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and further legislation of congress will tend to produce the harmo- 

 nies of an orchestra and stop the continuous blowing of one horn alone. 



The appointment made by Commissioner Colman placing Prof. At- 

 water at the head of the Bureau is regarded everywhere with great favor. 



The Bureau has in its present status no power to prescribe or to 

 dictate a general plan by which the stations of all the states are to be 

 conducted, and is merely a timely medium of correspondence and con- 

 sultation between the different sections of the country. 



WHAT THE BUREAU CAN DO. 



Through this bureau it will soon be apparent with what material 

 the several stations are manned, and it acts as a regulator in bringing 

 the various interests, equally deserving to the development of our coun- 

 try, but not now so recognized, into proper recognition. Through it the 

 claims of forestry and arboriculture in general, now largely overlooked, 

 will receive proper attention. Let us but realize for a moment what 

 benefits might be secured to the mighty interests concentrated in a an - 

 tional system of replacing in time a small part of the valuable forests of 

 former times, by the inauguration of a national system of replanting. 



Let us suppose that one-fifteenth, say a $i,ooo of the annual appro- 

 priation to the stations of each state, devoted to experiments and tests 

 in tree culture throughout the United States; and realize what might be 

 accomplished with even this modest sum. Progress in this direction 

 must of necessity be slow on general American principles, on which we 

 make all calculation on the basis of big crops and quick returns, but 

 time and intelligence will solve this problem in the tullncs of time, 

 which may be nearer at hand than we anticipate to-day. 



Music for the evening was furnished by the Nevada Glee Club, and 

 was highly appreciated. 



Recitation by Miss Gatcwood was well rendered and highly ap- 

 preciated. 



