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VOL. XXXIII.
"SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, JANUARY
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NUMBER 15
POR REFORESTHATION
Many Petitions Being Sent in To Governor Ferris.
The following is of special interest
to all residents of Michigan, being a
copy of the petition being sent our
governor with a view to influencing
proper legislation along 'desirable
lines:
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Only about one-half of the land area
. of Michigan is settled and only about
one-third is improved.
Of the unimproved portion less than
half is actual forest and more than
half or more than 12,000,000 acres is
cut over and waste land, involving a
yearly loss of millions of dollars to
our state as non-productive lands.
The large forests are rapidly decreasing so that by estimate of the
lumbermen's association 70 per cent
of the timber standing, in 1910 will be
■ cut-by the year 1920.
The woodlots of the state are decreasing and entire townships are
practically without a home supply of
fuel and thus placed at the mercy of
coal import.
The wood working industries of the
state in 1910 used $29,000,000 worth of
limber of which over one-half was imported intp the state,
Forest fires have injured the state at
different times. The fires oi 190S did
damage variously estimated at from
*?gQ,000,OQQ to !|5Q,000,Q00.
Large aims of lands (over 1,600,000
acres in 10 years ending 1910) have reverted to the state for non-payment of
taxes. Tliese as well as other lands
have been and are now sold at nominal prices instead of being kept for
forestry purposes. According to the
finding of the Commission of Inquiry,
appointed by the governor in 1908,
tliese sales resulted in the loss of millions of dollars to the state.     These
sales are still continued and help in
forest destruction as well as undesirable land traffic.
At present the lands of the state and
all matter concerning forestry are in
the hands of the Public Domain Commission composed of; Secretary of
State, Auditor General, Land Commissioner, one member of the Board
of Regents of the University, one
member of the Board of Agriculture,
one member of the Board of the School
of Mines. The commission has by
law for its duty to set aside at least
200,000 acres for state forests. It also
has jurisdiction over all state lands.
Also it receives the report of the state
game warden, who has charge - of the
protection of forests against fire, a division of authority entirely undesirable.
The forest fire law of 1903 provides
for payment of persons fighting forest
fires, but forbids the expenditure of
over $50.00 for any one township in
any one year. This latter provision is
used as excuse by the local authorities for not doing their duty, and
prevents any good being accomplished.
The law of 1910-11 providing for tax
exemptions of small plantations, is*'
right in principle but its present form
is perfectly useless as has amply been
shown by the experience of Indiana
and other states.
Believing that forests and woodlots
are a necessary part of our agriculture,
qur industrial development, and our
welfare, we respectfully petition you to
impress the legislature, by special
message, with the importance of this
subject and urge the following measures;
Stop the sale of any piece of state
lands, 160 acres or more in one body,
and suited to the raising of timber.
Permit the sale of other tracts (city
lots, isolated forties, etc.) but apply
the proceeds of such sales to the purchase of state.forest lands.
In order to make room for our Big Spring
Stock of Wall Paper, we offer •
5-ceat paper at 2 l-2c       7-cent paper at 3 1-
8-cent paper at 4c • 10-cent paper at 5c
It will pay you to look it over.
2c
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Modify, the Public Domain Commission, by reducing its membership
to five and changing its personnel as
follows: President of the University,
president of the State Normal School
at Mt. Pleasant, president of the Michigan Agricultural College, two members to be selected by the governor.
Change the forest fire law by: Divorcing this service entirely from the
state game warden's department; removing the $50.00 limit and preferably
making fire fighting compulsory without pay and merely*with a reasonable
time limit; -make all sheriffs serve as
county fire wardens compelled to act;
making eagh county responsible in
part for damages from forest fires in
cases of official neglect; providing a
liberal fund for actual patrol to prevent forest fires; providing for the co-
oparation of state and private owners
in a protective patrol service.
Direct the Public Domain Commission to employ a competent state forester with headquarters at Lansing, to
advise and assist land owriers in efforts
of forestry, and to direct the state forestry work and the execution of the
forest protection laws.
Modification of tax laws regarding
forest property by: Exemption from
taxes of the timber on all farm wood-
lots; for other forests a combination of
land tax with a harvest tax, the latter
to be a certain percentage (one-tenth)
of the stumpage value of the timber
and to be paid at time of cutting.
Abolish the State Land Commissioner's office and replace the state
lands in the hands of the Public Domain Commission."
The measures herein suggested are
not new and untried. The commission asked for is similar to Wisconsin's commission which has been giving excellent satisfaction for the past
7 years. This commission has the
power, and is using it, to purchase
and sell lands in order to acquire
large areas of forest land in solid
blocks. Wisconsin now owns nearly
a half million acres of state forest
lands, not mere waste lands, which
are being well protected and rapidly
converted into a valuable revenue producing property under their present
law.
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Regular price
$12.00
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iiig"'device will save its
cost many times yearly
Requires but one person
to,operate
Call and see the E-Z at
MEET TO ORGANIZE
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Citizens Requested to Gatker at Council Rooms Wednesday Evening.
As a result of the movement begun
some time ago looking toward the
ganization of au association to promote the welfare of the village along
all lines, a meeting has Lean arranged
for'Wednesday evening, January 22,
at the council rooms, at which time it
is hoped to perfect the same.
Those pushing the project have in
mirld something that will take in
every one who is interested in the development of Saline, encourage manufacturing, boost the village as a fine
Inspects Local Creamery.
Victor L. Morris, a creamery expert
from Dlmondale, is in Ypsilanti and
will spend some time inspecting surrounding dairy farms and nearby
creameries. He spent Monday in Sa-
or_ line and came away with a fine report
of the creamery there. It is thoroughly up-to-date, and is & fine looking
cement structure. The machinery is
the very newest and best with white
enameled wood work throughout. Cement copings will add much to the
lawn, when spring arrives.
Edward Hauser is president of the
concern and Arthur Longfellow has
charge Of the milk products. His
house is a neat structure buili on the
grounds.—Press.
residence place and encourage build
ing with a view to keeping down the 1 Persons troubled with partial paraly-
rata of taxation. It is contended that: SIS are often very much benefited by
ten new houses built means about i massagiug the affected parts thorough-
thirty thousand dollars added to the jl?when aPPlymg Chamberlain's Lini-
tax'roll—a factory  as   much   more.
There are so many reasons why an association of this kind will be a good
thilig it is useless to try to enumerate
them all.
The Saline orchestra will enliven
the occasion, speakers will be present
from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, and
all that will be needed to make the
affair a brilliant success is your presence and co-operation.
livery man in Saline should be
present.
» aient. This liniment also -relieves
j rheumatic pains. For sale by S. H.
j Cressy.
FIRST OF THE SEASON
Indoor Basebaliists Have Their Inning
At Opera House Tonight.
The indoor baseball season wjU
open in Saline this evening, when the
local team engages with a tea,m from
Detroit—the, Farrand organ factory
representatives.
This is probably the best form Of
indoor sport yet devised, and has
many devotees here, who no doubt
will be out to welcome the boys in
their efforts to uphold the prestige of
former years. __
Admission—25c, 15c and 10c.
S100 Per Plate
was paid at a banquet to Henry Clay,
in "New Orleans in 1842. Mighty, costly
for those with stomach trouble or indigestion. Today people everywhere use
Dr. King's New Life Pills for these
troubles as well as liver, kidney and
bowel disorders. Easy, safe, 'sure.
Only 25 cents at O. C. Wheeler's Pharmacy.
WWgmMuwmniffMMwmai
to Chas.  A.  Per-
THE
Will keep
clean and
the time
Investigate af; *rmc.§
your hom«
sanitary al!
Supervisors' Doings.
The proposal of the supervisors of
Roscommon county to" have a state
highway built across the state hag
failed to make much Qf a hit with
the Washtenaw supervisors.
The Washtenaw board yesterday
laid the communication from Roscommon on the table and adjourned
for the session without doing anything with it.
The accounts of former County
Treasurer Herbert Crippen were accepted, and the report of the committee complimenting Mr. Crippen
was adopted.
The board authorized the signing
of a contract with the sheriff for
boarding prisoners at the jail at the
rate of 15 cents a meal, the present
rate.
The purchasing committee consisting of the county clerk, iggistep'-bf
deeds and probate. Judge' was reap-
' pointed: t^'ftd th1*} newly elected offi-
vsei-s talcing the places of the old officers.
Mrs. Jessie Crippen, deputy county treasurer, was voted $200 for extra
work connected with the new mortgage tax law.
The reports of the county clerl|,
register of deeds and other-, officers
were adopted.
John N.
Clausen,
HENNE'S HARDWARE STORE«
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Do You-Know
Central York.
James Slater, who has been quife
sick, is better.
Charles Wheeler, who has been suffering with a felon, is better.
Mrs. Walter Coe, who has been
quick sick with grip, is able to be up
now.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schroen and
children spent Sunday with Mr. arul
Mrs. John Houck%     -    •-*■•""
Mr. and, Mrs. Herman Lang of Ann
^rb'of have been visiting Mr. and
Mrs, Fred Schroen.
Tracy, Bruce, Lloyd and Howard
LeBaron spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs." John Gooding.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Travis -"and
daughter visited relatives at Dundee
Friday and Saturday.-
,r      > i . . lr      ,., ,,        Mr. and Mrs. Don  iSchaids.   and
You have been promising yourself a library table, SOn. Clifford, a^env Sunday with
for a long, long time, r Why not get it now? We hav*?. -some; Mvan MnrPT$ and family near Yp-
especially nice ones we'd lil$e \q show you, i-anging -hi: price s"aili:i-
from $6.00 to"$15.$):- v'": •■ -^ ^ n
Furniture and
Undertaking.
Licensed Enibalnier     Laely Attendant
That with what you could save by buying your DRUGS and
MEDICINES at CRESSY'S for one year yoa could start a nire
little BANK ACCOUNT? Try it for a /jes^ aM see, &§'
stocls: is -eery co"qnIet<j« -quality th| %$i\xk
JEWELER,
OPTICIAN
Ke^p Your PromipeT
Register's Kecord.
Nancy Hendricks to Jennie Osborn,
Ypsi, $1.
John J. Kuhl by guardian to Dennis C. Barlow, Ypsi, *?UOQ.
Lyman Norris by heirs to Arthur
Collyer, Augusta, $1.
Hiram Chapman and wife to Harry
Davis and wife, Ypsi, 61,51)0.
Horace Dolby and wifs, Ypsi, $1;
Lillian Holmes, Ypsi, £1 and Nellie
A. Beadle, Ypsi, $1, all to F. W.
Brooks, trustee for the D. J. & C.
Louis Brown et al to Clyde Brown,
Superior, $1.. .       <.     .      -
Chas. Doss to U. J. Freeman, Augusta, $1.
The Lake Ice Co
kins, A. A., $1.
Birdsall Land Co., Scio, $1; Chas.
L. Foster and wife, Ypsi, $575; Wm.
Guenther, Scio, $1; James Murnan
and wife;, Scio, $1; Helen C. Swift,
Pittsfield, $1; J. Adam Bohnet and
wife, Pittsfield, $1; Norris Cole et al,
Pittsfield, $1; Helen C. Swift, Pitts-
field, $1; De Lancy Begole and wife,
Pittsfield, lfl,5Q0; John "-"chaffer et al,
A. A„ $1; C. H. Oberschmidt and
wife, Scio, $1; Lillian Lay, Ypsi, $1;
Etta Dale et al, Ypsi, $1;
Swartz and wife to II. L.
Ypsi, $1. .
Wilber McLaren and wife to, Clyde   |   A fresh assortment Of.
and Lewis Brown, Superior, $1.
Geo. Walker et al to Geo. Walker,
A. A., |1.
Anna Williams to Frances E. God-
dard, A. A., $1.
Frederick Schmid and a.iie. to Walter C. Mack, A. A..s ®S5.
■ Oscar. sl£hsr-baeh and wife to  Kate
Hall, A. A., St.
Margaret   Miley
Briggs, A. A.,$l.
Anna Beach to Wm. J. Lawrence
Ypsi, $200.
G. P. Collins to Wm
$1»
Wm. Yanke a^nc"". wite to G. P. Collins, 4\ -£•), fL
ia:ry Rolison.   to   W
jWeb.stkr,|1.
Robert Ellis to Joe. E. Ellis,
$1.
Ideal addition to Milan, by plat.
John Millspaugh by sheriff to Seth
Mereness, Ypsi, $300.
M. H. Hack and wife to Samuel
Wanty, York, $1.
Russell Tinkham and wifs to Calvin
Kauffman and wife, A. A., $3.
A. A. Land & Invest. C<v», to? Knox
& Scott, A. A., and tv.±>,. -pi.
John Traverse, tp Geo. Spathelf, A.
A,SS1,
F»'E.. l*os£ arid wife to A. D. Mc-
Tntyre and wife, York, •?!.
ON   ALL
i sun nave
line to select f:
- BURKHART
BROS.
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to     Barney   M.
ra.n>; 4. A.,
Fresh - Roasted ■ Peanuts
Wednesdays and Saturdays
H.  Gilbert,
A.
•v.,
Bine Banner and Lowney
CHOCOLATES IN BULK
Also a large line of High Grade Box Candies
California Oranges, 35c and 40c per dozen
Yours for a good hot Iimeli
GER
Must Be Open January 25.
Secretary of State Martindale has
announced that the present enrollment laws require all enrollment
precincts to be open on January; "£5,
so as to afford voters an opportunity
of enrolling for fee primaries. The
law alsOjgrAYides that the first Mould©- in'April shall also be enrollment
'day in the even years, which will bo
1914. Enrollment boards are required
to give notice of the coming enrollment in the usual manner.
When you want a reliable medicine
for a cough or cold take Chamberlain's
. Cough Semedy. It can always be defended upon and is pleasant and safe
to take.    For sale by E. H. Cressy.
s PHONE NO. 8 a
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ACHINES
Are the best washing machines made, and we
have them in Hand, Gasoline and Electric power.
We guarantee them for five years against any
imperfections in material or workmanship, and
will replace free of all charges any such defective
parts.
We give a thirty-day free trial if you are in
*the market for a machine.
Our Harness  Department
Now is the time to have that harness repaired and oiled.    Our prices are
right and our work is warranted.
SEEGEf & SCHROEN
"The Hardware on the Corner." Phone 87
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