Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1947 — Page 38
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Tobogganing, Skiing Under Way; a hundred thousand acres each, forest ‘while arrangements have 1948 season. &
Yule Trees Cut in State Forests
By MARC G. WAGGONER Pokagon State Park; Indiana's winter sports playground, is already humming with-fctivity after several days of skiing and looking forward to tobogganing, skating, ice boating and fishing through the ice when
Lake James freezes over.
Scores of reservations have already Inn, the park hotel, many of them coming where the winter attractions of = _— Pokagon are more appreciated than 'N8 demands by boosting the out- Boost Tree. Output by Hoosiers put While park Inns are open to throughout the winter at other, ...¢ion
state parks—Turkey Run, McCormick's Creek, Spring Mill and) “lifty Falls—they do not enjoy the weather conditions of Pokagon's) northern location and cannot cempete for winter sports enthusiasts
More Tobogganing The toboggan slide, one of okagon's winter sports attractions, will! be in use whenever the temperature | drops below freezing as a result of a new leing system worked jsut by state park engineers In the past tobogganing has been delayed until Lake James froze over] and ice could be cut to “grease” the! slide. Now an arrangement has been made to spray the slide with water when the mercury drops under the freezing mark | —ARetherdmprovement-has been a| elight change in the direction of} the slide near its end, expected to allow tobogganers to sail up the hill toward the inn and curve down to the lake Originally the ride ended In front of the Inn but a curve was introduced to send the toboggans zipping down toward the, lake, The curve was too sharp and | the unwary riders parted company | with their toboggans. All that is over now, park officials say Harvest Christmas Trees Approximately 3500 Christmas| trees are being harvested in state! forests and will find their way into Hoosier homes as a central feature ol the holiday season decorations. | The trees are golhg to wholesaler not belnig sold at retail ! I'he harvesting of Christmas trees! Wsa Inaugurated five years ago ny the forestry division, partly as a thinning operation and partly tot demonstrate to andowners the potential cash income from this source, In addition to the trees being! sold, others are being cut for use! n the Christmas decoration of Monument Circle in Indianapolis,
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Two areas of approximately and at the Jackson County state pected at the state parks during the delegated to Henry Wood, long a’
hunting season road checks were) {something over five million trees for members of the State Conservation] Interest’ in: rural areas. made on the kill by hunters. Thusiplanting and expect to have over Advisory Committee imet here for| His appointment may be expbciot) far little difference has been shown six million ready next year.
fn hunting Fen in the two areas" cam, but the survey is being continued, Park Heads to Meet |discovered on and since the opening. paign. Rk
Annual production . of seedling 7 urkey Run state park Tuesday and ports from State Conservation ofregs by the state forest nurseries Wednesday in charge of Kenneth ficials on departmental activities, Fer ron attacks fast.
lion by 1950 te meet demands for eforestation, windbreak and erosion problems of the past season will be |
Expansion of nursery beds is al- coming months and plans for better of the Shides area as a state Park, at Jasper-Pulaski handliig of the record crowds ex-'leadership of the campaign has been
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