FRANK GLOVER HEATON, Edzior 



CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1908 



A WESTERN IRRIGATION PROJECT Frontispiece 



THE FRAUDULENT HOMESTEADER— By Alfred L. Thayer 579 



Illustrated 

 THE BLIGHT ON CHESTNUT TREES— By John Mickleborough, Ph.D 585 



Illustrated 



THE SIXTEENTH NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS 589 



With photographs 



THE NATURAL MOVEMENT OF WATER IN SEMI-ARID REGIONS 596 



By W J McGee, LL.D. 



Paper read at the Sixteenth A'ational Irrigation Congress 

 THE LAKES-TO-GULF CONVENTION AT CHICAGO 601 



THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CO^IMERCIAL CONGRESS 607 



By J. B. Case, President, 1907-08 

 CONVENTION OF THE OHIO VALLEY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION 611 



DROUGHTS AND FLOODS— By John H. Finney 615 



Illustrated 



A BEGINNER IN FORES'I'RY— Paper Two— By Anne Warner 618 



COMMUNICATIONS— 



The Pall Web-worm 620 Euc-iilyptus Growiug 624 



Two Essays 621 



EDITORIAL— With Photographs 



The Forest Fires 62.5 Fire Protection a Business Proposition 628 



Thirty Years' Fire Damage 625 The Hydro-electric Power Interests 630 



Estimate Not Excessive 625 Interest of Public .School Pupils 63.3 



Other Features of Loss 626 The Conservation Program in Politics 634 



Fire Losses of 1907 627 Anti-forest-flre Congress 635 



NEWS AND NOTES— 



Important Meetings in Washington 6S6 Irrigation Notes from Washington 637 



Wori; of the Connecticut Forestry Association... 636 A Pioneer in National Irrigation and Forestry... 638 

 •■.V Primer of Conservation" 636 



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