The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-05-20
4)V. HAY URGES
! REFRESHING
.-,vs STATED IN A LETTER An
"'' uouNcINe COMMITS
SION.
seoreaate Land, Developing
Wv which Is Agricultural and he
...ino That Which Is Not-Mem-
Ii, Of Legislative Commission.

,+tor to R. w. Douglas, of Sc
ID ocntiye secretary of the Wash
nsOn Iov announced the personnel OF
u b, l sbington state commission on
n Unrest legislation onno,ncoment Gov
il s naid that the commission was
Hay in+od to consider and report on
aPp ,lntive needs in relation to the
'sl''[ torosts in general, the handling
sSs vast PRODUCTS and the logged-off
o. nroblem, and especially the ques-
' . Of reforestation.
'0r c, " Against WiIfuI Waste.
THO governors letter continues:
q, large portion of our natural
.,,b in this state lies in our vast
s s the destruction, wilful waste
WI nismanagement of which would
,.n great and irreparable loss to
NV commonwealth. believe it Is time
.s.t our state should take up in ear
u , the question of reforestation, and
hon We find areas better adapted to
so,ost growth than to agricultural pur-
.osos | am of the opinion that some
sIon should be adopted whereby the
s,oto can take over such areas and
st,rt vigorous campaign of refores-
tatiOn.
n.veIopnent of Agricultural Lands
I'VE have in the Western section of
mr. state vast areas of logged-off land
which if cleared of stumps, would
make the finest of farming lands, but
owing to the excessive cost of clear
ing most of it is not now available for
agricultural purposes. These problems
should be studied to the end that some
D]an may be devised whereby these
areas may be cleared at reasonable
cost and brought under cultivation"
Members of the Commission.
The members of the commission
named by the governor are:
J.J. Donovan, Bellingham, president
Of the Washington Logged-off Land
Association; Prof. H. X. Benson, Seat
te University of Washington, direc-
tor of the Washington Logged or
Land Association; George e. Boos, Sc
attic, secretary of the Washington
bgged-Off Land Association; George
5. Long, Tacoma, president of the
Washington Forest Fire Association;
E. G. Ames, Port Gamble, trustee of
the Washington Forest Fire Associa-
ton; D. P. Simonds, jr., Seattle, chief
warden of the Washington Forest Fire
Association; Frank H. Lamb, Ho-
GUAM, member of the state board of
forest commissioners and secretary of
The Western Forestry and Conserva-
tOn Association; A. C. Avery, attor-
hey, Spokane; R. w. Douglas, Seattle,
executive secretary of the Washington
lonserVation Association; Prof. r. w.
hatcher, Pullman, director of the
agricultural experiment station, Wash
nston State college; Prof. Frank G..
miller, Seattle, dean of the school of
forestry, University of Washington,
and j. ]. Browne, Spokane, president
Vi lne Western Conservation League.
Timber Wealth of State.
secretary Douglas on Thursday adj
dressed the students of the Broadway
lisn school on conservation and the
HeeuS OF the forestry service. He
pOln'ed out that the standing timber
IN IL the state appropriated 100000, 0OO,-
o'V leel; that its value was $3.50, OO0,-
WV and that for the protection of this
"ealth the state had spent last year
~. sl9'OOO, against an $4,000 expend-
: ~. by the government made Incl.
.. s.H'aiiy TO the protection of the ma
,Oual reserves, the states share rep
.e'en'lng an insurance premium OF
Iieth OF l cent He also advO.
s,eu change in the timber insurance
pVHey to the end that reforestation
. rOuio De attempted by the big opera.