News and Notes 647 



timber holdings and mills of the Berlin Mills Co., in New Hamp- 

 shire, the members and their friends to the number of some 25 

 being the guests of the Company under the excellent personal 

 guidance of Mr. W. R. Brown. A special feature was a visit to 

 the areas logged under Mr. Cary's advice some ten years ago. 

 Without anybody familiar with the ground and the detail of 

 previous condition and treatment this visit was, however, not as 

 instructive as it might have been. In the selection forest the 

 influence of any operation can be studied only by carefully ascer- 

 tained detail descriptions before and after. 



This meeting was followed by the meeting of the SDC-iety for 

 the Protection of New Hampshire Forests at Gorham, N. H., 

 which as usually was full of meat. The new taxation laws of 

 Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut were explained and 

 "forestry investments" discussed. The most important feature, 

 however, was an arraignment of the procedures of the commis- 

 sion having in charge the purchase of forest reservations in the 

 White Mountains, for having neglected to acquire virgin timber 

 before logging where scenic beauty and protection require it. 



Owing to war conditions the Forestry Convention, which had 

 been arranged by the Canadian Forestry Association in Halifax, 

 September 1 to 4, was indefinitely postponed. 



A bill appropriating $1,000,000 for the purpose of enlarging 

 the Florida National Forest has been introduced in Congress, 

 showing that the idea of federal ownership of forests is accept- 

 able even to the Democratic states. 



The Kaibab Forest in Northern Arizona is a very heavily 

 wooded region, containing two billion feet of timber, more than 

 half of which is mature and ready for the axe. The government 

 has decided to sell the m,ature timber to the highest bidder, under 

 fixed terms. An investment of large sums of money, possible 

 only where returns can be spread over many years, will be needed. 

 The necessary railroad extending the length of the tract will 

 open the region to tourists and campers, who will find here 

 much beauty; the sawmills will give employment to many and 

 other uses of National Forests will also induce settlement. 



