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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



J^earn How Different Cities 

 are Meeting the Homing Problem 



The Southern Pine Aaaodatton ha* ac- 

 cumulated the fact* relative to the way* 

 and meant, provided b* many Corpora- 

 tion* and Cities, for financing and en- 

 ng home building. These fact* 

 -en published in a small booklet 



i the Association will gladly send 



fre^e on application to any address. It 

 contains much valuable information. 



Write ftr it fdat 



HOMES! 



The Nation's 

 Qreatest Need 



Nothing contributes as 

 much to peace and con- 

 tentment as Homes. Home 

 ownership the natural 

 creator of prudence, sane 

 living and thrift is the 

 most potent combatant to 

 recklessness, extravagance 

 and speculation. National 

 patriotism and civic spirit 

 demand that every com- 

 munity concentrate great- 

 er attention on the build- 

 ing of more homes. Help 

 keep alive that apt and 

 important slogan: "OWN 

 YOUR OWN HOME." 



STATE NEWS 



ARIZONA 

 ABANDONMENT of unextinguished camp 



fires proved the undoing of two citizens 

 >f Coconino County recently. The abandon- 

 ment of the fires, in itself a violation of the 

 Ar'zona State Laws, was further magni- 

 fied by forest fires of a destructive char- 

 acter which broke out as a result of the 

 neglected embers. This led to the even- 

 tual discovery of the cause of the fires and 

 additional evidence unearthed the culprits, 

 who were tried and fined. 



Both of the cases were handled by Dep- 

 uty Supervisor C. W. McKcnzie, of the Co- 

 conia National Forest. 



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L. A. 



FORESTER FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY 



CALIFORNIA 



44^3^"E are naturally vitally interested in 

 the perpetuation of forest resources." 

 writes C. Stowell Smith, Secretary-Manager 

 of the California White and Sugar Pine 

 Manufacturers Association to American 

 Forestry. "This is illustrated by the fact 

 that we have established in California a 

 committee to study forest problems and 

 recommend such measures as may be nec- 

 essary to meet the situation. This commit- 

 tee is probably the most representative or- 

 ganization of its kind in the country. It 

 includes the local District Forester of the 

 United States Forest Service, the Dean of 

 the Forest School. University of California. 

 the State Forester, a representative from 

 the Southern Pacific Railroad (which is a 

 large owner of timberland) and a represen- 

 tative from the California pine industry. 

 These interests have employed a forester, 

 and he is now at work studying all avail- 

 able information and from time to time 

 recommending policies to the committee. 



"You are probably familiar with the situ- 

 ation in this region and the relative ease 

 with which our forests can be kept on a 

 producing basis. Statistics prepared by the 

 Forest Service show that 65 per cent of 

 'tie privately owned cut-over lands in Cali- 

 fornia are well stocked with young growing 

 timber. A few simple additional measures. 

 i therefore, will suffice to solve the forest 

 problem insofar as California is con- 

 cerned." 



TPHE interest which the wood-using in- 

 dustries are taking in the problems of 

 forestry as taught by the New York State 

 College of Forestry at Syracuse has been 

 shown by the engagement of Prof. H. S. 

 Henderson, of the Department of Forest 

 Utilization, to spend the summer with the 

 H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company 

 (makers of the Franklin car) doing special 

 work in the dry kiln department, sawmill 

 and storage yards. 



Professor Henderson's work in the short 

 course for dry kiln engineers brought him 

 in close touch with the Franklin Company, 

 which sent four of its foreman and wood 

 specialists to take some of the class work 

 in this short course. Professor Henderson 

 has closed arrangements to spend the sum- 

 mer with the Franklin Company, which 

 uses very large quantities of second growth 

 white ash in the manufacture of the wood 

 sill for the Franklin car. 



KENTUCKY 



'T'HE forestry situation in Kentucky is 

 outlined in the Louisville-Courier 

 Journal as follows : 



Entire abandonment of any forestry pol- 

 icy, notwithstand the act of 1920, putting 

 the forester in the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, may be the outcome of the legislation. 

 Governor Morrow's purpose was to abolish 

 the office of forester entirely, but Repub- 

 licans in the Senate balked at this, many 

 coming from the mountains, where they are 

 beginning to realize the importance of 

 reforestation and conservation. 



