Graham guardian., 1913-11-07
FORESTRY EXHIBITS
Will Be Shown at National
Conservation Congress in
Washington, D. c.

WASHINGTON, D. c., November Z
Realistic rain storms and foresters
riding the trail, fighting fires and
hearding thousands of sheep and
cattle, will be seen in miniature at
the Fifth National Conservation
Congress, in this city, November Is,
IS and 20. By an arrangement 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.
Different parts of the exhibit have
attracted conspicuous attention at
expostions throughout the country,
but never so many phases of for
eStry. water power and Conservation
been shown at one time as will be
seen during the big conservation
meeting here this month. The ex-
hibit 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 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 be on hand to
explain it. In addition to the dis
play of many queer instruments
used by woodsmen in their work.
Into the many windows which
light the rooms will be set beautiful
colored glass transparencies, show
ing scenes from the national forests.
These have been made from actual
photographs. The forest ranger
will be shown riding the trail. Pic
lures 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 ex-
hibits will be miniature lookout
tower, where the rangers watch for
forest fires. From these stations,
the rangers often discover fires at
such a great distance that it takes
days to ride to them. There will
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 a timber sale, and will
i'll ustrate how Uncle Sans foresters
cut and utilize the government tim
Der to the fullest extent without
letting any of it go to waste.
Water power development in ma
tional 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 ex-
hibits 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 Importance of the
protection and use of the forests.
Another model will present real
istic 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 ex-
positions. 1t was constructed for
the now historic White House con-
ference of Governors, in 1908, at
the which conservation movement
started. 1t will now be shown in Wash
ington for the first time since the
White House conference.