NEWS AND NOTES 



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for a bulletin on the forest conditions 

 of that island. 



According to the best information 

 available, Mr. Everett had already 

 made one journey across Negros from 

 Cabancalan on the west coast to Bais 

 on the southeast coast, and had started 

 to return to Cabancalan by the way of 

 Tolon on the southern coast. About 

 three or four days inland from this 

 town, at the sitio of Pamari, on May 

 II, the guide, assisted by his followers, 

 drugged Mr. Everett and party, while 

 asleep, by means of fumes of a narcot- 

 ic plant, and then murdered them. 

 Therefore be it 



Resolved, That the Director of For- 

 estry, and members of the Bureau of 

 Forestry assembled in conference on 

 this 27th day of July, 1908, express our 

 appreciation of the services, efficiency, 

 and character of Mr. Everett, whose 

 personality and accomplishments will 

 leave their mark on the future person- 

 nel and work of this bureau ; and be it 



Resolved, That this conference ex- 

 tend to his family in their hour of af- 

 fliction, our deep sympathy for their 

 loss, a loss which we as his associates, 

 who knew him both personally and pro- 

 fessionally so thoroughly feel ; and be it 



Resolved, That a copy of this testi- 

 monial be sent to the. bereaved family, 

 the Manila Times and Cablcneivs- 

 American, Conservation, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Forestry Quarterly, Ithaca, 

 N. Y.. and the Alumni Associa- 

 tions of the University of Michigan, 

 and Cornell University, and Gifford 

 Pinchot. Forester. United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. 



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The New Mexico Coke Industry 



NEW Mexico is assuming considera- 

 ble importance as a coke producer, 

 according to E. W. Parker, chief stat- 

 istician of the United States Geolog- 

 ical Survey, notable progress having 

 been made during the last three years. 

 In 1903 there were but two coke- 

 making establishments in the Terri- 

 tory, with a total of 126 ovens, and the 



production amounted to 11,050 tons. In 

 1904 the number of establishments was 

 increased to three, the number of ovens 

 to 234, and the output to 58,259 tons. 

 In 1905 the same number of establish- 

 ments reported 258 ovens completed 

 and 489 building, and the production 

 amounted to 89,638 tons. In 1906 four 

 establishments with a total of 571 com- 

 pleted ovens and 450 building, produced 

 147,747 tons of coke. Of the ovens 

 building in 1906, 325 were completed 

 in 1907. increasing the total number of 

 completed ovens to 896, and the pro- 

 duction of coke increased to 265,125 

 tons. 



The increase in 1907 advanced the 

 territory from sixteenth to fifteenth 

 place in the rank of the coke-producing 

 states and territories, and gave New 

 Mexico a larger percentage of increase 

 than any other state or territory ex- 

 cept Kansas. In Kansas, however, the 

 production of either year was insignif- 

 icant. The increase of New Mexico's 

 coke production in 1907 over 1906 was 

 117,378 tons, or 79.45 per cent., in 

 quantity, and $397,541, or 89.8 per 

 cent, in value. The average price per 

 ton increased from $3 in iC)o6 to $3.17 

 in 1907. One of the establishments, 

 having a bank of fifty ovens, was idle 

 during the year. 



Of the 446,140 tons of coal con- 

 verted into coke in the territory in 1907, 

 all except 2,498 tons was washed slack. 



Mr. Parker's statistical report on the 

 coke industry has just been published 

 by the Survey as an advance chapter 

 from "Mineral Resources of the 

 United States, Calendar Year 1907." 

 Copies of this report may be obtained 

 by addressing the Director of the Geo- 

 logical Survey at Washington, D. C. 



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Oil Field Investigations in 1907 and 1908 



WORK in the various oil fields of 

 the country by members of the 

 United States Geological Survey was 

 carried forward much more actively 

 during 1907 than in any previous year. 

 In California Ralph Arnold and Robert 

 Anderson extended the general investi- 



