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Outline map of eastern Pennsylvania and part of New Jersey showing relief by hachures, drainage, coal, timber, major cities, and railroads.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Matteks A great section of the estate of the late Jen SamuelF i Hersey was w illed to the city of Bangor for edr rational use Eighteen years before the testator had made his will a committee of the city council called upon totix tiie valuation fixed the value of the timber lands which he devised in trust to Bangor at 810108842 Six teen years later and two years before by the terms of the will the property could be divided the state assessors placed tiie valuation at 835378187 or 31200343 more than tiie valuation lixed by tiie trustees of the estate and the city council committee It is not surprising that the city is taking steps to secure its right to tin timber lands At tiie annual meeting of tiie Wo mans Aid Society of the Eastern Maine General Hospital at Bangor May 13th these officers were elected for tiie com ing year Pres Mrs Henry Lord 1st vice pres Mrs IN B Denio 2d vice pres Mrs K W Sawyer treas Miss Mary 11 Men ill sec Miss Jennie 1 Pickering The reports of tiie officers showed the hospital to he in a
THE BEST TIMBER TREES How the Government Studies Them for thi Benefit of Forest Owners and the Public Timber owners and manufacturer will be interested in the results of thi detailed studies of commercial timbei trees which the Forest Service of thi V S Department of Agriculture ii making These studies are not confined exclusively to the wellknown trees oi recognized value but owing to thf rapid decrease in the supply of oui valuable woods include those cheapei woods whose properties are imperfect ly known Such studies of the tupelc gum and western hemlock have done much to overcome the common preju dice against these species and have add ea materially to their commercial im portance Commercial tree studies begin with the tree in the forest and follow it all the way to the finished product in the market The intermediate steps are many and complex but a little expla nation of them may not be amiss since they typify the field methods of a forest investigation The selection of a suitable place is the first step in this the aim is to ob tain average conditions as far as pos sible When the range of the species to be
This map, produced in the 1920s by the Transportation Department of the United States Department of Commerce, shows the railroad network of British Honduras (present-day Belize). Under the Treaty of Versailles of 1783, the Spanish Empire granted Britain the right to harvest timber in the region between the Hondo and Belize Rivers. In 1862 the crown colony of British Honduras was established. Apart from British Guiana, it was the only British possession on the mainland of Latin America. The colony was important to Britain chiefly as a source of logwood and, later, mahogany. The railroads shown on the map are all quite small and were used primarily to transport lumber, sugar cane, and bananas to the coast. A proposed longer line from the port of Belize to Guatemala is indicated but was never built. The map also shows the colony's six administrative districts and the small number of towns and cities. British Honduras achieved full independence in 1981, becoming the country of Belize.
"This panoramic map shows Elkins, West Virginia, as it appeared in 1897. The city was developed as a railroad hub in the 1880s by two entrepreneurs and politicians: Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) and Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911), with the city named after the latter. Both men served terms representing West Virginia in the U.S. Senate. The map shows the city of Elkins along the Tygart's Valley River, with two bridges crossing the river--one for rail (adjacent to Railroad Avenue) and one for pedestrians and other transport (Davis Avenue). A train is seen on the far side of town, traveling on the West Virginia Central Railroad. The railroad enabled the success of industry involving the extraction of natural resources such as coal and timber. The index at the bottom of the map indicates points of interest, including the railroad hub, major industrial facilities, shops, schools, churches (Presbyterian, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist Colored, and United Brethren), and the opera house. The panoramic map was a cartographic form in popular use to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also known as bird's-eye views or perspective maps, these works are representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective. This map is by Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler (1842-1922), one of the most prolific makers of panoramic maps. Fowler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and fought and was wounded in the American Civil War. After working for an uncle who was a photographer, in 1870 he established his own panoramic map firm. Over the course of a long career, Fowler made panoramic maps of cities in 21 states and parts of Canada." World Digital Library.
Detailed map of the central portion of the United States showing drainage, cities and towns, and the iron and timber areas in Texas. Indicates the railroad network with emphasis on the main lines.
Map of northern United States from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean showing reliief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, forest and timber, Indian and military reservations.
NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Mattehs Forest Commis sioner Edgar E Ring is now engaged in making official visits to tlie wild land i counties of the State for the purpose of making arrangements with suitable persons to act as tire wardens under the j provisions of the new law passed by the legislature the past winter This law provides that he shall thoroughly police the timber lands in tbe unorganiztd townships of the State so as to protect them from tires Wardens will he eu1 gaged at S2 per day for such time as they may he actually employed and as sistants may be summoned at any time who shall be paid 15 cents an hour tori the service renderedThe State lays j claim to the oldest twins living in New England and probably in tlie l nited States The Maine twins are Calebs j Haskell one of the most prominent I citizens of New Gloucester and Mis 1 Judith P Bradbury who is now living j in Box bury Mass They were born in j New Gloucester August 1 1M4 iheir parents Caleb and Judith Collins lias1 keli had twelve children of whom ten I grew to maturity
The Western News AND LIBBY TIMES mg a ifa _ A news item that appeared in the Sunday SpokesmanReview should be an object lesson to the people of this district The item told of the liquidation of the two sawmills of the Panhandl e 1 u mber Company at lone Wash and Spirit Lake Ida a S7000 000 t 1 11 1 The Spint Lake mill Was established in 1906 and the lone mill in 1908 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT LIBBY MONTANA BY THE WESTERN MONTANA PUBLISHING COMPANY INCORPORATED CHAS D ROWE Editor and Manager HAROLD HALL Associate Editor Entered at the postoffice at Libby Lincoln County Montana as second class matter I MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Subscription rates One year 200 SLx months 125 Single Copy 5c THE OFFICIAL PAPER FOR LINCOLN COUNTY One More Object Lesson For This District would buy the mills and operate them as timber holdings in the vi cinity of the plants were not large enough to warrant the venture It is said that closing of the mills will make virtual ghost towns of lone and Spirit Lake lone has approximately 500 residents while Spirit Lake has about 2000 T This is the very
Of MONTANA GAM HERE FOR ANNUAL MEETING Friday Program Morning Session Convening at 9 0 Address of welcome Mayor L Newman Kesponse by J D Scanlan president Press Association mg of minutes of previous meeting appointing of com mitteesmembership auditing resolutions Keport of secretary S E Peterson Keport of treasurer H B Mitchell Presidents annual address J D Scanlan h e School of Journalism and ths War Dean A L Stone Half a Century at the Bat eu iiôi Sutherlin Rocky Mountain Husbandman bnould Subscriptions be Raised Discussion Le n ShaW Billings G 26 6 The North Dakota Printing Law Hon F E Packard Asst Attorney General of North Dakota Afternoon Session Convening at 130 Chasing Them With a Plying Machine ut 7 VA T Hockin g Glasgow Courier rJeneiits of Standard Job Selling Price Lists for Mon tana Will A Campbell Helena Independent Discussion Z e Press Governor Sam V Stewart The Troubles of a Weekly Output miri Jerome Williams Big Timber Pioneer What a Returned Soldier Did to Me C S Hanna Simms Enterprise Loyalty of the Montana Press J M Kennedy Libby J Pluvius Puts One Over on RecordHerald Manager Well Ill be shouted Riefenrath general manager
s i ii EM ü MI _i Finishing phases at Anaconda Aluminum Co plant include hauling and leveling black dirt for large lawns Here working on the new lawn near the change house and chemists laboratory are L A Meyers Kalispell Otto Y Lang Creston Stanley Benner Columbia Falls P Presneli Whitefish with Harold Si ble rud Kalispell grader operator The change house is where workmen will have two lockersone for street clothes and the other for work clothes There are also showers and an employes classroom School Board Budget Meeting Monday Plum Creek Asks For Log Floating KALISPELLPlum Creek Lo gging Co Columbia Falls has filed a per mit with Flathead National Forest requesting use of Hungry Horse res ervoir to float logs down from their Sullivan creek purchase above the end of the reservoir The logs would be taken out of the water about two miles above Hungry Horse Dam The west side road which leads to the sale of 17780000 board feet is not considered adequate for log hauling An improvement contract is being scheduled that includes wid ening and graveling possibly late this summer Other South Fork timber purchas ers including F K and L and
1 Saturday specials At Southside Meat Market Side Pork per pound 17 12 cents Boiling Meat per pound 8 cents Chicken per pound 20 cents Fresh Fish Milk and Cream I Southside Heat iarfeet i MONTANA KEVIN VuvsawsmwmisuasmmwfltannK Monarch LlfillBif Ci a Lumber Paints Alabastine Builders Hardware and Tools Monarch Derricks Bring Home The Grease a ii Derrick Timbers in Stock at Kevin Sunburst Shelby a Kevin Mercantile Oopspany General Merchandise QUALITY AND SERVICE The Heme of M 0e Morde Food Products li Jl Kevin ConsfilidiOil Caropany Free estimates furnished on all kinds of Brick Tile and Frame Buildings N GEO SHAW Manager MONTANA KEVIN GREENS Billiard Parlors The Place For Recreation Ice Cream and Candiesthe choice of cultured taste Complete line of Cigaretts Cigars and Tobaccos M C GREEN Prop T O t 0 B U 0 ti 0 0 o tt q p O 0 Ö j Ö O j Ö Q j D O j Ö ö I O O O Ö O ö Ö Ö SmÉnrst B O O a B o Stats Q ti a a lank a o o 0 o fl Capital 20000 Surplus 3000 V c ö q Interest Paid on l
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