1908 



NEWS AND NOTES 



i, treasurer, of a committee for 

 tliis purpose. Thus lumbermen, who 

 have been most active in slaughtering 

 the forests in the past, are joining 

 with other citizens in the attempt to 



, the slaughter now. The New 

 York .lincrican urges others who 

 wish to aid education to apply their 

 money to similar endowments. 



Paducah A local forestry associa- 



Forestry t j on was recently organ- 



ized at Paducah, Ky., at 

 the instance of Mrs. Robert Becker 

 I 'hillips, of the Forestry Committee of 

 the Kentucky Federation of Women's 

 Clubs. The Women's Club, The Mag- 

 azine Club, The Delphic Club, the D. 

 A. R., the U. D. C, the Alumni Asso- 

 ciation of the Paducah High School 

 and the Commercial Club were repre- 

 sented. Mr. John S. Bleecker, of the 

 Commercial Club, was made president, 

 and Miss Aldine Morton, chairman of 

 the civics department of the Women's 

 Clubs, Secretary. A constitution and 

 by-laws have been prepared. 



Superintendent John A. Carnagey, 

 of the Public Schools, plans to form a 

 children's auxiliary to study the sub- 

 jects of forestry and bird life. The 

 D. A. R. and U. D. C. chapters will 

 have charge of the preservation and 

 marking of historical trees. 



It was the Paducah Forestry Asso- 

 ciation that arranged for the lecture 

 given by Secretary Will on September 

 j ith. A very -representative audience 

 of Paducah citizens attended the meet- 

 ing, deep interest was manifested and 

 a strong set of resolutions, urging the 

 passage of the Appalachian Bill, was 

 adopted. One and one-half and two- 

 column reports, respectively, of the 

 meetings were published in two of the 

 Paducah papers. 



New Jersey Forestry work in New 

 Council Jersey is becoming more 



popular. Although the 

 forest law is not wholly brought into 

 execution, yet the moral effect of it is 

 accomplishing the work of forest pro- 

 tection. The New Jersey State Forest 



Council is an association of ci - 

 It is an outgrowth from the \Y< 

 Yineland Farm Club. 

 ago a r iinniittee on forestry was ap- 

 pointed by that club which grew ii 

 the present State Forest Council. The 

 Farm Club still keeps up it- fore-try 

 work and will hold its ^^<\ anniversary 

 meeting and dinner on February [st, 

 i' 08. 



The Secretary of the Council is au- 

 thorized to visit the county sell 

 and talk to the children. The work is 

 well clone in Cumberland Count}', and 

 a new generation is growing up who 

 know of forestry and its value to hu- 

 man life. The aim is to have card- 

 hung up in glass frames in ev< 

 school in the State with short lessons 

 on forest protection. Such cards , 

 now posted in English. Jewish, and 

 Italian, in all public places, so as to 

 keep the subject continually before the 

 pupils, and the results are already to 

 be seen. 



Pennsylvania According to the In- 

 National q Hirer, the Congress- 

 forests f ,-v, ., j, , . 



men from Philadelphia 

 will be strong in their support of the 

 bill to create an Appalachian National 

 Forest, at the present session of the 

 National legislature. They will a 

 urge in determined fashion the claims 

 of Pennsylvania forests to be protect- 

 ed. Pennsylvania did not enter into 

 Secretary Wilson's calculations, but 

 Pennsylvania's Congressmen intend 

 that the Keystone State shall be taken 

 care of in whatever is done. 



Do Not The Chicago Journal 



Stop with xvou ld go much further 

 Appalachians ., 



than any one else has 



yet proposed in the way of t'.overn- 

 ment fort' It holds that not onlv 







the Appalachian ridges, and not only 

 mountain lands of any sort, but all 

 sorts of forest lands procurable, should 

 become subject to the ownership of 

 I "ncle Sam. The language of the edi- 

 torial referred to is 



"Mr. Roosevelt recommends that 

 the Government should acquire in the 



