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CONTENTS FOR JUNE, 1909 



COVER DESIGN By Charles E. Cartwright. 



IRRIGATION IN EASTERN WASHINGTON Frontispiece 



THE PATHFINDER DAM By C. J. Blanchanl .317 



WATER CIRCULATION AND ITS CONTROL By Bailey Willis 325 



A MILLION WOMEN FOR CONSERVATION . 3_|6 



THE GREAT TREES OF CALIFORNIA Poem By Archibald Hopkins 347 



HOW THE HOUSE VOTED By Edwin A. Start . . . 348 



EDITORIAL- 



How Water Transportation Saves 358 



Kansas City's Fight for Her River 358 



Missouri for Waterways 359 



State Parks SCO 



Towns without Taxes 300 



XEWS AND NOTES- 



Good Words for Conservation 367 



Setting an Example 367 



Senator Root Planting Trees . 307 



Progress in Massachusetts - 367 



Conservation in Rhode Island 367 



Conservation in Arkansas . 367 



What Illinois Women Want 367 



The Ogle County White Pints 368 



State Parks Win Public Favor 36S 



Immense Profits of German Forests 360 



The Biltmore Fires 360 



Yale Forestry Students in Texas 360 



American Pomological Meeting . 370 



Remember the Raisin ! .... 370 



The Counties Committee at Work 370 



Utilizing a Volcano 370 



Mr. Newell's Visit to Hawaii 371 



Conservation in Hawaii 371 



Protecting Water Supplies 373 



Good Work by the Pennsylvania Railroad 373 



Growth of the Forest Service 373 



Mr. Pinchot at Delta . . . 374 



Public Activity Plus Private 361 



Prosperity to Re Genuine Must Be General 303" 



New Jersey Protects Woodlands 363 



Waste of Resources Due to Fire 364 



What Shall We Do about It?.. . 365 



To Examine National Forest Boundaries 374 



Withdrawal of Public Lands 374 



Senate Committee to Visit Irrigation Projects... 375 



Irrigation in Washington 375 



The National Irrigation Congress at Spokane... 375 

 Mr. Pinchot to Attend National Irrigation Con- 

 gress 376 



Competition for Next Irrigation Congress 376 



Land and Irrigation Exposition 3715 



Nebraska No Longer "Wild" . 376 



Investment in Water Transportation 377 



To Reclaim Oklahoma Land 377 



The Largest Fountain in the United States 377 



The Smoke Nuisance 37S 



Maine's Peat Bogs 378 



To Save Miners' Lives "7!t 



Mississippi's Rank in Naval Stores Production. . 379 



To Create Municipal Forests 3sn 



Saving Storm-felled Trees from Borers 380 



Consumption of Pulp Wood in the United States 3S1 



Japan Fights Paper Famine 381 



Waste in Iron Menaces Race 381 



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