4 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION January 



Pennsylvania State Forestry Associa- ly to the importance of the public for- 

 tion, was called upon and made an in- est lands to irrigation. Mr. F. H. 

 teresting talk on the commercial value Newell, chief engineer of the United 

 of forestry, and made numerous sug- States Reclamation Service, was in the 

 gestions regarding general forest pol- chair. The first paper of this session 

 icy. General Charles F. Manderson, was on "The Close Relation Between 

 former United States Senator from Forestry and Irrigation," by Mr. Guy 

 Nebraska, and a representative of the Elliot Mitchell, secretary of the Na- 

 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- tional Irrigation Association, who de- 

 road, was the next speaker, and he scribed in a pointed way the close de- 

 made an eloquent appeal for the gen- pendence of the success of irrigation 

 eral preservation of the forests. Dr. on the forest. At this point Mr. New- 

 J. T. Rothrock, ex-commissioner of ell asked United States Senator Clark, 

 forestry of Pennsylvania, and at pres- of Wyoming, to take the chair. Mr. 

 ent secretary of its forest reserva- Newell then spoke on the subject of 

 tion committee, was the next to be "Forests and Reservoirs," outlining in 

 called upon. He asked that as a mark a succinct manner the immense part 

 of respect to the various delegates who that is being played by the forests in 

 had come from every section of the the reclamation work of which he is 

 country to attend the Congress, that the head. 



those who were not members of the Following Mr. Newell, Mr. J. B. 

 American Forestry Association be Lippincott, supervising engineer of the 

 elected by the directors at the earliest Reclamation Service, delivered an ex- 

 possible hour, as a mark of apprecia- ceedingly valuable address on "The 

 tion a suggestion which was acted Relation of Forests to Stream Flow." 

 upon favorably at a later session of the Mr. Lippincott was followed by Mr. 

 Congress. Morris Bien, in charge of the legal 

 Hon. W. A. Reeder, Member of work of the Reclamation Service, who 

 Congress from Kansas, followed with took for his topic the pertinent sub- 

 a short address, and called special at- ject, "Rights of Way in the Forest Re- 

 tention to the dependence of the irri- serves." "Irrigation Construction and 

 gation interests on prosperous forests. Timber Supplies" was the subject of- 

 He also alluded to the glaring fered by Mr. Arthur P. Davis, assist- 

 land frauds in the West, and suggest- ant chief engineer of the United States 

 ; ed that the American Forest Congress Reclamation Service. Two short im- 

 use its efforts to petition the Congress pr omptu addreses by Mr. H. M. Wil- 

 of the United States to repeal the pres- son> of the United States Geological 

 ent vicious laws The Rev. Dr. Ed- g and Professor Toumey , o f the 

 ward Everett Hale was then asked to ,, . .i . ,,-11 .. 

 speak, and responded in characteristic Yal ^ F f st School followed 

 fashion, putting forth a special plea Mr - Ha y es ' President of the Appa- 

 for the preservation of the White lachian Park Association, was then in- 

 Mountain forests in New Hampshire, troduced and made an appeal for the 

 Professor Roth followed with an in- establishment of a forest reserve in the 

 teresting talk on forest conditions in mountains of the south. He was fol- 

 Michigan ; he in turn was followed by lowed by Mrs. Lydia Phillips Wil- 

 Dr. C. A. Schenk, director of the Bilt- Hams, one of the delegates from Min- 

 more Forest School, who spoke inter- nesota, and chairman of the forestry 

 estmgly of forest conditions in the committee of the International Federa- 

 Southern Appalachians. The morn- tion of Women - s Qubs . She made an 

 mg session closed with a short address ,, , 

 by Mr. E. S. Gosney, president of the excell 5 nt ad ^ ress ' sho ^ m ^ what a .P- 

 Arizona Wool Growers' Association. tent force the women s organizations 



have been in the forest movement. 



SESSION OF TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JAN- Dr. B. E. Fernow was then called on 



UARY 3- and responded with a short and valu- 



This session was devoted particular- able address. 



