Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-12-23
Praises Bogalusa
And Its Founders

''The growth of Bogalusa is the
most remarkable Of any city east of
the Mississippi river" was the state
ment made by Courtney DeKalb,
personal representative of Richard
K. Edmons, owner and publisher of
The Manufacturers Record, in an
interview Wednesday morning. ats
growth can be compared to that OF
Ajo, Arizona, which ten years ago
was a desert waste, and now is one.
of the garden spots of the West.
Your town owes its growth to the
vision and foresight of the founders,
who realized that the only way to
get and keep the very best men and
women in their city was to provide
them with the comforts of life, fine
hotels, excellent schools, parks, hos
pitfalls and, in fact, everything that
the intelligent people Of today re-
quire and expect. 1t is my belief
that the men who are citizens here
are men who came to Bogalusa and
located, not because they were I'M
able to find lucrative employment
elsewhere, but because they saw the
town, like the place and believed in
its prospects. The men who are here
are the type who can make a good
living anywhere, and that type of
men make city great"
Mr.. DeKalb is in Bogalusa as a
representative of the publisher of
The Manufacturers Record, who in
tends educating the South in the re-
forestation project, and he is MAX
ing an exhaustive study of the meth
DDS that are used by the Great
Southern.
Mr., DeKalb also gave an inter-
esting sidelight on the reforestation
problem in speaking of the interest
that the government and people of
Spain are taking in their forestry
program. Spain has been practically
denuded of trees for many years, in
fact the country is so barren of vege-
tation that there are practically no
birds or rodents and the sight of
butterfly or moth is a rarity. Over
there the boys Of the country are or
ganized into an army of planters
every year during vacation time, and
in great companies they march, car
rying their bags. of pine seed and a
short pike. At certain intervals the
boys jab their pixies in the ground,
drop a few seed in the hole made,
and march on. In this way. many
thousands of acres are planted every
year, and there are but few birds to
bother with. In few years the
country will be covered with mag
forests.
"The future Of the South lies in
its forests" said Mr.. DeKalb. with
out them the cities of this section
cannot expect to remain. The Great
Southern Lumber Company is MAX
ing wonderful strides in their refor-
program, not only are they
seeking to protect the trees that are
in process Of growth, but they
are going step further and are
planting seed and will grow trees to
replace those which are being cut
daily. This is but another example
of the interest the men Of Bogalusa
take in their city.
"The foresters OF the country have
for many years advocated the pre-
serving of our forests by protection
from fire menace, but now are more
than interested by the reforestation
program, which they have always
felt should be done, but cold never
the lumbermen of the coun-
try enough to have it done. Now
that the Great Southern has taken
hold and is making reforestation a
special business, we may expect the
South to be the greatest lumber
country in the world"