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method of working the forest reservations. There are now 
ii6 forest reserves, aggregating 113,000,000 acres under the 
control of the government. The value of the forestry work 
is just beginning to be realized. Timber is getting scarcer 
and in thirty-five years it is estimated that there will be a 
timber famine, unless the conservative methods recommended 
by the government are generally adopted. The bill for the 
preservation of these two reservations presented to congress 
last year provides for an appropriation of $3,000,000 for the 
purchase of 4,000,000 acres. The bill did not get to a vote at 
the last session, but it has practically no opposition and is 
expected to pass at the next congress. The Apalachian Res- 
ervation includes the greatest hard wood belt and the grandest 
scenery east of the Rocky Mountains. 
Henry A. Barker, Secretary of the Public Park Association 
of Rhode Island, and chairman of the American Civic Asso- 
ciation’s Special Committee for these reservation's, also spoke 
briefly emphasizing the importance of all organizations and 
individuals sending resolutions and personal letters to con-, 
gressmen favoring the bill for the Appalachian and White 
Mountain reservations. 
A paper by Dr. J. T. Rothrock, Secretary of the State 
Forestry Commission of Pennsylvania, was read by President 
McFarland. Pennsylvania is unique in 
having large state forest reservations 
and Dr. Rothrock describes his work 
in establishing camps for the treatment 
of consumptives in the mountainous 
regions of that state. This idea of cur- 
ing consumption by an open air life in 
the mountains has passed beyond an ex- 
periment and an appropriation of $10,- 
000. has been secured by the legislature 
to enlarge the work. An open air life 
and healthy food, the doctor stated, 
would cure consumption in its early 
stages and he advocated the establish- 
ment of such camps by other states. 
He also told of the work of the Penn- 
sylvania School of Forestry. 
“Mosquito Extermination’’ was treated 
in an able and scientific manner by F. D. 
Washburn, State Entomologist of Min- 
nesota. Mosquitoes as disease carriers 
transmit malaria and yellow fever and 
their bite has been demonstrated to 
cause elephantiasis. He described the 
habits and distribution and life history 
of ruosquitoes and methods for their 
open ponds, and fish also help to exterminate mosquitoes. 
An open discussion concerning methods of increasing mem- 
bership of the association was productive of much enthusiasm 
and it was voted that each member should secure at least 
one new member before the next meeting. Mailing applica- 
tion blanks and programs of this meeting to personal friends 
was one of the methods suggested. This closed the official 
business of the association, and the afternoon was given over 
to visiting points of interest throughout the city under the 
guidance of various local members of the entertainment com- 
mittee. Mrs. C. B Whitnall took a number of the ladies to 
visit the penny lunch rooms and the school for the deaf, and 
another party was taken for a drive about the parks. Some 
of the other interesting points visited by the delegates were 
the Layton Art Gallery, the Public Library and INIuseum, the 
Children’s Playground and Public Natatorium, the Street 
Railway Terminal Building, the plants of the gas company 
and telephone company, and the Pabst brewery. The 
local members did good service as guides, and Milwaukee’s 
famous institutions were thoroughly explored in a series 
of visits that occupied a very pleasant afternoon. 
Those registered at the convention were as follows ; 
J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.; Clinton Rogers 
Woodruff, Philadelphia; William B. Howland, New York; Frank 
Chapin Bray, Chautauqua, N. Y. ; D. J. Thomas, Springfield, 
O.; Fred'k L. Ford, Hartford, Conn.; Sherburn M. Becker, 
Mayor of Milwaukee, M. L. Snyder, Mayor of Waukesha, Wis.; 
W. S. Dibble, Oconomowoc, Wis.; John D. Butler, Milwaukee; 
Joseph McC. Ball, Milwaukee; August Rebhan, Milwaukee; J. 
Q. Adams, Evanston, 111.; Fred Nussbaumer, St. Paul; D. J. 
Crosby, Washington, D. C. ; Mrs. Edward L. Upton, Wauke- 
gan, 111.; Mrs. D. O. Hibbard, Racine, Wis.; Mrs. Wm. H. Cros- 
by, Racine, Wis.; Mrs. Edward J. Parker, Quincy, 111.; A. C. 
Clas, R. B. Watrous, F. P. Schumacher, Milwaukee; Mrs. Ed- 
win S. Walker, Springfield, 111.; Mrs. A. N. Fairchild, Mrs. A. 
J. Rogers, Milwaukee; F. Y. Davis, Samuel H. Rauck, John B. 
Martin, Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Mrs. William McKinney, Valley 
City, N. D. ; Henry Weber, Mrs. C. B. Whitnall, Milwaukee; 
Mr. and Mrs. tienry J. Bohn, Chicago; Mrs. Frank White, Val- 
ley City, N. D.; Miss Mary B. Bull, Quincy, lil. ; C. L. Hunt, 
Madison, Wis.; J. V. N. Standish, Galesburg, 111.; Miss M. 
Baldwin, Birmingham, Mich.; O. C. Simonds, Chicago; Rev. 
Frederick Edwards, Milwaukee; A. Phelps Wyman, Chicago; 
Miss Helen L. Hatch, Detroit; Mrs. George Gordon, Milwaukee; 
Henry A. Barker, Providence, R. I.; Mrs. E. B. Winterhalter, 
Milwaukee; Mrs. E. D. Jones, Warsaw, Wis.; Mrs. P. Hammer- 
smith, Milwaukee; Mrs, A. W. Sanborn, Ashland, Wis.; Mrs. 
E. A. Benson, Milwaukee; E. M. Griffith, State Board of For- 
estry, Madison, Wis. ; Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. ; E. T. 
Mische, Madison, Wis.; Graham R. Taylor, Chicago; Mrs. A. 
E. McCrea, Chicago; Mrs. M. F. Johnston, Richmond, Ind. ; 
B. G. Edgerton, Oconomowoc, Wis.; Miss L. E. Stearns, Mil- 
waukee; Willis H. Spaulding, Oconomowoc, Wis.; Mrs. H. M. 
Carr, Cleveland, Wis.; W. H. McFetridge. Baraboo, Wis.; F. 
L. Washburn, Minneapolis; Mrs. J. A. Strathean, S. Kaukauna, 
Wis.; Mrs. Edgar P. Sawyer, Oshkosh, Wis.; Mrs. Edwin F. 
Moulton, Warren, O.; Mrs. Max Block, Racine, Wis.; Mr. and 
Mrs. Chas. B. Ball, Chicago; Frederick M. Mann, St. Louis; 
Mrs. C. I. Medberry, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Mrs. Henry R. Rob- 
erts, Waupaca, Wis.; Mrs. Alonzo P. Daniels, Chicago; Mrs. 
L. F. Muther, Chicago; Henry F. Mortensen, Winifred P. Good- 
smith, Clarence W. Haake, L. I. Muther, of Francis Parker 
School, Chicago; A. N. Hadley, Indianapolis; J. F. Schindler, 
Boston, Mass.; Mrs. F. R. Crane, Chicago; Mrs. Henry L. Cook, 
Milwaukee; Miss M. C. Phelps, New York; Mrs. Wm. H. Mer- 
rill, Pepperell, Mass.; E. J. Parker, Quincy, 111.; E. A. Ster- 
ling, Washington, D. C. ; N. A. Pennoyer, Kenosha, Wis.; Clara 
T. Runge, Baraboo, Wis.; Irma Lachmund. Sauk City, Wis.; 
Chas. G. Carpenter, Milwaukee; R. J. Haight and O. H. Sam- 
ple, “Park and Cemetery,” Chicago. 
BEACH DRIVE AND CONCRETE FOOTBRIDGE 
Lake Park, Milwaukee 
