Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North Carolina, Volumes 16-25 |
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... Timber Trees of North Carolina , by Gifford Pinchot and W. W. Ashe , 1897. 8 ° , 227 pp . , 22 pl . Postage 10 cents . 7. Forest Fires : Their Destructive Work , Causes and Prevention , by W. W. Ashe , 1895. 8 ° , 66 pp . , 1 pl ...
... Timber Trees of North Carolina , by Gifford Pinchot and W. W. Ashe , 1897. 8 ° , 227 pp . , 22 pl . Postage 10 cents . 7. Forest Fires : Their Destructive Work , Causes and Prevention , by W. W. Ashe , 1895. 8 ° , 66 pp . , 1 pl ...
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... timber came into demand , a value was created for it , and then these swamp lands were regarded as having some value , by reason of the forest growth upon them , and so it continued , until by reason of this demand individual landowners ...
... timber came into demand , a value was created for it , and then these swamp lands were regarded as having some value , by reason of the forest growth upon them , and so it continued , until by reason of this demand individual landowners ...
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... timber you have sold you have received no revenue . I take it that the people who have come to this convention are interested in drainage . Congressman Small has detailed some of the difficulties . which confront you . I am here to tell ...
... timber you have sold you have received no revenue . I take it that the people who have come to this convention are interested in drainage . Congressman Small has detailed some of the difficulties . which confront you . I am here to tell ...
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... timber , we thought that our supply of farm land and timber was inexhaustible , and yet , my friends , with only forty years of industrial activity , for our in- dustrial activity really began at the close of the war , the available ...
... timber , we thought that our supply of farm land and timber was inexhaustible , and yet , my friends , with only forty years of industrial activity , for our in- dustrial activity really began at the close of the war , the available ...
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... timber . We thought that we had inexhaustible supplies of timber , that is , if we thought fifteen or twenty years ago about the matter at all . We had so much that the idea that it would ever be exhausted never occurred to anybody and ...
... timber . We thought that we had inexhaustible supplies of timber , that is , if we thought fifteen or twenty years ago about the matter at all . We had so much that the idea that it would ever be exhausted never occurred to anybody and ...
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Page 18 - Engineer, being the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man...
Page 70 - ... dollars. But this section shall not be construed to prohibit or prevent any railroad company from, piling or keeping upon the right of way cross ties or other material necessary in the operation or maintenance of such railroad.
Page 32 - ... he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.
Page 39 - SEC. 2. That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated and made available until expended, out of any moneys in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with any State or group of States, when requested to do so, in the protection from fire of the forested watersheds of navigable streams...
Page 47 - OFFICERS 1. The President of the Association shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Executive Committee, and in consultation with the Program Committee, shall prepare the programs for the annual meetings.
Page 38 - Any person who shall maliciously or wilfully destroy, deface, remove or disfigure any sign, poster or warning notice posted under the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than...
Page 38 - ... method for so doing, and providing for the assessment and collection of the costs and expenses of the same, and issuing and selling bonds therefor, and for the care and maintenance of such improvements when constructed, approved if arch IT, 1910.