1908 



NEWS AND NOTES 



129 



W. Nolan, Professor of Forestry and 

 Horticulture in West Virginia Univer- 

 sity, at Morgantown, as secretary. 

 The American Forestry Association 

 welcomes this new organization to 

 the ranks of workers for the preserva- 

 tion of the Nation's resources. 



Colorado The Colorado State 



Forestry Forestry Association 



^^ *"^ held its 23rd annual 



meeting on January 22d, with three 

 sessions, morning, afternoon, and eve- 

 ning. This was the most successful 

 annual meeting they have ever held. 

 There was not a weak place in the 

 program. Methods in forestry, for- 

 estry education, forestry propaganda, 

 and the Government forest policy, 

 were amongst the subjects discussed. 



Commission A resolution has been 

 in South introduced in the South 



Carohna ^ ,. r • 1 ^ u 



Larolma Legislature by 



Hart well M. Ayer, of Florence, to 

 create a commission to investigate for- 

 est conditions in that State and report 

 to the Legislature next year. The 

 proposed commission would include a 

 forestry professor from the State Uni- 

 versity, one practical lumberman of 

 the State, and two other experts on 

 the subject, together with the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture and Com- 

 merce. Though it may not pass this 

 session, it will be brought up again 

 at the next session, and the effort will 

 doubtless improve public sentiment. 

 The plan will also be brought to the 

 attention of the proposed consolida- 

 tion of waterways interests in that 

 State. 



-J - Three forestry bills have 



Legislatfon i"^^ ^^^^^ introduced in 

 the New Jersey Legisla- 

 ture by Senator Minch. One is to 

 amend the law relating to fire wardens 

 and the 'prevention of forest fires. It 

 makes some radical departures, from 

 which good results are expected. An- 

 other amends the forest park reserva- 

 tion law by compensating the town- 

 ships for the taxes they lose when 



land becomes State property. The 

 third provides definite means for con- 

 trolling fires when they start along 

 railroads. 



Tax 



Reform in 

 New York 



State Senator Cobb, of 

 New York, has intro- 

 duced in the New York 

 Legislature a bill embodying the prin- 

 ciples of tax reform for woodlands 

 which have been urged in Forestry 

 AND Irrigation. The bill provides 

 that land devoted to wood, timber and 

 forest products shall be assessed at a 

 rate no higher than the rate on bar- 

 ren land in the same tax district. It is 

 also provided that upon application, 

 the Forest, Fish, and Game Commis- 

 sioner shall send a forester to inspect 

 such woodlands and recommend 

 measures to promote the growth of 

 trees. Mr. J. S. Whipple, who holds 

 this office, spoke before the Assembly 

 at x^lbany recently in favor of the 

 bill. 



New York The New York Board 



of°Tride °^ ^^^^^ ^"^ Transpor- 



tation received from its 



Forestry Committee a report upon 

 the creation of a forest reserve in the 

 Southern Appalachian Mountains and 

 one in the White Mountains of New 

 Hampshire. The report favored the 

 creation of these reserves, and was 

 unanimously adopted by the Board ; 

 and in accordance with a resolution 

 adopted, the secretary of the Board 

 will convey to the Senators and Repre- 

 sentatives from New York State a re- 

 quest of the Board that they support 

 the bill in favor of these National 

 Forests. 



Irrigation 



and 



Bridging 



William T. Clark, of 

 Spokane, president of 

 the Wenatchee Canal 

 Company, operating at Wenatchee, 

 Wash., announces that when the pres- 

 ent irrigation plant is completed, at a 

 cost of $1,300,000, 21,000 acres of 

 high-grade fruit lands in Chelan 

 County will be brought under the 

 ditch. Five thousand acres are al- 

 ready under the water system, 8,000 



