MICHIGAN RCADS AND FORESTS 



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



Otticials of the Grand Rapids & Indiana "'ill greatly add to the efficiency of the for- ford 12. 



Railroad confidently expect that the rcforesta- cstry department of the college in turning out Deputy Commissioner Carton states thai 



tion campaign inaugurated by the Pennsyl- "'? "S" ""' ""I' 1 "''" 11 '"' j " lllt ' ' he "'""jo cases cover lot separate descrip- 



r> -i i i government service. tions of land, and of the tota number of c-ises 



vama Railroad three years ago, for the pur- The summer school opened June 28 and will 33 have been disposed of and 6? 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 <>5 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 -\ l n '"c-ccnt meeting of the Stanton Forestry to base 26 more complaints. In 12 cases ii 



replant portions of the state's devastated lands Association, of Stanton. John W. S. Pierson has been found that there was no trespass. 



10 pine, looking to a future source of timber president, and Delos \ Towle secretary read , - P< y , thc <lc l );lrtm 1 cn t is said to be 



and cross ties to enforce the statute regarding trespass and 



The Pennsylvania road is planning to set encour:i B in re P orts showing what the asso- comparatively few adjustments are made, 

 out this year more than 1,000.000 trees. This ciation had accomplished in its lirst season's From thc cases disposed of thc state has 

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

 lion which have been planted in the last three and in the general interest in forestry awak- mi f the amount will to at least $-',200.84, re- 

 years and constitutes the largest forestry plan encd among the people of Stanton and vicin- ceived since January 1. From the reports of 

 yet undertaken by any private corporation, ity. The reports show that the association trespass agents it is shown that 42!i.77I feet 

 Though the road has heretofore confined its was instrumental in distributing 4,900 trees ' timber, 10,000 posts, 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 when the trespass agents were not 

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

 cials that attention will soon be turned to Norway spruce, western yellow pine, Norway tlm ''er 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 'he 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; a . ncl wl " llet Several thousand dollars in addi 

 sued this spring also. Some 151,000 trees have Close school, Douglass, 40; Nevins Lake turn to what has been secured. 

 been furnished practically at cost to private school, Sidney, 43; Kuhn school. Sidney, 21; Of the 22 criminal cases started. 14 are now 

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

 has imported 5.000 plants from France as or- Evergreen. 20; Haynes school, Evergreen, is. victecl. three are awaiting sentence, three have 

 namcntal shrubbery in parking the lawns Total, 413. paid lines and two are serving sentences, not 

 around stations and unoccupied places along In the various townships thc 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 the tim- 



Day, 431; Evergreen. 1,039; Sidney. !01: Bclvi- '"" thieves the department examiners arc mak- 



TO EXAMINE LOCOMOTIVES. dere, 80; Pine. 24; Crystal, 30; Bloomer. 4S ir) g a specialty of examining state tax lands 



State Game and Forest Warden Pierce an- I]1 th e city of 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 argest indivulual p , antings wcrc ma(Ic other cities. 



spark arresters on all railway engines running b y tne following named gentlemen- Delos \ ' 



through districts in which forest fires are Towle planted on his land in Douglass (>3H DOHERTY ON NEW COMMISSION, 



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



resters comply with the law. The railway Gates, of Evergreen, 288; Josiah Martin, of c( i A T Dohertv of Clare -is 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- and Day, 130; E C Lowry of Sidney 'l20 tho ncw public (lomaln commission of Michi- 



terial. The sc hools in Stanton 'and townships' ad- - an - to bc organized when the member from 



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

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

 are going to try to enforce the law. I am also ] n his reoort President Pierson stated that 



sendine- out 1 "i 000 rircn1-irs intn tlin ,,nn*r i c T- "cw commission and its powers under the ne\\ 



lo.uu'j circulars into the upper the Stanton Forestry Association is now be- , 



sections of thc state warning people of the yond the experimental stage, and congratulated law. there is an interesting bit of 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 the handling of 



PRACTICAL FORFSTRV WORTf obtained. The members feel encouraged to state tax 1:in( | s w ] u . t h cr hy thc am litor yen 



* put forth more vigorous efforts for the coming cral or , . llu , lan<1 comm f ss ioner after they 



Forestry students at the Michigan Agricul- year, and feel confident of making a more have . bct , n transferred to that department, i's 



tural College will have the added advantage creditable showing each recurring year. for tne co n ect j on o f taxes, not in any sense 



of being able to attend a summer school in AITTT?D TUTT TTTWTDT?D TUTC-WITC an orfn "ary sale of lands. When thc lands 

 forestry at the college this summer. For the iJSVttB. are so ] ( ] f or taxos 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 ) )ccn robbing state tax lands of timber counties and townships a p. union of the pro- 

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

 It will be of a very practical and beneficial wlth lm P umt y arc bem S brought up with a to whether thc statc ni . (mirt . s S uch 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 thc min- 

 sire to attend. All of the work will be in the state lands to steal timber is suddenly bccom- 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 purposes. 



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 thc 



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



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 bc 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 thc state which was legislated out of existence by thc 



also bc 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 rec- 



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 ber thieves and five examiners who are assist- inventory of thc 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 .'!. Alpena r>, commissioner for the public domain commis- 



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



countries, and the work so far carried on in Dickinson 1, F.mmet 1, Gladwin !i. Gogebic 1, The members of thc commission were Land 



the United States. Thc students will be re- Grand Traverse 4. losco s, Kalkaska 7, Lake Commissioner Russell. Charles W. Garfield. 



quired to prepare and present a working plan 1. Mecosta 1. Missaukee 1. Montmorencv 2. Grand Rapid-, and William I'.. Mer-hon. Sag- 



for a given area. These men will also receive Newaygo :',. Oceana 2, Ogrinaw 11. Oscoda !), inaw. 



