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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ERECTED IN MhMORY 



or THE BOYS OF BERNARDS TOWNSMII 



WHO CAVE THEIR LIVES 



IN THE WORLD WAR 



MEMORIALS IN BRONZE 



For Memorial Tree Planting 



When planting Memorial Trees care 

 should be taken in the selection of the 

 tablet to commemorate the event. 



Towns, cities, associations and indi- 



viduals who have planted, or who con- 

 template the planting of Memorial Trees, 

 or who are interested in the national 

 plan for Roads of Remembrance, are 

 invited to write us for information. 



J. W. FISKE IRON WORKS 



87 PARK PLACE 



NEW YORK CITY 



000 board feet per year, each. This affords 

 a striking example of a valuable industry 

 lost to the present through the forest fire 

 menace. The practice of forestry will in 

 time return this valuable industry to the 

 locality. 



ARMY AIRPLANES CRUISE 

 OLYMPIC BLOW DOWN 



AIRPLANES, with Army officers as pil- 

 ots and men from the Forest Service, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 

 as observers, recently completed an air 

 "cruise" of the Olympic Peninsula forests 

 in the State of Washington devastated by 

 the tremendous tornado of January 29. 

 From data and photographs collected dur- 

 ing these flights, forestry experts estimate 

 that 6j4 billion board feet of timber was 

 blown down by the storm, and to-day 

 forms one of the greatest fire traps in 

 the history of the country. 



The storm-swept area extends along the 

 west side of the Olympic Peninsula from 

 Clallam Bay on the north, southward for 

 some 90 miles to Grays Harbor, and in- 

 land from the coast a distance of from 

 20 to 30 miles. The storm was the most 

 severe that has visited the Pacific coast, 

 so far as evidence is available, an esti- 

 mated velocity of 150 miles per hour be- 

 ing reported. 



The amount of wind-thrown timber on 

 State, Indian reservation, and private 



HOW TO SAVE ONE DOLLAR OUT OF TEN DOLLARS 



AND HOW YOU CAN HELP SPREAD EDUCATION IN FORESTRY 



It will pay anyone who buys books or magazines either for their own use or their families to become 

 members of the American Forestry Association, for 



Only Members of the Association are Entitled to the Privilege 



of a ten per cent discount on the publishers' price of all books and magazines if order is placed direct with 

 the American Forestry Association. This service saves you money, worry and trouble. Take publishers' 

 price on one or more books, or on two or more magazines, deduct ten per cent and send check and order to 

 the Association. We will do the rest. * 



Make your Association financially better able to fight for legislation to perpetuate our forests, to carry 

 on our work of public agitation and to further our endeavors to provide forest products for our future needs 

 by suggesting for membership some public spirited people you believe interested in forests, in trees and 

 kindred subjects. 



American Forestry Association, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Suggested by member: 



I suggest the following as eligible for membership : 

 Name 



Address 



* American Forestry is not included in this discount oflfer. 



