FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



April 



As a result of a $40 non-resident 

 license law and increased vigilance of 

 the rangers, the business of head and 

 tusk hunters has been much interfered 

 with ; hence the ' ' deserted houses ' ' 

 mentioned, which are now used by the 

 rangers. The bona fide settlers of 

 Wyoming have suffered no injury. 



Why Mr. Wells should be so rash as 

 to burn his hay is difficult to understand, 

 since there are plenty of cattle to eat it 

 along the upper waters of the Green 

 River. 



The reserve has saved a great deal of 

 timber which would otherwise have 

 floated down the Green (Colorado) 

 River in the form of ties. The old tie- 

 cuttings within a few miles of Mr. 

 Wells' home are sufficient evidence of 

 the fate that formerly awaited the forest 

 cover of this important basin. 



It is quite possible that there are 

 points for criticism in Mr. Anderson's 

 administration. Few men are without a 

 flaw, and the reserve system is too new 

 to be perfect under all circumstances ; 

 but in nine cases out of ten it seems to 

 be the rule that the men with strenuous 

 objections are those who are no longer 

 allowed to do as they please with the 

 national land and timber and water and 

 game. 



Jt> 



Tennessee An act of the last Legis- 



Forest lature in Tennessee di- 



Commission. reeled the Governor to 

 appoint a State Forestry 

 Commission, consisting of three mem- 

 bers. In pursuance to this act Governor 

 Frazier has lately selected Prof. C. A. 

 Keffer, of Knoxville ; Col. Hugh L. Bed- 

 ford, of Bartlett, and Col. J. B. Kille- 

 brew, of Nashville. 



The new commission met March 18 

 and elected Col. Killebrew chairman 

 and Prof. Keffer secretary. 



After a full interchange of opinions, 

 it was decided that each Commissioner 

 should prepare a report for his section 

 of the State, with especial reference to 

 the present acreage and conditions of 

 the forests ; the degree to which com- 

 mercial species had been exhausted, 

 and what practical methods could be 

 employed in reforesting worn out lands. 



With these reports will be embodied the 

 recommendations of the Commission for 

 legislation to secure protection from fire 

 and to encourage the reforesting of lands 

 not useful for agricultural purposes. 



& 



"Adirondack " Rev. William H. H. 

 Murray Dead. Murray, widely known 

 for years as "Adiron- 

 dack ' Murray, died at his home in 

 Guilford, Conn., March 3, aged 64. 



He was one of the pioneers of the 

 modern yearly invasion of the North 

 Woods by an ever-growing army of 

 recreation seekers, and his book, ' ' Camp 

 Ivife in the Adirondack Mountains," 

 was the cause of much of the interest 

 in this region, and of the soubriquet 

 bestowed upon its author. 



New Club With the advice and ap- 

 Planned. proval of Mr. Pinchot 



and others well known 

 in the government forest and water 

 service, a project is on foot to form a 

 club in Washington from the field men 

 of the Bureau of Forestry, the Recla- 

 mation Service, and possibly the Land 

 Office and the Bureau of Soils. 



There is no doubt that such an organ- 

 ization would be a very good thing for 

 the men and for the service, .provided 

 the contemplated advantages can be se- 

 cured for a reasonable rate of dues. 

 There is plenty of good club material 

 within the limits mentioned, but a large 

 number of the men are not in a position 

 to stand more than very moderate as- 

 sessments cheerfully. 



A committee consisting of Mr. J. B. 

 Adams, Mr. Thomas Sherrard, Mr. 

 George Woodruff, and Mr. Coert Du 

 Bois, all of the Bureau of Forestry, are 

 now engaged in looking up a suitable 

 house and promise of membership suffi- 

 cient to warrant the undertaking. 



Canadian 



Forestry 



Association. 



The following papers 

 were delivered at the 

 fifth annual meeting of 

 the Canadian Forestry 

 Association, which was held in Toronto 

 March 10 and 11 : "Systems of Ad- 



