oak, Minnesota its pine. To each it is a sacred trust to be 

 preserved and transmitted to succeeding generations. 



How grateful we are that we have had people with vision 

 who have saved the scenic beauty and the future industrial 

 prosperity of our state, people like Mr. C. C. Andrews, the 

 secretary of the forestry beard, and others who have con- 

 tinued to press the matter home till the grand stand of pri- 

 vate pine in Itasca park has at least been purchased by the 

 state. 



The days my husband and I passed in that park, the ride 

 on the lake, the exploration of the John Lind trail, an en- 

 counter with a porcupine and a woodchuck, a glimpse of a 

 startled deer, the visit to the home of the beaver, the drink 

 at the spring whence issues the Father of Waters, those are 

 red-letter days in our lives. 



May our playgrounds increase in size and beauty and pop- 

 ularity till all the people become nature lovers and enjoy 



it refreshment of spirit that comes from communion with 



iture. 



And we clubwomen ask for naught but a share in this bit 

 goodly work. 



Redwood sawdust is being used by vineyardists in California 

 packing fresh table grapes. It takes the place of the yround 

 "k used for imported Spanish grapes. 



Hyndman Peak, Idaho, the highest named peak in the state, is 

 more than 12,000 feet h : gh. Several unnamed peaks near it are of 

 about the same elevation. All are on the deride between the Sazv- 

 tooth and the Lemhi national forests. 



.1 two-year-old plantation of Dougles fir on the Oregon na- 

 tional forest shows 94 per cent of the trees living. Extensive 

 plantings of young trees in Washington and Oregon are costing 

 only $8 an acre. Direct seeding of lodgepole pine has been suc- 

 cessful without exception on the Arapaho national forest, Colo- 

 rado. Several of the areas sown two and three years ago show 

 from 5.000 to 10,000 seedlings per acre. 



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