Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-11-17

Bogalusa's business and profes.
sional men as well as the employees
of the Great Southern Lumber Com
pany and the Rogalusa Paper Com
pany learned more on demonstration
Tuesday evening than they have in
the past two years. They heard in
spring addresses by the best posted
lumber and forestry men in the
United States and the fact that they
gave such marked attention to the
speakers proved that each guest at
the banquet, rendered the commit
tee on forestry of the United States
Chamber of Commerce by the Great
Southern Lumber Company at the
Pine Tree Inn Tuesday evening, were
keenly interested in the reforestra-
ton work.
One hundred members of the Bo-
galusa Chamber of Commerce met
the guests on their arrival at the
Pine Tree Inn and a few minutes
later they were ushered into the ban
ouet room. Decorations of fall
leaves and small pines were in abund-
ance while the electric Examinations
were of green, the favors were small
pine trees and blocks of Bogalusa
Brand short and long leaf yellow
pine.
While the banquet was one Of the
best ever served by the popular hos
telry, there being five courses and
which resulted in Manager Gardiner
being showered with compliments, it
telry, there being five courses, and
all interest conferred in the after din
ner talks.
Just after the party was seated
Mayor Sullivan, presiding as toast
master, asked the guests of honor,
members of the forestry commission,
to arise, then the employees of the
Great Southern Lumber Company
arose, following which the employees
of the Bogalusa Paper Company were
presented, then the members of the
city government followed in turn by
the business and professional men of
the city.
Col Sullivan, as mayor, gave the
guests a cordial welcome and stated
in his address that the timber in this
section was in sufficient quantities
to permit the operation of the Great
Southern Lumber Company for 25
years. He told of the work which
his company had done in the refores-
tration work and how easy it was to
grow short leaf pine. He asked the
visitors and guests to take home the
table decorations, 1-year-old pine
tree in a pot, and that two years
from that evening he wanted them
to return to Bogalusa and to bring
the tree along-that being the only
way that he could practice the re-
which he was talking. His
caused much merriment. He
then introduced David L. Goodwillie,
of Chicago, chairman of the commit
tee Of forestry Of the National Cham
Der of Commerce.
After paying a compliment to the
reception the committee received in
and likewise to the sterling
qualities Of the ten members Of his
committee Mr.. Goodwillie outlined
the work his committee was doing.
That they represented eight or nine
hundred thousand citizens of the
United States and after making a
complete circle of the United States,
investigating, his committee would
outline a policy of demonstration
which would, most likely, be submit
ted to congress, where action would
be taken to conserve the forests and
a plan of demonstration formulated.
He was greatly impressed with the
fine appearance of the citizens of Bo-
galusa and urged loyalty, clean living,
hard work and study to every en-
ploye of the big industries in Boga-
lusa. Mr.. Goodwillie, being for
ester and lumberman, told story of
an employee who came to him one
night and wanted to know why ne