THE STATE REVIEW 



45 



government. Anyone looking over our laws 

 will find that there is ample precedent, that 

 we have laws amply severe, even in these 

 matters, and that all that is needed is more 

 clearness or definiteness on certain points 

 and slight adaptation to our present condi- 

 tions. 



That we need help in this matter of forest 

 fires requires no argument. That there is a 

 great deal at stake, our timber supply, the 

 futr'f of the forest, the future of forestry, 

 and with it of our industries, all this is clear 

 enough and surely Michigan can not remain 

 Wind to these matters, ignore them and 

 treat them lightly any longer. And if some- 

 ;hi:ig is to be done, then let it be done right, 

 and above all things let us not forget to 

 profit by the past, and profit by the long 

 lime and successful experience of other peo- 

 ple. Do not let us repeat the costly mistake 

 cf doing the penny wise and pound foolish, 

 and if a German state spends 25 cents per 

 acre a year to protect its forests, do not let 

 us try to do it on 25 cents for 1,000 acres, 

 or as we now do, expect the poor super- 

 visor to do it for glory. 



Will it pay? Yes, and emphatically yes. 

 This service will pay and pay every year of 

 its existence, and the people of the next 

 century will praise the wisdom of the legis- 

 lators who enact and inaugurate this forest 

 fire service. 



Good Roads News and Comment 



Continued from page 41 



for which all Kent county will rise up and 

 call it blessed. 



The highways leading to Grand Rapids 

 range in condition from fair to miserable. 

 Only one or two can really be called good. 

 The majority of them compare unfavorably 

 with the ideals set up by the good roads 

 enthusiasts. Time was when the toll com- 

 panies maintained rather fair pikes leading 

 in various directions. Some of these pikes 

 have been abandoned by their private own- 

 ers, and the others, with possibly one excep- 

 tion, have not been kept up. On several, as 

 the Evening Press has repeatedly pointed 

 out, the collection of toll is no longer justi- 

 fied. The public roads are even worse. 



Just how to secure the betterment of the 

 highways is a serious problem. It is to be 

 hoped that the board of trade committee will 

 find the solution. The plan to be tried 

 co-operation between farmers and city resi- 

 dents is handicapped by many difficulties, 

 but it may yield results, particularly if a 

 proper public spirit can be aroused all along 

 the line. To do this much hard work is 

 necessary, but the results will be -worth 

 while Grand Rapids Press. 



Saw How It Looked 



There resides in St. Louis a politician as 

 well known in that vicinity for his wit as for 

 his corpulency. Now for some time the St. 

 Louis man has been much disturbed by his 

 increasing avoirdupois, trying many reme- 

 dies without success. At the instance of a 

 friend, he recently took th ebaths at a resort 

 in Indiana recommended for the purpose. 

 At the end of two or three weeks he re- 

 turned in a happy and jocular frame of mind 

 for he had managed to get rid of quite a 



good deal of his superfluous flesh. 



The day after his return he was on his 

 way downtown, when he stopped at the 

 butcher shop that supplied his household. 

 Dashing inside, he demanded that the butch- 

 er cut for him twenty pounds of pork. 



The butcher at once complied. The poli- 

 tician looked at the twenty pounds of pork 

 for a moment or two, then began to walk 

 away without further ado. 



"Send it to the house?" asked the butcher, 

 thinking that his customer had overlooked 

 the usual instruction. 



"Not at all, not at all," smilingly ex- 

 claimed the politician. "We never eat pork; 

 in fact, have no use for it. The fact is, I've 

 fallen off twenty pounds and I merely 

 wanted to get an idea of how much that 

 looked like." Harper's Weekly. 



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