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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



December 



ers' Association. No less than eight 

 supervisors of forest reserves will be 

 present to participate in the discussions 

 on the reserves. The mining interests 

 will be represented by such men as 

 John Hays Hammond and T. J. Grier. 



Among the governors who have ex- 

 pressed their intention of attending the 

 congress are Governor Cummins, of 

 Iowa ; Governor Peabody, of Colo- 

 rado, and Governor Otero, of New 

 Mexico. 



At this writing the governors of 

 twenty-one states have appointed dele- 

 gates and promises from nearly all re- 

 maining states have been made. 



State forest officials and foresters in 

 private work will be at the congress. 

 The faculty and students of the forest 

 schools will also be present. 



The American Lumberman, one of 

 the leading trade journals of the 

 United States, comments thus on the 

 congress : 



"There will be born at this meeting, 

 or at some subsequent meeting which 

 circumstances will compel the holding 

 of at no distant time, a forest policy 

 to be enforced in all parts of this 

 country which will materially change 

 existing methods and insure that per- 

 petuation of the lumber industry and 

 the conservation of other interests 

 which must be instrumental in advanc- 

 ing the general welfare." 



The first meeting of the congress 

 will be at noon, January 2, to attend in 

 a body the President's New Year's re- 

 ception. 



The four business days of this con- 

 gress are each divided into two ses- 

 sions, morning and afternoon, all ex- 

 cept the session on Thursday after- 

 noon, to be held in the National Rifles 

 Armory, 920 G street northwest. 



The program as given here is only 

 tentative, but will give a general idea 

 of the matters to be considered by the 

 congress. 



TUESDAY, JANUARY 3. 

 MORNING SESSION. 



The morning of Tuesday, January 

 3, will be devoted to organization, to 

 Secretary Wilson's address as presi- 

 dent of the congress, to the appoint- 



ment of committees, reading of the an- 

 nual -report of the directors of the 

 American Forestry Association, and 

 brief impromptu addresses by promi- 

 nent men. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



This meeting will be devoted entire- 

 ly to the "Importance of the Public 

 Forest Lands to Irrigation." The ir- 

 rigation question will be treated by 

 those in charge of the Government's 

 reclamation work, and by representa- 

 tives of the vast agricultural interests 

 so absolutely dependent upon irriga- 

 tion for existence. 



The speakers at this session will in- 

 clude : Mr. B. A. Fowler, President of 

 the Salt River (Arizona) Water 

 Users' Association; Mr. F. H. Newell, 

 chief engineer of the United States 

 Reclamation service; Mr. Guy E. 

 Mitchell, secretary of the National Ir- 

 rigation Association ; Mr. Arthur P. 

 Davis, Mr. J. B. Lippincott, Mr. Mor- 

 ris Bien, and Mr. C. C. Babb of the 

 Reclamation Service, and Representa- 

 tive Frank Mondell, of Wyoming. 

 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4. 

 MORNING SESSION. 



This entire session will be given 

 over to the discussion of "The Lum- 

 Hr Industry and the Forests.' Prom- 

 inent lumbermen, editors of lumber 

 trade journals, representatives of 

 woodworking industries, and those 

 having extensive practical experience 

 in forestry will read papers. This ses- 

 sion of the congress will be of excep- 

 tional interest and value. Many ques- 

 tions of great practical and economic 

 importance have already been present- 

 ed for consideration. 



Some of the topics selected and the 

 probable speakers are : "Changed At- 

 titude of Lumbermen Toward For- 

 estry," Mr. J. E. Defebaugh, editor 

 The American Lumberman; "Interest 

 of the Lumber Trade in Conservative 

 Forestry," F. E. Weyerhauser; "How 

 Far is Forestry Practicable on Lands 

 of the Pulp Companies?" Garret 

 Schenck, president Great Northern 

 Paper Company; "Is Forestry Prac- 

 ticable in the 'Northeast?" John A. 

 Dix, president Morse River Lumber 



