The Washington times., 1914-06-12
pINCHOT LAUDS PRICE,
WHO SHOT HIMSELF
+ Ormer Chief Forester Says No
One Can Take Place Of His
Old Associate.

There is no one who can take his
J ace said Clifford Pinchot. today in
mmentins on the death OF Overton w.
ice, vice president of the National
Jnservation Association and former
! nited States Forester. who shot him.
IF a. his mothers home The
{ .anfe" near Biltmore, n G. ycstcr-
~ afternoon.
We, who knew Overton Price, con-
Z med Mr.. Pinchot, know that the tras-
ely in North Carolina did not repre-
ssHt our friend. but only the disease
rom which he was suffering. Overton
Price was a noble gentleman. one of
Ire tIuest OF friends. a man of the
tweetest and highest character. and of
distinguished ability.
No man has a truer friend than
Overton Price has been to me-
When the story Of his lifes work
comes to be written, il will be seen
now large and influential 4 part he
movement in America. He was my as
sistant in the Forest Service for q
dozen years. I have often had occasion
70 say, and l repeat now, that the nigh
efficiency which the service attained
was Cue more to him than 10 me.
Master of Organization.
He was master of organization and
executing detail, but he was lar more
than that. overton Price had the con-
EtructiTc scientific imagination in a re-
Hlsrkshle degree. He was an origin
atol of plans and policies with the
added capacity to put his Conventions
INTO practical, effect % -..-.-
His knowledge of machinery OF the
government in all its branches was
unsurpassed In Washington, and he was
an expert in legislation relating to
forests and othE: branches of the con-
servation work
In all that I have had TO do. in the
Forest Service. az member of the
committee on department methods. the
called Keep committee. of which he yas
secretary, the Inland Waterways Com
mission, and the Nation1i Conservation
Association. have, steadily had his
counsel and assistance, and have profited
by them more than any one but he
and ] know.
''As vice president of the National
Conservation Association, Overton Price
carried the burdens of the work IS a
volunteer, for he returned to the as
expert more than the amount of his
salary each year.
In All Big Work.
There has been no big piece Of work
done, IN connection with any branch
of conservation in Washington. IN the
last ten years. in which Overton Price
has not had a hand. AS a public serv-
ant he stood alone in his field IN in
teliigence and efficiency.
His unseIfshnsss was as distinguished
as his willingness and his capacity TO
not only by every member Of the
United states Forest Service, and of the
National Conservation Association, bat
by many hundreds OF others who have
known him through his work or
The former associate forester had been
IN III health for some time, and it was
with the idea of recuperatine his health
that be took the trip to his mothers
home In North Carolina.
Born In England.
Price was born in England in 1913.
His education was begun in England
and continued in the Episcopal High
School of Alexandra, Va. from where
he went for a special course in for
estry to the University of Virginia and
TO Munich. where he studied two years.
He did practical forestry work in
Europe for several years before return
3ng to the United States.
He entered the Bureau of Forestry
IN 1888. and was promoted through src-
cessfve grades until he became asso-
ciate forester under Clifford Pinchot
He took a prominent part in the Bal
1inger-Pinchot forestry dispute, being
an intimate friend of the chief for
ester and of former President Roose-
Welt He left the Forest Service when
Clifford Finchot was removed and has
since been closely Identified with the
National Conservation Association.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not been completed. but il is believed
that he will be buried near the home
OF his mother where he died