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tary the streams. She has distributed 

 literature, and worked in the schools 

 and through the press. Mrs. Sneath 

 says : "In Ohio we must protect the 

 banks of streams from spring freshets." 



The state chairman of forestry for 

 Nebraska is Mrs. W. A. Harrison, of 

 York, Nebr., of the well-known Har- 

 rison family who have done much patri- 

 otic work for the state, especially along 

 forestry lines. In recognition of the 

 work she has done, Mrs. Harrison is 

 called "the tree woman." Mrs. Har- 

 rison says : "We have a woman's state 

 conservation committee, and we have 

 had two state conservation congresses 

 in Nebraska. At the next state con- 

 servation congress to be held this win- 

 ter, we shall have our woman's con- 

 servation committee recognized, and we 

 shall have a woman speaker on con- 

 servation on the program. 



"My publicity chairman for my con- 

 servation committee of forestry and 

 waterways," continued Mrs. Harrison, 

 "is Mrs. J. M. Ragan, 505 Bellevue 

 Avenue, Hastings, Nebr. She is a sis- 

 ter of Governor Shallenberger, of Ne- 

 braska," said Mrs. Harrison, "and he 

 is an ardent supporter of the conserva- 

 tion movement, consequently our con- 

 servation committee of forests and 

 waterways expects to accomplish great 

 things." 



Mrs. Harrison said that in her state 

 wherever there were women as college 

 professors, superintendents, or school 

 teachers, she received many requests for 

 information on forests and waterways 

 and conservation, but that she had not 

 received a single inquiry from any of 

 the male teachers, superintendents, or 

 professors. This was probably because 

 they did not know where to inquire. 



