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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



I Evergreen Memorials 



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Evergreens symbolize a cheerful 

 personality- a personality un- 

 daunted by the storms of life 

 a personality that can smile in 

 the face of adversity. For do 

 they not stand out amid bleak 

 and barren winter surroundings 

 with the same dauntless spirit? 

 Do they not lend a note of warmth 

 and cheer to an otherwise cheer- 

 less outlook? 



Thus are they the ideal monu- 

 ment to perpetuate the memory 

 of the departed. MOON'S Ever- 

 greens possess the vigor, sym- 

 metry and root-pKDwer which 

 minimize transplanting risks. 

 They are backed by the reputa- 

 tion of an organization of 

 Nurserymen since 1767, your 

 assurance of fair dealing when 

 you patronize us. 



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 about Trees for Memorial and many 

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 territory estimatiiiK and making up planting lists 



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 in rearranging faulty or unsatisfactory plantings. 

 References furnished. $25 and expenses per visit 

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C. F. BAPTISTS, 

 Winated, Conn. 



grayling, rainbow and black spotted trout. 



The theory advanced by some to the ef- 

 fect that Yellowstone Lake, the largest lake 

 at an altitude of 7700 feet in the world, 

 contained insufficient food for the large 

 numbers of native trout which are found in 

 its waters is not sustained by Professor 

 Richard R. Mutikowski of the University of 

 Idaho, who studied the question of available 

 food supply for fish in park waters. 



With greater and more scientific restock- 

 ing of park waters each year, the Yellow- 

 stone is truly the fisherman's paradise. 



CALIFORNIA'S NEW STATE FOR- 

 ESTER 



M. B. Pratt has been appointed by Gov. 1 

 William D. Stephens of California to the 

 position of state forester, to succeed G. 

 M. Homans, who died on November 20th. 



Mr. Pratt, who is a native of Paw Paw, 

 Illinois, was graduated from the University 

 of Chicago in 1903 and from the Yale 

 Forest School in 1905, then entering the 

 United States Forest Service as forest 

 assistant, being assigned to California. Fol- 

 lowing the first year of his work on general 

 investigation he was assigned to the Tahoe 

 National Forest, where he remained for 



M. B. PRATT 

 about eight years, being promoted to deputy 

 forest supervisor. 



In 1914 he was appointed assistant pro- 

 fessor of forestry at the University of 

 California, remaining for four years and 

 specializing in wood utilization and wood 

 technology. 



He then accepted a position as deputy 

 state forester, with headquarters at Sac- 

 ramento, and has now been advanced to the 

 head of the department. The chairman 

 of the California State Board of Forestry 

 is former Gov. George C. Pardee. 



OHIO FEDERATION RESOLUTION 



The Ohio Federation of Women's CIi 

 in annual convention in December past 

 strong resolutions urging the passage 

 national forestry legislation and pledgi 

 its support to the American Forestry 

 sociation in its eflforts in this field, as f. 

 lows: 



"Whereas, Forest Fires in the Unit 

 States destroy timber valued at $20,000^ 

 every year; and 



"Whereas, Industrial demands take fc 

 est products four to four and one 

 times faster than we are producing thei 

 and 



"Whereas, The American Forestry As 

 ciation says a crisis is fast approaching 

 this country because of lack of 

 national forest policy the principles 

 which have already been approved by 

 General Federation of Women's Clu 

 therefore, 



"Resolved, By the Ohio Federation 

 Women's Clubs that we do all in our po 

 to aid the American Forestry Associati 

 in its educational campaign looking to ) 

 replenishing and perpetuation of our fi 

 ests." 



FOR STATE PARKS 



The Natural Parks .Association of Wa 

 ington is campaigning vigorously for 

 preservation of highway timber and 

 creation of more state parks througiul 

 the commonwealth. At the annual met.- 

 December 20 last at Tacoma, the assoc 

 tion advocated that one or more stands 

 virgin timber of at least 160 acres 

 be preserved on each of the main 

 ways ; that all of the remaining tin 

 along the Sunset Highway between No 

 Bend and Lake Keechelus be saved, 

 that at least 10 per cent of the recei 

 of the state motor vehicle license : 

 be used in obtaining such park 

 recreation areas. In all, 24 parks 

 be acquired and administered by the st 

 parks committee in the near future, if 

 association's recommendations are cam 

 out. At present Washington has 12 st 

 parks. 



The state parks committee is compoi 

 of three members, the state treasurer, s 

 retary of state, and the commissioner 

 public lands. This committee is empow 

 ed by statute to set aside timbered portif 

 of state lands adjacent to highways. Th 

 is no limit to the areas that may be 

 reserved. .As the state owns consider* 

 stretches of timber bordering various hif 

 ways, it is anticipated that several suita 

 park sites will be selected therefrom, t) 

 eliminating the necessity of expending p 

 lie money for some of the proposed pan 



In addition to the preservation of st 

 timber, the association wants all fed 

 owned timber along highways which 

 verse the National Forests reserved 



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