THE HOTEL "SHANTY" 



Yep, I have stayed at the fancy hotels, 

 Et off the silver an' fed off the plate. 



Loafed in the lobby with all of the swells. 

 Rose at eleven an' hung around late. 



Just for an outin' it maybe will do — - 



Never for me for a regular thing. 



I belong up where the weather is blue. 

 I belong up where the little birds sing. 



I've got a shanty — I'll tell you of that: 



You may not think it much of a dump. 

 Under a pine tree it sits on a flat. 



For the foundation one corner a stump. 

 Made it myself out of No. 2 boards, 



Covered with paper, the tar-paper kind. 

 But not a house of the ladies or lords 



Halfway as homelike you ever will find. 



And there's a river just twenty yards down — 



Sec it by day an' you hear it by night — 

 Never a fountain that plays in the town 



Makes you in summer a prettier oight. 

 Haven't got much in the way of a lawn, 



But there's a carpet that autumntime weaves, 

 Bright red and yellow when summer is gone. 



Made out of needles an' grasses an' leaves. 



That's the hotel that I'm hankerin' for — 



Just a board cabin uj) there on the crick, 

 Settin' beside of a silvery shore 



Up where the tamarack timber is thick. 

 You take ycur marble an' you take your glass. 



You take your brass an' your copper that shine- 

 111 take the river, the Ire s an' the grass, 



I'll take my shanty up yonder for mine! 

 B}) Douglas Malloch, 



TIic Lumberman Pod. 



REFORESTING OLD ONTARIO. 



(Brockville Times). 

 The question of reforestation in Ontario is a 

 paramount subject and one that should not be 

 left in abeyance. We have always advocated a 

 definite plan and vigorous action in the premises. 

 The matter has of late received very small 

 attention on the part of those charged with pro- 

 vincial business. It is true that the war so occu- 

 pied the time of Parliament that other subjects, 

 no matter how pressing, were made in a way 

 subsidiary. Of that no person can seriously 

 complain. Now that the war is over, reforesta- 

 tion should occupy its prime position. 



The Belleville Ontario in the subjoined article 

 states the case for Hastings County and the 

 reasoning enunciated applies with equal force to 

 Leeds and Grenville. Says it: — 



"There is pressing need of renewing the 

 forests of Ontario in the older portions. .'Xl- 

 though it is some forty years since the first 

 Ontario forestry official was appointed, the 

 work has only been carried on intermitt?ntly 

 and the startling statement is made that if 

 older Ontario were cut off from outside 

 sources of fuel supply the people living in 

 these parts would be faced by two alterna- 

 tives, a wholesale exodus or freezing to death. 

 This may be confirmed by personal observa- 

 tion in this part of Ontario. There are variouj 

 reasons why an energetic forestry policy 

 should be entered upon. Amongst these are 

 protection against the blasting winds, conser- 

 vation of the water supply, and fuel needs. 

 There are many waste places in Hastings 

 County which have been cleared and are un- 

 profitable for the growth of anything bu^ 

 trees and this would be a favourable time for 

 entering upon an energetic policy of reforest- 

 ation. The return of the soldiers would at 

 least make this a very favorable time for en- 

 gaging in most vigorous re forestry work. 



'I'lie Canadian Forestry Associatlon'.>5 Toaeh wliieli 

 uhimmI four 1 roviucos in 1918. A larm-r and iiioro 

 full.\' ei|ult pt'd ooaoh will lie sent out oaily in tlu' 

 prcsi'iit year. .\ stop is made at all comiiuimtics 

 ill the iieislihorhood of timber. Hy liberal advertis- 

 ing: in ulvanee, laixe erowds visited tlie coach. In 

 the ovenins. a motion lueture lecture was usually 

 Siven at a local hall. This enterprise was con- 

 ducted by the .-Vssoeiation under an arranKcrnent by 

 which the railways furnished free haulage. 



