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PARADISE FALLS, LOST RIVER. AT THIS POINT THE STREAM 

 EMERGES, PLUNGES THIRTY FEET, AND ENTERS ANOTHER RE- 

 MARKABLE SERIES OF CAVERNS BELOW. 



estry Commission, the state forester and 

 his assistants have been doing the same. 

 During the past year two additional 

 foresters, one employed by the Timber- 

 land Owners' Association and another 

 by the State College at Durham, have 

 taken part. This means that a very 

 large aggregate of timbered land is 

 managed with a view to a better crop 

 instead of in a haphazard manner. 

 With the advance in the price of tim- 

 ber, owners have realized that the ad- 

 vice given is valuable in helping them 

 to produce better material and avail 

 themselves of better markets. 



"From the start the Society has 

 realized that a fundamental change in 

 public sentiment, through the education 

 of the people as a whole, is a necessity 

 if it would accomplish its desired re- 

 sults in a substantial manner. To im- 

 prove the forests of the state requires a 

 long continued public interest, which 

 can only be secured by thorough knowl- 

 edge on the part of a large number of 



citizens. The Society is happy upon 

 having on the statute book at this time 

 every one of the important legislative 

 measures which it undertook at the 

 time of its organization. 



"At this time there are four reserva- 

 tions in the hands of the State For- 

 estry Commission in addition to the 

 Crawford Notch purchase. There are 

 two in the care of the Society, the 

 Sunapee and Lost River tracts. These 

 are in addition to seven reservations in 

 the care of the Appalachian Mountain 

 Club, for which the Society is not re- 

 sponsible. Several beautiful forests in 

 the state are owned by individuals, and 

 held free and open to the public use. 

 Striking examples of these are the for- 

 ests purchased and held for public use 

 by Mrs. B. P. Cheney in Peterborough, 

 Mr. Daniel C. Remick in Littleton, and 

 the beautiful pine woods on the road 

 between Bethlehem and Franconia, 

 held for public use by Miss Sarah H. 

 Crocker, of Boston." 



