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THE BANNER, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1907.
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DAVISON-NICHOLSON CO’S
GREAT SALE
Of Holiday Goods Monday and Tuesday, the Last Days Before
Christmas
Everything in Holiday Goods will
be closed out without profit at the
Big Store
Cut Glass Novelties, Brass Novelties, Copper and Nickle Novelties, Electric Fixtures for Desks, Carving Sets,
Scissors setts, Fire Setts, Brass Andirons, Brass Cuspidors, Coffee Percolaters, Silver Trays, Dolls, Doll Furniture
Doll CarriagOs anti Go-Carts selling without profit.
Specials for
Christmas Gifts
Here’s a Good List Special
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SHOES—Nothing nicer and more useful than
Show ami Slippers for Men, Women aud Children.
\ isit cur SHOE STORE. ‘A e will keep our stores
open until 10 o’clock Monday and Tuesday nights for
tlie benefit of Chiistinas shoppers.
Cloaks and Suits
Selling at Cost.
Kimonas, Wrappers, Dressing Sacks and Flau-
mdlette downs and Childrens Sleeping (C.riiients sell
ing at about cost of m .teji d -Ley me made of.
Winter
Underwear
For Ladies', Boy’s and hiidrt n. ' 'losing out the
eutire line at greatly reduced prices.
Read it over and select what you
what you want for Christmas gifts.
We have just received new shipments Furs,
Ready to-Wear Skirts, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Ho
siery. shopping Hags, Purses, Belts, Umbrellas, Suit
Cases, Trunks Mid 11 tml Satchels, Carpets, Mattings,
and Rugs,
Art Squares,
Lace Curtains,
Portiers and Window Shrdes, Silk Petticoats, Merce-
ri zed Sat teen, Petticoats. Silk Shirt Waist, Lace Shirt
Wrist, Muslin Und<nv<ar, Knit Wool Goods, Under
skirts and Sacks, Children’s Caps, Cloaks and Boys
Pants, Cashmere ( lo.iks for Infan's, Silk Caps for
Babies.
SPECIAL- _50 Art Squares will Vie sold this week
—. ■ i — - at 1-4 off for Holiday trade.
Stores open nights till 10 o’clock.
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Christmas Last
Beautiful Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, White
Quilts, Down Comforts and Blankets.
Millinery
Everything in Ready-to-\V ear Hats will be closed
out at about half vah e.
Come to
The Big Store
Monday an l Tuesday where you will find the
greatest collection of useful merchandise suitable for
Holiday gilts at prices lower than any house in the
busin ss.
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NATIONAL FOflrST
ME QUESIiON
Government Must T«k
iteps 10 Preserve Forests
or Loss w.ll Con •.
ldiiaiis
s some
i mount
As a result of one of the most ex
tensive and thoroughgoing field In
vestigations which the government
has ever conducted. Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, in his special re
port tnmsmitted to congress tod.i>
recommends that the government ac
quire an area not to exceed GOO,000 j
acres in the White Mountains and j
areas aggregating not mere than F>.- j
000.000 acres in the Southern Appal.t- ,
chians for the establishment of Na
tional Forests. The laverage price
to l>o paid per aero is put at $5 for
the \V!iito Mountains and at $0.50 fo ■
the Southern Appalachians. The
lands which it is recommenile 1 that
tho government take over lie in the
Blue Ridge and Groat Smoky Moun
tains of North Carolina and Tonnes
see. South Carolina and Georgia, i.i
the Allegheny Mountains of eastern
n-d southern West Virginia and west
ern Virginia, in the Cumberland
Mountains of eastern Kentucky, Ton-
ressee. and northern Alabama, and
In the four main ranges of the White
Mountains . mostly in New Hamp
shire. Immediate action Is urged ba
the Secretary, since the natural re
sources of iboth regions are being
seriously impaired by reckless lum-
''bering and wasteful use.
Congress, at Its Jast session, ap
propriated $25,000 to make this in
vestigation, and the Secretary of Ag
riculture, In order to present the
niost complete and conclusive report
possible, saw to It that each of the
^several problems involved was
handled by the most competent man
whose services could be secured. The
Forest Service detailed to the work
several of Its most experienced ex-
the Bureau of Soils made a
study of the soils and agrlcul-
cl possibilities bt the Southern Ap-
Region, the Geological Sur-
the results-of a seven years
vestlgatlon of water power and
avi nation in the Southern Appala-
and from Prof. L. C. Gleen of
derhllt University were secured
resulU or a three years study of
IKMi.-:-.;-
I ■ report (I the secret :i
'•■''Us the iirst complete study
• ns in the Southern Ap;m
m I V. Iiite Mountains, and u i v
fling facts concerning Die
el '.Her (lower i vaiialile, I
!" mleitce of tl.e nation
Southern Appalachians foi
iianlwi od supply, and tin
reduction in the value for
er and navigation of Hi
'V'ieh would result from the remove 1
ol 1 he forests from the mountains.
The serret :ry emphasizes the fact
lii l the two regions under consider;!
i n are advancing raiddly toward a
nilition of tiarrenness and sterility.
It i> estimated that in the uplan!
country south of Pennsylvania no:
1 * 1 - than inn square miles of arable
at 1 forest a Me land cart- absolute!*"
lost each year tiirougli the complete
re r. va! of the woods and the con
s’’ 11 lit washing of the soil.
,.l part of the report which deals
w ! :h the production of timlier brings
trikingl.v the fact that the nt
future hardwood supply rests
■ control y.f the Southern AppulJ-
rliians. In the last seven years the
hardwood lumber cut has fallen off
over 15 per cent, and tills in the face
; f an unprecedented demand. Dur
ing the same period the wholesale
>vi'es of hardwood lumber advanced
from 35 to G5 tier cent. A liberal es
timate gives the remaining stand V.
hardwood of the country at flit bit
lion feet, enough to last for only It,
oit!
I«irt brings out some entirely new
facts. itased on the lowest two
weeks in the year, it states tint un
der present conditions the streams
of the Southern Appalachians afford
;i minimum of 2.740.000 horse power
Development of the storage facilities
of streams would increase this from
three to thirty times. At least 50
per cent of the minimum horsepower
is available for economic develop
mein. On this basis, the report says,
tlie rental of 1,550,000 horse-power r.‘
?2n tier annum is worth $27,000,000
per year. In the same way, if there
is added the possible revenue from
the 50 jier cent of power which is
present for only half the year, the
total is brought to $:is.000,0u0. After
pointing out what a tremendous far
tor this vast water-power is in the
future industrial development -cf t'.m
United States and how much New
England depends upon the power
given by the streams which rise in
the White Mountains, Secretary Wil
son goes on to show what a vital
relation the forest hears to success
ful utilization of water power and
artificial storage. He shows tiiat n-i
matter what the purpose or design,
’ey reservoir system developed in
* ** Southern Appalachians is fore
doomed to failure unless the water
sheds which feed it are kept under
invest If the fc rest is removed, vest
accumulations of silt and gr.i el will
he carried down to the rcs.-u-v irs mi
lender them wort dess. Moreover
the hoods in n,any .of the streams are
due to the extent to which the fores*,
has been cut away or burnt, an i i:
the reckless cutting and carelessness
with regard to fire continues, mos*-,
of the groat water-power now avail
performances
noon and e
houses should
ears. The report then prints out shle will lie lost,
that it is the Appalachian region. The Appalachian Mountains are a’,
where 75.000.000 acres art* primarily so important to navigation, since all
adapted to the production of hard- the water gathered by them flows
wood timber,*to which the (hardwood- to the sea in navigable -rivers. The
using industries must look fer fu- forest Is the one natural factor whim
ture supplies. It shows also that un- tends to equalize the flow of streams,
ler right management these 75,000, and with the forest supplemented by
009 acres can produce .each year a system cf reservoirs the depth of
three billion cubic feet of wood, mty streams could he materially in-
about equal to the present consump- creased. With 35 per cent of the
tlon of hardwood Umber for all pur- Monongahela water subject to stor-
poses. If the Appalachians are tak- pge, the flood damage at Pittsburg
en soon enough, the secretary points and Wheeling would be almost elini-
out, and aro rightly handled, they lnatorl. With the minimum stage cf
can he made to produce continuously the Chic* at Wheeling Increased by
ifcree-fourths of the hardwood sup- 3 feet, the covted .stage between
preserve the forest cover of the wa
tersheds and so prevent the filling up
of both reservoirs or streams with
sand and silt washed from the moun
tain sides.
'I lie report shows graphically the
condition of the two regions today,
the slopes stripped of their forest
cover, the resulting erosion of the
soil, the danger to agricultural lands
and waterways, and tho total destruc
tion of scenic beauty, a large asset
in many sections. Although only a
very small portion of tin* 75,000,000-f-' Vamlevill
acres of forests land is recommended
for acquisition by the government,
tho report suggests a plan whereby
with the aid of tho several states
and the co-operation of private own
ers proper management of most of
the land might lie secured. The crea
tion of National Forests, as is polnt-
“ I out. will not interfere with local
industries, hut rather it will aid them.
Government protection of the forests
would solve the fire problem of the
region, it would not hinder mining
and prospecting, and to farming and
fruit growing it would give a material
stimulus, since protection of the
higher mountain slopes would greatly
incroase tho safety of these indtts
Ivies in the valleys below. Nor would
National Forests interfere in the
slightest degree with settlers who
own and cultivate small farms along
mountain streams, nor would it
i the use of the mountains for
grazing. The many other uses of the
mountain would he furthered rather
than hindered, and 10 per cent of all
revenues which the government re
ceived from the Forests would be giv
en to the counties in which the For
ests were The great industries, such
■as the furniture, cooperage, wagon,
etc., which depend upon a supply cf
hardwood, would he benefited In
enlculably, and the vast capital whicl
depends upon water power would hr
made secure.
Taken as a whole. the report
marks a distinct step forward by out
lining a definite program for preserv
ing for continuous use one of the
Nation's greatest resources.
8 VAUDEVILLE
AT THE
The Best Features
Orplie.m to be
in 1 ii ; .s Lin.
of the
Set ii
the South. The number
springing up in the large
presenting this popular
amusement -is evidence
and the success of the
tablished Orpheum theatre in Atlan
ta shows that this section approves
this itopuiar form of amusement.
The Orpheum will send its best
vaudeville acts to the Colonial for
engagement is an experl-
"■11*. and should the thea-
ane their liking for it
will probably become a
mi’*’ "f this winter's sea-
Orpheiim Company are
new theatres in prosper
ous eities, and a permanent hooking
arrangement for vaudeville may fol
low the Christinas engagement.
i>-s hariys. tho wonderful Parlsar-
equilibrists and gymnasts, will lip
tin* lecture of the engagement here,
witli a number of the best acts from
tin* circuit s offerings. It promises
st offering of its kind
I at tile Colonial
n Christmas alter
Piling. and packe I
ollow tin* announce-
CASTOR IA
For I nants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Agreeably Surprised.
Many sufTcrers from rheumatism
have been agreeably surprised at the
prompt relief afforded by applying
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It maker-
ply of the country, and this without Pittsburg and Cincinnati would all j sleep and rest possible.' For sale by
exhausting the forests, but, In fact, but be secured. As the report points H. R. Palmer & Sons, W. J. Smith *
out, however .this ’ will never be ac- Bro., L. P. Conning, E. C. McEroy
J0NE8 ACRO BATIC DOGS,
With The Orpheum Theatre Company.