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rocky exposures characteristic in 

 the south towards the International 

 boundary. The altitude is 4,300 feet 

 and upward. 



The nature of the soil varied from 

 sandy loam in the valleys to the 

 thin stony soils with rocky exposures 

 of the higher slopes. Repeated fires 

 have in many cases led to the erosion 

 of the rocky hillsides, leaving solid, 

 bare rock-beds of sandstone or dolo- 

 mite. 



The community along the line, al- 

 though not large nor gregarious, ex- 

 cept along the railway, was often 

 found in the most unexpected nlaces, 

 where under the present system of 

 survey a quarter section may offer 

 only twenty to forty acres of plough- 

 able land, the land being held for 

 grazing only. It may be added that 

 in the neighborhood of the reserve 

 a quarter section is insufficient to 

 maintain a settler. 



If one has visited the Eastern 

 slope, he must feel impressed by the 

 many evidences of devastation by 

 fires. Of the one hundred and thirty 

 to one hundred and forty miles run 

 due south along the boundary, ma- 

 ture virgin timber was encountered 

 only in a small tract of some twelve 

 consecutive square miles, the dry 

 standing sticks, windfalls and rocky 



exposures or barrens telling the tale. 

 Even this summer, by incendiarism 

 and by the carelessness of fisher- 

 men, prospectors and surveyors, the 

 fire was allowed to run over many 

 townships, and to bring these back 

 to their former condition will re- 

 quire — even if one takes the most 

 optimistic view — for the pine, sixty 

 years to nroduce eight-inch props 

 and ninety years or more for twelve- 

 inch timber. 



The provision of the future sup- 

 ply of lumber, posts, etc., for the 

 prairie provinces and of mine props 

 and timber for the rich and yet un- 

 opened and even unknown coal 

 mines of the mountains must be a 

 primary consideration in the man- 

 agement of this reserve. The effect 

 on the water-flow of the streams, 

 and so on irrigation, is most im- 

 portant and the furnishing of hunt- 

 ing grounds for the sportsmen and 

 of recreation grounds for holiday 

 and rest seekers is no small part of 

 their value. It should be the effort 

 of everyone connected, in however 

 remote a way, with the reserve to 

 hand it down to the cominp- genera- 

 tions not only unimpaired but even 

 improved. If this is to be done an 

 indispensable necessity is a most 

 thorough and intensive fire protec- 

 tive system for the region. 



The Annual Business Meeting* 



The twelfth annual business meet- 

 ing of the Canadian Forestry Asso- 

 ciation was held on February 7th, 

 at eleven o'clock, in the Council 

 Chamber of the City Hall, Ottawa. 



The chair was occupied by the 

 president of the association, Hon. W. 

 C. Edwards, and among those pre- 

 sent were Messrs. Hiram Robinson, 

 R. H. Campbell, Denis Murphy, G. 

 H. Edgecombe, J. R. Dickson, H. 

 Cheney, D. E. Clark, E. M. Wilkin- 

 son, R. Patching and R. Martin, Ot- 

 tawa; H. M. Price, Quebec, P.Q.; 



Alex. MacLaurin, Montreal, P.Q. ; 

 Lt.-Col. J. W. Harkom, Melbourne, 

 P.Q. ; F. R. Haney, C.P.R., Montreal, 

 P.Q. ; John Hendry, Hugh Matier, 

 A^ancouver, B.C. 



The report of the directors, given 

 in full elsewhere in this issue, was 

 received and adopted. The Treas- 

 urer's report was also received and 

 approved. 



Communications were read from 

 Messrs. J. B. Miller, Toronto; N. S. 

 Dunlop, Montreal; Thos. South- 

 worth, Toronto; Wm. Little, Mont- 



