Forestry and Irrigation, 



Vol. VIII. 



JANUARY, 1902. 



No. I. 



NEWS AND NOTES. 



Compromise The western Senators and 

 Irrigfation Representatives have wise- 

 Bill, ly conckided that they can- 

 not expect action in the 

 line of national irrigation until they 

 themselves harmonize their differences 

 and come together upon some definite 

 proposition. Senator Warren, of Wa^o- 

 ming, has taken the lead in the matter 

 b}" calling the western men together for 

 general discussion of the situation. As 

 a result a committee of seventeen, one 

 member from each of the arid and semi- 

 arid states and territories, was appointed 

 to draft a bill. The outcome has been 

 a modification of the Hansbrough-New- 

 lands bill of the last session of Congress. 



This proposed bill creates what is 

 known as the Reclamation Fund, from 

 the proceeds of the disposal of the pub- 

 lic lands in the arid and semi-arid states 

 and territories. Surveys of reservoirs 

 and main-line canals are to be made and 

 the feasible projects constructed b}' the 

 Secretary of the Interior, payment being 

 made out of the Reclamation Fund. 

 The government land reclaimed is to be 

 thrown open to free homestead entr}- in 

 tracts not to exceed 80 acres, payment 

 to be made for the cost of reclamation, 

 before title is finally passed, at a rate of 

 $S per acre. 



If land in private ownership is found 

 to be susceptible to irrigation from these 

 irrigation works, rights to use of the 

 water are to be disposed of to the owners 

 in quantities not to exceed 80 acres at a 

 cost of not less than $5 per acre. 



The amounts received are to be cov- 

 ered back into the Reclamation Fund to 

 be used in future work. No undertak- 

 ings are to be begun until sufficient 

 funds are in the treasviry. It is under- 

 stood that the western members have 

 individualh' pledged themselves to sup- 



port a compromi.se measure, and, al- 

 though the bill is not as desirable as the 

 Newlands bill, yet it is welcomed as an 

 evidence that the western men have 

 finally shown that an agreement can be 

 reached on some general measure. 



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Chang-e of 

 Degree. 



The New York State 

 College of Fore.stry no 

 longer confers the de- 

 gree of Bachelor of Science in Forestry 

 (B. S. F.; on its graduates. The de- 

 gree now conferred is Forest Engineer 

 (F. E.). The reasons for the estab- 

 lishment of this title are expres.sed in 

 an article in the June Forester on 

 ' ' The Proper Professional Title for 

 Foresters," by Dr. John Gifford. 



It has been decided that those stu- 

 dents who have already been graduated 

 from the New York State College of 

 Forestry may receive the new degree in 

 place of B. S. F. 



A Plea for 

 New Jersey 

 Forests. 



The following open let- 

 ter has been addressed 

 to Franklin Murphy, 

 Governor of New Jersey : 



To His Excellency Hon. Franklin Mur- 

 phy, Governor of the State of New 

 Jersey : 



We, the undersigned, members of the 

 New Jersey Foresters' Club, of the New 

 York State College of Forestry, Cornell 

 University, do earnestly petition that 

 you will use your influence in the for- 

 mation of an effective forest .service. 

 New Jersey is now far behind neigh- 

 boring states in this respect, although 

 she possesses an immense amount of 

 land fit for no other purpo.se, which 

 has once produced good timber, but 

 which is now annually burnt over to the 



