1908 



NEWS AND NOTES 



271 



And to further the work of the Drain- 

 age Investigating Committee, which 

 plans to reclaim our eighty million acres 

 of swamp lands, thus providing homes 

 and tillable land for the 150,000,000 of 

 people which a short half century will 

 see within our borders. 



. To give all due publicity and aid to 

 the Rivers and Harbors Congress which 

 convenes at Washington, D. C, on De- 

 cember 3rd next; also to the Sixteenth 

 National Irrigation Congress which 

 meets at Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 

 September, 1908; also to the Conference 

 for the Conservation of Natural Re- 

 sources, called by President Roosevelt, 

 to meet at the White House, May 13, 

 14, and 15, 1908. 



And again from the West comes a 

 note of encouragement., when the Col- 

 orado State Forestry Association unan- 

 imously adopts the following pream- 

 '■'^e and resolutions : 



"Believing that the movement, on the 

 part of the friends of forestry, to es- 

 tablish National Forests in the White 

 Mountains and the Southern Appa- 

 lachian Range, is a matter of great 

 moment and far-reaching in its bene- 

 fits, not only to those adjacent to the 

 regions affected, but to many material 

 interests incident to our civilization 

 and public welfare, and 



Whereas, We desire to co-operate in 

 every good work relating to forestry, 

 and 



Whereas, The people directly inter- 

 ested are appealing to the friends of 

 forestry throughout the country to 

 lend their influence and aid. Therefore 



Resokedyhzt we, the Directors of 

 the Colorado State Forestry Associa- 

 tion, do hereby heartily endorse Sen- 

 ate Bill No. 2985, and House Bill No. 

 10457, "ow before Congress, and rec- 

 ommend their passage, and that am- 

 ple provision be made for the pur- 

 chase, by the United States Govern- 

 ment, of the tracts described in the 

 said bills ; and be it also 



Resolved, That a copy of the fore- 

 going be sent to our Senators and 

 Representatives at Washington, and 

 that they be advised of our desire to 

 have them support the measure and 

 vote for its passage, and also that a 



copy be sent to the presiding officer 

 of both Houses of Congress, the 

 Chairman of the House Committee on 

 Agriculture, and the Secretaries of 

 such Associations, as are interested in 

 the enactment of this law." 



The Eastern States Retail Lumber 

 Dealers' Association, with a member- 

 ship scattered throughout the entire 

 eastern part of the country, recently 

 met in annual convention in Washing- 

 ton, D. C. At the convention the fol- 

 lowing resolution was unanimously 

 adopted, and copies of the paper were 

 ordered sent to the President of the 

 Senate, the Speaker of the House, and 

 the Chairman of the Committee on 

 Agriculture : 



"Whereas: It has been demon- 

 strated that the communities, situated 

 along the many great rivers having 

 their sources in the lower Appalach- 

 ian and White Mountains, will in time 

 to come suffer great damage and loss, 

 and their industries be practically de- 

 stroyed if prompt and judicious steps 

 are not taken to protect the water- 

 sheds and properly preserve the tim- 

 ber upon the mountain slopes, "and 



Whereas, The estimates published 

 by the Department of Agriculture in- 

 dicate the rapid disappearance of our 

 timber supply for which the country 

 is now looking largely to the Appa- 

 lachian forest. 



Resolved, That we, the Eastern 

 States Retail Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation, in convention assembled, sub- 

 mit to Congress the urgent necessity 

 of adopting one of the measures now 

 before the House of Representatives, 

 having for their object the purchase 

 of what is known as the lower Appa- 

 lachian and White Mountain Forest 

 Reserve." 



The Los Angeles Chamber of Com- 

 merce has forwarded the following 

 resolutions to California Representa- 

 tives in Congress : 



Whereas, The Los Angeles Cham- 

 ber of Commerce has been most active, 

 in the past, in furthering legislation 

 looking to the preservation of forests, 



