NEWS AND NOTES 



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Oregon 



Announcement has been made by the State 

 Board of Forestry that there will be 65 men 

 appointed in Oregon under the $10,000 ap- 

 propriation received from the Government 

 through the Weeks law, these men to work 

 in Oregon in patrolling the headwaters of 

 the navigable streams of the State. 



The State Board of Forestry also made 

 announcement of completion of its manual 

 and handbook for fire wardens in which the 

 general policy of the Board for this year is 

 largely announced. 



In the appointment of the men under the 

 Weeks law there will be about 57 of the men 

 stationed west of the Cascade Mountains 

 and the other eight will be placed east of 

 the mountains. It was the intent of the law 

 to protect the headwaters of navigable 

 streams and the main navigable streams are 

 west of the Cascades. The men west of the 

 mountains will be apportioned from one to 

 seven in various counties, according to the 

 size of the counties, the quantity of the 

 timber involved and the nature of the streams 

 arising in the respective counties. 



Michigan 



At a recent meeting of the Michigan State 

 Board of Agricultural Comfort, A. Tyler, of 

 Coldwater, Branch County, was appointed to 

 aid in the establishment and development of 

 a system of forestry extension work in con- 

 junction with agricultural extension work 

 now being conducted by Michigan Agricul- 

 tural College and Experiment Station. 



The object of this work will be to create a 

 State-wide sentiment favorable to this im- 

 portant and exceedingly valuable branch of 

 Michigan agriculture. An effort will be 



made to induce farmers and others inter- 

 ested to properly care for the farm woodlot 

 which now is probably the most grossly 

 neglected of our farm possessions. Much 

 emphasis will also be placed on economical 

 methods of improvement employing at first 

 those within easy reach of the ordinary 

 farmer. 



Montana 



Provision for the increase of the patrol 

 force and other details looking to the more 

 perfect protection of standing timber in the 

 district of the Northern Montana Forestry 

 Association were subjects of discussion at 

 the annual meeting in this city Saturday. 

 Through the annexation of more than 100,- 

 000 acres of the Big Blackfoot Lumber com- 

 pany and the Northern Pacific railway's hold- 

 ings and an equal amount of individual 

 tracts it was deemed advisable to increase 

 the directorate from seven to ten members. 



Wisconsin 



Members of the State Forestry Board, who 

 returned today from a four days' trip in 

 Northern Wisconsin, reported that within 

 the last four months practically 14,000 acres 

 have been added to the forestry reserve at 

 prices ranging from $2.50 to $4.50 an acre. 

 Besides this, the State has under considera- 

 tion the purchase of a 12,000-acre tract in 

 the vicinity of Little Car Lake, near Toma- 

 hawk, from an old lumber company. It is 

 believed this transaction will be consummated 

 in a few days as a result of the board's visit. 

 It is one of the prize pieces of land which 

 State Forester E. N. Griffith has had his 

 eyes on for the last three years. 



NEWS AND NOTES 



British Columbia Forest Act 



The British Columbia Government has 

 passed the Forest Act for the creation of 

 a forest protection fund, to which owners, 

 lessees and licensees of timber lands are re- 

 quired to pay 1 cent per acre on their hold- 

 ings. To the total sum thus secured the 

 Provincial Government must contribute an 

 equal amount from the public revenue. The 

 entire sum will then be placed to the sole 

 credit of the fund for the purpose of pre- 

 venting forest fires. Every one agrees that 

 the measure is a good one. The Lands De- 

 partment has commenced the issuing of no- 

 tices calling upon the owners, licensees and 



lessees of holdings to contribute their cent 

 per acre. All new licenses or renewals will 

 be withheld until the contributions to the 

 fund are made, so as to ensure the inaugura- 

 tion of the fire fighting apparata at the 

 earliest possible moment 



County Reforestation 



As a result of the Act passed by the On- 

 tario Government a year ago, empowering 

 municipalities to engage in forestry work, 

 the county of Hastings has taken steps to 

 acquire waste lands for the purpose of re- 

 forestation. 



