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Canadian Forestry Journal. 



To the right of the chairman on the 

 dais sat His Honor A. E. Forget, Lieut. - 

 Governor of Saskatchewan and Vice- 

 President of the Association for that 

 I-rovince. Hon. Walter Scott, Premier 

 of the Province; Hon. W. R. Mother- 

 well, Provincial Minister of Agriculture, 

 and Messrs. R. H. Williams, Mayor of 

 Rtgina, and P. McAra, jr.. President of 

 the Board of Trade of the City, also 

 occupied seats on the dais. 



Others present were : 



Professor W. Somerville, Oxford 

 University, England; Hon. W.R.Mother- 

 well, Mini.ster of Agriculture for Saskat- 

 chewan; R. H. Campbell, Dominion 

 Superintendent of Forestry, Ottawa; 

 Dr. Wm. Saunders, Superintendent 

 Dominion Experimental Farms, Ottawa; 

 N. M. Ross, Chief of Tree Planting 

 Division of Forestry Branch, Indian 

 Head, Sask'; Hon. J. A. Calder, Com- 

 missioner of Education for Saskatch- 

 ewan; Hon. D. Laird, Indian Com- 

 missioner, Ottawa; F. C. Tate, M.L.A., 

 Wascana, Sask.; R. D. Prettie, Forestry 

 Inspector for C.P.R., Winnipeg; G. 

 Spring- Rice, Pense, Sask.; G. A. Rim- 

 ington, Penrith, England; A. F. Struth- 

 eis, Bridgewater, N.S.; H. C. Law.son, 

 Secretary Board of Trade, Regina; 

 A. Knechtel, Inspector Dominion Forest 

 Reserves, Ottawa; A. H. D. Ross, 

 Lecturer in Forestry, University of 

 Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; J. P. Turner, 

 Secretary Manitoba Game Protective 

 Association, Winnipeg; T. N. Willing, 

 Chief Game Guardian for Saskatchewan, 

 Regina; E. F. T. Brokovski, Battleford, 

 S:.sk.; W. I. Margach, Chief Forest 

 Ranger, Calgary, Alta.; D. S. McCannell, 

 •Regina; Jas. Cowie, Calgary, Alta.; 

 Geo. A. Laird, Broadview, Sask.; H. L. 

 Patmore, Brandon, Man.; A. Mitchell, 

 Indian Head, Sask.; A. M. Fenwick, 

 Regina, Sask.; A. P. Stevenson, Morden, 

 Man.; John Caldwell, Virden, Man.; 



E. B. Andros, Tyvan, Sask.; A. H. 

 Brown, Regina, Sask.; J. A. Killough, 

 Pen.se, Sask.; Klaas Peters, Waldeck, 

 Sask.; Wm. Gibson, Wolseley, Sask.; 



F. W. H. Jacombe, Ottawa; W. A. Davis, 

 Dauphin, Man.; Wm. Sifton, Minitonas, 

 Man.; Wm. Margach, Crown Timber 

 Agent, Kenora, Ont.; C. S. Galbraith, 

 Maple Creek, Sask.; D. McDonald, 

 Virden, Man.; T. H. Tweltridge, Indian 

 Head, Sask.; A. M. W. Patch, Wolseley, 

 Sask.; G. A. B. Krook, Assistant 

 Fo-.fstcr, C.P R.. and others. 



The Oi r:(iAL Welcome. 



The first ittm en the morning's pro- 

 gramme was the address of welcome by 

 Lieut. -Governor Forget, who spoke as 

 follows : 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, -Those 

 by whom I am best known will not be 

 surprised to hear me say that I feel 

 highly gratified in being given the priv- 

 ilege of formally opening this meeting, 

 for I have always taken a lively interest 

 in all efforts tending to promote the 

 cultivation of trees. I have a firm hope 

 that what will be done here to-day will 

 not fail of practical results. In any 

 event I am sure I am but faintly ex- 

 pressing the feelings of the community 

 at large in saying that we highly ap- 

 preciate the action of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association in consenting to 

 hold this special meeting in the capital 

 of this province. We all know that it 

 is difficult to find any very extensive 

 district divided, in its virgin state, in 

 due proportion between forest and plain. 

 As a rule, it is all dense forest or all open 

 country. From the point of view of the 

 agriculturist, of these two conditions 

 the latter is naturally preferred. This 

 is practically the existing condition in 

 this province. In fact the greatest 

 attraction of Saskatchewan is its rich 

 open plain, all ready for the plough, 

 and capable, front the first, of yielding 

 good returns to the settlers. This is so 

 much the case that, although the oldest 

 settlers have been on their lands only a 

 few j^ears, all have done well, and al- 

 ready a considerable number have 

 actually enriched themselves. 



However gratifying these results, the 

 absence of trees on the most desirable 

 homesteads was keenly felt from the 

 very first, especially in the case of those 

 who come from places where trees are in 

 greater profusion; and it certainly de- 

 lights one to see, here and there through- 

 out the province, the efforts that have 

 been made to change this condition. 

 I was personally particularly struck, a 

 couple of years ago, by what has already 

 been done in the way of tree-planting 

 l)y settlers, in the immediate vicinity of 

 the progressive city of Saskatoon. 

 While such improvements are not un- 

 known on homesteads in various other 

 parts of the province, it is, I believe, 

 more noticeable in that district; and it 

 gives ine much pleasure to mention the 



