WORK IN A NATIONAL FOREST 

 View of Transplant Nursery. Transplants of Pinus Ponderosa. Gila River N. F., New Mexico 



of the club, who had taken no part in 

 the lengthy conversations, arose and 

 remarked : 



"Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gen- 

 tlemen : I haven't said anything at 

 these meetings, because it didn't seem 

 as if there was anything for me to say. 

 But I've decided that I ought to take 

 part in this business, and with your 

 permission, I want to ask a few ques- 

 tions." 



As the gentleman happened to be 

 the president of one of the banks, a 

 director in the other, the heavy finan- 

 cial backer of the electric interurban 

 line, and a few other things, he was 

 instantly given permission to ask as 

 many questions as he saw fit. So he 

 proceeded. 



"I believe these meetings are held to 

 decide on some steps to secure Blank's 

 grove for a town park?" 



Yes. 



"Mr. Blank has been ofifered a high 

 price, by a sawmill company, for the 

 timber in the grove?" 



Yes. 



"He has offered the grove to the 

 town at a figure lower than the saw- 

 mill concern offers him for the timber 

 alone?" 



Yes. 



"And now, we, the members of the 

 Commercial Club, are trying to devise 

 some means of protecting the grove 

 from this sawmill concern and .saving 

 it for a town park?" 



Yes, indeed. 



"Well, ladies and gentlemen. I have 

 attended all our meetings, have lis- 

 tened to a great many speeches, and I 

 have heard a whole lot of eloquent de- 

 scriptions of the beauty of the grove. I 

 have heard all about what an advan- 

 tage it would be to the town to have 

 this grove as a public park, and I have 

 helped to pay for a very large quan- 

 tity of ice cream. I have noticed that 

 we have all been pretty shy on sug- 

 gestions as to how the town may be 

 enabled to secure the grove, but I 

 haven't seen anybody shy away from 



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