1908 NEWS AND NOTES 193 



schools tend to put altogether too The Hampclen Fon 



... Game Privil- . 



great a premium upon mere literary p , Association, which has 



education, and therefore to train been formed to acquire 



away from the farm and shop. We white pine and other 



should reverse this process ." timber tracts in Massachusetts and 



In reply to the objection that Connecticut and hold same for proper 

 National appropriations for these management of the timber and fur en- 

 schools would relieve the States from hancement of timber values, have 

 the sense of responsibility, Congress- solved for themselves the problem of 

 man Davis quotes a letter from Hon. taxation, which might .otherwise 

 Elmer Ellsworth Brown, U. S. Com- m the way of their holding timber 

 missioner of Education, showing that, lands - The y are leasing the pnvi- 

 between 1896 and 1906 the amount leves of hunting and fishing in their 

 which the land grant colleges received forest to men who Wl11 stock the P re " 

 from their several States was in- serves wlth S ame and P a > r a rental 

 creased from $2,218,100 to $7,531,502, practically equal to the taxes 

 an increase of about 240 per cent. In This is but a small expense for the 

 1896 these institutions received 29 per sportsmen, and it enables the forestry 

 cent, of their support from the association to get the benefit of the 

 Nation; in 1906 they received but 15.4 growth of the timber. Inasmuch as 

 per cent, therefrom. wild lands are becoming scarcer and 



The Davis bill bridges the gap be- game preservation more difficult, this 



tween the education of the school- policy may be helpful for other parties 



house and that of the home, farm and who desire to establish commercial 



shop. It is a far-reaching and benefi- forests, 

 cent measure. 



~. T ^ _ A State Prof. A. W. Nolan, sec- 

 Mrs. Voris The Paducah, Ky., Sun Association's retar of the newly or _ 



Succeeds Mr. ?. f , ^^ ^ pul> rgan ganized West Virginia 



Bleecker hshed . the foll ing Forestry Association, writes that that 



Association has decided to make 



Mrs. Robert Becker Phillips, of FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION its organ, 



the State Federation Forestry Com- FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION respectful- 



mittee, has appointed Mrs. Victor j suggests to other forestry associa- 



\oris president of the local forestry tions not prov ided with publications 



association, to take the place of Mr. of their owri) the adoption of the West 



John S. Bleecker, who will leave the Virginia plan. They can thereby save 



first of March to make his home in themse lves the burden of publishing 



Columbus, Georgia. Mrs. Phillips, by an n and can keep in touch with 



right of her place on the Federation the c; eneral; nation-wide movement, 



committee, has the appointment as Thig puh i icat i on w jn a i so gladly give 



chairman ex-officio. reasonable space to news matter, an- 



The choice of Mrs. Voris is a very nounceme nts and other communica- 

 happy one. She is not only deeply in- dons which m be of special interest 

 terested in the work of the forestry tQ ^^ and ]ocal organizations 

 preservation, but her talents, versatil- 

 ity, and charming tact combine to 

 make her an especially capable presid- 

 ing officer." Interesting i he American Forestry 



Mr. Bleecker's energy, intelligence. Lumbermen \ ssociation is (1 ? in -- a 

 and earnestness in the forestry cause g od work 

 will be missed in Paducah. but the loss tating the matter of protecting the for- 

 of that city will be the gain of Colum- ests which we now have, and in en- 

 bus, Georgia. couraging the growth of timber by 



