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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



April 



Sterling-, of Philadelphia, and Prof. 

 Hugh P. Baker, of the Pennsylvania 

 State College, were also welcome 

 guests from south of the international 

 boundary. 



Resolutions were adopted by the 

 meeting urging on the different gov- 

 ernments the necessity of more 

 thorough protection of the forests 

 from fire ; calling on the governments 

 - — especially those of the provinces of 

 Ontario and Quebec — to take measures 

 to re-acquire their areas of waste and 

 broken land and set these apart for 

 forest reserves ; and congratulating 

 the provinces of Ontario and Quebec 

 on the adoption of forward steps in 

 forestry. 



The following were elected officers 

 for 1908- 1909: 



Patron, His Excellency Earl Grey, 

 Governor-General of Canada. 



Honorary President. Rt. Hon. Sir 

 Wilfrid Laurier. 



President, Mr. W. B. Snowball, 

 Chatham, N. B. 



Vice-President, Air. Thos. South- 

 worth, Toronto, Ont. 



Secretary, Mr. A. H. D. Ross, Fac- 

 ulty of Forestry, University of Toron- 

 to, Toronto, Ont. 



Assistant Secretary, Air. F. W. H. 

 Jacombe, Ottawa, Ont. 



Treasurer, Miss Marion Robinson, 

 Ottawa. Ont. 



Mr. R. H. Campbell, who resigned 

 the position of secretary, was added to 



the Board of Directors. 



The Association has now a member- 

 ship of 1,282, an increase of sixty dur- 

 ing the past year. 



CANADIAN SOCIETV OF FOREST 

 KNGINEERS 



Canadian foresters have organized 

 the Canadian Society of Forest Engi- 

 neers. The society was formed on 

 March 13, 1908, at the time of the an- 

 nual meeting of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association. The objects of the so- 

 ciety, in the words of its constitution, 

 are "the advancement of its members 

 in the theory and practice of forestry 

 by the discussion of technical and pro- 

 fessional topics, the promotion of a 

 better mutual acquaintance among Ca- 

 nadian foresters, and the cultivation of 

 an esprit de corps among the members 

 of the profession." Four classes of 

 members are provided for, namely: 

 Honorary, Active, Student, and Asso- 

 ciate. The inaugural dinner was held 

 in the Place Viger Hotel, and the so- 

 ciety numbered among its guests Mr. 

 Overton W. Price, Prof. F. Roth, and 

 Prof. Hugh P. Baker. Dr. Fernow 

 was elected president of the society ; 

 Mr. R. II. Campbell, Dominion Su- 

 perintendent of Forestry, vice-presi- 

 dent, and Mr. F. W. H. Jacombe, of 

 the Forestry Branch, Department of 

 the Interior, secretary-treasurer. The 

 society already numbers thirteen mem- 

 bers. 



THE MOUNTAINS 



By Haver Charles Hurst 



Gazing across the level of the plain, 

 A stranger little dreams that any call 

 To march against that purple mountain 



wall 

 Could yield him aught of pleasure or of 



gain; 



Yet these same mountains never will 



disdain. 

 Upon approach, to ope to one and all 

 Their canyons' gates with wood and 



waterfall, 

 And rivers flowing down to the blue 

 main. * 



E'en so the alien soul at times doth stand 

 Doubting the blank face of cternitj^ 

 Not knowing that the walls on either 



hand 

 Make way for living rivers, pure and free, 

 Tliat flow on through a sweet, ethereal 



land, 

 And empty in a great and boundless sea. 



— The Western Field. 



