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timber land included in the Leech Lake Indian reservation in Minnesota, 

 except such lands as have been allotted to the Indians in severalty, as a 

 National Park and Forest Reserve, for the purpose of preserving the timber 

 and conserving the water supply of the Mississippi river, and in view of 

 the fact that other tracts of timber lands in the northern part of Minne- 

 sota, Wisconsin and other states and territories in the Union from which 

 the timber has been removed, which have reverted back to the government, 

 should be set aside for forestry purposes that they may again be covered 

 with forest growth to supply coming generations; therefore, 



Resolved, That the Iowa Academy of Sciences in session hereby petition 

 Congress, first, 'I'o segregate for park and forestry purposes, the said tract 

 of land at the headwaters of the Mississippi and such other lands as Con- 

 gress may have control over in the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin and 

 in other states, especially the Rocky Mountain and Sierra regions, to the 

 end that not only the timber supply of said states may be partially saved,, 

 but for holding the moisture in said regions, and also for the preservation 

 of our wild game; second. We also favor the purchase of the land for a pro- 

 posed Southern Appalachian National Park. 



Resolved, third, That the government withold from the market public 

 lands covered with timber, that the mature timber on the same be sold 

 under the supervision of a technically trained forester; fourth, That we 

 urge upon our delegates in Congress the feasibility of concentrating the 

 forestry work; and urge that the government establish a rational system of 

 forestry, especially with reference to our forest reserves; and fifth, 'I'hat the 

 supervision of these forest reserves be placed in charge of trained foresters, 

 all under one responsible head, preferably the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, to the end that a more rational system of forestry may be intro- 

 duced in this country. 



L. H. Pammel, 

 T. H. Macbride, 

 H. A. Mueller, 



Committee. 



A committee was appointed to memorialize the next 

 legislature and draft a bill for the regulation of foods; and, 

 if desirable, to co-operate with committees from other 

 organizations created for the same purpose. Also to take 

 up the investigation of food products and report progress 

 to the Academy: 



The chair appointed: 



J. B. Weems, 

 C. 0. Bates, 

 W. S. Hendrixson, 

 Nicholas Knight, 

 Maurice Ricker. 

 Professor Veblen pointed out the desirability of a 

 National Standardizing Bureau, and by order- of the 



