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ceipts for the district from all sources amounted to $577,284.64. 



The tentative draft of the report on the lumber industry study- 

 was completed some time ago. A final conference will be held in 

 vSpokane between Mr. Mason, Mr. Greeley, and interested lum- 

 bermen sometime during August or September, at which time all 

 of the points will be considered. 



On account of the large increase in timber sales in the Idaho 

 region, the problem of the proper marking of White pine in order 

 to secure reproduction has been very carefully considered. New 

 rules are contemplated in their near future in which will be em- 

 phasized several new principles. A recent important development 

 is the assignment of Joseph Kittredge to work involving almost 

 exclusively the supervision of marking. It has been demonstrated 

 that no set of general marking rules, however carefully prepared, 

 can be applied to specific areas without, in some cases, consider- 

 able modification. Kittredge is engaged in formulating specific 

 rules which will apply to specific areas, guided by the general 

 priniciples which have been established for the species. In other 

 words, his function is to put into practice the scientific facts es- 

 tablished by the Experiment Station force. 



The State of Pennsylvania has started a new attack on the 

 chestnut blight, the White pine blister rust, and other tree dis- 

 eases by going to Wisconsin to engage J. G. Sanders, Wisconsin 

 State Entomologist, whose first step for the eradication of the 

 White pine rust in Wisconsin was to destroy all the trees and 

 berry bushes on the island where the disease was found. His in- 

 sistence that the pine disease must be vigorously fought, if the 

 pines of the nation were not to be destroyed forever, called at- 

 tention of the Pennsylvania authorities to his work. Another 

 Philadelphian, S. B. Detwiler, is now engaged in special work 

 for the government, aiding in fighting this plague in New England. 



An outbreak of the White Pine blister rust has been discovered 

 in the Niagara peninsula of Ontario. The Dominican Botanist 

 and the Provincial Department of Lands and Forests are co-operat- 

 ing in the work of detecting and eradicating this pest. E. J. 

 Zavitz, Provincial Forester, is in charge of the field work, assisted 

 by several inspectors. 



A serious problem confronting foresters in many regions of the 

 Northwest is that of the mistletoe pest. Trees most affected are 



