The San Francisco call., 1904-12-03

Francisco. The new president is John
G. North of Riverside. The vice presf-
dents are William Thomas and Arthur
r. Briggs of San Francisco and j. B.
Lippincott of Los Angeles I. G. Fried
lander was reelected secretary and +.
w. Dohrmann treasurer. These officers
are all members of the executive coun-
Gil, the administrative body Of the as
ISOLATION. The power to appoint the re-
manning six is vested in the president
The advisory council as elected includes
the following: w. H. Beatty Of San
Francisco, David Starr Jordan of Palo
Alto, w. s. Green of Colusa. z. F. Ad-
! ans of San Francisco, Scipio Craig OF
Redlands. c. d. Marx of Palo Alto,
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler of Berkeley. A.
T. Herman of San Jose, A j. Pillsbury
! of Sacramento, Frank Soule of Berke-
lev. Charles A. Laton Of San Francisco
4 and Samuel PORTER Of Berkeley.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed as the sense of the convention:
Resolved. That the cooperative work now In
progress on the part OF the state or CaliIornia
of the United states Geological Survey. the Bu-
reau OF Forestry and the irrigation and drain
age investigations Of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture for the joint investigation
Of the State and OF the various questions re-
lating to the economical use and distribution OF
water and the preservation OF our forests Is
hereby indorsed and it's continuance Is recon-
mended to the Governor and the State Legisla-
Resolved. That we urge upon the Legisla-
ture the Importance of protecting the forests of
the State from fire and wanton destruction in
other ways and to that end we recommend to
the State government the careful consideration
of the proposed bill prepared by the Bureau OF
Forestry and submitted to our association this
day being good basis for the needed legis-
Resolved. That the principle that the right
to use water for irrigation purposes should be
united to the land to be irrigated Is "a sound
policy and is essential to the welfare OF the
State.
Resolved. That the proposition to cede the
Yosemite Valley back to the United States
Government Should receive the earnest consid-
Grafton of the Legislature to the end that more
commodious accommodations may be provided
for making such valley accessible to the general
public. and we recommend such transfer
Resolved. In view OF the main purposes OF
our organization, il is inexpedient for the Wa
ter and Forest Association to engage in any
effort to procure revision OF the water laws
of the State.
The committee that brought in these
resolutions was headed by John @.
North and also included L. NJ Holt of
Riverside, A G. Park, A. L. Hermann
and DR.. Washington Dodge.
| A letter was received from Professor
Dudley of Stanford asking that the as
sociation use some means to obtain the
appointment of board TO receive pc
quests and grants of land on behalf of
the State. The association decided that
Professor Dudley's proposition should
be made the subject of a separate bill.
J.B. Lippincott of the Geological Sur
vey received great applause when he
told of the great number OF stations
that have been established in Califor-
MIA to determine the flow of streams.
and a similar compliment was paid to
Chief Engineer Newell of the reclama-
ton service when he said that the Gov
ernment may soon be able TO pay atten-
ton to the needs of the great Sacra.-
mento Valley.