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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



Mav 



called this Conference. * * * West 

 Virginia is very greatly interested in 

 this matter, as there is great waste in 

 this State of natural gas, oil, coal and 

 timber. And I beg to suggest that a 

 meeting of the Governors of the States, 

 such as you propose, will be beneficial in 

 other respects." 



Bryant B. Brooks, Governor of Wyo- 

 ming: 



"Personally, I am strongly inclined to 

 the belief that the proper conservation 

 of our natural resources can better be 

 promoted and safeguarded by arousing 

 local interest in the subject, and by en- 

 acting strong and suitable laws in our 

 State Legislatures, and giving the 

 States the widest possible power and 

 control, rather than by turning every- 

 thing over to Federal authority, to be 

 controlled through Federal Bureaus." 



Joseph W. Folk, Governor of Missouri: 



"I fully appreciate the importance of 

 this subject to every section of the 

 United States, and the necessity of some 

 action being taken to conserve those re- 

 sources upon which our continued pros- 

 perity so largely depends." 



E. F. Noel, Governor of Mississippi: 



"The question — of conservation — is one 

 of great importance, and I shall gladly 

 give all possible- aid to the promotion of 

 the objects of this Conference. I in- 

 tend to bring the matter to the attention 

 of the Legislature, with a view to having 

 the question forcibly presented to our 

 Senators and Representatives. I do not 

 know what action has been taken by our 

 Representatives in Congress, in the past, 

 in regard to the better conservation of 

 our natural resources, but we shall try to 

 quicken their interest in the subject." 



THE HILL MAN'S LAMENT 



By Arthur Chapman 



[The most inaccessible parts of the forest reserves in Colorado will soon be put 

 in telephone connection with civilization. — Government Report.] 



I'm oflf for the undiscovered ways, 



Along with the old pack horse; 

 I want to spend some cheerful days 



By the side of a water course; 

 I want to get in the deepest wood 



Where wild birds dare to sing, 

 And — pardner, be this understood — 



No 'phone goes brrr-ing-ing-ing! 



I've ranged the hills for years a score, 



And fled from pillar to post. 

 To get away from the trains that roar 



On their way from coast to coast; 

 But now they're stringing wires through 



The last haunt where I cling; 

 So I'm up and off to a country new 



Where no 'phone goes brrr-ing-ing-ing! 



The frontier's gone, and the cowboy, too — 



The sheepherder's doomed to go — 

 For a man who loves Dame Nature true 



There soon won't be a show; 

 So it's up and pack, and pull my freight 



To a land where Solitude's king; 

 And where there's ne'er that sound I hatc- 



The telephone's brrr-ing-ing-ing! 



— Denver Republican. 



