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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



the candidates for the Legislature next 

 Fall, before the election. The State will 

 be asked to make an appropriation for 

 tree planting, to be expended under the 

 care of the Association, the State to own 

 the plantations. 



Indiana. 



The Indiana Forestry Association held 

 its annual meeting in Indianapolis, January 

 1 3th. John P. Brown, President of the 

 Association and author of the State For- 

 estry Act, delivered an address in which 

 he said in part : 



41 On March 8, 1899, the forestry act be- 

 came a law, and it was considered advis- 

 able to organize an association to assist in 

 arousing interest in forestry throughout 

 the State and Nation. The Indiana For- 

 estry Association was organized on March 

 3Oth with thirty members. The constitu- 



tion adopted followed the general plan of 

 the Massachusetts Forestry Association. 

 \Ve found some features in this which our 

 Society could not carry out, our members 

 being so separated that frequent meetings 

 are impossible. Most of the work will of 

 necessity devolve upon the secretary and a 

 few officers, correspondence taking the 

 place of frequent meetings. 



kt During the past season a large num- 

 ber of letters have been prepared and 

 printed in many newspapers throughout 

 the State, which have created some inter- 

 est, but lack of funds has prevented sys- 

 tematic work." 



Amended articles of association were 

 adopted and, Mr. Brown declining a re- 

 election as president, officers were elected 

 as follows : President, Albert Lieber ; 

 vice-president, General John Coburn ; 

 secretary and treasurer, John P. Brown. 



Forestry History. 



The United States Civil Service Com- 

 mission announces that on February 15 

 and 1 6, 1900, an examination may be 

 taken, in any city where the Commission 

 has a board of examiners, for the position 

 of assistant and expert in forestry history, 

 Department of Agriculture. The exami- 

 nation will consist of the following sub- 

 jects, which will be weighted as follows : 

 Essay, 15; forestry, 30; forest history, 

 30; French or German, 10; training and 

 experience, i ^ : total, 100. Two days, of 

 six hours each, will be allowed for the 

 examination, the first two subjects coming 

 on the first day and the remaining ones on 

 the second. From the eligibles resulting 

 from this examination certification will be 

 made to fill the position at a salary of 

 $1000 per annum. 



This examination is open to all citizens 

 of the United States who complv with the 

 requirements stated in the application 

 blanks. Applicants will be examined, 

 graded and certified with entire impar- 

 tiality and wholly without regard to any 

 consideration save their ability, as shown 

 by the grade attained in the competitive 

 examination. 



Official Timber Investigation. 



The investigation of American timber 

 through scientific tests has been made the 

 subject of a bill recently introduced in 

 Congress bv Senator McBride, of Oregon. 

 This bill provides : 



" That the sum of fortv thousand dol- 



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lars is hereby appropriated, out of the 

 funds now in the treasury of the United 

 States not otherwise appropriated, for in- 

 vestigations and tests of American timber, 

 this sum to be applicable also to the pur- 

 chase of the necessary equipment and for 

 the speedv publication of results, to be ex- 

 pended under the direction of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, through the forestry 

 division ; and, furthermore, that not less 

 than 30 per centum of the amount ap- 

 propriated be devoted to the investigation 

 of timbers of the Pacific coast : Provided. 

 That State institutions or private citizens 

 of any of the Pacific Coast States agree to 

 furnish the land and building for a testing 

 laboratory satisfactory to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture and subject to his control for 

 the time of such testing. Such appropria- 

 tion, or so much of it as the Secretary of 

 Agriculture shall decide to be necessary, 

 to be immediately available." 



