16 



MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



of a few corporations. Any woman can as- 

 sist this movement who will ii-;e her influence 

 in her own family and community. 



\Vhy not get up a Mother's Club in your 

 neighborhood, asking the children's school 

 teachers to help to organize it? Send to me 

 for reading matter and information. In this 

 way you will be helping your husband's and 

 children's future welfare. 



Pnrough this reading matter, you can learn 

 any particulars in regard to power site de- 

 velopmem and what it is K ,in to mean in 

 your own home, and just what legislation is 

 necessary to protect your home against the 

 encroachments of monopolistic influences. 



An authority says: The nation owns the 

 undeveloped power sites m national forests 

 and on the public lands of the west and 

 smith. As landlord the federal government 

 had a right and duty to compel the power 



PIONEER IN 



' 



back c the pub c after Hr.s,-!!, tm 

 say fifty vears th t the le v be re 



newe on terms die ate.l he L er ImnwU 



edge of neon a f their rights 

 ^Powt Tommies shc^Ul^urnish all facts 



*- ,1 ., ti.-. * c L ' i 



relating to ccst of construction and operation, 



Merited recognition has recently been given 

 jn the s of Michigan to the work of David 

 Day, the well known hardwood lumber 

 manufacturer of Glen Haven, Mich., for h.s 

 pra ct.cal work in reforestation. Mr. Day be- 

 gan his practical efforts to renew the de- 

 nuded timber areas m the vicinity of Glen 

 Haven as long ago as 1875, and today it is 

 said that he could begin cutting on a tract 

 of 1.400 acres of hardwoods with a sprinkling 

 o f p j ne an d hemlock, there being oak and 

 a sh ttWS there fully 20 inches in diameter 

 an d many others of standard timber size. Mr. 

 Day went to G len Haven in those early days 

 fo / the purpose of establishing a wooding 



P rt ^ r ' hC N rther l! Michigan" Transport 

 tlo "C m P a "y' ^ ^ that time the lake steam- 



ers bur " ed wood under , thelr boilers and ba( 

 tO pt ! 1 lnt ? P rt frec l uen , t! y to renew their fuel 

 SUpply ' I?- ^ 78 the ] " mber - P roduction in 

 Jf e f Xe^he^timber^nfd" be'e" 



vjicii idftvcii i lit Liiiiucr iKiu Occil 



North and South Manitou Hands by way of 

 t ' le Bleeping Bear station and this one thins 

 added greatly to the efficiency of the station. 

 Through his influence and active effort the 

 roads in the vicinity of Glen Haven have been 

 systematically rebuilt and kept in good order, 



so that his part of the state is widely known 

 for thg exce! ' lence of its highways . 



Mf D , g farm at G , en Hayen ig Qne of the 

 sights of the COU ntry. He has a fine tract of 

 land under cultivation, his farm comprising 

 40n acres Among its chief attractions are an 

 orch ard of 4,000 fruit trees and a large herd 

 of thoroughbred Holstein cattle, in which he 

 takes a commendable pride. An attractive 

 and siibstanti 1 house and an immense bar 

 * do ' r "his property AmM such Groundings 

 '. \ ' w j n ?he care' of Ms saw mil "hsf crest 



1 arm to occ", v his time Mr Day live 

 a ' h*'" n , el ned 1 fe ' who know in 

 Ln ??s^ify He is one of & todSta <5' 

 a9sociati on w,,rk of the Michigan Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Assoeiati, n, and is a protninenl 

 factor in the National Hardwood Lumber As- 

 sociation, and his counsel and advice on mat- 



* )&* " ^T ^^ ""' 



<nn o"h t i n hot n oro'iniyation's 



p ! y "' 



< .. 



be extended to power sites on the pub'ic 

 lands which have been withdrawn under Presi- 

 dents Rocsevelt and Taft: also to power sites 

 en the navigable rivers in all uarts of the 

 country, because the consent of Congress must 

 be given before any power dams can be built 

 m a navigable stream. Power sites which are 

 neither owr.ed by the Federaf Government nor 

 situated on navisable streams shculd be de- 

 veloped under State laws imposing like re- 

 stnctions. 



Ousting to an immediate and hearty re- 

 sprnse from every one who reads this letter. 

 Fraternally yours, 



ALICE BEXXETT. 



419 East 64th Street. 

 _ New York City. 



BUYS MORE TIMBER LANDS 



It is stated that the I. Stephenson Company 

 has purchased a tract of timberl andTn the 

 counties of Delta, Marquette Dickinson Iron 

 and Menominee. compr?s"ng in a 1 abom 'twen 

 ty thousand acres Th s Tone of the larTesi 

 deals of its kind reported in "the upper peSin! 

 sula in a number of years. The transaction 

 s of more than ordinary interest to the npnnlo 

 of Delta county becaus " 1 ^ means that Jn 

 M-mense amoum of tfmber wm be tit n to 

 Wells to be manufactured 



NEW LUMBER TOWN 



The Tula Lumber Comnanv is the 1 I 



dition to Gogebic county industries The com" 

 panv has laid out at 



tore and TofC hilH,W tn h f ?i er . e ^ tl i n g 

 hv siwrnfll nlSj f;H I ft, follo . wed .. lat t r 

 o&U at Tu S nn P S ?n,,th !hr * * *!""? 



i es eist o^ Bessemer A road twelve 



nT./nish th T" I* *' ""^ 



her of dwH r Vv , K w ' * -?,T~ 



rected The mer t the f r t bulld ' n g s . Wl11 be 



Traver the enterprise hail 



mH ^ Contro1 several thous- 



the new town* '" V1ClnUy 



A r>FAT TM TTTUTDTTD T A MT-.O 

 . LANDS 



Delta rnnntviln H ' ' transfers in 



being arranged. It has 



isideration for a year or so 



the Jerry Madden Shingle Com- 



iber lands to the Escanaba Lumber 



ompany About seventy-five hundred acres 



re involved, for which abstracts are being 



1 lie sale does not include, as originally 



planned the Rapid River mill, which Madden 



chaible will continue to run on their Trout 



f 



Ha n ln Ope ^ atl " f r fiftee " year , S ' 



, Som f e tlm f, ago Mr ' Day f sec "[ ed w rk '"5 



pla from the government for the more sci- 



e "*^ reforestation of his lands and the net 



***** S1 " Ce f JS*".,!^* hee " lm P r< ? ved . . H 

 ha ^ s t e . e " l ^ , the t'^ber was properly thinned 

 , ut ' tha fi , re ll . nes h . nv f bee " maintained, that 

 the ""''erbrush and tree tops and ogging 

 * ast . e wer ^ ^opalf .disposed of, until now 

 he has tract that is not .only referred to 

 w ' th pruk by all who are interested in for- 

 tr y- but s indeed a convincing illustration 

 of what can be done in the way of profitable 

 retoresmionbyprivatepart.es 

 . Mr - , Da >' has not been boastful regarding 

 V s ^hievements. He makes no claims to 

 the distinction of having been the pioneer in 

 reforestation in the Wolverine state, but he 

 is that J st th e same. He is credited with 

 considerably more than the modicum of sense 

 a " d whe he started to encourage the growth 

 of the y 011 "? timbcr :lmon K the blackened 

 stnrnDS and desolate areas of 'northwestern 

 Michigan he did so because he believed it to 

 be . a K" d th '"? f "f him and for those who 

 nl 'ff"t come after him. and that some day he 



m '^ hi refllize from hl ' s work and investment, 

 Pictures of tb ^ second growth forest belong- 

 l ." ^' Day are to be found herewith, 

 and it is' one of the handsomest tracts of 

 ynitrT timber to be found anywhere. 



Kfforts made by Mr. Day that are now 



Ir J ked up n to SOme extent in a Phi'^'^hro- 

 nic wa y are not confined to a renewal of the 

 forest growth. He has done and is doin- a 

 great deal for western Michigan and his spl^n- 



did f " e ^y and ublic s P irit have accom- 

 n , isnpd v ^ nders for the ^ e le of western 



Michig-n. For years he has been a prime 

 mov er in everything that has contributed to 

 thc conversion of the barren waste of a few 

 VMrs to what m be robab , termed 



fnd one of the ^ spot ^ - f th / country . 



His work has been appreciated in his being 

 mnde chairman of the Western Michigan De- 

 velopmem Bureau. Some of the things that 

 he h!)s done have a i readv been of i m7T1 ense 

 benefit . bllt the soirit which he has fostered 

 will make bi , ast efforts far more valuable 

 in future . He was foremost in endeavoring 

 to i ntere st the government in the establish- 

 men t of life saving stations on South Mani- 

 tn ,, Island and on Sleeping Bear Point, one 

 o f the most dangerous bits of coast on the 

 east shore of Lake Michigan This station 

 has prevented the loss of thouands of dollars' 

 worth of property and has saved many lives- 

 He had a cable laid from Glen Haven to 



Thirty-two vears ago. when I came 

 here, it showed a fin* stand of young timber 



and I conceived the idea of a forest and left 

 . f h _ j chlim l am the ,, 



j , f(;restcr ' Q f.^ st;lte T have ke , roa | s 



throi, u h it as lire lines, clearing up fnmi time 

 ; h ]rf { ^ , r ^ hbish r havc 



,, d ; t ag j h ]; 



, h im , -j valu;ib!e j c , 



, . fa ; k; r QU h sm:i]It , r t ^ 



,.j he " m . ^ ^ , eg fof , nv 



mcrcia r purposes. Why should I skin and 



dcstro N ! oun trecs that - tho forester O f today 



j i a ^ tin & seed for and sett ; ng thc s:lla f, 



^; t laim that my fo res t is the product 



f nature d ^ improve on that. We 



{ ht h { b t ti) me >urviva] of thc 



,- c^m's the true nolicv to nursue 



would mean a great expense and the desf 

 "R of a great stand when in a very few 

 >' ear ^ every p-.ne will be of commercial value 

 for small material work Thin when you can 



^^^ ^^ Se larger" tr^o'f 



Later of r s . take out the a, er trees 



purposes which will produce the greatest re- 

 ^- ^ ^ co rse the young stand is con- 

 tinual y nnr and as time goes on all is 



mat 



"I am now ^taking out some of the small 

 stuff for turning purposes at a profit, these 

 being trees that but a few years ago I was 

 Afraid to thin out. I am experimenting, as I 

 learn the best methods and profits to be de- 

 rived. I expect to handle this small stock 

 this way (but only when it shows profit). 1't 

 is my pride and pleasure. I do not expect to 

 live to see its best results, but I am paving 

 the way. It is a perpetual forest properly 

 handled and will last forever and mv son and 

 hj s icn alu | son's son can have scnWintj to 

 enjoy as long as the world last, provided of 

 course the elements do not detroy it. The 

 oak rises now from the smallest sapling up 

 to 20 inches on the stump and is a good 

 stand from 6-inch to 20-inch. Cherry we have 

 as large as 16 inches and down, and ash 12 

 inches There is quite a little poplar and lots 

 of white birch, which is a spool proposition. 

 and which I am lo, king itp, as it is beUer off 

 the land and the strength of the soil can be 

 thrown to other trees. 



"There are some fine stands of pine trees. 

 lots of them being 12 inches in diameter and 

 growing thickly. The maple is flourishing 

 and ranges in size from saplings up to 6 and 

 8 inches diameter." 



