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praiiif, and when, in their progress 

 eastward they came to standing trees, 

 he had exclaimed in wonder, "Oh, 

 mother, see all the wood standing up." 

 But now-a-days the children in the 

 west were getting better used to seeing 

 standing trees than was that little 

 fellow. Prominent among the objects 

 of the association was that of tree and 

 forest growing, and for that reason they 

 were welcome. The people of Sas- 

 katchewan were coming to realize the 

 value of the work of the association, 

 and wouM value it more and more 

 highly in future. 



Mayor Williams, of Regina. 

 Mayor Williams, of Regina, extended 

 a cordial welcome to the convention on 

 behalf of the citizens. He referred to 

 the presence of the Normal School 

 students, whose attendance, he was 

 sure, would be appreciated. The city 

 was working along similar lines with the 

 association in regard to its proposed 

 park system. A total of three hundred 

 and seventy acres had been set apart 

 for park purposes. Victoria Park, right 

 in the centre of the city, covered about 

 seven acres. Around the new Parlia- 

 ment Buildings was another area — 

 about forty-seven acres in extent — 

 which would be used as a park, while to 

 the north of the cit}'' about two hundred 

 acres had been set aside to be similarly 

 used. In former days the people had 

 been too busy to plant trees, but now 

 that state of affairs was changing. The 

 home of Commissioner Motherwell might 

 well be taken as a inodel for prairie 

 farms. Mayor Williams concluded by 

 extending to the delegates a cordial 

 invitation to participate in the luncheon 

 tendered the visiting British Associa- 

 tion delegates. 



President McAra, of the Board 

 OF Trade. 



President McAra, of the Regina Board 

 of Trade, was the next speaker. He 

 considered Regina a fitting place for the 

 convention, inasmuch as at one time it 

 had been supposed impossible to grow 

 trees there, and people had even been 

 warned not to break the original sod for 

 fear nothing else would grow. They could 

 .see how inistaken those views had been. 

 His Honor the Lieut. -Governor had led 

 the way in the matter of tree culture 

 and his old home was still an example 



of what might be done in the way of 

 tree culture. Planting trees was twice 

 blessed, benefitting both the planter and 

 the passer-by. He concluded by 

 welcoming the delegates in the name of 

 the Board of Trade and hoped the 

 meeting wx)uld be productive of good 

 results. 



Hon. W. R. Motherwell. 

 Hon. W. R. Motherwell, Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture for Saskatchewan, 

 said it was not often a purely education- 

 al association met with the appreciation 

 of the public, and the association must 

 feel gratified with the splendid audience 

 of both sexes. If there was one place 

 where such a convention was needed it 

 was in Saskatchewan. He remembered 

 the first efforts at tree planting by the 

 settlers. Owing to lack of knowledge as 

 to the necessity of cultivation these 

 were largely futile and often the settler 

 gave up in disgust. Since the establish- 

 ment of the Dominion Experiinental 

 Farm and the Forest Nursery Station 

 the efforts of farmers, because of the 

 instruction they received, had been 

 much more successful. Anything done 

 to advance forestry must be done 

 among young people, for when a man 

 got past middle age without becoming 

 interested there was not inuch hope 

 that he ever would be. Because of this 

 he favored the planting of trees about 

 school grounds and the interesting of 

 teachers in the subject. To this end he 

 had encouraged the visit of Normal 

 School pupils to Indian Head. At first 

 about half the students attended, but 

 now practically all the students were 

 taking part in the excursion and were 

 receiving much benefit therefrom. He 

 contended that by .studying the soils of 

 various districts on the plains and the 

 use of proper methods of cultivation 

 trees could be got to grow as readily on 

 the prairies as anywhere else. 



Hon. W. T. Pipes. 

 Hon. W. T. Pipes, chairman, replying 

 to these addresses of welcome, said that 

 with fine w'eather, good railways, good 

 accommodation and cordial greetings 

 he believed he was ha^'ing a better time 

 in the West than even Earl Grey or 

 Lord Strathcona (laughter and ap- 

 plause). The preceding day he had had 

 the pleasure of visiting Government 

 House in Mayor Williams' motorcar and 



