FIRST DAYS SESSION. 



All the abp-ve officers were elected by ac- 



On taking the chair Mr. Ensign thanked 

 the members for the honor which had been 

 conferred upon him, and spoke of the legis- 

 lation necessary to forward the objects of the 

 Association. 



On motion of Mr. Meeker the Association 

 tendered a vote of thanks to Mr. Byers for 

 the satisfactory manner in which he had 

 presided. 



Mr. Pabor stated that an arrangement 

 had been made with with THE TRIBUNE- 

 EEPUBLICAN to publish the proceedings at 

 a very small cost. He suggested that some 

 one be empowered to attend to the matter 

 for the Association. 



On motion of Mr. Meeker, Messrs. W. E. 

 Pabor, W. N. Byers and Kalph Meeker 

 were appointed a Committee on Printing 

 for this purpose. 



Mr. Pabor moved that the consideration 

 of the bill, which it was proposed to submit 

 to the Legislature, be made the first order 

 after the reading of the minutes at the ses- 

 sion to-day, which begins at 9 o'clock a. m. 

 The motion prevailed and the Association 

 then adjourned until 7:30 o'clock at night. 

 ^ The bills, which it is proposed to con- 

 sider, provide for the appointment by the 

 State authorities, of Forest Commissioners, 

 to look after the forest trees in the State. 



Night Session. 



The night session of the Association was 

 called to order by President Ensign about 

 7:45 o'clock. The reading of the minutes 

 was suspended. 



President Ensign announced that if there 

 was any matter of business that was to be 

 attended to, it would be well to take it up 

 the first thing. 



Mr. W. N. Byers said that as he was com- 

 pelled to leave the city to-day, he would 

 like, if the Association 'would indulge him, 

 to say something on the subject of the bills 

 which are to be presented to the Legislature 

 and which are to be the subject of discussion 

 to-day. 



No objection being offered, Mr. Byers said 

 that the bills apparently contemplated only 

 the preservation of the timber on State anc 

 United States land. He alluded to the man 

 ner in which timber was wasted upon the 

 public domain, and said that he thought the 

 land should be divided into 160-acre tracts 

 or some suitable body, and individuals al 

 lowed to purchase the right to use the tim 

 ber upon the land and to work the surface 



ut leave all the title tp mineral deposits in 



he Government, so that the public might 



ave access to them, and when mineral was 



ocated the damage done to the owner of 



he surface was to be made good by the mi- 



ler. He did not think the present bill 



would serve the purpose intended, but if 



his individual ownership was established 



imber would be protected. 



"TREE PLANTING IN COLORADO." 



Following the remarks of Mr. Byers, Mr. 

 jeorge H. Parsons read a paper on " Tree 

 Planting in Colorado. He addressed him- 

 self to the trees best adapted to growth in 

 his State, and described the character of 

 welve trees which had been found to grow 

 apidly, and which were exceedingly ser- 

 dceable, not only as factors in climatic con- 

 ditions, but in manufactures. These trees 

 were, taking the common name, the West- 

 ;rn Catalpa, the White Ash, the White Elm, 

 he Cottonwood, the Balm of Gilead, the 

 ,sh Leaved Maple, the Honey Locust, the 

 Yellow or Black Locust, the Russian Mul- 

 )erry, the White or Silvery Maple, the Red 

 Cedar, the White or Gray Willow. 



The paper was listened to with great in- 

 terest and at its close Mr. W. E. Pabor read 

 an essay on " Forestry in Colorado." The 

 paper dealt with the uses of forests in mak- 

 ng the country habitable and showed the 

 jlighting effects of denuding land of its 

 woodland growth. The influence of forests 

 on the rainfall in this State was noticed and 

 it appeared from statistics that the rainfall 

 had decreased since the wanton and whole- 

 sale destruction of forests began. 



"THE USE AND BEAUTY OF FORESTS." 



Mr. Ralph Meeker, editor of the Greeley 

 Tribune, followed with a well-written essay 

 on " The Use and Beauty of Forests." The 

 essay considered the manifold uses to which 

 timber is put in civilized lands and dwell 

 at length on the beauty which a fine growth 

 of trees gave to the landscape. For these rea- 

 sons he urged the preservation of the forests. 

 Following this Prof. James Cassidy, of 

 Fort Collins,read a long paper on "Forestry." 

 It was an exceedingly interesting document, 

 showing great scientific research and thor- 

 ough knowledge of the action of the various 

 civilized nations concerning their forests. 



Mr. W. D. Arnett, of Morrison, spoke of 

 the various processes which would make 

 timber more lasting, and said this was a fact 

 which should be agitated. This, he thought, 

 would be a move to preserve the forest trees. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



