4 MICHIGAN RCADS AND FORESTS _ 



MAY REFOREST IN MICHIGAN. work in .surveying and in soils. This work < Hsego 2. Presque Isle 7. Saginaw 1 Wex- 



Officials of the Grand Rapids & Indiana will greatly add to the efficiency of the for- ford 12. 

 Railroad confidently expect that the rcforesta- tsl . r ,- V (k '.l >ar '" lu ' nt "' tlu> college i" turning out Deputy Commissioner Carton states that 



tion campaign inaugurated by the Pennsyl- ^'IrZ^ ^w" ""' CmplOymen1 in tho tlu ' ab Y* cases cover 10! separate descrip- 

 f, . . * government service. l,,,,,s of land, and ot the tot.nl number ..I cases 



, . . . ,, , o e o.n numer .. cases 



vama Railroad three years ago, for the pur- Hie summer school opened June 88 and will 33 have been disposed of and <!.> are now 



pose of protecting the road's interests when continue six weeks. pending. There have been 22 criminal com 



the inevitable timber famine arrives, will be . plaints made in the I',:, cases pending and 



extended to the Michigan branch of the lines DOING GREAT WORK FOR FORESTRY, search is being made after evidence on which 



within a few years, and that the company will At a rc ' ccllt meeting of the Stanton Forestry to ^ase ->} more complaints. In 1:.' cases u 



replant portions of the state's devastated lands Association, of Stanton, John W. S Pierson has ' H>cn fouml that thcr '' was no trespass. 



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' The Pennsylvania road is planning to set e P coura 8 ta 8 reports showing what the asso- comparatively few adjustments are made. 



out this year more than 1,000,000 trees This cl:ltlon had accomplished in its lirst season's From the cases disposed of the state has 



makes a total of nearly three' and a half mil- work in the distribution of trees for planting, receive' 1 $1,790.04 and with other cases pend- 



lion which have been planted in the last three and in the general interest in forestry awak- '"^ tlu ' . ;imt) "t will to at least $2,200.84, re- 



years and constitutes the largest forestry plan encd among the people of Stanton and vicin- celve(1 smce January 1. Prom the reports of 



yet undertaken by any private corporation, ity. The reports show that the association trespass agents it is shown that 4:.".). 771 feet 



Though the road has heretofore confined its was instrumental in distributing 4,1(00 trees of timber, I' 1 - 000 P">ts. 5,085 ties and several 



operations largely to a limited area between and seedlings for planting, some of which hundred poles and mining props have been 



Philadelphia and Altoona, it has been branch- were distributed free and others sold at whole- taken, which causes one to wonder how much 



ing out considerably this season, which- gives sale prices. The varieties distributed included was taken whcn tlu ' trespass agents were not 



rise to the belief on the part of the local offi- walnut, chestnut, catalpa. Carolina poplars, so active. A large portion of this stolen 



cials that attention will soon be turned to Norway spruce, western yellow pine, Norway timber has been seized. the state mark placed 



Michigan's timber lands. maple and horse chestnut. thereon and is held pending the settlement of 



The policy of encouraging reforestation on The number of trees distributed to schools thc cases. Much of it. will revert to the state 



the part of the public has been actively pur- was as follows: Stanton city schools. 201; aml will 1U ' 1 several thousand dollars in addi 



sued this spring also. Some 151.000 trees have Close school, Douglass. 40;' Xevius Lake turn to what has been secured. 



been furnished practically at cost to private school, Sidney, 43; Kuhn school. Sidney, 21; lf thc 2 ~ criminal cases started, 14 are now 



corporations and individuals. The company Sidney Center school, 40; Wcathcrwax school, pending in circuit court, eight have been con- 



has imported 5.000 plants from France as or- Evergreen. 20: llaynes school, Evergreen. is. victcd. three are awaiting sentence, three have 



namental shrubbery in parking the lawns Total, 413. 



around stations and unoccupied places along In thc various townships the number dis- a case having been lost so far. 



the roadway. tributed was as follows: Douglass. 1.221: In addition to this work in routing thc tim- 



Day, 431; Evergreen. 1,039; Sidney, '.Mil; Belvi- '"' thieves thc department examiners arc mak- 



TO EXAMINE LOCOMOTIVES. <lere, 80; Pine. 24; Crystal, 36; Bloomer Is '"R a specialty of examining state tax lands 



State Game and Forest Warden Pierce an- T th * cit y f Stanton there were 707 trees '" cities, and many descriptions are being 



planted looked into in Niles. Jackson, Muskegon and 



nounces that his deputies will examine the The j argcst imlividual plamilll , s wcrc ma(le other cities. 



spark arresters on all railway engines running i, y tne following named gentlemen: Delos \. ' 



through districts in which forest tires are Towle planted on his land in Douglass 638 DOHERTY ON NEW COMMISSION. 



liable to occur to ascertain if the spark ar- trees; A. A. Barker, of Evergreen, 300; Merton The State Board of Agriculture has select- 



resters comply with the law The railway Gates, of Evergreen, 288; Josiah Martin, of c(1 A . J. Dohertv. of Clare, as its member of 



rights of way will be inspected also to see Day, 156; E. O. Bellows, in Stanton Sidney ., 



that they are kept clear of combustible ma- ami Day 130' E C Lowry of Sidney Vti ncw l ' domain commission oi Michi- 



terial. The schools in Stanton 'and townships ad- an - to hc organized when the member from 



More fires are caused from engine sparks joining were visited and encouraged to hold the board of control of the College of Mines 



than in any other way," says Pierce "and we appropriate Arbor day exercises. is named. In connection with the plans of the 



are going to try to enforce the law. I am also j n his renort President Pierson st-ited tint 



sending out 15000 rirciiHrs into the nrmpr i c ,- * 1 new commission and its powers under the new 



io,uu) circulars into tne upper the Stanton Forestry Association is now be- 



sectipns of the state warning people of the yon d the experimental stage, and congratulated law - there ls an interesting bit ot gossip afloat 



provisions ^of the law relative to protection the members on the energy with which all as to whether certain sections of the act arc 



from fires. _ entered the work and upon the definite results valid. It is pointed out that thc handling of 



PRACTICAL FORFSTRY WORK obtained. The members feel encouraged to statc t;lx lan(ls . wheth er by the auditor gen 



* put forth more vigorous efforts for the coming cral or , llu , lam , c<immiss j oncr after ,i u , v 



1'orestry students at the Michigan Agricul- year, and feel confident of making a more have . 1)t , cn transferred to that department, is 



tural College will have the added advantage creditable showing each recurring year. f or tlle co n e ction of taxes, not in any sense 



of being able to attend a summer school in AT?TTTT3 TWTT TTTwrmrD TMTTTWUC an or<lir >ary sale of lands. When thc lands 



forestry at the college this summer. For thc are sold for taxes by the auditor general or 



first time, the summer school will be offered Under Land Commissioner Russell, men and later sold at their appraised value by the land 



for those who elect the forestry course. Those firms of the upper section of the state who department, the state has to turn back to the 



who have completed their sophomore and have been robbing state tax lands of timber counties and townships a portion of the pro- 



junior years will he required to take the work. ceeds. In view of this a question is raised as 



It will be of a very practical and beneficial Wlth im P umt y arc ^Mg brought up with a to whether the state acquires such a title in 



nature and practically all of the students de- sharp turn and in many counties trespass on the lands as will allow it to reserve the min- 



sire to attend. All of the work will be in the state lands to steal timber is suddenly becom- eral rights in such lands, and where the coun- 



field and will consist of nine hours work a day. ing decidedly unpopular. ties and townships come in for their share in 



For those who have completed their second For one thing, the department has made a such a deal. The same question is raised 



year, work in forest mensuration will be re- radical change in the .manner of seeking tres- relative to the reservation by the state of 



quired. This work will include the computa- passers and prosecuting them for their thiev- some of the lands for reforestation pttrpo 



tion of the volume of felled and standing cry. Since the first of January, this year. If action is taken setting the lands aside for 



timber, the use and construction of log rules, when Commissioner Russell assumed direc- forestation it precludes the townships and 



the determination of the increments of dia- tion of the land department there have been counties securing their proportion of the 



meter, height, and volume. Special attention 98 cases of trespass investigated, which is a amount due them in hack taxes for which thc 



will be given to the estimation of standing record unequalled for numerous years, it is land were seized by the state. 



timber on large forested areas. Most of this said. The department has done "away with 



work will be done in the large woodlots on the old plan of engaging local men as trespass The Michigan state forestry commission. 



the college farm. The second year men will agents who might either be robbing the state which was legislated out of existence by the 



also be given work in practical surveying and themselves or allowing their friends and act creating the public domain commission. 



entomology. neighbors to take the timber. He has four held its last meeting this month. All the rcc- 



Students who have completed their third general trespass agents out looking after tim- ords of the commission, together with an 



year at the college will be given practical work her thieves and five examiners who are assist- inventory of the forestry reserve property in 



in forest management, in which they will ing to an extent in the work. The list of Roscommon and Crawford counties and thc 



receive instruction in the principles underlying counties in which trespass cases have been buildings, were turned over to the state land 



the proper management of forest properties, started is as follows: Alcona 3, Alpena 5, commissioner for the public domain commis- 



the methods of forest management in foreign Cheboygan 1, Chippewa 1. Clare 3. Delta 2, sion. and the forestry commission is no more. 



countries, and the work so far carried on in Dickinson 1, F.mmct 1. Gladwin 9, Gogebic 1, The members of the commission were Land 



the United States. Thc students will be re- Grand Traverse 4, Tosco s. Kalkaska 7. Lake Commissioner Russell, Charles \V. Garlield. 



quired to prepare and present a working plan 1. Mecosta 1. Missaukee 1. Montmorencv 2. Grand Rapids, and William II. Mersbon. Sag- 



for a given area. These men will also receive Ncwaygo 3, Occana 2, Ogcmaw 11. Oscoda 9, inaw. 



