IN KERN RIVER CANYON 



Where Power Projects Are Under Way that Are Expected to Develop Electrical Energy to th; Amount of at 



Least 50,000 Volts as a Beginning 



for permanent prosperity with such de- 

 \elopment and extension, and to demon- 

 strate unmistakable the rapid and sure 

 decadence of the country unless the na- 

 tional -ovcrnment takes the conserva- 

 tion of these resources in hand, and, 

 with expert care and supervision and 

 liberal appropriations, looks vigorously 

 to their pressing needs. \\'e believe 

 that, with this sort of conservation oi 

 waterways and forests hv the national 

 government, with the states and indi- 

 viduals ^ivins;- carnc-t cooperation as 

 they realixe that it is the ^ .vcrnmenl's 

 rii,dit and duty to preserve our material 

 prosperity, the result will largely cover 

 the conservation of all oilier resource- 

 What I want to a-k von is this: Vs 

 we are SO nearly allied in purpose in 

 part wholly SO \\ould vou rare to aid 

 our propaganda and vours hv printing 

 some of the notes of our progress? We 

 should he sj'id to -en 1 the material to 

 you; <>ur or-ani/.ation must he your 

 half-sifter. Awaiting 



your reply, while we a.yain assure you 

 of our heartiest endorsement and ap- 

 preciation of COXSKKV. \Tiox, 1 am, 



( '( irdially. 



(MRS.) l r k.\N( KS Snnii-KwoKrii. 

 Cor. Sec. ll'iniicii's Xtitimnil Ri:\';-s and 



Harbors Co 

 Shreveport. La. 



Leading Nations Import Much Lumber 



FKW people have the slightest con- 

 ception just how important a part 

 timber and unmanufactured \\ 

 play in the tra 'e between the world's 

 LM'eat nations, an 1 doubtless it js news 

 to many to learn that the lumber im- 

 portations of the various countries 

 amounts t SjS; i >. This js ac 



cor.'in^- to estimates for the whole 

 \\orld. Compiled by Dr. l ; .rnest Fried- 

 ricb. of the ( 'lennan ( 'oinmercial lli-h 

 School at Leipxi.u. 



Notwithstanding the fact tint it finds 

 its own supplv dwindling, the I'nited 

 States furnishes about t\\enty per cent 



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