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Appalachian National Park Association Newspaper Clippings, 1899-1902

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  • MlCiH PRICK) UP TIMBER. Indiana Walimt Trees Brlna l-nrge Sums to Owner*. Special to The Ublcago Reese*. South Head. Ind., Pel. 20.—Indiana timber laud, which was cousUercd the best in the country, is being so ripilly denuded of the once splendid forests of hardwood timber that speculators are seeing ths advantage ot gobbling up everything tin* uay be got in the way of timber tracts. The walnut and hickorj' of Indiana and Ohio arc considered the best that can be had, and J the monster poplars which once formed the nucleus tot the log-heap tiro are now worth Individually more as tiiey stand than the acres they occupy will bring when cleared, many a poplar tree selling for $100 before an ax touched it. The walnut that was once so plentiful here that bain timbers, house sills, fence rails, etc., wen: a.ade from it, is becoming exceedingly and curled walnut utuiups have brought almost fabulous prices, while 'hickory of the shell-bark variety can scarcely be found In eome o! the best eectle Last year's purchase by n Qoshen, lud., firm of fifty-five standing walnut trees near the northern Indiana line for $10,000 and the handsome mini they make out of the handling of this rare clump of incentive in the search toi other uiy furnish'i able i: :'c or the l,0;to acres of virgin fores! mi ih.. Wood's tract, the Inst large for Jiili.ooo. A New York bought the wainui tlmbi for $55, I; KK) seres of land, the timber being i. sold for 120,000, of the best timber In iia, the walnut alone being sold (rem It. The buyers will clear 180,006 by il, ir deal wii<. i;;» the lumbermen went (or only I lliev are new content with Individ ind wherever tbere Is a nota bly line forest monarch of the desirable variety its wh lee widely known and [petition In secure it is very i . r7~~_~—:—"" ~ p» Decay in timber is brought about in three ways—by the action of bacteria in the albumen in the sap, by the absorption of water and by the action of Inseete, An ordinary fir telegraph polo, without, nny chemical preparation, will become rotten in seven years. Creosote Is a most effective preservative. A line of 318 creosoted poles erected In IMS was examined thirteen years afterward and only two showed the slightest sign of decay. In 1883 the poles were still In use, and apparently sound. Another line of forty miles of poles was put up In 1861 in groups of three. The first, in each trio was a plain pole, the second had been treated by a patent lotion and the third had been creosoted. In 1870 all the plain poles had been removed, 30 per cent of the specially treated poles were exhausted, while the whole of the creosoted poles were sound. The As leville Citizen WEDNESDAY. JUNE 18, 1902. DULUTH AND *m pARK PROJECT Tae 1'"'' th are becoming en lightened on ;,tbe nubject of a state park. a teen difficult to obtain a hearing in that city for the proposition to set aside a tract ol land on Leech lake, Cass lake and Lak« Winnibigashish for park purposes. Dultth has opposed this proposition on the theory that it would be detrimental to the business interests of that city to withdraw from settlement and regular use for business purposes so large ! a district. icn.il C. C. Andrews, chief fire warden, addressed a meeting of titizens of Duluth the. other day In ths Kiambar of I ■■■■.' under the auspicej of the Duluth Improvement Association, and at the conclusion of his remarks they adopted a res- oluiion recommending the establi of such a park as is proposed and pledging their support to the federation of women's clubs in their efforts to procure this park. Professor William F. Phelps of the state normal board spoke in support of the resolution, and altogether it seemed to be the loil that once the proposition was understood the people of Duluth would it. The reduced park area is so inconsiderable and thi land to be set aside to large an extent unfit for agricultural purposes that it doesn't that Duluth would suffer any on that account by reason of the establishment of the park, while the setting aside of these Indian lands as a pleasure and health resort, easily accessible from Puiuth, might be expected to attract to it and bring to that city on their way to the park large numbers of tourists who t ulci be in a business way of more adva., ago to Duluth than anything it could hope to re-ali?. from the use of these lands in the ordinary -way. s I Appalachian I National Park f The following letter ueelved by A. M. Field of Asheville from a member of the firm of the Nilani Cut Glass company of Deep River, Conn., is most gratifying to the friends or the Appalachian National Park movement, in that it Is an index to the fooling in the Now England States, li is understood that this concern is a brae and representative one, and such commendation from one of its offlceis can be considered as largely representing the enthusiasm with which this cement is held, even in parts ol mntry far from the mountains of Western North Carolina. "Deep River, Conn., Jan. 15, WOO. "The writer was very much interested in reading the little cm r relating to "The Appalachian mal Park. It is the first time it hn I) n brought to my notice and 1 n ndorse any movement made to extern! reasonable protection to ou, . a n forests. 'I : ntic scen ery of New England lias b en ruinec by the woodma n's ! was in the business 25 1 know I oof I speak. I red a . oaks for the ,nii pose of cutting their, down withoui 1 twinge of consclenoi ind I was glad i out of a busini to my Let the govern,m nt be as willing to protect these f beauty, which will some time ' arded as In i spots of . it nation. is to protect our com he one as Important to national health as the latter is to national we Wishing you success, ■ this laudable underlaklng, 1 am, yours very truly, "JAM > A, JONES." From the Concord Stan !a d. It is pleasing to note that the Appalachian Park moverm nl catches Congress favorably. Our Congressmen, however divergent on m i'ny topics, are a unit on this, and all throw their : ii Cor this park s il has rare t ivis superb ition of these e«i ling many t this region, ind droughts tli, it is a weight into the .movene A synopsis of the clai: • are, first, the region pi I natural beauty; second forests; third, the , forests is necessary fo rivers taking then thereby averting flood , along their courses; thful region with faultless climate, and as such a national park would be ■ f Incalculable value to (hose seeking health and recreation; filth, it is cen- t rally located and would be the great- good to the greatest number; sixth, to the land can tie secured at very moderate cost; seventh, the region had :n mind by the organization has six- .een mountains whose altitudes measure more than 6,000 feet each. The place seems so ideal, the scheme so practical, and the park so desirable 'hat the wonder is that Is was not thought of and advocated long ago. We hope this park like the Iethnolan i! enterprise will take on definite in this Con;:
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