Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-19
SAYS THIS STATE SHOULD PLAN
TO RESTORE ITS FOREST TRACTS

in the state and thereby save the So
900 900 spent on freight. There is
quantity of waste land in Connecticut
that could be reforested and 200 to 500
feet of lumber produced per acre on the
average enough to take care OF the needs
of Connecticut. To accomplish this more |
Drofltably public OF state ownership Is |
practically necessary. The private own |
er cannot afford to raise lumber for 1T |
will take many years to get one crop |
and the private owner cannot afford to
pay taxes on a crop that cannot be har-
vested for many years. We want in this
state about $50 900 acres of state-owned
forest land on which to grow first class
lumber. It would be a money-making in
yestInent Tor a large amount of this land
can be bought for Sc per acre. If we
could put that 100000 that is being
paid for freight on lumber think what
it would mean to Connecticut in 25 to
40 years from now. Right here in New
London county there are many acres or
waste land that could be made into fine
timber land by the state. Otner states
have done this and why cannot Connec-
ticut? In Pennsylvania the state owns
| four per cent. of the forest land. in New
orf per cent but IN Connecticut the
| state owns about two-tenths of one per
cent. of the forest land. We urge you
| to cooperate with the state forestry de-
partment in securing legislation where
| by waste land can be purchased and re-
| forested.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Halves
speech he was given rising vote of APP
| probation for his talk. Nathan A. Gibbs
! was the chairman of the meeting and
introduced Mr.. Halves.
At the luncheon Louis A. Wheeler was
the song leader and the song programme
was highly enlivened by the vocal tai
ents of many of the members, especial
| " Joseph C. Worth, who ably supported
by Chef Saxton and Tim Murphy, form
ing the Bankers Trio, rendered touch
ing solo A second Bankers Trio was
| organized under the leadership of Ma
than Gibbs and sang in close COMPETE
| ton with the other worthy trio. Will
liam G. Park apd Henry Vignot sang in
| exquisite voice Peggy O'Neil. Another
pleasing feature was the quartette Sc
lection by Russell Clapp, Bert eager,
Fred Crowell and Bert Adams.
At the business session John j. o.
Rourke spoke on the housing conditions
in Norwich and told of the great amount
of good that the Norwich Building and
Loan Association was doing to relieve
the condition in Norwich. He also urged
| the support of the members of the Ro-
| tary club in this work
President Lucus Briggs read letter
! from James Sullivan. president of the
New London club, asking the Norwich
club 20 cooperate with them in trying to
| have the fan conclave of the New Eng
land Rotary clubs held at New London.
The local club gave its hearty approval
of the plan and the secretary instructed
| to inform Mr.. Sullivan that the Norwich
club stood ready and willing to do any
thing TO further the plan.
F. Russell Smith, chairman Of the en-
| tertainment committee. announced that
the new song books would be ready soon
and asked that anyone having any sug-
gestions should see him before Saturday.
Henry ]. La Fontaine, club pianist,
was given a ~'val welcome on his re-
turn to the cun after an absence of sew
eral weeks due to illness Tie meeting
! closed with the singing of The Star
Spangled Banner