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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ... Boorman, Secretary, Kalispell, Mont. F. H. Billard, Forester, Berlin, N. H. L. E. Bean, Secretary, Eugene, Ore. Walter Palmer, Secretary, Baker, Ore. C. S. Chapman, Secre"tary, Portland, Ore. C. S. Chapman, Secretary, Portland, Ore. E. B. Faulkner, Secretary, Portland, Ore. W. J. Conrad, Secretary, Marshfleld, Ore. J. P. Keyes, Secretary. Bend, Ore. R. E. Smith, Secretary, Roseburg, Ore. E. A. Hildreth, Sr., Secretary, Butte Falls, Ore. C. A. Sidler, Secretary, Grants Pass, Ore. J. F. Kimball, Secretary, Klamath Falls, Ore. W. E. Ball, Secretary, Toledo, Ore. C. S. Chapman, Secretary, Portland. Ore. W. V. Fuller, Secretary, Dallas, Ore. A. J. Stange, Secretary, Le Grande, Ore. Oregon Western Lane County Fire C. S. Chapman, Secre Patrol Association. tary, Portland, Ore. Oregon Oregon Forest Fire Associa-C. S. Chapman, Secretion (clearing house of the tary and Manager, associations in Oregon). Portland, Ore. Pennsylvania Pocono Protective Fire Asso-W. B. Fisher, Secretary, ciation. Swiftwater, Pa. Pennsylvania Central Pennsylvania Forest: J. M. Hoffman, Forester, Fire Protective Association. Johnstown, Pa. Washington Washington Forest Fire Asso-M. B. Hunt, Secretary, ciation. Seattle, Wash. Northwestern States Western Forestry and Conser-E. T. Allen, Forester, yation Association. (Clear-Portland, Ore. ing house of the associations' in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.): ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. The Weeks Law. The Weeks law, enacted in March, 1911. by the Sixty-first Congress, provided an appropriation of $200.000.00 with which the Secretary of Agriculture was authorized to cooperate with the states in protecting the forested watersheds of navigable streams from fire.-In connection with the influence of forests upon the re...