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Scientific forestry will create permanent wealth for 

 the Pacific Northwest. It means much to the entire 

 commonwealth because it will not only solve the ques- 

 tion of reproduction, but can make the desert bloom, 

 thus adding to the welfare of the people and creating 

 productive land for the new settlers in the semi-arid 

 sections of our country. In this the burden must be 

 shared by all. The railroads should plant trees along 

 their right of way, the lumbermen should replant his 

 logged-off area, the farmer should set aside a portion 

 of his holdings for tree culture, the road commis- 

 sioners should provide for shade and comfort along 

 the country roads, the State should encourage arbor 

 days and teach the rising generation the value of 

 forestry, and the Government should endeavor to 

 demonstrate in a practical way the necessity for pre- 

 serving the forests. 



There is no question so broad and so worthy of the 

 attention of the people at large as the one of forestry, 

 and it is indeed a good omen when so distinguished 

 a man as our worthy President, Theodore Roosevelt, 

 takes an interest in it. The lumbermen of the Pacific 

 Northwest are his "kind of people." 



