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THE- OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FJRIDAY -EVENING, .DECEMBER llr 1808. 17 CHECIiG IIP OH FOREST WEALTH: Forests Section of Nationa Conservation . Commission Shows Up a Hard Situa tion and What Must Be Done About It. (Wishlng-toa Bureau of Th Journal.) ' '"vVaaulrfgton, Deo. 11. The first fig urea of the inventory of the forest of the United States which the ' National Conservation commission has made have been presented to the conference by Senator Reed Smoot of Utah; chair man of the section of. forests-of. the commission. Senator Bmoot'a- report Is a summary of the great mass of sta tistics which the first inventory repre sents. The report represents six months' work on the Dart of the forests section, and presents the most striking ngures or tne - xorests' inventory- - n part tne report is as follows: What rorests So. "Next to our need of food and , water oomes our need of timber. iOur indus tries subsisting wholly or mainly upon wood pay the wages of more than 1,S09,- uup men and women. , . "Forests not t only grow timber, but they hold the soil and they conserve streams for all useful purposes. How far forests Increase -the rain- la not yet known. It is well known that they check wind, and work against excessive heat or coia. Tnat tney make for the fiber, health and happiness of each citisen and of the nation has been 'known since his-, tory began. ..-.,-. . 'The fish which live in forest' waters furnish each year $21,000,000 worth of food, and not lees than half as mu eh is rurnisnea by the game which could not exist wunout the forest. What Wa Sara, "Our forests now' cover 850,000,000 acres, or about one-fourth of the United states. xn original forests covered not less than 860,000,000 acres, pr nearly publicly owned ' cover Ohe- privately owned cover three-fourths of tne area, ana contain four-fifths of the standing timber. The timber privately owned fs not only four times that, pub licly owned, but it is generally more "Forestry is now practiced on TO per cent of the forests publicly owned and on less than one per cent of the forests privately owned, or on only II per cent of the total forest area. What Zs Produced. "The vearlv trowlh of worn In nnr forests does not one-half. . "orest du fourth of all timber standing. averse mon than H cubic fet per acre. This gives a total yearly srowth of less than 7 flnn nnn nnn cubic feet. What Za Vied. "We take yearly. Including waste in logging and in manufacture, 28.000,000, 000 cublo feet of wood from our forests, k, "We use each year 100,000,000 cords of mircwooa, v,uuu,unu.uuo feet or lumber, more than 1,000.000.000 poets, pales and fence rails, 11,000,000 hewn ties, 1,500. 000,000 staves, over 18S.000.000 sets of ?ad,lnFA narly 600,000,000 barrel hoops, 3.000,000 cords of nattve pulpwood, 165, 000,000 cubic feet of round mine tim ?r.an5 1.260,000 cords of wood for dis tillation. What Is Wasted. "Since 1870, forest fires have each year destroyed an average of 60. lives no ou,vuu,uuu worm or timber. , Not less than 60,000,000 acres of forest is burned over yearly. One-fourth of the standing , timber is left or otherwise lost In logging. The boxing of longleaf pine for turpentining has destroyed one-fifth of the forests Worked. The loss In 'tho mill l e Kuo-ijuu w iwu-imras or tne timber sawed. The loss in the mill product, through seasoning and fitting for use, is from one-seventh to one-fourth.- "Pnly320. feet of lumber are used, for each 1000 feet which stood in the for- Where We Stand. "We take from our forests each year hot counting the loss by lire, times their yofcrly growth. u Our lumber cut has increased less than 16 per Cent in the last seven years. But the average price of all kinds of lumber at the-mill has risen 49 per cent, and the rise will continue. "We invite by overtaxation the mis OS of our forests. We destroy by Are enough standing timber in one year to last ths nation for three months. We Should Plant to fcroteet forma U wind and to make stripped or treeless lands productive, an area larger than that of Pennsylvania. Ohio and West Virginia combined. But so far lands successfully planted to trees make a total area smaller than Rhode Island. And year by year, by careless cutting and by Ore, we lower the capacity of existing forests to produce their like again, or totally destroy them. "The condition of the world supply of timber makes us already dependent an What we produce. We send out ATTELL READY TO . L1EET WOIGAST Little Champion Compelled to Extend, Himself to Ee- J gain Popular Favor. " .'(United press teased "wire.) v Loa Angeles, Pec. 11. If Abe Attell has not gone backward be should whip Ad Wolgast at Naud Junction pavilion tonight, a The ; boys are to meet in a scheduled 10 . rounder , which lds fair, to be a hummer while It lasts. Although Attell Is an -1 10 fav vorite over Wolgast the latter has lots of friends Who believe that be will lay the. prevent champion low. There is not much briskness in the bettlna- mar ket. Nettled by hie loss to Welsh and7 suggestions tnat ne may soon be fight Ins: preliminaries Attell has been train. ing with a vengeance at the East Side ciuo wun dick nyiana, , Myiancunim self .Is anxloua to meet Welsh but the latter is paym? no attention to nlm. a. decisive victory over Wolaast would send . the Attell stock soaring again, aa Wolgast has made a good impression here since his arrival. Wolgast knocked out Danny - Webster in 18 rounds and stored away Toung xviu jMvvuy in iwa aiiooukd ni ap pears to lack the cleverness of Attell, he Is wonderfully strong in physique, be sides possessing a knockout punch. "Aw you know me. he miaht land It on a sucker but not on me. This was Attell s excreanion vfsterddv after he had finished- his day's - work. Abe nroresses to believe that WnlsraKt win ao oe auia 10 una on mm. . in addition to the main events there have been arranged aeveral , orelimlrt- arics. i Youna Mcuovern and Frankle Sulli van are to meet in a scheduled 10 round er. -rBach boy has deposited $200 with tha Xos Angeles Record as a side bet and mere wui do a lot or rooting when these two come together, Jimmy Austin and Willie O'Keefe travel the six round route.' A battle royal between two negroes is also card ed . i duoe by one fifth the quantity of tim ber used in the water or in the ground. Wa-can practically stop forest rtrea at a total yearly cost of one fifth the value of the standinan timber burned each year, not counting young growth. we -snail surfer lor Umber to meet our needs, until our forests have had vie. orously and at once, we shall escape permanent timber scarcity. . What Most Be Done. "Foe-each 1.000.000 adrea of forest in public ownership, over 8,000,000 are pri vately owned. . The conservation of nuh- lio forests is the smaller task before the nation and the states. The larger task la to Induce nrivate forest miui ..llfilk m..N. I A n AAA -MAn Of what the have, and to teach wood users, wnicn means every one, now not to waste. "If these things are done thev will conserve our streams as well as our for ests. If they are hot done, the useful ness Of Our Streams Will rtri-R nr. less than the usefulness of our forests. "We. must stop forest fires. By care ful logging, we must both reduce waste ana leave cut-over lands productive. W miint malzA th. Hmh.. I. J further, by preservative treatment and ny avoiamg neemess. loss Jn upon What we pr of our country 1 times as much tlm- oer as we oring in. except for finish ing woods, relatively insignificant in quantity, we must grow our own sup ply or go without. Where We Might Stand. "By reasonable thrift we oan pro duce a constant timber supply beyond our present need, and with it conserve the usefulness of our streams for irri gation, water supply, navigation and power. "Under right management our for ests will yield over four times as much as now. We can reduce waste in the woods and In the mill at leaat one third, with present as well as future profit We can perpetuate the naval stores in dustry. Preservative treatment will re- th mill the factory, and in use. We must nlanr up those lands now treeless which will be most useful under forest. We must so adjust taxation that cut-over lands oan be held for a second crop. We must reoognixe that timber costs no less to grow than it does to log and saw. W must continue and nerfW-t. hi state and nation, the preservation by ua VI lUivaiB Bimov pUDllCiy OWDSO and we must extend it to other moun tain forests more valuable for the manent benefit of the mafty than for the temporary prom or a rew. - MORGAN'S GIFT TO BAY CITY CHURCHES (United Press Leased Wire.) New Tork, Dec. 11. -J. Pierpont Mor gan has subscribed $100,000 to the fund for the rebuilding of the Episcopal churches of San Francisco. Bishop William Ford, who, with Rev. James A. Emery, archdean of the diocese of California, is here raising money for the San Francisco churches. Is delighted with the gift, particularly as the In dications are mat an additional 1100. 000 will be rained among eastern church f eople, who have responded generously o the bishop's appeal. Morgan originally offered $100,000 to the cause, on condition that an nal sum should be raised from other sour ces, inis condition, made two years ago. he removed on Bishop Nichols re cent interview with him. His gift has wen niaua mm iim wiuiom any reser vations. BURGLARS WHO HAVE SANTA GLAUS TASTES (TTnlted Press Leased Wire.) Belllngnam, Wash., Dec. 11. Postal substation No. 5, located in Carr"s phar macy, Elk and Chestnut streets, waa robbed of stamps aggregating $32 In vaiue ana or zuu blank money orders. The burglars also secured $16 in cash from the till of the drug store and targe quanuiy or i earner nandbags. Presumably the. same men entered two other stores. Articles aggregating ji fmufl wro MKen rrom tne Corner Third and Morrison Streets i .35 1L XV Suits for Hart Schaffner & Marx Fine $20.00 and Overcoats Km for Hart Schaffner & Marx very latest $25.00 Suits and Overcoats Lr ."y t ?T" 1 , w $ W hs 2 fl.00 t I II for Hart Schaffner & Marx most suoerb Ul $30.00 Suits and Over- for Hart Schaffner & Marx extra fine $40-$45 Suits & Overcoats Including Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits 00 sporting goods store of Harlin E. John son. From this point the robbers went to C, M. Sherman's book store and se cured four pearl handled gold pens and two fancy cigar cases. In all three cases the robbers broke windows in the rear of . the .buildings and made their entrance. Notaries Commissioned. (Salrta Bnrean of Tbe Journal.) Salem, Or.. Dec 11. Commissions as notaries have been Issued to R. p. Boise. Salem; U O. McCoy, Haines; Percy J. Jones, Bay City; M. Albright Roseburg; Alford C. Sanford, Madras, and K. W. Wilbur, J. J. Hill and C. K. Butters, Portland. Copyright 1908, by Hart Schaffner & Marx Here's the biggest, best and most timely opportunity ever presented in Portland, for men who want the best possible make of Clothing, yet who would liketo practice a bit of economy at the same time "Come Early to Avoid the Rush" PRICE RISES WITH DENIAL Sultan's Peculiar ; Style of Finance Worries Austria Balkans War ,Talk; (United Ptcm Leased Wire.) Vienna, Dec. 11. Just what amount Turkey will accept from Austria in compensation for the annexation of -Bosnia and Hersegovina and to prevent war Is the question that Is worrying Fran Josefs diplomats. The sultan at one time Intimated through his repre sentative that $1,000,000 would be ac ceptable. This 'wss contemptuously re fused by the Austrian foreign minister, and since that time Abdul Harold has raised the demand to 140,000,000. While It la believed the sultan would accept half that amount, the Austrian rovemment officials realize there is lttle time left for dickering. The Eu ropean powers are becoming more press ing for a SDeedv settlement, as without the consent of Turkey it will be impos sible to arrange the much desired con ference on Balkan matters. War Alliance Against Austria. Documentary evidence that Servia and Montenegro are secretly allied against Austria and a general outline of their plans are in the hands of the Austrian government. So far as can be learned, the foreign office Is still uncertain whether, as has been reported, Turkey Is also included in the alliance. Just how the plans fell Into the Austrian hands Is not known outside of official circles. It Is be lieved here that Austria gave notice that it would consider such an alliance equivalent to a declaration of hostili ties, at a time wnen it aerintteiy Knew the arrangement had already been closed. The nlan. in case Servia and Monten egro obtain no compensation for Aus tria s annexation or Bosnia and Herze govina, is for an early start on cam paigning so that the allies may bo as sured of a maximum of winter fighting, for which thev are better prepared than their foe. The allies propose to conduct their warfare in the mountains. Their flan is to force Austria to Invade their erritory, and then by expert mountain fighting wear out and destroy the em peror'e forces, if they win Servia Is to receive two thirds and Montenegro one third of tha annexed provinces. Austria, in case of hostilities, will en deavor to prevent s union of the Servian and Montenegran allies, so they may be dealt with separately. Nominations Confirmed. Uolt Press Leased WtrO Washington, Deo. 11. The senate to day confirmed the president's nomina tion or Martin A. Knapp as interstate commerce commissioner and of Herbert L. Satterlee, ' as assistant secretary of the navy. THERE IS A FORTUNE IN OREGON WALNUTS FOR YOU OPPOSIM TO POSTAL BUMS Senator Carter Will Intro duce Bill but Expects Hard Fidit. WIFE MURDERER THOMAS GUILTY (United Press LeaseoJVire.) Belllngham, Wash.. Dec. 11.- The Jury in the J. K. Thomas murder trial, who heard the last of the testimony and argument yesterday afternoon brought In verdict of guilty In tha second de gree last night. Thomas was on trial for killing his former divorced wife In July. In a confession Thomas admitted he ahot the woman after forcing Ma . way Into her house. He pleaded alco holic Insanity. Thomas Blept beside the corpse in a drunken stupor and afterward buried it in bis garden. - This is the opportunity er "lifetime. In a year or so you will seethes walnut groves sell for $1000 per acre; then $200.0 per acre and upward. , - - The Walnut Grove company has aold more; walnut land ithaft any othercon ceitn, and still offers for sale a limited nutnber of-five acre groves of the beat grafted walnut and filbert trees In the celebrated -Ladd farm above the frost line and adjoining our 25 acre bearing grove; for a small payment down and only r j f"mmtrr-vnvTm--rafnv yearsr whleft includes care and cultiva tion of -the trees. Our well shews Al soil,' 65 feet deep. ' ' ' ' lr ; . The walnut tree is healthy and strong, has bo scale, no Insect pes ta, and will not die inside of 100 years. Our 1000 bearing trees SDeak for themselvns. and grafting wood la pnty taken from the J uem onrs. 1 ney proaucea tnese rirsc prize walnuts shown here at actual sise. demonstrating our conditions tf be exactly-right, for nut culture. Tou can Rot' arror tonnlss seeing them: " Don't delay; the amount for sale 4a limited Our first prica is the ground floor price. It will be advanced ISO per acre Jan uary IS. - Ten tea of these trees will pay yoo Interest on fZO.000. Bishop Scott Acad emy .bought 100 seres of us and will rebuild In the heart off our place. A perfect water system and electric light plant lias already beent Installed, We know of homes to be tHiIlt here, Tou ean't avoid profits. 1 ! On the train leaving rp'-irth and Stark afreets Sunday morning at 7:20 there will be about In our excursion to see this Ladd farm, lying immediately adja cent to North Yamhill, a prosperous city, less than tO minutes' drive. Free 'bus and a good farm dinner. Tou are Invited, Qur' first - and ae(iond allot ments are air sold. Our third survey will be finished this week. Telephone Main 6918 until 11 o'clock tonight. Our illustrated walnut book is free for the askihg. x v - Walnut Grove Company, owners. E. R. ifcnrpen. president, - 228 Stark -street, grou itd -floor. Telephone Main 633S. (Wnahlnirton Burraa of The Journal.) Washington D. C Dec. 11. Senator Carter's bill for the establishment of postal savings banks Is the calendar order In the senate for December 14. when he hopes to get It to a vote, or at least bring it into a position whence he may at any time bring it before the senate for final action. Opposition already develops from Republican sources, as well as from Democratic, and discussion has been carried on in the columns of the east ern . press. It is noticeable that sup porters of the measure cite that the Chicago platform plainly indorsed pos tal savings banks, and that campaign orators kept it before the people dur ing the fight. They also quote Post master General Meyer as Jointly with Senator Carter devising and urging the bill, and considerable is made of the fact alleged to be established by the campaign record that postal savings banks must be created to redeem one of the speclflo promises of the domi nant party. Senator Carter remains confident of success in passing his bill through the senate, but realizes that In the house Chairman Overstreet of the postoffice committee may elevate obstacles not to be overcome, althouc-h stronr effort will be made to do so by other mem hers who favor tha measure. That some device has been demand ed by the country for either postal sav ings banks or some form of guarantee is conceded by most of the leaders of both parties. and advocates of postal banks oite the success achieved In Eu rope by that form of banks. It is also called to attention that the Chicago platform Indorsed postal banks, and the Denver platform Indorsed them as second in desirability to guarantee of deposits. - TO SEND SANTA TO THE ACTORS' -HOME (Special Dlntetch to The Journal.') New Ydrk, Dec ll.-J-Ae large an audience as ever crowded the old Broad way theatre filled that Dlayhouse this afternoon on the occasion of the annual actors' fond benefit. The entertainment was furnished bv William Gillette. John Drew, Blanch Bates. 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