FIFTH NATIONAI< CONSBIRVATIOn' CONGRESS 276 



F. A. Elliott, Salem, Oregon. 

 State Forester of Oregon. 



"The fire patrol associations have proven their worth beyond a doubt. 

 A compilation of data concerning expenses connected with fire patrol and 

 fire fighting during the past season shows that the cost per acre for this 

 service on an area of 954,000 acres included within the boundaries of patrol 

 associations did not exceed one and one-half cents per acre, while 32 timber 

 owners not members of the associations and representing 874,000 acres, paid 

 on an average of four cents per acre. That the service on. the individually 

 patrolled areas was less effective is clearly shown by the fact that the associa- 

 tions reported a loss of only 685,000 feet stumpage, while timber to the extent 

 of 3,110,000 feet, board measure, was destroyed on the lands of the 32 owners 

 not members of associations." 



E. T. Allen, Portland, Oregon. 

 Forester, Western Forestry and Conservation Association. 



"One of the first lessons learned from the establishment of private 

 patrol in the west was that both efficiency and economy are obtained by co- 

 operation between owners. Obviously, if one patrolman can cover the hold- 

 ings of several, it is foolish for each to hire a man. If a fire threatens 

 several tracts, it is better to share the expense of labor hired to put it out. 

 The same is true of building trails, buying tool supplies, etc." 



Co-operative patrol is also unqualifiedly endorsed by: 



H. S. Graves, U. S. Forester, Washington, D. C. 



Coert Du Bois, District Forester, San Francisco, Calif. 



Capt. J. B. White, Kansas City, Mo. 



Chas. Lathrop Pack, Lakewood, New Jersey. 



A. L. Flewelling, Pres. Western Forestry and Conservation Association, 



Spokane, Wash. 

 H. R. McMillan, Chief Forester, British Columbia. 

 Henry Turrish, Duluth, Minn. 

 Henry Koster, San Francisco, Calif. 

 J. L. Washburn, Duluth, Minn. 



A. W. Cooper, Western Pine Manufacturers' Association, Spokane, Wash. 

 J. E. Rhodes, Na:tional Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Chicago, 111. 

 Thos. B. Wyman, Northern Forest Protective Association, Munsing, Mich. 

 Thornton A. Green, Ontanogan, Mich. ■- 



W. R. Brown, Berlin, N. H. 



Geo. M. Cornwall, Editor, The Timberman, Portland, Oregon. 

 F. C. Knapp, P. O. Drawer 750, Portland, Ore. 



Many others from all sections of the United States where timber lands are 

 held in private ownership have expressed themselves as favoring the extension of 

 co-operative patrols to their localities. Where once established, co-operative 

 patrols have never been abandoned for individual effort. 



