W. GOODRICH JONES OF TEXAS 



ON JUNE 1 the new State 

 Forestry law in Texas went 

 into effect, and in a short 

 time, following the selection of 

 a State Forester and the organization 

 of his department, the State will begin 

 to make the pro- 

 gress which always 

 follows good forest 

 management. 



The passage of 

 this forestry bill 

 was largely due to 

 the efforts of W. 

 Goodrich Jones, of 

 Temple, Texas, 

 who has been 

 elected president of 

 the newly organized 

 Texas State For- 

 estry Association in 

 recognition of his 

 interest and his la- 

 bors in the cause 

 of forestry. Mr. 

 Jones as a youth 

 spent two years at 

 school in Dresden, 

 Germany, and there 

 he became imbued 

 with the German 

 love of forestry. 

 Later he visited 

 most of the forests 

 and forest schools 

 in Germany and 

 Austria, and also 

 spent much time in 

 the forests in the 

 west and north- 

 west in this coun- 

 try. His love of 

 the woods has led 



him to build a summer home in the Pecos 

 National Forestat Cowles, New Mex- 

 ico, some 8,000 feet above sea level. 



He has been a member of the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association ever since its 

 organization and at one time was one 

 of its vice-presidents, representing 

 Texas at the Governor's Conference 

 called by President Roosevelt. Twenty 

 years ago Mr. Jones was instrumental 



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in having Texas pass an Arbor Day 

 bill. Fifteen years ago he was com- 

 missioned by the United States Forest 

 Service to make a report on the standing 

 timber in Eastern Texas and how long 

 it was likelv to last, and he has never 



W. Goodrich Jones of Texas 



ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE RECENTLY ORGANIZED TEXAS STATE FORESTRY 

 association, AND AN ENTHUSIASTIC ADVOCATE OF FOREST CONSERVATION 



relaxed his interest in forestry not only 

 in his own State but throughout the 

 entire country. 



So, when it became apparent that 

 Texas must protect her forest resources 

 by the creation of a State Forestry 

 Department and the passage of a State 

 forestry law, Mr. Jones was the logical 

 man to lead the movement. He secured 

 the assistance of Senator Morris Shep- 



