1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



353 



fruits of her .oor and effort in the al- 

 most universl recognition of and the 

 adoption an pplication of measures 

 she so abl) i >cated that are becom- 

 ing benefice! i i results not only to the 

 State but tl 'tire nation. 



"Therefcn e it resolved. That the 

 members of ite Pennsylvania Forestry 

 Association breby express their deep 

 sense of tl 3 to the cause of for- 

 estry, of th ise counsel, the earnest 

 work, the -i 'did example, the noble 

 exalted lib ad the true friend that, 

 in the Pr< vdence of God, has been 

 taken from a, whose memory will al- 

 ways be chi led by all true lover- of 

 the forest. 



"Be it rther resolved. That we 



hereby ten. our sincere sympathy 

 to the meibers of Mrs. Lundy's 

 family in thir bereavement. 



"Resoh That a copy of this 

 Minute an :se Resolutions be sent 

 to the mmbers of Mrs. Lundy's 

 family, to irest Leaves, to Forestry 

 and IRRIG3 ox, and a copy entered 

 on the rec >f the Association. 



W'm. S. 1 1 \k\T.Y. 



"Mika L. Dock. 



"Albert Lev\ cs, 

 "Committe '// Resolutions of Con- 

 doU 



According to a report 

 5!L compiled by Harry H. 



Ryerse, cruel hre warden 

 of the Sic'.;, there was destroyed by 

 forest hi- n Michigan during May 

 property : the value of $359,357> with 

 the loss i Dickinson County, where 

 considerabj havoc was done, as yet 

 unestima' 



The grdtest loss occurred in Luce 

 Countv. '"ere the damage amounted 

 to $101,38' In Presque Isle County- 

 damage mounting to $75,075 was 

 done, and 1 Marquette $41,775. Onto- 

 nagon sttlered to the extent of $5,- 

 525, Baraa $2,300 and Iron $1,000. 



The fir warden reported 160 sepa- 

 rate and ( L tinct fires during May. The 

 expense : his department in fighting 

 the flai as $867.50. 



Progress of Mr. C. E. Grunsky, COIl- 



Reclamation su iti n g engineer of the 

 ^Vork 



Reclamation Service, has 



just returned to Washington from an 

 extended trip of several months dura- 

 tion to the irrigation projects of the 

 West. He has participated in import- 

 ant conferences of consulting engi- 

 neers, where advice was necessary in 

 the conduct of the work, or plans were 

 under consideration to solve engineer- 

 ing and other problems which are con- 

 stantly arising as each project ad- 

 vances from its preliminary stage, 

 when its feasibility is to be determined, 

 to the final stage of actual delivery of 

 water upon the land. 



Mr. Grunsky talks with great con- 

 dence of the ultimate success of the 

 work which Congress has inaugurated, 

 and is a firm believer in its further ex- 

 tension. Projects of a magnitude far 

 beyond the reach of the present recla- 

 mation fund will no doubt in time be 

 authorized. In the meanwhile every 

 effort is being put forth by the Recla- 

 mation Service all along the line to ad- 

 vance the work in hand and to be able 

 at an early date to show satisfactory 

 results. The difficulties as they arise, 

 many of them being other than the ob- 

 stacles interposed by nature, are bing 

 met on every hand with a determina- 

 tion to win out, and it is with much 

 satisfaction that an able handling of 

 these as well as of the ordinary en- 

 gineering problems may be noted. 



The general prosperity of the coun- 

 try is having its effect upon the cost of 

 the work. Labor is difficult to obtain 

 in desired amount, and the price of 

 materials required has considerably 

 advanced since the work of the service 

 was commenced. In consequence of 

 these conditions the cost of irrigation 

 will be higher than it would have been 

 with works constructed some years 

 ago. But this is offset by a corre- 

 sponding increase in value of the pro- 

 ducts of the irrigated farm, and is no 

 occasion for alarm. These conditions 

 have no doubt in some measure con- 

 tributed to some of the recent failures 

 of contracting firms on irrigation 

 work. Where such failures have oc- 



