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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



committee on reconstruction and produc- 

 tion, of which Senator Calder of New 

 York is chairman and Senator Edge of 

 New Jersey a member, has evoked much 

 comment in approval throughout the coun- 

 try. This report shows that a $20,000,000,- 

 000 construction program would just 

 about put this country on a pre-war basis. 



Of it Charles Lathrop Pack, president of 

 the Association, says in part: 



"If any such program as outlined by the 

 Senate committee, involving a reconstruc- 

 tion expenditure of $20,000,000,000 can be 

 even approximated at this time, it would 

 bring us to forceful realization of the for- 

 est products situation that the American 

 Forestry Association has been warning the 

 public against for years. The Calder re- 

 port is the greatest campaign argument on 

 behalf of a national forest policy that has 

 ever been put out." 



Bangor Daily Commercial: The country 

 has been called upon by President Hard- 

 ing to observe Forest Protection Week and 

 the call comes with vital force to Maine 

 for our state for its future prosperity is 

 greatly dependent upon its forests. 



We cannot too strongly point out the 

 need of great care in the woods. The an- 

 nual destruction in the country by reason 

 of forest fires is approximately $20,000,000, 

 a distinct economic loss which can be 

 avoided in great part by proper caution by 

 those who visit the woods. Nor does the 

 loss in timber spell the full loss. The re- 



moval of the shade trees dries up the water 

 courses and strikes a blow at the water 

 powers. 



Minneapolis Tribune: Minnesotams 

 should have a peculiar interest in "Forest 

 Protection Week" proclaimed by President 

 Harding and the governors of many of the 

 states. Governor Preus in his proclama- 

 tion calls attention to the fact that the loss 

 by forest fires in this state in the last five 

 years aggregates $30,000,000, or more than 

 the aggregate losses in the next seven 

 highest states. 



It is important that school children 

 should be taught the necessity of preserv- 

 ing the forests from fire. The American 

 Forestry Association, which is concerning 

 itself with forest protection and forest ex- 

 pansion, offers warnings that are equally 

 good for old or young. 



American citizens owe it to themselves 

 and to those who shall come after them to 

 maintain an adequate timber supply. It 

 is good business and good sense. 



Cleveland Plain Dealer : Through observ- 

 ances of one kind and another a serious 

 attempt has been made to impress upon 

 the people the serious condition into which 

 our forests have fallen and to enlist them 

 in a nation wide campaign of preservation 

 and protection, particularly against fire. 



All this loss can be avoided if campers 

 and picnickers can be made to realize that 

 the woods must be protected. There is a 

 national loss involved in forest fires just 

 as there i^ in the destruction by fire of 



residence properties and business blocks. 

 The value of the latter we recognize by 

 insuring them. We should be willing to 

 recognize the former at least by the ex- 

 ercise of reasonable precautions. 



Atlanta Constitution : In an essential 

 sense the idea underlying the motive for 

 "Forest Protection Week" is to arrest the 

 fearful annual wastage of American for- 

 ests by fires, the vast majority of which 

 are preventable and most of them due to 

 gross carelessness. 



SUSPENSION BRIDGE TO BE BUILT 



'TO permit tourist travel by means of 

 animal transportation from the south to 

 the north rim in Grand Canyon National 

 Park, Arizona, the National Park Service, 

 of the Department of the Interior, is to 

 build a suspension bridge across the Colo- 

 rado River. The north side of the park, or 

 the north rim as it is called, is today prac- 

 tically unvisited, owing to the difficulties 

 attendant to getting horses or mules across 

 the Colorado. Those who have made the 

 long journey from railroad points in Utah 

 have been tremendously impressed with the 

 scenic grandeur of the north rim. It is 

 about 1,500 feet higher in altitude than the 

 south rim, and the great chasm viewed from 

 this side reveals a new and alluring aspect. 

 With the construction of the suspension 

 bridge, rim-to-rim travel is destined to be- 

 come one of the most fascinating of park 

 trail trips. 



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