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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



December 



Ohio A forest fire south of Bowl- vember 18 states that forest fires, ac- 

 ing Green destroyed an abandoned ni- companied With dense smoke, have 

 troglycerine factory and a small store- been raging north and east of Col- 

 house, with considerable damage in mesneil for several days. No great 

 the vicinity. Minor forest fires near amount of damage has been done, 

 College Hill, Cincinnati, were checked however. 



through the efforts of students from Kansas At the military reservation 



the Ohio Military Academy; and Sci- near Leavensworth, a battalion of the 



oto County suffered some damage Sixth Cavalry was detailed to extin- 



through loss in timberlands and stock, guish several threatening fires south 



Indian Territory In addition to and west of the Post on November 20. 



large prairie fires in the Creek and Pennsylvania In the eastern part 



Cherokee nations, forest fires did con- of the state some damage resulted 



siderable damage on lands owned by from a forest fire near Monongahela, 



the Ozark and Wauhillan Clubs. which started from a railroad engine 



California Only one fire of any spark on November 23. The manu- 



appreciable magnitude caused loss in facturing town of Axleton and the 



California, and this was one which buildings surrounding the Mongah 



swept up Los Flores Canyon, north of mine narrowly escaped destruction. 



Altadena, on November 20. The press New Jersey A - newspaper report 



of this section deplores the loss of a places the loss occasioned by a fire 



large amount of timber, chiefly valua- near Millville at $12,000. The fire 



ble in conserving the water supply ; burned four days before it could be 



and laments the probable effect it will checked, 

 have on the irrigation water supply. 



Montana Towards the head of Big 



Virginia An area of over twenty 

 square miles was laid waste by a fire 

 Casino Creek and at the head of Big near Blacksbiirg on October 28, and 

 Spring Creek, forest fires were preva- a glaze near Norwood consumed quan- 

 lent on November 28. In the Boulder tities of cordwood and fence posts. 

 Creek region, west of Saint Mary's Tennessee At least $2,000 worth 



River, some damage was also occa- 

 sioned. 



Colorado There was some loss 



of timber and fence lumber is said to 

 have been lost in a forest fire in 

 Humphreys County. Obion County 



through a fire in timber northwest of also suffered minor damage from for- 

 Mount Santias, up Two Mile Canyon, est fires in the woods near Redfoot 

 Texas A newspaper report of No- Lake. 



TWO HUGE PUMPING PROJECTS 



Half a Million Dollars Set Aside by Federal Govern- 

 ment to Reclaim Large Areas of Land in North 

 Dakota With Water Pumped From Missouri River 



T" HE Secretary of the Interior has 

 formally set aside the sum of 

 $550,000, or as much thereof as may 

 be necessary, from the Reclamation 

 Fund for use in connection with the 

 Buford-Trenton and Bismarck pump- 

 ing projects in North Dakota. This 

 approval is based upon the recommen- 

 dations of the Reclamation Engineers 



who have spent a part of the past sum- 

 mer investigating the feasibility of ir- 

 rigating lands by means of water 

 pumped from the Missouri River. The 

 investigations were commenced about 

 the middle of August by Mr. H. A. 

 Storrs, electrical and mechanical ex- 

 pert, the intentions being to determine 

 if it is feasible to irrigate a portion of 



