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 

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

 Hanson, Grayling; Secretary, J. Fred Baker, Lansing; Treasurer, J. J. Hubbell, Manistee. Board of Directors Mrs. Francis King, Alma ; Hon. 

 Arthur Hill, Saginaw; S. M. Lemon, Grand Rapids; H. N. Loud, Au Sable; Thos. B. Wyman, Munising; Prof. Filibert'Roth, Ann Arbor. 



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



PROCEEDINGS ANNUAL 

 MEETING OF MICHIGAN 

 FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



(Continued from the December number.) 



THE CLOSING SESSIONS. 



PresidcMit Rissell announced, at the opening 

 of the Wednesday morning session that the 

 reports of the secretary and treasurer and 

 the standing committees would first be taken 

 up. Treasurer Hubhell's report was as follows: 

 Treasurer's Report. 



Cash on hand Feb. 20, 1907. .$ 59.50 



Received from secretary, Feb. 26, 1907. . 118.00 

 Received from secretary, Apr. 25, 1907. . 89.35 

 Received from secretary, June 15, 1907. . 207.00 

 Received from secretary, July 13, 1907. . 75.00 

 Received from secretary, Aug. 21, 1907. . 44.00 



Total $592.85 



Disbursements. 



Richmond & Backus Feb. 26, 1907 $ 2.75 



II. G. Stevens, sec'y Feb. 26, 1907 43.94 



Alma Journal Feb. 26, 1907 16.14 



J. J. Hubbell Feb. 26, 1907 10.00 



Fellow-craft Club Feb. 26, 1907 20.00 



Almond Griffen Feb. 26, 1907 10,.00 



John H. Bissell Apr. 25, 1907 11.40 



Alma Journal Apr. 25, 1907 46.37 



Alma Journal June 15, 1907 3.15 



Eva Atwood June 15, 1907 26.00 



Roads and Forests July 13, 1907 253.80 



Eva Atwood July 13, 1907 10.00 



State Review Pub. Co Aug. 21, 1907 28.00 



Eva Atwood Aug. 21, 1907 10.00 



Total . $491.57 



Balance on hand.. . .Nov. 11, 1907 101.28 



Total $592.85 



J. J. HUBBELL, Treasurer. 

 Synopsis of Expenses For 1907. 



Expenses of President $ 11.40 



Expenses of Secretary 43.94 



Expenses of Treasurer 10.00 



Expenses of stenographers 56.00 



Expenses of entertainment 20.00 



Expenses of supplies and publicity 68.43 



Expenses of official organ (Roads and 



Forests) 281. 8U 



Total $491.57 



Report Is Approved. 



The committee appointed to audit the ac- 

 counts of the secretary and of the treasurer 

 of the Michigan Forestry Association has ex- 

 amined said accounts, and finds them cor- 

 rectly cast, and with one or two insignificant 

 ommissions on the part of the secretary, which 

 will be supplied, fully vouched, and recom- 

 mends that they be accepted. 



LUCIUS L. HUBBARD. 



Saginaw, November I!!, 1007. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



Henry G. Stevens in his report said that 

 the work of the secretary's office the past 

 year has been largely the working out and 

 adjusting the work of the association, so we 

 would know exactly where the association 

 stands; a preparation of the list of the mem- 

 bers, and names received from various people- 

 before last yeai. Seveniy-Uvo memberships 

 have lapsed recently. 



Another part of the work is in regard tt. 

 our present official organ, Michigan Road?, 

 and Forests. The paper has changed hands 

 since the beginning of our present year, and 

 the partial subscriptions have been figured out 

 up to the first of October. So the accounts 

 are cleaned up in regard to the paper, except 

 renewal of current subscriptions and paying 

 up a few new memberships. 



The association is supposed to supervise the 

 forestry part of the paper's work, but as a 

 matter of fact the association has not con- 

 tributed many of the articles. It is because 

 we have no arrangements made in that regard. 

 If there is any lack of information in the 

 paper, it is the right of the association to 

 make suggestions and have them carried out. 

 We can get a great deal of information for 

 our paper from the members by correspond- 

 ence and ascertain the work they are doing 

 in different places. 



We have a number of letters and inquiries 

 from different people as to where the next 

 meeting will be held. One is from Mayor 

 Thompson, of Detroit, saying that Detroit 

 would be pleased to entertain the association 

 there next year. Another has been received 

 from the Battle Creek Business Men's Asso- 

 ciation, and Mr. Smith asks that the meeting 

 he held in Lansing. 



As the result of the year's work, about all 

 that can be said is that your association, as 

 far as the secretary's work is concerned, is 

 to the end that we may know exactly whal 

 has to be done and where it is best to begin 

 the work and carry it on. Before we had no 

 basis on which we could figure the member- 

 ship, and there was no summary to show what 

 the proportion of its expenses were. This 

 year, however, the treasurer has made up an 

 estimate, which will show in comparison with 

 next year, for instance, what the association 

 really has accomplished. 



The report was accepted and placed on file. 



MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICITY COM- 

 MITTEE REPORT. 



The report of the chairman of the Member- 

 ship and Publicity Committee, covering the 

 year ending October 1, 1907, was submitted 

 by Mrs. Louisa Yeomans King, as follows: 



The resolution framed at the time of the or- 

 ganization of this association providing for 

 the establishment of this committee contains 



llir following clause: "It is recommended to 

 the committee that they establish local com- 

 mittees in the several counties of the state." 

 It has been during the past year the constant 

 effort and object of the chairman of this com- 

 mittee to accomplish this widespread organiza- 

 tion; only one new auxiliary committee has 

 been added during this past year, that of Mont- 

 calm county. Letters sent out to all the 

 local committees, ten in number, asking for 

 information concerning the work in their re- 

 spective counties resulted in the following: 



Dickinson County: The chairman reports 

 that nothing has been dory. 



Barry County: Literature has been dis 

 tributed. 



Kent County: Th.e chairman, C. S. Udell, 

 reports as follows: "In regard to the work 

 the past year by the local organization, I beg 

 to say that we have had several monthly 

 meetings. We have tried to inspire as much 

 interest as possible among the members of 

 the local committee, as well as the public at 

 large. Have talked forestry; Professor Roth 

 has been here several times; we had a large 

 meeting at our house. Have secured six sus- 

 taining members who have given $25 each. 

 Am trying to get more. We have sent out 

 150 notices to annual subscribers whose dues 

 are behind, asking them to pay." 



Lenawee County: No report from the 

 chairman. 



.Montcalm County: No report from chairman 

 Ottawa County: Chairman was forced by 

 pressure of other matters to forego attention 

 to forestry. 



Wayne County: No report from the chair- 

 man. 



Washtenaw County: No report from the 

 chairman. 



Alger County: Thomas B. Wyman, of Munis- 

 ing, vice-president of this association, and a 

 member of this committee, expected to have,, 

 had at this date twelve county committees 

 organized in the several counties of the Upper 

 Peninsula. After repeated efforts, he has the 

 promise of prospective organization of two 

 committees, and, while replies to his letters 

 show much interest, they do not insure ac- 

 tivity on the part of the individuals addressed. 



Gratiot County: The following report has 

 been submitted by Prof. James E. Mitchell, 

 secretary of the county committee: 



"The Gratiot County Forestry Committee 

 began the work of the year with an endeavor 

 to arouse interest among the farmers of the 

 county. An evening was devoted to forestry 

 at the Farmers' Institute, held in Alma, and 

 Professor Roth, of Ann Arbor, was secured 

 for an illustrated lecture. Probably two hun- 

 dred of the most progressive farmers of the 

 county were present, as well as a representa- 

 tive body of Alma citizens. It is needless to 



