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appreciation of the need of better 

 legislation, and with them to obtain 

 the attention of the State legislators 

 to bills which will be presented. 



Charles E. Bartlctt of Bangor pre- 

 sided at the meeting, and addresses 

 were made by Prof. Briscoe, P. S. 

 Ridsdale, Secretary of the American 

 Forestry Association, State Forestry 

 Commissioner Viles, vSenator Forrest 

 Colby, Chairman of the vState Forestry 

 Committee and bv a number of others. 



The officers elected are Hon. E. E. 

 Ring, president; Charles D. Bartlett, 

 vice president; W. A. Hennessey, secre- 

 tary-treasurer; Hon. John A. Bass, 

 Bangor; Hon. Blaine S. Viles, Augusta; 

 Hon. Forrest Colby, Bingham; Fred A. 

 Gilbert, Bangor; George B. Dunn, Houl- 

 ton; H. P. Buck, Bangor; Prof. J. M. 

 Briscoe, Bangor; Alfred K. Ames, 

 Machias; and Frank P. Thomas, Ruther- 

 ford, directors. 



NEW YORK STATE MEETING 



THE third Annual Meeting of the 

 New York vState Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, which now has a mem- 

 bership of over 500, was held on 

 January 13 and 14 at the Powers Hotel, 

 Rochester, New York. 



The evening of January 13 was given 

 over to an illustrated address by J. 

 Horace McFarland, President of the 

 American Civic Association, on "Effi- 

 cient Trees for American Streets." 

 After Mr. McFarland's address an 

 informal buffet luncheon was served 

 at which unusual spirit and enthusiasm 

 was shown by those present. 



On January 14 the regular business 

 of the Association was taken up after 

 which short talks were given as follows : 

 Mr. C. R. Pettis, Superintendent of State 

 Forests, spoke on the advisability 

 of the Association offering prizes to 

 Boy Scouts for fire protection, tree 

 planting, etc. A committee was ap- 

 pointed with power to expend certain 

 funds in this matter. Professor Bristow 

 Adams of Cornell University spoke on 

 publicity work by the Association. 

 Hon. John B. Burnham spoke extem- 

 poraneously, recommending the use of 

 white cedar for planting in the eastern 

 half of the State. Professor S. W. 

 Allen of the State College of Forestry at 

 Syracuse took up the subject, "What a 

 State College of Forestry can do for the 

 Association." The principal address of 

 the morning was given by Mr. Harris 

 Reynolds, Secretary of the Massa- 

 chusetts Forestry Association, on "The 

 Massachusetts Forestry Association's 



Work and its Application to Conditions 

 in New York." 



In the afternoon Hon. Henry W. 

 Morgan of Rochester talked very inter- 

 estingly on the planting of shade and 

 fruit trees along highways about our 

 cities. Commissioner John D. Moore 

 of the vState Conservation Commission 

 spoke at length on the year's work of the 

 Commission. 



The meeting was adjourned, after a few 

 remarks by Dr. J. S. Whipple President, 

 on the future of the Association, and 

 the election of the following officers: 



President, Dr. J. S. Whipple; 

 Secretary, Prof. Frank F. Moon; 

 Treasurer, Sen. H. S. Holden; Vice- 

 Presidents, Hon. John D. Burnham, 

 Mr. Frank L. Moore, Hon. Franklin D. 

 Roosevelt, Dr. A. S. Downing, Mrs. 

 E. G. Whitmeyer, Dr. C. M. Dow, Sen. 

 J. B. Mullin, Hon. John R. Clancy, 

 Mr. John G. Agar, Mr. M. H. Hoover, 

 Mr. E. L. Perry. Mr. Eugene S. Bruce, 

 Mr. Thos. McCabe, Mr. K. W. Goldth- 

 waite, Dr. Geo. G. Atwood, Mr. James 

 Annin, Mr. John D. Moore, Mr. Frank 

 A. Cutting, Mr. Jacob Hasslacher, 

 Mr. F. Ambrose Clark. 



Executive Committee: For three 

 years. Dr. E. H. Hall and R. S. Hosmer; 

 for two years, C. R. Pettis, Dr. Hugh 

 P. Baker; for one year, Mr. Geo. N. 

 Ostrander and O. H. Van Norden. 

 Auditors: For two years, Mr. S. N. 

 Spring; for one year, Mr. W. G. Goward. 

 Trustees Permanent Fund: For three 

 years, Mr. Chas. M. Dow; for two years, 

 Mr. Frank E. Kendall; for one year, 

 Walter C. Witherbee. 



