AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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FACTS ABOUT ALASKA 

 A LASKA has nearly as many varieties 

 of climate as can be found in the 

 Eastern and Middle Western States. 



Manufacturers of pulp and paper in 

 British Columbia and Alaska have little 

 to fear from each other and much to gain 

 in the common development of the Pacific 

 coast region. 



The permanent snow fields of Alaska only 

 cluster round the crest lines of the highest 

 mountain ranges, as they do in the Swiss 

 Alps, and are less than one per cent of 

 Alaska's total area. 



The demand of the pulp industry is for 

 an assured permanent supply of timber 

 and properly allocated water power under 

 stable tenure; both of these can be found 

 in the Tongass National Forest, in south- 

 eastern Alaska. 



Southeastern Alaska is favored with 

 numerous deep water harbors open the 

 year round with comparatively smooth 

 waters in straits and passages. It is ad- 

 vantageously located with reference to 

 shipments by rail and water to the United 

 States and water shipments to the Orient, 

 South America and Australasia. 



"With her enormous forests of rapidly- 

 growing species suitable for pulp, her water 

 power, and her tidewater shipment of man- 

 ufactured products, Alaska will undoubted- 

 ly become one of the principal paper re- 

 sources of the United States," says Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture Meredith. 



Aside from fuel, the more important op- 

 erating supplies for pulp mills in general 

 are lime or limestones, sulphur, soda ash, 

 salt cake, grindstones, bleaching agents, 

 and repair materials. Alaska has numerous 

 known deposits of lime rock that would 

 furnish very high grades of lime. 



According to Government agriculture ex- 

 perts in Alaska, "it is possible to grow 

 nificent vegetables in all parts of 

 Alaska, except on the tundras and moun- 

 tains. To Alaskans they are no novelty, 

 but to strangers unacquainted with the 

 country they are a constant sufprise." 



LUMBER COMPARATIVELY CHEAP 

 NOW 



QALVIN FENTRESS, a member of a 

 prominent firm of investment bankers 

 ' hjcago, has returned from a oooo-mile 

 trip through the lumber manufacturing 

 districts of the Pacific Coast, the North- 

 '. and South, where he has been in 

 e personal contact with the industry. 

 Mr. Fentress says, "It is greatly to the 

 advantage of home builders, real estate 

 rators, building contractors to buy lum- 

 ber now. Hundreds of the smaller manu- 

 irers throughout the country, no two 



{ /f. G. Hunzickef, of Foster, Wash., | 

 i pulling a Si-inch fir stump with J 

 5 deep tap roots out 0/ hard ground, J 



This man made #35 Land 



Woiik #200 an acre 



Pulling Bfesiumps^ hand 



CLEAR your stump land cheaply no digging, no 

 expense for teams or powder. Your own right 

 arm on the lever of the "K" Stump Puller can 

 rip out any stump that can be pulled with the best inch 

 steel cable. I guarantee it. I refer you to U. S. Gov- 

 ernment officials. I give highest banking references. 



HAND POWER, 



Showing 

 cosy lever 

 Operation 



iumpPulIer 



' One man with a "K" can butpull 16 horses. Works 



by leverage same principle as a Jack. 100 lbs. pull 



on the lever gives a 48-ton pull on the stump. 



Made of best steel guaranteed against break- 



h a ee. Has two speeds 60 ft. per minute for 



\ hauling in cable or for email stumps slow 



speed for heavy pulls. Works equally well 



on hillsides or marshes where horses 



\ cannot go. 



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 Box 43 

 . 99 John St., New York 

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of whom are working under the same 

 conditions, have dumped their lumber at 

 prices which would bring them the quickest 

 cash return, the natural result of the credit 

 strain prevailing in every line of industry. 



"The present mill prices for lumber are 

 bargain counter prices but it must be re- 

 membered only for the present stock of 

 lumber on hand, as it is a certainty that 

 the mill operators who have closed down 

 will not resume operations to sell lumber 

 at the present levels which are at or below 

 the cost of productfon." 



"Mill prices are so per cent lower than 

 a year ago, meanwhile, under such condi- 

 tions, a reaction in prices can be expected. 

 The retail market for lumber will not 

 reach the pre-war levels until wages and 

 the cost of production are again on the 

 same relative basis." 



CANADIAN PARKS 

 f~* ANADA'S magnificent scenery com- 

 prises one of her proudest possessions. 

 While such a possession should not be 

 appraised purely from a commercial 

 standpoint, it is, nevertheless, a conservation 

 policy of the most practical character to 

 take steps to assure that this natural re- 

 source be administered as an economic 

 asset. In so doing, the Dominion Parks 

 Branch merits recognition as a very sub- 

 santial factor assisting to maintain the 

 solidity of Canada's financial standing. It 

 is, in addition, a foremost agency in pro- 

 viding sanctuaries, in administering game 

 laws and in otherwise contributing to the 

 practical program essential to prevent the 

 depletion of our wild life resources. Con- 

 servation. 



