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cept one, and this one came from a fire 

 which started about three miles distant, 

 from a settler's slash. A very interesting 

 bit of work is being handled now, name- 

 ly, burning the right of way through tim- 

 bered lands, and so far my Inspector has 

 handled this work with great success. We 

 have several miles of this to attend to; 

 if we get through with it successfully it 

 will be an object lesson. We burn at night 

 with a good force of men handling it, first 

 seeing that the slash is separated from 

 the forest by lanes each side. The In- 

 spector superintends the whole work and 

 no burning can be undertaken without his 

 consent. 



'The relations between the Quebec Gov- 

 ernment and the Federal authorities, i.e., 

 the Board of Railway Commissioners, are 

 most cordial; we have joined forces for 

 the public good, and work hand in hand, 

 with the result that railway conditions in 

 Quebec province are probably more ad- 

 vanced in the line of protection than in 

 any other province; at all events the pro- 

 tection is more complete owing to action 

 of the Quebec Public Utilities Commission. 

 We hope to obtain control over the Inter- 

 colonial Railway and National Transcon- 

 tinental Railway before long.' 



A Mountain Climb in B. C. 



D. Roy Cameron writes under date of 

 Aug. 12:— 



'Mr. Clyde Leavitt and myself made an 

 interesting trip, towards the end of July, 

 from Ashcroft to the summit of Cairn 

 Mountain (elevation 7650 feet) situated 

 in the Hat Creek Forest Reserve. The 

 idea I had in making the trip was to 

 show Mr. Leavitt some very fine sheep 

 range available on the summits of the 

 Clear Mountains above timber line. 



'Starting from Ashcroft early in the 

 morning by team, we reached the Amphi- 

 theatre Ranger Station on Oregon Jack 

 Creek, seventeen miles distant, for an 

 early lunch. Here we changed to saddle 

 horses, and, accompanied by Forest As- 

 sistant Alan E. Parlow with a pack-horse 

 in tow, set out for timber line, which we 

 made about six o'clock. Parlow was left 

 here to cook supper, while Leavitt and I 

 proceeded to the summit. From this point 

 a magnificent view is obtainable of the 

 Cascade Range, which rises 8,000 feet 

 straight out of the Fraser Canyon. Un- 

 fortunately the setting sun threw the 

 mountains into shadow so that details 

 were lacking, but even at that the scene 

 was well worth the climb. 



'On returning to timber line a demon- 

 stration of gastronomic ability was given 

 by all, after which we retired to a shelter 

 improvised out of a pack-cover.' 



The change from the stifling heat of 

 Ashcroft to the chilly winds of timber-line 

 was very acceptable. 



In the morning we found that one of 

 the horses, supposedly gentle, had decided 

 antipathies to making the descent, pro- 

 bably thinking 10,000 acres of fine range 

 enough for his simple needs. Then ensued 

 a Wild West Show during which it was 

 discovered that the combined roping abil- 

 ity of the outfit was 0.00%. A thorough 

 test of this made a change of tactics seem 

 desirable. Snaring was decided on, and, 

 when this was finally managed after much 

 patient (or impatient) manoeuvering, the 

 very much disgusted horse was finally 

 snubbed around a small white-bark pine, 

 and the incident closed. Fuller details and 

 additional color can probably be obtained 

 from the Chief Fire Inspector for the 

 Railway Board, on request. 



A record trip to town completed an en- 

 joyable two days' trip. 



Some fine pictures were obtained by Mr. 

 Leavitt but the finest of all was unfor- 

 tunately never taken. 



In Southeastern British Columbia. 



J. D. Gilmour, District Forester at 

 Cranbrook in the B. C. Forest Service, 

 writes: — "Since December, 1912, I have 

 been stationed at Cranbrook as District 

 Forester in the Provincial Forest Service. 

 The work includes all business in connec- 

 tion with the Forest Branch in this dis- 

 trict. This season we are laying emphasis 

 chiefly on fire protection, and are build- 

 ing trails and telephone lines for that pur- 

 pose. The summer so far has been favour- 

 able. The dangerous periods have been 

 short, and there have been few fires en- 

 tailing extra expense, and all these have 

 been discovered and extinguished before 

 they had much start. The total area burn- 

 ed over is negligible. We are also work- 

 ing to obtain co-operation with lumber- 

 men in the burning of slash, and have met 

 'with some success; we look for more in 

 future. Already over one thousand acres 

 of slash has been successfully burned in 

 places where it constituted a grave danger. 



Top-lopping and Dynamite. 



Ellwood Wilson, chief of the Forestry 

 Department of the Laurentide Co., Ltd., 

 has sent some interesting notes as to his 

 doings and experiences of the month, to- 

 gether with interesting additional notes. 



On July 14th, Mr. Wilson took Mr. 

 Kieffer, of the Forestry Department of 

 the Quebec Government, to inspect an area 

 of about three square miles which had 

 been lumbered by the Laurentide Co., Ltd., 

 and on which all tops had been lopped to 

 the tips of the trees. The results were 

 very satisfactory; the brush lying flat on 

 the ground and many of the branches al- 

 ready beginning to decay. The woods, it 

 was found, were left in good condi- 

 tion and were much easier to travel 

 through; there was much less risk of fire, 



