NEWS AND NOTES 



The Forestry Meeting at Bretton Woods. 



The Society for the Protection of New 

 Hampshire Forests makes further an- 

 nouncement of the forest conference to be 

 held at Bretton Woods and the Crawford 

 House in the White Mountains on the 

 2nd and 3rd of August, in connection with 

 the tenth annual meeting of the Society. 

 At the request of the state forestry com- 

 mission and of the society, the Governor 

 and Council of New Hampshire have in- 

 vited the National Forest Reservation 

 Commission to meet at the same time and 

 place. The state forestry commission and 

 the fire wardens of New Hampshire will hold 

 meetings in connection with the conference 



The state foresters of New England and 

 leighboring states have been invited, and 

 the Hon. John W. Weeks, the author of 

 the Weeks bill, and other members of Con- 

 gress have indicated their e.xpectation to 

 te present. 



Headquarters and meetings will be at the 

 Mount Pleasant House, which makes a 

 special rate of $3.50 per day. Some of the 

 sessions will be held at the Crawford 

 House, which makes the same rate. The 

 Mount Washington Hotel makes a special 

 rate to members of the Society of $4.50 

 per day. 



On the afternoon of August 1st there will 

 be a trip to the top of Mt. Willard, over- 

 looking Crawford Notch, and on the morn- 

 ing of August 2nd there will be an excur- 

 sion through the Crawford Notch. 



A cordial invitation to this conference is 

 extended to all who are interested. 



The Calaveras Trees. 



There is a general impression that the 

 national government has purchased the Big 

 Trees of Calaveras, a matter which was 

 agitated vigorously some years ago. As 

 a matter of fact, the law which was passed 

 at that time and which has been very 

 little understood, was unworkable, and 

 nothing has yet been accomplished. The 

 law provided for an exchange with the 

 owner of the Big Trees of unreserved gov- 

 ernment land on a basis of acreage value. 

 The question has been taken up within a 

 few days in Washington. Judge Raker, 

 the representative from the Calaveras dis- 

 trict, who has taken a great interest in 

 the preservation of the Big Trees, arranged 

 a conference between Robert Whiteside, of 

 Duluth, the owner, Chief Forester Graves 

 and Secretary Fisher. Mr. Whiteside is 

 willing to make any reasonable arrange- 

 ment with the government which will se- 



cure him the value of his property, and 

 plans are under consideration for the pro- 

 posal of new legislation which will be satis- 

 factory to Mr. Whiteside and under which 

 It will be possible to bring the Big Trees 

 into government ownership — a consumma- 

 tion which everyone must regard as most 

 desirable, for these trees are one of the 

 most important historic monuments of the 

 country. 



Uniform Forestry Legislation. 



Beyond question there is need of uniform 

 forestry legislation in both state and na- 

 tion. There is, perhaps, less likelihood of 

 unwise legislation being enacted at Wash- 

 ington than in the various state legis- 

 latures, for all proposals to Congress are 

 studied and carefully followed by organ- 

 ized foresters and conservationists, while 

 almost any kind of a bill that looks plausi- 

 ble to the lay mind meets little opposition 

 or even discussion by the state law-makers. 

 The subject is crudely understood, at best, 

 by the average citizen or legislator and he 

 experiences a sense of relief when each 

 particular forestry bill is disposed of. Step 

 by step the forestry movement is gaining 

 ground, and as the public mind advances 

 toward a broader knowledge of its possi- 

 bilities, and its great value to future as 

 well as to present generations, it will be 

 less difficult to secure intelligent action 

 and support from executive and legislative 

 branches of the government and from the 

 public at large. Each state can and should 

 have a forest policy, devised by experts to 

 meet the requirements of each particular 

 state. With broad and intelligent treat- 

 ment of the subject in each state a basis 

 would be formed which would aid each state 

 in perfecting its own system, and in this 

 way we would gradually reach the ideal. 

 Several states already have fair laws, and 

 in one state a strong committee is at work 

 making a careful study of the laws in other 

 states as well as the requirements in the 

 home state with a view to developing a 

 forest policy that shall be economically and 

 scientifically practical. — Tlie Lumberman's 

 Review. 



A Correction. 



In our June number, in the article on 

 "Insects Injurious to Forest Trees," the 

 legend of the cut at the top of page 339 

 should have read "Inside of bark worked 

 by western pine beetle," instead of "south- 

 ern pine beetle" as printed. 



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