NEWS AND NOTES 



Good Words for Conservation 



Words of appreciation for CONSERVATION 

 are pouring in. Ex-Governor Guild writes 

 from Boston regarding the May number: 

 " The last copy of the magazine is the best, I 

 think, ever issued; and I am particularly 

 pleased with the papers of Mr. Bailey Willis 

 and the illustrations." 



Then, again, State Forester F. W. Rane, 

 of Massachusetts, puts his views in a nut- 

 shell. He says : "May is a great number. 

 Congratulations." 



Conservation in Rhode Island 



The act providing for a survey of the nat- 

 ural resources of the state passed both 

 branches of the general assembly last night. 

 The work is to be done under the direction 

 of the Commissioner of Industrial Statistics, 

 George H. Webb, in cooperation with the 

 Rhode Island State College and the Fed- 

 eral Government. 



Colonel Webb will appoint as the agent 

 to make the survey Charles W. Brown, 

 assistant professor of geology at Brown 

 University. 



Setting an Example 



Ex-Governor Pennypacker is about to plant 

 ten acres with forest trees on his farm as an 

 example to surrounding farmers. 



Senator Root Planting Trees 



A writer in the Utica Observer furnishes 

 a table of the persons who have planted trees 

 in Oneida County this year, and the number 

 each has planted. The total is 86,000. Of 

 these Hon. Elihu Root, of Clinton, planted 

 64,000, or nearly three-fourths of all. Of 

 his trees, 31,000 were obtained from the 

 Forest, Fish and Game Commission, and the 

 remainder came from the nurseries of other 

 states and Europe. The following are the 

 three varieties and the number of each which 

 he is actually planting: White pine, 16,400; 

 Norway spruce, 15,200; red pine, 5,200; red 

 oak, 6,000; black locust, 5,200; chestnut, 

 5,000; basswood, 5,200; white ash, 6,000. 



Progress in Massachusetts 



The office of the Superintendent for Sup- 

 pressing the Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths, 

 by an act of the legislature of Massachu- 

 setts, has been combined with the office of 

 State Forester under the title of the latter. 

 Governor Draper and his council appointed 

 F. W. Rane to the new position on April 14, 

 at a salary of $5,000. The office of State 

 Forester has been moved from the State 

 House to No. 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 



Conservation in Arkansas 



The Arkansas Conservation Commission, 

 recently appointed by Gov. George W. Don- 

 aghey, held its first formal meeting on April 

 21, and effected a permanent organization by 

 the election of Governor Donaghey, chair- 

 man, and Sid B. Redding, secretary. 



Letters were read from the officials of the 

 National Conservation Commission and from 

 the Joint Committee on Conservation, urging 

 the Arkansas body to begin effective work 

 and requesting that the new state association 

 cooperate with the national organization. 



Correspondence was presented from nearly 

 every state in the Union, including various 

 governors and state conservation officials, ad : 

 vising of the progress of the movement in 

 different states and offering suggestions con- 

 cerning the work. 



The governor appointed a special com- 

 mittee to draft a report with suggestions as 

 to the lines on which the commission shall 

 proceed, following which the commission 

 adjourned to meet again in about sixty days. 



&' &' & 



What Illinois Women Want 



In renewing its activities, the Illinois Fed- 

 eration of Women has adopted this platform 

 of things to be accomplished : 



"A concerted fight against billboard adver- 

 tising. 



"A movement to establish public comfort 

 stations in the cities of Illinois. 



"An investigation of the treatment and 

 care of dependent and delinquent girls in the 

 state. 



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