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FORESTRY AXD IRRH i. \TU>N 



eral thousand subscribers to our lists. 

 But that hrst list is remembered very 

 gratefully : it seemed to us to be an au- 

 gury of the success of our plan, and 

 such it has proven. Mrs. Lydia Adams- 

 \Yilliams is the member who so prompt- 

 ly answered our letter : hers was the first 

 list we received. There are members 

 of the Association to whom the -ending 

 of a list of a hundred or more name- 

 would be a mere trifle : there are other-. 

 who, in sending in four names, have 

 made a real sacrifice a sacrifice thai 

 demonstrates more fully than many 

 words. the dee]) interest the senders feel 

 in the A--ociation and it- work. It i- 

 in this latter class that Mr-. Williams 

 belong.-. And, somehow, we have won- 

 dered many times -ince that first morn- 

 ing- after our letter- went out ju-t what 

 some of our wealthy influential and 

 prominent member- would think if they 

 knew that the first an-wer to our ap- 

 peal came from a woman and from a 

 woman who could ill afford the re- 

 sponse. 



Death of cx'Presidcnt Cleveland 



IX THK iVath of e\-lVe-ident drover 

 Cleveland, forestry, and conservation 

 in general, lose- a friend. The policy of 

 extension of National Forests or, a- 

 they were called during hi- administra- 

 tions, forest reserves was given, dur- 

 ing his tenure of office great impetu- ; 

 in fact, to Mr. Cleveland i- due much 

 of the credit for the foundation on a 

 lasting basis of our forest policy. Mr. 

 Cleveland was one of tho-e whom Pre-- 

 ident Roosevelt asked to attend the Con- 

 ference of Governors, at the White 

 House last May. as special guests of the 

 Executive, and it was with the deepest 

 regret that it was learned that the ex- 

 Presi'Ynt would not, on account of im- 

 paired health, he able to attend the Con- 

 ference. An action that struck a popu- 

 lar chord with the members of the Con- 

 ference wa- the submission of a resolu- 

 ti "ii of sympathy by Hon. William Jen- 

 nings I'.ryan. and this resolution wa- 

 adopted in a manner as heartily sympa- 

 thetic as that in which it was offered. 



It was Mr. Cleveland who, when 

 President, established the San Jacinto 

 National Forest and others, with an ag- 

 gregate area of more than 25.000.000 

 acres. Now it i- a most graceful action 

 on the part of President Roosevelt t > 

 change the name of the San Jacinto For- 

 e.-t to the Cleveland National Forest, 

 thus making the forest a perpetual me- 

 morial to the man who. as President, 

 established it. 



Fore-try, and the idea of national 

 conservation of natural resource- was 

 not a popular subject during Mr. Cleve- 

 land's occnpancx of office, and the fact 

 that he took such a deep interest, even 

 at that time, in the subject is an added 

 indication of the mental greatness and 

 deep under>landing that characterized 

 him. Failing health, in hi- later year-, 

 and other interests that overshadowed 

 much el-e in hi- life, prevented his giv- 

 ing much attention to fore-try, in a pub- 

 lic way. but the work that he did as 

 President, toward the establishment and 

 extension of a National Forest system, 

 stands as a demonstration of hi- un tail- 

 ing' grasp of great questions of national 

 importance. 



Secretary Will's Chautauqua Lectures 



SINCF June if. Secretary Will ha> 

 been engaged in Chautaiu|na lecture 

 work in Minnesota. Wi-con-in. and 

 Io\va. I le i- working under the Redpath 

 Chautati(|ua System, speaking six night- 

 per week before audiences averaging 

 nearly i.ooo. His addresses are being 

 fully reported in the pre--. He carries 

 with him an excellent lantern and a set 

 of beautiful and instructive -tides with 

 which his lectures are illustrated. He is 

 also accompanied by an operator to at- 

 tend to the mechanical features of the 

 work. To many of his hearers the 

 subject is almost new. It receives care- 

 ful attention, however, and its presen- 

 tation arouses much intere-t. 



Secretary Will's itinerary, up to July 

 13. covers the following points: Wino- 

 na. Minn. ; La Crosse. Wis. : West Lib- 

 erty, Iowa: Cedar Rapids Iowa: Du- 

 buque, Iowa; Fan Claire, Wis. ; Tndc- 



