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feel personally, he thoroughly respects the officer of the ship that carries him 

 He knows seamanship is as necessary as it is mysterious to him. The public 

 is now fairly well educated in the importance of forest protection and, in time 

 of hazard at least, it is appreciative of protective organization. But it is not 

 sufTiciently accustomed to regard the forest ofTicer as master of a peculiar 

 profession, who for this reason alone has been given grave respoi)sibility for 

 life and property. Just as he acquired greater dignity when he became the 

 representative of a public or quasi-public organization of high public service 

 than he had when merely the local employee of a timber owner, he has now 

 acfjuired an immeasurably higher dignity with the exactions in this service 

 for training and knowledge beyond that of other men. It is this standing, 

 above all, which the forest officer should have in the community. 



To gain it, he must take keen pride and interest in all the technic. 

 details of his profession and see that its progressiveness is realized by the 

 public. The type of officer who will do these things is the one that will prevail. 



The New State-Sense and Conservation 



"We have in general left behind 

 us the days of crude plenty, but have 

 not adjusted our ideas nor our habits 

 to correspond with new economic 

 conditions. Here the need is in- 

 tellectual and moral education, — a 



better vision and more altruism. 

 We need a keener social conscious- 

 ness and a new state-sense, if we 

 are ever to solve the problems of 

 conservation." — Foundations of Na- 

 tional ProsperitLj. 



From, the Log Book of a Lecturer 



The welcome accorded to lectur- 

 ers sent out by the Canadian Forestry 

 Association may be gauged by read- 

 ing the following excerpts from a 

 letter by Mr. A. H. Beaubien, who 

 has had remarkable success in West- 

 ern Quebec, where he has given illus- 

 trated addresses on forest protection 

 in the back settlements. 



"I got to Ferme Neuve after a 12- 

 mile drive through pouring rain," re- 

 ports Mr. Beaubien, "and was much 

 elated when I faced a hall packed to 

 the doors with very eager people. 

 There were over 200 present. 



"On Wednesday, Mr. Mullin, the 

 Chief Fire Ranger, arrived at Ferme 

 Xeuve, and took me to Ste. Anne du 

 Lac. We made the 18 miles under 

 pouring rain again and arrived at 

 seven o'clock p.m. The school house 

 was filled with over 100 people which 

 is practically the whole male popu- 

 lation. Ste. Anne du Lac is just a 

 little clearance on the shores of Lake 

 Tapanee and it was inspiring to see 

 these brave people coming through 

 the woods with their lanterns, or 



paddling down the lake toward th 

 village. 



"On the morning of the next day 

 we started on a 32 mile tramp to 

 Mont Laurier and had not been go- 

 ing long when our bugg>' gave way. 

 Luckily the fire ranger was at hand 

 and repaired our rig but we had to 

 walk for four miles because it was all 

 that the horse could do to pull him- 

 self and the buggy. We got to 

 Mont Laurier at 7 p.m. I hunted 

 up the moving picture operator and 

 hurried to the hall. We had a full 

 house. M'gr Brunet, the Bishop 

 was present with seven or eight of his 

 priests and the main hall and gallery 

 were packed. I reckon that over 

 four hundred people were present. 

 After the lecture, congratulations 

 were offered to the Canadian For- 

 estry Association by M'gr Brunet 

 Dr. Cartier and some other promin- 

 ent gentlemen for the good work 

 being done." 



These are the first educational 

 meetings along forest protection lines 

 ever held in the Quebec settlements. 



