The Forester. 



Vol. V. AUGUST, 1899. No. 8. 



The American Forestry Association. 



A Notable Summer Meeting at Los Angeles. 



FROM THE OFFICIAL NOTES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



The American Forestry Association held a special Summer Meeting at Los 

 Angeles, Cal., on July 19 and 20. The arrangements were made by Mr. Abbot 

 Kinney, Vice President for California, and were admirable in every respect. Prior 

 to the date of the meeting the newspapers of Los Angeles and other towns in the 

 State made frequent mention of the coming convention, both in their news and 

 editorial columns, emphasizing strongly the importance of the subject and the 

 value of an expert discussion of it. 



The sessions were held in Assembly Hall, 330 South Broadway. At 8 o'clock 

 on Wednesday evening, July 19, the convention was called to order by Mr. Kinney, 

 in the absence of the President of the Association. The hall was comfortably filled 

 and the audience manifested deep interest in the proceedings. 



Among those present at this and other sessions were: 



Abbot Kinney, Vice President for California and President of the Forest and 

 Water Society of Southern California; Gifford Pinchot, Forester of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture; F. H. Newell, Hydrographer U. S. Geological Survey; 

 William G. Kerckhoff, Vice-Pres. Forest and Water Society of Southern California: 

 W. H. Knight, Secretary Forest and Water Society of Southern California; Hon. 

 W. S. Melick, former member of the State Legislature; J. B. Lippincott, U. S. 

 Geological Survey; H. Hawgood, Consulting Engineer; S. M. Woodbridge, Ph. D. ; 

 Prof. W. R. Dudley, of Stanford University; James D. Schuyler, Consulting En- 

 gineer; F. H. Olmsted, City Engineer; Fred Eaton, mayor of Los Angeles; T. S. Van 

 Dyke; Elwood Mead, Irrigation Expert, U. S. Department of Agriculture; George 

 H. Maxwell, Chairman National Irrigation Association; A. J. McLatchie, Universitv 

 of Arizona; T. P. Lukens, Pasadena; C. M. Heintz, Editor Rural California)!; 

 Lucius A. Booth, Oakland; C. L. Cory, Berkeley; N. W. Blanchard, Santa Paula: 

 James Boyd, Riverside; J. A. Lippincott, Philadelphia; C. G. Baldwin, Clare- 

 mont; Prof. L. J. Stabler, University of Southern California; Capt. G. G. Mullins, 



