18 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION January 



shade trees, and are encouraging the eration of Women's Clubs, in a pub- 

 school children to become familiar lie meeting at Tifton, considered the 

 with the names and characteristics of forest problem. Mr. Enos A. Mills, of 

 the trees in their own towns. the United States Forest Service, ad- 

 One club of only fifteen members dressed the meeting Mr Mills was 

 has furnished material for a forestry introduced by Prof. Alfred Akerman, 

 column in its weekly local paper. of the State 



The letter addressed by Mrs, P. S. On November 2Qth the Atlanta sec- 

 Peterson, chairman of forestry in the tion of the American Institute of Elec- 

 General Federation, to the club women, trical engineers, in open meeting, dis- 

 was given publication throughout the cussed the relation of forest cover to 

 State, and practical work has been un- water flow, as affecting electrical pow- 

 dertaken for the present year. er plants. Mr. R. S. Kellogg of the 



Forest Service, Prof. Akerman, and 

 Mr. Lee of Charlotte, N. C., addressed 



What Timber The appreciation of tim- the meeting. Former Governor Par- 

 Irfdic ^ ales ber properties in recent dee, of California, who happened to 

 years, and perhaps more be visiting Atlanta, was present ; and 

 pronounced within the last two years. w hen called upon for a few remarks 

 is strikingly illustrated, says the Man- made a short but stirring talk. 

 tel, Tile and Grate Monthly, by the 

 transfers of large tracts which are de- 

 tailed every month in the columns of Electrical Following a compre- 

 the lumber trade press, and each sue- Engineers hensive preamble these 

 needing year must witness a still resolutions were adopt- 

 greater value attached to our forests ed : 

 from a commercial viewpoint alone. 



The buying of timber to-day is large- , R^ohed t That it is the opinion of 



ly for the sake of investment. The the Southern Section of the Institute 

 speculative feature is minimized in a 



measure by the absolute certainty that "That where forest reserves already 



each year the property so held must exist, whether State or National, their 



increase in value. area should not be reduced unless the 



land therein included is more valu- 

 able for agriculture than for forestry. 



Show? The Georgia Forest As- "That additional forest reserves 



Live Interest socla t lon , met at , Athens should be promptly created on regions 



on October 25th. The a ,i ap ted bv nature for the growth of 



meeting was small as regards numbers, hardwoods 



but boundless as regards enthusiasm , 



and determination to do something to. Phat * he ,l dwate r '" , ini P rtan 



wards the perpetuation of Georgia's shou d be P r <*ectcd by forest 

 forests. Dr. H. C. White presided. 



After considerable discussion of plans L hat where > as in the case of New 



the following officers for the coming England and the southern Appa- 



year were elected : President, Judge lachians, the rivers are of an interstate 



E. H. Callaway, of Augusta ; first cnara cter, it is most desirable that the 



vice-president, Mr. E. M. Mallette. of Federal Government establish National 



Thomasville: second vice president Forests without delay; and be it 



Hon. James M. Smith, of Smithsonia '; fnrther 



secretary, Alfred Akerman, of Athens ; "'Resolved, That the chairman and 



treasurer. Prof. Andrew H. Patterson, secretary of the Southern section be 



rV -5 T ns - instructed to communicate these reso- 



Jn November 8th the Georgia Fed- lutions to all members of Congress 



