The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-07
WOULD PROTECT
FORESTS

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support and cooperation by the peo-
pie, legislators and lumbermen OF
Idaho, Oregon, Montana, California
and Washington in practical methods
of securing better management and
protection of standing forests and the
reforestation of cut-over lands is the
object of a campaign outlined at the
semi-annual meeting of the Western
Forestry and Conservation associa-
ton in the offices of A. l.. Flewell-
ing, president in Spokane. George
NJ. Cornwall, of Portland, was sec
rotary. Arrangements were made to
finance and conduct the movement
so as to obtain actual results to serve
as object lessons. E. T. Allen, of
Portland, formerly district forester
in charge of all government forest
work in Oregon, Washington and
Alaska, has been engaged as forester.
The meetings will take place in Spo-
kane.
Mr. Allen has resigned from the
government forest service to give his
entire time to the new management.
although in recognition of its useful
public character the government al
lows him to retain the official title
of collaboration. Among the chief OBJ
jects sought by the organization.
formed under the name OF the Pa
cific Northwest Forest Protection and
Conservation association. in Spokane
last January, are the formation and
perfection of fire fighting associations
which state, government and timber
owners shall join in hiring patrol and
labor; the selection of representative
areas for conservative logging and re-
experiments, and the col
lection and dissemination of trust
worthy information upon forestry and
forest legislation In reality, to- make
it a clearing house for all forest fire
and conservation associations OF the
five states. also TO cooperate closely
with the United States forest service.
Other objects set forth by the
speakers at the meeting are as fol-
lows: The successful preservation
of the forest from fire, the framing
of laws for cutting timber and dis
posing of refuse in a reasonable,
practical way. the refOrestation of
such cut over lands as are not de-
for farm lands, and to provide
for special taxation therefor; the
of mountain streams for
irrigation and all of the other things
by the word 'conser
Walton, and also TO raise the money
to carry out the necessary expert
nlents so as to reduce the theory to
a sound business basis, for without
all these elements the association
cannot hope to succeed"
Particular stress win be laid upon
the necessity of more adequate pro-
lection of forest resources from fire.
The forest fire associations of Wash
ington and Idaho spent more than
100000 during the season of 1909
and it is expected to bring the tim
ber-owners of other states into line
The association also expects more
public and legislative cooperation
when it is more generally realized
that on every thousand feet of tim
Der burned the stumpage owner loses
only a dollar or two. while the COM
munity loses fully So which would
have been paid in wages for its man
ufacture. while of the millions of dol
~ by the lumber industry, fully so
per cent is circulated i'll the arteries
vi IdDOi, COIll I1tltt anu ICuil III C.
This argument is advanced in the in
terest of the protection of standing
timber from useless destruction. also
for the perpetuatiOn of such ire
mendous source of wealth by encour-
aging second crop.
The executive officers of the asso-
citation are: President. A.. L. Flew
cling, Spokane; secretary, Frank H.
Lamb. Hoquiam, Wash; treasurer.
T J. Humbird. Standpoint, Idaho; vice
presidents, d. f. SimOns. Jr.. Seattle,
for Washington: George Kelly, Eu
gene, for Oregon: F. j, Davies, Occur
d Alene, for Idaho; c. w MiIlet, Kali
ispell, 70 Montana, and T. B. Cox,
MADEIRA, for California; trustees, John
X, Queal, California;; John r. Toole,
Montana; T. J. Humbird, Idaho; F.
c. Knapp, Oregon, and George s.
Long, Washington.