The Ely miner., 1929-11-29
CHRISTMAS TREE
LAW ENFORCEMENT

Instructions to vigorously enforce
the Christmas tree laws and arrest the
violators have been received by the
Forest Service rangers and patrolmen
from G. M. Comet, commissioner OF
forestry
This years patrol should comprise
much educational and check up work, .
MIR. Comet says. ''The outstanding
and flagrant violations will be vigor-
ously prosecuted"
The Christmas tree industry is of
such size and importance that laws
had to be made to regulate it. The
law requires that cutting report" be
made to the Commissioner of Forestry
before the cutting is done. All op-
orators must make such report.
The law requires that the operator,
unless he cuts trees on his own land,
must secure a written permit giving
the location of the land and signed by
the owner. This permit must be car
ried when cutting, or transporting
trees It must be exhibited to the
railroad agent before he is authorized
to accept trees for shipment.
All Forest Service men, game war
dens, officers of the conservation de-
partment or other officers of the law
are empowered to enforce the Christ
mas tree act. They may, at any time,
stop a person cutting or transporting
trees and request the permit.
The laws we're passed for the pur-
pose of keeping a check on the cutting
and slash disposal, and to prevent tres
pass and theft of trees This control
also tends to prevent waste of trees.
of T1Y-iS ho
been under way for some time, but the
largest operations have just started.
The early cutting is for carload ship
mentS to distant points. Last year
about $50 carloads were shipped out Of
the state. The export shipping will
be practically completed by Dec. .1St-
Cutting Of trees for local markets of
the state will commence soon, but the
bulk of the half million trees used will
be cut during the first two weeks of
trees will start about the first Of Dec
ember and continue up until few
days before Christmas.
Further information relative to the
laws and information regarding the
industry may be obtained from the
District Rangers or the Forest Ser
VICE, OlO otctDc SdDlCO1.
No extensive wholesale cutting of
trees is being done near this city but
in the vicinity of EmbaraSs, the cut
ting of Christmas trees is this year
being done on a larger scale than ever
before.
The largest individual operator is
Mr.. o. F. sMundt of ST. Paul who ex-
poets to cut and ship about 20 carloads
Of trees, Is of which viii go to points
outside the state.
Mr.. Mundt operates his own camp
and in transporting the trees from the
swamps where they are cut to the
highway, he makes use of a miniature
logging railroad. A narrow guage
track is laid using wooden rails and
a car powered with gas engine brings
the trees to the road from where they
are trucked to the shipping point.
In addition to this wholesale oper-
alton, about 20 of the farmers in the
EmbaraSS area are cutting and selling
trees in amounts ranging from 100
bundles to 1000 bundles. The number
of trees to the bundle is governed bv
the size of the trees. A bundle of four
foot trees contains Il trees while
bundle of 9 or 10 foot trees contains
only three trees
Practically all of these smaller am
cunts are purchased by A. j. Thomas
who trucks the trees to Virginia and
ships from that point.