Telephones in National Forest Fire protection reach far
The article describes how telephone lines built across national forests since 1905 enable rapid fire reporting and patrols, connecting ranger stations to supervisor offices and even homes. It cites a Utah town isolated by mountains until a 40 mile forest service line linked it to telegraph stations, boosting efficiency and reducing fire damage.
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National Forest
Wilson
United States
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
Utah
Forest Service
The Rewards of Forestry
The forester faces modest pay and hard living but gains open air life. Early forest work or summer study reveals fitness for a rich career with healthful surroundings. Scientific temperament brings discovery and knowledge, while practical work ties to a national, essential field.
Johnny Appleseed A Humble Folk Hero Remembered
A 1910 homage recounts John Chapman born in Springfield Massachusetts in 177m and later famed for planting apple trees across Ohio and beyond. He traveled westward with a peaceful gospel of fruit and charity, earning respect from Indigenous peoples and leaving a lasting heritage in America's midland forests.
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John Chapman
Johnny Appleseed
Springfeld
Masa
Pittsburg
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Ind
Midland
Night Transplanting Trees Proves Highly Successful
French forester M. Rounault reports remarkable success transplanting trees at night. After a trial with a five year old linden, only two failed due to root condition. He plans night work between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., with root soil replaced and watered to settle dirt between roots.
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M. Rounault
Great Demand For Foresters
A young man can become a forester as a doctor or lawyer, but may need to travel further for professional schooling. The nation with 150,000,000 acres of forest under administration employs about 1000 foresters and needs many more. Timber owners, lumber firms, schools, and states are all seeking qualified foresters.
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New York State
The Elmhurst Academy Shade Movement by Students
A reminiscence recalls how Elmhurst academy in a village famed for culture gained its famed shade. Fifty years ago female students held a secret caucus at night planting elm and other trees, defying male classmates and creating the lush canopy now noted by visitors. The tale blends school lore with local landscape renewal.
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Lmaurst Academy
Newland
Elmhurst Academy
Academy
A Ranger's Qualifications Examined in Forester Test
A forester's examination covers physical prowess riding shooting packing and self care plus surveying timber scaling and related duties essential to the ranger’s proper discharge of responsibilities.
The forest lover's plaint
A verse essay lamenting deforestation with quotations from Bryant Keats Hemans and Morris. The speaker, referencing poets and nature, notes trees fall and leaves fail to grow. The tone is elegiac about vanished groves and the woodman’s ongoing work.
What a Forester Must Know
The science of forestry covers tree botany and forest life, including growth, seeds, and feeding, plus the use of forests and practical concerns like measuring timber, planning harvests, and preventing fire loss. It treats lumbering as a major field and emphasizes sustainable management.
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Alain
The Art and Economics of Forestry
The text argues forestry is an economic, not mere landscape work, noting U.S. forests yield over 1 billion dollars yearly in wood products while harvesting outpaces growth. It warns current methods threaten future prosperity and calls for true forestry reform to avoid impoverishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Counry
Beginning of Our Forestry in U S History
The article explains forestry in the United States began under President Washington with a recommendation to acquire live oak islands off Georgia for ship timber. Joshua Humphreys proposed the idea, Congress funded purchases, and by 1817 lands including Grover and Blackbeard islands were reserved. Subsequent acquisitions and reserves extended into Florida and Santa Rosa Sound, marking early government steps without active planting.
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United States
Far West
Washington
Georgia
Joshua Humphreys
United States Navy
Congress
Grover
Blackbeard
Louisiana
Gress
Santa Rosa Sound
Florida
Royal Market Card Promises Low Prices on Meats and Libbys
The Royal advertises tender home dressed pork and veal and claims to be sole agents for Libbys peaches pears apricots and plums. It touts itself as the best stocked market in the state and invites shoppers to save money by trading there.
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Libby
Early US Navy timber plans at Santa Rosa and setbacks
The text describes a plan to expand oak timber for navy needs at Santa Rosa, including planting and protecting the forest, but transplanting young oaks proved hard and plantations mostly failed. Civil War shifts to iron vessels halted forestry, reserves were neglected, and land was opened to squatters after years.
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Santa Rosa
Florida
Our Water Supply Foretells Forest Conservation
The piece argues that water is a vital blessing to sustain health and prosperity in eastern cities, with manufacturing and western farms relying on clean water. It stresses forethought and care to avoid water disappearing or becoming a curse, and identifies forest conservation as the key tool for controlling water supply.
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