SOCIETY AFFAIRS 



Plans for the winter's program of meetings of the Missoula Section 

 of the Society of American Foresters were discussed at a gathering on 

 October 31, 1917. The scheme was approved of holding closed meet- 

 ings at the homes of members at which the more technical papers would 

 be presented, to alternate with open meetings to be held at the Federal 

 building for the presentation of more popular subjects. It was decided 

 to ask members of the section outside of Missoula to contribute papers 

 to be read and discussed. 



The forestry situation in Montana was discussed briefly in an en- 

 deavor to see what could be done to breathe some life into it. Preston 

 was asked to present the matter at a later meeting when more time 

 would be available for discussion. 



The program, as finally drafted and carried out during the winter 

 1917-1918, follows : 



Closed Meetings. — Montana Forestry, November 26, J. F. Preston; Review of 

 Working Plan articles by B. Moore and Kirkland, December 17, Elers Koch; 

 Review of Kirkland's article on the Lumber Industry, January 21, R. Parker; 

 Brush Disposal Problems, February 18, H. L. Baker and W. M. Drake; Financial 

 Aspect of Silvicultural Measures on Timber Sales, March 18, J. F. Preston; 

 Taxation Problem on Forest Lands, March 25, F. G. Clark; Fundamental Prin- 

 ciples Underlying the Margin for Profit in Stumpage Appraisals, April 15, J. W. 

 Girard. 



Open Meetings. — French Forests and Forestry, November 12, E. F. White; 

 Analysis of the Fire Problem on a National Forest, December 10, C. M. Stevens; 

 Present Labor Troubles in the Northwest, January 7, J. W. Girard; Revelations 

 of 1917 Fire Season, District i, Forest Service, February 4, R. H. Rutledge; 

 Forest Products in the World War, March 4, C. L. Billings; Analysis of 1917 

 Fire Studies, April i, C. C. Delavan; Solution of the Problem of Alienated Land 

 on the National Forest, April 29, F. A. Fenn. 



On !March 13 twelve members of the Society met at Utica, New 

 York, to form the New York Section of the Society of American For- 

 esters. By-laws were drawn up and adopted. A resolution was 

 adopted favoring the principle of yield tax in preference to the prin- 

 ciple of soil-production value in forest taxation, intended to influence 

 forest tax legislation now in the State legislature ; also a resolution sup- 

 porting the work of the white pine blister-rust campaign on the part of 

 the State Commission of Conservation. The most important action 

 was the formation of a committee to further the establishment of per- 

 manent sample plots. 

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