AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION EXHIBIT 



AN EXHIBIT of the work of the 

 / \ American Forestry Association 

 \will be made at the Forest Prod- 

 ucts Exposition at the Coliseum 

 in Chicago, from April 30 to May 9, 

 and at the Grand Central Palace, New 

 York City, from May 21 to May 30. 

 This exhibit will be in charge of repre- 

 sentatives of the association and will be 

 one which should attract a great deal 

 of attention. Progress being made in 

 the work of securing proper forestry 

 laws in the various States, the organizing 

 and encouragement of various State 

 and local associations for the care and 

 protection of forests, and the general 



activity of the association in securing 

 the wise conservation of forests and 

 forest products will be explained to 

 visitors. Members of the association 

 are urged to attend the exposition and 

 to take their friends to the association's 

 exhibit. 



The Forest Service will also partici- 

 pate and have perhaps the most com- 

 plete exhibit it has ever displayed. Con- 

 gress has appropriated $10,000 for this 

 exhibit. 



Scores of lumber associations and 

 various industries connected with the 

 lumber and wood working business will 

 also be represented. 



FOREST NOTES 



Members of the Tri-Counties Refor- 

 estation Committee of San Bernardino, 

 Riverside and Orange counties, Cali- 

 fornia, are much interested in conserving 

 the flood waters of the Santa Ana River, 

 and are giving their active aid in the 

 endeavor to satisfactorily settle the 

 problem which the difficulty presents. 

 Francis Cuttle is chairman of the com- 

 mittee. 



Sixty million feet of timber and 42,000 

 poles are offered by the government on 

 the Kaniksu National Forest, near 

 Priest Lake, Idaho. The timber is said 

 to be of exceptional quality and all of 

 it lies within four miles of Priest Lake, 

 so that it is readily accessible and can 

 be easily examined by prospective pur- 

 chp,sers before the date on which bids 

 are closed, June 1. Except for the pole 

 material, which is cedar, the principal 

 species are white pine and yellow pine. 

 The timber now occupies some 5,000 

 acres. 



One hundred and seven fires were 

 reported during the last fire season to 

 the Northern Forest Protective Asso- 

 ciation, with headquarters at Munising, 

 Mich., according to the report of Secre- 

 tary-Forester T. B. Wyman at the 



annual meeting recently. Of these, 45 

 were caused by settlers clearing land, 

 and 22 by locomotives. The loss 

 amounted to $1,900. The fire loss on 

 abutting lands not listed with the asso- 

 ciation was $12,600. Mr. Wyman 

 reported plans for making the associa- 

 tion's work still more effective, and 

 addresses were made by State Forester 

 Marcus Schaaf, R. S. Kellogg, secretary 

 of the Northern Hardwood and Hem- 

 lock Association, and others. The area 

 patrolled by the fire wardens during 

 the fire season was 2,139,081 acres, and 

 22 wardens were used. Secretary Wyman 

 emphasized the value of publicity work 

 in educating the people to the necessity 

 of taking proper precautions to prevent 

 fires. The directors elected are: Thorn- 

 ton A. Green, timber lands, Ontonagon, 

 Mich.; C. V. R. Townsend, Cleveland- 

 Cliffs Iron Co., Negaunee, Mich.; W. H. 

 Johnston, Oliver Iron Mining Co., 

 Ishpeming, Mich.; James E. Sherman, 

 Michigan Iron & Land Co., Marquette, 

 Mich.; A. E. Miller, J. C. Ayer Estate, 

 Marquette, Mich.; C. H. Worcester, 

 Worcester Lumber Co., Chicago, 111., 

 and Chassell, Mich. ; F. H. Smith, Oval 

 Wood Dish Co., Traverse City, Mich. 



Members of the Kennebec Valley 



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