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Irrigation and Forestry. 



The Joint Meeting in Montana Resolutions Adopted at Columbus. 



The eighth Congress of the National At the special meeting at Columbus 



Irrigation Association was held at Mis- Ohio, August 22 and 23, an account of 



soula, Montana, September 25, 26 and which appeared in the September issue 



27. On invitation, The American For- of The Forester, the resolutions pre- 



estry Association joined in the meetings sented and adopted in the name of The 



through the presence of its many mem- American Forestry Association declared 



bers. in favor of 



The close relations between forestry 1. The creation of an international 



and irrigation made the meetings of commission, through M. Meline, of 



value to those more especially interested Paris, to arrange for a Congress of For- 



in the former subject, though the papers estry at the Paris Exposition of 1900. 

 and discussions aimed primarily at a 2. The purchase and reservation, by 



more general understanding and appre- the State of Ohio, of tracts of timber 



ciation of the latter. The scope of this land at the headwaters of the principal 



work, as described at the Congress by rivers of the State in order to prevent the 



G. E. Mitchell, of Washington. D. C.,is: increasing loss of life and property by 



"The proper presentation of the prob- flood, and for the better preservation of 



lem of satisfactorily disposing of the a water supply in time of drought, 

 grazing lands by the leasing system and 3. The establishment of colleges and 



the securing of a just and equitable share schools of forestry in the various States, 



of improvement appropriations for the with as much assistance as possible, ia 



development and improvement of inte- encouragement of the work, from the 



rior States along with the seaboard Department of Agriculture. 

 States." 4. Commending the policy adopted by 



More than two hundred duly accredited the State of Pennsylvania in the appoint- 



delegates, from seventeen States and ment of an expert forester to organize 



Territories, were present at the sessions. and conduct the forest interests of the 



All the Western States were represented, State, and to educate its citizens in. 



and among the more distant States were practical forestry. 



Maryland, West Virginia, South Caro- 5- Urging the suitable presentation of 



lina and Indiana. Among the repre- the subject of forestry at the meetings of 



sentatives from Government Depart- teachers' associations, farmers' institutes, 



ments in the District of Columbia were and other similar gatherings, "to the 



F. H. Newell, Corresponding Secretary end that the people may be taught to 



of the American Forestry Association. give earnest attention to this much-neg- 



and Bailey Willis, U. S. Geological Sur- lected, but vitally important interest." 

 vey; J. W. Toumey and Milton Whitney, 6. Extending the thanks of the Asso- 



U. S. Department of Agriculture; Judge ciation to the Columbus Horticultural 



Best and Walter H. Graves, U S. De- Society for the arrangements made for 



partment of the Interior; and E. J. the special meeting, and in recognition 



Glass, U. S. Weather Bureau. of the work being accomplished by the 



Nearly a score of papers were read by Society, 

 men prominently identified with the ir- The report was signed by W. J. Beal, 



rigation interests and general develop- vice president of the association for 



ment of arid lands in the West. The Michigan ; C. E Bessey, vice president 



congress was the most successful one for Nebraska, and William R. Lazenby, 



held in four years. professor of forestry at Ohio State Uni- 



(Further report in next issue.) versity. 



