Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 13, 1919, Page 6

DANGER OF W00D - FAMINE IS SEEN Trees in Forests Must Be Re- placed or Great Scarcity | Will Result. SAW MILLS SMALL FACTOR Pulp Mills Eat Up Many Millions of spruce Every Year— Sclentific Forestry Has Not Caught Up f %o Tree Slaughter. ' Bangor, Me—When the world gets through with its arguments about war, peace, the (or a) League of Natlons and all that is expressed in the short and ugly word “rum,” it should turn its most serlous and intelligent attention to tree farming. Positively, there must be many more trees, or a constant and ltberal replenishment of the existing supply, or presently we shall suffer great inconvenience from the scarcity of many useful and some ornamental things. In the simple and innocent old times a_tree was just so much standing lum- ber, and lumber was cheap. Within the memory of men of middle age first-class spruce logs sold in Bangor at $11 to $14 per thousand feet. The men who cut the logs were pald $18 to $20 a month and board, the board consisting chiefly of a bunk. to sleep In snd “beans twenty-one times & week.”. The men who “drove” the same logs, that fs, personally con- fAucted them down the roaring brooks and raging rivers, recelved for their labors and hair-raising risks, $2.25 to $3 a day, according to their athletic ¥kill and their fame as “white water men,” and of course all hands were fed, although the menu was character- ized by monotonous simplicity and the service subject to many irregu- laritles and postponements. These, same logs were sawed in mills that ornamented the banks- of the Penob- scot for fifty miles or more, chiefly between Milford and Bangor, a dis- tance of about fifteen miles. The mul hands went to work very early in” e morning_and kept at it until long af- fer everyone else had quit for the day, being rewarded to the extent of about $30 a month and all the corned beef, cabbage, etc., they could eat in twenty to thirty minutes, three or four times a day, according to sea- son. Profit to Manufacturer. The ‘sweet-smelling spruce that was sliced - off-'by -the saws -was worth $14 to $21 per thousand feet, accord- Ing to quality and dimensions. This would seem to allow of slight profit to - the manufacturer, but-there -are various ways of measuring logs and tumber—woods scale, boom scale and mill scale—and durlng the golden era of Bangor's spruce trade the jugglely of figures was such that 1,000 feet of logs, boom. scale would “saw out” anywhere from 1,150 to 1,400 feet of lumber, 1,200 feet belng a fair aver- age. So, even In the gloomiest days, when heavy spruce dimenslons were selling at $21 to $28 and the, Bnngor mill men would sit in thelr offices chewing tobacco and cussing the hard times, they were in fact making a pretty good thing -especially if they happened to own the land the logs were cut from. _Then, last of all, the coasters who carried * the lumber to Boston, the . Sound and New York got $1.75, $2.25 and $2.50 per thousand feet for de- livery at those séveral destlnnllons— that s, the rates quoted prevalled during fairly good times. In dull times lumber was carried from Ban- gor to Boston as cheaply as $1.25 to $1.50 per thousand, to Long Island sound ports at $1.75 to $2, and to New York at $2 to $2.25. Now everything is changed. Of . Maige’s normal” log cut of 1,000,000, 000 feet, at least 60 per cent goes in- to pulp and paper. The native log: ger, who swung a sharp ax skilifully at $18 to $20 a meénth and was com- tent to live on baked beans and salted fish, has heen succeeded by & polyglot mob that uses saws lan- guidly at $50 to $60. a month, de mands hotel fare, frequent payments, polite treatment and every few weeks a vacation. The logs for the most part, are cut into four-foot lengths, and they go to the big pulp and paper mills owned by corporations that long ago bought up hundreds of thousands of acres of the best timber in Maine. Logging used to begin in November and end in March. Now It goes on at all seasons. . Saw Mills Small Factor. The saw mill 18 a small factor in the great game of turning Maine for- ests into mopey. The long log- ger, that is, he who cuts for sawmills, is qlmost extinct. The big sawmill drives are seen no more. This is the day of the “four-foot sfuff” which makes up most of the drives and gives business to the rallroads. The pulp mills eat up so many millions of feet of spruce that speculatlvé and statis- tical persons wonder where it all comes from and how long the supply will last. So far as Maine is con- i cernied there need be no fear ‘of a wood famine very soon, but at the pres- ent rate of cutting there is bound to be a scarcity in the United States with: in o few yurs that will send prlce- kiting. The present annunl consumption nl pulp wood. east of the Mississipp! river 1s; alwut 7,000,000 cords, or 3,500, 000,000 fge!. That is using wood at 8 reckless rate, even with a big supply in sight. But there is a greater drain last page, npon our wood resources. Fire takes more than the mills. The eastern slope of the Rockles is 75 per cent burnt land, angd the timber map is splotched with greag'% nck patches ail the way ' frém Bound - 15" the Penobscot. In some parts of Maine the burnt area greatly exceeds the green. In the South the pine and the cypress are being cut away at an alarming rate, and in the Pacific states the Douglas fir and other zrowths are being turned into ‘money as rapidly as possible. To make up_for all the ‘ciitting, lit- tle is being done. Sclentific ioreptq 1s making- some progress, but as yeét efforts in that direction are as nothing compared with tree slaughter. Re- states, as on a small scale, in Maine, but a tree doesn’t grow in a day. A " | big spruce may be felleg in five min- utes, but its reproduction will re- quire 40 years. It is not altogether a question of wood supply, either. As the forests go the floods will come, waterpowers will fail and all industry will suf- ter. Therefore, there must be a lot of tree planting in this country, else pretty much everything will go by the board. Advance In Pulp Wood Values. .The advance in pulp wood values within 80 months’ has’ been remark- able, even for the times, Before the entrance of this country into. the war, peeled wood.delivered in-the mill yard in. Maine was “worth :$9 . rd. vance {s-due in part to higher wages and in part to a little profiteering or.a turn of ‘thrift' by the land owners. Wages before:the war, that is, up to the spring of 1917, were $30 to $35'a month and board. In 1618 and 1910'the In some instances $85 has been pald... Jnfmnv because Maine 18 pretty ‘well stocked, the de- miand for Tabor and the price show a declining tendency. But in the United States as a whole the supply of wood is short of ‘the demand, and there seems to be no prospect of lower prices elthier of labor or product. One operator in Maine, a Massa- chusetts man, who got into the lum- ber business through his love of ne- ture, cut last year on Molunceusand the "east branch of the Penobscot 80,000 cords, or 15,000,000 feet, of pulp wood--and 5,000,000 feet of long logs, and 3 20,000,000 feet of pulp wood, employ: Ing 600 men at $62 a month and board or for plece work, $3.50 to $3.76 a cord. ; The common impression is that all wood- pulp fs made Into paper-‘and that'the increased demand for news- print alone is responsible for-the ‘@e- nudation ¢f our forest lamds. It is true ‘that’ most-of-‘the pulp- goes -to Katisfy the “appetite -of the - pflnfl:’ presses, but there have “been devel- oped in recent years many and. urt dus other uses for the flber of thi spruce and poplar.” Innumerablé articles are now made of weod pulp ~—doors, dishes, buttons, boards, boxes, ple plates by the milllon, trunks and car wheels, and milady who parades the fvenue, proud of her gown of tricolette, may be surprised to learn that in that silken fabric 18 woven the fiber of the spruce—that she owes something of the luster and durable texture 'of ‘hér :finery to thé fihmm torests ol Mati ;s OUTDOOR EXERCISE HELPS. Private Renner and .is wife and children at the farm used in ‘connec tion with Ward 55, Oolumbia Base Hospital No. 1, where the experiment is being tried to determine whether light outdoor exercise hastens re- covery. SPENDS 19 YEARS IN WILDS Alaskan Trader for First Time Sees Automobiles, Airplanes and Machine Guns. Vancouver, B. C.—Nineteen years in the wilds of Lansing creek, 370 mlles in the mountains from Dawson, Yu- kon; is the record of J. H. Mervyn, & north country trader who reached civ- flization at this city on his first jour ney “outside™ since 1900. ‘He-saw- for the first time asphalt pavements, auto- mobiles, airplanes and machine guns, but they did not startle him, as he has reading of the magazines and newspa- pers that reached’ hfim three times yearly. b There is something for you in the Want Ad column today. It’s on the WANT AD DEPT. half clnt & word rgtr issue, when- paid | FOR SALE—Summer home, 6 rooms; forestation 1s being carrled on in some by cent a wor foss than 36, e Phone 29. New York state:$26 a cord. This ad- |° at 738 or 74. TFOR: SALE—Beautiful home at 1014 kept in_touch with progress by careful FOR ANY klnu of ‘Teal estate. deal, see IFOR SALE--Modern 10 room house, LOST AND FOUND. hot water heating plant, corner BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE RIGA or wrlt;hE J. ‘Wlllltl. 218 Bd"la;:: B eet and Misslasinpl A 13.—T! Ave. one 41. ¢ street an 88! av- neg:;k:;, Prgysgne, p“gi’e!he&u;:l:: = %‘d’ ‘Iquire of W. G. Schroeder wg;l‘—(}ameo pin. states the Boisheviki have captured FOR SALE—15 acres of hay stump-| Bemidji, 6as14 oneer. Riga. - age, 2 miles southwest of Bemidjf.| | - - b Inquire of Mrs. E..M. Haynor, -110. (By United Press) 6th St. 1a812 Paris, Aug. 18.—The peace confer-|FoR SALE—Five room cottage, one ence today received a’ concillatory| ‘plock from Bemidji normal. Lot reply from Bucharest to the allies,| extends to lake shore. Hardwood over negotiations with Roumania| foors, city water and sewer, elec-| over her recent Hungarian policy. tric lights. Inquire on premises, | 1204 Dewey Ave. 811tf S o SR FOR SALE—One carload of well broke Montana horses at snap prices. Bemidji Horse Market. - J. Moberg. 84tt Finder leave at 2d813 NOTICE. * mas! clay land Contractors! " Local “Union - No. ota, 12 acres[2192 of U. B. of C. J. of America have set the minimum scale of 66¢ per hour after August 16. 2d813 ‘By Order of Secretary. sise BATHS A bath for all ailments for either ladies or gentlemen Ladies hairdressing . and massages Lady attendant. Call at 1009 Bemidji Ave. FOR SALE—120 acr in northern Min under cultivation, half mile from railroad station, 1 mile school, county road along east line, 12 miles from Bemidji; $1,600 will . handle this, balance of $1,720 six years at 5 per cent. Might con- sider trade. This is real bargain, deal with owner. E 8 C, care Pioneer. 64819 Adyertisements in this column cost Perfect lo- (FOR TRADE—For partially im- proved farm, not too far' from town and near good roads and school. Good well paying income property, rented at the present time for $35 per month: This property is lo- cated at Parshall, N. D,, in one of the best little city’s in the state. The property is a garage and blacksmith shop, well located, and fully equipped to do business. I had to quit this line of business cand now want to' trade it for a farm. Will give the right man a first class deal. If you are not in- terested do not bother with this, if. you are, write Box 37, Saum, Minn., for permanent address, or for the present, to F. R. Marrs, ad will be run for wn ssue. . our books cost one per issue.. No ads run for also 3-room cottage. - cation, :large - screened _porch. Birchmont B'nach‘ J. W Wlfil;:.g'xt E FOR SALE—See the Bemidji Sta- WANTED tionary store for rubber stamps, fac simile “signature stamps, no: WANTED—Dining and kltchon glrl, tarial seals and corporation seals at Kelliher Hotel. 819 e 35t FOR SALE—Passenger boat, “‘Yan- _gee Girl,” capactty:75. Cheap for cash or will trade.for. car. = See Mrs. W. B. MacLachlan, 1100 Be- midji Ave. 6d814 WANTED—Girl for kitchen work. Third Street Cafe. 813tt WANTED—Girl, at once. Union hotel, Nymore. Phone 411W. 3d813 by phone 776-J WANTED TO RENT—Small. house] and barn- for winter. See Harry Osborne, 709: Mississippl. 24814 Wolford, N. D. Also have resi- J. F. Osborn T = S A e dence for sale or trade. d12&19 MONEY TO LOAN.. on .improved ¢ i farms. Northern Land Company. _—__———__—_—_———i_am_——r—_-——— Phone 29. 1m96 : Make your appointments WANTED—Woman or girl for gu- eral housework. Call at. -G Phone' 65 ate Schroeder store. " » Ly { WANTED—At once. BExperienced i little knowle;fge is adanger- - - ous thmg '—and the con- .waitress at the Erickson: Hotel, Bemidji. 3d814 WANTED—Man or lady second eook, pleasant surroundings, good wages. Apply manager, Mnfiham Hotel. 2d814 l . — e WANTED TO RENT—A two or thiee ! : L S room flat, furnished or partly fur- E 7 nished. Phone Mrs. A. W. Aamoc}t, 2d813 —e e WANTED TO BUY—Three or four second hand typewriters; any make. Answer giving sample of work and price. Addrm X, ‘care Ploneer- office: 34813 e e i il i WANTED—Have: customer for 160 acre farm- that can'cbe:bought on terms. - Must be within five miles out. What-- have you .to offer? See D. D. Miller, Phone 167. 6d818 e WANTED TO RENT—For one m beginning = August 20, furni * cottage on Lake Bemidji or nished house in town. Address M. J. Brown, State cgmto] 1 Paul, Mfain. “hope to ‘hav 'more than a very . little knowledge of any make - of tires—or any real under- standing of true tire economy. The car owner who rides oh Firestone Gray Sidewall Tires stops “shopping.” He knows that at least one make of tire de- livers-more miles of service. He knows that the name Firestone WANTED 70 RENT -8 room ol uniformly spells economy ‘to . Gibson, Tenstrike, Minn. 74816 i ) % : ) . h e, FOR RENT A A A A AN AAAAAAAAANAANANAIIAN 2 R L9 FOR RENT—Good, large garage; close in, 403 America Ave, corner Fourth St. Inquire on premises. Phone 407-W. 54814 FOR RENT—Lake shore cottage of four rooms and large-porch. Fur- Also. .good: - Tow:-boat. At Point.- -Only 20-minutes walk:to ‘town. Inquire of 'Mr. Webster at Troppman’s Department Store. -813tt - PORSALE FOR SALE—A milch cow, § years old. Inquire T. K. Johnson, Sol- way, Minn. 3ds21 FOR SALE—Cabinet ~sewing ina- chine. Mgs. B. W. Lakin, 1011 Lake boulevard. 4d814 \ \ Most" Mlles p_r Dollar R Phone Beltrami-Ave.; easy terms. 6d814 564-J. Calt 1221 Park. FOR SALE OR TRADE—For a light- er car a Studebaker Six, in.very best of condition. Inquire of Ideal. Billiard Parlor. 716t | FOR SALL—Five room cottage; gas, | electric lights, Witer, large screen- ed porches; garage, two lots,-brick cellar. Terms... See D. D. Miller, Phone -187. 4 J. C. PENNEY CO.—A NATION-WIDE INSTITUTION __J. C. PENNEY CO.—A NATION-WIDE INSTITUTION TRUNKS AND SUIT CASES “Just received another large shipment of suit cases direct from the factory. If you intend to travel and need ‘a bag, trunk or suitcase, it will pay you to get our prices.: They are bought in the same large way and always under competitiive prices. EXTRA QUALITY MATTING GOODS - 26-mch Mnttmg Suit Case, over steel frame, metal corners; :-leather handle, and - byass lock, only T $1.29 MATTING BAGS 18-inch and 20-inch size, - with fibre base, leather handle ' and steel frame, $1.98 to $2.49 LEATHER CASES A shipment now in transit, prices will range from $17.50 to $8.90 J. C. Fibre case, covered with russet fibre, reinforced with genuine hard fibre sewed on edges, this makes an edge that will wear - like iron;. two full leather straps all round -case, brass lock, large brass catches, straps and shirt pockets inside. - We recommend this for hard wear BLACK FIBRE Extra Heavy case, very sightly, and well finished, made of fibre and black enameled, leather handle and brass lock, only 1.79 Similar case with 2 full leather straps . 2.49 ‘FIBERIZED CASES Made of container fibre, brown leather color, ‘metal corners, brass lock and cltchea, 26 inch gize, only..... $1.19 Heavier case, made style, only much better braced, a nplendxd value,—only 31.49 /6 MEN’S HALF HOSE Fine cotton hose for dress wear, in medium light>weight, colors black and dark brown, an exceptional hose at this price 25¢ J. C. 'PE_NNEY CO.,—A NATION-WIDE INSTITUTION NOIJ.flJJLS‘NIE(IIAA'NOILVN V—"00 XINNHd D ‘I oyl (|- <[] gy o