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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Northern Pacific. Several farm buildings 

 were burned and damage has been done 

 to timber in Chehalis and Mason counties. 

 On August ii an overland train on the 



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NUMBERED AND BURNED FOREST NEAR^PORT 



CRESCENT, OLYMPIC PENINSULA, 



WASHINGTON. 



Great Northern railroad had a thrilling 

 race with the flames leaping about it on 

 both sides. Four bridges along the road 

 caught fire during the day but prompt 

 action on the part of the railroad em- 

 ployees prevented their being destroyed. 



Foreign. From Berlin comes the re- 

 port of a terrible forest fire during the first 

 week of August in the extensive pine 

 forests of Kalkirchen on the Dutch- 

 Prussian frontier. Several thousand acres 

 of valuable timber were destroyed, train 

 service throughout the district had to be 

 suspended and the damage up to the time 

 of the report had already reached $240,- 

 000. 



In Russia the total loss from recent 

 forest fires is estimated at $50,000,000. 

 The fires have been mostly incendiary. It 

 is estimated that 250,000 acres of forest 

 land have been burned over and 1S7 vil- 

 lages completely or partially destroyed. 



In northern Ontario and Quebec the 

 damage to standing timber by forest fires 

 is estimated at from $2,000,000 to $3,000,- 

 000, including the holdings of private 

 owners and the government. At the set- 

 tlement of White Bay in Newfoundland 

 23 houses were recently destroyed by a 

 forest fire. Many fires are also ragringr 

 on the British Columbia coast. 



Hawaii. A recent report received from 

 Honolulu states that a forest fire which be- 



gan in the Hamakaua districl several weeks 

 ago is still burning, and threatens incalcu- 

 lable damage to the plantations and for- 

 ests in its vicinity. 



It has already burned over thousands of 

 acres. At last reports the lire was driven 

 by strong winds and was threatenin 

 tract of between 40,000 and so.ooo a "res 

 of forest. It has been proposed to call out 

 the national guard and set the soldiei 

 work on the fire. 



The area burned is almost wholly gov- 

 ernment land, but cane fields are threat- 

 ened. It is estimated that the fire iv 

 twenty miles in length. Live stock has 

 been removed to Hilo to prevent the ani- 

 mals dying for lack of water, and there- 

 has been a general exodus of settlers from 

 the district since the unprecedented condi- 

 tions developed. 



Forestry in The Bureau of Forestry 



the South. continues to receive re- 



quests for assistance in 

 the handling of timber lands in the South. 

 In addition to the request for a prelimi- 

 nary examination of 1,000,000 acres of 

 longleaf pine land in Texas, already men- 

 tioned, several other requests have recently 

 been received. Burton & Co., have asked 

 for an examination of their tract of 2^,000 

 acres of pine land situated in Berkeley 

 county, South Carolina. 



The East Tennessee Iron and Coal 

 Company, owning 60,000 acres of hard- 

 woods in the Cumberland mountains, are 

 anxious to cut their timber on conservative 

 lines, and have requested a preliminary 

 examination of their tract. From North 

 Carolina comes a request from Mr. Hugh 

 McRae, for advice in the handling of 

 16,000 acres of hardwoods, situated near 

 Grandfather Mountain. An examination 

 is also asked for 16,000 acres of pine land 

 in Polk County, Ga. Agents of the Bu- 

 reau of Forestry will inspect these tracts at 

 an early date. 



A working plan is to be made this win- 

 ter by the Bureau for the woodlands he- 

 longing to the Okeetee Club, the prelim- 

 inary examination having alread) been 

 made. This tract is located in Beaufort 

 and Hampton Counties, South Carolina. 



