30 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1902, MINNESOTA STATE 

 FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



GEORGE W. STRAND, TAYLORS FALLS. 



Thursday afternoon, Dec. 4th, at Minneapolis, the State Forestry 

 Association held its annual meeting in joint session with the Horti- 

 cultular Society. 



Pres. Chas. M. Loring in his opening remarks spoke briefly of 

 the divisions of forestry work now carried on in the state, and em- 

 phasized the value of farm forestry and road-side planting to the 

 country in general. He suggested that we should copy after 

 Pennsylvania and encourage road-side planting by allowing a rebate 

 of $1.00 on taxes for every two trees planted. 



The secretary in his report outlined the position the society oc- 

 cupied as a place for the discussion of measures through which to 

 keep the people informed and interested along- this line. With a 

 qualified person as secretary and the state aid deserved, much good 

 work could be done at the present time. 



H. H. Chapman, of Grand Rapids, read an interesting historical 

 paper on "Our Forest Reserve," dealing with the opposition encoun- 

 tered in the passage of the "Morris bill" from lumbermen and citi- 

 zens of the district afifected. We owe its establishment largely to 

 the efforts of representatives from the Women's Federation of 

 Clubs, who were duly given the credit. 



Upon motion a copy of the above paper was authorized to be 

 published in pamphlet form, if possible, and a copy placed on file 

 with the State Historical Society, the names of the ladies men- 

 tioned to be included in same. 



Hon. S. M. Owen, Gen. C. C. Andrews, Prof. S. B. Green and 

 Prof. F. D. Tucker spoke on various phases of forestry, emphasiz- 

 ing the necessity of doing all in our power to create favorable public 

 sentiment. Our legislators dare not vote towards such ends as the 

 preservation or reforestation questions, even though they fool away 

 infinitely greater sums. Our people are not sufficiently impressed to 

 recognize the need or demand it of them, and hence this backward- 

 ness of sentiment. Gen. Andrews advocated the necessity of 

 strengthening our fire warden laws, and also the discontinuing of 

 the free bounty law — converting the funds now expended thus to- 

 wards the preservation and reforestation of our timber areas. 



Article 3 of the constitution was amended so as to call for the 

 election of only two vice-presidents instead of one from each con- 

 gressional district. 



Following are the officers elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Chas. M. Loring, Minneapolis. 



Vice Presidents, Hon. S. M. Owen, Minneapolis, and O. C. 

 Gregg, Lynd. 



Secretary, T. L. Duncan, Bridgie. 



Treasurer, Geo. W. Strand, Taylors Falls. 



Executive Committee, Wyman Elliot, Minneapolis ; A. W. 

 Latham, Minneapolis ; Prof. S. B. Green, St. Anthonv Park ; D. T. 

 Wheaton, Morris ; Prof. F. D. Tucker, St. Anthony Park. 



