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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



September^ 



THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS. 



bers of commerce and other business 

 men's associations, horticultural, arbor- 

 icultural, and irrigation associations to 

 appoint delegates to the congress. The 

 local committee will arrange for special 

 excursions for the delegates to the sum- 

 mit of Pikes Peak and to the Cripple 

 Creek district, and drives will be ar- 

 ranged from which the delegates may 

 have a magnificent view of the scenery 

 of this region. A banquet is consid- 



ered as among the prob- 

 abilities of the occasion. 

 This congress, it is ex- 

 pected, will not only draw^ 

 to Colorado Springs those 

 directly and personally 

 interested in irrigation, 

 but there will be a large 

 attendance of bankers,, 

 lawyers, and editors from 

 throughout the entire 

 West. Every man who 

 has business interests in 

 the western states will be 

 directly interested in its 

 proceedings and recom- 

 mendations. 



Governor Orman has 

 been invited, and it is ex- 

 pected will deliver an ad- 

 dress of welcome to the 

 delegates, followed by 

 Mayor Robinson, of Col- 

 orado Springs, who will 

 welcome them to the foot 

 of Pikes Peak. 

 Hon. Thomas F. Walsh, president of 

 the National Irrigation Congress, who 

 has been spending the summer in Eu- 

 rope, is on his way home, and will likely 

 arrive in time to be present. 



The vice-presidents of the congress 

 are ex-Governor Prince, of New Mexico, 

 and Mr. F. B. Thurber, of New York 

 city. There are vice-presidents and also 

 members of the executive committee 

 from every state and territor}'. 



SUMMER MEETING OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ASSOCIATION. 



HELD AT LANSING. MICHIGAN, AUGUST 27 AND 28. 



THE summer meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association was held 

 at Lansing, Mich., on August 27 and 

 28, and was one of the most interesting 

 held in several years. 



This meeting was held in Lansing at 

 the invitation of the Michigan Forestry- 

 Commission and the Michigan Agricult- 

 ural College. The program, while made 

 up with a special view of touching upon 

 forest conditions in Michigan, was also 



of general interest. The attendance, 

 although below expectations, included 

 many men well known in forest work. 

 The program included a number of ex- 

 cellent papers, and a valuable innovation 

 was the selection in advance of speakers 

 to lead the discussion which followed 

 the reading of each paper. 



The success of the meeting, and the 

 excursion which followed, was in a great 

 measure due to the efforts of the mem- 



