country than any immigration commission can. They 

 will bring thousands of people to see the country, and 

 the glowing personal report of one satisfied eye wit- 

 ness will do more than all the roseate prospectuses 

 ever printed. 



Besides bringing millions of dollars of foreign money 

 into the state, the tourists will be of immense benefit 

 in furthering the permanent settlement of the localities 

 to Which they go. A ready truck market is one of the 

 greatest needs of the settler in the early stages when 

 his clearing is small. The tourist trade will furnish 

 that market and also build up the local dairy industry; 

 the truly agricultural land will be developed for its 

 proper use ; 'the lake shores will bring in a revenue that 

 they would not yield in any other way. 



This Ten Thousand Lakes Association should have' 

 tlie hearty support of every true lover of the woods, 

 even of the man who thinks that the privacy of his 

 forest solitude will be threatened by it. An interest 

 in the lake region will necessarily bring with it an in- 

 terest in the forests, which are, after all, the chief at- 

 traction: the lakes would be nothing without them. 

 Intervale, New Hampshire, a mecca for hundreds of 

 summer tourists, has a most wonderful location in the 

 heart of the White Mountains, in sight of Mt. Wash- 

 ington and close to the foot of Mt. Kearsarge, but the 

 most appreciated feature and the place where the 

 tourists spend most of their time is the Cathedral 

 Woods, a small grove of pine on the edge of the vil- 

 lage. Millions of people live in the forests of Europe, 

 other millions go there for their recreations. The for- 

 ests have a never failing fascination and we wish the 



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