Author: Pennsylvania Department of Forestry Title: Report of the Department of Forestry of the State of Pennsylvania for the years ..., 1914-1915 Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa. Copyright Date: 1916 Master Negative Storage Number: MNS# PSt SNPaAg071 .3 FILMED WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A COPY BORROWED FROM: University of Michigan Commonwealth of Pennsylvania FRANK D. JEUALI), Stato iMuoster JiMK' 14, 1SS3— November 12, \UU. REPORT OF THE VOkM' -- DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY OF THE • * * . ' '. . • STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA FOK THE YEARS 1914-1915 HARRISBURG, PA.: WM. STAJJLEY RAY, STATE PRINTER. 1916 OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, No «6 PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, THE STATE FORESTRY RESERVATION COMMISSION Robert S. Conklin, President, Columbia, Lancaster county. S. B. Elliott, Reynoldsville, Jefferson county. J. Linn Harris, Bellefonte, Centre county. William P. Stevenson,* McVeytown, Mifflin county. J. M. Hoffman, § Johnstown, Cambria county. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FORESTRY. Commissioner of Forestry, Robert S. Conklin, Columbia, Lancaster county Deputy Commissioner of Forestry, Irvin C. Williams, Esq., Royersford, Mont- gomery county. Clerk, A. Elwyn Strode, West Chester, Chester county. Clerk i George W. Howard, Chester, Delaware county. •Appointed February 6. 1914. jAppointed May 20, 1915. •if 31064« (1) OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, No. 29. TABLE OF CONTENTS. (2) Page 1 Department Roster, ^ List of Illustrations, ** ^ Letter of Transmittal, ^ Report of the Commissioner of Forestry, ' ^^ Roster of Foresters, ^2 Roster of Forest Rangers, ^^^^ Foresters and Rangers, changes in, ^^ Forest Fires, ^^ Private forest fire protective associations, ^^ New Construction and Repairs, Legislation, -- Legal Affairs, ^ Financial Statement, State Forest Receipts, Permanent Camp Leases, Temporary Camping Permits, • Foresters' Individual and Specific Reports, » Summary of Data since the Establishment of State Forests, W Forest Inspector's Report, Fixed Charges on State Land, Land Grant Applications, ^ T '^ Department Leases, Leases for the Occupancy of Buildings, Timber Sales, ^ Rights of Way, ^ Telephone Contracts, Prior Subsisting Contracts, Nursery Report, Asaph, J23 Greenwood , Clearfield, Penfield , „ Austin, -rtfl ^ - iM Bald Eagle, __. _ ^ 120 Black Forest, Buffalo, .^ Caledonia, „ .Chatham , „ Grays Run, Hull, J29 Kettle Creek , Loyalsock , Lushbaugh, ,_. loU ^^*^^^' .. 130 Nittany , Ole Bull, (3) lAfA. CONTENTS. No. 26. Page Penn, 131 Pine Grove, 131 Pocono, 131 Seven Mountain, 132 Sinnemahoning, 132 Snow Shoe, 192 Whetham , 132 White Deer, I33 Forest Nursery Tables, I34 State Forest Planting, I57 State Forest Planting Tables, 108 Silviculture and Mensuration, Igg Topographic and Stock Surveys, 187 Barree Forest, _ 188 Seven Mountain Forest, 190 Penn Forest, igO Greenwood Forest, 191 Kishaeoquillas Forest, 191 Jacks Mountain Forest, 191 Pennypacker Forest, 192 Topographic and Stock Surveys, Summary of Costs for Lines Run, 193 Surveys, 194-196 Lightning in the State Forests, 200 Fought Fire and Forgot to Vote, 201 Telephone Poles of Glass , 202 Society of Eastern Foresters, Summer Meeting, 1915, 202 Frank D. Jerald, State Forester, 205 Testimonial Luncheon to Dr. J. T. Rothrock, 209 Summary of Forest Fires for 1914, 220 Timber Cut in Pennsylvania, 1914, 222 Timber Cut in Pennsylvania, 1915, 226 Value of Pennsylvania's Forest Products for 1915, 230 OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, No. 28. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Page Frank D. Jerald, State Forester, Frontispiece Chestnut Blight Map, j^ Forest Banger's Home, Lackawanna State Forest, 15 Observation Tower, Lackawanna State Forest, 1^ Cabin on the Barree State Forest, ^ Lifting, Counting, and Bunching Seedlings for Shipment, Mont Alto Nur- sery, Spading Beds Preparatory to Sowing Seed, Mont Alto Nursery, iw Seedlings Heeled in. Preparatory to Planting, 1^1 Two Year Old European Larch, Clearfield Nursery, 1<^1 Character of land to be planted on Caledonia State Forest in 1916, 156 White Pine planted on the Caledonia State Forest in 1906, 1^6 Character of growth on Pine Grove Forest Burned April 20, 1^15, 150 White Pine Plantation, Mont Alto State Forest, 156 European Larch Plantation on the Stone State Forest, 1^ Norway Spruce and Bull Pine, Jacob Nolde Estate, 157 Japanese Larch, Jacob Nolde Estate, • Scotch Pine, Jacob Nolde Estate, ^^ Forester W.J. Bartschat with small folding sight compass running a second- 186 ary traverse, • Topographer J. M. Houtz with light mountain transit running a primary traverse, Topography of the Jacks Mountain State Forest, ^^ Topographic survey crew running a primary traverse , 1^ Form for making concrete compartment corner posts, 1°^ Concrete Corner Posts, Compartment line crossing Round Top Mountain, 1^ Beds of two year old white pine seedlings, Asaph Nursery, 1«2 Two Year Old White Pine planted in permanent plantation when one year I Mr/. old, Buchanan Forest, Permanent Sample plot established in second growth hardwoods, Barree State Forest, Establishing a permanent sample plot, Barree State Forest, J^ The Society of Eastern Foresters at Mont Alto, ., ^^ ; • (8) OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, No. 26. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. HON. MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH, Governor: Sir: I have the honor to present herewith the report of the De- partment of Forestry for the years 1914 and 1915. I desire to call attention particularly to the amount of development work which has been put upon the State Forests during the two years covered by this report, and to suggest that the usefulness of the forest and its power to return revenue is and will in the near future be directly proportionate to the amount of development which may be under- taken and completed. Could the forests all be developed equally and in a limited time, we feel that the response to such effort would be greatly worth while and would result in rapidly increasing the size of the State School Fund, into which all revenue from State Forests is paid according to law. I am, indeed, Most respectfully yours, ROBERT S. CONKLIN, Commissioner of Forestry. Harrisburg, Pa., December'31, 1915. (6) (7) OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, No. 26. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FORESTRY FOR THE YEARS 1914-15. On January 1, 1914, the area of the State Forests was 994,029 acres, 20.85 perches. During 1914 there was an addition made amounting to 8,939 acres, 104.9 perches. During the year 1915 an addition of 3,922 acres, 129 perches, was made, thus bringing the area of the State Forests on January 1, 1916, to 1,006,891 acres, 94.75 perches. No new state forests were created during the period covered by this report. Purchases made were additions to existing forests. The State lands are, therefore, located in the same 26 counties as formerly. A detailed statement of the purchases covering the years 1914 and 1915, is as follows: 1914. Grantor. County. A. D. UDdegraff I Kt'J'e'?*''^* Larkawanna Lumber Co t>^rrv '" Sylvania E. Smith \ZZ Josephine E. Allen, Jacob O'Donnell Wm. H. Ellis and J. H. Bailey Merchants Union Trust Co., George S. Parsons ::•'•'• 'A: •'r'i:,"-^''!'*' Michael Wolf, Tacie E. Wolf and Tacie B Wolf, guardian for Rowland H. Wolf Vacant Lycoming, Perry Lycoming, Pike Lycoming, Lycoming, Centre, .. Total. m a> 00 .a 0) o M M (J V < ^ 102 6 8.939 a a o a o 2,572 11 3,696 81 72 3& 114 30 24 103 396 80 830 144 1,123 132 39 89.9 $3,858 10 7,393.01 234 71 285 46 123 22 991 25 3,323 60 3,090 62 332 29 104.9 119,632 16 (sy (•) 10 REPORT OF THE Ofe. Doc. 1915. Grantor. County. • ea « BO .a 0) O u u CI o < (U o a « 3 o H Dr. Oliver W. H. Glover and D. R. Pursley, R. L. Leinbach Hayes Parson, F. B. Baldwin Fred Gebhardt H. Russell Hill William J. Kopp Union Clinton, ... Huntingdon, Potter, Pilie Lycoming, . Clearfield, . Total, 328 1,842- 68 1,453 79 54 95 129 14 90 150 138 88 3,922 129 $1,644 03 1,558 15 170 00 4,360 68 159 88 164 69 238 88 18,296 81 A small additional area is under contract, about sufficient to require the balance of the appropriation made at the session of 1915. It is estimated that at least 8,000,000 acres of the total area of the State consists of land not well suited for anything else but the growing of trees. With a little more than 1,000,000 acres in State ownership, it becomes obvious at once that an area of about 7,000,000 acres still in private ownership is being indifferently cared for and probably will not receive the development it should have in order to bring it up to its producing capacity. The State should, there- fore, increase its holdings. From the experience gained as Com- missioner during a period of more than ten years, I am convinced that the State ultimately ought to own not less than 5,000,000 acres in State Forests, and that the holding should be extended into counties where there are none at present. In my former report it was suggested that at least 22 more counties should appear in the list as containing State Forests. For the sake of the collateral things for which State Forests are valuable, we believe their acqui- sition at this time to be distinct economy, and their gradual develop- ment under State protection would be of value today, even though that development proceed slowly. Forest areas in State ownership receive better attention than similar land in private ownership. The welfare of the State demands that as much as possible of our wild and abandoned land be brought back to a productive condition, the sooner the better. No. 26 DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 11 pen:nsylvania forest service. On September 1, 1914, ten graduates from the State Forest Acad- emy were added to the service as Forest Rangers, and on June 1, 1915, were promoted to be full foresters. On September 1, 1915, four graduates of the Academy were added to the service as foresters. These students completed their three-year courses and were assigned to work by the Department. The roster of the foresters on December 31, 1915, was as follows: Forester. State Forest. Avery, John B., Baer, Chaa. B., Barnes, Li. G., Bartschat, W. J., ..•• Bastian, John A Bearer, V. M Blotsch, Tom O Bodine, A. W Bryner. H. B Byers, Wm. L Conlilin, Robert Q., . Conklin. W. Gard., . Critchley, H. F., .... Dagiie, Wm, F Dutlinger. F. H Elliott, Harry B Eraerick, R. Lynn, .. Evans, H. 0 Evans, W. B Fawley, Russell Fox, P. Hartman. ... Golden, Thomas H., Harbeson, Thos. C, Hocentogler, J. R., . Horning. W. Harold, Houpt, W. Elmer, ... Houtz, Jesse M Illiok, Jos. S Keller, John W., .. Kirk. Carl L. Address. Minisink Office Nittany • > Jacks Mountain Loyalsock, Stuart Greenwood, Rothrock , Pennvpacker, New Germantown Bedford Rainsburg Notch. Harrisburg. Centre Hall. Troxelville. Loyalsock. Ligonier. .« «. .^t •• McAlevysfort, R. D. No. 1. Moimt Union, R. D. No. 1. Caledonia, Office Young Womans Creek, Clearfield, Hopkins, Sinnemalioning, Coudersport, Pine Sizerville KishacoquiUas, Austin Ole Bull Chatliam McElhattan Lushbaugh, Brumbaugh Jacks Mountain Mont Alto Blackwells, Penfleld Pennypacker, Leach, Walter , ^ Ludwig, Walter D | Bear Meadows, McCool, B. B i Caledonia McNaughton. N. R l Karthaus McN'eal. James B., Reading Meek, Chas. R Mctzgor, Homer S., Montgomery, W. B, Morgan, H. H., .. Morton, T. Roy, .. Mulford, Paul H., Muller, Max E., .. Mumma, Walter M . Mustin, Maurice | Office, Neefe, Robert R Black Forest, Hull Pine Grove, Mont Alto, . Office Buchanan. .. Whetham, Ponn, Tea Spring, ... Seven Mountain, Office Barree Stone Kettle Creek. .. Office, Perry, George S. Powers, Jas. B., .... Retan, Geo. A Rowland, H. B., Jr. Rusp, Alfred B R.von, J. B., Sheeler, Geo. W Snow Shoe, Staddcn, Robert W 1 Promised Land. Sllvlus, A. C, Smith, Edgar H Siggins. H. W Buffalo, Bald Eagle. Office Btaley, Lewis E. I Mont Alto, Fayettevllle. Harrisburg. North Bend. Clearfield. Westiwrt. Sinnemahoning. Coudersport. Waterville. Sizerville. Milroy. Austin. Crossfork. Little Marsh. Loganton, R, D. No. 2. Sinnemahoning. Altcb. Troxelville. Mont Alto. Lloyd. Penflpld. New Germantown. Boalsburg. Shippensburg. Karthaus. Reading. Coburn. Loganton, R. D. No. 1. Spring Mills, R. D. No. t. Harrlsburf. Petersburg. Asaph. Hammeraley Fork. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Slate Run. Conrad. Pine Grove Furnace. Mont Alto. Harrisburg. Fort Loudon. Glen Union. Snow Shoe. Canadensis, R. D. Laurelton. Elimsport. Harrisburg. Mont Alto. 12 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. Forester. State Forest. Address. Strobeok John L Pocono Analomink. R. D. Vanllorn. H. C Warfleld, D. K Wells. Arthur B Williams, John R Winter, R. B., Wirt, George H Wltherow, John L., Woof. Chas. E Zerby, Chas. B Ziegler, B. A Now Bf rsen Carter Camp. Milroy. Fields Station. Pine Grove Furnace. Mifflinburg, R. D. No. 2. Harrisburg. Kishacoquillas Grays Run Pine Grove White Deer Office, McClure Greenwood, Medix Mont Alto Bast Waterford. McAlevysfort, R. D. No. 1. Medix Run. Mont Alto. The roster of the Forest Rangers on the above date was as follows : Ranger. Albert, Stewart Amig, J. W Armstrong, G. W Ayers, A. W., Bailey, C. M Barndt, W. R Barr, Merritt, Benson, Daniel Boop, Howard J Briclcer, John Brooks, M. N. U. L., . Buck. William, Campbell, O, M Carbaugh, Jas. E Carlin. J. V Chandlee, Frank Crum. R. M., Dean, H. J Deter, G. C Bttinger, Wm. H Fish. M. L Fourness. M. A Frank. Ferdinand Harbeson, D. R Harpster, W. H Hart, Herman N., Hassler. B. F., Hatton. Wm. K Huff, Wm. C Hemmerly, Chas Jenckes, E. N., Johnston. Frank Kamp, Adam Kauffman, W. !> Keeney, Milton Koontz. Leroy Lebo, Samuel Leonard, Chas. E Lewis, Leon F Libby, David Lightner. S. H Lipp, Geo. M Manley. Joseph Maurer. Wm. 0 McElwee, James McCoy, R. B McKinney, Wm. F Meredith. D. K Merrill, R. K , Middleswarth, C. J., ... Monsell, John Motz, Carl Nelson, John Olson, Henry M Oppel, Herman A Perry, Harry B., Pidcoe, G. H Reitz. Robert Rellihan, John Klvlere. E. T Post Office. Cresco Richfield Westport Costello Sinnemahoning, ... Somerset, No. 3, .. Karthaus, McAlevysfort McAlevysfort Mont Alto, Driftwood, Cammal Fayetteville, Metal Slate Run Sinnemahoning, Milroy, No. 1 Graysville Troxelville Lloyd Coudersport. No. 6, Edgemere , White Deer Charter Oak New Germantown, . Fayetteville Ivords Valley Westport North Bend A.sapn, Penfleld Lock Haven Thornhurst Cross Fork New Germantown, . Lucullus Fayetteville Gnines Weikert Cottage Montoursville Montgomery, No. 2, Troxelville Orrtanna, No. 2. ... McVeytown Spring Mills Doylesburg Glen Union Troxelville Reedsville, No. 1. .. Woodward Clearfield Cross Fork Wistie, Fayetteville. Williamsp3-t, Boalsburg, Lock Haven Milford Forest. Pocono, Shade Mt., Hopkins, Hull Sinnemahoning Stuart Karthaus, Greenwood, Greenwood Mont Alto Medix Karthaus, Pine Caledonia Buchanan Black Sinnemahoning Kishacoquillas Barree Jacks Mountain Blackwells, Austin Minisink, Tea Springs, Bear Meadows Pennypacker, Caledonia, Minisink Hopkins Young Womans Creek, Stone, Penfleld McElhattan Lackawanna, Ole Bull Pennypacker. Pine Caledonia loLUU^i ••••••••••••■■••■•« A CAAlai •••••••••••••••••••« Barree Loyalsock, ...» Bald Eagle •Tacks Mountain Caledonia Rothrock Seven Mountain Pennypacker, Whetlinm Jacks Mountain Greenwood Buffalo Clearfield, Ole Bull Rothrock Caledonia, I.oyalsock Bear Meadows Crawford, Westfall Forester. Strobeck, ... Dutlinger, .. Perry Elliott Bearer, McNaughton. Bietsch. ..... Bietsch, Staley Zerby McNaughton, Evans, H. C. Conklin Rupp Neefe, Elliott, Warfield, Morton, Bartschat, Keller. Fox. Avery. Metzger. Ludwig, ..... Bryner Conklin Avery Dutlinger. ... Critchley, ... Mulford , Kirk , Hogontogler, Golden, Bryner Evans, H. C. Conklin , Mulford, Meek Morton Bastian Smith Bartschat, .. Conklin, Bodine Montgomery, Bryner Ryon Bartschat, .., Bietsch Silvius Dague Golden, Bodine Conklin Bastian liUdwig, Ryon o •a 127 109 101 205 208 174 207 152 122 113 149 196 175 108 142 105 120 lOT 102 153 214 147 126 140 118 124 104 181 161 162 156 123 128 137 168 141 160 212 213 133 108 150 172 182 211 107 166 143 186 154 144 178 159 187 151 169 lU 138 202 148 No. 2t. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 13 Ranger. )«•••• Post Office. Roadarmel, S. M. Rogers, L. W., . Hoss, G. Bdw., . Schwab, Robert, Seese, H. P.. .... Shaffer, John S., Shoemaker, A. L. Smith, J. F., .... Smith, Edw. H., Slaley, Harry, .. Stover, L. M Stull. Henry L., . Sundy, F. P Swartz, C. A., .. Swartzell, T. L., . Tliomas, H. L Van Cleve, Harry, Wheeler, Jerome J Will. C. D Wilson, Edgar, .. Winkebleck, John, Wirth, Wm Woodside, Sam T., Wykoff, L. C Welshans, J. W., Mifflinburg, No. 2, ... Waterville McAlevysfort, Leetonia, Renovo, • Mont .Alto, Beech Creek Chambersburg, No. 4, Ra4nsburg Mont AltD Livonia, Fayetteville McCrea, Sterling Run, Milroy, R. D Mont Alto, Cross Fork, Wellsboro, Slate Run Canadensis, No. 1, .. Beech Creek, . Milroy, Black Log Firstfo k • Loganton Forest. White Deer Pine Greenwood Blackwells Hopkins. Mont Alto Snow Shoe, Buchanan, Bedford Mont Alto White Deer, ... Caledonia Pennypacker, ... Lushbaugh, ..... Kishacoquillas, Mont Alto, .. . New Bergen, .. Chatham Black Promised Land, Snow Shoe Kishacoquillas, Rothrock Lushbaugh, .... Tea Springs, ... Forester. o Winter Evans, H. C, Bietsch, Keller Dutlinger, ... Staley Sheeler, Rupp jsycrSf •••••••• staley Winter Conklin Bryner, Horning Warfield Staley VanHorn, — Harbeson Neefe Stadden. . Sheeler, Warfleld, ... Bodine Horning, ... Metzger, 183 199 116 171 125 117 106 165 203 179 180 185 129 194 132 134 188 215 200 111 192 121 206 131 201 Changes in the service during the two years covered by this re- port, were as follows : FORESTERS APPOINTED. Name. R. Lynn Emerick, .. v. yi. Bearer, H. P. Critchley, ... Jesse M. Houtz, .... W. E. Montgomery, Max E. Muller, Robert R. Neefe, ... Geo. S. Perry Chas. B. Zerby Thos. H. Golden, ... B. B. McCool L. G. Barnes W. J. Bartschat, ... Russell Fawley, .... Thos. C. Harbeson, . W. H. Horning Walter Leach Howard Siggins R. W. Staddon H. C. VanHorn Chas. E. Zerby, .. Chas. E. Baer H. H. Morgan James E. Powers, ... H. B. Rowland, Jr. George 11. Wirt, ... H. W. Siggins James E. McNeal, . Walter D. Ludwig, Forest. District Forester, .. Stuart, Young Womans Creek, . Nittany Seven Mountain Kettle Creek Black, Hull, • Medix Ole Bull Caledonia, Nittany Jacks Mountain, Kishacoquillas Chatham Lushbaugh Pennypacker Seven Motmtain, Promised Land New Bergen, Greenwood Office, Office, Pine Grove, Office Chief Forest Fire Wardo Clerk District Forester District Forester ••••••••' n. Date. October 1, 1914. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. .lune 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1. 1915. June 1. 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1. 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1. 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. June 1, 1915. September 1, 1915. September 1, 1915. September 1, 1915, September 1, 1915. September 1, 1915. September 1, 1915. October 1, 1915. October 1, 1915. 14 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. KANGERS APPOINTED. Name. Forest. Date. Harrv B. Perrv Caledonia April 1, 1914. Henrv L Stull Caledonia April 1, 1914. Ohas E3 Leonard Caledonia April 1, 1914. John Br icker Mont Alto April 1, 1914. John Shaffer Mont Alto April 1, 1914. Harrv L Thomas Mont Alto April i, 1914. Harrv W. Stalev Mont Alto April 1, 1914. Charles Hemmerly Young Womans Creek, Tea Snrines April 1, 1914. J. W. Welshans August 1. 1914. Leonard Q. Barnes.* Nittanr September 1, 1914. H. W. Sleeina.* Seven Mountains Se]>tember 1, 1914. Russell Pawley,* Kislincoquillas Serttember 1, 1914. W. H Hornine.* Lushbaueh September 1, 1914. Walter Learh.* Bear Meadows September 1, 1914. R. W. Stadden,* Office Seiitember 1, 1914. W J. Bartschat.* Jacks Mountain September 1, 1914. H. C. VanHorn.* New Bersren Ser»tember 1, 1914. Thos. C. Harbeson.* Chatham, September 1, }914. Chas. B. Woof,* Greenwood, September 1. 1914. Chandlee. Frank Black April 15, 1915. Chatham, May 1, 1915. Benson. Daniel Greenwood , October 1, 1915. •Promoted to Forester June 1, 1915. Deaths and Resignations. Name. Forest. Date. F. D. Jerald, Forester John R. Elder, Forester Wm. S. McCoy, Forest Ranger, ... T. J. Temple, Forest Ranger Harry H. Kiel. Forest Ranger David Knepper, Forest Ranger, ... S. L. Mull. Forest Rnnger Henry C. Cox. Forest Ranger, ... C. B. Love, Forest Ranger Frank A. Glbboney, Forest Ranger, Wm. G. Taylor, Forest Ranger, ... S. T. Woodside, Forest Ranger, ... T. L. Swartzell, Forest Ranger, ... Stewart Albert, Forest Ranger, ... Shot Died Resigned Died Dismissed Resigned, Died Died Resigned Dismissed Died Resigned Dismissed Dismissed, November 12, 1914. January 22. 1915. April 30. 1914. July 4. 1914. August 1, 1914. September 1, 1914. December 5. 1914. April 10. 1915. April 18. 1915. July 15. 1915. September 7, 1915. November 10. 1915. December 1, 1915. December 31. 1915. FOREST FIRES. In 1914 and 1915, forest fires, as reported by fire wardens, were responsible for an immediate loss amounting to over $1,500,000. In 1914, the exact figures reported were $704,996; in 1915, $850,777. In 1914, the weather was not favorable for forest fires during the first half of the year, but during the last half of the year everything was very dry, especially during October and November, and during those two months alone 727 fires were reported. The total number No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 15 Forest Ranger's Home. Lackawanna State Forest. Observation Tower, Lackawanna State Forest. Radius 15 miles. Elevation 2 200 feet. Commands 700 square miles. x^ievauon z,^w of fires reported during 1914 were 1,159, burning over an area aver- aging 321 acres per fire. There were 20,278 acres of State land burned over, and 351 '996 acres of private land. The total cost of extinction in 1914 was |30,987.70, and during the year there was spent $1,535.49 for patrolmen, making a total expenditure of $32,- 523.19. The average cost of extinction per fire was |26.74. The average loss per fire was ?G08.28 or |1.89 per acre. A synopsis of the causes of fires in 1914 shows that 674 of the fires were reported as unknown; 222 as having been caused by railroad engines; 89 as of incendiary origin; hunters and fishermen were responsible for 70; brush burning and clearing land for 57; and other numerous causes for the remainder. In 1915 there were 41,963 acres of State land burned over and 294,672 acres of private land. The total cost of extinction in this year, including patrol service, was $28,078.16. Of this amount, $1,072.00 were spent for patrol. The average cost for extinction per fire was $24.43. The average loss per fire was $772.73, or an aver- age of $2.53 per acre. A synopsis of the causes of fires in 1915 shows that out of a total of 1,101 fires, 382 were unknown; 274 were caused by railroads; 120 were incendiary; 105 were due to brush burning; 136 by campers; 28 by lumbering; 19 by lightning, and 37 to miscellaneous causes. During the year 1915 the greatest number of fires occurred in April when everything was extremely dry and the weather was very favorable for fires. Although the remainder of the year appeared to be unfavorable for fires, yet in November we had reported 119. The fires of 1915 were classified according to acreage burned over. It was found that 78 fires burned a thousand acres or more per fire, and these 78 fires burned over a total of 200,000 acres, which is more than two-thirds of the area burned over by all the fires. By far the greatest number, namely 639, burned less than 100 acres per fire. Only 61 burned less than one acre each. By careful tabulation of the reports concerning forest fires, those portions of the State where we are most likely to have forest fire troubles, will be discovered. With this information available it will be possible to strengthen pro- tective measures at the required points and thus reduce both the number of fires and the loss. In addition to the forest fires with which the Department must contend, there is always present the fire hazard with respect to all the buildings owned or occupied by the Department. On the 27th day of May, 1915, the forester^s house at Eastville in the Tea Spring Forest, occupied by Homer S. Metzger, was burned, together with all its contents. The building was insured for $2,000. The insurance was collected by the Department of Buildings and Grounds and the 2 16 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 17 construction of a new house was begun. This building is now in course of erection. It will be occupied by the forester when com- pleted. On the 3rd day of October, 1915, the store property which had been practically rebuilt by Charles H. Cobean at Pine Grove Furnace, was destroyed by fire. Its origin is believed to have been incendiary. Mr. Cobean lost his stock and the Department the building. This building has not been replaced. In the great forest fire which devastated the Pine Grove Forest in March, 1915, the house occupied by Oscar Barbour together with the barn and outbuildings, and the house occupied by Joseph Fuller, both located near Laurel, were completely destroyed, with their contents. PRIVATE FOREST FIRE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS. No new organizations of this kind were made during the years 1914-15, but the two already in existence, to wit, the Pocono Pro- tective Fire Association and the Central Pennsylvania Forest Fire Protective Association, continued their operations with success. The Department of Forestry co-operated with them under the au- thority provided by law. The reports of the respective associations in condensed form, are as follows: Pocono. 191^, 1915, Amount of money collected by the Association, $368 61 $572 31 Amount of money expended by the Department of Forestry under the cooperative agreement, $285 58 $610 76 Number of different patrolmen employed during the two year » period, q q Number of acres protected, 398,700 398,700 Number of fires reported as coming under the observation of the Association , Ig 40 Total area burned, 5,350 13,055 Number of members in the Association, 109 212 Central Pennsylvania. Amount of money collected by the Association , $584 67 $309 28 Amount of money expended by the Department of Forestry under the cooperative agreement, $1,039 00 $272 35 Number of different patrolmen employed during the two year •' period, '. 29 11 Number of acres protected, 300,000 300,000 Number of fires reported as coming under the observation of the Association , 115 47 Total area burned, 10,946 15,433 Number of members in the Association, 29 32 NEW CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS. Repairs are regularly made to all buildings upon State Forest lands. With the purchase of the Pine Grove forest, the Department acquired 32 different buildings, together with stables, barns, out houses, etc., in considerable number. Many which were old and dilapidated were removed and the good material from them taken to repair the better buildings. The forester's house, the Barbour house, the house occupied by the teamster, were thoroughly overhauled and repaired. The old brick-making plant was converted into a barn and is now in service. New houses for the use of foresters and rangers must be built from time to time. A new forest headquarters was constructed in the Rothrock Forest near Newton Hamilton and is now occupied by Forester A. W. Bodine in charge of that region. The house is built of stone and is of substantial construction. A new house was built at Pond Bank in the Mont Alto forest for the occupancy of one of the rangers. It occupies a better site than the old dwelling. The house is of wood, well painted, well built, and of satisfactory appearance. A new house was built for a ranger at Willow Grove on the Cale- donia Forest, east of the headquarters. Jl ranger was needed at the eastern end and no available house was at hand. The house is of wood and substantial in character. The rebuilding of the house at Eastville for Forester Metzger has been mentioned. All the above buildings are on State land. LEGISLATION. At the session of the Legislature which convened in January, 1915, the Department procured legislation relating to : The acquisition of lands for State Forests from County Commis- sioners by act of April 21, 1915, P. L. 140. Authorizing the Department to grow and distribute free of charge, young forest trees, by act of 21st April, 1915, P. L. 155. Extending the powers and duties of foresters and forest rangers with respect to the enforcement of the game and fish laws, by act of 21st April, 1915, P. L. 156. 2—26—1916 li 18 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. To enlarge the purchase price from |5.00 to $10.00 per acre for lands to be purchased for State Forests, by act of 14th May, 1915 P L. 481. Establishing a Bureau of Forest Protection within the Department, by act of June 3, 1915, P. L. 797. Amending the act relating to co-operative agreements with local forest fire protective associations, extending the powers of the Department thereunder, by act of 4th June, 1915, P. L. 815. Enlarging the powers of the Department in granting rights of way through State Forests, by act of 4th June, 1915, P. L. 816. In addition to the foregoing legislation, amendments were obtained to sections 2701 and 2702 of the act of May 18, 1911, P. L. 309, com- monly known as the S^^hool Code, by the act of June 4, 1915, P. L. 825. The Code originally provided that 80 per cent, of the net re- ceipts derived from State Forests should be paid into the State School Fund. The Department was never able to learn why this limit was fixed at 80 per cent, nor why it should be limited to the net proceeds from the State Forests. While there is a continuous income from the State Forests, at this time it cannot in any sense be regarded as net proceeds, because the cost of administration is at present greater than the income. Consequently nothing could have been paid into the School Fund for some time to come, or until the returns exceeded the expenditures. This Department has always felt that inasmuch as the income from the forests cannot be used without specific appropriation by the legislature from time to time, it is useless to attempt to accumulate a fund in the treasury for forest purposes. The Department might just as well depend upon direct appropriations at each biennial session for its whole main- tenance, because this will greatly simplify matters and not compli- cate the treasury bookkeeping. Accordingly, on the suggestion of the Department of Forestry, the State Board of Education prepared bills in the form of amendments to the above named sections of the School Code, and these were finally approved by the Governor. Among the most notable of the foregoing acts is the forest protec- tion code, which seeks to consolidate the law relating to the protec- tion of forests, both in public and private ownership. Since the chief damage to forests is wrought by fire, the protection code nat- urally in large part relates to fire damage. It revises the system of forest fire wardens, provides for district fire wardens, and is put into charge of an officer of the Department who is known as the Chief Forest Fire Warden. On September 1, 1915, Mr. George H. Wirt, formerly Forest Inspector and Director of the Forest Academy at Mont Alto, was designated Chief Forest Fire Warden, and as- sumed the duties of his office on that date. Mr. H. W. Siggins, one of the State Foresters of the class of 1914, was appointed clerk in this Bureau. No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 19 •'1 r ii The report of operations of the Forest Protection Bureau since its formation, to the end of 1915, and a general consideration of the forest fire situation in the State, together with a list of the present forest fire wardens, are contained in the separate report of the Chief of the Bureau, which may be had upon application to the Depart- ment. It is not included herein because of its length. A summary of the data derived respecting forest fires in the State during the period covered by this report, is to be found at page 14. LEGAL AFFAIRS. A report on forest fire and the legal action necessary to enforce the law in cases where it was possible to procure evidence to begin action appears elsewhere. On March 24, 1914, James G. Hailstone, of Moosic, Lackawanna county, paid the Department $20.00 for Christmas trees cut within the Lackawanna State Forest. The defendant claimed that the trees were mistakenly and erroneously cut, believing that he was on the land of another, from whom he had received permission to make cuttings. In satisfaction of the damage done, the above amount was paid in settlement to the Department and by it deposited with the State Treasurer. For a long time a dispute existed between the Department and the Patterson Heirs with respect to the boundary line between their respective lands in Lack township, Juniata county. The subject became such a matter of controversy that in order to enforce the De- partment's rights and prevent illegal cutting upon land claimed to be State property, an action in ejectment was begun in the courts of Juniata county to determine finally the rights of the parties and fix their respective boundaries. The case was placed upon the trial list at several terms of court, but for one cause ^or another it was postponed until the early part of 1915, when the Patterson Heirs through their counsel consented to a compromise arrangement by means of which the rights of all parties would be equally well determined. An agreement was accordingly entered into, being in the nature of a conveyance of the rights claimed by the Pattersons in part, and entered among the records of Juniata county. The compromise line has since been carefully marked upon the ground and it is expected no further difficulty from this cause will arise. 20 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, 31 Among the lands purchased by the Department in Bratton town- ship, Mifflin county, is the James Smith tract of 400 acres, 48 perches. Through a letter from counsel representing H. R. Hatfield, dated June 17, 1915, the Department was advised of a claim to this tract made by Hatfield. The ultimate question of ownership will be determined by the validity of certain tax sales, the title to the Com- monwealth at the time of purchase having been decided good under the tax sales in question. The meagerness of the earlier records of Mifflin county is responsible for the raising of this difficulty, just as similar title difficulties are raised in other counties through the imperfections and other faults relating to title records. The facts in the above case, with notice of claim, and a copy of the Commonwealth's brief of title, were referred to the Attorney General July 1, 1915, and the matter is at present in that office awaiting disposition. The case of Commonwealth vs. T. W. Lauver, of Mifflin county, was simply referred to in the last report. Since then this case, which was an action in trespass with an accompanying writ of estrepement, was so proceeded in that a verdict was obtained against the defend- ant in the sum of |48.00 with costs. The court discharged a rule for a new trial and on motion of Commonwealth's counsel, the amount of the verdict was doubled in accordance with the act of Assembly. A judgment in the sum of |9G.00 and costs was accord- ingly entered in 1915 against Mr. Lauver. At the close of the period covered by this report, the Commonwealth is awaiting the expira- tion of the six months in which the defendant is allowed to take an appeal to the Superior Court. In the course of the survey of the Hull Forest, it was discovered that a tract of 69.1 acres in warrants 2189 and 2190 had been erro- neously conveyed a second time by the Commonwealth's grantors to one F. A. Bonawitz* and before the error was discovered Mr. Bonawitz had cut a considerable quantity of timber from this tract. The question of damages and proper compensation were then taken up with the Commonwealth's grantors, Messrs. Thomas Cobb et al., in an endeavor to procure a proper settlement. The grantors ad- mitted the double grant and assumed liability for all damages. Upon estimate being made thereof, it was agreed between the De- partment and the grantors' legal representative that the damage should be settled for in the sum of $155.00, which amount was ac- cordingly paid August 23, 1915, and de^posit^d with the State Treasurer. On April 19, 1915, Forester H. C. Evans requested George Smith of Jersey Mills to assist him in the extinction of a forest fire. Smith not only had no reasonable excuse to refuse, but directly and point- edly refused to go or to render any assistance. Feeling that it was necessary to enforce the law in this case respecting forced assis- tance, the Department brought an action against Smith. The case was heard before Alderman Rianhard of Williamsport. The defend- ant at first entered the plea of not guilty, but finally concluded to change his plea to one of guilty and submit himself to the mercy of the alderman. The purpose of the Department here was not to show vindictiveness, but to teach the defendant and others of his kind that the law w^as made to be obeyed. The alderman accordingly im- posed upon him a fine of |1.00 and costs, amounting in the aggregate to I1G.G7, which was paid by the defendant most gladly. The effect of this prosecution has been salutary and the probabilities are that there will be less resistance to the reasonable calls of the forest of- ficers in the Pine Creek region. On April 8, 1915, Herman McFerren, a young man from Tomstown, Franklin county, was arrested on a charge of firing the woods. At a hearing before a justice of the peace in Chambersburg on April 13th, the defendant was held to bail for trial in court and the case was heard before a jury April 29th. The evidence introduced by the Commonwealth to sustain the charge against the defendant was of ample quality to insure conviction, but the jury acquitted the de- fendant without anj^ other than a sympathetic reason for doing so. It is quite probable that this defendant is sub-normal both mentally and physically. That his predilection runs to fire was abundantly proved, and the fact is well known that his presence in any locality apart from close restraint is a menace to the community. If this boy had been convicted as he should have been, the court could have exercised its powers in having him committed to the kindly custody of an institution where men of his temperament may be cared for and receive proper medical treatment. As it is, the jury turned him loose upon the community. The quality of the testimony introduced on behalf of the defendant was of such character that intelligent think- ing, reasonable men could not have done otherwise than reject it, yet the jury decided otherwise. A curious feature of this trial was the attempt of the jury to divide the costs between the defendant and the prosecutor. The prosecu- tion having been brought by Forester Lewis E. Staley under direction of the Department, the court immediately made an order relieving Mr. Staley of these costs, and placed them on the county. While the Commonwealth failed to secure a conviction in this case, the costs and expense in which this defendant was involved were of such moment that it is hoped the imposition of even half the costs upon him will be the means of preventing future exercise of the peculiar talent he seems to possess for the application of burning matches to inflammable material. Because of the failure of a Franklin county jury to do its full duty as the evidence demanded it should be done, the court itself 22 No. 26. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. Oflf. Doc. expressing its opinion that the defendant in its belief undoubtedly was guilty, the county of Franklin was involved in the expenses of a criminal trial and the payment of half the costs. Just so long as the citizens of this county feel that they are capable of bearing pa- tiently this sort of thing, the Department will try to exercise an equal degree of patience. Some time prior to September, 1913, E. H. Young of Lock Haven conveyed a tract of land to H. V. Wilhelm of the same place. In showing the lines to Mr. Wilhelm, the latter contends he was shown a line which was claimed to be the boundary between the land about to be sold to him and the Hopkins State Forest. Mr. Wilhelm pro- ceeded with his cutting operation but in doing so, crossed the real boundary between the forest and the private land, and cut a consid- erable quantity from State land. Upon the fact being discovered, a claim for proper compensation was made against Mr. Wilhelm who declined payment and resisted an attempt to collect anything. ' It was necessary, therefore, to commence an action for damages against Mr. Wilhelm as of January term, 1914. Prior to the trial of the case, Mr. Wilhelm and his counsel made a proposition of settlement which the Department agreed to accept only on condition that the defendant pay all the costs and expenses incurred to date. This he agreed to do, and the claim was finally settled and the case discontinued upon the defendant's payment to the Department of $768.53 on September 22, 1914, which amount was promptly paid into the State Treasury. In November, 1912, it was discovered that William Douty of Mif- flinburg had cut considerable pine timber on the Mary Albright war- rant, a part of the Jacks Mountain Forest. The matter was taken up with Mr. Douty for settlement. He denied his liability on the ground that the cutting was not intentional and that he believed that the line to which he was entitled to cut lay elsewhere. The matter was allowed to drift along in the hope that the defendant would make a proper settlement and not create the necessity for bringing suit. This he declined to do, so that the aid of counsel was invoked and settlement was finally procured in the sum of $G1.33, being the esti- mated treble damage in accord with the law where conversion follows the act of trespass. This sum was paid to the State Treasurer on March 2, 1914. A claim by adverse possession has recently been made by one Silas W. Munn to a portion of the George Mead warrant 5354 in Girard township, Clearfield county. At the time of the conveyance to the Commonwealth there was no notice of occupancy or possession of any kind, and of course nothing of record evidencing such claim. The grantor in this case is Harry B. Mingle of New York City. The ques- tion to be decided is first w^hether Munn's claim is good. If it be held good, whether Mingle should not make restitution to the Com- monwealth for the portion claimed. This matter was referred to the Attorney General July 8, 1915, and still remains in his hands awaiting disposition. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The fiscal years for which appropriations were made do not cor- respond with the period covered by this report. Expenditures made from January 1, 1914 to June 1, 1915, were covered by appropriations made at the session of 1913, and a portion thereof by the appropria- tions made in 1907 for the purchase of a small land area contracted for during that fiscal period. The expenditures made for the period June 1, 1915 to January 1, 1916, were paid from the appropria- tions made at the session of 1915, out of which appropriations the Department must continue to conduct its affairs to June 1, 1917. The appropriations for the sessions 1913 and 1915 were as follows : 1913. Salaries of officers and clerks specifically provided for by law, f 17,000 00 Contingent expenses, 5,000 00 Traveling expenses, Members of the Commission, 5,000 00 Foresters' salaries and expenses, 110,000 00 Forest Rangers' salaries and expenses, 125,000 00 Draftsmen, Bookkeepers, Stenographers, and Messen- gers, 15,000 00 Surveys, 10,000 00 Labor, 100,000 00 Title examination, 4,000 00 Maintenance, protection, care, planting, and improve- ment of State Forests, and for the encouragement, pro- motion, and development of forestry, 65,000 00 Fixed charges for roads, 40,000 00 Fixed charges for schools, 40,000 00 Purchase of lands, 50,000 00 Prevention and Extinction of Forest Fires, and Ex- penses, 50,000 00 State Forest Academy, 20,000 00 Deficiency for Title Examination, 5,514 21 Deficiency for the prevention and extinction of forest fires, and expenses, 2,798 43 \.\ 21 REPORT OF THE Deficiency, traveling and necessary expenses of Members of the Commission, Off. Doc. 126 30 Total, 1664,438 94 1915. Salaries of officers and clerks specifically provided for by law, Contingent expenses, Traveling expenses. Members of the Commission, Foresters' and Rangers' salaries and expenses, Draftsmen, Bookkeepers, Stenographers, and Messen- gers, Surveys, Labor, Title examination, Incidental expenses, Purchase of lands, Forest fires, District foresters, Deficiency for the prevention and extinction of forest fires, and expenses, Fixed charges for roads, Fixed charges for schools, State Forest Academy, 117,000 00 4,000 00 5,000 00 225,000 00 18,000 00 4,000 00 85,000 00 3,000 00 50,000 00 40,000 00 45,000 00 8,500 00 17,500 00 42,000 00 42,000 00 20,000 00 Total, 1619,700 00 From the above appropriations there were expended period covered by this report, the following amounts: Salaries of officers and clerks, Foresters' and Rangers' salaries and expenses, Expenses, Members of the Commission, Contingent expenses, Draftsmen, Bookkeepers, Stenographers, and Messen- gers, Surveys, Labor, Title examination, Incidental expenses, Purchase of Lands: 1907 Appropriation, $6,414 12 1913 Appropriation, 19,490 80 1915 Appropriation, 2,024 05 during the ?17,000 00 240,447 33 5,063 13 4,780 57 16,000 00 11,202 19 90,276 93 5,969 58 63,120 35 27,928 97 No, 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 25 Forest fires, 47,750 77 Deficiency for the prevention and extinction of forest fires, 15,196 15 District Foresters, 991 12 Fixed charges for roads, 39,795 13 Fixed charges for schools, 38,957 29 Forest Academy, 20,431 29 Total $644,910 80 RECEIPTS FROM THE STATE FORESTS. January 1, 1914 to December 31, 1915. During the two years covered by this report, the returns from the State Forests, by forests, are shown by the following table: Forest. Amount. Austin, $5 00 Bald Eagle, 194 93 Bedford, 557 83 Bear Meadows, 86 57 Barree, 1,866 48 Black Forest, 134 00 Blackwells, 480 62 Buchanan, 79 68 Buffalo, 365 52 Brumbaugh, 87 00 Caledonia, 1,537 02 Chatham, 52 48 Clearfield, 136 00 Greenwood, 563 30 Grays Run, 243 22 Hull, 2,489 17 Hopkins, 3,247 91 Jacks Mountain, 1,012 93 Karthaus, 56 30 Kishacoquillas, 145 00 Kettle Creek, 8 48 Lackawanna, 20 00 Ix)yalsock, 12 00 Mont Alto, 1,300 82 Medix, 572 31 Minisink, 173 00 McClure, 105 54 |!^^, m. 26 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. McElhattan, 27 25 Nittany, . . . : 158 38 Ole Bull, 97 50 Penfield, 10 00 Pennypacker, 144 25 Pine Grove, 4,262 68 x^iiie. ..•.•..•....•.•..••.....•••...•«.• uo \j\j Jl oconOj > *j*j Promised Land, 120 43 Penn, 72 13 x\0 Lnrocji, ...........••...«••..•....••• j.,o^o I J. Sinnemahoning, 1,042 33 Slate Run, . 484 22 Snow Shoe, 25 00 Stuart, 1,572 82 Stone, 631 99 Seven Mountain, 72 18 Tea Spring, 60 00 White Deer, 95 74 Whetham, 1,007 23 Young Womans Creek, 46 00 Total, $28,550 48 Total receipts from all sources from organization to December 31, 1915, 1104,709.15. PERMANENT CAMP LEASES. Under authority conferred upon the Department by act of March 27, 1913, the leasing of permanent camp sites was continued. To the close of that year the Department awarded 47 leases. The applica- tion for leases has continued in greatly increased numbers, and to December 31, 1915, the number awarded has reached a total of 311. Of this number 21 have been cancelled, 30 withdrawn, and 8 failed to furnish the proper information for making up their leases, leaving in force 252 leases. Those granted in the years 1914 and 1915 are as follows : 1. Robert K. Ritter, 115 Ettweln St., Beth- ; Mud Pond, Porter township, Pike county, ! |8 00 lehem. Pa. , ' 1 18. Chas. L. Detrlck, 314 Cameron Ave., i Wohlheiter Camp No. 1, White Deer town- 1 6 00 Milton, Pa. 1 ship. Union county. i 30. Henry Z. Gaul, 626 Gordon St., Reading, , Monnmont Camp, Hartley township, Union i 6 00 Ph. ' county. | No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. It I 34. 35. 36. 37. 39. 41. 41. 43. 45. 47. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 54. 54. 55. 66. 66. 57. 57. 68. 59. 60. 61. 62. 62. 63. 64. 65. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 70. 73. 74. 74. 75. 76. 76. 77. 78. 79. 79. 80. J. Will Kepler, Pine Grove Mills, Pa.,, J. G. AUgyer, Belleville, Pa F. L. Stewart, Petersburg, Pa., Bernard Long, 184 Myers St., B. Strouds- burg. Pa. Jos. M. Detrick, Lock Haven, Pa., Jos. S. Hummel,* New Berlin, Pa., Charles Scanlin, Leetonia, Pa A. M. Lauver, 2000 5th Ave., Altoona, Pa. C. D. Frankhouse, Port Royal, Pa John A. Leinbach,* Lancaster, Pa S. H. Strunk. Miffllnburg, Pa W. K. Swetland, Coudersport, Pa., W. T. Mcllvaine. Franklinvllle, Pa E. L. Harpster, Franklinvllle, Pa J. D. Dotey, Dingman's Ferry, Pa., J. W. Price,t Upland, Pa C. P. Jacox,t Clearfield, Pa., W. J. Britton, Brockwayville, Pa., W. J. Ritchie, 1020 Washington St.. Williamsport, Pa. E. E. Enyeart.t Huntingdon, Pa., E. C. Tobias, Woolrich, Pa R. L. Watts, t State College, Pa John Stephenson, Greensburg, Pa Philip D. Foster, State College, Pa W. F. Oolyer, Centre Hall, Pa., W. F. Bradford,! Centre Hall, Pa H. R. Koch, McAlevysfort, Pa J. E. Reed.t Pine Grove Mills, Pa R. S. Stover, Millhelm, Pa B. D. Fisher, Watsontown, Pa D. C. Cochrane, State College, Pa., .... 0. B. Bruner.t Lock Haven, Pa Thomas Shepherd, Dingmnns Ferry, Pa., Leonard Lachat, Lock Haven, Pa Ralph Angle, Edgemere, Pa H. D. Garretson, Dingmnns Ferry, Pa., W. B. KaulTman, Mattawana, Pa Harry W. Harpster. 5 Franklinvllle, Pa., A. M. Baldwin, Wellsboro, Pa., Thos. R. Selfe. Lock Haven, Pa., F. B. Reinwald.t Gaines, Pa., Chas. F. Pitts, Slnnemahoning, Pa., .. Albert Deming, Lawrencevllle, Pa Blind Huff.t New Columbia, Pa Grant Butler, Clearfield, Pa., H. B. Cruver, Bangor, Pa Lawrence Dale. East Stroudsburg, Pa., Rupert P. Nilis.t Egypt Mills, Pa J. W. Skillington. Slnnemahoning, Pa., L. Chapman Smith, Lawrencevllle, Pa., Ewing Spring. Franklin township, Hun- tingdon county. Dutch Shanty, Jackson township, Hunting- don county . Battle Swamp, Logan township, Hunting- don county. Big Pine Flat, Porter township. Pike county. Left Hand Sugar Camp, Grugan township, Clinton county. Boney Shanty, Spring township, Snyder county. Scanlin Camp, Morris township, Tioga county. Hiram Ross Site, Jackson township, Hun- tingdon county. Rag Hollow, Jackson township, Hunting- don county. Camp Deep Spring, Grugan township, Clin- ton county. Winkelbleck Fields, Haines township. Cen- tre cotmty. Swartwood, Stewardson township. Potter county. Dark Hollow, Franklin township. Hunting- don county. Path Spring. Franklin township, Hunting- don county. Five Mile Meadow, Dingman township. Pike county. Elbow Swamp, Porter township. Pike county. Weilder Field, Pine township. Clearfield county. Mouth of Sullivan Camp Draft, Gibson township, Cameron county. Ferney First Branch, Colebrook township. Clinton county. Frew Camp, Miller township, Huntingdon county. Cold Spring, Grugan township, Cllnbrn county. Hubler's Gap, Jackson township, Huntln;;- don coimty. Whiting No. 4, Cook township. Westmore- land county. Hubler's Gap, Jackson township, Hunting- don county. Stone Creek Gap, Potter township, Centro county. Maple Spring, Potter township, Centrf county. Glbboney Mill Site, Jackson township, Hun- tingdon county. Gum Hill, Jackson township, Huntingdon county. Whetstone Gap, Haines township. Centre county. Dogtown Camp, West Buffalo township. Union county. Shlngletown Trail, Jackson township, Hun- tingdon county. Head of Smith Run, Noyes township. Clin- ton county. Peck's Dam, Porter township. Pike county, Poorman Hollow, Woodward township, Clin- ton county. Mud Pond, Porter township. Pike county, .. Sliver Spring, Porter township. Pike county, Hickory Shanty, Bratton township, Mifflin county. Colerain Spring, Franklin township, Hun- tingdon county. Willis Plantation, Cummings township, Ly- coming county. White Pine Camp, Grugan township, Clinton ton county. Pipe Line Spring, Brown township, Lycom- ing county. Bee Tree Hollow, Gibson township, Cam- eron county. Cold Spring, Brown township, Lycoming county. Mile Run, West Buffalo township. Union county. Weilder Field, Pine township, Clearfield county. Junction of Porter's Lake and Beaver Run Road, Porter township. Pike county. Peck's Dam, Porter township. Pike county. Little Mud Pond, Portor township. Pike county. Head of Wolf Hollow, Gibson township, Cameron county. Mouth of Dougherty Run. Brown township, Lycoming county. 800 5 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 6 00 5 00 600 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 8 00 6 00 8 00 8 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 600 600 6 00 5 00 5 00 6 00 8 00 8 00 8 00 5 or 6 00 'r •Revoked for cause. tWithdrawn. JRevoked. SVacatad. 28 REPORT OF THE Ott. Doc. No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 81. J. L. Pursley, North Warren, Pa., — 82. Frank G. Chorpenning, Clearfield, Pa., 83. Solomon Kline, Clearfield, Pa., 84. Merit B. Luce, Westfleld, Pa 85. H. F. MuBser, Spring Mills, Pa 86. J. B. Gentzel, Bellefonte, Pa 87. E. A. Schwenk, Loganton. Pa 88. P. H. Dale, State College, Pa 89. Chas. W. Williams, 1! Williamsport, Pa., 90. Nestor Bberly, Mt. Union, Pa 91. F. C. Vaughan, Huntingdon, Pa 92. M. N. Fowler, Summerville, Pa 93. Charles Glassner,§ Jersey Shore, Pa., .. 93. J. A. Cramer, Desire, Pa 94. Chas. F. Reinard.t Mount Carmel, Pa., 94. S. D. Longeneckor, Petersburg, Pa., 95. Frank B. Holcomb, Westfleld, Pa., 96. John M. Fisher, Bellefonte, Pa 97. Lemuel Smedley.t Wellsboro, Pa 98. C. S. Merrick, Knoxville, Pa 99. George C. Kramer, Clearfield, Pa., 100. D. L. Stephens, t Altoona, Pa 101. John 0. Pattisou, Elkland, Pa., 104. S. D. Grifl3th, Curwensville, Pa., 105. W. E. Tobias, t Clearfield, Pa 105. Lewis Gaylor. Clearfield. Pa., 106. W. L. Fox, care American Gas Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 107. John L. Grove, Steelton, Pa , 108. T. L. Farwell, North Bend. Pa 109. John Baker, North Bend, Pa 110. B. C. Gourley, Punxsutawney, Pa., 111. F. A. Kleckner, Mifflinburg, Pa 112. F. A. Rabold, 510 7th St., Altoona, Pa., 113. C. J. Rager, Naginey, Pa 114. A. W. Thompson, Lewistown, Pa., 115. Geo. R. Walton, Malvern. Pa., 116. Ner Middleswarth, Troxelvllle, Pa 117. W. R. Harding. Blossburg, Pa 118. J. R. Rishel, TurbotvlUe, Pa 119. Linn A. Shaflfee.t Jersey Shore, P«., — 119. C. E. Roseberry.t Clearfield, Pa., 119. Alfred Jury, Clearfield, Pa 120. R. L. Watts, State College, Pa., , 121. Leroy Wilson, DuBols, Pa , •••••• 122. E. L. Shope,* 1700 N. Second St., Har- risburg. Pa. 12.3, A. W. Womer, Jersey Shore, Pa 124. I. E. Greenwood, Carlisle, Pa., Huffnagle Gap, Hartley township. Union coimty. Harpster's Camp, Pine township, Clearfield county. Sand Bed Camp, Pine township, Clearfield county. Lebo Camp, Stewardson township. Potter county. Sand Spring, Brown township, MiflSlin county. Junction of Three Runs, Karthaus township, Clearfield county. Cooper's Mill Camp, Lewis township. Union county. Site near State College Water Company's Dam, Harris township. Centre county. Pine Tree Spring, Beech Creek township, Clinton county. Camp Forsythe, Shirley township, Hunting- don county. Elliott Camp, Shirley township, Huntingdon county. The Log Cabin, Benezette township. Elk county. Wilcox Camp, Stewardson township. Potter county. Kelly's Cellar, Pine township, Clearfield county. Seven Mile Camp, Ablx)tt township, Potter county. Traveler's Spring, Logan township, Hun- tingdon county. Sliade Grove Camp. Abbott township, Pot- ter- county, Riley Camp, Harris township. Centre count.v. Near Mt. Tom, Shippen township, Tioga county. Merrick's Camp, Stewardson township, Pot- ter county. Murrel Oflice Camp, Pine township, Clear- field county. Head Big Birch Run, West Keating town- ship, Clinton county. Maplcdale Camp, Abbott township. Potter coimty. Painter Place, Pine township, Clearfield county. Berkey Camp, Pine township, Clearfield county. Jury Mill, Pine township, Clearfield county, West Shore Peck's Pond, Porter township. Pike county. Greenlick Cottage, Chapman township, Clin- ton cotuity. Geiser Hollow, Chapman township, Clinton county. Patchell Camp, Chapman township, Clinton county. Head of Lower Three Runs, Gibson town- ship, Cameron county. Panther Run Bridge, Hartley township, ' TTnion county. Head West Branch of Laurel Run, Brown township, Mifflin county. Old Steam Mill, Armagh township, Mifflin county. Buckwheat Shanty, Armagh township, Mifflin county. Logan Spring, Brown township, Mifflin county. Cold Spring, Spring township, Snyder county. Stone Pump House, Brown township, Ly- coming county. Old Fourth Gap House, Washington town- ship, Lycoming county. Head of Benson Run, Chapman township, Clinton county. Happy-Go-Lucky Camp, Pine township, Clearfield county. Oak Spring, Girard township, Clearfield county, Milliken Mill Site, Jackson township, Hun- tingdon coimt.v. Mouth of Mud Lick Hollow, Benezette town- ship. Elk county. Treaster's Mill Site, Brown township Mifflin county. Mouth of Billjohn Branch of Trout Run, McHenry township, Lycoming county. Laurel Lake, Cooke townsliip, Cumberlano> county. 5 00 6 00 SOO 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 6 00 600 6 00 5 00 6 GO 5 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 3 00 5 00 600 5 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 8 00 600 6 00 5 00 5 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 3 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 600 No charge. 5 OG 6 00 6 00 16 00 125. B. M. Biddle, Carlisle, Pa 126. John L. Hall, Williamsport, Pa,, 127. Irvin W. Gleason, Gleasonton, Pa 128. James B. Gleason, Gleasonton, Pa., — 129 Geo. H. Hardner, Allentown, Pa., 130. Charles H. Irvin, Big Run, Pa 13L BenJ. W. Irvin, Big Run, Pa 132. Geo. K. Mosser, Noxen, Pa., 133. Henry S. Mosser, Newberry, Pa 134. W. S. Harris, Lock Haven, Pa 135. Harry C. Trexler, Allentown, Pa., 136. J. M. Kelly, Curwensville. Pa., 137. T. J. Kirk, Luthersburg, Pa 138. W. L. Jones, Bellwood, Pa 139. E. O. Bristol, Galeton, Pa 140. George E. Thustin, Barnesboro, Pa 141. Wilbur S. Wilson, t E. Stroudsburg, Pa., 141. G. C. Myers, Gardners, Pa 142. John C. Rogers, Williamsport, Pa., .... 143. Augustus Middaugh, Dlngmans Ferry, Pa. 144. A. E.* Dunn, Falls Creek, Pa 145. Alfred Holton, Tioga, Pa 146. H. B. Cloos, Middlebury Centre, Pa,, 147. Robinson Rosier, Carlisle, Pa 148. C. B. Wright, 1111 N. 3d St., Harris- burg, Pa. 149. A, D, Kramer, Kreamer, Pa 150. John Mills, Houtzdale, Pa., ... 151 .Seth Maines, Woodland, Pa., 152. Lee S. North, Punxsutawney, 153. Wm. A. Black, Aspers, Pa., . 164. A. M. Bowman, t Lemoyne, Pa. 154. Jacob B. Feather, 725 Green St., Allen- town, Pa. 155. Clarence Keel, DuBols, Pa., 156. W. H. Beatty,** Duquesne, Pa,, 157. Harry McCartney, Carlisle, Pa., 158. B. A. Moist, Ryde, Pa., 159. J. C. Arnold, Ryde, Pa 160. C. G. Corbin, Granville, Pa., ... 161. J. Linn Harris, Bellefonte, Pa.. 162. Clayton Seltz, MountvlUe, Pa., . 163. M. S. Demlng,t Tioga, Pa., 163. Geo. S. Seese, 219 Bloom St., Dunmore, Pa. 164. F. P. Farwell, Galeton, Pa 165. Alvin M. Whitney, Ulysses, Pa., 166. J. H. Brooks. Neffs Mills, Pa., . 167. O. W. Alexander, Clarion, Pa., . 168. W. P. Neff.S Altoona, Pa Laurel Lake, Cooke township, Cumberland county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan townsliip, Clinton county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan township, Clinton county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan township, Clinton county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan township, Clinton county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan township, Clinton county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan township, Clinton county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan township, Clinton county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan township, Clinton county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan township, Clinton county. Near Otzinachson Park, Grugan township, Clinton county. Head Horn Shanty Creek, Pine township, Clearfield county. Head of Coupler Run, Pine township, Clearfield county. Spotts Spring, Logan township, Huntingdon county. Abbott Camp, Abbott township. Potter county. Head of Big Birch Island Run, West Keating township. Clinton county. Slippery Rock, Porter township. Pike county, liaurel Dam, Cooke township, Cumberland county. Thompson Hollow, Cummings township, Ly- coming county. Head of Saw Creek, Porter township, Pike county. Head of Barr Run, Benezette township. Elk county. Shay's Spring, Brown township, Lycoming county. Big Spring, Stewardson townsliip. Potter count.v. Laurel Lake, Cooke township, Cumberland county. Head of Jerry Lick Draft, Gibson township, Cameron county. Decall Gap, Spring township, Snyder county. Head of Trout Run, Goshen township, Clearfield county. Dickson Farm, Goshen township, Clearfield county. Head of Lower Three Runs, Karthaus township, Clearfield county. Dull Place, Cooke township, Cumberland county. Ilinkle Place, Cooke township, Cumberland county. Mud Pond, Porter township. Pike county. Head of Whitney Run, Pine township, Clearfield county. Mouth of Laurel Run, Gibson township, (Cameron county. Site at Laurel, Cooke township, Cumber- land county. Coal Hearth Camp, Bratton township, Mifflin county. Owl's Nest, Wayne township, Mifflin county. Corbin Spring. Milford township, Juniata county. River View Camp. Shirley township, Hun- tingdon county. White Oak Crossing, Lack township, Ju- niata county. Foster Hollow Spring, Brown township, Ly- coming county. Seese Camp, Green township. Pike county, Robinson's Camp, Stewardson township, Potter county. LeiK) Camp No. 2, Stewardson township, I'otter county. Sand Spring, West township, Huntingdon count.y. Blackwell Spring, Benezette township. Elk county. Tunnel Hill Camp, Spruce Creek township, Huntingdon county. 12 00 50 50 60 .50 60 50 50 60 60 50 6 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 8 00 12 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 15 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 8 00 8 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 15 00 6 00 7 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 ;i Ira nsf erred to William Wa't «me!rt>urg. Pa. •Transferred to Wm. H. K^nier, Milroy, Pa. tWithdrawn. tRevoked. SVacated. ♦•Transferred to George B. Sorrlck, Monongahela City. Pa. tWithdrawn. tRevoked. SVacated. 4' so FtEPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 168. J. A. Gulp, 2230 N. 4th St., Harrlsburg, Pa. 169. N. J. Tomlinson, 834 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa. 170. Mrs. M. L. B. Stuart, Carlisle, Pa 171. Claude Flood, t Keewaydin, Pa., i71. H. N. Fenstamaker, 94 S. 6th Ave., 172. J. F. Broiise, Mifflinburg, Pa , 173. John Giles, Tyrone, Pa 174. L. D. Blackwelder, Bedford, Pa. 175. J. L. Fisher, Wellsboro, Pa., .. 176. R. V. Sharp, Barree, Pa., .... 177. D. 11. Eckman, Danville, Pa., 178. Ghas. S. Edelman, Mifflinburg, Pa., •••••< 179. Ira B. Clark, DuBois, Pa 180. P. G. Fenton, Mahanoy City, Pa., 181. E. S. Moore, Medix Run, Pa., .... 182. W. G. Raymond, Boalsburg, Pa., 183. J. B. Chambers, Mifflinburg, Pa 184. J. H. Coulter, Reedsville, Pa., 185. Hosea Johnson, Reedsville, Pa 186. Robert Whittaker, South Sterling, Pa., 187. S. C. Bardlne, Newton Hamilton, Pa., .. 188. F. Mark Bream, Gettysburg, Pa. 189. John I. HuBS.t Sprlnp Mills, Pa., 189. M. M. Bricker, Lewlstown, Pa 190. George H. Johnson, Galeton, Pa., . 191. W. D. Melcher, Bast Altoona, Pa., 192. J. G. Schriner, Wllllamsport, Pa., . 193. O. E. Miller, S care Logan Coal Co., Beaverdale, Pa. 193. Amos Miller, Trout Run, Pa , 194. John B. Shellenberger, Hollidaysburg, Pa., R. D. No. 2. 195. J. M. Baker, Beaver Springs, Pa., 196. I. W. Reed, Philipston, Pa 197. W. G. Lawrence, Ariel, Pa 198. Joseph R. Kendig.t Renovo, Pa., 199. Wm. H. Hoffner,5 Huntingdon, Pa., R. D. No. 2. 199. K. D. Packer, Lock Haven, Pa., 200. U. S. Koons.t 416 Harrison Bldg., Phila- delphia, Pa. 200. Andrew B. McGiU, East Stroudsburg, Pa. 201. John Frankovltch, Farrell, Pa 202. Frank T. ShoUey, Hemdon, Pa., 208. H. T. Frankenfield, BushkiU, Pa., . 204. Peter B. Hershey, Parkesburg, Pa., 206. B. W. I-«e,5 Stroudsburg, Pa. 205. D. L. Wilson, 208 Main St., Lock Haven, Pa. 206. William C. Carle, Youngwood, Pa 207. Harry W. Barth.t Mount Penn, Pa 208. M. A. Garman, 522 Gurtin St., Harris- burg. Pa. 209. P. B. Klingman, Mifflinburg, Pa 210. Chas. W. Stoddart, State College, Pa., .. 211. Clarence Stone, Stroudsburg, Pa., tWlthdrawn. {Revoked. IVacated. Cliristman Mill, Grugan township, Clinton county. Hickory Swale, Cummlngs township, Lycom- ing connt.v. Near Pine Grove Furnace, Cooke townhip, Cumberland county. Flood Spring, Girard township, Clearfield county. Bake Oven Camp, Benezette township. Elk county. Molasses Gap Spring, Hartley township, R. D. 4, Union county. North end of Vandebender Ridge, Logan townsliip, Huntingdon county. Blankly Place, Colerain township, Bedford coimty. Manchester Camp, Shippen township, Tioga county. Sharp Spring, Logan township, Huntingdon county. Sand Spring, Lewis township. Union county. Halfway Run, Hartley township. Union county. Larsen Camp, Benezette township, Elk county. Cannon Hole, McHenry tdwnship, Lycom- ing county. " Doyletown Camp, Benezette township, Elk county. Birch Spring, Harris township, Centre county. Yankee Run, Miles township. Centre county. Crab Apple Hollow, Brown township, Mifflin county. Otter Gap Cabin, Union township, Mifflin county. Promised Land, Palmyra township. Pike county. Cool Spring, Wayne township, Mifflin county. Marsh Creek Camp, Franklin township, Adnms county. Big Flat, Armagh township, Mifflin county, Buckhorn Camp, Armagh township, Mifflin coimty. Clark's Shanty, Brown township, Lycoming county. Duncan & Wills Camp. Cass township, Huntingdon county. Red Ridge Spring, Plunketts Creek town- ship, Lycoming county. Bear Hollow Spring, Lewis township, Ly- coming county. Bear Hollow Spring, Lewis township, Xy- coming county. Leo Spring, Logan township, Huntingdon county. Spruce Run, Lewis township. Union county. Fork of Red Run, Benezette township. Elk county. DeWltt Camp, Dingman township, Pike coimty. Head of Mill Run, Grugan township, Clin- ton county. Hoover Camp, Miller township, Huntingdon county. Pine Grove Camp, Grugan township, Clinton county. Mud Pond, Porter township. Pike county, Mud Pond, Porter township, Pike county. Summit Camp, Benezette township. Elk county. Chestnut Flat Camp, Lewis township, Union county. Mud Pond, Porter township. Pike county, 8!>rHce Spring, Harris township. Centre county. Slippery Rock, Porter township. Pike county. Old Pine Camp, Grugan township, Clinton county. Mouth of Wild Cat Gap Run, Harris town- ship, Centre county. Dark Hollow. Grugan township, Clinton county. King Hollow, Colebrook township, Clinton county. Bear Gap, Hartley township. Union county, Forks Camp, Harris township. Centre county. Mud Pond, Porter township. Pike county, 5 00 6 00 8 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 8 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 8 00 600 6 00 5 00 6 00 5 00 500 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 500 6 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 8 00 8 00 6 00 6 00 8 00 6 00 8 00 6 00 6 00 eoo 6 00 5 00 6 00 800 No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 212. W. H. Beidler. 106 E. 18th St., Erie, Pa., 213. W. E. Bell, Altoona, Pa 214. H. L. Briscoe, Notch, Pa 215. Geo. W. Parsons, Neffs Mills, Pa 216. D. Dawson Yeakel, Oak Lane, Pa., .... 217. C. T. Mahon, Fayetteville, Pa 218. A. J. Herbster. Laurelton, Pa 219. Geo. B. Dechant, Renovo, Pa 220. Clyde Wilson, 825 Second Ave., New Kensington, Pa. 221. L. t>. Hoffman, 501 Keystone Ave., Sayre Pa. 222. W. H. McQuilken, Glen Campbell, Pa., 223. Howard Terhune, Chambersburg, Pa., .. 224. J. W. Shaver, 396 Linden Ave., Johns- town, Pa. 225. Pliil M. Johnson, Scotland, Pa., 226. Harry Blair, Jr., Mifflinburg, Pa 227. M. S. Mitchell, Clearfield, Pa 228. Calvin E. Propst, Northumberland, Pa., 229. C. A. Long, Lewlstown, Pa., 230. Omar F. Etters, Pitcairn, Pa., 231. Add Blayney, Claysville, Pa 232. G. A. Storm, Cresco, Pa 233. O. W. Zimmerman, Mifflinburg, Pa., .... 234. U. S. Koons. 416 Harrison Bldg., Phila- delphia, Pa. 235. Harry A. Raum, Shippensburg, Pa., .... 236. C. F. Lamberson, Arnot, Pa., 237. R. K. Merrill, Glen Union, Pa., 238. Edward Lewis, Sr., Pine Glen, Pa 239. Clarence White, Porters Lake, Pa., .... 240. F. R. Schrot, Hyde, Pa 241. D. L. Mohney, Clearfield, Pa., 242. Charles Williams, Forksville, Pa 243. H. H. Lamberson, Trough Creek, Pa., .. 244. Frank A. Oak wood. Wash. Ave. & 10th St., Tyrone, Pa. 245. C. D. Douty, Barree, Pa Chrispman Mill Camp, Grugan townhip, Clinton county. Schuar's Draft, Karthaus township, Clear- field county. Wells Spring, Porter township. Pike county. Deep Woods Camp, West township, Hun- tingdon county. Head of Cherry Hollow, Gibson township, ('ameron county. Wild Cat Hill, Franklin township, Adams county. Deer Slayers Camp, Haines township, Cen- tre county. Pioneer Camp, Noyes township, Clinton county. Mossy Spring, Benezette township. Elk county. Lee Hollow, Chapman township, Clinton county. Bull Run, Chapman township, Clinton county. Stillhouse Camp, Franklin township, Adams Ca county. Enoch Hollow Camp, Green township, Cum- berland county. Halfway Place, Hartley township. Union county. Panther Rocks, Pine township, Clearfield county. Bishop Spring, Haines township. Centre county. Muthersbaugh Camp, Bratton township, Mifflin county. Second Splash Dam, Burnside township. Centre county. Fenstamaker Spring, Gibson township, Cam- eron county. Peck's Pond, Porter township. Pike county. counts Holt Camp, Burnside township. Centre 246. C. W. Brouse, Weedville, Pa 247. James F. Bohen, Whitemarsh Valley i;ountry Club. Chestnut Hill, Phila- delphia, Pa. 248. James W. Heacock, Wyncote. Pa 249. W. G. Munsell, Emporium, Pa 250. James D. Counsil,* Sinnemahoning, Pa., 251. James W. Stettler. 1055 W. Main St., Stroudsburg, Pa. 252. A. L. Ueedy. Laurelton, Pa., 253. Peter Gearhart, Clearfield, Pa., R. D. No. 1. 254. Wm. HofTner, Huntingdon, Pa., R. D. No. 2. 255. O. B. Bruner.t Lock Haven, Pa 256. George W. Short, Little Marsh, Pa., .. 267. D. P. Beach, Little Marsh, Pa 2C0. Hiram Slagenwhite. North Bend, Pa., . Hayes Bridge, Hartley township. Union county. Mud Pond, Porter township. Pike county, Mooney Spring, Southampton township, Franklin county. Head of Lloyd Run, Morris township, Tioga county. Pine Spring, Grugan township, Clinton county. Head of Eddylick, Burnside township. Cen- tre county. Peck's Dam, Porter township. Pike county. Moose Creek, Pine township, Clearfield county. Gordon Camp, Pine township, Clearflehl county. Little Swamp, Plunketts Creek township, Lycoming county. Head of i.aurel Run, Cass township, Hun- tingdon county. Irwin Mill Camp, Barree township, Hun- tingdon county. Summit Camp, West township, Huntingdon county. Little Laboard Camp, Gibson township, Cameron county. Mud Pond, Porter township. Pike county. Tar Kiln Creek, Blooming Grove township. Pike county. Buffalo Switch, Portage township, Pottei county. . . ^ Head of Arksill Run, Grove township, Cam- eron county. Black Diamond Camp, Porter township. Pike county. ,, , Sheasley Run, Hartley township. Union county. . . ^, ^ , . Horn Shanty Run, Pine township, Clearfleld county. Martin's Barn, Miller township, Huntingdon county. ^, ^ , , ^,, Head of Smith Run, Noyes township, Clin- ton county. , . _,, Reese Camp, Shippen township, Tioga county. Applebee Camp, Tioga county Seven Mile Run Camp, Chapman township, Clinton county. •Not yet executed, t Revoked. 8 31 600 6 00 8 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 5 OO 6 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 8 00"^ 6 00 8 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 8 00 6 00 20 00 6 00 600 6 00 6 00 6 00 8 00 6 00 5 00 5 00 8 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 5 00 6 00 6 00 32 UEPORT OF THE Off. Doc. No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 3d 274. Jackson Rice, Little Marsh, Pa 276. W. B. Simpson, Huntingdon, Pa., ... 288. Elmer B. Reep, Lawrenceville, Pa., ., Biff Tree Hollow, Shippen township, Tioga 5 00 county. Floyd & Hale Camp, Jackson township, 6 00 Huntingdon county. Reed Camp, Brown township, Lycoming 5 00 county. Leases awarded before December 31, 1915, but not drawD for execu- tion on that date: V. E. Hartle, Meyersdale, Pa., P. A. Hunter, Brookville, Pa., W. C. LeFevre, Lewistown, R. D. No. 2, M. C. Dinger, Morrisdale, Pa Fred Lanterman, Kaylor, Pa Miss Olive Price, Mountain Home, Pa., . H. L. Bowman, Clearfield, Pa., , Hubler Spring, Girard township, Clearfield county. Summit Camp, Benezette township. Elk county. Splash Dam, Bratton township, Mifflin county. Big Spring, Gibson township, Cameron county. Williams Camp, Pine township, Clearfield county. Mud Pond, Porter township. Pike county. Pine township, Clearfield Stone Run, F. B. Yocum, Mapleton Depot, Pa | Wia"" Oak Flat. Cass township, Hunting- don county. 15 00 5 00 6 00 5 00 600 8 00 6 00 6 00 The Department of Forestry is anxious that the people of Pennsylvania shall enjoy the State Forests as camping, hunting, and fishing grounds, and every possible facility consistent with the' pro- tection and development of the Forests will be furnished our people to this end. The recreation and enjoyment to be obtained in the woods is being more and more appreciated. The hunters, fish- ermen, campers, and picnickers are among the staunchest friends of forestry, and to them we confidently look for better protection of the State Forests from year to year, as well as greater care in their use of the forest. The large number of forest fires attributed to campers, hunters, and fishermen should soon be materially decreased. It is not possible to have beautiful recreation grounds and forest fires in the same place. Neither is it possible to have fish and game in abundance on burned areas. The sooner this fact is indelibly burned upon the memory of all of us the more careful we will all become of the way we conduct ourselves in the woods. TEMPORARY CAMPING PERMITS. The following table shows the number of temporarv camping per- niits issued during the years covered by this report,^ together with the number of names of persons appearing upon the permits; also a summarjr of the permits issued from 1904 on. Interest in temporary camps is not abating, but the number of applicants has decreased owing to the leasing of permanent camps : Year. .a , so 'a u % 5?; 5i u 4> 09 p tf M 243 379 421 442 596 622 623 749 711 811 686 614 1,614 1,977 2,303 2.497 3.409 3,597 3.556 4.528 4,672 •4,521 4,258 3.421 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912. 1913, 1914, 1915, FORESTERS' INDIVIDUAL AND SPECIFIC REPORTS. Each of the foresters in charge of a definite area of forest land is charged with the duty at the end of each calendar year of making a detailed report of all his activities during that period. This includes a financial statement of his operations and a complete inventory of all State property in his custody or under his control. To publish even a condensation of these reports, as was done for the years 1912 and 1913, would bring this volume to such an unwieldy size that it could not be satisfactorily handled. The Department has therefore thought it best to reduce the reports to a bare tabulated form, in which the most condensed statement may be made in a few words or a set of figures to indicate the contents of the several re- ports. The table has, therefore, been prepared with this end in view. If greater detailed information be desired by any person respecting any feature of the tabulation, this may readily be had upon inquiry at the Department of Forestry. From time to time it is necessary either to divide or consolidate former forest units, and in the re-arrangement of the classification it is sometimes desirable to change the names by which forest units are designated. Such changes have been made during the period covered by this report, and in the first column of tabulation the instances are indicated where these have occurred. 3—26—1916 i 34 l-H Oi l-H OJ <1 W O O m fa o ;?; o M H m Q o W < en REPORT OF THE Oft. Doc. I I 6 I t d) , • V 0) a
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Doc. QO <0 to o> in S©©©©o>Q©q)r>-©eooot- ©■^©iHoicOi-iaJtoSeccoto 00 eo 0> © id eo 00 00 00 »HlHl-» • e -< to © <-t »1 00 to to 10 C* to * t-l CO »-l S CJ «H 1-S fH rH »-( fH 00 5 o g©e r-oewO»-'iMco'»«ift >©©0»-(»-li— l.-(i— IrH \ 0> w A ^ 9s 9s OS OS OS No. 26. 00 o 5 W tf <3 c K H 02 I 6 Department of forestry. 181 03 P O r-H m H m O p:) % S I 02 O g « p. 4, <^ ^ P % m 4-> ci I •ajoy Jaj ^soq aSBJdAV •jsoo iB^ox 'Sa{Aiog JO jsoo •paag JO :»soo (•sajov) •pajBajj, Bajy •♦J •siatisng 9 o •spanoj I t-ooo« MO»^c<9 eoa>c<5c<9eoe>« io»oooeo©co©Neot-OP» t- iH r-< T-t j::) £: S 2? 2 '-' sp t" ^^ ©oo©oo©ok0©os'4<0 ■lO ©©© 00« H e O>lAOtOlAO0> OrHOfjOOr-lt-lrtl-NOJ oofrjoooiftioe-jo-^toe^i SlOO-^OO •OOOT-tlfl coooboooo ;to«ooo iOr-t«Oi-iMe^ -cofinto •poos JO ;^oo §OOiAOu?OtOt-C»'^ ooO'^ocot-OJO'-idj (•iiOJoy) •paiBoaj, Boay >> •Bxoqsna =3 •epunoj eooe^t- oe^t-coc^« CO o ^ z OlA lAO r-*00 (M ;Oc> ■MM «o 10 OtOOOiH M CM t3S lA iH 333 •CO :S 00 . 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Quantity. -d o ^ £ 00 o a; 1902, .... 1 1904 1 1905 1 1906 2 1907 1 1908 8 1909 4 1910 8 1911 12 1912, .... 26 1913, .... 11 1914 26 1915 8 Totals, . . 109 Chestnut, Black Walnii Clu'stnnt, Hick. Oak, R. Black Walnu W.P., B.W., W.P., B.W., W.P., B.W., 7 impedes, .. 10 Species, . . 7 Species, . . 8 Species, . . 6 Species, . . t. W., t. Oak 25. 40. 6. 42, 56. 27, 58, 22, 5 ! 0 ' 0 9 ; 0 I 0 ! 33 1 50! 109 278.23 .78 .7 6.0 3.8 2.0 * 47.0 5.6 19.0 4.6 3.25 40.65 14.0 66.68 30.25 21.2 48.25 35.38 39.75 65.51 5.5 39.1 8.0 36.7 6.0 13.3 229.78 333.22 • $6 00 * 9 40 2 85 52 57 80 50 17 43 26 95 87 78 37 68 53 93 27 63 $412 72 $291 00 * 56 27 7 55 90 54 35 78 77 87 114 09 152 54 93 9'^ 89 65 UO 26 $297 00 65 67 10 40 14:{ 11 116 28 93 30 141 04 250 32 1:51 61 143 58 57 89 $78 15 "ii'73* 2 28 3 24 74 49 98 82 36 3 91 4 35 $1,039 48 I $1,452 20 •No data. W.P. White Pine. P.P. Pitch Pine. S.P. Scotch Pine. N.S. Norway Spruce. E.L. European Larch. B.F. Balsam Fir. D.F. Douplas Fir. H. Hemlock. B.W. Black Walnut W.W. White Walnut. KEY TO SPECIES. Ch. Chestnut. w.o. White Oak. RO. Red Oak. CO. Chestnut Oak S.M. Sugar Maple. W.A. White Ash. B.C. Black Cherry Hick. Hickory. Cat. Catalpa. TABLE NO. 38.— STATE FOREST PLANTING— WILLOW CUTTINGS IN HOLTS. SUMMARY BY FORESTS, 1910-15 INCLUSIVE. Forest. « M 1 *» O o o ii 5 a s o '^, H Rear Meadows, 1911 1911-15 1911-12 1910 1911 1912-14 1011-ir, 1911-13 1913 1911 1911 1911 1911 2,000 85,000 4.000 4.000 2,000 22.7.'>0 15.950 6,rM noo 5.000 .^00 l.SOO 1.000 $S 56 Blackwells, 115 13 Buchanan 10 99 Caledonia 26 IS Chatham 9 62 GravR Run .. 115 62 Kiahacoquillaa, 54 61 Pennypacker Promised Land, Rotlirock 19 85 2 39 9 2^ Sla te Run 4 10 Stone n 87 Tea Sprine 5 35 Totals 100,800 $395 52 i » 41 '■» > 184 REPORT OF THE Ofif. Doc. TABLE NO. 39.— STATE FOREST PLANTING— WILLOW CUTTINGS IN HOLTS. SUMMARY BY YEARS. 1 le 611 .a 4-> 4J s o Year. «-l ** o SB O o X) p-4 % B at a o '/: H 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 Totals, 100,800 4,000 $26 18 16,800 85 22 24,000 46 70 8,300 34 81 13,750 98 23 33,950 104 38 $395 52 No. 26. QQ P tf p ^ •J o ^ go O H Eh H a a •i-t DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 185 •^BAIJJ iMOIHAi pooMpjBh •paxiK •vCjjaiio JioBia •uiia nBdiJaniy •jsnooq iCduoH •JIBO paa 'aidBj^ jBiSng •^nuiBAi JIOBia •qsy 9;mAi 'JU BBl^nOQ HOJBq nBddojna 'aopjdg ifBMJOK •enij qo^id •aujd paa •enid qo^oog •euid a;mAi I 'O 15 1^ M* o ^ I tA ^a u»< fei3 :S :8 S8? i^i :S §35 :^ 1^ ;8 I CO §©e>ift BsN lift «B 2 ®9 moo 0>n Ok CO r5 »HrS N S9 O lAf-) S «-toe Id fifO CO ira tH»4 l^§i Si a CO C0 % 00 • CM 1-te^ 9> 0> 0> • n ~< fl 2 - ?ls ! t86 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. SILVICULTURE AND MENSURATION. This Bureau was established in 1913. Its work, not clearly de- fined at first, has been gradually developed. Careful studies of the duty of the Department involving silviculture and mensuration have been made, an orderly procedure for its Avork has been outlined, and its purpose at present is well defined. With systematic forest devel- opment the Department must have at hand at all times definite data respecting silviculture, protection, utilization and management. The early ocular surveying sufliced but the intensive management of the better developed forest requires more accurate and carefully made surveys in topography and growth. Artificial reforesting of cut-over or otherwise denuded lands has been progressing within the State forests since 1899. Data re- specting the early plantings were not so carefully kept as our present day needs demand, and the same is true of the early nursery data. Under the stress of necessity, the first nurserymen followed definite methods of keeping records. To collect and systematize all these early facts is now deemed a necessity and the development of meth- ods applicable to all forest and nursery conditions has now reached the point where it is believed uniformity may be secured. To know what tlie wood content of a forest is, is now for us as necessary as a knowledge of its land content. Our early notes on forest growth contained insufficient data for the making of stock maps. Our present day growth survey, therefore, will deal with the age class, density, species, and other facts necessary to be known. Records must be systematically kept and as systematically filed and preserved for future use. A method of numbering for forests is em- ployed following the plan used in numbering camp sites adopted some years ago. Each forest is accorded a hundred numbers for its camp sites. As an illustration, the Pennypacker Forest will include all camp site numbers from 3401 to 3500 both inclusive, v The serial number of this forest will, therefore, be 34. All camp sites on the Barree Forest are numbered from 101 to 200 both inclusive. The Barree Forest has, therefore, serial number 1. The Bear Meadows Forest being the one in which numbered camp sites were first de- signated uses the camp site numbers from 1 to 100 inclusive. This forest will bear serial number A-1. The report of the Bureau of Silviculture and Mensuration will deal, for this Department report, with topographic and stock sur- veys, plantations, and nurseries. II I t f t ' I « •■ .1 r t » « Topography of the Jacks Moimtain State Forest. Form for making concrete compartment comer posts, 4x4x24 inches. Side boards removed Twenty posts made at one time. 4> O 4^ 4> « 0) o; 'p.c.'E aaa o o p o o o •«-> -w OS es cs 0) 4) C> O CI I—. ^H "^ .fH ..H I C a « es c3 o O (.< ^ ^ 0004 PuPh *; I* «; aa-l O O 9" o MH .fH 00 ■<-> -MXI d ti 1 OS OS « OhPmO t; f^ 5^ t" <» "-I igggggg '0< ooth-v us th -v us eo ^< 00 ua CJ tH rH N CO fH ?5 uscoe^AMcoooQ OOOOi-HQMMOO'^ eg t- Ol W us 00 rH «0 us 0>l-IUSt-0>(fi(O c:c^it>-t-e<5co'VN e^i^o^ooir-ico OOCOOOOOOJt" USoO'^rOf^O>U3 ususottpe^cocooo 00t.USAC0 r-9»' rH rH <0 M M >0 ^ 7t* -•3 e a « o 9» . a •0 eg IPI fl OS QO ^ y • fc^ __ w w* vj ' ■ fc a f S J-^-^ S « * O) 4» U— 5 o EH 194 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. SURVEYS. H ! h I The report of the activities of the Division of Surveys for the years 11)14 and 1915, follows; 1914 February 1. A contested camping site in Union county which fohn Rein desired to lease to an Altoona Hunting Club, was sur- veyed in company with Surveyors Hayes and Riehl. The result showed that Mr. Rein was not the owner of the tract in question. March 19. Topographic survey was begun of the Laurel Lake region in the Pine Grove Forest, Cumberland county. The work was in charge of Forester McNeal, assisted by Mustin and Smith. During the survey the question of location of the interior holdings of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company in this forest was worked out, the tracts permanently located and marked with short iron rails. April 7. Extensive repairs to buildings, including grading, re- moval and reconstruction, were undertaken at the group of build- ings in the Pine Grove Forest recently acquired from the South Mountain Mining and Iron Company. April 20. The installation of a water supply system for the DuBois Nursery, Clearfield Forest, was undertaken, the Skinner over-head system being used for the purpose. Distribution is" made with a 3-cylinder Gould pump forcing water through 5 overhead lines of IJ inch pipe. The forester estimates that the spray system saves at least a year in time in the growth of seedling trees. June 15. Surveys and grading were begun for the forester's house about to be erected near Newton Hamilton in the Rothrock Forest. August 17. Survey of the Hopkins Forest was completed and the forester's map is being made. August 23. Survey to correct the location of the Parson lands about to be bought by the Department, was begun. September 14. A survey to determine the location of the Parker tracts near Boalsburg, Centre county, was made with the assistance of Forester Ludwig. September 23. A correction of the confusion arising from earlier surveys of the warrants in Elk township, Tioga county, was made after investigation with Surveyors Dean, Green and Wetzel, assisted by Forester Jerald. No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 195 November 5. The building of a system for permanent water supply at Pine Grove Furnace, was begun. December 1. Survey of the Dauphin County Forest was started by Forester Mustin and Surveyor Daniels. The work was interfered with by heavy snows. General surveys which have been in progress for some time were continued throughout the year, and when finished were followed by the making of the new series 'maps. Such surveys were made or continued in the Karthaus Division, Clearfield Forest, made by Charles L. Wetzel, assisted by Forester McNaughton. The Hopkins Forest, Crawford Division and Whetham Division, by Surveyor Wetzel and Forester Ryon. The Loyalsock Division in Lycoming county, by Surveyor Wetzel and Forester Bastian. The Sizerville Division of the Sinnemahoning Forest by Surveyor Andrews and Forester Evans. The Hull Division of the Sinnemahoning Forest by Surveyor Andrews and Forester Perry. The Pocono Division of the Minisink Forest, by Surveyor Schorr and Forester Strobeck. The Pine Grove Forest by Surveyor Tritt and Forester Mustin. The result of the 1914 surveys shows 340 miles of completed boundary lines surveyed and located, at a cost of |25.00 per mile, and an average cost of |23.10 per day. These costs are slightly higher than the cost of surveys in 1909 and 1913, which was $17.60 per day. The increase is accounted for by the general rise in the cost of ma- terials, supplies, boarding, lodging, labor, and teams. The Chief Surveyor suggests that where a State line crosses a prominent highway, a permanent iron line post be prominently set, and that the iron post be buried three feet in the ground, projecting about 5 or 6 feet above ground, to which shall be riveted a flat plate parallel with the direction of the line, the plate to be tarred black with a large white "S" indicating State ownership printed thereon. In the drafting room during this year, the Chief Surveyor was as- sisted by Foresters McNeal, Mustin, Mumma, Keller, Smith. Mr. Mumma devoted his whole time to the topographic and stock survey then in progress. New system maps of original land warrants were created during the year as follows: Map F-3, covering southern Tioga and northern Lycoming coun- ties. Traced by Mustin. Map E-6, northern Centre and southwestern Clinton counties. Connected by Mumma, traced by Keller. Topographic map of the Laurel Lake region in the Pine Grove Forest. McNeal, Mustin, Smith. 196 REPORT OF THE HI Off. Doc. The following forester's maps were completed: 10, Cameron county, Sinnemahoning Forest, Sizerville Division. Mustin. 1-A, Mifflin county, Seven Mt. Forest, Jacks Mt. Division, con- nected by Ranger Middleswarth, traced by Keller. 33, Clearfield Forest, Karthaus Division; McNeal. 40, Clinton county, Whetham Forest, Bobbins, Ferney and Craw- ford Divisions. Constructed by McKeal from Wetzel survey. 42, Lycoming county. Grays Run Forest ; Keller. 43, Lycoming county, Loyalsock Forest; McNeal. In addition to the foregoing work, extra drafting was necessary to keep older maps to date so as to correspond with later surveys, and new data obtained from the foresters and surveyors. Detail maps and drafts were made for the use of surveyors. Search for original warrants and data from the Department of Internal Af- fairs required much effort. When not working over the drafting tables, the assistants were engaged as instument men and assistants in making the actual surveys on the ground. SURVEYS. 1915. For the year 1915, the chief surveyor reports the following sur- veys, general repairs, and construction work. The survey of the McElhattan state forest in Clinton county was begun June 7th with Surveyor Charles L. Wetzel, of Beavertown, in charge, aided by Forester Joseph Hogentogler. This survey was tedious on account of the extended character of the lands. Several changes in camping and boarding places had to be made. It required the running of forty-four miles of very badly mixed up final lines, and almost double that length of preliminary lines. In June the survey of boundary lines of lands purchased in Union county for the use of the Home for Feeble-minded Women was made by the chief surveyor assisted by Forester A. C. Silvius, of Laurel- ton, and a draft thereof was added to the map of that district. In the same month the dispute as to the ownership of the Criss- man lands claimed by T. W. Lauver, was settled in favor of the De- partment upon evidence founded on a survey of the land by the chief surveyor in 191^. No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 197 The survey of the Haldeman State forest, known as the "Elder Lands,*' in Dauphin county, was begun in November, 1914, but was discontinued when the heavy ice storm broke so many trees the crews could not get through the tangle of broken trees and brush. This survey was resumed by the chief surveyor, with W. J. Daniel, of Elizabethville, as engineer, assisted by Foresters Mustin, McNeal, Houtz and Leach, and completed this year. Considerable timber cutting by private individuals had been done on these lands, and after the boundary survey was completed the tract was carefully "stumped" and the damage estimated and tabu- lated. This work was completed about August 1st. On June 26th the chief surveyor, with Foresters Bodine and Mus- tin, and Rangers Oppel, Woodside and McCoy, surveyed and marked the compromise lines between the lands claimed by the Department and those claimed by the Patterson heirs, in Juniata county. This dispute has been open for several years, and three separate surveys were made at various times in preparation for a contest in court; but the contestants decided at last to settle upon a compromise line on the summit of Shade Mountain. The line was so run and marked, and is now the recognized boundary between the properties. On October 11th, with the assistance of Forester Meek, of Coburn, the line near the Paddy Mountain tunnel in Centre and Mifflin coun- ties, was re-run to determine the status of claims made by private persons. On October 25th, assisted by Surveyor C. L. Wetzel and Forester John A Bastian, of Loyalsock, the lines of the lands offered by Smith- gall and Fessler, in Lycoming county, were run out, the lines marked and mapped and the areas calculated. November 2d, the chief surveyor accompanied by William A. Moore, surveyor for the Department of Internal Affairs, Charles L. Wetzel, and Forester Max Mtiller, of Hammersley Fork, ran various original lines in Clinton county to determine the exact location of lines of certain lands supposed to be vacant, and applied for by pri- vate persons. A vacancy was found to exist, and, under the law, was granted to the Department by proper patent. Prior to this time Surveyor Wetzel and Forester Mtiller made preliminary surveys in the Tamarack region. November 22d, the Doubling Gap hotel lands having been pur- chased, it was decided to make a complete survey of the lines in order to settle certain questions of title and area. The chief surveyor, with S. D. Mowery, surveyor, of Newville, and Foresters Mustin, Morgan and Baer, began the work and continued it until finished, 198 REPORT OF THE Oflf. Doc. December 23d, after which it was carefully computed for area and mapped. This land was added to the Pennypacker State forest, and is now in charge of Forester Bryner. In this survey about thirty- two miles of final and preliminary lines were run. CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS. In March a system of overhead sprinkling was decided upon and installed in the Greenwood nursery, Huntingdon county. It has proved itself a desirable and satisfactory system for watering young seedlings. This system was also established upon a small area of the Mont Alto nursery. Lack of sufficient water head prevented fur- ther installation. This will probably be remedied by using a higher water source in the near future. In April work was begun on the highway at Laurel Dam, Cum- berland county. The old road was objectionable because of a heavy grade over a long, steep hill. The highway now follows a lesser grade, and skirts the beautiful Kheet of water known as Laurel Lake. The rocks encountered in the construction of the road were ex- tremely hard, and required blasting. A heavy fill was made and new bridges built. While at this work the terrible forest fire occurred, which burned several cottages, a farm house and barn, as well as the large ice house at the lake. All the men were engaged in fighting the fire until it was surrounded and under control. COST OF SURVEYS. Forest. • tt 4> 1 a ^^ «1 «t o a 4.* «a ■0 8 ^ ^H ■0 « « ■«-» F-^ o •^4 ^ S -a a MclOlhattan. Haldeinan, , go<5 $40 30 54 80 Drafting Room. The drafting force for 1915, under the supervision and direction of the chief, consisted of the chief surveyor and Foresters McNeal No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 1» and Mustin. Foresters Smith, Keller, Baer and Morgan were em- ployed temporarily. Forester McNeal left the office October 1st, upon being appointed District Forester for Berks county. During the year the following maps were completed: No. 9, Austin State Forest, Forester's map, McNeal. Detail maps, McNeal. No. 44, Bald Eagle State Forest, Forester's map. Smith. D-4, New System Map, Clearfield county. Smith. E-7, New System Map, Clinton county, Keller. Fire triangulation map, including parts of Potter, Tioga, Clinton, and Lycoming counties, Keller. Detail Maps, Morgan. Detail Maps, Baer. No. 27, Pine Grove Forest, Forester's Map, Mustin. No. 27, Pine Grove Forest, Warrant Map, Mustin. No. 26, Caledonia Forest, Forester's Map, Mustin. No. 51, Halderaan Forest, Forester's Map, Mustin. No. 51A, Haldeman Forest, Topographic Map for U. S. G. S. Sheets, Mustin. Detail Maps, Mustin. Pike county folio map, by townships. During the year a new and complete folio map of Pike county, by townships, was constructed and drafted. The townships are shown as at present recognized, and the map includes not only every war- rant that has been issued by the Department of Internal Affairs for Pike county, but also the surveys made on the ground by Frank Schoor for this Department. It is in all probability the most com- plete and correct warrantee map of Pike county in existence. The entire service of Foresters Mustin and McNeal during the year, while not engaged on the work heretofore mentioned, was required in the construction and drafting of this map. This is an innovation in the matter of making county maps, and because of its proved worth and usefulness, this method of con- structing county maps in which there are large areas of State land will likely be continued. The maps made by this Department have been of general public service in matters not directly connected with forestry. They are based upon original data taken from the Department of Internal Affairs and actual surveys on the ground made by the Forestry De- partment. The large and continual number of requests for certain maps in part or as a whole, by owners of contiguous land, hunters, campers, naturalists, and others, indicate the general acceptance and use of the Department maps. Complying with these requests means special work for the Division of Surveys. Provision ought 200 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc to be made for the printing and distribution of the maps. There have been in the past a large number of requests for a map of the State showing State lands. For every such request it was necessary to construct a new map. We, therefore, suggest the lithographing of such maps in sufficient number to meet the demand. In the future it is intended to place line marks where State lines cross public thoroughfares. The iron standard, with boiler plate, flat surface, having a plain black background and white "S," is sug- gested as an inexpensive and practical marker. It would thus be- come a positive land mark known by tourists, hunters, and all per- sons enjoying State land privileges. The cost is small and the up- keep practically nothing. LIGHTNING IN THE STATE FORESTS. Much has lately been said concerning lightning as a cause of forest fires. Lightning undoubtedly does cause "considerable damage to good trees, but the part it plays in the starting of forest fires has never been adequately investigated in this State. Beginning with 1912, the State Foresters were directed to pay special attention to the collection of statistics in regard to the preva- lence of lightning, its effect upon the trees struck, and whether or not ignition followed the stroke; also whether general forest fires, or what might have resulted in general forest fires, followed. The collection of data during the four years last past has accord- ingly proceeded, and to this time the Department is able to give a summary of the facts thus far learned. In the following table the species struck are indicated in the order of their frequency. The count month by month is shown and the total for the four years collected in the last column. With respect to actual fires started from lightning bolts, it is shown that for the four year period, 65 of the lightning bolts actually fired the trees struck. Some of the fires were extinguished by the ac- companying rain and others would have become large and possibly destructive fires had they not been early detected and extinguished. A table showing the fires thus started, by years and species, is also appended. No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY LIGHTING REPORT, 1912-1915, INCLUSIVE. 201 s u Species. xa ii >, a >, en a o e > • A o, a o 3 4) o o o « S < S t-a t-s < cc O ^. H Chestnut, Pitch pine, Rock oaic, White pine, ... Hemlock, Red oak, White oak Black oak Locust, Sugar maple, . Gum Hickory, Scarlet oak, ... Pin oak Yellow birch, . Wild cherry, .. Ash, Linden, Beech, Red maple, Tulip Cucumber, Elm Red pine, White birch, .. Walnut, Poplar, Black birch, .. Norway spruce. 17 1 2 1 1 1 41 141 22 58 7 G2 6 S4 8 27 10 22 10 11 6 11 1 15 3 8 1 3 1 3 2 6 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 34 123 412 217 174 59 5 108 133 4 1 60 47 5 3 66 53 6 3 66 45 20 1 48 31 4 1 35 34 4 1 24 16 3 25 16 4 5 3 1 ••••■• 7 8 8 6 9 5 3 1 2 4 i 1 2 ■••••• 3 1 i i 1 i 3 2 1 2 o i i 1 2 2 i 696 58? 113 17 1 656 327 186 169 168 117 95 62 57 24 19 19 16 9 9 8 7 6 D 6 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1,984 TREES STRUCK AND IGNITED, 1912-1915 INCLUSIVE. Si>ecie8. White pine, , Hemlock, .... Chestnut, Pitch pine, ., Sugar maple. Oak White maple. Ash Birch Elm, Totals, 1912. 1913 1914. 1915. 7 3 4 2 3 5 8 2 12 3 1 1 8 1 2 2 3 1 * 2 2 1 1 1 18 19 20 8 Total. 23 12 10 7 ft t i 1 1 1 65 FOUGHT FIRE AND FORGOT TO VOTE. Porter township, Pike county, intended to hold a primary election on May 19, 1914. The judge of election, George Miller, was early at his post of duty and after waiting all day no members of the 9»2 REPORT OF THE Ofif. Doc. election board appeared nor any voters to cast their ballots. Of the 13 registered voters in Porter township, the other 12 were busily engaged in fighting fire all that day. TELEPHONE POLES OF GLASS. It is reported that a manufacturing plant near Frankfurt, Ger- many, is making glass poles for telephone and telegraph wires. A frame work of woven wire is first prepared, which is then molded into the body of a glass pole. It is stated that these are taking the place of wooden poles in Germany. The advantage of such poles may be summarized as follows: The material from which they may be made is practically unlimited in quantity. So far as known, they will last indefinitely, barring acci- dent. They are not subject to the effects of the weather nor can they be attacked by insects or fungi. They are non-conductors of electricity. It is further stated that experiments are under way for the making of railroad ties and paving blocks from glass. In the city of Lyons, France, it is reported that a number of streets paved with glass af- ford better resistance to travel than stone and is not so ready a conductor of heat as the granite block. Also, that they are cheaper than granite. Glass telephone and telegraph poles, railroad ties, and paving blocks may in the future assist largely in conserving an enormous quantity of wood required annually for these purposes. SUMMER MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF EASTERN FOR- ESTERS. On the invitation of the Commissioner of Forestry, the Society of Eastern Foresters held its 1915 summer meeting at the Forest Academy at Mont Alto, July 30th and 31st. The persons present, arranged as in the accompanying illustration, were as follows: '*''.^ ' -' ♦ 4 • A- '^.■• •*• , ••••• .' • T s I— I < a o CO ■«^ CO c a> ■4-i CO «M o O) No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 203 (Upper row, left to right.) R. S. Hosmer, Dean, Cornell Dept. Forestry. Alfred Gaskill, Forester, New Jersey. Robert G. Conklin, Forester, Caledonia State Forest. Dr. H. P. Baker, Dean of N. Y. State College of Forestry. J. S. Illick, Instructor, State Forest Academy. W. G. Conklin, Forester, Pa. Dept. Forestry. G. A. Retan, Instructor, State Forest Academy. Robert S. Conklin, Commissioiner of Forestry, Pennsylvania. John Foley, Forester for Penna. R. R. Co. G. A. Gutches, Ranger School, N. Y. State College of Forestry. H. H. Chapman, Instructor, Yale Forestry School. R. C. Jones, State Forester, Virginia. John M. Briscoe, Professor of Forestry, University of Maine. J. W. Toumey, Director Yale Forestry School. (Lower row, left to right.) Irvin C. Williams, Deputy Commissioner of Forestry, Pennsylvania. E. A. Ziegler, Director, State Forest Academy. Philip W. Ayres, Forester, Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests. E. C. Hirst, State Forester, New Hampshire. W. O. Filley, State Forester, Connecticut. F. W. Rane, State Forester, Massachusetts. A. F. Hawes, State Forester, Vermont. C. P. Wilber, State Fire Warden, New Jersey. H. R. Bristol, Supt. Woodlands, Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co. R. C. Hawley, Asst. Instructor, Yale Forestry School. W. G. Schwab, Assistant Forester, Maryland. F. W. Besley, State Forester, Maryland. The following persons also were present but are not shown in the picture : Dr. Perley Spaulding, U. S. Bureau Plant Industry. George H. Wirt, Forest Inspector, Pennsylvania. F. W. Beckman, Forester, Altoona, Pa. L. E. Staley, Forester, Mont Alto State Forest. The morning of the first day was spent in a trip to the Old Forge, taken in automobiles over the new forest road. This road was built complete for f 1,710 per mile. Several members of the party remarked on the good construction and serviceability of the road in comparison with its cost. At the Forge the plantations were inspected and the game preserve and the Waynesboro water supply reservoir were ex- 204 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 200 amined. On the return trip the party visited the Sandy Ridge im- provement cuttings, where the Department has thinned a large area of mixed hardwoods at a financial profit and to the advantage of the trees remaining. In the afternoon inspections were made of the Mont Alto nursery, a pitch pine stand underplanted with Norway spruce, and an area of chestnut coppice which is being converted into a white pine forest. The evening was given over to informal discussions, mostly on the problems of the farm woodlot, and to a talk on the white pine blister rust by Dr. Spaulding. The second day was spent on the Caledonia State Forest, with a visit en route to the Ben George forest of yellow pine and hardwood. The items of chief interest at Caledonia were a plantation of white pine and white ash in mixture, the Chambersburg water supply system, experimental plantations made in scrub oak, the fire fighting system, and the forest road to the Sanatorium. At the end of their visit the foresters were unanimous in saying that what they had seen of the practice of real forestry in Pennsyl- vania had been a revelation to them. Below are given several quo- tations which express the general attitude of the body. "I have yet to see State forests in which there exists a better or- ganization of both personnel and material.'^ "The two State Forests which we have just visited approach nearer the forests of Germany, which I have also visited, than any other I have seen in America." "Some States may have a greater acreage of state-owned forest land than Pennsylvania, but I feel sure that none takes better care of its land." "Lest you may care to have it on record, I want to repeat in writing on behalf of the Society of Eastern Foresters what was ex- pressed so freely and fully at Mont Alto, namely, that the Forest Academy and the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry gave the Society one of the most profitable and satisfactory, as well as one of the most pleasant meetings that it ever had. I am sure that no member will fail to mark our Mont Alto meeting with a big red cross." — Alfred Gaskill, Secretary Society of Eastern Foresters. FRANK D. JERALD, STATE FORESTER. June 14, 1883— November 12, 1914. Frank D. Jerald, a forester of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry, was shot to death in the woods of Lycoming county No- vember, 1914. His wound was received November 11th and he died the following day, November 12th, at the Williamsport Hospital. Frank D. Jerald was a young forester of much promise. He was graduated from the Pennsylvania State Forest Academy in August, 1910. Was married to Janet Zacharias, of Chambersburg, the fol- lowing November, and at the time of his death left to survive him his widow and three little children, Mary, Adelaide and Barbara, the youngest being a little over three months old. The cause of this sad and much to be regretted occurrence was a high power rifle shot received at the hands of Arthur Callahan, a member of a hunting party. Immediately after his wounding Mr. Jerald was removed to the hospital at Williamsport, where at first it was believed he had a chance of recovery, but sank rapidly and lived scarcely a day following his admission. The body of the deceased forester was laid to rest in the family plot in Mansfield cemetery the following Sunday, November 15, 1914, in the presence of a large concourse of friends and his colleagues, members of the Commission, foresters, and rangers of the Pennsyl- vania Forest Service. Immediately thereafter the Department of Forestry called the at- tention of the District Attorney of Lycoming county to the facts of this case. After making an investigation, the District Attorney caused a warrant of arrest to be issued for Callahan, under which he was promptly apprehended and later was indicted on a charge of invol- untary manslaughter, although the coroner's jury had previously discharged him on the ground that it was an unavoidable accident. The trial of the defendant occurred at Williamsport at the suc- ceeding term of court in March, and on March 3, 1915, he was ac- quitted by a jury of his peers. The defence was that a deer had actually been seen in the neighborhood or at the spot at which Cal- lahan fired the shot, and thinking that something white about Jer- ald's clothing was a reappearance of the deer, he fired with the above fatal result. The first mention believed to have been made of this 206 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. No. 28. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. evidence was when the defendant himself went upon the witness stand. The following extracts are taken from a Williamsport newspaper which published a lengthy report of the trial: "The jury came back in about an hour with a verdict ac- quitting Callahan and placing the costs on the county. Calla- han shook hands fervently with his counsel and with a news- paper man and then began pumphandling the right arms of the jurors and pouring out his thanks. The jurors accepted them with smiles and Callahan left court with Harris A. Spotts, his counsel, about the happiest man in Williamsport. "Although Callahan has held all along that he did not shoot carelessly and that he believed that he saw a deer at the time he fired his rifle, he offered to plead nolo contendere at one time. When it was insisted that the case must be brought to trial Callahan and his counsel began the preparation of the vigorous defense which was followed by his acquittal." It is not possible to pass over this case without remarking upon the great difference which exists in the law of this State respecting the unlawful killing of a man and the unlawful killing of a deer. If the object at which Callahan fired had in fact been a male deer without horns, or a doe, and he had killed it, he would then have in- stantly been subjected, upon summary conviction, to the penalties provided by the game laws of this State for such an act. Quoting from Section 18 of the act of May 1, 1909, as amended by the act of May 1, 1913, P. L. page 137, which was the law at the time of the commission of the above offence: -It shall he unlawful for any per- son . , . to kill in any one season more than one deer, which in every mstance shall he a male deer with horns two inches above the hair/' . . . <'Each and every person violating any provision of this section shall he sentenced to pay a penalty of one hundred dol- lars for each offense," Quoting again from Section 31 of the act above cited, it is pro- vided as follows: -Each and every magistrate, alderman, or justice of the peace, on complaint made hefore him hy the affidavit of any person, of a violation of any of the provisions of this act hy any person, is herehy authorized and required to issue a warrant under his hand and seal directed to any constable, police officer, game pro- tector, deputy game protector, or any other officer of the State whose duty It IS to protect the game or tcild birds of the State; and to cause such persons to be brought before him, the said magistrate, aider, man, or justice of the peace, wlio shull hear the evidence and deter- mine the guilt or innocence of the person charged. If the accused be convicted of such offense, he shall be sentenced to pay the penalty prescribed by the section violated, together with costs of suit'' 207 Such is the wonderful speed and celerity with which officers of the law are required to punish summarily those who violate the game laws, and how scandalously different seems to be the case when it comes to the enforcement of the laws enacted for the punishment of those who take human life, intentionally or unintentionally; and, in this case, with a result so widely at variance with that to be ob- tained for the illegal killing of a deer. And in addition to the above railroad speed with which a defend- ant is handled in the case of a game law violation, should he be un- willing or unable to pay his fine and suffer imprisonment instead, all his guns and shooting paraphernalia and other appliances used in violation of the law which are shown to have been in his posses- sion or control at the time of the violation, shall be declared for- feited to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; and should he conceal or attempt to conceal any game so illegally taken, both himself and his property are made subject to the operations of a rigorous search warrant with similar forfeitures to be incurred; and when such violator is arrested icithout warrant in the act of violating any of said laws, all his guns and shooting paraphernalia of every de- scription are seized and held subject to the penalty which is imposed upon him, and the costs, and unless he shall give security for their release, all such forfeited goods shall be sold at public outcry at the place where the conviction was secured. In the case of Callahan, he admitted the killing, but claimed it was mistakenly done and therefore in his opinion unavoidable. In the case of the unlawful deer, that could not and would not have availed him. In the case of the dead man, the slayer was exoner- ated by a coroner's jury and later by "a jury of his peers" in court, while in the case of the unlawful deer he would have paid the fine or served one day in prison for each dollar of fine and costs imposed, and in addition suffered the forfeitures above named. No excuse that it was mistakenly done and therefore unavoidable can be toler- ated in the case of deer killing. How different in the case of man killing ! The above facts are cited simply for the purpose of showing the glaring disparity which seems to exist between the laws made for the protection of sport and those made for the protection of men. In the case of the deer a man must, at his peril, absolutely know what he is firing at. If he makes a mistake the fact that he made one does not help him. It certainly seems to be otherwise in the case of human life. While Mr. Jerald at the time of receiving his wound was a member of a hunting party, the result might easily have been the same had he been nearby in the woods engaged in other 'work. It is as necessary for the foresters and employes of this Department to be in the forest pursuing their daily vocations during the time of 14 M m 208 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. the open deer season as at other periods of the year; but with high power guns and reckless rattleheaded men carrying them, the woods have become a hot bed of danger, such that no employe of this De- partment should be subjected to. There are men who, in the pursuit of their so-called sport, will fire deliberately at any moving or un- usual object, taking a long chance that they may bring down their quarry; but which frequently results in the wounding or killing of a man, just as in this case, and for which the excuse that the offender was mistaken in his conclusion as to what the object was, seems to be all too easily available. The reports of the Game Commission show that in the year 1914, 31 persons in Pennsylvania lost their lives in the woods during the hunting season, and in 1915, 29 persons were similarly killed, while the number of wounded and maimed during the same period was very many times as great. Are we not up to the time when men shall be held to a stricter accountability for the use of fire arms in the hunting season than they have been in the past, and would it not be proper in making such an endeavor, first to banish, in hunting, the use of the high power rifle? What possible reason or justifica- tion is there for the use of a rifle which will kill at a distance of a mile or even farther, when it is known as a matter of experience that it is next to impossible for a hunter to distinguish the deer at which he may lawfully shoot, under conditions usually found in this State, at a distance greater than 200 yards? The death of this promising young forester is lamented by the De- partment and by all his friends. Should his death be the means of assisting to correct what is coming to be recognized as a very great but avoidable evil, even in death he will then have accomplished something for his living friends which, living he might not have been able to do. Frank D. Jerald, our young friend, is dead. A widow mourns. Three little children call for a father who comes not. "And Callahan left court with Harris A. Spotts, his counsel, about the happiest mr- in Williamsport." No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 209 TESTIMONIAL LUNCHEON TO DR. J. T. ROTHROCK, MAY 4, 1914. HISTORICAL. In 1880 a meeting was called in the Hall of the Pennsylvania His- torical Society at Philadelphia to consider the advisability of found- ing an Association for the promotion of Scientific Forestry. To this meeting the Pennsylvania State Forestry Association owes its origin. Realizing the importance of having from the first an active and ef- ficient Secretary, thoroughly versed in the subject of Forestry, which was then an almost unknown science in this country, an ef fort was made to secure Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock, then Professor of Botany at the University of Pennsylvania, as Secretary of the newly formed Association. It was known that he was better qualified than anyone else in Pennsylvania to fill this important position, as he was thoroughly familiar with the condition of our forests, and had had for many years at heart the better care and management of them. After due deliberation Dr. Rothrock decided to accept the appoint- ment, although in so doing he was obliged to resign his professorship and to make financial sacrifices. From that day in 1886 to this, first as Secretary of the Association, later as the first Pennsylvania State Forest Commissioner, and for many years as a member of the State Forestry Reservation Commis- sion, he has devoted his best energies to the Forestry cause, not only in Pennsylvania but in the United States. He has been absolutely untiring in his efforts to interest our people in the paramount neces- sity of a national care of our timber resources. He has insisted, in his own forceful way, at numberless meetings and conventions of all sorts, and in the halls of the Legislature, that our continued pros- perity is closely bound up with the proper care of our woodlands. To him more than to any other man we owe the establishment of the Pennsylvania State Forest Reservations and his teachings and demonstrations have forwarded and supported this policy in other States and in the establishment of the National Forest Reserves. Dr. J. T. Rothrock was the first Commissioner of Forestry in Pennsylvania. He held this office continuously from February 27, 1901 to the first day of June, 1904. Upon resigning his office on the latter date, he was appointed by Governor Pennypacker a member of the State Forestry Reservation Commission, which office he held 14—26—1916 210 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. until December 8, 1913. At that time he desired to relinquish his public duties, tendered his resignation to Governor Tener, and re- tired to private life. The Pennsylvania Forestry Association deeming it wise to give public recognition to the honorable and successful public service rendered by Dr. Rothrock in the cause of forestry, decided to present him with a loving cup at a testimonial luncheon to which the friends of forestry in Pennsylvania and elsewhere might be invited. The luncheon was given at the Harrisburg Club on May 4, 1914 to at- tend which special invitations were sent to the following officials: The Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Forestry of Penn- sylvania, and the members of the Forestry Reservation Commis- sion. The United Slates Forester and his associates. The officers, Directors and Advisory Committees of the Following Associations : The Pennsylvania Forestry Association. The Pennsylvania Conservation Association. The American Forestry Association. The National Conservation Association. The National Conservation Congress. The invitation included the members of the above Associations and all persons interested in Forestry and Conservation. The committee chosen to carry the arrangements into effect con- sisted of the following persons: His Excellency, John K. Tener, Governor of Pennsylvania. A. B. Farquhar, President Pennsylvania Conservation Association. Dr. H. S. Drinker, President of American Forestry Association and of Lehigh University. Miss Florence Keen, Advisory Board, Pennsylvania Conservation Association. The Right Reverend James H. Darlington, Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg. J. Horace McFarland, President American Civic Association. John Birkinbine, President Pennsylvania Forestry Association. Hon. Robert S. Conklin, Commissioner of Forestry of Pennsylvania. William Russell Smith, Consulting Engineer, Pennsylvania Conserv- ation Association. Dr. Henry M. Fisher, Council, Pennsylvania Forestry Association. Sixty-three persons were present at the luncheon and attached their autographs to the following legend : "The friends of Dr. Joseph Trimble Rothrock have gathered at Harrisburg on this fourth day of May, 1914, to do him honor, and to No. i». DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 211 express by their presence their appreciation of the paramount ser- vices he has rendered to forestry in America. They ask his acceptance of the loving cup presented to him in their behalf by the Governor of Pennsylvania as a symbol and token of the love and veneration in which he is held by his fellow-countrymen for his long continued, patriotic, and disinterested services to his State and country; and they tender to him this their assurance of esteem and affectionate regard." Hon. John Birkinbine, President of the Pennsylvania Forestry As- sociation, presided, and introduced the Governor of the Common- wealth, Hon. John K. Tener, with the following remarks: Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen : It is unnecessary to explain why we meet to-day. Some years ago at a National convention the members of the organization, while parading the streets of Philadelphia, sang the refrain, "We're here because we're here." We may paraphrase this into, "We're here be- cause he's here." I sit at the head of this table and preside at this meeting because my colleagues on the committee felt that it was due to age that they should extend this mark of respect, that is, to age as collaborator with Dr. Rothrock, because he and I can hark back 28 years when we participated in the organization of the Pennsylvania Forestry Asso- ciation. In fact, as a tribute to his good nature, I may say that for 28 years we have served on the same Council without a quarrel. But I dare not reminisce, for a toastmaster is expected to let others speak. Possibly as the meeting proceeds I shall offer other thoughts, but will add to the explanation of my position here that I was one of those privileged to enjoy hearing Dr. Rothrock's Michaux lectures many years ago. It is seldom that so many real friends of one person come together, and this gathering is pleasant for us and it is pleasant for him whom we honor. We are especially gratified and honored that the chief executive of a Commonwealth of seven and one-half million people will leave his official duties to break bread with Dr. Rothrock and his friends. I take pleasure in presenting our Governor, Hon. John K. Tener. The Governor of Pennsylvania in the following well chosen words, then presented the loving cup to Dr. Rothrock : Presentation Address by Hon. John K. Tener. Mr. Chairman, Dr. Rothrock, Ladies and Gentlemen: This gathering has to me a double significance. We are here to honor our friend, and we are here to demonstrate that we believe it is better to give the rose to the living than the wreath to the dead. 212 REt>ORT OF THE Off. Doc. An occasion of this kind is always delightful to me, because I believe that in this life we should by our treatment of our fellowmen and of our associates, so govern our actions that we may demonstrate to him our full appreciation of his goodness and his services. One of the former governors of this State has said that Pennsylvania, potent in her strength and great in her achievements, has been tardy in recog- nizing those who by their efforts have extended her influence; and it is well that you, by your presence here and by this testimonial and tribute to your old friend and associate, should gather as you do. I do not propose to speak of the good Doctor's life, his splendid work, and his great achievements for his community, for the State, and for the Nation. Those who come after me are more conversant with his life and what he has done, but I could not live in Harrisburg and I could not take an interest in State affairs did I not learn, either from per- sonal knowledge or from the lips of others, what the Doctor's life has meant to Pennsylvania. Not only in what he may have done in the conservation work of our forests and forest products and all that relates thereto, but in the example of that splendid life, and there- fore I think this gathering is especially fitting, and I am sure it will always remain with the good Doctor a most pleasant recollection in his after years. It needs not the tangible evidence of your good will, that he should be presented with any token at this time, and yet that he may have such a token as will call forth recollections of this time his friends have seen fit to secure a loving cup, that I might present it and that he might forever after keep it. And, Doctor, I do now, at this time, address myself to you ; and in presenting this cup, which comes freely given, prompted by the hearts and from the purses of your friends, I ask you to accept it as the tangible evidence of the good feeling, the kindliness and friendship of those who are gathered here to-day and of those of your other friends. As you look upon it I hope that its base will represent, as it were, the love and the strength of your friends ; that these handles as they are moulded and welded to the cup shall remind you, in a sense, of the hands and the arms of your friends that are ever out- stretched to you in your time of need, and in support of you in your sorrows; that this cup, the pure metal it contains, we know typifies to us the strength and loyalty and purity of your own character; and as you look into its bowl, that there you will find only the re- flected faces and pleasant smiles of your friends, for the cup con- tains, as it does at this moment, the very best wishes of those present. In response to the presentation address of the Governor, Dr. Roth- rock made the following reply: No. 26. t>Et»ARTMENT OE^ PORES^TRY. m Your Excellency, President Birkinbine, Ladies and Gentlemen : I had learned in an indirect way that some token was to be pre- sented to me on this occasion, but I had no idea that anything of this sort awaited me. It has simply overwhelmed me, and I hardly trust myself to attempt a response. The one thought that is uppermost in my mind is, that those who are present are the ones who really de- serve this memento. I could not have been here to-day but for the co-operation that I have received from the friends of forestry and the contributions from all over this State; and in accepting this splendid token of your friendship and esteem I feel that I ought to accept it simply as its custodian, not as its owner, as the one par- ticular sign of all our thought and work and interest in behalf of the perpetual interests of this great Commonwealth. I feel that it be- longs to us all; and while it has been delivered to me I accept it as its custodian, to turn it over to those who succeed me as a sacred trust in memory of those who have been pioneers in forestry and con- servation in this country. It is an emblem to mark a point of prog- ress in this great work. It is useless to hope for a perpetual era of prosperity in our country if we neglect that upon which our pros- perity depends; for out of the soil, in one shape or other, all of our prosperity must come. There are many things I would like to say in this connection. I accept this token as its custodian. I thank you for it; and I would, just for a moment, if you will indulge me, like to read a brief statement which I have prepared, and which I think may express my thoughts more directly and more clearly than I could otherwise trust myself to do. Conservation, including forestry, has become fixed as a policy of this and of many other States. The principle of taking care of what we have is so safe and so necessary, that no one calls it in question to-day. Of course, the details differ with the locality, and each State may recognize methods as specially adapted to its needs ! What concerns us to-day is, by what means Pennsylvania has been led to take a first place in this widely extended movement. It is a long story, for it dates back to the days when William Penn was laying the foundations of the Commonwealth. Humphrey Mar- shall recognized its importance in 1785. Governor Geary also had distinct ideas upon the subject, as had also Governor Hartranft. In the early seventies of 1800, Hon. Richard J. Haldeman, representing Pennsylvania in our National Congress, made a most effective ad- dress in Washington upon the question of forestry. For the period of its delivery it was a clear statement of an urgent need, unsurpassed by any American utterance before and by but few since that time. For thirty years each Governor of the Commonwealth has been ac- tively interested in and helped to direct public opinion and legisla- tion to the firm foundation on which our State forestry now stands. 214 REPORT OF THE Oflf. Doc. The actual constructive forestry work began in 1893. Governors Pattison, Hastings, Stone, Pennypacker, and Stuart, each made new and substantial additions to our forestry code, suggesting and ap- proving measures to and from friendly Legislatures, just as fast as public sentiment matured and the finances of the State allowed. Now and here is the proper time and place to direct attention, your Ex- cellency, to the constructive forestry measures which have marked your administration. The birth of new ideas is often slow, and their adoption as a part of the permanent policy of the State may require time, but the consensus of opinion appears to be that the three Auxiliary Forest Bills which you approved mark an era in Pennsyl- vania forestry, and that they will make it possible for a private citi- zen to grow timber, which the State greatly needs, without injury to any. other interest or without impoverishing himself. Along side of these measures in their beneficent tendencies, one may well place the acts which now open the forest reserves to the citizens of the State. The only way to secure intelligent co-opera- tion on the part of our citizens, with the forest reserve authorities, is to give the people an actual interest in these reserves. Governor Stone stated the proper relation when he announced that "the State forests were to be the outing grounds of the people" — as they readily can be without injury to the growing timber. New York State recog- nized this years ago. When the Adirondack forest reserve was set apart for the use of the people of New York it was a long step in ad- vance. The Pennsylvania Forestry Association entered the field in 1886 and has, during all these years, been a steady support and directing force in formation of public sentiment and in obtaining wise legisla- tion. It began its work when forestry was synonomous with senti- ment and not highly esteemed by many men of an exclusively practi- cal turn of mind ; love of home, of parents, of country, are largely sentiment, but, nevertheless, the most powerful incentives to right living and to productive effort for public good. It is impossible here to name the host of our members who have worked zealously and effectively in the forestry interests. The American Civic Association, The Pennsylvania Conservation Association, The American Forestry Association, and The State Federation of Pensylvania Women, as a body and in the various clubs, have labored with us for the common cause of conservation. Our memberships largely interlock, for there is much in common to all. It is safe to say that but for the combined efforts of all, the most important forestry measures could not have been passed by our last Legislature. Nor could they have become laws without the ap- proval of our Governor. I owe, and those who come after us will owe, a large debt of grati- tude to Presidents Birkinbine, McFarland, Drinker, and Farquhar, No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 215 representing the various organizations, for the constant support and steady co-operation they have given to the important elements in the vast, varied conservation problem. I cannot pass by without a sincere and affectionate tribute to the zeal, integrity and efficiency of those with whom I have had the honor of association in the labors and deliberations of the Forestry Com- mission. Nor can I fail to speak of the splendid body of young men —the foresters— into whose care our forest reserves have passed I regret that the necessities of this occasion require me to make any allusions to myself. But I cannot be so unnatural as to make no sign of my profound appreciation of the honor you have done me- nor can I, on the other hand, fail to state explicitly and sincerely' that but for the combined help of many others, each of whom I would like to name, I could have had no case in this court. The only claim I can make is, I have loved the work in the forestry interests and I have tried to do the very best I could. There is no marvel in it. Forests were everywhere in sight of my early home. It was to them I fled for health, and I may almost say for life itself. Year by year I saw them disappearing and much of the ground on which they stood abandoned, until thousands of square miles in Pennsylvania had become unproductive. Then, after seeing what Germany did with her waste land, I resolved to go home and spend the rest of my life as a forest missionary, simply because I could think of nothing else in which I could be of so much use. I realized my limitations and was satisfied to remain within the boun- daries they fixed. That you, as I near the end of my life, have seen fit to view with approval what I have tried to do, is to me a great satisfaction. And I humbly trust it may serve to assure others that well-meant endeavors are likely to be appreciated by the best and wisest of their fellow men. In recognizing my great indebtedness to the friends of conservation in general, permit me, I beg of you, to make the further admission that there have been times when the success of cherished plans seemed to be hopeless, or in the distant future. But for the steady aid and encouragement of my life companion, my safe adviser, my wife, faith in victory, I fear, would have failed me. The best that I can say for myself, at such times, is, that I am her contribution to the forestry work in Pennsylvania. I thank you, my friends, for this gathering in of the advocates of conservation in all of its aspects, and I thank you for the loving cup. The memory of each will last as long as I do, and I am sure will be cherished by my family when I have ceased to labor in the cause we all have at heart, after I have crossed the "great divide.*' Mr. A. B. Farquhar, President of the Pennsylvania Conservation Association, and Dr. Uenrx S. Drinker, President of Lehigh Univer- 216 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 3ity, were then called upon and responded with the following ad- dresses : Address of Mr. A. B. Farquhar. We are met here to-day to pay a tribute to our friend, Pennsyl- vania's Grand Old Man, Dr. Rothrock, whom we all love, and to offer him a loving cup with inscription and an enclosure. But that is merely a token of our appreciation and respect and love. Seventy years ago, when I was a boy, I was asked by my mother to take a bunch of flowers to an old uncle, with a message of love; and ^hen I gave them to him he said, "When a message of love comes with a bunch of flowers or a big round apple, I always know it is sincere." This token will prove to the Doctor that we are sincere. He speaks of using it for the benefit of the State, but the cup is given him for himself and his seed forever ; and the enclosure is for his benefit and that of his wife, to be used for their comfort, recreation and pleasure. It was given with that understanding. I mention this because he would always prefer to give his time, labor and money for others than use it for himself. I have been familiar with Dr. Rothrock's work for many years, but never had an opportunity of seeing him till long afterward. We em- braced when we met, and after talking together five minutes we felt we had been companions for a lifetime. The influence of such a man is permanent, for it is founded on truth and sincerity and tenderness. He is a child of nature, and his very presence brings sunshine and the fragrance of the woods and the flowers, and the song of the birds, and makes one happier and better. I know I have felt his influence as an inspiration to well doing. There is really a good deal in love, as the poet expresses it ; and I am still fond of poetry, though some of my friends make fun of me for it. I was told that I would never be a success in business, that I was too romantic, but this has never seemed to interfere with it. As the Governor remarked, "it is better to sprinkle a few flowers on the head of a man while living than on the grave after he is dead." But as said before, we are here because we love Dr. Rothrock. In the words of a great poet: "Ivove indeed is light from God, A spark of that immortal fire. Which angels share, by Allah given. To lift from earth all low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above. But Heaven itself descends in love; A feeling from the God-head caught. To wean from self all sordid thought; A ray of Him who formed the whole, ^ glory circling round the sou^.' 217 No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. Address of Dr. Henry S. Drinker. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : I am glad to respond to the call of my old friend, John Birkinbine whom I have known for more years, as the lawyers say, than "the mind of man runneth to the contrary notwithstanding:" and though he does claim to be our senior here, I think I can perhaps say that in all this gathering I am the one (aside from those who are nearest and dearest to him) who has known Dr. Rothrock the longest When I went to Wilkes-Barre in 1871 as a young engineer, to work in the coal mines. Dr. Rothrock was there, a practicing physician; and it was my privilege then to form a friendship that has endured through all these years, and in these later days it has been my happiness to sit at his feet and to learn from him of the beauties of the Forestry Cult to which he has been so long devoted. This is a very remarkable gathering, fellow citizens of America We have men and women present who have come from far and near and we are actually here for neither business nor politics, which are so generally the moving motives for action with our people. We are here for the expression of a sentiment. I believe in sentiment. I believe that sentiment is one of the great dynamic forces of the world • It IS in evidence here, for we gather to-day solely to pay honor to a man who has given to our young people one of the greatest lessons of unselfish service our country has ever known. Dr. Rothrock might have distinguished himself in any line of work he elected to take up- ~-a gentleman-a cultured man-a college bred man-a man of great abihty-he chose to devote himself, for the love of country and of duty and of service, to one of the most unremunerative, and yet one of the most useful careers possible, in the pursuit of which he has given so much and received so little. And to-day, as Mr. William Russell Smith, by whom I am sitting, so well said to me a few mo- ments ago, "We are here not to celebrate the ending of a great career but to note a phase of that career- the changing from one line of service to a greater and broader one." Dr. Rothrock, we are here to assure you— and you know the assurance springs from the very bot- tom of our hearts— how much we love and honor you, and look up to you, and how greatly we realize we are indebted to you for what you have done for our young men and women by your example, and for what you have done for our State and country by your work. The Commissioner of Forestry, who succeeded Dr. Rothrock in that office on June 1, 1904, then delivered the following address: To express adequately in words the feelings which ought to be uttered on an occasion like this, I fear is beyond me. An assemblage of this character, gathered for the purpose of paying honor to a 218 REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. gentleman willing to devote the major portion of his life to a useful and capable service, is sufficient expression of what might be most fittingly said. To have been the successor of Dr. Kothrock in the office of Commis- sioner of Forestry is by me esteemed in a manner far higher than I feel I am capable of expressing. The man who won the fight for forestry in Pennsylvania; who laid its broad foundations so well; and who, while he filled that office, adhered so admirably to the principles for which he contended, makes it difficult for his successor to reach, or, indeed, in any way make a near approach to the high mark of his acliievement. As the head of the Department which he founded, it has always been my aim to follow the well known lines pursued by Dr. Rothrock. I have felt it entirely safe to guide myself by such a compass, and the longer I serve in this capacity it is im- pressed upon me that to continue adherence to the ideals, the lessons of the achievement, and the lines of endeavor which were pursued by him, is the safest and most righteous course which may be adopted in the conduct of the affairs of the Department of Forestry. We regret that Dr. Rothrock has seen fit to lay down the burden of this work, and we rejoice at the same time. We regret it because Pennsylvania and the cause of forestry see their most valiant cham- pion retire; and we rejoice because in entering upon this retirement we know he is doing so in justice to himself, to his family, and to the great record which it has been his good fortune to write for him- self while serving the people in a public capacity. He unquestionably has a right to expect younger persons now to shoulder that burden and carry it for him— the burden which for many years was carried by him alone, or nearly so, when helping hands were few in number and words expressive of cheer and encouragement were most con- spicuous by their absence. We rejoice with Dr. Rothrock to-day that in the fullness of his years there are spared to him the keenness of his perceptive faculties, his vigorous mind, and his physical health little or not at all impaired by reason of the service which he has performed for all of us. We rejoice with the members of his family that again they are to receive him into their midst as of old, free from the worries of public affairs, prepared to enjoy with them the richest, the most fruitful, and probably the most highly appreciated period of his life; and, in expressing for him and for them our feelings of good fellowship, let us do so in the hope that these years may be filled with the accumulated joys of a career which has brought for the enlightenment of others such useful lessons, such high regard for patriotic duty, such manifest devotion to proper ideals which shall not be lost from among us for generations to come. No. 26. DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. 219 The inscription on the Rothrock loving cup is as follows : "PRE- SENTED TO DR. JOSEPH TRIMBLE ROTHROCK by his friends and Associates, his disciples in forestry, in token of their love and admiration for and their appreciation of the great services he has rendered to the State of Pennsylvania and to the whole country by his long continued, unselfish, and patriotic devotion to forestry in America, in which, originally a pioneer, he has ever been a teacher and leader. 1914." \i 220 o» I t m REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 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VALUE OF PENNSYLVANIA'S FOREST PRODUCTS FOR 1915. II II) The timber cut figures which follow are taken from the table printed above. The values are taken from a table compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry and the Federal Forest Serv- ice. Lumber values are for rough lumber f.o.b. mill. Values for forest products other than lumber are f.o.b. shipping point. White pine, 24,628,000 Ft. B .M., @ $21.33 per M., $525 315 00 Hemlock, 161,343,000 Ft. B. M., @ $15.41 per M., 2 486 295 00 Yellow and other pine, 10,880,000 Ft. B. M., @ $13.87 per M., .... 'mm 00 Oak, 61,546,000 Ft. B. M., @ $19.52 per M., i 201*387 00 Chestnut, 31,646,000 Ft. B. M. @ $16.29 per M., .'..** '515*513 no Beech, Birch and Maple, 122,591,000 Ft. B, M., @ $15.52 per M., 1 902*612 00 Miscellaneous, 53,616,000 Ft. B. M., @ $14.00 per M., '750*624 04 Mine props, 97,021,000 Ft. B. M., @ $8.00 per M,, 776 168 00 Poles. 7,785,000 Ft. B. M., @ $10.00 per M., 77*850 00 Oordwood, 435,940 cords, @ $3.00 per cord, ../ j 307*820 00 Bark, 85,960 cords, @ $11.00 per cord '945 560 00 Ties, 86,109,000 Ft. B. M., or 2,066,616 ties, @ $0.40 each,..'.'.'!.'.'!.' 826,'646 00 Total value forest products for 1915, $11,466 695 00 INDEX. A. Page. A o Bilger, Charles, timber sales, ' ^1 Black Forest— Report of nursery, lofl Receipts , j« Forester's report, * * go Summary of work, ^^ Blackwells Forest ... Receipts , 2_ Forester's report, 33 Summary of work « a Bodine,^ A. W., " ' ®*' Bonawitz, F. A. , Commonwealth vs JI Brumbaugh Forest— Receipts, oc- Forester's report, 03 Summary of work , «^ Buchanan Forest, ' , , 161 Receipts , ^ Forester's report , «« Summary of work , «^ Bulfalo Forest— Report of nursery lofi Receipts, 25 Forester's report „„ Summary of work , gn Buildings , new construction and repairs , leases for occupancy: Bear Meadows Black, Z ' CO Buchanan ' " ' ^f '"":"'? .■.'.■.■.'.■.■.■.■.':::; : : : ; : : : ; : ; : : ; ; ; 89.90 Clearfield , ' Qf? I'^^^^ooa • • g^33 Hopkins, ^^ KishacoQuillas , ^ Lackawanna Medix Minisink Mont Alto McClure , Nittany '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 00 Ole Bull .*.'.*.*.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 89 Pennypacker * * ^^ Pine II ' • go Pine Grove l'"T--:-\ .;;;■.:;;:":::::::::::::: 88.89 Promised Land , gg Rothrock, * * ' Qq Seven Mountain , ^1 westfaii, '*'''**'^!!!!! !!!!!!;;"" It Bureau of Forest Protection , report of Butler, E. H. , right of way, '■■•................. gg Butz. Howard E., contract «« 97 No. 26. INDEX. ^ C. Page. Caledonia Forest — Forester's map , 199 Forester's report , 33 Nursery report , 127 • Ranger station, Willow Grove, new, 17 Receipts , 25 Summary of work , 60 Callahan , Arthur , arrest and acquittal of , 205 Camp Sites , method of numbering 186 Camps , permanent , 26 temporary permits , 32 Caprio & Grieco , right of way , 98 Central Pennsylvania Forest Fire Protective Association, 16 Central Penna. Lumber Co. , right of way 94-98-99 Chambersburg & Gettysburg Electric Railway Co., right of way, 97 Chambersburg Water Lease 79 Cobean , Chas. H. , 16 Chatham Forest — Receipts , 25 Forester's report ' 33 Nursery report , 127 Summary of work 60 Clearfield Forest — Forester's report , 33 Receipts , 25 Nursery, cost per thousand for seedlings. 125 financial statement for 1914 124 report of , 124 seedlings shipped to individuals, 1915,.. 156 seedlings shipped to State Forests, 1914, 141 seedlings shipped to State Forests, 1915, 150 water system , 124 Summary of work, 60 Clinton , Francis M. , timber sales , 91 Olouse , L. A. , contract , 98 Comiparison of law for killing man and killing game, 206 Conference on adoption of new nursery record system, 101 Conklin , Robert G. , report of Caledonia nursery 127 Construction , new 17 Construction and repairs , 198 Cost of seeds purchased 1914 , 134 Cost of seeds purchased 1915 136 Cost surveys 198 Contracts: Board of Supervisors, Price township, Monroe county, 99 Borough of Chambersburg , 97 Howard E. Butz , 97 L. A. Clouse, 98 A. B. Couch , 98 Thomas Cronin Co. , 98 Cresco & Greentown Tel. Co. , 99 Cumberland Valley R. R. Co 99 Cumberland Valley Tel. Co 98 G. Louis Dormoy 99 DuPont Powder Co. , 98 ^^ . INDEX. Off. Doc. Elk Tanning Co., ^*^®* William H. Eyster, '.'.'.[','..'. 01 Federal Refractories Co ^Z Dr. J. B. Heller, H ' * C)Q S. Hostrander , J. S. Illick, .........! Q^ William H. Libby 1 Wentz Neidigh, , «« Wm. Netoffsky , .....!......... nf New York Central & Hudson River R. R., . qq George D. Pine * ' !! W. J. Price. J: go Prior to Jan. 1, 1914 " ^ C. A. Reese, «! Adam B. Rieser «? Southern Pipe Line Co., ...."........... 90 South Renovo Borough , ^ A. N. Stambaugh aI State Highway Department , J? E. A. Ziegler .'.'.'!.'.'.'.*.'! !« Couch, A. B., contract *I Qfi Cumberland Valley Tel. Co., contract * ' * * II Cresco & Greentown Tel. Co., contract, gg Cumberland Valley Tel. Co.. right of way, ^ Cumberland Valley Tel. Co. , telephone contract, *!!!!!!!!! ol Coudersport Forest— Receipts , *' Forester's report \ *2 Summary of work, -^ Cuttings planted. 1914 '* Z^ Cuttings planted, 1915 ."!!!!..!!.!!! Jfiq Cuttings planted, 1914-1915 Z„, 174 D. Dague, Wm. F.. report of Clearfield nursery Deaths, • ; 124 Department Leases , ^^ Detail Maps, Baer ^^ Detail Maps , Morgan ^^^ Detail Maps, Mustin ^^^ Douty, William, Commonwealth vs., ^^^ Dormoy, G. Louis, contract Drafting Room ^^ Drinker . Dr. Henry S. . address of , at* RothVock VestimonVal f^l DuPont Powder Co., contract ^^.A. Dynamite Experiment ^" 160 Elk Tanning Co. , contract, Elliott. H. E., report of Sinnemahoning Forest nursery J! Evans, H. C 1^2 20 No. 26. INDEX. 235 Page. Expressions of approval of forestry work in Pennsylvania, 204 Extinction of forest fires , cost of 15 Eyster , Wm. H. , contract , 91 F. Faniton , Jay , telephone contract , 96 Farquhar, A. B. , address of, at Rothrock testimonial, 216 Federal Refractories Co. , contract , .^ 97 Federal Refractories Co. , income from lease No. 1 , 76 Federal Rref ractories Co. , lease No. 2 , 77 Fertilizing, 104 Financial Statement 23 Financial Statement for 1914, Mont Alto Nursery 114 Financial Statement for 1915. Mont Alto Nursery, , 118 Fire , forest , protective associations 16 Fires started from lightning, 200 Fire Triangulation Map, parts Potter, Tioga, Clinton and Lycoming counties , 199 Fire , Fought and Forgot to Vote , 201 Fires , buildings , 16 forest , > 14 loss from , 14 causes of 15 cost of extinction , 16 number of , 16 Fixed charges on State land , 1914 , 69 Fixed charges on State land . 1915 1% Foresters appointed 1914 and 1915 IS Foresters , deaths and resignations , 14 Foresters' reports , 1914-15 33-59 Foresters , roster of 11 Forest Fires , losses for the year 1914 , 220 Forest Fires, number and causes during 1914 221 Forest Inspector , activities of 66-67 report of, 1914 and 1915, 62 « reports and magazine articles written by 65-67 table of addresses delivered by, $4 table of inspection of trees, woodlots, and tim- berlands for individuals, 6S Forest Products , value of , for 191 5 230 Forestry work in Pennsylvania, expressions of approval of, 204 Fox , P. H. , report of Austin Nursery , 125 G. Gamble , Daniel , timber sales , Gee , R. F. , right of way Gifford , L. D. , timber sales • 92 Golden , Thos. H. , report of Ole Bull nursery 130 Grays Run Forest , Receipts 26 Forester's report , 88 Summary of work , 60 Nursery report, 127 236 INDEX. Off. Doc Page Greenwood Forest— Receipts , 2g Forester's report, ^ Summary of work , ^q Topographic and Stock Survey, 191 Seedlings shipped to individuals, 1914, 145 Seedlings shipped to individuals, 1915, 155 Seedlings shipped to State Forests, 1914, 140 Seedlings shipped to State Forests, 1915, 149 « H. Hailstone , James G. , Commonwealth vs. , ^o Haldeman Forest, forester's map, iqq Topographic Map for U. S. G. S. Sheets. ...!...'....*..* .99 Harbeson, Thos. C, report of Chatham nursery, .'.'.'*.** .o? Hatfield, H. R. , Commonwealth vs. , ' „^ Heller, Dr. J. B., contract, «! Hopkins Forest, Receipts , Forester's report 9Q Summary of work , Horning , W. H. , report of Lushbaugh nursery , ..........*...* . 09 Houtz, Jesse M., report of Nlttany nursery, . . .' * .0^ Hostrander, S. , contract, Hull Forest, ^^ on Nursery report, " Receipts, ^^^ Forester's report , ^ 00 Summary of work , * Hunting, persons killed in 1914-1915, 9^^ I. Illick , J. S. , contract Individuals, seedlings furnished to, from State nurseries, .'!.. 10! Inspection of trees , woodlots and timber land , ' Inventories for 1915 , ' ^^ ^ 118 J. Jacks Mountain Forest Receipts * ^^ Forester's report ^, Summary of work ' Topographic and Stock Survey ^^ Jerald , Frank D ^^^ • 205 K. Karthaus Forest Receipts, 7? Forester's report Summary of work , ^ Keller, John W. , .!!......... ;.!? No. 26. INDEX. 237 Page. Kettle Creek Forest — Receipts , 25 Forester's report , 33 Summary of work , 60 Nursery report , 129 Kirk, Carl L., report of Penfield nursery, 125 Kishacoquillas Forest , ; . . . 20 Receipts , 25 Forester's report , 33 Summary of work , 60 Topographic and Stock Survey 191 Knoffsinger , Henry & W. H. , right of way , 95 Krise, Alfred, timber sales, 94 L. Lackawanna Forest , 19 Receipts , 25 Land Grant Applications , 74 Land Purchases , 1914 , 9 Land Purchases , 1915 , 10 Lauver , T. W. , Commonwealth vs 20 Leases , permanent camp , 26-32 Legal Affairs , 19 Legislation , 17 Libby, William H., contract, 99 Liegey , Moses , timber sales , 93 Lightning in the State Forests 200 Lightning Report, 1912-15 201 Line marks , 200 Lockwood , James A. , timber sales 92 Loss from forest fires , 15 Love , Arthur , timber sales 93 Love , Nevin , timber sales , 94 Loyalsock Forest — Nursery report 129 Receipts , 25 Forester's report 33 Summary of work 60 Lushbaugh Forest — Nursery report 129 Receipts 25 Forester's report 33 Summary of work 60 11 Maintenance, general 105 Matson , E. Jr. , lease , 97 McClure Forest — Receipts , 25 Forester's report , 33 Summary of work , 60 McElhattan Forest — Receipts , 26 Forester's report , 33 Summary of -work , 60 238 INDEX Off. Doc. McFerren, Herman, Commonwealth vs., 21 Medix Forest— Nursery report, 130 Receipts , 05 Forester's Report, 33 Summary of work, \ gQ Meek, Chas. R., report of Penn nursery, 131 Metzger , Homer S. , . g . „ Mineral leases— Coliunbia Flint Co., 81 Sandusky Portland Cement Co. , g2 United Ice & Coal Co., 83 E. L. Love , flagstone , gg Spruce Creek ballast, 05 Mingle, Harry B., **'* ^„ Minisink Forest— Receipts , 25 Forester's report , 3^ Summary of work , gQ Mont Alto water lease, Mont Alto Forest— Ranger Station , Pond Bank , new , .. . . .......[ . . 17 Receipts , Forester's report, Summary of work, eo Nursery, 121 Nursery experiments, 1914, ^^ Nursery experiments, 1915, 120 Fertilizer experiments , ^q^ Nursery report, 1914, !.....!. m Nursery report, 1915, 117 Nursery, seedlings shipped to individuals, 1914 i 145 Nursery, seedlings shipped to Individuals, 1915,' 154 Nursery, seedlings shipped to State Forests, 1914, 139 Nursery seedlings shipped to State Forests, 1915 [ 148 Nursery soil utilization and improvement 117 Montgomery, W. E., report of Seven Mountain Nursery, ........ 132 Mt. Carmel Nursery, seedlings purchased from 143 Mount Cydonia Sand Co. , right of way , Mulford , Paul H. , report of Asaph Nursery 1 oi Miiller , Max E. , report of Kettle Creek Nursery, ioq Munn, Silas W., Commonwealth vs., «A ^ N. Neefe, Robert R., report of Black Forest Nursery Neidigh, Wentz, contract ^^^ Netoffsky, William, contract ...!....... ^^ New Bergen Forest— Forester's report, ^^ Summary of work New York Central & Hudson River R. R., contract 11 Nittany State Forest— Nursery report ' Receipts ••*•'•* ^ * i i i !!!!!!!!"!!!!!' " ^26 Forester's report "' '* " Summary of work ^^ Northeastern Forestry Co. , seedlings purchased from . „ Nursery account charges. ^^^ 103 No. 26. INDEX. 239 Nurseries: p^^^^ Asaph — report of, -£21 Fertilizer experiments , hq Inventory of seedlings , ^22 Austin — report of , ^^25 Bald Eagle — report of, ' ^^26 Black Forest — report of, ^26 Buffalo — report of, ^26 Caledonia — report of, ^27 Chatham — report of ^27 Clearfield — report of, ; ^24 Conference on adoption of new record system , loi Fertilizer experiments by Prof. Netoffsky, 105 Asaph iiQ Greenwood 108 Mont Alto , iQQ Field Sheets iq2 Greenwood — Cost of seedling production , 123 Fertilizer experiments, , 108 Inventory 124 Report of i23 Water system i23 Grays Run — report of 127 Hull — report of, 128 Kettle Creek — report of i29 Lushbaugh — report of, 129 Loyalsock — report of i29 Medix — report of 13^ Mont Alto — report of, 1914 m report of, 1915, 117 Experiments , 1914 115 Experiments , 1915 120 Financial statement , 1914 114 Financial statement , 1915 ng Inventory , 1915 , ng Seeds and seed testing 117 Soil utilization and improvement, 117 Failures , 115 Fertilizer experiments , • 106 New System of Records and Accounting lOl Description of, 102 Seed bed records , loi Transplant bed records , 102 Field sheets 102 Operations to be charged 103 Nittany — report of 130 Ole Bull — report of, 130 Penfield — report of 125 Penn — report of , 131 Pine Grove — report of , 131 Pocono — report of 131 Report for the years 1914 and 1915 99 Seed bed records , 101 Seedlings shipped from , 138 16 240 INDEX Off. Doc. Seeds sown in spring, 1914, 135 Seeds sown in fall, 1914 and spring, 1915, 137 Seven Mountain — report of, 132 Shipments from , 13g Sinnemahoning — report of, \ 132 Snow Shoe — report of, 132 Study of conditions In , lOi Systematizing records lOi Transplant Bed Records , IO2 Whetham — report of, 132 White pine blister rust, 101 White pine weevil, 101 O. Ole Bull Forest— Nursery report, 130 Receipts 26 Forester's report, 33 Summary of work , 61 P. Patterson Heirs , Commonwealth vs. , jo Penna. Fire Brick Co., right of way, 98 Penn Forest— Receipts, o^ __ Zb Forester's report , 30 Summary of work | ^^ Topographic and Stock Survey '' 190 Nursery report, 2«- Penna. & N. Y. Tel. & Tel. Co. . right of way , ... . . . . . .* .* .' .* .* .' * * .' .' ' ' ' ' 97 Penna. Telephone Co. , telephone contract ' ^ ' . - 97 Penfleld Forest— Receipts , 26 Forester's report 33 Summary of work, ^j Nursery report 225 Pennypacker Forest— Topographic and Stock Survey, 192 Receipts , og Forester's report 33 Summary of work 0^ Permits for temporary camps * \ 30 Permanent camps ^^ Perry, Geo. S. , report of Hull nursery, 128 Pine Gove Forest — Burning of store ic __ ' Id Forester's map 299 Nursery report , 231 Receipts , «« Forester's report , m • Summary of work , gj Repairs to buildings . 27 Warrant map , Mustin , 199 Pine , George D. , contract, ! ! 99 i 0 No. 26. INDEX. 241 Pa&^e Pine Forest — Receipts, 26 Forester's report, 33 Summary of work , gi Pike County folio map by townships 199 Plantation, white pine and white ash in mixture, Caledonia Forest, . 204 Plantation reports, 159 Planting, cost of ig2 experiments , ig2 plans and outline , ig2 purpose of, ig2 on State Forests , 157 on State Forests , cuttings , 1914-1915 , 174 on State Forests, direct seed sowing, 1914-1915, 173 on State Forests, direct seed sowing, summary, quantity, area , and costs , I8l on State Forests, direct seed sowing, summary by years, 183 on State Forests, cuttings in holts , 174 on State Forests, cuttings in holts, summary by forests,.. 183 on State Forests, cuttings in holts, summary by years, .. 184 on State Forests, summary, species and number, 175 on State Forests, summary, number area and costs, 177 on State Forests, summary, by years, species and number, 179 on State Forests, summary by years, number, area, and costs , , 180 on State Forests, 1914, number of seedlings, area and costs , 167 on State Forests, 1914, species, age, and number 165 on State Forests, 1915, species, age, and number 169 on State Forests, 1916, number of seedlings, area, and cost 171 Pocono Forest — Nursery report 131 Receipts , 26 Forester's report, 33 Summary of work gi Nursery, seedlings shipped to individuals, 1915, ... 156 Pocono Protective Fire Association , ig Potter Gas Co. , rlglit of way 95 Price , W. J. , contract , 99 Promised Land Forest — ^Receipts , 26 Forester's report 33 Summary of work gi Protection Code I8 Protective Associations , ig Pure Oil Company , right of way, 97 R. Raker , C. D. , right of way 94 Rangers appointed 1914 and 1915 14 deaths and resignations , 14 roster of , 12 Receipts from State Forests , 25 Records and accounting in nurseries , 101 Reese , C. A. , contract , 99 16—26—1916 242 ' INDEX. Off. Doc. Page. Repairs to buildings ^„ Reports, foresters' annual , 33.50 Resignations , - . Retan , George A. , report of Mont Alto Nursery, * m RIeser , Adam B. , con-tract , 91 Rights of Way, 94 American Tel. & Tel. Co 97 Beech Creek Extension R. R. Co 99 E. H. Butler, ..!......... 98 Bedford & Fulton Telephone Co. . 97 Caprio & Grieco, 93 Central Penna. Lumber Co 94-98-99 Chambersburg & Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co. , 97 Cumberland Valley Tel. Co., ,,,, 97 H. F. Gee 93 Henry & W. H. Knoffsinger , ............. 95 Mount Cydonia Sand Co. , 95 Pennsylvania Fire Brick Co 95 Penna. & N. Y. Tel. & Tel. Co '. . . . . . 97 Potter Gas Co. , ] q- Pure Oil Company g_ C. D. Raker Smith & Middlekauff '. . . . . . . . . . .... * 97 Southern Pipe Line Co. , «- The Tide Water Pipe Line Co. . Ltd. , . . . . . . . . [ . . . .' .' .' " .' * * * ' .' * * 97.95 Vincent Lumber Co qj. J. B. Walker 90 Waynesboro Water Co. , * ] 99 Rothrock Forest , * . ^ Headquarters, new -_ Receipts, 26 Forester's report „, Summary of work -- Rothrock, Dr. Joseph Trimble, testimonial luncheon to and cup pre- sentation ceremony «^q Rupp, A. E., experiment with one-year white pine, igi Ryon , J. B. , report of Whetham nursery, 132 s. Sandusky Portland Cement Co. , lease ' Sandy Ridge Improvement Cutting «^^ School Fund, School code , amendment to Scrub oak underplanting irq Seed— amount, value, and disposition of in 1914 and 1915 mn Testing ; J5^ Bed records for nurseries Direct sowing. 1914-15 ico 170 Purchased, 1914 [[ -iIa Purchased, 1915 Ill Sown in nurseries spring, 1914, \ -or Sown in nurseries fall 1914 and spring 1915 , ..... . . . . . . . . 137 No. 26. INDEX. 243 Seedlings removed from State Forest nurseries, iqa Furnished individuals, ' -«- Planted 1914, .*;;;; .._^^; Planted 1915, ::;:::;•; llt^l Purchased 1914, Mt. Carmel Nursery Co., 143 Purchased 1915, North Eastern Forestry Co., ....!!!!... 152 Removed from small nurseries, 1914, '. ........ 142 Removed from small nurseries, 1915 151 Shipped to State Forests, 1914: Asaph Nursery, -3^ Mont Alto Nursery, ^39 Greenwood Nursery, 140 Clearfield Nursery, ... Mt. Carmel Nursery (purchased), 142 Shipped to Individuals, 1914: Asaph Nursery -gg Mont Alto Nursery, ** ^39 Greenwood Nursery **** j.« Clearfield Nursery, ... Shipped to Individuals, 1915: Asaph Nursery, ^_„ Mont Alto Nursery, - - . Greenwood Nursery, * --_ Clearfield Nursery 156 Pocono Nursery ^^ '" - -- Shipped to State Forests, 1915: Asaph Nursery , ... Mont Alto Nursery -.« Greenwood Nursery, -.9 Clearfield Nursery, ign North Eastern Forestry Co. (purchased) , .... 152 Seven Mountain Forest— Nursery report 132 Topographic and Stock Survey ] 199 Receipts '. ""* ^q Forester's report 33 Summary of work , g^ Sheeler . Geo. W. , report of Snow Shoe Nursery 132 Shippensburg Borough , water lease, Silviculture and Mensuration, .,11 Silvius, A, C, report of Buffalo Nursery, Sinnemahoning Forest— Nursery report, 100 Receipts, 26 Forester's report *|| 33 Summary of work , g ^ Sizerville Forest— Forester's report 00 Summary of work Siggins, H. W ^^ Slate Run Forest— Receipts of Forester's report 33 Summary of work gi Smith , George, Commonwealth vs Smith, E. H., report of Bald Eagle Nursery ^„« Smith & Middlekauff, right of way 07 Smith Lum^' r Co. , timber sales, qI *************** vA .« 244 INDEX. Off. Doc. No. 2d. INDEX. 245 Page Snow Shoe Forest — Receipts , 26 Forester's report , 33 Summary of work , 61 Nursery report , 132 Society of Eastern Foresters, summer meeting of, 202 South Renovo Borough , contract , 97 South Renovo Borough , water lease , 78 Southern Pipe Line Co. , contract 98 Southern Pipe Line Co. , right of way , 95 Sowing and mulching , 103 Staley , Lewis E. , 21 Stambaugh , A. N. , contract 98 State Forests , area of t 9 State Forests, area burned , 15 State Forest Planting: Cuttings , 1914-15 , 174 Direct seed sowing, 1914-15, 162-173 Seedlings , area , and cost , 1914 167 Seedlings , area , and costs , 1915 , 171 Species , age, and number , 1914 , 165 Species , age , and number , 1915 , 169 Summary, 1914-15, 175 State Forests , suggested area , 10 State Highway Dept. , contract , 98 Stone Forest — Receipts 26 Forester's report , 33 Summary of work 61 Strobeck , John L. , report of Pocono Nursery 131 Stuart Forest — Receipts , 26 Forester's report 33 Summary of work , 61 Total cost and net returns on investment 81 Summary of seedlings furnished to individuals, 1914-1915, 185 Summary of State Forest Planting 161 Summary of Topographic Survey costs and length of lines run, 193 Summary of work on State Forests , 60 Surveys, cost of 193-198 Surveys , 1914 , 194 Surveys, 1915 196 Sweigert , John , timber sales , 92-94 T. Tables: Fertilizer Experiment , 107 Fixed Charges on State Land , . 69 Forest Data , summary , 60 Forest Fire Losses , 1914 220 Foresters and Forest Rangers 11 Foresters' Reports , condensed 34 Forest Inspector and Chief Forest Fire Warden , 63 Forest Tree Seeds purchased 1914, species, amount and cost, 134 i "t iPj A _ Page Forest Tree Seeds sown in nurseries, spring 1914; species, amount , and cost , ^'^^ Forest Tree Seeds purchased 1915; species, amount and cost, .. 136 Forest Tree Seed sown in nurseries, fall 1914 and spring 1915, species , amount , and cost , ^^3 ^ Lands Purchased , 9 Land Grant Applications, -75 Seedling Shipments to State Forests, Asaph nursery, 1914, 138 Seedling Shipments to State Forests, Mont Alto nursery, 1914, 139 Seedling Shipments to State Forests, Greenwood nursery, 1914, 140 Seedling Shipments to State Forests, Clearfield nursery, 1914, 141 Seedlings Removed from Small Forest nurseries, 1914, 142 Seedling Shipments to State Forests, 1914, purchased from Mt. Carmel nursery , 143 Seedlings Furnished to Individuals from Asaph nursery, 1914, 144 Seedlings Furnished to Individuals from Mont Alto nursery, 1914, 145 Seedlings Furnished to Individuals from Greenwood and other nurseries , 1914 , 145 Seedling Shipments to State Forests, Asaph nursery, 1915, 147 Seedling Shipments to State Forests, Mont Alto nursery, 1915, 148 Seedling Shipments to State Forests, Greenwood nursery, 1915, 149 Seedling Shipments to State Forests, Clearfield nursery, 1915, 150 Seedlings Removed from Small Forest nurseries, 1915, 151 Seedling Shipments to Stale Forests, 1915, purchased from the North Eastern Forestry Co. , 152 Seedlings Furnished to Individuals from Asaph nursery, 1915, 153 Seedlings Furnished to individuals from Mont Alto nursery, 1915 154 Seedlings Furnished to Individuals from Greenwood nursery, 1915 155 Seedling Furnished to Individuals from Clearfield nursery, 1915, 156 Seedlings Furnished to Individuals from Pocono nursery, 1915, 156 Timber Cut, 1914 222 Timber Cut, 1915, 226 Topographic Survey costs 193 Value of Fa. Forest Products , 1915 , 230 Tea Spring Forest — Burning of headquarters, 15 Receipts , 26 Forester's report 33 Summary of work , 61 Telephone contracts: Bell Telephone Co. , 96-97-98 Penna. Telephone Co. , 97 Cumberland Valley Tel. Co. , 96 Jay Fanton gg United Telephone & Telegraph Co 97 Western Union Telegraph Co 96 Telephone Poles of Glass 202 Tener, Hon. John K., address at Rothrock testimonial, 211 Thomas Cronin Co. , contract , 98 Thomas Cronin Co. , lease and revenues , 1914-15 , 80 Tide Water Pipe Line Co., Ltd., rights of way, 97-98 246 INDEX. Off. Doc. No. 26. INDEX. 247 Page Timber cut in 1914 , 222 Timber cut in 1915, 226 Timber sales, 91 Bayless Paper Mfg. Corp. , 93 Charles Bilger , 93 Francis M. Clinton 91 Daniel Gamble, 92 L. D. Gifford, 92 Alfred Krise 94 James A. Lockwood , 92 Arthur Love, 93 Nevin Love , 94 Moses Liegey, 93 Smith Lumber Co 92 John Sweigert , 92 E. H. Zimmerman & Son 91 Topographic and Stock Surveys 187 Barree Forest , 188 Greenwood Forest , 191 Jacks Mt. Forest , 191 Kishacoquillas Forest 191 Penn Forest, 190 Pennypacker Forest 192 Seven Mountain Forest 190 Costs and length of lines run, summary of 193 Transplant Bed Records for nurseries, 102 Trees for Higihway Planting, Greenwood nursery 123 Tree Seeds purchased , 1914 , 134 Tree Seeds purchased , 1915 , 136 Tree Seeds sown in nurseries, spring 1914 135 Tree Seeds sown in nurseries, fall 1914 and spring 1915, 137 Trees struck by lightning and ignited , 1912-15, 201 U. United Tel. & Tel. Co. , telephone contract 97 V. Vincent Lumber Co. , right of way 98 • W. Walker, J. B., right of way 98 Water Leases — Chambersburg, 79 Mont Alto 78 Shippensburg 77 South Renovo 78 Waynesboro Water Co. , right of way 99 Wells , A. B. , report of Grays Run nursery, 127 Western Union Telegraph Co. , telephone contract 96 Page Whetham State Forest — Nursery report, 132 Receipts , 26 Forester's report , 313 Summary of work, gj White Deer Forest — Nursery report, 1913-14, 133 Receipts , 26 Forester's report, 33 Summary of work , gi White Pine, proportion of, to all other combined species, 101 White Pine, production in State nurseries, 101 Wilhelm, H. V. , Commonwealth vs. , 22 Williams, John R., report of Pine Grove nursery, 131 Winter covering io4 Winter, Raymond B., nursery report, 1913-14, 133 Wirt, George H. , jg Activities of 64 to 69 Y. Young Woman's Creek Forest — Receipts Forester's report , Summary of work, 61 Z. Zerby , Chas. E. , report of Medix nursery, 130 55immerman , E. H. & Son , timber sale, 91 Ziegler , E. A. , contract 97 JUN ? W:f 1 END OF YEAR