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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1921)
A V DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD tftaaWi. - v h -r c S "" AV 1 pA fk (to fiK aM Am iBarwywj flnamwx".'.. v- f -HYr HUiiai u ua at ui n i H xVaaaV c tn ftwMKAArV s sP .v- t . fflw VZR$2?TJRtt&rfautfeJrUS.nr!3rr,ci) yf fe?9wj ""RKKIeSwuS . Wi'i?wia3KS'':w-' 554WKcK$" h II at Kojlttlf LI Jlw& By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN. HE center of the lumber Industry, within the lifetime of many per sons now living, 1ms moved from New England, to Pennsylvnnln, to the Lake states, to the Gulf states. The Southern Pine association now reports that within eight years 3,000 big sawmills will bo junked and that the output will be re duced 50 per cent. That leaves us the virgin forests of the Pacific coast. Already the Pnclllc coast lumber, with a 2,000 or 3,000 mile haul, Is to bo found In the larger cities of the East. So the lumber Industry has made Its last Jump. The United States Bu reau of Corporations gives us sixty years to use tip all the log lumber at the present rate of con sumption. When the Pacific coast lumber begins to run hort, we can Import lumber or wo can do without It. If we don't like either of these alternatives, we can grow some more timber and pulp wood nnd cooperage and box stuff nnd trees to yield turpen tine nnd'reslu nnd tannic and acetic acid and wood alcohol and airplane propellers and lead pencils nnd clothes pins and ax handles and such things which come from the forests and nowhere else. Whenever we get ready wo can grow all the timber we want. Growing timber Is a simple af fair If we go at it. right. Wo can put it another way and say that origi nally there were 800,000,000 acres of virgin for ests in the United States. There nro now only 200.000,000 acres, or 25 per cent of this, left. The 600,000,000 acres that are gone were depleted in the last seventy years. Unless something is done about It, the United States will some time be a treeless land Its vast original forests laid low; thoso of Its Industries which depend upon timber for their existence, crippled or broken. There are healthy signs thnt a good many peo ple are of the opinion that something should be done about It. And one of tho things to bo done about It would seem to bo n practical and com prehensive policy of reforestation. All Interests seem to agree on the necessity of reforestation. There are now two reforestation bills before congress. One of these Is tho Capper bill anrt the other Is the Snell bill. Tho former alms at federal Encouragement of stnto. action. The latter provides federal regulation of forestry In the states nnd proposes for the next five years to Increase the government's appropriation for forestry to $10, 000,000 a year. Another Indication of tho general feeling that something should be done about It Is the hearings held In various parts of the country by a "national forestry policy committee" appointed by the United Stntes Chamber of Commerce. This com mittee began operations In New York. It then went In succession to Chicago, Minneapolis, Spo kane, Seattle, Portland and Snn Francisco. David L. Goodwlllle, a Chicngo box manufac turer, Is chairman. Tho other members of the committee are Charles S. Keith, president Central Coal & Coke company, Kansas City, Mo.; F. O. Kuapp, president Peninsular Lumber company, Portland, Oregon; George L. Curtis, Curtis Com panies, Inc., Clinton, Iowa; John Fletcher, vice president Fort Dcnrborn National bank, Chicago, 111.; Charles F. Quincy, president Q. nnd C. com pany, Now York city; Dr. Henry S. Drinker, Merlon Station, Pa.; Dr. Hugh P. Baker, secretary nnd treasurer American Pnper & Pulp association, New York city ; Harvey N. Shepart, attorney, Bos ton, Mass.; Junius II. Browne, vice-president Pa cific Lumber company, New York city; Dr. W. B. Heinemnnn, president B. Helnemnnn Lumber com pany, Wausnu, Wis.; W. DuB. Brookings, secre tary of the committee, Chamber of Commerce of the United Stntes, Washington, D. O. This committee has gone Into the subject In a bread way, seeking to get every vlowpolnt before making a report on which It Is hoped a policy can be forr ulated. Tho chairman appointed several euhcoic nlttees of the original committee to deal with sicclflc subjects coming under tho general heading of forestry. Somo of these subjects are government regulation, prlvnto holdings, Individ ual versus public right, fire protection and ex penditures, acquisition of land, national forest sur vey, taxes and taxation, utilization of wood and forest conservation, reforestation and national forests "As nn exnmplo of how serious a problem our forest! problem Is, let mo point to tho well known fact tl.nt In seven years CO per cent of tho saw mills .)f tho South will bo out of business," says Mr. Goodwlllle. "What this means Is better rea lized when wo consider that tho sawmills of the South now produce 80 per cent of all tho lumber used In tho country. "These meetings are simply to get at all tho facts, to give us u thorough grasp of tho problem, to' Inform us fully of Its scope. When we hnve finished wo will make u report and recommenda tions to tho board of directors of tho chamber nnd they will consider what action Is necessary. J2&&T WVODZOT "Taxation Is a big factor In this problem. If wo exempt certain timber lauds from taxation, as they hnve seen wise to do in some of the older countries, It will encourage the seeding of that land to timber. As It now stands millions of acres that might, nnd really should, be yielding timber, are sown to other products und bringing a nig gardly return. "This is simply because this Is timber land and timber should be on It. The farmers, however, consider that since It Is taxed they must sow some thing which will bring nn lmmedlnto return. There are 5,000,000 ncres of uontlllable land In Illinois alone. "Wo have In the United States 81,000,000 ncres of what Is called denuded Jand, and more than 400,000,000 acres of what wo call cutover land. Denuded land is land on which forest fires hnve occurred nnd where the ftro has eaten Its way so deep Into the' soil as to destroy the seedlings that might spring up. "Cutover land is land from which timber has been taken nnd on which a second growth Is possi ble nnd often times springs up. Such land will mnko forests In a period of somo forty yenrs If It Is taken care of. Taking cure of such land Is another phase of the forestry problem." Tho National Forests, created In 1003, now con tnln 155,000,000 ncres of forest and grazing land. They nre mannged by the forest service, a bureau of tho agriculture department. Col. W. B. Greeloy Is forester. Presumably ho Is well Informed on forestry 'conditions. Here aro somo figures he gives which show how the changed nnd changing conditions have affected a particular part of the country. Says Colonel Greeley: "Chicago Is the greatest lumber mnrketi In the world. Slnco 1800 an average of over 2,000,'000,000 feet of lumber has come Into Chicngo every year. In 1020 the figure wns nearly 2,500,000,000 feet, CO per cent of which went Into local construction nnd manufacturing Industries. Tn 1000 the nvernge freight paid on lumber coming Into Chicago was less thnn $3 per thousand feet. Since thnt time the local sources of supply for this territory have been exhausted one after another. Lumber ship ments have traversed grenter and greater dis tances, and the average freight bill paid by tho Chicago distributer has steadily risen to more than $12 per thousnnd feet. "In other words, the Increased transportation chnrge on lumber shipments into Chicago, ns u re sult of the exhaustion of the forest regions sur rounding It, represents a toll of $22,500,000 an nunlly. And while this has happened thero have accumulated In the centrnl and Inko states nenrly 23,000,000 acres of logged-off forest Innd which is producing neither farm crops nor timber; $22, 500,000 Is tho yearly tnx which the wood-using in dustries nnd home builders, supplied through Chi cago, pny for the Idleness of n large part of the soil In tho surrounding states which should fur nish tho nntural supply for this district. This sum would plant every year 1,500,000 acres of Innd with forest trees. "This Illustration may be extended to cover tho four states of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin nnd Michigan. These states consume annually be tween 4,000,000,000 and 5,000,000,000 feet of timber In furniture factories, sash und door mills, fac tories manufacturing agricultural Implements, wood-turning establishments and other wood-using Industries. Sawmills are excluded from this esti mate, also tho requirements for general construc tion nnd housing, and tho consumption Of lumber on farms. "The manufacturers referred to represent nn Invested capital of $700,000,000 and enroll 250,000 skilled employees. This great manufacturing In dustry was .built P on tho softwood forest of tho lake Mates nnd tho hardwood forests of tho Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys, whose products were available 'at a low transportation cost. In theso four states enough forest land to supply In full the needs of these Industries now stnnds Idle." Concerning the general situation ho says: "Wo are cutting our timber probably four times as fast as timber Is being grown. It is useless to' decry tho generous use which American Industry has made of our forests. It has contributed pow erfully to the Industrial development and com mercial supremacy of tho United States. Tho for estry problem does not result from tho liberal uso of our forests, but from our failure to uso our forest-growing Innd. There Is nn nmplo nrea of land in this country, which Is not tillable, to sup port nil of our timber requirements, all of our wood manufactures, all of our homo building and agricultural uso of lumber, Indeed nn even lnrger export trade than at present, If thnt land can be kept at work growing timber. "Reforestation has not been tnken seriously by the nvcrngo business man In tho United States. Reforestation hns been looked upon ns a fad quit removed from the practical Interests of the manu facturer, as something more concerned with parks or shade trees or rose bushes. Nevertheless, re forestation hns now become n commercial neces sity of the United Stntes." Hero Is how a particular state Is affected says Prof. P. S. Lovejoy of tho Forestry faculty, Uni versity of Michigan : "A third of Michigan virtuully Is bankrupt, un able to pay Its way with schools and roads, get Ing poorer lnstend of richer from year to year, pro ducing less nnd less of value. This third of Michi gan takes 10,000,000 acres or so, tho most of It being in tho northern part of the Lower Penlnsuln, tho rest In the Upper Peninsula. Tho bulk of theso bnnkrupt lands were originally in plno for est. From 1S70 to 1900 Michigan led the world In tho quantity, quality nnd value of Its limber esports. , Today Michigan Is a tremendous Im porter of timber nnd other forest products. This Is unusual but not In Itself a proof thnt anything Is rndlcnlly wrong. Ohio, also, was covered originally with timber and Is now a great Im porter, and Is, nevertheless, prosperous and thriv ing. "But In the cases of Ohio, tho removal of tho forests wns followed promptly by Intenslvo agri cultural developments; tho land went from a lower to n higher kind of use. "Michigan-grown hemlock, shipped 200 miles, sells nt tho samo price In Detroit as does fir grown on tho Pacific coast and shipped 2,000 miles. The hickory for the wheels of Michigan automobiles Is coming from Arkansas and Mississippi. Tho oak for Grand Rapids furniture Is being cut In Louisi ana nnd Tennessee. Michigan does not even supply Itself with enough telephone poles and rnllrond ties, but Import-, poles from Idaho nnd ties from Vlrglnln. Much of the paper on which our news papers nro belli printed Is made from Canadian spruce. Bnx-liiMrdH tiro being shipped In from Pennsylvania unit Arkansas and California. Tho state Imports much moro timber than It cuts and cuts much ninre timber than It grows, constantly grows and cuts less and constantly Imports more. "Thu freight iilll on Imported lumber nlono Is costing Michigan around $2,000,000 a year, and, each year the fi eight hill Is due to Increaso great ly as the sources of supply recede with tho steady dovastatlon of tho forests of tho South and West. Mennwhllo Mlrhlgnn continues to support 10,000, 000 acres or so of Idle lands which n fow years ligo were producing the most generally useful kinds of timber the world over had. White plno lumber practically Is out of the market. There Is not a town of 5,000 In tho state which does not Import yellow pine from the Gulf states." Forest fires in the United Stntes annually de stroy moro than 2,000, 000,000 feat of timber. Moro than 100,000 forest fires Imvo occurred In tho United Sfu'es during the past five years, 80 per cent of which were due to human ngencles nnd therefore preventable. Theso conllagratloiiH burned over 5Q,-188,O0O acres nn area greater thnn that Included within tho htates of Ohio ami Pwinsylva nla and destroyed $80,700,000 worth of timber and property. H444444M(H4 CONDENSED CLASSICS THE MARBLE FAUN NATHANIEL By HAWTHORNE X ; Condensation by !;' Rev. Paul Revere Frothlngham X :-:-:-x-:-:-H"X::-m-k-:-:-: FOUR Individuals were standing In tho sculpturo gallery of tho cnpltol nt Rome. Thrco of them were nrtlsts, nnd they had been si multaneously struck by a resemblance between ono of the antlquo statues nnd a young Italian, tho fourth mem ber of their pnrty. You must confess, Kenyon," said n dark-eyed young woman, whom her friends called Miriam, "that you nev or chiseled out of tho mnrblo a moro vivid likeness thnn this. Our friend. Donntello, Is tho very Faun of Prax iteles. Is it not true, Hilda?" "Not quite almost yes, I really think so," replied Hilda, n slender Now England girl, whose perception of form wns stngulnrly clear. "Donntello," said Miriam, "you arc n veritable Faun. Shako nsldo thoso brown curls nnd let us sco whether this rescmblnnco Includes furry ears." "No, no! denrcst Slgnorlnn," an swered Donntello, "you must take my ears for granted," and ho lightly tripped beyond tho rench of her ex tended hnnd, only n moment Inter to como close to her and look into her fnco with nppeallng affection. "You have bewitched tho poor lad," paid tho sculptor lnughlng. "That is n wny of yours. 1 seo nnother of your followers behind yon plllnr, and his presence has aroused Donatello's wrath." They had emerged from tho palace, and there, pnrtly concealed by n pillar in tho portico, stood tho wild flguro of a bearded man. "Miriam," whispered Hilda, "It Is your model." Miriam's model, as nilda called him, hnd suddenly appeared a fow weeks previously when tho four friends were visiting ono of tho Cntucombs. In tho dark depths of tho earth, amid tho lnbyrlnth of passageways, Miriam had been lost. Guided by tho shouts of tho others she had finally reappeared ac companied by this strnngo and un couth creature. And from that time on ho continued constantly to haunt her footsteps, disappearing pcrhnps for days only to return and glldo llko n shadow Into her life. What hold ho Jind on her or she on him remained unknown, enhancing the mystery, nl- ready deep, which hung about this beautiful woman. Ono of Miriam's friends took tho .matter sndly to heart. This was tho light-hearted, faun-llke Italian count, who seemed such a child of nature. He cherished ngnlnst tho mysterious stronger one of those Instlnctlvo an tipathies which tho lower nnlranls sometimes display. In tho Medici Gardens tho unwel come creature had appeared nmong tho trees just as Donntello was declaring his love for Miriam. "I hnto him," muttered Donntello as ho caught sight of tho sinister flguro. "Bo satisfied; I linto him, too," said Miriam. Where upon Donntello lind offered to clutch hlin by tho throat, that they might bo rid of him forever; nnd tho woman had difficulty In restraining tho gentlo youth, whoso hlthorto llght-hoartod na ture seemed suddenly suffused with roge. But It was otherwise a fow nights later on a moonlight rnmblo that a company of nrtlsts were enjoying nmong tho ruins of old Rome. Tho four friends were of tho party, which, nfter visiting many places, climbed tho Capltollno hill and stood on tho Tar pelnn rock. It was bordered by a low parapet. They nil bent over tho rail ing and looked down. Miriam nnd Don ntello stood together gazing Into tho moonlit depths. They were so ab sorbed with the scene nnd with each other thnt they did not notlco tho de parture of their friends. Hilda had gono off with Kenyon, who had drawn her quietly nway, and tho others had departed In twos and threes, lenvlng Miriam behind nlono with tho Itnllan. But not entirely nlono. Hilda hnd gone but n short way with tho sculptor when she missed her friend nnd turned back. She readied tho paved court yurd with tho parapet Just In time to witness unnoticed n trnglc scene. Out of tho shndows tho familiar flguro of Miriam's persecutor had appeared and pppronehed her. Thero was n strug gle beginning nnd ending In one breath less Instant. Along with It wns a loud, fearful cry which quivered upward through tho air and sank quivering downward to the earth, Then a si lence! Poor Hilda aw tho whole quick passage of n deed which took but that little time to grave Itself In tho cternnl adamant. Sho turned and fled unseen, and tho lovers were Indeed nlono, "What linvo you dono?" said Mlrlnm In a horror stricken whisper. "I did what ought to ho dono to a traitor," Donntello replied: "what your nyes bade mo do as I held the wretch over tho precipice." Tho Inst words struck Miriam llko a bullet. Had her eyes Indeed provoked, or assented to this deed? Sho had not known It. But, alas J thinking bnck ilie emild not deny that a wild Joy had named up In her heart when sho saw her persecutor In mortal peril. Yes, Donntello's had been tho hand; but hers had been tho look, except for which tho hnnd hnd not been lifted. She turned to her fcllow-crlmlnnl, tiio youth so lately Innocent, whom sho hnd drawn into her doom, and pressed hlra close, close to her bosom, with a clinging embrace that brought their honrts together. "Yes, Donntcl- lo, you speak tho truth," said she. "My henrt consented. The deed knots us together llko tho coll of a serpent." They throw ono glance nt tho heap of death below to assure themselves that It was not all a dream then turned from tho fntnl precipice nnd made their wny bnck Into Uie city arm In arm and heart In heart. An agreement had been entered Into before tho moonlight tragedy had taken place thnt tho four friends should meet next morning In tho Church of tho Capuchins to study to gether Guldo's famous picture of St. Michael and Satnn. Thither nt tho hour agreed upon Miriam and Dona- tcllo turned their steps. Conscious of secret guilt, they were tho moro anxious to keep n casual engagement. But, when they drew nenr the church, Kenyon alono was waiting for them. Hilda hnd promised to be of tho party, hut she was not there. Tho three pushed bnck tho henvy curtain and entered tho nave, only to have their gaze arrested nt onco by a con spicuous object. On a slightly clovnted bier lay tho dead body of a monk, tall candles burnjng' nt his head and feet. Tho rigid flguro was clad In the brown woolen frock of tho Capuchins, with tho hood drawn over tho head but so ns to leavo tho fentnres uncovered. Something seemed to net like n mng- net upon Mlrlnm. Sho passed between two of the lighted candles and looked down. "My Godl" sho murmured, "what Is this?" Sho grasped Donn tello's hand nnd felt ltlm give a con vulsive shudder. No wonder thnt their blood curded. Tho dead fnco of tho monk gazing nt them beneath its half closed eyelids was tho samo visage that hnd glared upon their naked souls the night before ns Donntello had flung him over tho precipice. What did It mean? Kenyon drew nenr, perceived, their agitation, and stnrtcd to say something, But Mlrlnm laid her finger to her lips nnd quietly ssid, "niish." From the shadowy church tho tree emerged Into tho Roman sun light, Kenyon to go In search of Ell da, but, leaving a darker shadow still to settle down upon tho lovers. Tho young Italian was petrified with hor ror. Miriam tried to cheer him, assur ing him of her undying love. But she mot with no response. They parted, almost ns strangers, It being agreed thnt Donntello should seek his' castlo In tho mountains. Thither,. In the summer, Kenyon went to pay a long-planned visit He found tho poor faun sadly changed. Tho Idea of n life-long penance had taken firm possession of Donntello. Ho was Intent on finding somo meth od of self-torture. Kenyon, knowing now something of what had happened, arranged with Miriam that sho should be In the public square of Perugia on a specified day, near tho statuo of Pope Julius. TJiero tho lovors met again. Tho sense of their mutual crime had stunned, but not destroyed the youth's affection. They needed ono nnother. Kenyon cheered and en couraged them. Their two lives flowed together and the great bronze statuo of the Pope, his hnnd outrefiehed in ' a papal benediction, beneath which they hud met, appeared to Impart a blessing on their marriage. So Kenyon went hick to Romo to woo the gentlo Hilda, whose sensitive , soul wus burdened by tho knowlcdgo of, the awful guilt of her friends. Tho secret weighed upon her heavily. She sought tho seclusion of grcaj; churches, und ut last, Protestant though sho was, she found relief by pouring out In tho confessional at St. Peter's the story of tho crlmo that sho had wit nessed. But for Miriam and Donatello the end was not yet reached. Tho sense of sin had awakened In tho faun-llke youth what human love could not as suage. Miriam could not rid him of tho Ideu that ho must surrender him self to Justice. Kenyon had glimpses of tho pair, now taking part In revel ries, but again concealed behind habili ments of woo. In n desolate spot In tho Cumpagtm Miriam at last dis closed tho mystery surrounding her own past. It was tho story of u mar riage to be forced upon her from which her soul revolted. Sho csenped, though not without unjust suspicions of n crlmo. Concealing her identity she gave herself to nrt. Then, in tho Cat acombs, tho man whom sho loathed, half brute and half rollglous maniac, had reappeared, dogging her steps and threatening to disclose her to the world with what catastropho tho sculptor knew. As for Hilda nnd Kenyon, they went forwurd Into happiness, their pura lovo consecrating nil they did. But oven ns they plighted their troth to ono another In the Pantheon bcfo.ro tho tomb of Rnphael, upon turning around they saw a kneeling flguro on tho pavement. It was Miriam, who reach ed out her hunds in a blessing, but ft blessing which seemed also to repel. As for Donatello, remorse eventually worked Its way and when heard of lost ho was in a dungeon as deep as that beneath tho Castle of St. Angelo. Copyright, 1313, by rost Publishing Co. (Tho Boston Post). Printed by pormla. slon of, and arrangomont with, Hough ton, Mifflin & Co., authorized publishers. Sprlnntlmo Quandary. Another sign of spring is tho won rled efforts of young fathers to decldo whether it will bo a now buby curriago or a second-liana motor car. inuian. apolls News. ,