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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



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THE FORESTER. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



Devoted to Arboriculture and Forestry, the 



Care and Use of Forests and Forest 



Trees, and Related Subjects. 



ANNOUNCEMENT. 



The Forester is the Official Organ of 



The American Forestry Association, 



Hon. James Wilson, Sec'y of Agriculture, 

 President. 



the office of publication is 

 No. 117 Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C, 



where all communications should be addressed. 



The subscription price is One Dollar a year, 

 and single copies are sold at ten cents. 



Make all checks, drafts, etc., payable to The 

 Forester. 



SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 



Attention is called to the arrangements for 

 meetings of the American Forestry Association, 

 as given in the pink slips enclosed in each copy 

 of this issue. 



An unexpected demand having exhausted 

 the supply of complete files of The Forester, 

 Vols. I, II, and III. the management will deem 

 it a great favor to them, and more especially to 

 those who have applied for the early volumes, 

 if subscribers who have extra single copies or 

 files, which they are willing to donate or sell to 

 the Association, for the spread of forest in- 

 formation and interest, will kindly write to this 

 office, stating volume, number, and how many 

 copies they will forward, in order to fill out in- 

 complete files now in stock. 



The laudable efforts of many public-spirited 

 men in the West, who have been energetic in 

 arousing public sentiment for the care and pres- 

 ervation of the forests, have lately been de- 

 cried by a newspaper writer who holds other 

 views. While not denying the perfect right of 

 every individual to hold whatever views appeal 

 to him, The Forester feels an interest in pre- 

 senting to its readers this month several able 

 comments on the conservation and restoration 

 of forests. 



The August Forester will contain a full ac- 

 count of the Los Angeles meeting of the 

 American Forestry Association, with a num- 

 ber of the leading papers read at its sessions. 

 This will be an important issue. 



It is gratifying to the editor of The Forester 

 to be in receipt of commendatory articles from 

 various parts of the country, in reference to 

 The Forester and its contributors of the last 

 few months. The aim of the management will 

 be to present facts with such official authoriza- 

 tion as will make all its articles recognized as 

 worthy of unquestioned acceptation. 



It is encouraging, therefore, in an age of sharp 

 criticism, to find that the opinions expressed in 

 The Forester meet with the hearty approval of 

 those who are in a position to know the facts. 

 In prefacing a review of Mr. Bailey Willis' ar- 

 ticle on "Mount Rainier " from the May For- 

 ester, the Seattle (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer 

 says: 



"Mr. Bailey Willis has written for the May 

 number of The Forester an article describing 

 Mount Rainier National Park, and suggesting 

 various modifications in the boundaries, which 

 might profitably be given wider circulation. 

 The descriptive portion of the article is the sort 

 of material which the Information Bureau re- 

 cently formed in this city might find advan- 

 tageous to distribute. The adventures of moun- 

 tain-climbing frequently form the most seduc- 

 tive inducements possible to be put before 

 tourists; and Rainier, with its peculiar combi- 

 nation of ice and forestry, would commend itself 

 to an unusually large range of explorers and ex- 

 ploiters. A pamphlet, well compiled and hand- 

 somely illustrated, containing the interesting 

 data of Mr. Willis* article, could but find alarge 

 range of interested readers." 



Mr. Willis, through his connection with the 

 United States Geological Survey, has become 

 known as an authority on matters pertaining 

 to the physiography and glacial phenomena 

 of the Northwest. He first visited Mt. Rainier 

 in 1 88 1 when he explored a large part of Wash- 

 ington and Oregon, especially the Cascade 

 Range, during a period of three years, becom- 

 ing thoroughly familiar with the entire region 

 and repeatedly ascending the famous mountain 

 at its most difficult points. He has visited there 

 three times since, and in 1896, with Prof. Rus- 

 sell and several associates, reached the summit 

 of Mt. Rainier up the northern slope this being 

 the only authenticated trip ever made by this 

 route 



