Forestry and Irrigation. 



VOL. X. 



JUNE, 1904. 



No. 6. 



NEWS AND NOTES. 



Colorado Mr. F. H. Newell, Chief 



River Project. Engineer of the U. S. 

 Reclamation Service, re- 

 cently left Washington for Yuma, Ari- 

 zona, to begin the investigation of con- 

 ditions along the Colorado River, in 

 accordance with the resolution of Con- 

 gress, introduced by Senator Bard, di- 

 recting the Secretary of the Interior to 

 institute an investigation and prepare 

 a report to Congress on the various 

 questions involved in connection with 

 the use of the waters of the lower Col- 

 orado River. 



He is accompanied by Mr. William 

 C. Pollock, one of the assistant attor- 

 neys detailed from the office of the As- 

 sistant Attorney General for the Inte- 

 rior Department. There will also be at 

 Yuma Mr. J. B. Lippincott, Supervis- 

 ing Engineer for California ; Morris 

 Bien, of California, the legal adviser of 

 the Reclamation Service ; also other 

 engineers and experts in various lines. 

 It is probable that Senator Bard will 

 join the party at some point in southern 

 California. 



From Yuma the party will proceed 

 to Imperial and, after a brief examina- 

 tion of the conditions, will go to Los 

 Angeles, and there consider the prepa- 

 tion of a report to the Secretary. 



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Hawaii Resolutions strongly fa- 



Favors voring the consolidation 



Forestry. of all government forest 



work under the control 

 of the Bureau of Forestry, and applauding 

 the policy of that Bureau, and with rec- 

 ommendations looking to the preserva- 

 tion of the forests, were adopted on 

 April 28 by the Honolulu Chamber of 

 Commerce. The resolutions favor a 

 more adequate system of fire patrol on 

 government preserves, suggesting the 

 advisability of detailing United States 



troops for that duty during the season 

 of danger. The policy of the Bureau of 

 Forestry is heartily indorsed and confi- 

 dence expressed in its officers as to their 

 judgment in the selection of areas for the 

 establishment of reserves. The resolu- 

 tions strongly advocate that that part of 

 federal forest work now under the juris- 

 diction of the General Land Office and 

 the U. S. Geological Survey be trans- 

 ferred to the control and management of 

 the Bureau of Forestry. The resolu- 

 tions are, in effect, a complete and hearty 

 indorsement of the present plans and fu- 

 ture aims of the Bureau, and in text and 

 meaning are nearly identical with those 

 recently adopted by the Denver Cham- 

 ber of Commerce and Board of Trade. 

 The adoption of these resolutions is a 

 good sign. It indicates the awakening 

 of the solid, substantial business people 

 to a realization of the importance of for- 

 estry, and the indorsement of its aims 

 by such a class of citizens is an excel- 

 lent sign. 



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Yale Summer The fourth annual ses- 

 School. sion of the Yale Sum- 



mer School of Forestry 

 will open on July i at Grey Towers, the 

 estate of Mr. James W. Pinchot, near 

 Milford, Pike county, Pa. Prof. J. W. 

 Tourney is director of the school, with 

 Prof. Arthur H. Graves as instructor 

 and Professors William H. Brewer, 

 H. S. Graves, and Gifford Pinchot as 

 special lecturers. A number of addi- 

 tional lectures will be given by persons 

 as yet not designated. As stated in the 

 prospectus of the school, the courses are 

 arranged with a view of providing in- 

 struction in forestry to those who do 

 not wish to take, or who are not yet 

 ready for, the more advanced technical 

 courses at the regular forest schools. 

 The courses include instruction in for- 



