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of distant agricultural regions, which in turn renders profitable the build- 

 ing of railroads and the employment of labor, but he has been the pioneer 

 in bringing the wilderness itself within reach of civilized influences; and 

 while this has often been done at an unnecessarily extravagant sacrifice of 

 much of our natural forest resources, the opening up of these back woods 

 must nevertheless be considered as a potent influence for good, resulting 

 from his business. 



Per aspcra ad astra, through rough work to civilization, is the history 

 of the settling of the backwoods, which the logger has accomplished. 



NORTH HASTINGS. 



Photo by Houghton W. Wilson. 



Such settlement is necessary before forest management can be profit- 

 ably applied to the remnants of woodlands ; and while we may regret the 

 wastefulness with which this settlement has been made, we must consider 

 it as a necessary step toward an extension of civilized conditions. 



