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pie with their 

 splen d i d sea- 

 sidehomcs, 

 which is com- 

 ing to be the 

 Newport of the 

 West. The vil- 

 lage of Carmel 

 adjoining the 

 Del Montt 

 Forest is fam- 

 ous for its artist 

 colony the 

 world over. It 

 was just a few 

 years ago that 

 the Pacific Im- 

 provement 

 Company gave 

 the Young Wo- 

 rn en's Chris- 

 tian Association a splendid camp site amid pines hundreds of girls annually to enjoy 



ANOTHER SECTION OF THE CYPRESS FOREST 



Running along the ocean front, the beauty of this forest, the rocky coast broken here and there by fine 

 sand beaches, the mild climate and the splendid road system form an irresistible combination of attrac- 

 tions for the tourist. 



and sand dunes 

 on the ocean 

 shore. The il- 

 lustra t i o n on 

 the preceding 

 page shows a 

 huge sand dune 

 enc r o aching 

 upon the for- 

 est in this sec- 

 tion. The camp, 

 which was 

 called Asilo- 

 mar, has been 

 developed into 

 a d e 1 i g htful 

 spot and its 

 beautiful loca- 

 tion and acces- 

 sibility have at- 

 tracted to it 

 their vacation. 



FIRE PROTECTION IN ONTARIO 



BY CLYDE LEAVITT 



Z^ 1 REAT strides toward effective forest fire protection 

 ^-* were made in Ontario last year, under the Provin- 

 cial Forestry Branch, notwithstanding that the transfer 

 of authority over this work was not made until a rela- 

 tively late date. A total of about 1,100 men were en- 

 gaged in this important work, including fire rangers, in- 

 spectors and head office supervision. The organization 

 is to be further extended during the coming season, and 

 the supervision will be tightened up to a material ex- 

 tent. As with any new organization, increasingly efficient 

 results may be expected from year to year, as the men 

 become better trained and as those less competent are 

 weeded out. 



A total of i,i io fires were reported, of which 68 per 

 cent occurred before July i. Of the fires attributable to 

 railways, 6o per cent occurred along the National Trans- 

 continental. Settlers clearing land were charged with 

 91 fires, and neglected camp fires with 154. 



The total area burned over was 384,164 acres of which 

 19 per cent was timber land, 39 per cent cut-over land, 20 

 per cent young forest growth, and 21 per cent barren. 

 The total amount of timber damaged was estimated at 

 about 15 million feet, in addition to 91,246 cords, mostly 

 pulpwood, and 781,685 ties. 



Material progress has been made in the construction 

 of permanent improvements, such as lookout towers, 

 trials, telephones, portage, etc. 



A beginning has also been made in securing the dis- 

 posal of logging slash where this constitutes a danger to 

 life and personal property, as is frequently the case in the 

 clay belt. 



Some 3,500 permits were issued for the burning of 

 settlers clearing slashes. This means a very great reduc- 



tion in the danger of fire escaping and causing damage, 

 to say nothing of loss of life. 



Ontario has now definitely taken its place alongside the 

 other governmental agencies throughout Canada, which 

 are adopting up-to-date methods of organization and 

 policy for the reduction of the enormous forest fire losses 

 which have caused such disastrous losses in the past. 



COLONEL GRAVES HONORED 



f^ OL. Henry S. Graves, Forester of the United States 

 ^ Forest Service, has been elected Honorary member 

 of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society of Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland, in recognition of his eminent services 

 to forestry. The Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society 

 was founded in 1854 and shares with the Royal English 

 Arboricultural Society the leadership in forestry matters 

 not only in Great Britain but to a large extent throughout 

 the British Empire. Its list of 1,500 active members in- 

 cludes the names of a large number of professional 

 foresters in the British Colonies and possessions, all 

 over the world, but the Society has less than thirty 

 honorary members, of whom about half are distinguished 

 foreign scientists and administrators, mainly European. 



The Society, in addition to the publication of its 

 Transactions and the consideration of papers at its 

 regular meetings, makes an annual excursion for field 

 study. It also offers annual prizes and medals for 

 essays on practical subjects and for inventions con- 

 nected with appliances used in forestry. Such awards 

 have been granted continuously since 1855. 



The distinction of Honorary Member is shared by 

 Colonel Graves with only one other citizen of this coun- 

 try, Dr. Sargent, who was elected an Honorary Mem- 

 ber in 1889. 



