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It were far better for the legislature to make provision for the re-affores- 

 tation of these tracts, and thus continue for an indefinite period the productive 

 capacity of the mountains. 



No matter how much coal or oil lies below the surface, trees will grow 

 and produce valuable property, and all will be needed in the mines, for 

 timbers, on the farms, upon the railways, and for the manufactures of the 

 countrv. 



THE HOME OF A MOUNTAINEER, HEAD WATERS OK LICKING RIVER. 



