llir law to the prairie counties and made it possible 

 for any land owner who had not already done so 

 anywhere in the state to take advantage of the pro- 

 visions of the law. 



In the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 

 once the leaders of the United States in lumber pro- 

 duction, there is now an idle cut-over non-productive 

 area as large as the state of Michigan. No small 

 proportion of this pauper land is in Minnesota. And 

 yet onr sawmills are rapidly closing down and our 

 woodworking factories have to follow suit or ship 

 in raw materials for long distances at prohibitive 

 prices; in either case the money goes out of the 

 state. Why not make this land productive, supply 

 our own industries and keep this money at home? 



Here is an opportunity for every land owner in 

 the state to start a plantation of ten acres for noth- 

 ing, in fact he should have a clear margin or profit 

 over the expense of planting. Why neglect it? Yon 

 don't have to wait a hundred years for returns. The 

 presence of that plantation will increase the sale 

 value of your place a thousand dollars in ten years. 



Do it now! 



Original Algaroba Tree Gone 



All sympathetic Honolulu residents were sorry to 

 see the passing away on October 23, 1919, of the 

 original algaroba tree, the parent tree of historic in- 

 terest which for 71 years had stood, in the Catholic 

 Mission Grounds on Fort Street, as a monument to 

 the memory of Father Bachelot, who planted it there 

 in December, 1828. 



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