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Appalachian National Park Association Newspaper Clippings, 1899-1902

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  • c»i:ntky life in America for may Country Life in America for May is a timely number of this large and superb magazine containing, notably, some remarkable photographs of live LI trout and of brook fishing-. A sec- I oiul installment of the "Country Home Making" series gives practical suggestions for laying out and grading the land. An illustrated article shows how a golf course for home playing can be satisfactorily made in a small stretch of ground. Other features, concern the varied Jjursuits and things of the country; the value of "Our Mountain Forests" is told by Dr. Chase P. Ambler, with many beautiful pictures of tbe Southern Appalachians; "Glimpses of Brook Life" treats of the plants and animals found along the streams, and "Tbe Inspirations of a tireat Farm" tells of ibe development of profitable dairy herds and of business methods in farming; 'The Nursery and Nurserymen" offers information about pliuil- raising, with hints about transplanting. Among the timely articles on nature are --The Round of the Song Sparrow's Life" and "An Acquaintance with Screech Owls," both with remarkable photographs of the live birds, their nests and young— giving life histories of the populnr spring songster and the night wanderer; and "The Mountain Goat," as a peculiarly American game animal, is the subject of an illustrated article by l>r. C. Hart Merriam. The Calendar of all the work and reerea- tion of the outdoor world is, this month, a prolusion of May flowers a ml birds' nests, with a great deal about gardening anil floriculture arid sports. In all. Country Lif_ iii America is certainly tin- most beautiful lot magazines and the representative [journal for those who love the country. ENGLSH SPINNERS VlSWfs"* • l.ate lat nisrht VV. .l/'Thackstori ant Appalachian Reserve. St. Louis, Mo., May 17.—Before adjourning the convention of the National Hardwood Lumbermen's i selected Indianapolis as the meeting place next A resolution was adopted, reciting the fact that all the national forest re- arc in the west, and urging upon congress the importance of establishing a .al forest reserve in the hard-ninmii .1 of tbe Southern Appalacjtimnnoun- Country Life in America for May is a timely number of this large and superb magazine containing, notably, some remarkable photographs ot" live trout and of brook fishing. A second installment of the "Country Home- Making" series gives practical suggestions for laying out and grading the a golf course for horne playing can ue land An illustrated article shows how satisfactorily made in a small stretch of ground. Other features concern the varied pursuits and things of the country; t'he value of "Our Mountain Forests" is told by Dr. Chase P. Ambler, with many beautiful -njcturfts of |frh/t Southern Appalachians; ''Wimps'esof Brook Life" trees of the plants and animals found along the streams; and "The Inspirations of a Great Farm" tellsoi' the develoument of profitable dairy herds and of business methods in farming: whale "The Nursery and ymen" offers information about plant-raising, with hints about transplanting. ■ VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN,JOHIO. SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1902. 7~ Inte FORESTS. resting Information of Their Preservation, Espe- ctal.y In North Carolina. AN ABLE ARTICLE rrom the Pen of Walter L. Jenkins, a Former Resident of Ashville, Now With the Nat. Steel Works. In 1898 a movement was projected in Western North Carolina, having for its object the formation of an association which would interest Itself In the preservation of the woodlands of the Southern Appalachian region. The movement took definite shape on the 22nd day of November, 1899, when an organization was started in the city of Asheville, North Carolina, composed of representatives from all the south- eastern states. This body resolved to j carry on an active and untiring cam- , paign for the establishment of the Ap- j palachian National Forest Reserve, and it is gratifying to note the fact, that as the work progressed and the i movement became better understood, it has enlisted the heartiest support of the most distinguished and influential citizens, as well as the leading daily \ spapers throughout the nation. I i-h papers as the New York Herald, the Boston Herald, the New York Tribune, the New Orleans Picayune and many others, having Championed the measure in words of unstinted commendation. Area of Forest Reserve. The area of this forest reserve, as contemplated by the bill recently Introduced into the house of representatives by the Honorable James M. Moody, member of the Ninth congressional district of North Carolina, will include within the proposed boundary portions of the states of Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, and especially that section known as the Southern Appalachian mountains. The objects in establishing this area as a forest reserve are quite numerous, but the principal reasons are: Firstly: To afford protection to the headwaters of the large streams and thereby prevent floods, as well as to perpetuate the water powers. Secondly: To preserve this region both as a health resort and for its agricultural resources. Thirdly: TO protect and preserve the hardwood timber, and, Fourthly: To lerr.onstrate the superiority of a careful and scientific manageent of the woodlands over the present crude am istrous methods. In this connection it will probably not be uninteresting U ir readers to present some facts con- i '.allied in the memorial presented tc jongress by Mr. George S. Powell and velj the dent and secretary of the ■la i ion. These gentlemen, among oth ?.r things say: "In Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee (or mine definite!} 11 the lie.-ui ni: the l In ■ '•.> Moun tains, the Balsom mountains, and the Black and Craggy mountal . I, Is found not only the culmination of the Appa- highett mount! east of the lofiy western rani ^^^~ Forty-Three Mountains Of 6,000 fe.-i and upwards In altitude as well as a great number In Inl height, all clothed with virgin fo and Intersected by deep \-':i . t abounding in brooks, rivers, and rfalls, combine to make this a region of unsurpassed attra Standing upon the summit of these sublime heights the eye often seeks In vain for the bare ntain side—the evidence of the devastating axe—and below one stretches out a view magnificently meautiful." And in speaking further of the natural beauty of the forests of the Southern Appalachian system, they say: "No other portion of our country displays a richness of sylva equal to that found in the highest mountains of the Southern Appalachian region, in the variety of its hardwood and conifers." And Professor Gray, the great botanist has stated, that, he "encountered a greater number of indigenous trees In a trip of 30 miles through Western North Carolina than can be observed in.a trip from Turkey to England, through Europe, or from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky mountain plateau." In the mountains of Western North Carolina, the rhododendron and the kalmia have their home and the mountain flora of the north and of the south have their meeting place there, and it' is the only place where Distinctive Southern Mountain Trees may be found side by side with those of the north. The trees in this region are often of immense size and height, many being from five to seven feet in diameter and one hundred and fifty- feet high. It is in this section that the largest area of virgin forest in the South Atlantic region is found, and the deciduous and evergreen trees, among other varities of timber, are unexcelled I | upon the American continent. I
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