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THE PORKSTRY, WATBR STORAGE, AND MANUFACTURING AS- 

 SOCIATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK/ 



The membership of this new organization is worthy of notice ; 

 it is entirely composed of men with timber and mill interests in 

 the Adirondacks, practically every lumber firm of any importance 

 being represented. The effect that this associotion will have on 

 future legislation remains to be seen. 



An association with similar professed purposes already exists 

 as the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks ; it on 

 the other hand is composed of men interested in the region for its 

 aesthetic value, owners of camps and sporting clubs. Between 

 the two it should be possible to place the Adirondack interests 

 upon a proper practical basis. 



PHILIPPINE NOTES. 



Mr. Gifford Pinchot and Capt. Geo. P. Ahern, in charge of the 

 Bureau of Forestry, P. I., are making a tour of the archipelago 

 on the Gen. Alava, put at their disposal by Governor Taft. 



R. C. Bryant, Cornell '00, has been made Assistant Chief of 

 the Bureau. 



Wm. Klemme, Cornell Sp., has been advanced to the grade of 

 Forester. 



W. W. Clark, Cornell '02, in the absence (because of injury) 

 of Mr. S. T. Neely, formerly of the U. S. Division of Forestry 

 has had charge of the wood testing department. 



Mr. S. M. Higgins a special student in the New York State 

 College of Forestry has been appointed forester to the Cleveland 

 Cliffs Iron Co. This is a very large and influential company in 

 northern Michigan which owns in addition to large iron and rail- 

 way interests, one million acres of woodland. It employs large 

 number of Finnish wood choppers to supply the wood for the 

 charcoal used in smelting the iron ore. Mr. Higgins will operate 

 on Grand Island, a beautiful piece of land near the town of 

 Munising and the famous Pictured Rocks. Although the island 



' See Forestry and Irrigation. Vol. VIII. No. 2. November 1902. 



