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son, treasurer, of a committee for 

 this purpose. Thus lumbermen, who 

 have been most active in slaughtering 

 the forests in the past, are joining 

 with other citizens in the attempt to 

 stay the slaughter now. The New 

 York American urges others who 

 wish to aid education to apply their 

 money to similar endowments. 



Paducah A local forestry associa- 



Forestry ^[q^ ^^^5 recently organ- 



Asscciaticn .^^^ ^^ Paducah, Ky., at 

 the instance of Mrs. Robert Becker 

 Phillips, of the Forestry Committee of 

 the Kentucky Federation of Women's 

 Clubs. The Women's Club, The Mag- 

 azine Club, The Delphic Club, the D. 

 A. R., the U. D. C, the Alumni Asso- 

 ciation of the Paducah High School 

 and the Commercial Club were repre- 

 sented. Mr. John S. Bleecker, of the 

 Commercial Club, was made president, 

 and Miss Aldine Morton, chairman of 

 the civics department of the Women's 

 Clubs, Secretary. A constitution and 

 by-laws have been prepared. 



Superintendent John A. Carnagey, 

 of the Public Schools, plans to form a 

 children's auxiliary to study the sub- 

 jects of forestry and bird life. The 

 D. A. R. and U. D. C. chapters will 

 have charge of the preservation and 

 marking of historical trees. 



It was the Paducah Forestry Asso- 

 ciation that arranged for the lecture 

 given by Secretary Will on September 

 29th. A very representative audience 

 of Paducah citizens attended the meet- 

 ing, deep interest was manifested and 

 a strong set of resolutions, urging the 

 passage of the Appalachian Bill, was 

 adopted. One and one-half and two- 

 column reports, respectively, of the 

 meetings were published in two of the 

 Paducah papers. 



New Jersey Forestry work in New 

 Forest Jersey is becoming more 



popular. Although the 

 forest law is not wholly brought into 

 execution, yet the moral effect of it is 

 accomplishing the work of forest pro- 

 tection. The New Jersey State Forest 



Council is an association of citizens. 

 It is an outgrowth from the West 

 Vineland Farm Club. Forty years 

 ago a committee on forestry was ap- 

 pointed by that club which grew into 

 the present State Forest Council. The 

 Farm Club still keeps up its forestry 

 work and will hold its 42d anniversary 

 meeting and dinner on February ist, 

 i<;oS. 



The Secretary of the Council is au- 

 thorized to visit the county schools 

 and talk to the children. The work is 

 well done in Cumberland County, and 

 a new generation is growing up who 

 know of forestry and its value to hu- 

 man life. The aim is to have cards 

 hung up in glass frames in every 

 school in the State with short lessons 

 on forest protection. Such cards are 

 now posted in English, Jewish, and 

 Italian, in all public places, so as to 

 keep the subject continually before the 

 pupils, and the results are already to 

 l3e seen. 



Pennsylvania According to the In- 

 Naticnal qiiirer, the Congress- 



men from Philadelphia 

 will be strong in their support of the 

 bill to create an Appalachian National 

 Forest, at the present session of the 

 National legislature. They will also 

 urge in determined fashion the claims 

 of Pennsylvania forests to be protect- 

 ed. Pennsylvania did not enter into 

 Secretary Wilson's calculations, but 

 Pennsylvania's Congressmen intend 

 that the Keystone State shall be taken 

 care of in whatever is done. 



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Do Not The Chicago Journal 



Stop with would go much further 

 Appalachians ,, ° 1 u 



^ than any one else has as 



yet proposed in the way of Govern- 

 ment forests. It holds that not only 

 the Appalachian -ridges, and not only 

 mountain lands of any sort, but all 

 sorts of forest lands procurable, should 

 become subject to the ownership of 

 Uncle Sam. The language of the edi- 

 torial referred to is as follows : 



"Mr. Roosevelt recommends that 

 the Government should acquire in the 



