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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Tenn. At the meeting of the Appa- 

 lachian Park Association Assistant 

 United States Forester W. L. Hall told 

 about the acquiring of national forests 

 in the Appalachians. 



Hugh McRae, of Wilmington, N. C, 

 was elected president of the State For- 

 estry Association and State Forester 

 J. S. Holmes was reelected secretary 

 and treasurer. Resolutions deploring 

 the death of George W. Vanderbilt and 

 the departure of Dr. C. A. Schenck 

 from this country, and also requesting 

 a State appropriation of $10,000 for 

 forest fire fighting were passed. 



The day following the business ses- 

 sion the delegates and visitors spent in 

 Pisgah forest, where they inspected the 

 forest planting and viewed the tract of 

 86,700 acres recently purchased by the 

 Government. 



Foresters and conservationists all 

 over the country were shocked by the 

 untimely death, on June 11, of Overton 

 W. Price, vice-president of the National 

 Conservation Association of Washing- 

 ton, D. C, and former Assistant United 

 States Forester under Gififord Pinchot. 

 Mr. Price was one of the best known 

 foresters in America, starting active 

 work in his profession in 1899 after 

 thorough preparation, and attaining 

 credit and distinction in all he did. He 

 served with Gifford Pinchot during the 

 latter's term in the Forest Service, 

 doing such excellent work that Mr. 

 Pinchot dedicates his latest book, "The 

 Training of a Forester," to him in these 

 words : "To Overton W. Price, friend 

 and fellow-worker, to whom is due, 

 more than to any other man, the high 

 efficiency of the United States Forest 

 Service." 



After leaving the Service Mr. Price 

 devoted himself to his duties with the 

 National Conservation Association and 

 to private forestry work which included 

 representation of the forestry interests 

 of the late George W. Vanderbilt and 

 work for the Canadian Government in 

 British Columbia, and other details. He 

 also made many valuable contributions 

 to forestry and conservation literature, 

 his last work of this kind beine his 



article in the June issue of American 

 Forestry. Mr. Price was in the prime 

 of life, and his passing has occasioned 

 widespread and heartfelt regret. His 

 mother, his wife and four children 

 survive him. 



A comprehensive circular giving de- 

 tailed information regarding the hotels, 

 camps, transportation lines, and points 

 of interest in the Yellowstone National 

 Park has just been issued by direction 

 of Secretary Lane. Travel to the Yel- 

 lowstone has been developed to such a 

 degree that there are listed two lines 

 for the transportation of tourists, a 

 hotel company operating five hotels, two 

 camping companies operating stage 

 lines and permanent camps, and five 

 firms or individuals catering to special 

 camping parties. There are descrip- 

 tions of the formations of the terraces 

 at Mammoth Hot Springs, the geyser 

 basins along Gibbon and Firehole 

 Rivers, and the Grand Canyon of the 

 Yellowstone. The circular contains in- 

 teresting notes on the varying action of 

 the geysers, the colored pools, and the 

 hot springs. 



In New York's railways of over 8,000 

 miles practically all of the ties used in 

 the tracks come from other States. 

 Longleaf pine and oak are brought 

 from the South and chestnut from 

 the southern Appalachian Mountains. 

 These ties now cost the railroads from 

 6.") to 80 cents apiece, whereas 15 years 

 ago they could be purchased for from 

 o5 to 50 cents apiece. Many railroads 

 are planting trees to supply ties for the 

 future. Metal and concrete ties have 

 proven to be unsatisfactory, as they 

 lack the essential elasticity. In Ger- 

 many and France more wooden ties are 

 used annually in spite of the gradually 

 increasing cost. 



With the acquisition l:)y the Federal 

 Government of Pisgah Forest, the 

 property extending through the for- 

 ested part of three counties of western 

 North Carolina, there comes to lum- 

 bermen and other owners of woodland 



