| Show ill TIMIICII IIIIIT AMI MdlhlLlli In another tart of thlt paper appear I II an article on Tlmlwr llelli and Molt lure lii It I from lion John C Markay In rde 10 tin 11I011 h Ike Ill Detent New whlih offered cotta com menu on atpotch by Mr Mickiy at the Homer Ptockmeni contention regarding re-garding the comparollte reUtion of tho limber bell to he I water nupply In I which the Kentleman dlipiili Hi lten rrally accepted Iheory tiliun I data nhlcli he hue gallirred In hit own uperlence lhat a ituod timber halt aiirmii n ruploun rainfall Mr Mirkny Ic I frank cnurleoiit In hit tfipiiiilon and therefari lhi con tlderullon of Ihl I ulijpl anna from dlfffrtnt iwllil of view It uf lh friend i UI huIACIt with A ti4ueutaaor aIrIng Iho Irulh There It I one error which wi > think Mr Mickay hfl fallen Into Hut It I that hit Detent Ncn take acne I with his clilm that animal on the hill do not Injure lte tImber 10 any great extent We i < i not dliputo hit axperilnn on lhat pAInt lIne I tree Hon now Ulng whither lh tlctlrudlim 1 of timber aftert Iho rupply of water In tIe valley Or rnrlemlitnnltnt < rote 10 Iho ron clutlon IbM the Iheory thaI foretu are the attracting CIUM of prcrlplla lion It I entirely crroneout and lhat tho mountalneVIng n higher altitude alti-tude the air rarer nnd coolr are Iho attracting taut of rondtntallon and prerlpllallon l If hi theory were ettn approximately correct then the mountain moun-tain would get all the rain and Iho foretttntercd plilni or rolling hill would Ic I virtually without II Whatever Mr 1 Mirkiy trip think nf the f I ntKti theory he intitl ndmlt Hint In the light nf Ihl romtiarlHon hit own doe hot hold water lo any appreciable extent ex-tent Ileitardlnir the argument that tho limIter In th mountain hAt been re du1 by I llnll l rut for fin I cal fIr mining limber jrl the rainfall from len lo IM I oan InclrilM onetenlli orAn or-An Inch over that of Ill lo 1M9I tho In err < of limber gronih In the valley orchard elf 1 to ay nothing ot the new growth In the hlllt ronttanlly replacing re-placing Went It 1 not nil of that cut meeho 1 Iho IMIIO I rnle1 Mentioning Mr 1 OInuhnye Argument Chat dark ntlract twit rot white nIt Ide 1 n-It a n rlentinc renton mItT now In ho blotter helm < linppe < r l fon > that on hhe open ground It It I ufllclent In MX lhat the irtnlleniin ran find n ontradlctlon Iv that In hit own or linn or at any row of thule tree at IhH mon or Iho peer Ilia mlitnko Ii I Iu I foraetllng tlm HmteraturW nf the enrtlt or noil where the now tune laid Hie abtortlnR power of which I a Important Im-portant a factor ao the eon riy It Ic I n fact a Mr Mackay rlilmt hut the tnow On ronunulni In Dili tl I rlnlty infill lint In the Iran nf heavy timber uttpt 1 on tho unny claim of Iho hllli anT aemetlnuronen then ThIs It I l > iiuie In the HmWr the tem vralurn doe not fill an low Ra on Iho learlng near by ant Ihe heat of Iho earth doe much of Hie thawing 1Ihl < hon h-on Ihe open epate 1 It I left tu a greater rntenl la Ihe run rai Hut while Ilils It I the rae Ihe toll In Ihe limber hell retain lbs m lttur much longer nan thai In Ihe on The now on tho lore hill may loot Hit July Wfora It nellt and In ft few dais the Bniund It I hard and dry white In tho tlmlKT belt djolnlng whtt the mow illnputarxl In June tho toll It I kept mold mill Atigutt or Hcptemtier I the rnIe of the I tree I and undetbrutli hatIng hat-Ing tenrd en a rctcnlr wall lo hold bArk the moltute tnt allow In grad ml i rcolatlon through the toll lo Iho itrcamM below Ihii prolonging their > the-ir water upply The ftrt rtlabllthed by unltertal dntn Including that Kltrn by Mr I Mac kay Ia I that Iho timber hold bark l the water uply In the poll not abot Ike lurfare much linger limn It In l reM re-M on the lure I ground wldrli often roiins the mow longrit In frown form but not any great length of lime flrr melting alto I lhat not the mountain moun-tain but Iho vegetation thereon and In Millei 14 I a notaido attraction for 1IAlor brrauM ot lh molilure II 1 contain con-tain Ihu coiiformlnif to I the law of IImlly In nature A to Hie vrgrla lion being hIs ttucnce of the rain not Ida rain of the luxuriant growth Ihe dltulon of that pro itltlun Is I much like an Iniulrr a to which wan flnl the egg or Hw lien 0 We hat them Ulh and If the rare nf Iho lieu Ito It I niTiMUry to Iho pmduitlun ot the egg a 4 the good Iliulier Wit It I nemmr lo dranlng nuolur from blue patting rloud then It In I pn 1 > er to Klto lhat car In thlt cam thn preervitlon nf foreit tlmlitr I the tare neede That ho I the point I determine In regard to the further iur tlon and which we bellevo wa lIme rlmal one in I which Mr Markay1 trh wa directed II It I a matter of ranT drmontlrmlon whtllirr nr mil Client detlni Ilia lllil Ir l lie city tin du not but lake only Hie umletbruth which h a hln draiiro In I hit Kniwlli of the timber It that In I hhe rate ihcn the Irlllll llni ot tlork In I Ihe limber It I 11010 ten an Incldtnt In I thus other queillan that ha been brought ut > und 1 Mr Mackay preOi InlriNluceil an lenient Into the lltciiitloii which hud no ilaio there |
