NEWS AND NOTES. 



Careless Campers Caught 



Information was filed in United States 

 Court at Seattle the other day by Assistant 

 District Attorney Charles F. Riddell, charg- 

 ing H. W. and Frank H. Herkenroth, 

 Thomas J^IcLaughlin and Arden Purvis with 

 having set a fire in the Government forest 

 reserve in Clallam county and of having left 

 without extinguishing it. 



The defendants claim that the fire was set 

 for cooking their breakfast while camping, 

 and that they had taken care to extinguish it. 

 Some live coals remained, and the forest 

 ranger found it a few hours later. 



Prosecution was directed from the depart- 

 ment at Washington on the grounds that 

 there have been a number of similar infrac- 

 tions of the law and that the efi'ort should 

 be made to put a stop to it. The defendants 

 were released on their own recognizance. 



Black Beetle Invasion 



An invasion of black beetles that threatens 

 to wipe out the hickory trees of Long Island 

 is described by J. J. Levison, of the Brooklyn 

 Department of Parks, and a vigorous cam- 

 paign against the destructive bug is urged. 

 The new pest, according to Mr. Levison, 

 may, unless promptly checked, prove as 

 deadly to trees as the chestnut tree fungus 

 has already proved. 



The black beetle bores into the bark of 

 hickory trees and in a very short time ef- 

 fects their death. The insects multiply very 

 rapidly, and are very industrious in their 

 short but dangerous lives. Already, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Levison, the ravages wrought by 

 the pest are plainly to be seen in the hick- 

 ory trees aling the north shore of Long 

 Island. 



Wilson in the Forests 



Secretary of Agriculture Wilson left 

 Washington a few weeks ago for his home 

 in Iowa. After a short rest he then made a 

 tour of some of the national forests with 

 Chief Forester Graves to make a general 

 study of the problem of agricultural lands 

 within the boundaries of the forest reserves. 



The agricultural appropriation bill pro- 

 vided that the Secretary should make a re- 

 port segregating the lands which might be 

 valuable for agriculture alone from those 

 which would be more valuable for other 

 purposes. 



New York Selling Trees 



The Conservation Commission of New 

 York State has 5,136,650 trees ready for dis- 

 tribution to the public in lots of 500 or more. 

 They may be obtained at little cost by any 

 person interested in reforestration. The or- 

 ders will be filled as received while the sup- 

 ply holds out. The trees must be used only 

 for planting on lands within the State, and 

 it is a violation of law to sell them or give 

 them away directly or indirectly. 



Heretofore the Conservation Commission 

 has distributed trees only in the spring, but 

 will commence distribution for fall planting 

 this year. No order will be filled for less 

 than 500 trees, and an extra charge of $1 

 will be made for any order less than 1,000 

 trees. No order for more than 50,000 trees 

 of any one species will be filled if the supply 

 of that species is limited. The orders will be 

 shipped from the nearest nursery, the appli- 

 cant to pay express charges. The State will 

 furnish the trees at the following prices, 

 f . o. b. : 



White pine transplants, four years old, $4 

 a thousand; three years old, $3.50, and seed- 

 lings, two years old, $1.50. Scotch pine 

 transplants, four years old, $4.50 a thousand 

 trees; three years old, $:;.50, and two years, 

 $1.50. Austrian pine, three years old, $3.50 

 a thousand; Norway spruce, three years old, 

 $4 a thousand; basswood, $3 a thousand; 

 white ash seedlings, $3 ; tulip poplars, $2.50 ; 

 black locust, $2.50; Carolina poplar, $1.50, 

 and basket willow cuttings, $1.50 a thousand 

 trees. 



Plant Pests Barred 



Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has an- 

 nounced his intention, under the new federal 

 quarantine law, to declare a quarantine 

 against Hawaii for the Mediterranean fruit 

 fly and prohibit the importation of four spe- 

 cies of pine from Great Britain, France, 

 Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Swe- 

 den, Russia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland 

 and Italy to prevent the importation of white 

 pine bUster rust. 



The importation of potatoes that may 

 bring the wart disease from Newfoundland, 

 St. Pierre, Miquelon, England, Scotland, 

 Ireland, Germany and Austria-Hungary will 

 also be prohibited, according to present 

 plans. 



Before issuing proclamations the Secre- 

 tary gave public hearings to persons inter- 

 ested, and will receive arguments in writing. 



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