The San Francisco call., 1904-04-23
FOREST LOVERS
HOLD MEETING
Association for the Preserva-
tion of Timber and Water
Discuss Their Protection
MANY PAPERS ARE READ
California Club Women Urge
Cooperation in Reserying
Calaveras Big Tree Grove

The annual meeting of the California
Forest and Water Association was held
yesterday in the rooms of the Cham
/ Der of Commerce. Delegates from all
sections of the State were present and
a large amount of business was trans
acted relating to the preservation and
reforesting of the timber sections of
, the State and the conservation of the
! waters that flow from the mountains
and make California great agricultur-
ally.
! Chief Justice William H. Beatty of
the Supreme Court, who is president
! of the association, called the meeting
! to order, and read an address review
ing the work of the association and
! the legislation which had been enacted
/ through its efforts. He suggested that
commission be named to prepare a
bill to be submitted to the Legisla-
ture, making provision for the better
protection of forest and watersheds.
1 The draft of this bill is to be submitted
to the semi-annual meeting of the as
socation in December, and after it has
been considered fully every effort will
lature in January
| Secretary T.. Carey Friedlander read
a short report of his office, and Treas
urer Frederick w. Dohrmann made a
statement Of the finances of the asso-
citation, showing a balance of $638 OF
in the treasury. with no debts. Miss
Marion Walcott acted as assistant sec
retary.
PLEADS FOR BIG TREES.
! w. H. Mills introduced to the meet
ing a delegation of women from the
California Club, headed by Mrs. Lowell
White. AS spokeswoman Mrs. White
told the delegates what the California
Club had done toward trying to in
duce the Federal Government to make
a reservation of that section CT Gala
veras County wherein are situated the
grove of Sequoia gigantea known
the Calaveras big trees. She said it
would be necessary to exercise the right
of eminent domain and condemn the
land for purchase, as one Of the own
ers demanded an exorbitant price for
his holdings.
She asked the association for aid in
this matter, and her plea met with
ready action. Before the close of the
afternoon session a resolution was in
troduced by Judge Works of Los An
geles and carried providing for com
petent cruisers to be appointed by the
association to value the lands in ques-
ton and report back the amount it
would be proper to pay. The resolu-
tion also pledged the association to
use all it's influence to- secure the pas
sage by Congress OF a bill appropriat-
ing the necessary money and setting
aside the big tree grove as Govern
ment reserve.
PAPERS ARE READ.
E. T. Perkins of the Agricultural De-
partment read an interesting paper on
the irrigation systems of the Colorado
dwelling especially on the operations
at Imperial, reclaimed district Of
great productive capacity in the east
ern end Of San Diego County.
]. A Clausen of Los Angeles followed |
with a paper on Owen Lake, in Inye |
County, it's capacity, evaporation, seep- /
age and waste. He showed that with I
proper use this lake would be able to |
make productive thousands of acres |
that are now practically desert. H. E.
Green read paper on the Sacramento |
River and valley and Professor Sam |
uel Fortified of the University of Cali
fornia spoke on agriculture, viticulture !
and stock raising.
Professor Z. Mead, representative in |
California of the forestry department |
of the Federal Bureau of Agriculture, |
told of the necessity of forests 10. the |
preservation Of water sources, ana went I
deeply into the defective methods of I
.icroff inn in in raar RI n q
State He urged that not only must
the water be saved, but that the farm
ers must be taught it's proper use, so
that it shall not be wasted. His re-
marks met with warm responses from
w. H. Mills and Judge Works, who
pointed out instances where vast sums
had been spent ignorantly and from
which no profitable results had been
obtained.
OFFICERS CHOSEN.
S. G. Bennett, assistant 10 j. B. Lip
pincott, the Government watershed ex-
pert, read a paper on the storage of
water. and a general discussion fol-
lowed. Several resolutions relating to-
forest and water preservation were
read and adopted.
The nominating committee recon-
HHebueu the AoiloWlhS OIIlceTS IoT tne
ensuing year and they were selected:
President, William II. Beatty; vice
presidents-William Thomas, Arthur r.
Briggs and ]. B. Lippincott; secretary,
T. c. Friedlander; treasurer, F. w.
Dohrmann. The advisory committee
was continued the same as last year
with the exception of J. M. Wilson
of Berkeley, who died since the last
meeting. In his stead Charles A.
Leighton was selected After happy !