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Canadian Forestry Journal, September, 1913. 



WORK IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN 

 RESERVE. 



In the July issue of 'The Rocky Moun- 

 tain Review' whose appearance was men- 

 tioned in these columns a couple of months 

 ago, there are evidences of efficiency 

 and careful management on the part of 

 the officers of the Rocky Mountain Forest 

 Reserve. A series of tables indicate brief- 

 ly the exact extent of the work carried 

 on, the difficulties encountered and the 

 business transacted. Fires are divided in- 

 to three classes, of which class A are small 

 fires, such as spreading camp fires, not cov- 

 ering more than a few square rods; class 

 B, fires requiring assistance and extra ex- 

 pense, generally not covering more than 

 five acres; class C, large fires requiring ex- 

 tra help and expense. The figures in 

 these classes for the quarter ending on 

 June 1st are as follows: — 21, 3, and 9, a 

 total of 33 fires. Of these 2 were started 

 by railroad construction, 22 by locomo- 

 tives, 1 through clearing land, 4 through 

 camp fires, 1 through lightning, 1 through 

 dropping burning match, and of two the 

 causes were unknown. Of permanent im- 

 provements there were constructed the fol- 

 lowing :-roads 7^ miles, costing $1,- 

 032.13, standard trails 112 miles, costing 

 $4,086.87; secondary trails, 215 miles, cost- 

 ing $3,161.97, telephone lines, 51 miles, 

 costing $5,367.47, fire guards 330.5 miles, 

 costing $304.11. There were also erected 2 

 district ranger stations, at a cost of $2,- 

 313.09, 13 ranger cabins, costing $3,891.42, 

 8 barns, at a cost of $1,633.48, 6 bridges, 

 costing $4,074.34, and one lookout tower, 

 costing $28.31. There were also uncom- 

 pleted projected with a total value of $4,- 

 860,72. In timber and hay receipts the re- 

 serve officers took in $31,221. This sum 

 was divided as follows: — Crow's Nest, $8,- 

 979.39; Bow River, $20,428.28; Brazeau, 

 $1,436.50; Cooking Lake $28.45; Cypress 

 Hills, $348.38. 



with such commonplace subjects as lum- 

 bering should read this book. They will 

 get new views on poetry and on lumber- 

 ing. The first volume *In Forest Land' 

 was good: * The Woods' is better and it 

 proves, both that Mr. Malloch is a real 

 poet, a poet with good red blood in his 

 veins and in his verse; and that he has 

 the strength to resist the current^ miscon- 

 ception that strength consists in coarse- 

 ness. Some of the subjects he handles are 

 not parlor themes but somebody ought to 

 handle them, to make them live, to make 

 the careless world see at what cost of 

 labor and lives the world's comforts are 

 secured, \vnile there is no imitating of 

 any other poet some of the lines remind 

 one of the strongest phrases in * The Sons 

 of Martha.' And through it all the poet 

 never loses his moral bearings or his op- 

 timism. There are nearly fifty poems in 

 the volume many of which we would like 

 to quote such as 'Children of the Spring,' 

 ' The Pine Tree Flag, ' ' Down Grade, ' ' The 

 Soul,' 'The Sky Pilot,' 'Brothers and 

 Sons,' but lack of space forbids the pre- 

 sentation of more than two ' Possession ' 

 and 'Today,' which are here given. 



POSSESSION. 



There's some of us has this world's goods, 



An' some of us has none — 

 But all of us has got the woods, 



An' all has got the sun. 

 So settin' here upon the stoop 



This patch o' pine beside, 

 I never care a single whoop — 



Fer I am satisfied. 



Now, take the pine on yonder hill: 



It don't belong to me; 

 The boss he owns the timber — still 



It's there fer me to see. 

 An', 'twixt the ownin' of the same 



An' smellin' of its smell, 

 I've got the best of that there game, 



An' so I'm feeJin' well. 



DOUGLAS MALLOCH 'S NEW BOOK. 



Douglas Malloch has written another 

 book and the American Linnbcrman has 

 published it. In case some do not recall 

 the work of this writer we reprint the 

 real foreword which appears on the protec- 

 tion cover. 'Douglas Malloch' is a western 

 poet who has spent much time in the for- 

 ests, writing songs for lumbermen. His 

 poems have travelled by word of mouth 

 from pioneer to pioneer. In this volume 

 appears ' ' Today ' ' which has been reprint- 

 ed a hundred times, and has been attribut- 

 ed to many and diverse sources.' 

 -Those who think poetry cannot deal 



The boss in town unrolls a map 



An' proudly says 'It's mine' 

 But he don't drink no maple sap 



An' he don't smell no pine. 

 The boss in town he figgers lands 



In quarter-sections red; 

 But I just set with folded hands 



An' breathe 'em in instead. 



The boss his forest wealth kin read 



In cent and dollar sign; 

 His name is written in the deed 



But all his land is mine. 

 There's some of us has this world's goods 



An' some of us has none — 

 But all of tis has got the woods, 



An ' all has got the sun. 



