The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-07
REALISTIC SCENES
Will Be Shown in Miniature at Con-
servaton Congress.

Will Be Shown in Miniature at Con-
servation Congress.
Washington, Nov. 6.-Realistic rain
storms and foresters riding the rail,
fighting fires and herding thousands
of sheep and cattle, will be seen in
miniature at the Fifth National Con-
servation Congress, in this city, No
vember IS, 10 and 20. By an arrange
ment just closed with the United
States Forest Service, the working
and management of Uncle Sans for
ests will be shown in Washington for
the first time since these forests were
created. Different parts of the .exhib-
it have attracted CONSPICUOUS attention
at eXpositiOns throughout the country,
but never have so many phases of for
estry, water power and Conservation
been shown at any one time as will
be seen during the Conservation meet
ing next month. The exhibit will be
seen on the tenth floor of the New
Willard Hotel, where the sessions of
the Congress will be held. 1t will be
open free of charge to all who regis
ter as delegates or visitors to the Con-
greSS.
Forest rangers, fresh from the trail,
and other men in charge of the prac-
tical management of the Nations for
eStS will be on hand to explain it, In
addition to the forests themselves, the
exhibit will include an interesting dis
play of many queer instruments used
by woodmen in their work. Into the
many windows which light the rooms
will be set beautiful colored glass
transparencies, showing scenes from
the national forests. These have been
made from actual photographs. 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 a
striking exhibit, as we'll as the photo
gaFphs of tens of thousands of sheep
and cattle that Craze on these vast
Government domains.
One of the most interesting exhib-
! its will be miniature lookout tower.
the rangers often discover 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. An.
other model will show a national for.
est as it appears before and a sit ap
pears after a timber sale and will i'll
ustrate how Uncle Sans foresters cut
and utalize the government timber tc
the fullest extent without letting any
of it go to waste.
Water power development in nation
al forests will be shown by maps
charts and cOlOred transparencieS
| This feature will include the amount
of water power available in the ma
tional forests in the West and in the
new national forest, in the Southern
Appalachian region.
One of the most interesting exhib
its will be that of the Western For
estry Conservation Association, com
posed of five of the Pacific Coas
States, showing how the Association
eduates the people and the schoo
children to the Importance of the pro
lection and use of the forests.
i Another model will present a real
istic rainfall One half of the model
filled with earth, is covered with min
iature trees and moss On the othel
u half the earth is left bare. The arti
ASioi ioiu SUI LII Uiiu6o OuI pldluly tu'
way in which the bare ground is wash
ed away, while ground covered will
trees hold it's place. The famou.
} White House map of the country!
natural resources will also be seen
This was the first map ever made b.
the government and has attracted at
tention at many expositions. 1t wa
constructed for the now historic Whit,
House Conference of Governors, il
1908, at which the Conservation move
ment started. 1t will now be shown il
Washington for the first time sine,
the White House Conference