NEWS AND NOTES 



The Denver and Seattle Meeting 



The Trans-Mississippi Congress met in 

 Denver, August i8, and the first National 

 Conservation Congress at Seattle, August 27. 

 Matter relative to these meetings may be ex- 

 pected in Conservation for November. 



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Maine's Watef'power Commission 



Not long since, Maine placed all the forests 

 in the state, however ovirned, under state 

 control. No private owner can now cut for- 

 ests clean without showing cause. 



Maine has recently established a Water- 

 storage Commission composed of three able 

 citizens serving without salaries. Their 

 duties will be to map out the available water- 

 powers of the state; measure up the extent 

 of such powers and the proportion in use; 

 consider what can be done in the construction 

 of storage basins to conserve and equalize 

 the flow throughout the year; and study the 

 matter of forest preservation in relation 

 to this subject. 



Maine's unused resources in water-power 

 are said to be enormous. 



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Watef'-power Investigation in Wisconsin 



At its last session, the Wisconsin legis- 

 lature appointed a special water-power, dam 

 and forestry committee to investigate water- 

 power and dam conditions in th*; state. The 

 committee is at work, and will report to the 

 legislature. An important question before 

 them is whether the water-power sites and 

 dams should belong to riparian owners or 

 to the state. Private interests are urging 

 that the power sites, etc., should be of ripa- 

 rian ownership. 



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Forestry Instruction in Columbia 



At Columbia University a course in for- 

 estry has been added to the curriculum of 

 the engineering school. It is planned to place 

 instruction in forestry on an equal academic 

 footing with other engineering courses. It 

 will be a four-year course, leading to a 

 degree of forest engineer, and for the pres- 

 ent will be open to undergraduates, no pre- 

 vious degrees being required for admission. — 

 Christian Science Monitor, Boston. 



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The Woman's National Rivers and Harbors 

 Congress 



The Woman's National Rivers and Har- 

 bors Congress was organized in Shreveport, 

 La., June 29, 1908, with seven members. It 

 now has 22,000 members, the greater part 

 in clubs and organizations. The object of 

 the congress is the conservation of all our 

 natural resources, especially the preservation 

 and development of waterways and forests. 



The congress stands for navigation, sanita- 

 tion, and beautification of our waterways and 

 harbors. It is having conservation taught in 

 the public schools. 



Its president is Mrs. Hoyle Tomkies, 980 

 Jordan Street, Shreveport, La., and its cor- 

 responding secretary is Mrs. Frances Shuttle- 

 worth, 621 Cotton Street, Shreveport, La. 



Mrs. Tomkies writes : 



"Our work is mainly to educate upon the 

 subject, to arouse interest and secure con- 

 verts to this cause. In this we are succeed- 

 ing. We are putting forth all the energy 

 and influence we can muster for the cause, 

 lest the enemy come while we are sleeping 

 and sow in the people's minds the tares of 

 'individualism' and non-conservation." 



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Louisiana Forestry Association 



The Louisiana Forestry Association was 

 organized April 6, 1909, and publishes its 

 articles of association in a neat, twelve-page 

 booklet. The president is Mr. Henry E. 

 Hardtner, and the secretary, Mrs. A. B. 

 Avery. The office of the association is at 254 

 Stoner Avenue, Shreveport, La. 



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Good Roads 



Interest in the good-roads movement grows. 

 San Diego County, California, has voted 

 one and one-fourth million dollars in bonds 

 to build 455 miles of highway. 



Ten men, representing the Farmers' Asso- 

 ciation of the Southern States, visited Wash- 

 ington, September 19, to begin an inspection 

 of the country roads of the East. 



The governors of the New England states 

 and New Jersey are manifesting much in- 

 terest. 



A movement for building a first-class high 

 way between Washington City and Alexan- 

 dria is being aggressively pushed. The 



