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THE FORESTER. 



May, 



the ordinances were passed immediately, 

 and a number of others referred. The 

 newly-appointed city forester, L. F. 

 Timming, is urging immediate action, 

 his plan being to finish all planting be- 

 fore Mav i. 



A curiosity exists near the Red Bluff 

 Primitive Baptist Church in Ware 

 County, Ga. It is a mammoth Mulberry 

 tree and the heart has long since rotted. 

 Out of the heart of the Mulberry grows 

 a Cherry and a Peach tree, both of which 

 are eight inches in diameter. They grow 

 at a point 10 feet above the ground. All 

 three of the trees are alive and bear fruit 

 every year. 



The large number of applications for 

 positions as forest rangers at the Cas- 

 cade forest reserve, Oregon, coming 

 from men of every walk of life, some of 

 them old men and invalids, has led to 

 the announcement that the reserve is not 

 primarily a sanitarium, and that only 

 those will be appointed who have some 

 knowledge of woodcraft, and who are 

 vigilant, vigorous and fearless in dealing 

 with violators of the forest laws. 



At a public meeting in Pasadena, Cal., 

 to arouse interest in the cultivation and 

 protection of the mountain forests of 

 that State, Abbott Kinney, in the course 

 of an address, said that it had cost the 

 Government $12,000 to fight fires in the 

 neighborhood of Pasadena last year. He 

 advocated the establishment of a well- 

 organized patrol, working on the block 

 system, by which fires might be immedi- 

 ately located and checked. This "ounce 

 of prevention," he said, would cost less 

 than half the amount of last year's losses. 



The most noted grove of Walnut trees 

 in the United States, containing fifty-one 

 Black Walnut trees, all of them of enor- 

 mous size, was sold at Cassopolis, Mich., 

 for $10,000 cash. There was strong 

 competition from all parts of this coun- 

 try and abroad. The purchasers were 

 German and English parties. The logs 

 will be cut and squared for shipment. 



It is estimated that one of the trees will 

 produce $1,200 worth of choice lumber. 

 It was over one hundred feet of good 

 logging size, its largest diameter was 

 seven feet, circumference 21.99 feet, and 

 it would require five men hand in hand 

 to encircle it. 



Forest Fires, 



Heavy forest fires raged during the 

 first week of April on three sides of 

 Eastport, L. I., resulting in the destruc- 

 tion of much valuable timber. Two 

 other fires devastated a large area near 

 Cjuogue and Riverhead. At the latter 

 place the smoke in the village was said 

 to be "uncomfortably thick," which 

 fact, together with the destruction of 

 hundreds of rabbits and foxes in the 

 brush, resulted in energetic efforts to 

 stop the flames. The Pines Hotel at 

 East Hampton was saved by the sturdy 

 fight of volunteers. 



Several thousand acres of woodland 

 in Plymouth woods near Wenham, 

 Mass., were burned in the first large 

 forest fire of the season in that State 

 recently. Some very heavy Pine w 1 

 was burned, but most of that consumed 

 was small Oak and Pitch Pine. 



Timber Prospects in Cuba. 



A trio of Pennsylvanians who went to 

 Cuba to investigate the timber prospects 

 of the island, reached the conclusion 

 that "to invest in timber lands alone 

 would not be a paying investment, but 

 to cultivate lands by raising coffee and 

 tobacco, ' there's millions in it.' They 

 traveled 300 miles on horseback, cutting 

 their way through forests with machetes, 

 and inspecting 10,000 acres of timber 

 lands, of the following woods: Mahog- 

 any, cedro, majagua (a strong, flexible, 

 and plentiful wood, used for furniture, 

 trapeze bars, etc. ) : jique (a hardwood 

 for finishing work, and making mallets ) ; 

 coguarau, like steel ; fustete, or log- 

 wood ; coguaui, similar to coguarau ; 

 igaya, for shafts and wagon tongues ; 

 almiqui, like rosewood ; sabicu, a log- 

 wood ; roble, used for axe handles ; and 



