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out the helplessness in which the isolated forest ranger finds him- 

 self without it. The first line to be constructed by the Govern- 

 ment is to be in the Big Horn Reserve in Wyoming. It is to be 

 109 miles in length, connecting the rangers' cabins with the Super- 

 visor's headquarters. The cost of construction is estimated to 

 average $30 per mile. The total cost of supplies for the line, ex- 

 clusive of instruments, which are to be leased from the Bell Tele- 

 phone Company, amounted to $2,400, delivered at Big Horn, the 

 cost of the wire alone being $1,897.50, insulators, brackets, etc., 

 requiring the balance. The use of trees for poles reduces the ex- 

 pense of construction. The saving of a single tract of moderate 

 size is enough to pay for a telephone line. Private lines are also 

 established in addition, upon permits from the Forester. 



Wherever possible the line should be carried within reasonable 

 distance of high places which may be made look-out points. 



Telephones and the Forest Reserves. The American Telephone 

 Journal. October, 1906. Pp. 218-221. 



The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. has be- 

 Railroad gun tree planting on quite an extensive 



Planting. scale along its Western lines. A contract 



has been let for a small acreage of break- 

 ing near Wolseley, on which it is the intention to experiment with 

 tamarack for ties. A piece of ground is also to be planted at 

 Medicine Hat with Jack Pine and Tamarack for the same purpose. 

 Over 100 miles of trees are to be planted between Winnipeg and 

 Calgary for snow breaks, and at several stations trees are to be 

 planted around the station grounds, and prizes are to be oifered 

 the section foremen who make the best showing. This work, if 

 carried on successfully, ought to encourage tree planting among 

 the farmers of the West. 



Canadian Forestry Journal, September, 1906. 



This year important changes have been 

 Educational made in the direction of two German For- 



Changes. est Academies. Oberforstmeister Weise re- 



signed from the academy at Miinden and 

 was succeeded by Oberfortmeister Riebel from Eberswalde, in 



