And then, in all its poignancy of feeling, comes 
the hunger for the silent places, the whisper of 
forest winds, the magic of solitude. An innate 
being crys silently for the smell of rain-wet ever- 
greens along some white-capped river, the smell 
of the cook-fire and the birchbark smudge, the 
aroma of tobacco from pipes whose strength is 
famous over the trails. A peace broods over the 
timbered landscape and rolling river, the clean 
sky, the men of the forest—a ‘‘quietude and con- 
fidence of which Isaiah speaks.” There is a sorcery 
of sunlight and shadow in the long day, a witchery 
of silver and sable and breathing silence all the 
long night. Down in the city the soul weeps for 
such as this. 
And up in those lost miles unshaved men speak 
out of the heart to one another as brothers. There 
are no strangers, no questioning eyes as in the 
skeptic city. The wood things and woodsmen— 
they are one family. Nature has no secrets, for a 
friendly spirit pervades all living things. This 
unexplainable quality of man and nature—this the 
city cannot give and it is what man craves. 
SOUTHERN HARDWOODS YIELDING AN 
UNTENDED HARVEST 
HE history of abandoned fields in the south- 
ern Appalachians, where the land has been 
put to agricultural use for a time and then 
left idle, very clearly shows the practicability of 
continuous production of the hardwood timber of 
this region, according to the Forest Service, United 
States Department of Agriculture. By both seed 
and sprout reproduction the valuable species com- 
pete vigorously for the openings in the forest and 
quickly reestablish the stands of poplar, chestnut, 
locust and less common species; while on southerly 
slopes pitch pine and short-leaf pine have a good 
representation. These second-growth stands have 
been found by the Appalachian Forest Experiment 
Station foresters to produce in thirty years trees 
ninety feet in height, and on sites of this excellent 
character to yield a cord of wood a year to the 
acre. 
Here is a forest that can supply not only con- 
struction materials, but stock for furniture, veneer, 
cooperage, tannic acid and pulp, in addition to ties 
and telephone poles. The diversified character of 
the forest qualifies it as a source of raw material 
for a wide range of wood-using industries and, 
furthermore, assures those industries a consequent 
protection from the results of some of the catastro- 
phes common to a more uniform forest. This, it 
should be remembered, is untended reproduction 
and growth under accidental conditions of stock- 
ing. With forestry practiced here, materially in- 
creased yields are certain. 
BIRDS TO BE BANDED AT MOUTH OF 
YUKON 
IRD-BANDING operations will be a feature 
B of an expedition now on its way to the mi- 
gratory wild-fowl breeding grounds south of 
the mouth of the Yukon River in Alaska. This 
expedition is being financed by two members of the 
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party, and is in charge of Olaus J. Murie, who has 
been engaged for some time on studies of the dis- 
tribution and habits of the native caribou in Alaska 
for the Biological Survey of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. It is believed that 
the expedition will afford not only an excellent 
opportunity for studying a great number of breed- 
ing migratory wild fowl in their summer homes, 
but also for banding a large number of ducks and 
geese on this great breeding ground. If such birds 
are later taken during the hunting season in dif- 
ferent parts of Canada and the United States, 
valuable information regarding their routes of 
travel and their wintering grounds will be ob- 
tained. The expedition’s route is by the govern- 
ment railroad to Nenana on the Tanana River, and 
thence by dog-sled 800 miles to the mouth of the 
Yukon. The party is now well advanced on the 
last lap of this journey. 
AMERICAN OLYMPIC RIFLE TEAM 
S a result of the three-day tryout on the 
Marine Corps Rifle Range at Quantico, a 
team of American riflemen has been selected 
to represent the United States in the International 
and Olympic Matches to be held at Chalons and 
Rheims next month. The personnel of the team 
and the scores upon which they were selected are 
indicated on the attached list. 
Dinwiddie is a 17-year old Washington High 
School student, one of the youngest boys to ever 
win a place on an International Team against shots 
of long experience and established reputation. 
There were 26 contestants for the 12 team places 
and those numbered many of the foremost riflemen 
of the United States. 
Following the selection of the team, the members 
immediately began intensive training at Quantico 
and will sail for France about May 30, arriving 
there in time to take part in all the marksmanship 
events. 
REDWOODS LEAGUE SAVES ANOTHER 
GROVE 
NNOUNCEMENT has just been made by Dr. 
John C. Merriam, President of the Carnegie 
Insitution of Washington and head of the 
Save the Redwoods League, that through the 
generosity of a resident of Massachusetts another 
splendid grove of California Redwoods, or Sequoia 
sempervirens, has been preserved. The tract is in 
the heart of the Humboldt State Redwood Park, 
about 45 miles south of Eureka, California. It 
comprises 113 acres and contains some of the larg- 
est Redwood trees of this region, many of these 
giants being from 10 to 15 feet in diameter and 
from 200 to 300 feet in height. There are several 
ideal camping spots in this grove, which is located 
on the banks of the South Fork of the Eel River. 
The citizen who furnished the funds that made 
possible the saving of this grove refused to have 
his identity made known, asking that he be desig- 
nated simply as ‘a resident of Massachusetts.” 
After purchasing this tract the Save the Redwoods 
League immediately deeded it to the State of Cali- 
fornia to be held for all time as a public park. 
