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There are already many miles of pany. The contract regulating the 

 trails in the various reserves, but most logging has been agreed upon, and the 

 of them are rough, in poor condition, cutting of the timber, for which the 

 or not passable for horses. The trails Government received approximately 

 to be built will be carefully planned, $37,000, is about to begin, 

 and constructed with an easy grade. The timber is situated in the north- 

 This does not involve much expense, western part of the reserve, extending 

 for in many situations a perfectly good from the Chicago, Burlington and 

 trail can be built for $20 a mile, and Quincy Railroad westward across the 

 many miles will cost less than $5. The South Dakota state line into Wyo- 

 work will be directed by the regular ming. In order to remove it, a log- 

 forest officers, and the rangers them- ging railroad will be constructed, 

 selves will perform most of the labor. _ 

 There is no question but that these Treating An agent of the Forest 

 trails will prove of inestimable value l P s h ne Service has just returned 

 in protecting the forest reserves. Many to Washington from Po- 

 of them will also be worth as much c , aho " tas c \y> West Virginia, where 

 more in making regions accessible to J he Posta ! Telegraph-Cable Company 

 hunters and prospectors which are has established a camp for the cutting 

 now almost entirely beyond reach. an t d treatment of chestnut telephone 



poles, ihe co-operation of the rorest 



Planting Mr. S. N. Spring, of the Service was asked by the company to 

 On Coal Forest Service, who dur- devise methods of seasoning and hand- 

 ds ing the past summer ling poles. The recommendations for 

 made a regional forest study of the coal seasoning, which have already been 

 country in southwestern Pennsylvania, made, have been adopted by the corn- 

 eastern Ohio, and northwestern West pany. 



Virginia, has gone to Scottdale, Pa., A. number of poles will be soaked in 



to prepare a forest planting plan for water for about thirty days, to hasten 



lands of the Frick Coal Company, seasoning. Other poles will be air- 



which has called upon the Forest Ser- seasoned without soaking. The value 



vice for co-operation in planting for- of soaking will be demonstrated by a 



est trees on lands over coal mines, the comparison of the results of these two 



value of which for agriculture is so methods. 



slight that their improvement by a crop , . , 



of trees is sought as a means of rev- Reforesting A lease which gives 



n Water the Forest Service full 



' This region belongs naturally to the ShedS Bights tO * forest " Ur ~ 



Western Appalachian forest belt, but ? er >l site in the San Marcos Pass, 



..u j i L 4.1 in the Santa Barbara Mountains, has 



the mining industry has stripped the . , ,,, , , , 



I. j r * j Hist been executed. Work has been 



land of trees, and mine owners m J . . . .. ,,- 



u eoincr on at this station since March ; 



many cases must choose between leav- 



li , i i a lath house has been erected, and 



ing their coal lands quite barren and 



increasing their value for use or sale about 2 5O,ooo young trees are growing 

 mg their vali sale T . . h f h tfee _ 



by the raising of tree plantations of . '. , , ,. , , , 



commercial species. P' antm S. stat '? tO be es ab j ished b ^ 



the service, and promises to be one of 



Sale of A sale has been made by the most important ones. The great- 

 Reserve the Government Forest est need of the city of Santa Barbara 

 Timber Service of approximate- is more water, and the progressive cit- 

 ly 50,000,000 feet of dead and insect- izens have taken definite action to se- 

 infested western yellow pine timber in cure an unlimited supply I mm the 

 the Black Hills Forest Reserve in Santa Tne/ River, in the Santa F.arlu- 

 South Dakota and Wyoming to the ra Reserve. A dam will be built in 

 McLaughlin Tie and "Timber Com- Mono Basin, and the water carried 



