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58 WINNETKA TALK May 26, 1928 'MORE MILES per DOLLAR Bring your shoes to us for rebuilding. ANNEX SHOE REBUILDERS 8 Prouty Annex Ph. Winn. gg1 VALUE OF TREES TO MAN TOLD ROTARIANS (Continued from Page 57) doubtedly deal with the Blight enemies of our trees. by it. The present forest area, roundly, is put at 550,000,000 acres, but of this 81,000,000 acres have been rendered bar- ren for a long time by repeated forest fires and about 80,000,000 acres never were and probably never will be capable of producing commercial lumber trees, though they do yield fuel, fencing and some small building material. At the Insect and I will pass 797 Elm Street SAAN NSN NN NNN NNN NNN NN] Dn NAN NN AN NN NNN ANN NNN NNN NNN NNN NNN NNN NN Let ELECTRICITY LECTRICITY has the reputation of being a fast worker. him to these household slaves. Your wants in Electric appliances, no matter how large or small---can readily be had from our complete stock. Whether it's a Curling Iron or a Washer--we have it--and at prices no higher than elsewhere. Porter's Electric Shop Deere eee A NN NN ANN NAN NN NN NNN NNN NNN Do the Job Harness O. L. PORTER Phone Winn. 44 NNN NN NN NN NN NN NN NN NN NN NN NNN NX ANN present, the forest area is commonly put at 470,000,000 acres. The forests are chiefly in three broad belts. One extends over the whole re- gion between the Atlantic ocean to about the 97th meridian, that is, just west of the Mississippi; the second extends east- ward from the Pacific ocean across the Sierra and Cascade mountains. The third lies along the Rocky Mountain sys- tem from Canada to Mexico. The eastern forest is or was predom- inantly hardwood in about half of its ex- tent and the hardwoods are scattered among the conifers of the north and south. The hardwoods are scarcely no- ticeable visually or commercially in the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain for- ests. The eastern forest region is com- monly separated into the northern or northeastern, central and southern for- ests. The virgin northeastern forest (150,- 000,000 acres) was largely white pine, red spruce, hemlock, and other conifers, with an admixture of beech, birch, and hard maple. The pine and spruce have been heavily drawn on but there is con- siderable growth all the way from Maine to Minnesota. Unfortunately the new forest crop inclines to aspen and jack --Radio-- Sets Repairs--Accessories --Movies-- Cameras Projectors--Films --Reecords-- Releases Thrice Monthly Radio Service Shop 2 Carlton Bldg. Winnetka 1840 MORNING-- VESPERS-- 5:00 Sermon by the Rev. James A. Richards "The Besieging God." Sunday, May 27th 9:30 All Departments of the Church School 9:45 Woman's Bible Class 11:00 Morning Worship. Sermon by the Rev. James A. Richards "Let Us Be Narrow" Why Not a Realistic or Eugene PERMANENT WAVE They cost no more than an ordinary Permanent and give more satisfaction. Our experi- enced operators are at your service at no additional cost. Phone for appointment Winn. 822 Marinello Beauty Shop 733 Elm St., Winnetka pine instead of to the more valuable trees. About one-third of the area has been per- manently withdrawn from forest; about as much more is reforesting and fires have made 30,000,000 acres non-produc- tive at present. The Central forest region (281,000,000 acres) is mainly one of hardwoods. More than 60% of its area has been per- manently cleared for farms and there remains relatively little virgin timber in any part of it. The magnificent Southern forest in the southeastern coastal plain is character- istically of yellow pine--chiefly long-leaf, slash, short-leaf, and loblolly. Cypress is found in the lowlands; there is a sprinkling of hardwoods with the pines, and in the alluvial bottom lands there are heavy stands of oaks, hickory, ash, elm, sycamore, soft maple, red gum, ete. The Southern forest is now the main source of forest products in the east, and the last reserve of hardwood. Its original area was 250,000,000 acres. Much of it has been permanently given over to agriculture: about 30,000,000 acres are virgin timber; about 70,000,000 acres support second growth; but fires have rendered 34,000,000 acres non-pro- ductive The Rocky Mountain forest is typ- ically one of the western pine (Pinus ponder osa) so far as commercial im- portance is concerned, but there are large areas of white pine (Pinus Monti- cola) and other coniferous trees as well as some hardwoods. The original area is put at 65,000,000 acres; of this 38,- 000,000 acres are virgin; 4,000,000 acres have been cleared; 18,000,000 acres are more or less reproducing and 5,000,000 acres non-producing and 5,000,000 acres are non-producing because of fires. The crude forest products are worth around $1,60,000,000 a year at points of origin. That is twice as much as the wheat crop is worth and about equal to the whole of an average corn crop. Fur- ther manufacture doubles the value of the forest material. More than a million persons are exclusively employed in in- dustries dependent upon the forest, and altogether the forest supports 1-10 of our American population. All the gold from the world's mines in 25 years scarcely exceeds the annual value of for- est products and manufactures thereof. The placer and quartz mines of Cali- fornia have produced $1,750,000,000 worth of gold from '49 to now, but the timber of the state has produced twice as much in real wealth in the same time. I would like you to take home with you these facts. The forests are the greatest economic asset any nation can have. Year after year they will yield the nation more wealth than any of the natural resources. The product used in the proper place will last longer than most other materials. There are wooden temples in Japan that are 1,300 years old. Many well preserved wood articles were found in Tut's tomb dating back 3,500 years. Recently in an excavation in Washington, D. C, cypress stumps were found immersed in an ancient swamp which were not less than 20,000 years old. It behooves all of us to do all we can to prevent the devastation of forest fires. 'When riding through a forest country or vacationing in the woods, every care should be taken with - camp fires, a carelessly discarded cigar- ette, cigar or match. And finally learn to love these gifts of nature. Z 7 We carry Johnson's Paste, Powdered and Liquid Wax . . . . but recommend the latter, because . . . . It cleans as it polishes, is quicker to apply and easier to polish. Phone for the half gallon size for your next floor treatment. E. B. Taylor Co. Hardware Phone Winnetka 999 546 CENTER ST. TI Iii liiiiiiiiiiiiririiiririiiiriiiiriiriiiriirriiiiiiiiiiiiiciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiz 7d