The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04
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WANTED--Phone -228-W for all
kinds Of wood and hay, delivered.
WANTED Second hand household
goods. M. E. Ibertson.-
FOREST FOR EVERY CITY.

Profits From These Would Pay For
= Many Municipal improvements. :,
1t is being urged that every city and
town In the United States; Whether
large Or small, should have. forest,
just as every well managed farm has a.
wood lot and FOR the sa me reason--to
save money. -' ere ''''s''s'.''':s : - !:
The farmer who has a wood lot does
not have to depend on his neighbours
for 6rewOod or lumber He Produces
gil the timber he ueeds for his own
use and often has a surplus, which he
can sell at q, profit. The town Or city
which becomes the owner OF a forest
can accomplish the same things. on a.
sidrger and more profitable scale. Be-
sides supplying its inhabitants with
,,frewood and lumber at less than they:
would otherwise have to. pay. it can
reap q handsome profit from the sale
Of he surplus pr rs 9'.e Ct lta own TOR
est to outsiders -,
Municipal forests are recommended
as the best means of insurfng better
schools. streets, sewers, lights and wa
ter systems and at the same time max.
ing taxes lower. The profits they can
be made to earn would 60 a long way
toward making sinking funds unneces
sary and enabling city to make, need
ed improvements without burdenipg it.
ser Tor many geqerat{' N5 W 7tth bond
" Town forests. although new to the
!; United States. have Tong been estab-
nshed institutions In many European
countries. The city of Zurich. in Swift
zerland. has owned forest since 200
years before Columbus discovered,
Amefica: TT Is called The SiGTwtald and
at present Is yielding an annual net.
profit 81 s. per acre. = :
There are many such forests in
france. but it Is In Germany that they
have reached the highest stage of de
yelopment and show, the greatest prof
T. The city ;sol 81 tRladen- Baden ownssa.
forest of $3.50 acres. which last year
'isshoWed net pf6dt 81 1925 per acre,
Il m6ffe than SCI, 900. r. eHeidelberg,
Frankfort, Pforznefm and F6rBaasfKr tie
town forests show an annual net profit
ranging from $110 to $12,l4 per acre
The town forests in Germany cover
land which would otherwise be lying
waste Besides the saving they make
In taxes they benefit the people 81 in.
siptiebyine 1iving e6nditfons ID the towns.
They protect tie water supplies. cool
the atmosphere near them ana help,
break the force of. the wind = =. : =
There, are millions of acres Of waste
] lands II the United States which might
probably be turned into municipal for.
ests by the towns and cities within
whose limits they lie On much Of this.
land. fire trees have grown and viii.
grow again IL given the chance. : go =
: The Individual will not .reforest this
land because he cannot afford to wait
for 9 crop. But a city or town can at
ford to reclaim this land and let future
generations reap the benefit, as has
been done in Europe.
III Mdssa chusetts q concerted effort
IL being made for the establishment of
town forests. Laws allowing munich
>palities to own and operate them have
been passed, and the State Forestry
'ass0cfat ton Is Offering a series Of prizes
60 encourag e the work. = 7 :
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