Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-14
TO SAVE NORTHWEST
TIMBER FROM
FIRE LOSS
Conservation Commission Or
gained in Spokanei Reunion
Of GunfighterS Of the Good
Old Days; Is Thirteen UnIucky

Especial Correspondence TO Morning Journail
Spokane. Wash, Jan. 12.-The Pa
eific Northwest Forest and ConserVa-
ton association. composed Of the
Lumbermen's league In Washington.
Idaho. oregon ana Montana. has been
organized in Spokane to obtain state
appropriations and laws IN preserving
standing timber IN public and private
domains IN the northwest from de-
struction by fire. The officers arr.
President, Albert l. Flewelling, Spo-
kane, secretary. Frank j.. Lamb, Ho-
GUAM. Wash treasurer. T. j. Hum
bird. spokane. State vice presidents
viii be appointed at the next meeting
carly ID April
II u recommended IN resolutions
that an appropriation Of $4,000 be
made for carrying o. the work of for
est conservation in the state of Wash
ington tine coming year. Twenty-Five
thousand dollars is the present yearly
appropriation. The state of Idaho VIII
be- asked to cooperate with private
corporations ana private individuals
la the conservation OF standing tim
Der 20 the extent OF the pro rata share
Of the state timber. For Montana,
which has no forest preservation laws.
il vas recommended that the legisla-
ture enact laws on the lines OF the
Idaho statutes, and for oregon 1t was
urged hat a direct appropriation be
made, as there Is no state timber n
The state OF Washington has about
700, 000 acres Of standing timber
said j. =. McGoldrick. a prominent
lumberman in the spokane country,
and the appropriation asked for Is
not q bit too large. when II is real
lied that for every 600 feet of tim=
Der burned in forest fires the owner
loses from 81 to 81 so, and the ON
munity from SIS TO s12, II becomes APP
parent that something must be lone
to protect one or the chief assets of
the commonwealth IT is estimated
that with the amounts to be secured
Ia the various states, to be used In
patrolling the forests, the fire losses
can be Kept down to a minimum,
Spokane chamber of will
make a canvass of the city early in
March for 500. 060. the amount re
quired to maintain It's organization
daring the year. and take care OF the
seventeenth National Irrigation con-
gress. August 8 To II. and the Nation
al Apple show. some time next fall
The chamber Of ~ IS headed
by Frederick h. G0odall Robert In
singer is chairman OF the local board
OF control OF the Irrigation congress,
and T.. +. Cartier a Dissel is chair
man of the board of directors of the
National Apple show. which has de-
cided to make the exhibition of apples
annual affair.
Former shcriffs Of Adams county,
Washington. southwest of Spokane.
who participated Va shooting bees, also
trailing horse tlreges and cattle rust
lerH, gun Fighters, stage coach aud
express train robbers ana MI around
bad men, in the territorial days. had
q reunion at Ritzville. January s.
They We're accompanied by their
wives. John b. Whittlesey. who was
the first regularly elected peace Off
IN the county. presided. othcrs IN
attendance being Nelson II. Greene,
Frank y. French. Henry Zimmerman.
John a Thompson. Horace e. Hin,
g. Schorno and Edgar -. Gill
The veteran officers. who clear
ed the county of the lawless element,
rotated their experiences and there
were stories of the early days. when
sage brush and Jack rabbits were the
principal products. also gave state
OF the present bountiful crops
OF grain, sheriff Gibson predicting that
the day is near when the entire Big
Bend country will be populated by
happy and contcnted people