The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 28, 1909, Page 4

ee THE STAR—SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1909 ~~ . G0 a= em LE 4 GUMFIS 7. COS Oliver C. MeGilvra ix @ staunch of timber, Aw bead of the associa advocate of conservatiom. He be |tion which hae for its object the! Heoves heartily in the offorts being | protecting of the Umber during tmade to preserve the natural re (the summer seasdn, hiv work has sources from despollation and | saved the lumber interests of this waste. He has contributed gener /state many hundreds of thousands ously to further the work of those | of dollars, Mr. Simone te always iat the fore in matters pertaining actively engaged in teaching the mesnage of “eave instead of waste,” | to the natural resources and be is and Is one of the loading members|a tower of strength to the fight! of the Washington Conservation as |which the conservationists of (his| aeolation. wtate are waging. Wai. Pitt Trimble is one of the) wm 4, Murphy Is one of the representative leading mon of the |peat known mem in business and city who are mombers of the Wash- | civic iife in this eity. Me is strong: ington Conservation association, |iy believer in the canse of con and, while not taking an active part | servation, and bas liberally alded in the work of the organization, be the movement being waged to save has quietly helped the movement |rhe natural forests. Mr Murphy is along in & very substantial man- | gt present a member of the city ner. He is @ firm beffever in | council. conservation. Joba Barrett, director of the Bu D. P. Simons, Jr, is chief fire) reau of American Republica, is one warden of the Washington Forest/of the leading conservationists Five association, manager of the | His fame has become national. He Sound Timber Co., and is vitally in-|was an interested attendant ate terested In conserving our ies, 1 sessions «oof the conser vation convention, and delivered an interesting and instructive paper. Prof. Frank G. Miller, dean of the school of forestry of the Unt- Yersity of Washington, has advo cated conservation strongly, both ie publications and from the plat form. He is = clone student of the subject of conservation, and has aided very largely in furthering the cause in the Northwest Joe! Bhomaker js first vice preab dent of the Washington Conserva- tion assoctation, and president of the Washington LoggedOff Lands association. He bas directed the publicity work In advance of the present first National Conservation congress, and bia work aided very tatertally in making it « truly rep- iresentative and comprehensive gathering of the l@ading conserve. Ulontete of the pation. R. W. Douglas has been perhaps the moat powerful factor tn ar ranging for the present congress, which he orgunized and made a sue- cewe through close application and hard work A. J. Cody, head of the Cody Detective Agency, Arcade building, was one of the earliest men to sign the membership roll of the Wash ington §=Conservation association, He te & man of recognised ability, and conservation is one of hin strong characteristion He was tn the secret service a number of yoars, and for a time was a special agent of the United States govern- ment. Mr. Cody was in charge of the custome service from St. Michaels to the boundary line dur- ing the early days of the Kiondike rush, and wan also a special agent in the Alaska service,