542 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION December 



Irrigation," Thomas R. Bard, United Forest Reserve ; "How the Forest Re- 

 States Senator from California; "The serves Help Mining," T. J. Grier, su- 

 Railroads and the Forests," J. J. Hill, perintendent Homestake Mining Corn- 

 president Great Northern Railroad ; pany, South Dakota. 

 "The Use of the Public Forest Lands AFTERNOON SESSION. 



by the Live Stock Interests," F. J. Ha- Friday afternoon the subject of 

 genbarth, president National Live "National and State Forest Policy" 

 Stock Association. will be taken up. The officials of the 



John Lamb, Member of Congress General Land Office, the Geological 



from Virginia, will also speak. Survey, and the Bureau of Forestry 



FRIDAY, JANUARY 6. will open this question, which is of as 



MORNING SESSION. far-reaching importance as any ques- 



"The Importance of Public Forest tion which will come before the con- 

 Lands to Mining" will be discussed, gress. 



The application and influence of pres- The leading subjects and speakers 

 ent land laws will be considered, and for this meeting are : "Work of the 



the use of the forests in mining will Bureau of Forestry," Overton W. 



be handled by the foremost American Price, associate forester; "Work of 



students of this question. the Geological Survey in Mapping the 



The subjects and some of the speak- Reserves," Charles D. Walcott, direc- 



ers are: "Misuse of the Timber and tor, United States Geological Survey; 



Stone Act;" "The Development of "Work of the General Land Office in 



Water Power as related to Forest Re- the Administration of the Reserves," 



serves," Mr. A. L. Fellows, United W. A. Richards, commissioner; "A 



States Reclamation Service; "Impor- Federal Forest Service," Gifford Pin- 



tance of Timber Supply in Mine De- chot, forester, United States Depart- 



velopment in the West," John Hays ment of Agriculture; "Progress in 



Hammond; "The Effect of Mineral Forest Reservation in Pennsylvania," 



Land Laws on the Use of the Forests," Robert S. Conklin, Commissioner of 



John Thomas Burke, Seattle, Wash.; Forestry; "Proposed System of Fire 



"Will the Administration of the For- Protection in California," E. A. Sterl- 



est Reserves on a Conservative Basis ing. Bureau of Forestry ; "What is the 



Retard the Development of Mining?" Most Equitable System of Forest 



Seth Bullock, supervisor, Black Hills Taxation ?" Hon. Charles W. Garfield. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



Annual Business Meeting Held at Washington, D. C., Dec. 1 4 



The regular annual meeting of the follows: President, Hon. James Wil- 

 American Forestry Association for the son ; vice president, Mr. James W. 

 transaction of general business and the Pinchot ; directors, James Wilson, F. 

 election of officers was held at the At- H. Newell, Edward A. Bowers, Gif- 

 lantic Building, Washington, D. C., ford Pinchot, Otto Luebkert, George 

 Wednesday, December 14. In the ab- K. Smith, William S. Harvey, George 

 sence of President Wilson, Mr. Gifford P. Whittlesly, Henry S. Graves, B. E. 

 Pinchot presided. The reports of Mr. Fernow, and William L. Hall. Cor- 

 Edward A. Bowers, secretary, and Mr. responding secretary, H. M. Suter ; 

 Otto Luebkert, treasurer, were laid be- recording secretary, Edward A. Bow- 

 fore the association. It was decided ers ; treasurer, Otto Luebkert. The list 

 that the report of the board of direct- of state vice presidents elected will be 

 ors should be read at the opening ses- published in the January number of 

 sion of the American Forest Congress FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION, along with 

 in January. the reports of the board of directors 



The election of officers resulted as and the treasurer. 



