Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-12-09
c. Of G. to Help in
Reforestadon Work

Hunters, many OF whom are care
less youths who do not realize fully
the danger and hazard, have been
setting fire to the dry grass IN Wash
ingtOn parish il the immediate vleln-
itv Of Bogalusa, in an effort to drive
cut rabbits, 50 that they may get q
shot at their quarry, and by SO doing
are in immediate danger Of setting
the pine woods on IRE, with probably
disastrous results to the woods and
adjacent property, according to ln-
formation received from the CHAINS
Der Of Commerce headquarters.
The destruction of property,
whether intentional or otherwise,
carries its penalty, and immediate
steps are being taken to remedy the
evil. Huntsmen who are so negll-
gent of other peoples property are
far from careless with their own, as
a general rule, but seem to abandon
all cautioH when on some one else's
property.
This sad state Of affairs must be
rectified Immediately, as a general
conflagration might result from these
unnecessary fires.
According to Chief Forester, Col
onel William B. Greeley. who re-
Gently paid visit to the Great
Southern plant in Bogalusa and also
looked over the forest situation in
Washington parish, under the guid-
ance of General Manager w. ii. Sui
Ivan, there are 5000 manufacture
ing plants in the United States which
must have wood with which to manu-
facture their various articles Of COM
merce. When one stops to thinks for
a moment of the number Of men and
women employed in these many thou-
sands Of industries dependent on
wood, then one partially realizes
what 1t means to destroy trees by
negligence, carelessness, or because
one Just doesn't care. It's fairly
criminal to even countenance fires
in woods when the country is crying
out for reforestation, the needs Of
which are only too apparent.
With no wood, the United States,
industriallg, would be as barbaric as
it would be without iron, and virtu-
ally everything used IN the modern
home, including the making of the
home itself, is made up principally OF
wood or iron. Furniture, window
bases, the floors, the handle on the
broom, the chair one sits on, and so
on, are made Of wood; so that it is
apparent that wood is an absolute ne
cessity Some even use wood for
fuel, SO that taking it all in all, one
Of the most important affairs now
facing the people is reforestation
and the maintenance of wood forests
Fires do more to destroy woods than
does the woodman's axe, so that it
behooves careless people to give some
thought to fires in the woods. AT the
Hon. W. Fl. Sullivan SO aptly put it
recently in addressing the Chamber
Of Commerce. The growing Of pine
trees is the vision, and taking care
of what we already have is the prac-
teal phase Of the affair.
The very life Of the paper industry
in Bogalusa depends on wood pulp
with which to manufacture the much
needed paper; the very life of the
lumber industry also depends en-
tirely on the product from the for
ests, SO that it is evident that Boga-
Iusans, who are prone to visit the
woods, either on hunting trips or for
recreation, must refrain from build
! ing unnecessary firese.
According to ]. K. johnson, Of the
cut-over land department of the
Great Southern Lumber Company,
the greatest pine seed fall ever
known has occurred this year, but
woods fires and depredations Of q
criminal character are both doing
much to minimize the growing Of
pine trees. Mr.. Johnson also says
that the greatest enemy to natural
and artificial reproduction of pine
trees is our usual grass fires, all Of
which could be easily eliminated with
the use Of little common, ordinary
intelligence.