WATER-POWER ON NATIONAL FORESTS 



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rate of concentration during the period 1902-1912 being 

 highest in the South Atlantic States and the extent of 

 concentration greatest in the Western States. 



The rate of increase in water-power development for 

 public service use from 1 902 to 1 9 1 2 was approximately three 

 times as great as in steam power. Primary power instal- 

 lation from all sources and for all uses increased from 1902 

 to 1912 more than two and one-half times as rapidly in the 

 eleven Western States as in the remainder of the United 

 States, while the increase for primary electric power for the 

 same period was 440 per cent for the Western States, as 

 against 226 per cent in the other States. The development 

 per capita of the Western States in 1912 was two and one- 

 half times as great as in other parts of the country. 



"The report showed a considerable over-development 

 in nearly all the power centers of the Western States 

 California, Oregon, and Washington in particular showing 

 installations far in excess of maximum demands. " 



SAVING A FAMOUS TREE 



JAMES DEERING, of 606 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 

 has come to the rescue of a tree and as a result the 

 famous old wild fig of Miami, Florida, has a new rest- 

 ing place. This is on the Deering estate at Cocoanut 

 Grove, Florida, which is one of the most beautiful in the 

 country. The attention of American Forestry was 

 called to the tree by Mrs. Francis Hall Murdoch of the 





FAMOUS OLD WILD FIG TREE 

 This tree at Miami, Florida, an old Seminole Indian landmark, was about to be 

 destroyed when James Deering, of Chicago, paid $500 to have it removed to his 

 estate at Cocoanut Grove and there preserved. 



Hotel Schenley, Pittsburgh, who told how it was about to 

 be cut down to make way for improvements despite all 

 the many interesting old Seminole Indian legends that 

 include the tree in their lore. 



A contractor told Mr. Deering that for $500 he could 

 move the tree and guarantee that it would live, so Mr. 



Deering ordered the removal. The tree has a place of 

 honor on the magnificent grounds being laid out by the 

 Chicagoan. 



The estate in the Cocoanut Grove district will be very 

 hard to excell, Mrs. Murdoch writes, as eight hundred 

 men have been at work clearing the grounds and making 

 the improvements. She particularly commends Mr. 

 Deering for not erecting walls eighteen feet high and thus 

 keep the public from enjoying the view. 



A FOREST FIRE FORK 



THE accompanying picture is that of a fire fork designed 

 by John L. Strobeck, district forester of Pennsylvania 

 for the purpose of being carried conveniently as a 

 handy tool for forest fire fighting. 



From tip of the prongs 

 to the top end of the 

 handle socket is 10 inches 

 and the width of the fork 

 itself is 6 inches. The 

 ratchet feature permits 

 the fork to be set at three 

 different angles and a set 

 screw serves the purpose 

 of making the adjust- 



ments secure. This fork has been tried out in actual ser- 

 vice, and its parts are so proportioned as to give it 

 working balance. 



When it is needed, the user cuts a stick for a handle and 

 inserts it in the socket. A nail kept handy may be driven 

 through the hole in the socket into the handle tc fasten same, 



It may be taken apart and carried in the pocket, or 

 still better, in a small case made to fit the pocket. 



At its various angles, it may be used to rake leaves, to 

 keep the fire lane clear of debris, or for any purpose which 

 is served ordinarily by the naked hand. Leaves do not 

 accumulate on the fork owing to the shape and width of 

 the prongs. 



