Six :: :: THE SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Secretary's Report, Covering Operations for 1914 



The past year has been an active period in the history of the 

 Association. Unusual weather conditions prevailed during the dry 

 season, demanding constant vigilance on the part of everyone con- 

 nected with the work and also called for larger expenditures for patrol 

 and fire fighting than for any of the past seasons , excepting 1910. 

 Notwithstanding the unfavorable conditions confronted, the Board 

 of Trustees were able to hold down the assessments to 2 cents per 

 acre., which with the balance on hand at the beginning of the year, 

 provided sufficient funds to meet all expenses incurred, and inasmuch 

 as the loss to green standing timber can be set down as nominal, the 

 result of the year's work may be said to speak for itself. 



For the season of 1914 there were listed with the Association 

 2,669,, 134 acres of timber land, and the membership December 31st 

 consisted of 203 corporations or individuals. 



The next cost of operation for the year aggregated $58,758.68, 

 or 2.20 cents per acre counting membership holdings. 



During the year, seven regular meetings were held by the Board 

 of Trustees for the transaction of the business of the Association. 



Members have generally made prompt response to call for assess- 

 ments and it is expected that the amount carried over as unpaid will 

 be collected. 



The books and accounts have been submitted to Price, Waterhouse 

 & Company, certified public accountants, for audit and the statements 

 on the foregoing page, prepared by the said firm, contain the income 

 and expense accounts for the year and also show the present financial 

 condition of the Association. 



Last year's campaign for new members resulted in the acquisition 

 of twenty-one names to the membership roll, listing 15,908 acres, a 

 rather indifferent result when it is considered that outside of two or 

 three compact holdings, with individual patrol, there are fully one 

 million acres of timber lands held by non-members scattered in and 

 amongst the lands patrolled by the Association, sharing equally in the 

 benefits derived from the work carried on for the protection of the 

 forests, without helping to defray any of the expenses. Oregon has a 

 law upon the statute books which practically makes individual or co- 

 operative patrol of timber compulsory during the dangerous season of 

 the year, and the necessity for a similar legislation in this State is 

 indicated by the continued indifference displayed by many timber 

 owners who, although they realize and admit that patrol of the forest 

 during the dry season is indispensable, are too willing to let others 



O. BYSTROM, Secretary. 



