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And to further the work of the Drain- o.pv he sent to the presiding officer 



age Investigating Committee, which o f "| )0 th n nilQ , 



plans to reclaim our eighty million acres p, lh <-' 

 of swamp lands, thus providing homes tiou 

 and tillable land for the 150,000,000 of Agriculture, and Un- 

 people which a short half century will such Associations, as are im 

 see within our borders. the enactment of this i, 



To give all due publicity and aid to T*U ,- 



the Rivers and Harbors Congress which ;1 Lumber 



convenes at Washington, D. C, on DC- Dealers Association, with a men: 



cember 3rd next; also to the Sixteenth ship scattered throughout the entire 



National Irrigation Congress which eastern part of the country recently 



meets at Albuquerque New Mexico, in mct in annual convention in Washing 



September, 1908; also to the Conference r\ r* \ <. i, 



for the Conservation of Natural Re- >n, JJ. U the convention the fol- 



sources, called by President Roosevelt, lowing resolution was unanimou 



to meet at the White House, May 13, adopted, and copies of the paper were 



14, and 15, 1908. ordered sent to the President of the 



A j r ,, -,, r Senate, the Speaker of the House, and 



And again from the West comes a the Chairman of the Committee 

 note of encouragement., when the Col- Agriculture 

 orado State Forestry Association unan- 

 imously adopts the following pream- ' demon- 

 K1 e and resolutions- 



"Believing that the movement, on the a j; ong the man y reat rivers havin - 

 part of the friends of forestry, to es- S ?\TSf. s "?, C lower V PP alach - 

 tablish National Forests in the White ian and W te M untams, will in time 

 Mountains and the Southern Appa- to <; ome . ?utt er great damage and loss, 

 lachian Range, is a matter of great their industries be practically de- 

 moment and far-reaching in its bene- ste P s 

 fits, not only to those adjacent to the ^ aken to , P rotect the wa ' er - 

 regions affected, but to many material and P r P erl y preserve the tim- 

 interests incident to our civilization ber "P on the mountain slopes, and 

 and public welfare, and ^ licrcas, The estimates published 

 ll'hereas, We desire to co-operate in b ? the Department of Agriculture in- 

 every good work relating to forestry. the ra P ld r disappearance of our 

 anc j timber supply for which the country 



ll'hercas, The people directly inter- looking largely to the \ PP a- 

 ested are appealing to the friends of 



forestry throughout the country to Resolved, That we. the ern 



lend their influence and aid. Therefore States Retail Lumber Dealers' \ 



Resolred.Thzt we, the Directors of Cation, in convention assemble 

 the Colorado State Forestry Associa- mit 1 Con ^ 

 tion, do hereby heartily endorse Sen- adopting one of 

 ate Bill No. 29*85, and House Bill No. Representatives 

 10457, now before Congress, and rec- 

 ommend their passage, and that am- 

 ple provision be made for the pur- 

 chase, by the United States Govern- 

 ment, of the tracts described in the The I.--- \ngeles Chamber of Coin- 

 said bills ; and be it also mercc ha- forwarded the following 



Rcsoh-cd. That a copy of the fore- solutions to California R. :t.r 

 ?oing be sent to our Senators and 



Representatiyes at Washington, and ll'hercas. The I.- Angeles Chain- 

 that they be advised of our desire to her <>f Commerce i n most active, 

 have them support the measure and in the past, in furthering legislation 

 vote for its passage, and also that a looking to the preservation of forests. 



