1908 



ANNUAL MEETING 



ers Woodruff, of Philadelphia, who 

 represented the American Civic Asso- 

 ciation, and who made a plea for the 

 establishment of the Appalachian Na- 

 tional Forests. 



Mr. Ligon Johnson, president of the 

 Appalachian Xational Forest Asso- 

 ciation, with headquarters at Atlanta. 

 Ga.. gave an interesting talk in regard 

 to the work of his association, whose 

 effective efforts in giving publicity to 

 the Appalachian movement and secur- 

 ing the active interest of the popula- 

 tion of the South, are notable. 



The evening session was largely at- 

 tended and was especially interesting. 

 A number of handsomely gowned la- 

 dies were among the audience. 



The Committee on By-Laws re- 

 ported with recommendation of cer- 

 tain changes. These were adopted, 

 and will appear in the complete by- 

 laws, which will be republished in 

 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION in a later 



issue. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



The resolutions adopted recommend 

 the passage at this session of Con- 

 gress of the bill providing for Na- 

 tional Forests in the Southern Appa- 

 lachian and White Mountain regions : 

 that a timber census of the United 

 States be taken ; and that Congress be 

 asked to enlarge the Hatch Fund law. 

 so that part of the receipts from Na- 

 tional Forests may be expended for 

 forestry education and forestry ex- 

 periments. 



NKW OFFICERS ELECTED. 



The report of the Committee on 

 Nominations was as follows : 



For President Hon. James Wil- 

 son, Secretary of Agriculture. For 

 Yice-Presidents Edward Everett 

 Hale, chaplain of the U. S. Senate; 

 B. E. Fernow, dean of the Faculty of 

 Forestry. University of Toronto ; 

 James W. Pinchot. Washington ( since 

 deceased) ; N. J. Bachelder, master of 

 the National Grange, Concord, N. H. ; 

 George Foster Peabody. banker. New 

 Y< irk ; George C. Pardee, late Gov- 



ernor of California. Sacramento; 



Rutherford P. Have-. Asl 

 president of the Appalachian National 

 Park Association: \lln ; Shaw, ed- 

 itor of the Rezie:<' f Reviews, Mi 

 York ; W. \V. Hinley. pn 

 Southern Railway. Washington; I. T. 

 Rothrock, secretary of the I'enn-yl- 

 vania Forestry Reservation Commis- 

 sion. West Chester, Pa.; George T 

 Oliver, newspaper publisher. Philadel- 

 phia; Charles R. Van Hi-< . piv-ident 

 of the Univer-iiy of Wisconsin, Madi- 

 son. For Treasurer Otto Luebkert, 

 manager of the American Audit Com- 

 pany, Washington. For Directors- 

 James Wilson, Secretary of \gricul- 

 ture ; George P. Whittlesey. patent at- 

 torney, Washington; James H. Cutler, 

 retired manufacturer, Wa>hington ; 

 Henry S. Graves, director of the Yale 

 Forest School, New Haven, Conn. : F. 

 H. Newell, director of the U. S. Rec- 

 lamation Service, Washington; Wil- 

 liam L. Hall, assistant forester. U. S. 

 Forest Service. Washington; Georgv 

 K. Smith, secretary of the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association, 

 St. Louis; William S. Harvey. pr< 

 dent of the board of trustees, Phila- 

 delphia Commercial Museum; II. A. 

 Pressey, hydraulic engineer. Wa-h- 

 ington; Asbury F. Lever, keprc-enta- 

 tive in Congress from South Carolina: 

 W. I. McGee. Bureau of Soil-. Wa.-h- 

 ington; Philip W. Vyres, forester of 

 the Society for the Protection of New 

 Hampshire Forests. Concord. N. H. : 

 Robert Garrett. capitalist. ]'.altim<>re. 

 Md.; Ligon Johnson, attorney. New 

 York, late of Atlanta, and president of 

 the Appalachian National F Vs- 



sociation: Filibert Roth, dean of tin- 

 Forestry School. Univer-ity of Michi- 

 gan, Ann Arbor. 



This report was unanimou-ly adopt- 

 ed, and the secretary was requested 

 cast a ballot for the unanimous e:> 

 tion of each of the above. 



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The principle underlying the ir< 

 ing- and the one to uhich all the ad- 

 dr- rted wa- that of educat- 



