The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1914, Page 14

] FOREST AREA “OFFERS GREAT | POSSIBILITIES 5 « much hae been sald of ¢ Alaska asa gold and fish producing * part of the world that the fact that the country has timber resources of no small magnitude has not been recognized. Here are some rather startling! + facts for persons who had imagined * Alaska a country composed chief-! fly of mountains and glaciers 100,000,000 Acres. ; The total area of the forests and| Woodlands in the territory Is esti F mated at about 100,000,000 acres, Sor 186,250 square miles, or 27 per Decent of the total. Of this about * 20,000,000 acres, or 31,250 square Gimiles, are estimated as con ft taining tiv suitable for manu P facturing purposes, which is more of South Carolina and than the are Rearly that,of Maine or Indiana Of the refnaining 80 per cent, or} Do) 126,000 square miles, one-half is 2 elassed as woodland, carrying some ‘saw timber, but on which the for est trees are of small size, more seattered and valuable chiefly fo fuel; the t growth on the re} mainder being stunted, scrubby and, Yalueless for any the camp fires of th The rex! north Cott mountains, all of the s of Bering sea, and the insula south of Milamna lake, are tically destitute of timber, pro- i nothing larger than willows | OS of very small growth and those/ + only in a few localities, | Forest Reserves. | The Tongass National Forest) a cate built 200 miles iniand to its rich copper mine. THE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY CORDOVA IS ANXIOUS TO GET THE GOVERNMENT TERMINAL c= —— Above is the harbor at Cordova, Al, the pr Photograph below shows how they get aboard ships at Controller bay, which is another pos harbor terminal. The bay is too shallow for ships to come close to land, but United Stat Govers the entire Southeastern | reported to the government that it will be an easy matter to dredge a good channel Archipelago, and the Chugach re- | —— ; Deerve with a width of about 190 ent used annually tn the Fairbanks | panies on the Tongas# and one on} Milles extends along the shores of} region by the quarts mines is small, the Ch € servation purchased | pethe Pacific from the Malaspina | q ent estimate, covering the | timber of a stumpage value of only THE RASCAL is ie presier to the Kenai peninsula.| years 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, plac-| $893.40. All other timber and lum Se renes¢ acres, or 41,815 squafe/ nual cut for all purposes is esti-|for the fiscal yoar were Milles and include the great bulk! mated at about 4,000,000, and the receipts $4 of the merchantable a trees. | The cut for fuel is placed The lumber industry is evident Character of Trees. | at 60,000 fn . hich ly capable of enormous expansion The trees suitable for lumber on| on ae and an untold wealth of wood pulp | the coast region are, in point of} Fairbanks is said to consume [for paper ie locked up in these now es _ awa the tagese about 15,000 to 20,000 cords. jailent forests, Recently the gov hemlock, the Sitka spruce, west- The ent « adve: 1 200,000,000 | Present price of rough na- NT a rt x ) # ern red cedar and yellow or Alaska | ie Madiies ok ie ae, ig | feet of lumber for sale and two Deedar. The forests are dense and llarge pu mille are sald to be )) RS much as 25,000 feet per acre| stated to be $40 per thousand plated in the immediate fu-| Phas been estimated for consid and cord wood brings from $5 ture, for the southeastern forests. | ‘erable tracts, of which 20 per cent, Spruce, 75 per cent hemlock and; i remainder cedar and other timber trees. Large Spruce Trees. aa oe Seely agerer ms ares ston, i Price, according to quat- The mountain sheep of Alaska ts aol six feet in aiamete: 5 3 mare white. ©) height of 150. Diameters of three} Por the fiseat year ending June pe nye pen Ra tggee ts four feet are attained by the/30, 1912, 44,647,410 feet, board! horns than the big-horn or Rocky| Peek-a-boo, folka! The eS ee ee measure, were cut in the two na-| Mountain sheep. It prefers the} He looks innocent enough, but logs averag’ Je nee int | oa! forests. At least 90 per cent | higher altitudes and ts usually | Just let him get at a flock of chick- ; Sonus Ba inches in| ep the _. total revenue of the re-| most abundant about the main|éns and see what happens! 5 are oo . p Bip lag egg Strectiy oe indirectly | divides and the higher or more| The steadily decreasing sember z | from isheries. t least 80 per | central ke. It ts not found tn|of Valuable fura in Alaska ha The forests of the interior fe} cent of the lumber sawed at the eninsula or the coastal| sulted in numerous att cally all included in the drain- basins of the Yukon and Kusk- im rivers and are of a more de- type, saw timber being} d from the white spruce and od from the white birch, , balsam poplar, black cot- and aspen. The timber is white spruce and balsam nes attain a diameter of 18 24 inches, while birch and aspen we about eight incnes, run-| up to 18 in favorable local-| Other trees are smalier. white spruce and balsam pop- grow to 75 feet; birch, aspen! poplar to 50; black spruce) 20 to 40, and tamarack sel-| we over 30. Twenty-five spruce) | logs 32 feet long and slightly over| > “11 inches in diameter showed an 2 in, "average of 104 annual rings, in-| ud a growth of one inch in| nearly nine years, thus comparing | bly with the growth of red| 'n New York and New Eng- Smal! Amount Used. The amount of lumber at pres-| Colony Who Is Working Hard For the State. Mr. John Cicoria, one of the Mos prominent Italians on the Const, has been a resident of Se- attle for the past 15 years. He (first landed in this country—at San Francisco—32 years ago a poor Jad aged 13. Since that time, by diligence, energy and preseverance, the has steadily risen to a position | of wealth and influtnce. / Mr. Cicoria is the head of the firm of John Cicoria & Co., “& prominent merchant and proper- ‘ty owner of the Italian colony of le, and also agent for all Tailroad and steamship lines. He 4s entitied to the honor and popu- arity he has acquired. The popular Columbus House, at - 167 Washington street, of which he - s proprietor, ts the oldest Italian hotel in Seattle. Mr. Cicoria was} the first Italian citizen to be ap-| pointed to public office in that of | deputy sheriff, and has since been Feappointed to that office. He ‘was also appointed the first Italian Rotary public for the state of Washington. Mr. Cicoria is president of the Italian Society, has gone through all the degrees of Forestry of America and the United and An- eient Order of Druids, and is now serving his seventh term as grand treagurer for the state of Wash- Angton for the Order of Druids, Mr. Cicoria was also the first prest-| dent for the celebration of Colum-| bus day in this state. | Mr. Cicoria 1s the foremost | Italian to help any one of his| eountrymen who are worthy and by mistake get into trouble, and he 1s one of the leaders to meet any of the man-of-war men and all prominent Italians who reach this city. Ag an entertainer he is little short of royal Mr. Cleorla 1s president of the leading society or Banized in Seattle 26 years ago— | Ginseppe Mazzi—serving at the| present time his sixth term | Mr. Cicoria is now diligently at| work trying to induce his nattye| countrymen to come to Washing. | ton and settle as soon as the Pan-| ama canal fs open to the commerce of the world, various mills was used by the fist from four of the to $16 a cord, varying with the place of delivery, being a re | minder of the days on the old Comstock Lode in Nevada when $14 to $16 was the rul- SHEEP GO HIGH slopes of the mountains of South-| fox taming, which have b « industries. jeastern Alaska, but large numbers (Or less successful on son The sum of $914.50, « 1.7 per/live on the Kenai Peninsula, the /emaller islands along th cent of the total receipts of the|Edicott mountains, where they | peninsula national forests in Alaska, came|range nearly to the coast, on Mt The shipment of live fur bearing the mining larg industries, and ' McKinley it producing com- mits. and animals out of unless a permit is obtained its adjacent sum I Seattle Has Deservedly Won High Rank Among American Cities in Provisions for Play and Public Recreation. The recreation survey, now being conducted by the Seattle Recreation and Playground league. however, shows some features that might have been and might now be more atrongly emphasized According to the ninth annual report (1912) board of park sioners, there was a total ex ani provement and maintenance in dev penditure of $5,220,844.74 from 1890 to 1913 for pment of the park, playground and boulevard systems. This 4 t include a total of $209,145.29 for general tm provements and maint © The percentage disbursement of this $5 $44.74 In as follows: 45.6 per cent for land, improve ments and maintenance of parks, 27.7 per cent for land, Improvements and maintenance of boulevards, 16.7 per cent for land, tmpre # and maintenance nd ree f playgrounds reation centers The difference between the amount expended for boulevards, the most expenstve form of park de- velopment and serving the least number wf people, and playerc and recreation grounds, the next most expensive form of 4 pment, yet serving all classes of people, is very noticeable, The actual fesults accomplished in the use of this money, with respect to adequacy in size of the playground sites cured, giv 16 4 for reflection Olmsted, in bis supplementary report (1908), says with respect to the type of park the board ought to acquire and devel So Important are ball field parks to the health and morality of the growing generation that if a complete system of parks cannot be accomplished all at once the ball field class should be among the first than 7 or 8 acres in extent to recelvp attention. Asa rule they should be about 20 acres and rarely loss The, following statement shows how the board has falled to follow Olmsted's recommendations Seven of the existing playgrounds are under two acres in extent, four are over two acr nd under three acres; seven are more than three and under ten acres in extent, while four are more than ten acres in a nd Athletic park and the stadium not considered.) About half, therefore, of the play fields are beat adapted for the use of children and girls. Olmsted recommended that play fields of this type should be supplied by the school board—a wise suggestion in the Interest of public economy—inasmuch as the school board controls now about 150 acres of ground and could well supply the play nee: of the small children and girls in most ctions of the city Again practically the whole central section of the city, Including Queen Anne district, is tn quately supplied with play and recreation facilities. Thin central section of the city has a popula tion of children and young people (school census 1913) from & to 20 years of age totalling 21,766, or 47.2 per cent of the total population of the city of those ages. The total playground area of this section, counting all of Lincoln park, is only acres, or 23 per cent of the total playground aren in the city. The results of the development of the board is shown in the lack of ball grounds, Twenty one diamonds have been provided ¢ will accommodate players at one time, or about 1,500 tn an afternoon. Thero were in the city in 1910 (U. S. census) 543 males from 10 to 24 yoara of age, inclusive, all of the ball-playing age. In aildition to these there w 8,090 females of the sate ages, among whom there is an ever increasing interest in playing highly organized games. If but one-fourth of the boys and young men wished to play ball at one time about aores In ball fleld parks would be needed. The total playfield acreage of the city 1s about 150 acres. SWIMMIN Last # loxt their lives in waters a 4 Seattle becau Inability to swim, The economic awimmin, muc boy and girl ought to be taught to «wim, The 1 of educe bea ard reaponalbl in this, yet there Is not « school ling or « ir " bath. Every high’ « should have at such f the grade bulldings, also, The park board pro n at Alki Point, far removed from the ima jority ation of swimming places would be in lake « and in some of the play flelds, Cooperation between the achool board and the park board is exsential to #ol this Important edu- cational and recreational problem. " ren The park board recommended to na change of ne ) depart ment to department of parks and “ rating with the United State sy ernment, the state and any political di mmission, county, ete.) in use of properties su play and recreation ‘The charter commission pted both recommendations, For the better organization and man ment of the play and reere stem A BUD: nt of public recreation, directly. reapona) , the board instead of to the rintendent of pi inn r The board has this under co: tlon now . The board of education has failed to provide c in the There are no defi nitely organized social center activit n it fa] help and recognition of wehe garden work, Most of the grade buildir are with ms and there is need of. securing larger school ground er wital Much has been hed during the past five or six years in the elty in pro {ding for pluy and recreation. Yet the few facts given wl that the work has hardly begun lancet ime tang 12 IRR ES oo NY NPE IE RU nt terminal of the railroad the Guggenheim syndi-| A good many people think Uncle Sam ought to make this the terminal for his railroad to the Bering river coal fields and to the Yukon, via the rich Tanana val ley. ibility as surveyors have } | | | | | i Alaska is unlawful, 1914, Places for Pulp Mills in Alaska Timber Regions CARIBOU AND MOOSE HERDS ABOUND IN NORTHERN COUNTRY Alaskan caribou inhabit the; The Alaska moose ty the largest treeless and semi-treeless parts of|member of the deer family tn the Alaska, including the bare moun-| world, exceeding in size the moore | leon ridges of the tnterlor, and the of Kastern North America and the oy rolling tundras of the coast/elk of the old world. They are from the Arctic to the Pacific side|menerally distributed throughout jof the Alaska Mnsula, where the |the thmbered portion, except in the jso-callod reindeer mow on which |Southeastern coast region, where | they largely feed t# most abundant. they are absent, On the Alaska They scatter widely in summer peninsula they rar to the Imit and in the fall collect in large of Umber and in the north and herds, but at all times they ro west likewise reach the edge of widely, The great herds in the the tundra They range above Hl of the year perform a more or | timber line, but most of thelr time I regular movement in the na is spent in the woods at moderate |ture of « migration, and within! elevations, or in river bottoms with {certain limits their course of travel ponds and dense growth of willow and times of arrival at given points |and alder. The calves are born are well known, Except on the during May and Jun id follow Alaaka Peninsula eartbou are very | the cows until next ing or later scarce on the shores of Bering sea, | Beyond doubt they are most abund where formerly abundant, having ant on the Kenat peninsula and been driven out or extirpated, Their attain a larger size, but they place ts being en by the rein-|also fairly common near Circle which in practically a domest!-|City and many less known local ¢ caribou | ithew, A Leader in Seattle’s Italian Society Wool clothing which Se © Alaskans last year ¢ | —FOR— The famous “Roberts” high speed two-cycle engine. The “Knox” heavy duty two-cycle engines for fishing and pleasure craft. The “Holmes” medium duty four-cycle engines which are used exclusively by the United States for life saving boats. IT WILL PAY YOU AT ALL TIMES TO TELEPHONE MAIN 751 61 STORING OR INSURING ANY MARINE EQUIPMENT. MARINE EXCHANGE I —FOR— The “Globe,” the real heavy duty four-cycle, and a large list of second-hand engines of all types. We have listed in our brokerage department | over 2,000 boats of all types, for pleasure or commercial purposes. CONSULT US BEFORE BUYING, SELLING, Lawrence Bros. MARION ST. VIADUCT, SEATTLE, WASH. Some Recreational Needs in Seattle} CENTRAL COUNCIL OF SOCIAL AGENCIES | ..§2'si0h "pyiyen'st 1% cousett Repregentativa | Needlework Guild Mrs, E. A. Shores. The Central Council of Social Agencies was organized December | Health Departm: Dr. J Crichton. a, 1912 ting of representative and we | Humane fety 0. i aeren ere cal invitation of Mayor yi Miss Elizabeth Virtue. ee. Suis’ alt noms’ ta : site Het | Ble Brothers’ association ............. Harry C. White he large intelligent org fons y 7 ‘ ‘ ‘i Clancy council f ich constructive. w uring ite brief exis Catholic Federation .......sseseeeeees Robert G. Cauthorn. as the n for study and investi« | Maurice D. Leehey. f soctal vlems. It has rec y m an investigation of un Miss Ignatia C. Moreland. employt at the request of the chief o te ts investigation | 4, " Miss M. Johnaton of the suggestion to establish a home for arrested women at Fir- | Central Labor Union ..............005 J. A. McCorkle. lands resulted in a radical modification of the bill ted as host | J. E, Mullane. to the National Conference of Charities and Cc n when. in 3. HW. Duntap. this city, It is now arranging the child welfare exhibit, which will Frank Gates. open in the Armory May 22-30. », Ang wood Perrhe ofticers the Central Counet! of Social Agencies are as | Council of Methodist Brotherhoods W. D. Lane. follows: Pre nt, Dr. Sydney Strong; first vice president, Mixs | Ministers’ Federation eevee J Noftsinger. | Adelia M. Parker; ‘second vice dent, Miss Virginia MeMechen: | N. Klass } third vice president, Graham K. Betts; secretary, Robert G. Cauthorn 1 | tre Mrs. Chas nneli; executive committee, C. W. Brooks, | Rotary club ‘ Graham K. Bette Prof. J. K. Hart, Dr richton, Miss Martina Johnston, W. D. | Social Service club or. Sydney Sti ours. Pee Baths ect’ Deak i Steen ae MeLaugh. | St. Mark's Settlement House .-Miss M. Eason fad Maks Wetete Women's Commercial club Mrs. Francette P. Maring. Agencies represented in council Representative. | THikume . ‘ Cassius P. *, Hoard of Park Commissioners Roland Cotter! | W. 1 Barr. Institute of Architects TA. HL Albertson | eieniaiy ‘ H. W. | Federated Women's club Sens vecess ae McLaughlin | Chamber of Commerce ... q E. Mrs A rletsh ‘ - r Kerry Grade Teache club soccccsoes Ml Ma qustte Council of Jewish Women A. Dinkelspiel King County Medical society .. Dr Rrown. por tein, others’ Con SMe tert, J ph ane. | Mothers are on | Muntetpat League D. Ogden Mra. Austin Griffths c nails 8. Long. Social and Moral Hygtene soctety Dr. Lillian C. Trwin Congregational 1. Baldwin. pastas | Seattle Commer n W non | Pubtic brary ertrude Andrus - ‘ : D. Wingate. | Mrs. Gertrude F. Hess. » Hadassah club Miss Mary Houlahan "Me achool board : Judge Richard Winsor # Bible sel Union Wo hicoan hool Women's league Mins Nellie ¢ hue ang Men‘s He association Adolph Rosenthal ttle ‘Teachers’ asenciation Adelia M. Parker ® Day Nurs Mrs. PD. Hughes University of Washington 1. K. Hart | at large J. France, FW. Raker, Mrs. H. P. Fist A. Berglund Griffiths, Mrs. 1H. Jennings, Frank MeDermott, Rev. H School Principals’ league A, Stanton | ey ng Rev. J. H. Bauer, Miss Lucy R. Case, Wm. Gatzert Foundation venson Smith len Moore Bebb, Mayor George F. Cotterill, Rabbi Sat iionte ’ rag RAE udge A. W. Frater and Leo Kohn ¥W.GA Mra. J. A. Slamm | The program committee of the Child Welfare i ry Mra, W. lett | May 30, hax announced the following prograt weak tn tes Wy BAN sine oenesyeenaace nun pe ae Mrs, MB. Platt | central play court. The committee {s composed acy Cale Mrs. Margaret €, Munna. supervisor of music in the ols: J Stine. play: Antl-Tuberculonia league +-Wilitam K. Mekibben | ground director, and Mrs. I In, chair: Catherine P. Blaine Home Miss Mabel Anderson | The program for the w in the central play court Catholic Soctal Betterment league Rev. J. G. Stafford May 22, Friday, 8:00-9 Music M. 1. MeBtride May Saturday, 10:00-11:00-—Juntor exposition—an exhibition of Miss Margaret B. Durkin, work of the public schools by the children themselves Mra. ‘Th Ryan May Sunday—Orchestr Guild of Soctal Service, Trinity Parish..Mrs. W. T. Burwell | May Monday )-4:15—Playgrounds—Exhibition under auspices Charity Organization society Miss Virginia MoMechen. f park board 1 arter Helm Jones | Monday, 8:00—Y. W. C. A. Campfir 1s—Settlements Fruit and Flower Mission Miss Ottilie G. Boetzkes Tuesday, 3:20-4:15—Schools—Program under supervision of Florence Crittenton Home : Jas. B. Murphy | hools Mi t ap ae i. lHarry 8. Anderson, | lay, $:00-——Schools on Rescue Home ii iRev. Jas. Welch | nesday 4:15 ysround, tore Aid society Mra. J. 8. Kane Wednesday, 8:00—Y. M. C. A. TL. Lurie. , Thursday, $:30-4:15—Schools, Orthopedic Hoxpital W. W. Greenwood Thursday, 8:00—Schools. Arranged by teachers of public Salvation Army ‘apt. Howard Clifford schools. d Col. T. W. Scott Friday, %:30-4:15—Schools, Seattle Children’s Home..........+05 ++-Mra. Chas. Denny Friday, $:00—Program under direction of parish schools Mins 3 ldamith, Saturday, 11:00—G, A. R.—Memorial Day exercises by chil- Volunteers of America ....cesceeeeees Adit Brooks in conjunction with G. A. R. Mra. F ook 8 d Saturday, 2:30-4:15—Maypole dance. Washington Children’s Home.......... L, J. Covington May 30, Saturday, 8:00—Roy Scouts of Amertca 3 i THE CHILD WELFARE EXHIBIT a | Child Welfare Exhibit, un- for Scotland to arrange an ex- | ben, chatrman publicity commit- | eal soctety; T. H. Rolton, prest- | der the auspices of the Central | hibit there, upon invitation of the | tee dent © Labor Council; Mrs Council! of Soctal Agencies, will | Countess of Aberdeen.. Mise Nel Governor Ernest Lister, Fred McLaughlin, president open In the Armory May 80, | lle Higgins is associate director, | W. Liewellyn, former adjutant of ated Women's ciubs; Mrs and will be free to the public here will be exhibita on health, | state of Washington, and Mayor n EB. Griffths, president Dr, C.F. Davidson, chairman: | Hiram ¢ naonte gress; Mra, EK. M hild welfare exhibits ' . | a teeeen ae 'fo feat ks public schools, Ben Johnson chalt act 1 . president Women’s Com- man; libraries, Miss Gertrude lub; J.B. Chilberg, presi the largest eastern centers, such | Andrus, chairman; moral and re Chamt Comme as New York, Chicago, Milwaukee : 5 oa, eye Ueious training, Dr, HH. ¢ . Bert, Jr, president Com- St. Louls, New Orleans and Mon. | (yfijue training, Dir HM rat 1 Ec (real, this is the first exhibit t Bebe ani caren vortoatl od club; Claude — Eckart, te béid aint ot Mites te an art, chairman; recreatlo ident Rotary club; James A: the agencies Interested in child | fe EMce. chairman: phiiant poy b Breaifent wmunicipes Santaan Ia tia cite a seperat t 5, Osgood, chairman: th Ry ene: G. F. Vradenburg, presi- ing to make the exhibit a success, | 2pa the eh sepia err, Ge, Hired nepriiikums. Uk Vnevindigations ave ther ths | SHetra Industrial conditions, Landes, president Unive the large central court will i A on grh h athT, Theresa MacMahon. chatr ity of Washington; Frank B. | be given living demonstrations 1 eee eiie tn toeet Rinaee eee ns | man: immigration Lane Oper, superintendent — public al times daily, by public and Pet Only sh Looe Fran ; schools: Dr. J.B. Crichton: I h schools, park department tine urge of the play | ert Hesketh, ‘president city coun- | xrounds. cake one wilt t Some 18 committees are at work | court and its activities: Dr. Her= | cll: Richard. Winsor, president ole . | Loulse Strong, who has arranged | committee: Mra, Fred W. Rert, | president board of park commis. | lectures and conferences: Tt who lately after the Albert virman installa- J dent Mbrary board; Don Ht. Pal hatically much of the of the local exhibit will sail | tion committee; Wm. K. MeKib- mer, president King County Met My Mabey tet AP Bh