags OF beans,
and drove them away. Mr.. Hapgood
has about made up his mind that the
rural regions of Vermont are not the
only places that need attending to.
NORTH DORSET.
Mrs. John Congdon spent Monday
in Rutland.
Mrs Nelson Brison was in Man
chester one day last week on business.
Master Howard KeatIng is visit
ing in Rutland.
School will begin April 9Th with the
same teacher as last term.
We are much interested in the OBJ
lection New York's unemployed has to
being transported to the agricultural
-egions of the state, and wonder what !
fleet a law requiring agricultural labor
IT every third man would have upon I
Ii is certain the foreign
aborer isn't looking for the hardship t
,ur forefathers endured 10 build ma.
ion here, but expects he has left all /
uch behind him. We are in favor OF t
he Californian principal which wants, ,
without contamination, the institutions
! has built up. Here IN the East the ]
oreigner hives like bees about our
est institutions of learning and there
i edncates his numerous offspring 10
he best busm s. chances the country 4
ffords without cent OF cost, while d
he real American chIld, the child OF v
be country, must pay good ROUND Il
lm for only few years OF such adj b
antages or 20 without them. Is tins r
uile what the country intends by It's :;
ndowrnents. aud appropriations m
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-04-02
TAX PAYERS TAKE NOTICE!

TAX PAYERS may now get then
blanks for inventories at the Town
Clerk 'sToflice or at the Probate Office
also of any Lister
The Listers are anxious TO have ali
inventories returned early this year SO
that they may be ready to commence
work OH the quadrennial appraisal.
Every tax payer should make an in
ventory and swear to it, even if he is
liable only for poll tax. Ii no invcn-
tory is returned, it is the duty of the
Listers to assess such personal tax as
they think just.
Do not wait for the Listers TO come
to you Go to the Listers and save
them trouble and save the town ex-
peDse.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-04-02
Balsam Fir Now In Demand For
Paper Pulp.

That balsam fir, a tree which a
few years ago was considered OF lit
tie value. is now in demand for pulp
wood. is the statement made by
the department OF agriculture in a
bulletin just issued on the subject,
This demand has been brought about
says the department, by the enor-
nous expansion OF the pulp indus
try during the past two decades,
with its present consumption OF
three and a quarter million cords
OF coniferous wood and the conse-
quent rise In the price Of spruce,
the wood most in demand for paper
making. In addition, the depart
ment goes on TO say, balsam has
begun to take the place Of spruce
for rough lumber, laths, and the
like, as the price OF the latter
wood has risen.
The chief objection to the use
OF large amounts OF balsam fir in.
the ground-pulp process of paper
making Is said 90 be due 20 the so
called pitch In the wood, which in
lures the felts and cylinder faces
upon which the pulp Is rolled out
Balsam fir does not have a resin
cis wood. and the material which /
gums up the cylinder probably
comes from grinding balsam under
condit ons adapted to spruce wood
Yet from ten % twenty-five per
cent and possibly more Of balsam
can be used 10 ground pulp without
lowering the grade OF the paper
produced X Is known that with
balsam logs left lying 10 water over
! season this drawback practically
In chemical pulp. produced
through ne action OF acids. these
.clds are known to dissolve the
oltck, and any amount u balsam
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ROBERTS & ROBERTS
MANCHESTER CENTER, VERMONT

can be used. tough some claim that
too much balsam in the pulp gives
paper that lacks strength. snap.
and character.
Al the preseat time, balsain fir
furnishes about slS or seven per
cent Of the domestic coniferous wood
used by the oountryis pulp industry
TIE tree Itself constitutes. numerical
ly. about twenty per cent OF the
eoniferous forest 81 northern New
York and Maine, and is abundant
many parts Of New Hampshire. Yer
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a dry cedar log. though elm. walnut,
box elder or soft maple are excellent.
OAK. hickory or ash is too heavy.
The log should be from seven to ten
feet long and from eight TO ten inches
Ia diameter. II should be split care
fully as near the center as possible and
the heaviest and best slab chosen for
the front When the soil is moist but
not sticky, the drag does the best
work. As the soil In the field will
bake II plowed wet. SO the road will
bake II the drag Is used on II when II
is wet II the roadway Is fun OF holes
or badly rutted the drag should be
used once when the road Is soft and
slushy
The earth road eau best be crowned
and ditched with a road machine and
not with picks aud shoyels, scoops and
plows one road machine with a suit
able power aud operator will do the
work " many men with picks and
shoNels and, In addition. viii do il bet
ter II the road is composed OF fine
clay or soil II viii sometimes pay TO
resnrfaee Il with top soil from an adj.
iacent field which has sand or gravel
mixed with IT,
Storm water should be disposed OF
quickly before II has had time to pene.
irate deeply into the surface Of the
road This can be done by giving the
road crown or slope from the center
20 the sides For an earth road which
Il twenty four feet wide the center
should he not less than six Inches nor
more than twelve Inches higher than
the outer edges Of the shoulder. The
narrow road which is high IN the mid
die wili become rntted almost as quick
y as one which Is Hat, for the reason
that on narrow road sll the traiiic /.
flowed le uSs ouly narrow strip.
The width II the earth road will de |
pend on The lrafiic As q rule. twenty
fse or thirty feet FROM ditch 10 ditch |
l. sufficient II the road n properly |
srowned Ordinarily the only dltche.
nsedrd are those mnde with the road
machine whirh are wide and shallow |
Deep narrow bitches wash rapidly. rs
ps~ctally on steep slopes The earth l
road shoald not be- lcosened. dug sp or
plowed az ans more than Is nece~ssr,
u should b. gradually raised. not low.
rrssi hardened. not sostened.
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mont, and in the swamps Of north
en Michigan. northern Wisconsin.
and Minnesota 1t readily reforests
eut-oyer areas, and attains Fize
suitable for pulp wood in short
time
Under present methods II cutting.
lnisam fir Is sald 0 b increasing
Ia our seoond-groSth forests al the
expense Of red spruce. aud with
the gradual decline Ia the supply Of
the latter wood the flr Will become
more and more important CONNER
cialiy.