1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



149 



Board of Forestry, all matters pertain- 

 ing to forestry within the jurisdiction 

 of the State, as provided in the act of 

 March 20, 1905. The salary offered 

 is $2,400 a year. Application for 

 either of these positions should be 

 made to the Forester, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture ,\Yashington, D. C, 



Colorado The Colorado State 



College Starts Agricultural College, 

 Arboretum &t p Qrt Collins, will 



starte an arboretum on the college farm 

 at that place this spring. It is proposed 

 later to include shrubs in the arbore- 

 tum, but this year only trees will be 

 selected, and the varieties include near- 

 ly every kind and species growing in 

 the latitude of Cincinnati. It is a 

 rather unusual fact that no hickory, 

 beech, ironwood, gum or sassafras, 

 and only isolated specimens of the 

 American oak are found in Colorado, 

 and the specimens of these kinds of 

 trees included in the arboretum will be 

 the first in that State as far as is 

 known. The college is preparing for 

 an extended experiment with black lo- 

 cust and catalpa speciosa. It plans to 

 secure the cooperation of about 20 

 farmers over the State, who will as- 

 sist in the matter ; the college to fur- 

 nish the stock and direct the planting, 

 and the farmers the land and labor. 

 The contemplated plans call for plan- 

 tations each comprising one-half an 

 acre, planted to the two varieties, each 

 half, and containing 600 trees. The 

 catalpa has been tried to a certain ex- 

 tent in Colorado and found wanting, 

 but it is claimed that its failure to ful- 

 fil expectations is due to the fact that 

 nearly all varieties found in the State 

 are hybrids, or of the tender variety, 

 it being a difficult matter to find a pure 

 catalpa speciosa. 



Aside from the value this experi- 

 ment by the Colorado State College 

 will undoubtedly have in increasing 

 the forested area of the State, its ar- 

 boretum should establish what trees 

 are best adapted to Colorado those 

 which will thrive under such climatic 

 and soil conditions as are most preva- 

 lent. 



An act comprising in 

 Maine s New . 9 



Forest Law general the provisions 



of the old Maine forest 

 law, but with the modifications recom- 

 mended by the Bureau of Forestry 

 after a study of the control and pre- 

 vention of forest fires in Maine, was 

 approved on March 8. The Forest 

 Commissioner is directed to establish 

 forest districts and appoint for each a 

 chief fire warden and deputy fire war- 

 dens to carry out the provisions of the 

 act. Specific outline of the duties of 

 each is given and the former are al- 

 lowed $2.50 per day compensation for 

 actual work, with fees for prosecutions 

 of violators of the laws, and the latter 

 receive $2.00 per day actually em- 

 ployed. Expense incurred under the 

 provisions of this act is to be paid for 

 from the funds appropriated to and 

 for the use of the Forest Commission. 



Under the title, "An 

 Oregon Has a A - ' . 



Forest Law Act providing for the 



protection of the for- 

 ests and timber of the State of Oregon, 

 and for protection from forest fires, 

 and the destruction of timber by fire, 

 and providing for the appointment of 

 fire rangers and their duties," etc., the 

 Oregon legislature passed a compre- 

 hensive measure looking for the pro- 

 tection of its forests. In the act is de- 

 fined a "close season," from June i to 

 October i, in which period of time 

 penalty is imposed for any person 

 operating a locomotive, engine, etc., 

 without a spark-arrester in or near 

 woodland. Also during that same 

 time, no fires shall be set in or near 

 woods or in the vicinity of grain lands, 

 without permit, and the maximum fine 

 is fixed at $1,000. Punishment is 

 provided for careless campers, hunt- 

 ers, woodsmen, lumbermen, etc., who 

 use fire in wooded areas unless certain 

 precautions are taken. Fire notices 

 are to be posted, and a penalty is im- 

 posed for their defacement or destruc- 

 tion. Section 9 provides that "Any 

 person who shall detect anyone violat- 

 ing any of the provisions of this act, 

 and shall furnish information leading 

 to the arrest and conviction of such 



