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MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



Michigan Forestry Association. 



The Michigan Forestry Association was organized in Grand Rapids August 30, 1905, having for its object the promotion of a rational system ot 

 forestry in Michigan. The society is managed by the following roster of officers : President, John H. Bissell, of Detroit, Vice-President, C. S. Udell, 

 Grand Rapids; Secretary, Henry G. Stevens, Detroit; Treasurer, J. J. Hub bell, Manistee. Board of Directors, Mrs. Francis King, Alma; L. L. Hub- 

 bard, Houghton; S. M. Lemon, Grand Rapids; H. N. Loud, Au Sable; Thos. B. Wyman, Munising; Mrs. J. C. Sharp, Jackson; C. D. Lawton, Lawton. 



The State Forestry Commission Charles W. Garfield, Grand Rapids; Hon. W. B. Mershon, Saginaw; William H. Rose, Lansing. 



MICHIGAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 

 CONVENTION WILL BE HELD AT SAG- 

 INAW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 

 NOV. 12 AND 13. 



The Program 



Following is the program for the third an- 

 nual meeting of the Michigan Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, and conference of the forestry of- 

 ficials of the Great Lakes states to be held 

 at Saginaw, November 12 and 13. The ses- 

 sions of the forestry association will be held 

 at the City Hall. 



Tuesday, November 12, 9 a. m. 



Welcoming address by Mayor of Saginaw, 

 response by T. A. Green, Ontonagon. 



Annual Message John H. Bissell, president. 

 dent. 



Appointment of committees. 



Steps of Forestry Agitation in Michigan, 

 Charles W. Garfield. 



The Present Status in Michigan, Prof. 

 Filibert Roth, U. of M. 



Forestry in Michigan Politics, Samuel 

 Lemon. 



Taxation and Our Forests: a. Method of 

 Assessment; b. Establishment of Maximum 

 Tax Rate; c. Regular or Special Tax; d. De- 

 fining use of Tax on Forest Lands; e. The 

 Harvest or Income Tax. 



This discussion will be opened by Dr. B. E. 

 Fernow, University of Toronto, who will be 

 followed by Messrs. Mershon, Loud, Town- 

 send, Hill, Hubbell, Ward, and others from 

 Michigan, and the delegates from our sister 

 states. 



Afternoon Session, 2 O'clock. 



Official reports of secretary and treasurer 

 and standing committees. 



Fire Protection and Our Forests: a. The 

 Enormous Losses by Fire, T. B. Wyman; b. 

 Compelling Lumbermen to Clea"n up After 

 Lumbering, Edward Griffith, state forester, 

 Wisconsin; c. Minnesota's Warden System, 

 Gen. C. C. Andrews, state forest warden, 

 Minnesota; d. New York's Fire Protection, 

 Col. Fox, New York; e. The Canadian Plan, 

 Hon. Arthur Hill; f. Michigan's Way, W. H. 

 Rose. 



Our State Tax Lands, Prof. Roth: a. The 

 Advertising Business; b. Responsibility to 

 Original Owner; c. How Expensive Should 

 be the State Forests; d. Segregation of Forest 

 and Farm Lands; e. Effect of a Minimum Es- 

 tablished Price. 



The above discussion will be general and 

 people interested are expected to come pre- 

 pared to "speak in the meeting." 



Evening Session, 8 O'clock. 



Short Stories of the Woods. 



Story of Forestry, Overtoil W. Price, United 

 States government. 



The Jack Pine Plains and How Oak and 

 Poplar Come to Follow Pine, Prof. Roth. 



Fire Stories, Gen. C. C. Andrews. 



The Story of the Rings, Prof. Walter Mul- 

 ford, U. of M. 



Stories of Cheap Graft in Forest Lands, A. 



L. Palmer, commission of inquiry. 

 Forest Sentiment, C. S. Udell. 



Wednesday, September 13, 9 a. m. 



Economies in Modern Logging, Walter C. 

 Winchester, Wm. H. White, W. B. Mershon 

 and R. Hanson. 



Insect Enemies in the Woods, Prof. Pettit, 

 Michigan Agricultural College: a. Result of 

 Depredations; b. Natural History and Meth- 

 ods of Protection. 



What Can,Forestry do for Michigan in the 

 Immediate Future, In: a. Saving the Rem- 

 nant of Original Stands; b. Protecting and 

 Utilizing the Second Growth, Dr. Beal, Mich- 

 igan Agricultural College. 



Election of officers. Report of committees. 



Afternoon Session, 2 O'clock. 



The Farm Woodlot, Prof. Frederick Baker, 

 Michigan Agricultural Colege. Discussions 

 by Mr. Horton, Mr. Cook, Dr. Beal and Mr. 

 Lawton. 



Some of the Difficulties in Forestry, B. Wolf. 



When is Land Better Suited to Forestry 

 than Agriculture, Prof. Smith, state experi- 

 ment station. Discussions by Dr. Fernow, 

 Prof. Griffith, Mr. Mershon, H. N. Loud, Mr. 

 Hawks, etc. 



Should the State Aid in Present Cheap Land 

 Speculation Under Pretext of Development, 

 Carl E. Schmidt. 



Forestry and Education, Prof. D. B. Waldo. 

 Kalamazoo Normal School. 



Adjournment. 



Evening Conference, November 13, at East 

 Saginaw Club. 



Seven p. m. Conference of lake states, for- 

 est officials and professionals. 



Suggested points for consideration (others 

 may be added by any member) : 



Where Shall the Emphasis be Placed Upon 

 State or Private Forestry? 



Statute Changes Needed to Successfully In- 

 augurate Private Forestry. 



Is the Great Trouble in Tax Rate or Assess- 

 ment? 



What Shall be our Plan Ground Tax, 

 Harvest Tax or Income Tax? 



Plan of Assessment. 



How Regulate Tax Rate. 



Should Law Designate Use of Taxes on 

 Forest Lands? 



What About Exemptions? 



How Can We Prevent Fraud Under Any 

 Form of Forest Taxation? 



Fire Warden or Patrol Which? What is 

 Reasonable Expense Per Acre? 

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How Strict Shall Fire Laws Be With Re- 

 gard to Carelessness and Penalties? 



Obligating Burning of Brush. 



Policy of a Minimum Price Upon State 

 Lands. 



Policy of Scattered State Forests. 



Shall State Lands Bear Their Proportion of 

 Expense of Local Government? 



Best Form of State Forest Administration. 



How Shall State Stimulate Private Invest- 

 ments in Growing Forests? 



A State Farm Forester. 



Shall the State Educate Expert Foresters 

 to Enter its Employ? 



Forestry at Farmers' Institutes. 



Delegates will please come prepared to 

 thoroughly discuss these topics in the interest 

 of uniform methods and laws. 



From present indications there will be a 

 very large attendance at the convention. 



WOMEN'S CLUBS AND FORESTRY. 



At the annual meeting of the Michigan Fed- 

 eration of Women's Clubs, Miss Martha Bald- 

 win presented the report of the forestry com- 

 mittee, as follows: 



Again your committee has sent out its plea 

 to the clubs for help to save our forests. 

 Of the 184 clubs addressed 70 have responded 

 and 48 have in some way helped on the 

 cause. We urged the passage of forestry 

 laws by our legislature, working when and 

 where we could, through the home clubs. 

 Three bills were passed and we are told we 

 helped. It is so line to say when a wrong is 

 righted, "I helped." But not being citizens 

 (in a legal sense) we had to go the long way 

 around and demonstrate once more that old 

 proposition that we have been going over 

 attain and again ever since our school days 

 that the sum of the two sides of a triangle is 

 greater than the third side. Samantha says, 

 "How much easier to lay a piece of paper 

 on a pole." 



There is much yet to be done and we have 

 none too much time in which to bring these 

 things to the notice of the people before 

 the next meeting of the legislature. What 

 do we want? We want a law that will allow 

 the sale of state lands, good for agriculture, 

 at a fair price, and prevent the sale of land 

 not fit for such use at a price below its value 

 for forestry purposes. This policy has during 

 the past five years brought to the state a 

 loss of from five to six million dollars. We 

 want the state to reforest these lands, for 

 the even flow of our streams, for our wood 

 working industries, for our fuel supply, for 

 the availability of our harbors, and for the 

 beauty of our state. 



We want the state to spend on reforestra- 

 tion the money it now wastes in advertising 

 tax lands. We want better protection for our 

 growing forests, and for our native shrubs 

 and plants. 



We ask you, too, to work with your, con- 

 gressman for the Appalachian forest reserve 

 bill which will no doubt come up at the' .first 

 of the coming session of congress, and which 

 now means so much to the eastern section 

 of our country. 



Listen to the moan of our forest; every 

 wind bears to us the cry for help. Hear the 

 sobs of the pines as they call us to save them. 

 The maple flings forth its royal red banners 

 and beckons us to its rescue. Go? Of course 

 we will, 800,000, strong, for we are club women 

 not for name or fame, tjut for the good that 

 we can do. 



MISS M. BALDWIN, Birmingham, 



Chairman. 



MRS. J. T. GILLISPLE, Traverse City. 

 MRS. P. A. WILLSEY, Caro. 

 MRS. M. H. JONES, St. Johns. 



DONATES FOREST RESERVE. 



ArrangeYnents are making to have along the 

 banks of the famous Brule river in Wisconsin 

 one of the finest state parks that is in exist- 

 ence in the country. The Nebagamon Lum- 

 ber Company has just turned over to the state 

 forestry commission 4,760 acres of land to be 

 used for park purposes and State Forester E. 

 M. Griffith has quite an elaborate plan laid out 

 for the work that will be done to make a 

 forest reserve of the place. 



The plan is to have a park a mile wide on 

 either side of the famous stream extending 

 from the headwaters at Solon Springs to the 

 mouth of the river where it flows into Lake 

 Superior. There are certain spots where it 

 will be impossible to secure land for the park, 



