WEST VIRGINIA FIRE PROTECTION 



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inquiry not only impartial but con- 

 structive and helpful in dealing with 

 the problems of the industry as far as 

 I am able to do so. I shall want to ob- 

 tain the judgment of members of the in- 

 dustry on the conclusions indicated by 

 the study before they are put in final 

 form." 



As the report to be eventually issueil 

 uill deal with the costs of lumber pro- 

 duction, the etfect of taxation upon 

 timber cutting, the possible utilization 

 of material now wasted, and other 

 practical phases of lumbering opera- 

 tions, it is obvious that a comprehensive 

 study, based upon such facts, will be of 

 as much benefit to the lumber industry 

 itself as to the public in general. 



The Forest Service announces the 

 following assignments of its men in 

 connection with this work : 



F. H. Smith and R. S. Simmons, now- 

 engaged in a study of foreign marke:>, 

 are carried on the rolls of the lUirea.i 

 of Foreign and Domestic Commercj. 

 E. S. Bryant and R. S. P.ryant. carri? 1 

 on the rolls of the Forest Ser\-ice. are 



investigating the conditions controlling 

 lumber production in the southern yel- 

 low pine region. Austin Gary, with 

 the assistance of members of District 

 (), is conducting a similar investigation 

 in the Pacific Northwest. G. Stoweil 

 Smith, with the assistance of the offi- 

 cers in District •"). is conducting an in- 

 \estigation of conditions controlling 

 lumber production in Galifornia. F. A. 

 Silcox, with the assistance of the mem- 

 bers of District 1. is conducting a simi- 

 lar in\estigation in the Inland Empire. 



The Forest Products Laborator) , 

 under the direction of Howard F. 

 Weiss, is supplementing these investi- 

 gations by studies of utilization and 

 waste. 



The Office of Industrial Investiga- 

 tion, under the direction of ( ). T. Swan, 

 is conducting studies of the adaptation 

 of manufacturing and grading to wood 

 using industries and markets. 



( )ther members of the Forest Service 

 within the next two months will under- 

 ake studies of special phases of lumber 

 distribution. 



WEST VIRGINIA FIRE PROTECTION 



THE Executive Committee of the 

 Central West Virginia Fire 

 Protecti\e Association has ar- 

 ranged to cooperate with the 

 State and Federal (jO\ernment in pre- 

 venting and controlling forest fires and 

 has appointed se\eral patrolmen. 



This association, which was org-an- 

 ized several months ago for the pur])ose 

 of supplementing the State and Ciovern- 

 ment in forest fire work, is composed 

 of all the principal timber land owners 

 in central and southeastern West Vir- 

 ginia, the largest of whom are the 

 Cherry River Boom & Lumber Com- 

 pany, with 210,000 acres, the Gauley 

 Land Association with 175. 000 acres, 

 the West \'irginia Pulp & Paper Com- 

 ])any with 1 oO.OOO acres. Other mem- 

 bers are the IJabcock Lumber Company. 

 George Craig & Sons; l^emis Lumber 

 Compaii}- ; Raine-Andrew> Lumber 

 Company ; Wildell Lumber Companv ; 

 Wilson Lumber Company, Gilfilin. 

 Neal & Company; Pocahontas Land 



(!;,: Development Company ; Denmar 

 Lumber Company. Glady Fork Lum- 

 ber Company. Porterwood Lumber 

 Compan\- and William's Heirs. 



All this land belonging to the Asso- 

 ciation, comjirising more than SOO.OdO 

 acres, is assessed annually at 1 cent per 

 acre, which will be used in cooperat- 

 ing with the State and Government in 

 better protecting these forest lands 

 from fire. 



The State huil(l> and equips lookout 

 stations on high mountain peaks, the 

 Government furnishes lookout watch- 

 men for these stations and the private 

 owners, through this Association, fur- 

 nish patrolmen, which makes a com- 

 plete system as is now being used in 

 the following sixteen states : Maine, 

 Xew Hanqishire, X'ermont. Massachu- 

 setts, Connecticut, New York, Xew 

 Jersey, Mar3land, Kentucky, Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, Idaho. Minnesota. Wash- 

 ington, Oregon and South Dakota. 



