Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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x n\j NATIONAL FORESTS WIDELY USED FOR RECREATIOl Washington, Feb. 26.?That ove m million and a half people use th National Forests as ptaJrgTonnda eac year was the statement made b Henry 8. Graves, Chief of the Foi est Service, before the Amenca Forestry Association here toda] "Located as thev are." said Mj Graves, "the National Forests con prise many regions of superb seer ery and unexcelled recreation a1 traction. In a very real sense thes attractions of the Forests consti tute a natural resource that mut be safeguarded, utilized, and dc veloped." Mr. Graves stated that a quarte of a century had passed since th - establishment of the first Nationa Forests by a law which marked th beginning of a new and more en lightened method of public land ad ministration. The nineteenth cen tury land system, he said, was on< wholly of land distribution, whicl was successful as applied to agricul tural lands but unsuccessfal as ap plied to non-agricultural lands chief Iy valuable for growing timber. Th< keynote of the present-day policy it to secure, such a disposition, use, anc development of the public lands ai will render a maximum service tc the public. "The country has recog nixed that public lands of chiei value for forest purposes and essen hu w protect water resources snouic remain under public control," Mr \\ Graves continued. "The struggle is now on as to who shall own anc control the public water-power sites the coal, oil, phosphate, and potas siam deposits and the common gras ing lands that are not suited to de velopment by individuals under an] of lie homestead laws." "Ten States in the East have in vited the Government to establisl National Forests in their borders bj purchase of mountain lands, whil< others have inaugurated a policy o: acquiring State Forests. Underly Ing this movement is the recognizee principle that there are public in terests in mountain forests thateai j. not or will not be safeguarded unde private ownership. Private owner ship of timberlands has been for th ^ t i-ii J most pari, speculative anu wiuiiui ary in character. Where public in I terests are involved, the public mus protect itself by direct ownership cooperation, and ultimately a meas ure of regulation." More and more of the larger pri vate holdings are being posted witi "No Trespassing" signs, Mr. Grave said, and are closed to the public "The closing of private lands point to the value of publicly owned foi est lands where people living in cit \ - ies and hot agricultural regions cai find an opportunity for the refresh ment and recreation that can be se cured by a sojourn in the Forests." Innumerable localities on the Na tional Forests, which are not ger erally known, have a wealth of seen ic beauty, Mr. Graves said. A ver practical problem, he stated, is tha . of opening up and making thes great public properties available fo h . ' I i \s : : p, I c~ | Miigh Grad f. , and Delici< I CANDIES fcrv fB REE i !' : % ' I; t:- ' The man wl about the cig also particuk dy he gets foi We carry th and the nati< ed cigars ai dies. And fresh to insu: We can furn cigars or c; quantities fo: sions at pari tive Whether you a dime, or m we're always McMurray as wide use as possible by people of 4 little means as well as by the wealthy. T "In the National Forests of Coloe rado alone, there were lfcst summer h 676,000 visitors. Thousands came y in automobiles and used the roads > built by the Forest Service under n the law which provides tnat ten per f- cent of all receipts of the National Forests shall be spent for road and l~ trail building. "The recreation features of the National Forests are fostered in a . variety of ways. Areas of scenic 7 value are set aside aa camping sites u and are withdrawn from any use ' which would reduce their beauty. Roads and trails are built by the r Forest Service to open up points of ? scenic interest, streams are stocked 1 with fish,and sites for summer homes e can be leased for long periods." About 25,000 miles of trails and " 3,000 miles of roads have been built " on the Forests, Mr. Graves stated. 3 "Congress has appropriated a spe-j 1 cial fund of ten million dollars for " road building on the National For* ests, which will become available at * the rate of a million dollars a year. ' This money, added to the quarter [ of a million dollars now annually ' available from the receipts of the I Forests, will result in opening up ' many regions now inaccessible for ' industrial use and also for recrea' | tion. ' "In developing the recreational reII Ronrces of the Forests we are plan ning systematically and far ahead. J Problems of landscape and sanitary 1 engineering present themselves in large numbers and we have associ ated with us a distinguished land scape engineer to guide oar work. - Our system of scenic highways when 7 worked out will be comprehensive in character, and ultimately routes of . tourist travel will be furnished with l comfortable hotels and rest houses. j This development will be of great s economic importance to the local f communities, both on account of - the added business which the tour3 ist trade will bring and the perma nent improvements which will be a made. - FRENCH MILITARY ROADS, e The military roads which are used i- by the French amy have been the t subject of a number of comments re?, cently, among which the following i- note by a correspondent of the Associated Press is of interest as ehowi ing how both maintenance of surh face and direction of traffic are s cared for constantly: ;. /'Junior officers .many of whom in s private life occupy high positions in - business, seem to have adapted r themselves swiftly to the new life a so different from their regular occui pation. At every intersection one i- of them is posted to direct the traffic, and they do so with all the efi_ ficiency of^the members of a city [. police traffic squad. Never during t_ his sojourn with the French armies y has the correspondent of the Aseo,t ciated Press observed any serious e congestion. Occasionally a German r long-range gun will tear great holes \ e CIGARS >us We can please every taster 10 is particular ars he smokes is ir about the canr his loved ones. e leading local anally advertisid Norris' canwe keep them re their tastiest ivors. ish any kind of ? * anay 1 n large r special occa;icularly attracprices. spend a dollar, erely your time, 0*1 a rl t.n spp von. |\ n PHONE Drug Co. 94 in the roads in the endeavor to pre vent reinforcements coming up 0] the approach of ammunition column At once large squads of men sup posed to be enjoying a rest .frpn the rigors of the front lini are pu to work to fill the gaps with fkml macadam and huge Me am roller appear to level the surface, ume men come on with tar pails an< brushes and coat the surface to pre veht the rising of dust as much a possible." The technical aspects of th< French military roads have receive< considerable attention from Colons E. A. Stevens, commissioner of pub lie roads of New Jersey and fo: many years a student of military affairs. His sources of informatioi are somewhat better than the /pic tures he mentions in the following notes, it is orfly fair to add. H< made these comments on the sub ject in a recent public address: "As is well known, the French army (in the Verdun sector) hat been kept supplied by motor truck. The number of men is unknown and so are the weights moved. If, however, the ordnance weights are from six to eightfold the. quartermaster and commissary weights, there will be not less than 40 pounds moved per man. The French force cannot be less than 800,000 men. Thic would mean some 6,000 tons s dsy, or rav 2.000 three-ton trucks each way a day, or one each way every 48 seconds. The number of roada used Is doubtful The photographs published or shown as movies allow ui to judge the type of road. It ii evidently a limestone macadam, French limestone is usually soft Such loads at one-third or one-hall of the above will make short worl of any macadam surface unless t the Family and Fri Count Most ol ?33333: I They were a coi ?you could tel I wprp tallnncr nh fVVAV "Down South 1 his family, don'l we take his mea And, that's all v 'Say, friend," c ette the same w ?that means he 1 1 That's why evei millions every d then here's som lam; If y< TOUT 1 the yt Sew u" J - repair work is prompt and efficient r The drive against Verdun coincided B with the moBt trying season foi _ roads. Yet, if the photographs show j the true conditions, the roads are in t splendid *hap& It seems probable } that the motors Ctmld not have stood i the Jrirain ,'of poor roads. r , "These conditions ire not the re a# ?Aaa IiiaIt 'Tfcnw ova /ina fii j a uib VA gvvu tuvn? auvj imv umv w well built roads, well maintained. ' Rut this has been possible only b? the organized effort of trained men, and whatever success the Frencl | may obtain at Verdun will be due | not only to the soldier in the trench1 es but to the patient, enduring and ' humble labor of the men who' made r the supply of the necessities of life r and of munitions for the tighten 1 possible by the condition in whicl ' they kept the roads. This they were ' able to do on account of the cen5 turies of training and careful studj * that the French have given theii roads. In a word, they were readj i and made good." ' BEAT WEAtHER MAN. i * Scientific weather prediction by t man and animal instinct are being ' investigated at the Univeriity of I Kansas. 1 Two prarie dogs, in a cage in the ; basement of the university natural i history museum, never fail to pre, diet bad weathr by going into their i burrow and refusing to come out, i even for food. i Sometimes before the government > weather signals are flying on a neari by university building the dogs i Kftve diianoeared into their borrows. > They never yet have missed giving . a correct forecast, although they five ! in s big room with heavy stone Walls : where the temtoeratore Is approach ) mately the same the year around. I \ ends v . rAn iple of fine old Southerner: 11 that at a glance. Thej out tobacco. lere, we judge a man bj twe? If he is a gentleman sure in a minute,don'twei re want to know, isn't it?' ine said, "judge this cigar ay. He is a SOVEREIGN i has blood and breeding? fou Folks of the Sot rou Folks of the Sout t rybody likes me?why tfa< lay. My! it's fine to be lething more to think ab guaranteed by mi lalrjfc m? ??htf FU WVM ? ?? MVW W??H money back. I have said i grid over for keeping his jreign ?R THE CENTII 'tiavtf off i ? - "CASCARETS" FOR A L COLD, BAD BREATH OR SICK HEADACHJ ' Beat For Ltvtr and Bowels, for BL lotuntM, Sour atom*on ana i Con?tip*tion. \ Get a 10-cent box .now. .Furred Tongue, Bad Colds, Indigei tion, Sallow Skin and Miserabl ' Headaches, come from a torpid live and clogged bowels, which caut i your stomach to become filled wit I undigested fodo, which sours an . ferments like garbage in a swi 1 barrel. That's the first step to ui ( told misery?indigestion, foul gase , bad breath, yellow skin, mental feai , everything that is horrible and hat . seating. A Cascaret to-night wi give , your constipated , bowels a thoi ough cleansing and straighten vo ' out by morning, They work whil a you sleep--a 10-cent box from yoi druggist will keep you feeling goo r for months. Miilionf of men an women take a Cascaret how an then to keep their stomach, liv< and bowels regulated, and neve know a miserable moment. Don forget the children?their little ii sides need a good, gentle cleansin too.?Adv. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. Clemson College, S. C., F h i* It is now time to prepare for th spring garden. As soon as the so conditions will permit, the lan should be thoroughly plowfed an subrsoiled to a depth of from 12 t i 14 niches, and then harrowed unt a perfect seed bed has been fonnec Any available barnyard manure ma be scattered broadcast and thorough i ly incorporated with the soil by r< pes ted fiarr owing. If only a sma quantity is available, it Will be bei r 5 comes from the fin r heaps and heaps of the South, ?tt- i.i.w . r nc is niaut: ui uie i , and mellowest of V } tobacco; he is raised gentleman?inafine, Let us all stick to [ King of them all." " And this all must b ah KNOW good bl h KNOW good iobc e men of the South are so popular?to have so out:? ? MA WAIt^ U Ul? ?V J V?M WWV..W. it A Southern gentlemeu wo4.and.Uune given : CiSa 2MAN OF THE CL to apply in the drill and mix thoroughly -with the soil. Even though E many of the ve^etablM will not be planted until' march and April, it is . ? |. well-to prepare the land as soon aa the soil conditions will permit Just before planting time toe land may .t. be freshly worked with a harrow or cultivator. > EnvItiYi Put le English pea* may now be planted. fr Lay off th? row* three fen wTd?, ie and cover the seed to a depth ./of h from five to six feet with soil. * d Plant the seed thickly in the row. 11 Thirty to fifty seed to every foot of i- row would give a food stand. The b, smooth: Med varieties will stand rs more cold than the wrinkled ppa?, i- and may therefore, be planted ear> 11 ,lier. I would not advise planting* v ^ r- the wrinkled varieties before the u 1st of February, [* 1 ' IrUk frotafbto. d Irish potatoes should be planted , ft d as soon as the soil conditions will * ' d permit Plant fin nrfrs three net >r wide and plant - the tubers twelve sr inches apart in the row. and cover 't to a depth of four to five ' .inches, j- If the potatoes come up early and g there is still danger of frost they may be covered with soil .by running a furrow on either side of thft row with a plow. This will not in any way injure the potatoes. Hit Irish Cobbler, Red Bliss, and Rose _ im all aavlv n ? i l j d SPEEDING UP IN THE NAVY. , ' o Washington, Feb. 22.?A n?fe' Q gain of 1,448 new recruits has been L added to the navy in the list 2? y days compared to the total net gsin i- for the -whole of January of sfr? i- proximately the same number: II The fall, enlisted strength nour it totals 58,000. HHHHMni WHHHnHi . iest family?and has M good friends here in tf :hoicest and sweetest ircinia and Carolina I like a true Southern clean, healthful home, him SOVEREIGNm e true, men, oecause ood! | iced! * smoking me by the many friends. And, l ?Buy me* ana get n is knowm you mint* LA, W W SOUTH .. -- -- ? _ -