1908 



NEWS AND NOTES 



from the Southern State- ami to the 

 ( xovernors of the same States." 



The Daily Hnllctin of the Manufac- 

 turers' Record, of Baltimore, gives 

 nearly t\v.> columns to the report of 

 this meeting. 



Another factor in the 

 The Appala- Appalachian campaign 

 F h or a e n st Natl ^ appeared! it is the 

 Association recently organized Ap- 

 palachian National For- 

 est Association. Its headquarters is 

 1,^1 Handler I'.uilding, Atlanta, Ga. 

 Its president is Mr. Ligon Johnson, 

 who represented the State of Georgia 

 in the famous case against the Duck- 

 town copper mine, in connection with 

 which he made an extensive study of 

 forest conditions. 



The organization includes the fol- 

 lowing officers: President (as above). 

 Secretary and Treasurer, John H. 

 Finney, president of the local section 

 of the American Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers ; Executive Committee, Dr. 

 Roy Harris, Asst. Commissioner of 

 Agriculture; R. F. Wright, State 

 Geologist; W. S. Yeates, Capt. R. T. 

 Lowry, Capt. j. W. English, J. H. 

 McCord, Forrest A'dair. R. F. Shed- 

 den, Albert Howell and J. Willie 

 Pope. The Appalachian States are 

 provided with vice presidents as fol- 

 lows: Georgia, Allen M. Schoen : 

 Alabama, Robert J- Chambers; Ten- 

 n.-ssee, H. M. Suter ; Kentucky, G. W. 

 Hubley; West Virginia. W. T. Wil- 

 liamson ; Virginia, Jos. Bryan; North 



. rolina. D. A. Tompkins ; South 

 Carolina. J. E. Sirrine. Each of these 

 vice presidents is expected to name a 

 member of the general executive com- 

 mittee. Further, a local committee is 

 expected to . Derate in each of the Ap- 

 palachian States. 



The object of the Appalachian Na- 

 tional Forest \ssociation is to conduct 

 a vigorous campaign of education and 

 publicity throughout the Appalachian 

 States, with a view to securing the 

 passage of the Appalachian bill. 

 Leaders in every business and profe-- 

 sion are reported as rallying to it- 



cause with an enthusiasm that en-ure- 

 success. Its work i- aln 

 forth a large degree of new-pa; 

 publicity in the form both of n< 

 "stories" and editorial. 1 -. ral of the 



prominent papers in States adjoining 

 Georgia have already pr 

 aid. President Johnson is confidently 

 expecting the support of practically 

 every intlucntial paper in the South. 

 The American Forestry Association 

 cordially welcomes this new organiza- 

 tion to the field of Appalachian en- 

 deavor and trusts that it may pr 

 a potent factor in still further develop- 

 ing and crystallizing the Appalachian 

 sentiment of the South and thus of 

 aiding in the passage of the Appa- 

 lachian bill. 



New Forest That the people of Ala- 

 Legislation bama are read to take 



a decided step in advance 

 so far as regards the creation of a 

 proper forest policy, is shown by the 

 provisions of a bill which was enacted 

 by the Legislature at its recent special 

 Session. 



When Governor Comer issued his 

 call for an extra session, he inserted a 

 clause which permitted the disci 

 and enactment of measures designed 

 protect the rapidly disappearing 

 est resources of the State. \ c . .mmit- 

 tee was appointed to study the subj< 

 and to suggest the provisions for the 

 proposed bill. This committee request- 

 ed the a --i -lance of the Forc-t Service, 

 and as a result of their deliberation- a 

 bill was put through which provide- 

 for the appointment of a non-parti -an 

 State Commission of Forestry, which 

 shall oversee all forest n of tin- 



State, and take all possible n 

 to promote a proper appreciati 

 the benefit- to be derived from fan 

 preservation. Provi-ion is made tor 

 the future creation of State For* 

 serves. Kore-t plantation-, under c 

 tain condition-, are t -npted 



from taxation for a period of 1 

 years. \ fairly complete tire law i- 

 included in the bill, and the count) 



me and fi-h warden-, and other 



