COLLEGE OF A AGRtCULTUftC 

 (JNIVCRSlTY OF CAUFORNIA 



PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT 



POTLATCH, IDAHO, Nov. 30, 1912. 



POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND STATE BOARD 

 OF LAND COMMISSIONERS. 



GENTLEMEN : 



It is a great pleasure to me to be in a position to again 

 report a favorable year of operation and a loss which is negli- 

 ble. 



( )wing to the fact that we changed chief fire wardens in 

 August it would be manifestly impossible to secure a chief 

 fire warden's report in the detail which you have a right to 

 expect, and for this reason I have decided to incorporate in 

 my own report those details which have been embodied in the 

 annual report of the chief fire warden heretofore. 



TELEPHONE SYSTEM 



On May 10th we commenced work on our telephone sys- 

 tem and prosecuted the work of construction vigorously until 

 we had completed those lines which had been projected for 

 completion this season. 



We strung 37 miles of telephone lines through some of 

 our finest timber, connecting headquarters at Elk River with 

 a number of our best and most advantageously located look- 

 outs. Part of these lines are number nine wire and part num- 

 ber ten. All wire is the B.B. grade, galvanized. 



We spared neither pains nor expense to construct these 

 lines in the best possible manner, and employed several men 

 of wide experience in such work in order that we might be 

 assured of first-class workmanship and correspondingly good 

 service. 



We exercised the utmost care in selecting our equipment 

 and made no effort to economize at the expense of the good 



