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Welsh It contains much fine timber a liberal appropriation at the next legis- 



md will be preserved as a demonstra- lature. 



, JJrLf The Federal Government has already 



T1 ArLlachhn Mountain Club has purchased three distinct areas ; the first 



especial beauty to the mountain climber Oajhel^ U re ^ ^^ -^ 



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Belonging to the State are three small between the p rofile House and Twin 

 reservations: Monadnock, on Me Mountain . This, although largely cut 



nock Mountain, comprising < s, ^^ f ^ goft ^ QO ^ [s &m com i ng up 



, ^^ ^ go ^ QO 



Harriman Reservation in the town ol & fin yth and offers m^ f u - 



Warner, comprising 200 acres; and ^ ^ ^ tice o forest ry. The 



Haven Reservation in the town ot jai- gecond a 30) 000-acre tract, starts from 



fery, comprising 100 acres all acquired ' withm a ghort distance o f the 



by gift to the State. These tracts should M J Washi ton Hotel and takes in 



be the nucleus of planted btate lands ^ ^^ Q Cherry Mountain, the 



if sufficient appropriation can be ha, Dartmouth Range, and the Northern 



for this purpose. The State is al; ^ Q the President i a i Range as far 



engaged in taking over by Legislat ^ Gorham, and contains considerable 



Act between five and six thousand acr ^^ Qf ^ growth timber, second 



of the upper end of Harts Location, <rrowth cutt i ngs a nd waste lands, and 



which we shall have the pleasure of ^^ Q thg fingst scenery in the State. 



showing you from Bretton Woods, ex- Thg third hag an area of about 35)000 



tending as far south as Bemis brook ^^ m the valky Q WiW Rivefj some _ 



just below the Frankenstein Uitt, and ^ hat off frQm the tourist routei but par- 



comprising the most picturesque part ot ticularl des irable for its protection of 



Crawford Notch. A committee of the stream flow an d the coming up of 



three, appointed by the Supreme Court, ^^ growt h. 



is now sitting to arlmy as to p 



conemnation P ro f ". municipalities who possess 



thinnings desirable in the different ? & ^^ and . f this 



turfs. To assist them in this it is pro P ^ ^^ ^ step would gQ farther 



posed to secure the services of a land towards solvi the future timber sup- 



scape architect to determine if short ply Q the Statg ag a whok The For _ 



vistas, giving a view of the lofty side egtry Commission cannot too strongly 



cliffs, cannot be opened up on both sides recomme nd the town and municipal 



of the carriage road at advantageous owners hip o f a certain portion of the 



places without doing injury to the now g tate and ca ll this to the attention of all 



almost complete shade. It is also pro- selectmen and mayors of all cities, both 



posed that a suitable tablet, showing because they are in a splendid position 



it to be a State Reservation, might be to bond for this purpose, which, if 



properly placed upon the cliff face at rightly handled, should yield a net in- 



the Northern entrance, and a gateway come over and above the interest on 



at the South end. Paths to exception- such bonds, and because the town in 



ally fine view points ought to be con- the course of time would thereby in- 



structed, and such other suggestions as crease its value for taxation purposes, 



would make it an attractive place to and meanwhile furnish a labor market 



visit should be carried out by means of close at hand for its citizens. A few 



