The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-11-06
THE CONSERVATION CONGRESS.

THE CONSERVATION CONGRESS.
Some of the Interesting Exhibits to be
Seen at the New Willard Hotel.
WASHINGTON, November 2. 1913 Re-
alistic rain storms, and foresters riding
the trail, fighting fires and herding
thousands of sheep and cattle, will be
seen in miniature at the Fifth National
Conservation Congress, in this city, No
vember 10, 10 and 20. By an arrange
ment just closed with the United States
Forest Service, the working and manage
ment of Uncle Sans forests will be
shown in Washington for the first time
since these forests were created. Differ
ent parts of the exhibit have attracted
conspicuous attention at expositions
throughout the country, but never have
err and Conservation been shown at one
time as will be seen during this big Con-
servation meeting here next month. The
exhibit will be seen on the tenth floor of
the New Willard Hotel, where the ses-
sions of the Congress will be held. 1t
will be open free of charge to all who
register as delegates or visitors to the
Congress.
Forest rangers, fresh from the trail,
and other men in charge of the practical
management of the Nations forests
will he barl TO ,1ai,, In, oJIitiCy,
to the forests themselves, the exhibit
will include an interesting display of
many queer instruments used by woods
men in their work, Into the many win
dows which light the rooms will be set
beautiful colored glass transparencies,
showing scenes from the national forests
These have been made from actual pho
tographs. The forest ranger will be
shown riding the trail. Pictures will
show how the rangers build the trails
and how they fight forest fires The
protection of wild game of the forests
will be striking exhibit, as we'll as the
photographs of the tens of thousands Of
sheep and cattle that Craze on these vast
Government domains.
One of the most interesting exhibits
will be miniature look -out tower, where
the rangers watch for forest fires. From
these stations, the rangers often dis
cover fires at such a great distance that
it takes days to ride to them. There
will be an equipment station showing
the tools with which the rangers fight
the fires. Many fire fighters lost their
lives in the forest fires of 1910 Another
model will show a national forest as it
appears before and as it appears after
timber sale and will illustrate how Uncle
Sans foresters cut and utilize the gov
eminent timber to the fullest extent
without letting any of it go to waste.
Water power development in national
forests will be shown by maps, charts
and colored transparencies. This feature
will include the amount of water power
available in the national forests in the
West and in the new national forest in
the Southern Appalachian region.
One of the most interesting exhibits
will be that Of the Western Forestry
Conservation Association, composed of
five of the Pacific Coast States, showing
how the association educates the people
and the school children to the impor-
lance of the protection and use of the
forests.
Another model will present a realistic
rainfall. One half of the model, filled
with earth, is covered with miniature
trees and moss. On the other half the
earth is left bare. The artificial rain
storm brings out plainly the way in
which the bare ground is washed away,
while ground covered with trees holds
its place. The famous White House
map of the country's natural resources
will also be seen. This was the first
map ever made by the Government and
has attracted attention at many eXposi-
tons. 1t was constructed for the now
historic White House Conference of Gov
errors in 1908, at which the conserva-
ton movement started. 1t will now be
shown in Washington for the first time
since the White House Conference.