Forestry and Irrigation. 



VOL. X. DECEMBER, 1904. No. 12. 



AMERICAN FOREST CONGRESS 



Arrangements About Completed for What Prom- 

 ises to be a Most Notable Gathering of Men Prom- 

 inent in the Industrial Life of the United States 



Persons desiring additional information in Norfolk and Western ; Mr. Colgate 



regard to the Ame'rican Forest Congress Hoyt, Missouri, Kansas and Texas ; 



should write to Committee of Arrangements, Mr. Marvin Hughitt, Chicago and 



Atlantic Building, Washington, D. c., Wm. Northwestern Railroad. In addition 



L. Hall, Chairman. The Committee is pre- a number of other high officials of 



pared to secure hotel accommodations, look foremost railroads will be present, 



after transportation arrangements and other Telegraph and telephone companies 



matters in connection with the Congress. wiu algo haye able representatives 



present. The lumber interests will 



The American Forest Congress at probably be more largely represented 

 Washington, D. C., January 2-6, will than any other. Each lumbermen's 

 be the most notable meeting that has association has the privilege of ap- 

 yet been held in this country to con- pointing five delegates, and a long list 

 sider the subject of forestry. Further, is already on file in the office of the 

 it will probably go down as one of the secretary of the committee of arrange- 

 most important gatherings devoted to ments. Among the prominent lum- 

 an economic question. From infor- bermen who will attend are : N. W. 

 mation already received by the com- McLeod, President National Lumber 

 mittee of arrangements, a large and de- Manufacturing Association ; Fred 

 cidedly representative attendance is as- Weyerhaeuser, of St. Paul ; R. A. 

 sured from every section of the United Long, President Southern Lumber 

 States. As evidence of this, at the Manufacturers' Association ; and the 

 time of going to press on this number following presidents of leading lumber 

 of FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION (Decem- companies; Garret Schenck, of New 

 ber 15), the governors of twenty-one York; Col. Geo. H. Emerson, of Ho- 

 states had already appointed delegates, quaim, Wash., and John L. Kaul, of 

 and twenty-four of the leading rail- Birmingham, Ala. Most of the lum- 

 roads of the country had promised to ber trade journals will be represented 

 send official representatives, the num- by their editors. The grazing inter- 

 ber including the presidents of twelve ests will re represented by a number 

 of the most important roads. of very influential men from the West- 



These include Mr. J. J. Hill, of the ern States, among them F. J. Hagen- 



Great Northern Railroad; Mr. How- barth, president of the National Live 



ard Elliott, Northern Pacific; Mr. B. Stock Association; Jesse M. Smith, 



L. Winchell. Rock Island; Mr. Geo. president of the Utah Woolgrowers' 



W. Stevens, the Chesapeake and Ohio ; Association ; H. A. Jastro, president of 



Mr. Samuel Spencer, the Southern the Kern County (Cal.) Cattle Grow- 



Railway; Mr. Russell Harding, the ers' Association, and E. Gosney, 



Pere Marquette ; Mr. L. E. Johnson, president of the Arizona Woolgrow- 



