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this University for the past thirteen years have recognized 'Dr. Fer- 

 now as one of its distinguished figures. Both in the United States 

 and in Canada he was the pathfinder and still remains the outstanding 

 authority as to the theory and the practice of the forester's profes- 

 sion. His knowledge of the subject is unrivalled, his labor is spread- 

 ing its principles by pen and speech has been unceasing, and his suc- 

 cess as an organizer unqualified. A well educated gentleman of re- 

 fined tastes and perfect self-control, Dr. Fernow has won the admira- 

 tion of his students and his colleagues, and he has our deep sympathy 

 in the impairment of his health, which has been partly caused by his 

 unremitting activity over a long life in extending a profession to which 

 he has most unselfishly devoted himself. This degree will be but a 

 slight expression of the gratitude of the University for his services 

 as first Dean of the Faculty of Forestry." 



Utilization of the Forests of Alaska 



Colonel W. B. Greeley, the Chief Forester of the United States, 

 has returned from a month's inspection of the timber, water power 

 and national resources of Alaska. In an interview in the Seattle Post-" 

 Intelligencer he is reported to have said: 



Alaska has more than 100.000.000 cords of pulp wood. The terri- 

 tory has sufficient timber resources to produce 1,500,000 tons of paper 

 annually. The Alaska Pulp and Paper Company, comprising Cali- 

 fornia interests, is now constructing the first pulp plant at Port 

 Snettisham, in southeastern Alaska. This mill will be supplied with 

 100,000,000 feet of timber just purchased from the Forest Service and 

 is probably the forerunner of a large pulp and newspaper factory at 

 that point. 



In addition to the vast pulp resources of Alaska, Puget Sound ofifers 

 splendid opportunity for at least six large pulp and paper mills. There 

 are frequent inquiries of the Federal Forest Department for pulp 

 wood concessions in this State. Even at the present time there is 

 enough or would be enough wood of inferior quality cut in logging 

 camps to support a large local paper industry here. 



Establishment of such an industry on Puget Sound would be a 

 great accomplishment from the standpoint of practical conservation — 

 it would afiford a market for inferior woods now being wasted in 

 logging camps already established. In addition, there are large areas 



