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NEWS AND NOTES 



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from the Southern States and to the 

 ■Governors of the same States." 



The Daily Bulletin of the Manufac- 

 turers' Record, of Baltimore, gives 

 nearly two columns to the report of 

 this meeting. 



Another factor in the 

 The Appala- Appalachian campaign 

 Fo?rsf ^*'°^^a^ appeared: it is the 

 Association recently organized Ap- 

 palachian National For- 

 est Association. Its headquarters is 

 1 33 1 Candler Building, Atlanta, Ga. 

 Its president is Mr. Ligon Johnson, 

 who represented the State of Georgia 

 in the famous case against the Duck- 

 town copper mine, in connection with 

 which he made an extensive study of 

 forest conditions. 



The organization includes the fol- 

 lowing officers : President (as above), 

 Secretary and Treasurer, John H. 

 Finney, president of the local section 

 of the American Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers; Executive Committee, Dr. 

 Roy Harris, Asst. Commissioner of 

 Agriculture; R. F. Wright, State 

 Geologist; W. S. Yeates, Capt. R. J. 

 Lowry, Capt. J. W. English, J. H. 

 McCord. Forrest Adair, R. F. Shed- 

 den, Albert Howell and J. Willie 

 Pope. The Appalachian States are 

 provided with vice presidents as fol- 

 lows: Georgia, Allen M. Schoen ; 

 Alabama, Robert J. Chambers ; Ten- 

 nessee, H. M. Suter; Kentucky, G. W. 

 Hubley; West Virginia, W. T. Wil- 

 liamson ; Virginia, Jos. Bryan ; North 

 Carolina, D. A. Tompkins ; South 

 Carolina. J. E. Sirrine. Each of these 

 vice presidents is expected to name a 

 member of the general executive com- 

 mittee. Further, a local committee is 

 expected to operate in each of the Ap- 

 palachian States. 



The object of the Appalachian Na- 

 tional Forest Association is to conduct 

 a vigorous campaign of education and 

 publicity throughout the Appalachian 

 States, with a view to securing the 

 passage of the Appalachian bill. 

 Iveaders in every business and profes- 

 sion are reported as rallying to its 



cause with an enthusiasm that ensures 

 success. Its work is already calling 

 forth a large degree of newspaper 

 publicity in the form both of news 

 "stories" and editorials. Several of the 

 prominent papers in States adjoining 

 Georgia have already promised their 

 aid. President Johnson is confidently 

 expecting the support of practically 

 every influential paper in the South. 

 The American Forestry Association 

 cordially welcomes this new organiza- 

 tion to the field of Appalachian en- 

 deavor and trusts that it may prove 

 a potent factor in still further develop- 

 ing and crystallizing the Appalachian 

 sentiment of the South and thus of 

 aiding in the passage of the Appa- 

 lachian bill. 



New Forest That the people of x\la- 

 Legislation ]^g,mz are ready to take 

 in Alabama ^ decided step in advance 

 so far as regards the creation of a 

 proper forest policy, is shown by the 

 provisions of a bill which was enacted 

 by the Legislature at its recent special 

 session. 



When Governor Comer issued his 

 call for an extra session, he inserted a 

 clause which permitted the discussion 

 and enactment of measures designed to 

 protect the rapidly disappearing for- 

 est resources of the State. A commit- 

 tee was appointed to study the subject, 

 and to suggest the provisions for the 

 proposed bill. This committee request- 

 ed the assistance of the Forest Service, 

 and as a result of their deliberations a 

 bill was put through which provides 

 for the appointment of a non-partisan 

 State Commission of Forestry, which 

 shall oversee all forest matters of the 

 State, and take all possible measures 

 to promote a proper appreciation of 

 the benefits to be derived from forest 

 preservation. Provision is made for 

 the future creation of State forest re- 

 serves. Forest plantations, under cer- 

 tain conditions, are to be exempted 

 from taxation for a period of ten 

 years. A fairly complete fire law is 

 included in the bill, and the county 

 ofame and fish wardens, and other 



