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defeat any measure ever received in that state. The conservation 

 article was included with many other questions which reorganized 

 the state government and therefore the conservation idea as 

 adopted cannot be so measured in the approval by the people. 



It was attacked both for what it contained and what it omitted. 

 It was supported because it was supposed to eliminate politics and 

 was a decided improvement. 



There is no doubt but that the Republican Legislature which 

 convenes in January will attempt to pass certain of the proposed 

 amendments in order to forestall a possible Democratic Consti- 

 tutional Convention in 1917. What will be done with Art. VII, 

 Sec. 7, remains to be seen, but there is grave question if any 

 radical change is made. 



During recent years the "get-together" spirit has permeated 

 both lumbering and forestry circles to an increasing extent. The 

 trend in this direction is particularly notable in the case of the 

 lumber industry. The tendency in both cases was well illustrated 

 at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, during the week 

 of October 18, when, on consecutive days, were held conferences 

 of the Society of American Foresters, the Western Forestry and 

 Conservation Association, the American Forestry Association, 

 and the Pacific Logging Congress. In each case, the attendance 

 was mixed, foresters, timber holders and lumbermen mixing im- 

 partially and exchanging views on the various subjects brought 

 up in the respective programs. The result cannot fail to be a 

 better understanding of each by the other, and a more sympa- 

 thetic attitude on the part of each class toward the work and 

 problems of the other. All the sessions were held at the Lum- 

 berman's Building and House of Hoo-Hoo, on the Exposition 

 grounds. 



The meeting of the Society of American Foresters was notable 

 as being the first ever held in the West, aside from the local 

 meeting of the respective sections. This meeting will undoubtedly 

 mark a distinct step in the development of the Society, since it 

 will bring about a keener sense of partnership in the Society by 

 Western members, who have so long been practically shut ofif 

 from active participation in and contact with the work of the 



