Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-13

n. .hd.ml Wp" which vos .ont t1 bring ihe cargo Of trees from Nlchlaan to Chicaeo. ia aiill rc. Hemborod. for t was only two years ago that Captain Herman schuene' man. with his crew of eleven men .out down n Ono Christmas snip.
 lo Rouse simmons on Washington .elauds and no trace Of either Che boat or crow was ever found. So this year. the clptaina widow led another sang of woodsmcn into the forests As- sisted by her three daughters she tas been carrying on the business. She sailed with her crew of husky which have never looked fresher nor more dainty. .appear to have inoreas- ed in number, perhaps because they are more noticeable owing to the smaller crowds of pedestrians on the streets
 "shme", always difficult 10 ob- tain in France. is next to impossible at this period The ancient bootblacks sometimes women. leisurely wipe off some of tho mud and then lay on coverina of the poorest kind of black
 ing after which the polishing brush end cloth are applied without energy leaving the footwear in @ state of miserable dullness. at a charge in excess of that paid in any city of tta rr,ft.H cfofaa
 "Harleouins" are sought for at the central markets by everincreasing numbers of the outcasts of Paris every morning at an early hour The "Earlequins' are composed of what woodsmen in the two-masted schoon- CT Lucky and within a week the Lucky is due to return with her hap |py women captain and her cargo of Christmas trees. While the little ves- Isel is plouehing its way home, the three daughters. Elsie, Hazel and Pearl, are busily preparing for the Idistribution Of the trees.
 The gathering of the five million Christmas trees this year is a desc cration in the eyes of Uncle Sam's forest experts. They believe that the effect is very bad on the future tim
 ber supply It is pointed out that if the woodlands were under a proper forestry management no harm would
 be done. for the yearly thinning from the forests would more than satisfy
 even a greater market demand for Christmas trees.
 Every kind Of cone-bearing tree is
 used for Yuletide purposes. the par.
 Hcular variety depending upon the locality. Firs and spruces are the Imost popular. with the pines and
 cedars in second place The fir, how
 ever. is the est of all Christmas trees
 and in the Northern and Eastern
 States is used to the exclusion of al most everything else In the mar
 kets of New York and Philadelphia however. the lack spruce is the ia
 vorite In Maryland Virginia ana the District of Columbia, the scrul
 virgigia pine is commonly used IT Southern Wyoming and Colorado th,
 lodgepole pine is almost the only con
 fer available. In California the in
 ceuse cedar and even the redwoo, 3 Iare frequently used
 , The Christmas trees vary in sizD b from 10 25 feet in height Tn, 3 smaller trees bring about 25 cent ] each in the cities; those from 6 t B 10 feet high one dollar or more 2 while i'm New York large shapel - trees sell from s5 to $3O and tree E 35 feet high often bring S33 each g It is a remarkable fact, however { that those who gather the trees rt - ceiye very little for their effort Flo
 trees that bring S1O the farmers ge - from to DO cents; and they consiC 8 CT themselves very lucky to get a E high as 13 or 20 cents for the mos O perfect trees. A good deal of dissa n isfaction has been voiced this yea t by the cutters, who are demandin t. larger prices from the dealers, an t. this may result in an increased pric y to buyers at. the markets this yea