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similar to that in other states, said General Andrews, but there is some central author- 

 ity. The pay of the county wardens is not left to the counties, though not a dollar 

 can be paid them without the approval of the County Commissioners. The pay is 

 limited to $15 per year, at $2 per day. In the unorganized territory the chief fire war- 

 den gets some settler to act as warden. In a dry and dangerous season the State can 

 expend $5,000 outside of the local expenditures. This is a standing appropriation. 

 The chief fire warden can mass his force anywhere, and send them to any threatened 

 spot. The law is an experiment, he said, but while there have been fires, the fire war- 

 dens have succeeded in saving a great deal of property. In Wisconsin and in Mich- 

 igan there have been very serious fires. Gen. Andrews believed that a fire warden 

 system in those States might have diminished or even prevented them. If a park 

 could be established at the head-waters of the Mississippi he thought it would help 

 forestry. He described the 800,000 acres composing the region which it is proposed 

 to set aside as a park. He urged the friends of forestry to help in getting this park, or 

 at least a reserve. 



The Chair called attention to some of the difficulties encountered heretofore in the 

 enforcement of the fire warden system in New York. This year, however, it had be- 

 come possible to pay the fire wardens directly by the State, and a remarkable change 

 had resulted, he said. He thereupon invited Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Wood- 

 ruff, of New York, President of the Forest Preserve Board of that State to define the 

 status of the forestry movement in New York. 



Governor Woodruff said that he had attended a meeting of the Forest Preserve 

 Board at Albany just the day before, when Colonel Wm. F. Fox, Superintendent of 

 State Forests, upon leai-ning that he was coining to Washington, exacted a promise 

 that he would drop in at this meeting, and at least express the Colonel's regrets at his 

 enforced absence. The Governor said he had always been much interested in the 

 work of forest preservation and cultivation. For many years he had been a regular 

 habitue of the Adirondacks, and when he first went to Albany officially he found Gov- 

 ernor Black an earnest advocate of true forestry. They talked it over, he said, and as 

 the outcome of their enthusiasm evolved the act of 1897, by which three State officials 

 were to be constituted a board of forestry. In that work he had taken more pleasure 

 and satisfaction than in any he had ever done. He called attention to the fine central 

 position of the Adirondack reserve, which he stated contained some five million acres. 

 Another million in that region is in the hands of clubs, and so is safe from denudation. 

 He explained the purpose of the Cornell tract, most of which is primeval forest, and 

 spoke very highly of Dr. Fernow and his work. From that tract he expected great 

 benefit would be derived. Some of the acreage would bring as much as $10 an acre 

 for timber. New York, he said, will be able to secure a large revenue from the State 

 forests when they are properly taken care of. There will be another constitutional 

 convention in 1915, before which time he hoped Dr. Fernow would have so demon- 

 strated the best methods of scientific forestry for New York that there would be no op- 

 position to legislative measures looking to the practical utilization of these forest lands 

 so as to yield a revenue to the State. 



At the conclusion of Governor Woodruff's remarks, which were warmly received, a 

 recess was taken until two o'clock in the afternoon. 



Afternoon Session. 



At the opening of the' afternoon session the Auditing Committee reported that they 

 had examined the treasurer's accounts and found them to be correct. 



Mr. Coville, for the Nominating Committee, reported the renomination of all the old 

 officers, with the addition of Mr. Henry Gannett as treasurer, in the place of Mr. 

 George P. Whittlesey, who had requested to be relieved. 



