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lake. On the other hand, we could not, the future, it was far more desirable to 

 without large proportional expense, take get out than the dry timber. This was 

 out the dry timber alone, as we found not so hard, however, as might be 

 that no contractor would undertake to thought, for the infested timber as a 

 do this. Enough timber to make the rule stands in bunches, showing that 

 expense of camp and road building the swarms of young beetles as they 

 moderate in proportion, and liberty to leave one tree that has been killed to 

 cut enough green timber standing with attack others, apparently do not fly far. 

 the dry so that the work would not The trees to be cut were designated by 

 differ greatly from that to which loggers spotting, and the contractor agreed to 

 and workmen are accustomed, seemed cut by the marks. As a further induce- 

 to be necessary from the point of view ment to thorough work, we agreed not 

 both of the logger and of the owner of to discount the timber for sap rot, but 

 the land. if mainly sound to scale it as green 



So my task in getting the work done timber. 



was, first, to find a man who was not To accomplish our purpose fully three 



afraid to undertake a job slightly differ- things are essential : First, the forestal 



ent from those to which he had been operation of saving the dry timber and 



accustomed and who could be depended putting the infested trees into the water 



on to maintain thorough control of a where the insects inhabiting them would 



crew ; and, second, to mark out the be killed ; second, preservation of the 



work so that it could be done at moder- scenery for the benefit of the sportsmen 



ate expense and yet accomplish the ob- who enjoy the country; third, so to plan 



ject of the operation. To the latter end an operation that the owners could get 



a good deal of hunting was necessary to a fair stumpage out of the timber we 



find all the trees that were infested, but had to cut. It looks now as if we had 



still green, trees which because of their secured our ends with reasonable suc- 



menace to the surrounding woods in cess. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION IN CONGRESS 



BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND OTHER NATIONAL 

 LEGISLATIVE ACTS RELATING TO FORESTRY, 

 IRRIGATION, AND THE DISPOSAL OF THE 

 PUBLIC LANDS, CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. 



THE legislative acts concerning for- from labor organizations of every state, 

 estry and irrigation for the period showing a definite campaign through 

 beginning with February, when our last these bodies. More than fifty of these 

 record closed, and ending February 20, found place in the Congressional Record 

 were comparatively unimportant. The for the period covered 'by this recapitu- 

 bill granting the Central Arizona Rail- lation. A memorial from sundry citi- 

 way Company the right of way through zens of Latah county, Idaho, remon- 

 the San Francisco Mountains Forest strated against the repeal. The bill to 

 Reserve, practically identical with the open one-half of the Colville Indian 

 one vetoed by the President at the last Reservation, in Washington, to home- 

 session, passed both houses and went to stead settlement became a law. 

 the White House for approval. At the 

 time of going to press the bill had not February 2, 



been signed, though the ten-day period Senator Burrows presented a petition 



of consideration had not yet lapsed, of the Aspinwall Manufacturing Com- 



Petitions for the repeal of the desert pany of Jackson, Mich., praying for 



land law and the commutation clause of the enactment of legislation to appro- 



the homestead act continue to pour in priate the receipts from the sale or dis- 



