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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The idea is spreading rapidly and hun- 

 dreds of people are becoming members 

 of the Association in order to forward 

 the good movement now under way. 

 The membership of the Association has 

 been more than doubled this year by 



this means and people who have never 

 heard of the organization are now 

 among its enthusiastic workers. We 

 believe that we are on the right track, 

 and our theories of conservation are 

 fast becoming realities. 



WESTERN 'FORESTRY AND CONSERVATION ASSO- 

 CIATION MEETING 



'N excellent program has been 

 arranged for the annual forest 

 fire conference of the Western 

 Forestry and Conservation Association 

 at Seattle, Wash., on Dec. 2 and 3, 

 which will be attended, as delegates of 

 the American Forestry Association, by 

 director E. A. Sterling and executive 

 secretary P. S. Ridsdale. 



Besides members of the forest pro- 

 tective organizations of the Pacific 

 Coast there will also be present repre- 

 sentatives of the State, Federal and 

 British Columbia Forest Agencies. 



Following the opening address by 

 President A. L. Flewelling and the re- 

 port of Secretary-Treasurer G. M. 

 Cornwall, Forester E. T. Allen will re- 

 port on the work of the Association 

 in regard to fire efifort and losses, and 

 there will be short reviews of 1912 ex- 

 periences of private owners, by W. E. 

 Wells, vice president of the Northern 

 Montana Forestry Association ; A. W. 

 Laird, president Northern Idaho For- 

 estry Association; Geo. S. Long, presi- 

 dent Washington Forest Fire Associa- 

 tion ; Charles S. Briggs, vice president 

 of the Oregon Fire Association ; and 

 R. D. Swales, manager of the Redwood 

 Fire and Protective Associations. These 

 will be followed by reviews of State 

 and Government experiences by United 

 States District foresters F. A. Silcox, 

 for Montana and Idaho ; Coert DuBois 

 for California; state foresters C. W. 

 Jungberg, for Mantana ; J. R. Welty, 



for Washington ; F. A. Elliott, for 

 Oregon, and Chief Forester H. R. Mc- 

 Millan, for British Coumbia. 

 In the afternoon there will 



cussions on safeguarding 



be dis- 

 logging 

 operations by J. J. Donovan and Doug- 

 las Rodman ; on slash disposal, by F. 

 A. Elliott and J. L. Bridge ; on railroad 

 co-operation, by M. J. Buckley, of the 

 O. \y. R. R. & N. Co., and T. J. Hum- 

 bird, president of the Clearwater Fire 

 Protective Association. A banquet by 

 the Seattle Lumbermen will be given in 

 the evening. 



On Tuesday there will be addresses 

 on trail and telephone building, by W. 

 E. Herring, Engineer of the U. S. For- 

 est Service and Carl Bush, of the 

 Western Electric Co. ; on possibilities 

 of wireless in fire work, by R. H. 

 Sawler, of the Marconi Co. ; on men, 

 tools and supplies in fire fighting, by 

 Coert DuBois and F. J. Davies; on fire 

 fighting and patrol, by D. P. Simons, 

 of the California Forest Protective As- 

 sociation, and R. E. Benedict, of the 

 British Columbia Forest Service ; on 

 forest legislation, by C. S. Chapman, of 

 the Oregon Forest Fire Association, 

 and E. G. Ames, of the Washington 

 Forest Fire Association, and on pub- 

 licity work, by F. C. Knapp, president 

 of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. 

 These will be followed by addresses 

 by Geo. S. Long and Prof. C. H. Shat- 

 tuck, the latter of the University of 

 Idaho. 



MR. OLMSTED WITHDRAWS FROM FIRM 



Fisher, Bryant & Olmsted, consulting foresters, of 141 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., 

 announce that Mr. Frederick Brskine Olmsted has withdrawn from the firm and the business 

 Jias been incorporated and will be continued under the corporate name of Fisher &^ 

 Bryant, Inc. 



Mr. Olmsted leaves to practice consulting forestry independently and along special lines, 

 but zuill maintain close relations with the neiv corporation. His address zoill be 21 Lime. 

 Street, Boston, Mass. 



