The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-15
ANNUAL BANQUET
idaho FORESTERS
WELL KNOWN SPEAKERS ON PRO-
GRAM-YALUE OF FORESTRY
TRAINING POINTED OUT.

The seventh annual banquet of the
Associated Foresters Of the Idaho
School of Forestry took place We'd
nesday evening at Lindley hall. Six
ty forestry students and their guests
sat down to an excellent repast, in
a hall bedecked with evergreen
branches and otherwise appropriately
decorated.
c. w. Watson, instructor in fores-
try, acting as postmaster, added
much interest to the. program by his
clever introductions and replies to
the various speakers. The program
included short talks by Professor c.
e. Bahre, A. d. Decker, land agent
for the Potlatch Lumber Co.; c. l..
Butterford, e. c. Shepard, supervisor
of the Boise national forest; A. M.
Sowder and j. W. Rodner, of the
school of forestry, and Professor @.
w. Chenoweth of the university fac
ulty. These talks were interspersed
with songs by the Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon quartet and selections by an in
strumental trio, consisting of violin,
cello, and piano.
President A. H. Upham and Senator
M. e. Lewis, whose names appeared
on the program, were unable to be
present, the former being unexpected
ly called out of town at the last min
ute and the latter being detained by
business in south Idaho.
Professor Behre gave some anus
ing "reminiscences of his work at the
Yale school of forestry, where he had
first made the acquaintance of the
tina cfn Of
the guests, Mr.. Decker.
Forestry Graduates in Demand
Mr.. Decker traced the relationship
between the lumber industry and the
foresters of the country from the early
days and stated that without question
the lumber industry would be seek
ing the services of graduates of the
forestry schools in increasing num-
bers to help work out the big prob
lens of improved methods of logging
and milling, utilization of by-pro-
ducts, putting cut-over lands to pro-
ductiye use and maintaining the sup
ply of raw material for the future.
c. L. Butterfield, introduced as a
pioneer in Moscow, deeply interested
in forestry matters, congratulated the
foresters upon their choice of voca-
tion and encouraged them in their
work with the counsel that satisfaQ--
tion with ones work was more to be
desired than large material gain with
its usual accompaniment of anxiety
and care
Forest Supervisor E. C. Shepard,
who has been giving a series of lee
lures to students of the forestry
school for the past ten days, amused
his audience with anecdotes of his
experience
A. M. Sowder, president of the AS
sociated Foresters, outlined the ac-
complishments of the organization
Turing the year and called upon the
students to continue to show their
interest in forestry by supporting the
club in the future.
J. w. Rodner, apologizing for fail
Ire to produce the Squirrel Fod-
Ter " from the Hermit of Hemlock
Butte, as scheduled on the program,
'elated the incidents relative to his
missing the third annual holdup of
he Fernwood pool hall last summer
lfter having been relieved of his valu-
lbles in the two preceding events.
The last speaker of the evening was
Professor c. W. Chenoweth, who has
or several years spent his summers
is smokechaser in the Clearwater
rational forest, and who last year
made himself famous in forestry
ircles in the northwest through his
in The Idaho Forester"
If humorous article entitled, "The
Science of Smokechasing" Profess
or Chenoweth kept his audience in
ontinual laughter, following the
tory of his initial experience in for
st protection work, in which some
t those present had figured as his
oss.
At the close of the program every
ne present felt that the banquet had
cen the most successful event of its
ind in recent years and the COM
littee in charge, composed of A. W.
owder. ]. w. Rodner, e. T. Nero, and
eslie Eddy, deserve much praise and
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