1899. 



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Minnesota. 



Under the new forest reserve law, pro- 

 viding for a State Board of Forestry, the 

 Minnesota State Forestry Association 

 has chosen Judson N. Cross as its repre- 

 sentative on the board. 



Colorado. 



At a recent meeting of the State Board 

 of Agriculture, resolutions were adopted 

 directing the preparation and circulation 

 of bulletin leaflets containing plans and 

 suggestions for the ornamentation of 

 grounds by tree-planting, etc. Though 

 intended primarily for the improvement 

 of school-house grounds and country 

 homes, it is certain that the effect of 

 such bulletins will be far-reaching in 

 other directions as well. 



Washington. 



The reorganization of the forest re- 

 serve service in Washington provides for 

 one State Superintendent instead of 

 two as before ; four Supervisors instead 

 of three, and a large force of rangers 

 to guard against forest fires during the 

 dry season. 



The State Superintendent's salary has 

 been reduced from $2,000 to $1,000 per 

 annum. The Supervisors are placed in 

 charge of the different squads of rangers 

 and are paid $5 a day salary, $1.50 a day 

 subsistence, Sundays included, and all 

 traveling expenses. The Supervisor's 

 salary thus amounts to about $2,000 per 

 annum. From 60 to 75 rangers will 

 be employed, half of them having gone 

 on duty June 1, and the remaining 

 ones on July 1. Their salary will be 

 $60 a month, out of which they must 

 supply their own outfit and subsistence. 



Representative D. B. Sheller has been 

 appointed Superintendent. E. B. Hyde, 

 of Spokane, one of the former Superin- 

 tendents, is one of the new Supervisors. 

 He has charge of that part of the Wash- 

 ington reserve lying east of the Cascade 

 Mountains, together with the strip of 

 the Priest River reserve which extends 

 into Washington, and has headquarters 

 at Spokane. Supervisor Matheson has 

 charge of Mt. Rainier Reserve, with 



headquarters at North Yakima. Super- 

 visor Ham is in charge of the Olympics, 

 with headquarters at Tacoma. Super- 

 visor Hulbert has charge of the western 

 part of the Washington Reserve, and is 

 stationed at Everett. 



Canada. 



After official inquiry into the subject, 

 the Canadian Government has decided 

 not to issue permits to cut timber on 

 Dominion lands along the eastern slope 

 of the Rocky Mountains and the foot- 

 hill country adjacent thereto south of 

 Bow River, and to preserve the timber 

 as far as possible from being destroyed, 

 with a view of securing a permanent 

 supply of water for irrigation purposes. 



Nova Scotia. 



At the recent session of the Nova 

 Scotia Legislature E. McDonald, M. P. 

 for Pictou, introduced in the House of 

 Assembly a bill designed to protect work- 

 men employed by lumbermen. The bill 

 was passed there but was defeated in the 

 Legislative Council. It is known as the 

 "Woodmen's Lien Act," making wages 

 a first lien upon the forest product to 

 the exclusion of all other claims except 

 those of the Dominion Government, and 

 will be reintroduced at the next session 

 of the Legislature. 



A movement was recently made to con- 

 solidate all the Cypress lumber mills of 

 Louisiana and Mississippi into a " trust," 

 but it fell through, says Bradstreefs, sim- 

 ply because all the mills have orders 

 ahead for almost the entire output, con- 

 siderable trade coming from Cuba and 

 Porto Rico. 



Wooden pavements are common in 

 Paris, made of blocks 4.7 by 5.9 inches, 

 of Landes Pine, with some of the 

 principal thoroughfares laid with Ameri- 

 can Pitch Pine. The latter is said to 

 have been employed with marked suc- 

 cess. It is estimated that up to 1897 

 over three million dollars had been ex- 

 pended by that city for wooden pave- 

 ments. American Lumberman. 



