NEWS AND NOTES 



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an excellently done piece of work and is a 

 complete tree manual for the state. The il- 

 lustrations are good and as the work has been 

 guided and approved by eminent authorities, 

 it is safe to assume its accuracy. It is well 

 printed and the illustrations really illustrate. 

 At the end of the book is a list of 112 trees, 

 native to Kentucky, a list of eight trees that 

 are in doubt, and of ten, the occurrence of 

 which in Kentucky is in doubt. Besides 

 these, there is a list of foreign trees that 

 have become spontaneous in Kentucky. The 

 preparation of such a book as this in all our 

 states would be of great educational value 

 and would doubtless stimulate tree study. 



A Fire Protection Hand-'book 



Among the numerous publications that are 

 now being issued by forest officials in regard 

 to the management of forest fires, one of the 

 most practical and serviceable that has come 

 to our attention is a "Treatise on the Pro- 

 tection of Forests from Fire," by W. V. J. 

 Hall and C. L. O'Hara, superintendent and 

 assistant superintendent of the Bureau of 

 Forestry of the Province of Quebec. This is 

 printed in convenient pocket form with a 

 durable cover and treats of the whole sub- 

 ject of prevention and handling of forest fires 

 in a practical and comprehensive way. There 

 is a useful glossary which makes the manual 

 more serviceable for the average layman. 



NEWS AND NOTES 



Railroad Cooperation in Fire Protection 



The Western Forestry and Conservation 

 Association, of which Albert L. Flewelling 

 of Spokane is president, has perfected a plan 

 to utilize certain departments of the railroads 

 operating in Washington, Oregon, California, 

 Idaho, and Montana in warning the people 

 in the "five states against carelessness with 

 fires in the forests during the summer months. 

 E. T. Allen, forester of the association, made 

 the foregoing announcement while in Spo- 

 kane, and outlined the plan in brief as fol- 

 lows : 



"Forest protection is of the utmost benefit 

 to all our people, and we believe we can en- 

 list their cooperation in this work. With that 

 end in view all ticket envelopes, time-tables, 

 folders, and pamphlets describing mountain, 

 lake and forest resorts for western distri- 

 bution will contain suggestions as to how 

 to avert camp and other fires, also the means 

 to be employed in combatting the element. 

 Booklets dealing with the same subject will 

 be placed in observation cars and placards 



are to be posted in the waiting rooms of 

 forest stations. The association will bear 

 the extra expense occasioned by this work. 

 "No agency has quicker and better means 

 of reaching the public than the railroads, as 

 almost every one travels and reads railroad 

 literature, and this step the Western For- 

 estry and Conservation Association is taking 

 is the first attempt to utilize it for forest 

 protection. Railroad officials are keenly in- 

 terested in the plan, as the roads profit 

 equally with the public in reducing the de- 

 struction of forest resources. The lumber 

 industry not only furnishes a large propor- 

 tion of their traffic, but also brings into the 

 northwestern and coast states more than 

 $150,000,000 a year, most of which goes into 

 general circulation to build up business of all 

 kinds. Irrigation and power development de- 

 pend much on forest regulation of stream- 

 flow. Tourist and resort travel is affected 

 by destruction of scenic and game condi- 

 tions by forest fires, and every acre of timber 

 or second growth destroyed means a money 

 loss to the railroads as well as to the nation." 



