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Sierra Club Bulletin 



White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers' Association was greatly enlarged 

 and C. Stowell Smith was appointed secretary-manager. Mr. Smith 

 was formerly in charge of the branch of forest products in the San 

 Francisco office of the Forest Service. The Association, which was 

 formed on May 15, 1916, now includes twenty-two pine lumber manu- 

 facturers. 



There is great potential significance for the future of California for- 

 ests in the formation of a strong lumbermen's organization such as this. 

 Under unscrupulous management, it could be a powerful agent for un- 

 necessary forest destruction. In good hands it can be one of the most 

 effective of agents for perpetuating forests by proper use. Such an as- 

 sociation increases the opportunity for the effective execution of a "get- 

 together" policy between the lumbermen, the stockmen, the United States 

 Forest Service, the United States National Park Service, the State For- 

 ester's offi.ce, the Sierra Club and all other agencies having vital inter- 

 ests in California's forests. 



At present the association is concentrating most of its effort on one 

 important point — the standardizing of the grades of soft pine lumber, 

 which is a benefit to the consumer of lumber as well as to the producer. 

 A book of rules describing the grades has been published and widely 

 distributed to both manufacturers and consumers, and a traveling force 

 of inspectors is employed. 



The association is directly helping the government in the organization 

 of forestry troops, having been authorized to select officers for the 

 Twentieth Reserve Engineers (Forest) and to enlist privates for that 

 regiment. Up to November i, about 1000 men from the Pacific Coast 

 had been selected, of which about 800 are from California. Orders have 

 been issued to increase the regiment by about 6000 additional men. 



The Division of Forestry of the University of California 



In July, 1917, the Division of Forestry of the University of California 

 moved into the newly completed Hilgard Hall, and thereby took its 

 place among the well equipped forest schools of the country. The build- 

 ing houses seven divisions of the College of Agriculture. The forestry 

 quarters include a classroom, a large general laboratory for all under- 

 graduate courses, three special research laboratories for forest utiliza- 

 tion and wood technology, three small special laboratories for advanced 

 students in other branches of forestry, a large logging engineering labor- 

 atory, drafting room, blue print room, instrument room, herbarium 

 room, lecture demonstration materials room, store room, club room and 

 six offices. 



The students of the Forestry Club of the University of California 

 have issued seven numbers (May to November, 1917, inclusive) of a 

 new magazine, "California Forestry." Its aim is "to unify the forest 

 interests of the West." As American war plans developed, all the mem- 



