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FOREST SCHOOL IN SIBERIA 



The Ixnird of dirocLors of I lie X'ladi- 

 voslok Commercial School at Vladi- 

 vostok, Siberia, will transform the 

 school into a polytechnical institution 

 with several departments, among 

 which the forestry branch will occupy 

 a prominent place. 



J. H. WHITE APPOINTED 



Mr. J. II. White, lecturer in botany 

 and forestry in the University of To- 

 ronto, has been appointed Assistant 

 Provincial Forester for Ontario. Mr. 

 White has already assumed his new 

 duties, in association with Mr. E. 

 J. Zavitz, Provincial Forester for 

 Ontario. An arrangement has been 

 made whereby Mr. White will also 

 be able to devote four hours a week 

 to work in connection with the For- 

 estry Faculty of the University. 



MUNICIPAL CAMPS 



Fresno, California, has secured the 

 use of 15 acres on the shores of 

 Huntington lake, in the Sierra 



national forest, on which to esta- 

 blish a camp to provide summer 

 outings for 11,000 school children 

 and their parents. (California State 

 Normal School now occupies a i)or- 

 tion of the same forest. In connection 

 with the regular six-weeks summer 

 course, this school gives a course in 

 woodcraft and general forestry sub- 

 jects. The students visit the nearby 

 Forest Service ranger stations and 

 lookout towers, and study the Covern- 

 ment's methods of fire [)roloction. 

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I Oregon & California Railroad Co. Grant 



j Lands, tiile to same revested in United 



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j 1916. Two million, three hundred thou- 



I sand acres to be opened for homesteads and 



I sale. Timber and agricultural lands, con- 



g taining some of best lands left in United 



I States. Now is the Opportune time. Large 



I sectional map showing lands and descrip- 



I tion of soil, climate, rainfall, elevations, 



■ etc., postpaid one dollar. 



I Grant Lands Locating Co. 



Box 610, Portland, Oregon. 



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