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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION January 



State and County officials, are declared of game refuges within the National 

 Forest Wardens as well. The Gov- Forests ; that it is not advisable for 

 ernor, also, under certain conditions, rangers to serve as State game ward- 

 has the power to appoint forest ward- ens ; that rangers should be supplied 

 ens, and provision is made for their with U. S. Geological Survey quadran- 

 remuneration. A small appropriation gles, where such are available ; that the 

 is made for carrying out the provis- wives of supervisors, rangers and 

 ions of the bill, and a Forest Reserve guards be invited to attend the annual 

 Fund is created into which all fines, ranger meetings ; that the proper time 

 forfeitures, and penalties, arising from for holding the examination for forest 

 violations of the law, are to be paid, ranger is in the fall ; the proper width 

 There are, in addition, several other for trails; the forest atlas; that more 

 provisions of less general interest. It elementary books be supplied for the 

 is especially to be regretted that con- ranger library; that a working uni- 

 stitutional "restrictions prevented the form be adopted, to be made on simi- 

 enactment of measures for the relief l a r lines to the present one, but of 

 of the present heavy taxation on cut- khaki or some washable material, and 

 over lands. This is one of the most no t to cost over $5.00; burning brush; 

 serious problems which the proposed grazing regulations ; herders' identifi- 

 commission will be called upon to cation card- : -i>ccial uses. etc. 

 solve. Denuded land, however, which Mrs. Martin S. Durbin, wife of Ran- 

 is properly cared for during a period g er Durbin, of the Umpqua Na- 

 of ten years, will be exempted from tional Forest, was chairman of a corn- 

 taxation, mittee on the preparation of plans for 



The Commission will consist of the a ranger cabin. Hon. C. S. Jackson, 



Governor ; a member of the Tax Com- member of the Oregon legislature, 



mission ; the Game and Fish Commis- who was largely responsible for the 



sioner; the Commissioner of Agricul- passage of the Oregon fire law at the 



ture and Industries ; a practical lum- last session, was present at one of the 



berman; a member of the U. S. Forest meetings and gave a short talk. Mr. 



Service ; and the Professor of Forestry G. S. Marshall, of Weyerhaeuser Lum- 



in the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, ber Company, was present at a meet- 



This Commission is to elect one of its ing and gave a short account of brush 



own number as secretary. piling and burning as practised by his 



The bill is reported to have passed company, 

 the House by a large majority, almost 



unanimously; and was then accepted Ontario's The discovery that spruce 



by the Senate. Monopoly is the best woo d for con- 



of Spruce , , 



version into pulp and 



A very interesting and paper has altered economically the 



MeefSe successful Ranger Meet- whole situation. Henceforth the Ca- 



ing was held at Rose- na dian spruce will take rank with the 



burg, Oregon, from October 1 8 to 21, Canadian white pine as one of the 



1907. The .supervisors and rangers most that nature has 



from eight National Forests in south- P rod ce d- 3f spruce timber Ontario 



ern Oregon were in attendance. has now a lar er su PP ] y than an - v oth ' 



er country, and if reckless vandalism 



L he following are some of the points continues to prevail elsewhere this 

 upon which the meeting passed reso- Province may, under an enlightened 

 lutions expressing their views : The policy, secure and retain a virtual mo- 

 co-operation with settlers in the build- nopoly. What this would mean in re- 

 ing of telephone lines ; timber sales ; lation* to the prosperity of the Prov- 

 construction of fire lines; a filing sys- ince is easier to imagine than foretell, 

 tern for rangers' use ; the establishment Toronto Globe. 



