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Foreater amplovcd every knonn text, motto, nnd verbal device to 

 ioduco and jHTsundc poopli- to roapcct, proto.-t, and care for the 

 iorvstt. Ho placarjod roiulsidc^, mountains ini.l byways with notices 

 of all kinds, except thono rontnining the nonis "thou shall not." 

 Ho would never [•ermit a threat or a comiiiami to be jiosted any- 

 where as a warninff. He Iwlicved in jHTsiinding and tenchlnj;, 

 rather than denouncing and awing by holdinj; over people tho pen- 

 •Itie* of the law. 



It seems, however, that one form of public notice escaped Mr. 

 Pinchot while ho was posting the forest land of tho United States 

 to acquaint the people with their privileges and duties, nnd it has 

 reiiiaincii for a private land owner of Cook county, Illinois, to devise 

 and post that notice. 



It appears on tho lake front ot Winnetka, about eighteen miles 

 north of Chicago. It is well known to persons who have visited tho 

 bluffs and beaches along Lake Michigan in the Nortli Shore ter- 

 ritory, that it is often difficult for the pedestrian to reach tho water- 

 front and enjoy its beauties at close range, on account of fences and 

 wire entanglements similar to those on European battlefields, erected 

 by owners of the abutting property who take that method of keep- 

 ing people away from tho beaches and bluffs. Tho sandbars and 

 clay banks are often so thickly studded with notices "keep out," 

 "no trespassing," "penalty of law," and others of a similar nature 

 that they look like "for sale" notices decorating the lots in the 

 suburbs of a California boom town. 



The exception to that policy and habit is refreshing. A stretch 

 of fine beach and bluff property at Winnctka contains a large notice 

 in wording substantially as follows: 



THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. 



THE GATE TO THE LEFT 



IS AND WILL REMAIN- OPEN 



SO LONG AS THOSE WHO ENTER 



DO TO OTHERS AS 



THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERS 



DO TO THEM. 



Those who avail themselves of beautiful beach with its white 

 sand and bars of granite and quartz gravel are requested not to 

 climb the face of the bluff. 



An examination reveals the reason why that request is made. The 

 evidence shows that until recent years, the high lake bank at that 

 place was badly pounded and undermined by waves an<? was crumb- 

 ling and sliding into the water; but the building of breakwaters 

 and wingwalls has stopped that destruction, and the steep bluff is 

 now clothing itself with young trees and presents a most interesting 

 subject for study. Careless climbing by visitors would, of course, 

 destroy many of the seedlings and hinder the aforestation of the 

 bluff, hence the request that visitors remain on tho beach below. 



Nature works rapidly when given a chance, as progress in tree 

 growth at that place shows. A representative of Hardwood Eecord, 

 on October 31, counted thirty-two tree species growing there on an 

 area of less than one acre, and all had found their way there recently — 

 most of them evidently within the last twenty years. Several are 

 not natives of Illinois, and at least one, white poplar (Populus albai 

 is not a native of America; but all have found their way to the 

 bluff somehow without man 's direct help, except that he built the 

 breakwater to stop the undermining of the bluff and give them a 

 chance. The bois d'arc (Torylon pomniferum) is there, contented 

 and at home, though its nearest native range is in Oklahoma. The 

 seaside alder {Alnus mariiima) is there also, and made a conspicu- 

 ous display of its green flowers on the last day of October. Near 

 by, sprawling flat on the blue glacial clay of the bluff front, was 

 the dwarf juniper (Juniperus cwnmunis), a remarkably interesting 

 little bush which ranges from Greenland across British America, 

 Alaska, Siberia, Bussia, Norway and Sweden, thus circling the globe 

 near the Arctic regions, but making a few side journeys, one of which 

 has brought it to the lake shore in Cook county. Most of the other 



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: .,; ;.. Ihero are more common in 



tho region, but all poswus intorejit and each is doing its part in 

 Rlircading the forent 'a protoction over tho cxpoited front of tJio bluff. 



Lumbermen Endorse Safety Rules 



In till- ln'pi" of reducing tlii' nmnliur of acridrnln in «liiil hiin 

 jirovcd to be tho most ill-fated of all tho induntries in tho state, 

 tho ^^'iKconsin Industrial < > i is preparing to inaugurate a 



compaign of safety.. Tho n . question is that of the logging 



operations in tho northern part ut lliis state and Michigan. 



The records of llio roniMii«»ion kIiow that during the last eighteen 

 months forty men met death and 1,750 were more or loss seriously 

 injured in the woods. In comparison with tho number of hands 

 employed that is said to be tho largest number of casnaltiea recorded 

 for any industry in Wisconsin. More than that, it is claimed by men 

 who are familiar with the practices that a very large percentage of 

 the accidents were avoidable if proper care hud been used. 



The record has become so alarmingly high that the lumbermen have 

 taken official notice of it and at a recent meeting of tho Northern 

 Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, a committee 

 was named to give the matter special consideration. That committee, 

 composed of five prominent lumbermen and a representative of the 

 industrial commission, held 8e\eral meetings and prepared thirty-six 

 rules for loggers, relating to d.ingcrous practices and one order 

 pertaining to safe cut stakes ar.d binder posts. Tho association 

 approved the committee's report and tho rules were endorsed by tho 

 commission and will now be published as offici.il instructions. 



In view of the fact that the majority of the accidents were avoid- 

 able it is the plan of the commission to make it a campaign of 

 education, that the number of casualities may be minimized through 

 the use of care and caution. To this end it is proposed to issue a 

 poster, thirty-three by fifty inches in size, which will read as follows: 

 "Seventeen hundred and fifty men were injured and forty were killed 

 by accidents in the logging camps of Wisconsin during the past 

 eighteen months. The majority of these could have been avoided if 

 the following rules had been obeyed." This heading will be followed 

 by the rules to be observed. 



Accompanying the poster will bo a bulletin with a picture of a man 

 killed by a falling limb of a tree and a story of the actual accident. 

 Other bulletins will also be issued, showing photographs of men at 

 work and in danger of life and limb through failing to observe tho 

 rules. In addition to issuing these posters it is planned to have 

 representatives of the commission, as far as it is possible, visit various 

 camps and give talks to tho men on the subject of safety, where that 

 can not be done, others who are familiar with conditions will give 

 such addresses. 



Through this system of education it is hoped to have the employes 

 fully advised of the dangers of tho craft and of the means of 

 precaution to be employed to avoid such dangers. It is stated that 

 in practically all the large foundries and steel mills in Wisconsin 

 serious accidents have been reduced twenty-five to seventy-five per cent 

 during the last four years. While mechanical devices have had some 

 part in this method of economy it is the expressed belief of the 

 commission and of employers that co-operation on the part of the 

 men themselves has been the most potent factor, and it is upon that 

 basis that this campaign has been launched. , 



The veneer manufacturing branch of the lumber industry is perhaps 

 the one branch that has shown steady growth or enlargement during 

 the past few years. Many other lines, like cooperage for example, 

 have shown some reduction but the veneer trade keeps growing. 



It has proven a fairly busy fall in the hickory industry for not 

 only has there been an active demand for hickory handles and the 

 material from which to make them, but the call for wagon and 

 vehicle stock has shown considerable life in spots. 



