Forest Service Pushes Massive 168 Million Acre Timber Plan
Government aims to develop 168 million acres of wild lands mainly in mountain areas. Public use of forests rose sharply with more free timber permits grazing permits and special-use permits issued. Stumpage valued timber could reach about 800 million dollars with grazing income near 1 million annually. 20 years from now timber sales may yield billions in net income.
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Forest Service
Ec Dcas
National Forests
Timbersale
Merman
National Forest
Forest Service Reports on Timber Sales and Fire Control
The report outlines timber sale economics and management, noting total national forest timber sold and receipts, waste reduction, and policy to guard against monopolies. It details fire losses, prevention efforts, nursery expansion, reforestation trials, grazing improvements, and cooperative forestry work across western lands.
How Funston Swam Bag Bag Story by Col Ed Little
A Kansas City Times item recounts Col Ed Little as author of a tale about how Funston swam the Bag Bag. It describes Col Funston directing Sergt Oswald to test river depth, with inane exchanges culminating in Funston declaring We ll swim er by heck in a humorous war anecdote.
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Ed Little
Funston
Kansas
Sergt. Oswald
Col. Funston
Oswald
Col
Kansas City Times
The Rack and the Sweatbox in English Torture Law
The sweatbox replaces the rack, which England abandoned after the 1628 assassination of the Duke of Buckingham. John Felton, who killed Buckingham on August 23, 1628, insisted he knew no accomplices and threatened Dorset if put to torture. Judges ruled torture not justifiable under English law.
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England
Duke of Buckingham
Portsmouth
John Felton
Felton
Earl of Dorset
Dorset
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United States
Special Improvement Fund
National Forest Administration
Atlantic
Pacific
For‘est’ Servce
Georgia
Appalachians
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