Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-21

SPSdhiHS On MS CIdSSlflcatfOn,
that of forestry" in the Augusta
Rotary Club at the regular meeting
OF the organization held at the Au-
gusta House, Friday evening, Blaine
s. Viles, q past president of the club
ana one of the largest owners of
timberlands In the State, spiked
most effectually the famine cry that
Maine forests are being ruthlessly
depleted and that this State is fast
becoming a barren, desolate waste,
with lumber and pulp industries be-
Ing ruined and water powers Grip
pied. On the. contrary Mr.. viles, who
was former Forest Commissioner of
Maine, declared most emphatically
that Maine today is gaining in it's
cumberland resources and that our
fifteen million acres of forest which
make the State the most wonderful
for recreational advantages In the
land, are being added to every year.
The most interesting and illumin-
ating talk by Mr.. Viles on the great
est of the Pine Tree States natural
resources was the final feature Of a
particularly noteworthy program
held In the banquet hall at the hotel
with q large attendance of Rotar-
ians and guests.
Student Patriotic Program
introduced by President Everett
". Perkins, four students of Cony
High school gave a stirringly pa
triotic program, which was origin
ally presented as a part of the exer-
cises at , the high school assembly
on Tuesday morning in observance
of Patriotism Day of Education
Week. Americans was the subject
of the brief addresses of Miss Doris
Grove, Waldo Clark and Lionel
Lemieux, and the splendid student
program was concluded with IN
centives to Patriotism" by Miss
Beverley Hewins. The Rotarians In
dicated their responsiveness to the
wonderful feature by the young high
school pupils by rising and applaud
ing appreciatively as the quartet left
the banquet hall following their
presentation of their program.
"OId Timers" Come Through
Representing the "Old Timers" of
| the club, who were defeated in the
recent attendance contest by the
| youngsters" John A. Hanson ad-
dressed the meeting and explained
the many considerations made by
the losers as to proper expression
of Acknowledgement to the victors.
Following most entertaining remarks
Mr.. Hanson produced and presented
| TO President Perkins for the CLUB, a
beautiful bronze bell. sumounted
by the Rotary emblem, to be used
| by the presiding officer in the stead
OF the historic gavel that has done
duty through several administra-
| tons.
Mr.. ViIes' Address
Blaine s. viles. as a member OF
the club, spoke on his own classifl-
cation, and his address which was
most approximately received was IN
part as follows:
sForestry deals with everything
pertaining to trees and the forest. III
has. of course, many branches and
allied interests, and reaches aut ana
touches economic, social and INDUS
trial interests of great importance.
"By far the most important branch
| of the profession to us, Is that OIL
| forest management, which treats OF
| the proper administration OF Forest
ed areas with the view of producing
| the creates possible financial re-
turns in the shortest possible Tune,
This IL real, practical work. ana II
i successfully carried on prlngs ini -
NAV practically all of the essentlais
of the profession.
"Forest administration, OF course
differs in different localities, states
and countries. 1t depends Upon the
object to be obtained, as, for IN
stance. IL It is desirable for any rea-
aon to produce mature timber from
q tract. the treatment Of the 1orest
"a entirely different than In the case
Of producing pulpwood OF smaher
I'm Europe we have perhaps ideal
conditions. where circumstances
warrant the practice of very inten-
s,va forestry. One of the most IN
teresting and permanent plans there
| A. IN plant as many trees as are CUT
each year. In this system strip IS
ont clean each year, and strip
nIanted. II 1t is desired to produce
| trees of the age Of sixty years Iol
instance. the forest is divided into
siYtv strips, and with one cut ana
one pIanted each year. the FOREST 70
| carried on on a sixty-year rotaeioii
system. rr,, IN 60
intensive a system OF manaselie - :
in Maine, because we nave NJ. rti
vet reached q state where IL Is Juou.
| fed. and for the following reasoii'
The average cost of planting II car
r,ad an on a large scale in our north
woods would be approximately $lo
ner acre: while the price at which
rood fimberland may be purchased is
shout the same figure. So it is easl-
1v understood why extensive forest
n,a ming is not carried on In the
sreat lnmbering section of The north
f. is simply an economic rule gov
srning and good business dictates
that II is better to buy trees aireaoy
grown, at SIS per acre, than 10 pia an
for the same price and wait LOT .no