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Secretary of Agriculture visit

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  • July 5th, IPol* H&» Forest win StraaKi A :'l .istinguishad party from Ashing ton have been in Ashe* vili and tla surrounding country this «vek on m investigating tous re* ga^aing the iatablishraent of "he Appalachian. National Park of vAilch 1 hmv% vritttn yea several times. This party mm composed of Secretary of Agriculture Jatvies **rilscn; his secretary, I, A. Wilson; % J, Mages of the bureau of ethnology; 0 if ford Pinchot of the bureau of forestry} S, K. Newell, United Stated geological survey; and J. A. Holmes, State geologist. > . • The party are investigating the timber conditions of '?es*» tern North Carolina and during the next week purpose to spend the time in the nroods along the state line b«twa«R North Carolina and Tennessee. Secretary' Wilson has been kindly disposed toward our Park movement from tits first and this personal investigation vhich he is Raking ai.ll undoubtedly only add to his enthusiasn in thS cause and more fully aoquatelt hlw with the necessities of such a mo^enent. Prof. Pinchot chiaf ©f the flovsraroeht Forsetfy Bureau, stated sAiile in Asheville that the numerous flood s which had recently occurred ir the various portions of the Southeastern section are due in great part to the timber destruction <rttioft has been carried on during a the past tWQ years, He further stated that these floods utoile Soing
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