1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



525 



vember i. The only bid received was 

 one on Schedule 2, by G. F. Atkinson, 

 Colorado Springs, Colorado. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 rejected this bid as excessive, and has 

 authorized the prosecution of work at 

 the headgates by force account. It is 

 necessary to advance this portion of 

 the work as rapidly as possible in or- 

 der that water mav be delivered in the 

 spring of 1907. The remainder of the 

 work will be readvertised. 



The Secretary of the In- 



Withdrawais terJor has temporarily 

 withdrawn from settle- 

 ment, entry, or other form of with- 

 drawal under the public land laws, ex- 

 cept Homestead Law, the following 

 described tracts for use in connection 



with the Grand River irrigation pro- 

 ject, North Dakota: 



Fifth Principal Meridian, N. Dak. 



T. 129 N., R. 98 W., Sees. 27, 28, 



3 1 , 3 2 , 33, 34, 35 and 36. 



T. 129 N., R. 99 W., Sees. 26, 29, 



3C 3 1 , 32. 33- 34, 35 and 36. 



T. 129 N., R. 100 W., Sees. 19, 20, 

 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 

 35 and 36. 



Black Hills Meridian, S. Dak. 



All fractional townships 23 N., R. 

 8, 9 and 10 E. 



The following public lands under 

 this project are withdrawn from any 

 form of disposition whatever under 

 the public land laws : 



Fifth Principal Meridian, N. Dak. 



T. 129 N., R. 101 W., Sees. 10, 11, 

 13, 14, 15, 2 3, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34 and 35. 



ORGANIZATION WORK 



What Members of the American Forestry 

 Association Can Do to Help the Organization 



"Hr HE question frequently comes to 

 the Secretary of the American 

 Forestry Association, "What can I 

 do if I join the Association?" 



There are several things a member 

 can do. Let us note one or two. 



Make of yourself a center of influ- 

 ence for the saving and extension of 

 the forests. How powerful and far- 

 reaching one's influence may be must 

 depend, in part, upon himself and, in 

 part, upon his circumstances ; but all 

 have some influence. Moody, in il- 

 lustrating his talk with the tobaccon- 

 ist's sign, used to say, "Even a wooden 

 Indian has some influence." Preach 

 the gospel of forestry. Scatter the 

 light. Urge the importance of action. 

 Show that, to be effective, this action 

 must be concerted, organized. Urge 

 your friends, therefore, to become 

 members of the American Forestry 

 Association, to supply its treasury, and 

 to cooperate with it in pushing the 

 great work to which it is committed. 



But you are "not well informed," 

 you say, as to the facts, and hence 



cannot so present your argument that 

 it will carry conviction. Very well. 

 Why not enlarge your knowledge? 

 The literature of forestry is extensive. 

 Provide yourself with, at least, a few 

 representative books, and study them. 



What books? Let us name one in 

 particular : The "Proceedings of the 

 American Forest Congress." 



This congress, the most notable and 

 representative, perhaps, ever assembled 

 in America in the interest of forestry, 

 met in Washington January 2-6, 1905. 



The speakers included many of the 

 chief forestry authorities and workers 

 in the United States, and some from 

 other countries, together with promi- 

 nent representatives of the great 

 wood-using industries. Out of sixty 

 of these may be mentioned, as types, 

 President Roosevelt, Secretary Wil- 

 son, J. J. Jusserand, French Ambas- 

 sador ; Gifford Pinchot, the U. S. for- 

 ester; B. L. Wiggins, vice-chancellor, 

 University of the South ; F. H. Newell, 

 chief engineer, U. S. Reclamation Ser- 

 vice ; N. W. McLeod, president, Na- 



