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DEATH OF HON. JOHN SHARPLES. 



C.P.R. PUBLICITY. 



The death of Hon. John Sharpies, mem- 

 ber of the firm of W. & J. Sharpies, timber 

 merchants of Quebec, occurred at the 

 family residence in that city on July 30. 

 Mr. Sharpies was a native of Quebec, hav- 

 ing been born there is 1847. He was edu- 

 cated at Quebec and Montreal and became 

 within a few years of going into business 

 with his brother one of the leading lum- 

 bermen of the province. Mr. Sharpies 

 was prominent in public affairs. He was 

 a member of the Legislative Council of 

 Quebec, honorary president of the Union 

 Bank of Canada, and, during recent years, 

 had occupied the post of member of the 

 Quebec Harbor Commission, director of the 

 Quebec Bridge Company, director of the 

 Quebec Railway, Light, and Power Com- 

 pany, director of the Prudential Trust 

 Company, director of the Quebec Steam- 

 ship Company and vice-president of the 

 Quebec Northern Railway Company. 



In religious and social matters he was 

 also very active. He was vice-president 

 of the Anti-Alcholic League, past presi- 

 dent of the Canadian Club and a few years 

 ago he established a special children's 

 ward in the Hotel Dieu hospital of Quebec. 

 In 1907 in view of his distinguished ser- 

 vices and in recognition of his Christian 

 character he was created a Knight of St. 

 Gregory by his Holiness the Pope. 



The funeral services were held at St. 

 Patrick's Church, Quebec, on Aug. 1 and 

 were attended by leading citizens of the 

 province. One of the chief mourners was 

 Mr. Wm. Power, M.P., vice-president of 

 the Canadian Forestry Association, whose 

 partner the late Mr. Sharpies was. The 

 Secretary attended on behalf of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



TIMBER PRICES SOAR. 



Some idea of the recent advance in the 

 price of lumber may be gathered from the 

 fact that E. A. Dunlop, M.L.A., of Pem- 

 broke, has just paid the record smashing 

 price of $14.40 per thousand feet for the 

 timber on a limit measuring 15 1-2 square 

 miles in the township of Gooderham, Dis- 

 trict of NipisHing. 



The limit, which was bought from the 

 Ontario government by Mr. Dunlop for the 

 Pembroke Lumber Company, contains all 

 white pine. Tenders for the purchase 

 were called for, and Mr. Dunlop 'a was the 

 highest. 



For the past few years the average price 

 paid per thousand feet for timber cut off 

 similar limits has been between $10 and 

 $11. About a year ago, however, J. J. Mc- 

 Fadden, of Renfrew, paid $13.50 for a 

 limit near the Jock river. — Citizen. 



One of the best publicity features in the 

 interests of forest conservation which has 

 appeared yet is the following notice which 

 appears in the Western Lines Time Table 

 of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The 

 folder is issued by the hundreds of thou- 

 sands and the notice is displayed in such 

 a fashion as to attract widest attention. 



S AVE THE FORESTS 



Canada's timber preservations are assets 

 the value of which can only be conjectured. 

 To wilfully neglect to take ordinary precaution 

 to insure them against destruction from forest 

 fires is to commit a crime against the safety 

 and prosperity of our citizens. 



CAREFULLY EXTINGUISH 

 SMALL FIRES 



Those who go into the woods — hunters, 

 fishermen, campers and canoeists — should con- 

 sider it their duty to exercise every care to 

 prevent loss from fire. Passengers on trains 

 should not throw lighted cigar or cigarette ends 

 out of the car windows. Besides the danger to 

 lives, homes and property to settlers, every 

 acre of forest burned means labor turned away, 

 reduced market for our crops, heavier taxation 

 on other property, streamflow disturbed and 

 liigher lumber prices. 



FIRE AT BOOTH'S MILL. 



During the first week of September the 

 mi lis of Mr. John R. Booth at the Chau- 

 (iioro Falls, Ottawa, suffered damage by 

 fire to the extent of over $110,000. The 

 first fire occurred on Sept. 1 in the carrier 

 which conveys the sawdust and refuse to 

 the burner, resulting in a loss of over 

 $10,000. This caused the closing down of 

 tlic mills for a week, and on Sunday, Sept. 

 7, when the equipment was repaired suf- 

 fi(i<Mitly to permit of resuming operations, 

 a second fire destroyed the part of the 

 plant known as the timber mill, with a 

 loss of approximately $100,000. This was 

 a wooden structure situated between the 

 .sMwniiil and the Chaudiere Falls. By dint 

 of hard work on the ])art of the city fire- 

 nicti and the mill fire brigade the fire was 

 kc|)t from reaching the sawmill, a stone 

 structure, and the other parts of the plant, 

 as the pulp and paper mills, etc. The tim- 

 luM- mill was a total loss. About three hun- 

 drcil hands were employed in this part of 

 the |dant. Decision has not yet been made 

 MM to rebuihling, but any structure erected 

 to replace this one, will, it is stated, be 

 lilcc the more recent parts of the plant, of 

 steel and concrete. 



