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THE FORESTER. 



March, 



Black Walnut is a rapid grower, will 

 always be in demand and is a better in- 

 vestment than the land itself." 



A lumber contemporary takes note of 

 the following item of the growth of public 

 interest in forestry : 



"The citizens of Walker, Minn., in 

 their efforts to protect the standing Pine 

 near that village, recently displayed fire- 

 arms and drove away the contractors to 

 whom the timber had been sold. The 

 owner, T. B. Walker, of Minneapolis, has 

 offered to sell the forest to the state for a 

 park, or to the citizens of Walker, but 

 nothing definite having been done he let a 

 contract to have it cut. Mr. Walker's 

 agents have, however, granted more time 

 and it is expected that the town will take 

 measures to buy the tract." 



Lumber for Gold Seekers. 



One of the largest lumber mills on the 

 Pacific coast is planning to send all itj 

 lumber to Cape Nome during the coming 

 season. The boom for the Alaska golc 

 fields is expected to be as great as the 

 Klondike demand at its height. Cape 

 Nome is the objective point for crowds oi 

 emigrants who are wintering in the coasl 

 cities awaiting transportation. 



A Washington mill has taken an order 

 from the U. S. Government for 500,000 

 feet of Cedar for use at Manila. The 

 first government buildings were built of 

 Fir, but the white ants which infest that 

 country ate it with apparent relish, and with 

 so disastrous effects to the buildings that 

 Cedar will be substituted, it being claimed 

 that the ants will not attack Cedar. It is 

 also claimed, by some that Hemlock is 

 ant-proof. Should this fact be proved, 

 the question of a market for Hemlock has 

 been solved. Aft'ss Val. Lumberman. 



If and Provided. 



Forest investigation is a matter of 

 special interest in view of the inroad; 

 which loggers are making in our Redwooc 

 forests. If the cutting of the Redwoods 

 could be reduced to a system having ir 

 view the maintenance of the forests while 

 permitting them to be judiciously thinned 

 it would insure not only a supply of thai 

 useful timber for all time but also perma- 

 nent watersheds. Our Government anc 

 people are at length awakened to the ne- 

 cessity of forest preservation, and some 

 day our forests may be as carefully cher- 

 ished as in the older countries of Europe : 

 provided they are not all destroyed before 

 we get down to the real work of preserva- 

 tion. San Jose (Cal.) Herald. 



No Timber in South Africa. 



The vast veldts and kopjes of South 

 Africa, where the Boers and Britons are 

 fighting, are almost destitute of trees. In 

 fact, the only trees of any size in all that 

 country are the Blue Gums, which are not 

 native to South Africa, the original stock 

 having been imported from Australia many 

 years ago. In Australia the Blue Gum 

 tree often grows to a height of 300 feet, 

 though away from its native haunts it 

 rarely reaches such a growth. The Blue 

 Gum yields the eucalyptus oil, one of the 

 most valuable of antiseptics, while it is 

 claimed that its leaves, rolled into the 

 shape of cigars and smoked, will cure 

 asthma. Lumber Trade Journal. 



Trade Prosperity. 



The Oriental and coast lumber trade 

 out of Tacoma, Washington, during th< 

 past year showed the following interesting 

 cargoes : To China and Japan, more thai 

 seven million feet valued at $55,000 

 Hawaii twelve million feet; Manila, hali 

 million ; Alaska, two million ; Soutl 

 America and Mexico, an aggregate of si> 

 million feet, distributed among the port; 

 of Iquique, Valparaiso and Guaymas anc 

 valued at $66,000 ; Delagoa Bay. Soutl 

 Africa, two cargoes, aggregating nearl) 

 four and a-half million feet, valued at $7<V 

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A Noteworthy Recommendation. 



The National Board of Trade did i 

 wise thing in asking Congress to do some- 

 thing looking to the preservation oi 

 American forests. The subject is more 

 distinctly a commercial than an agricul- 



