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A Spt'eder that Means Business. I'ire Superintendent E. G. I'oole, of C^ochrane. i;ni.. lias 

 F.quipped one of his Motor Speeders with a Fender, an Electric Headlight, a Fairbanks- 

 Morse Power Pump, and has Allowed Plenty of Room for Fire-fighting Tools. 

 Note the Convenient Arrangement of the Hose Reel at the Rear. 



Court Makes Settler Pay for Fire Damage 



Qucl)ec, June 18. — A case that in- 

 terests every farmer and lumberman 

 in the country, was closed here in the 

 Appeal Court, when a decision of the 

 Superior Court, condemning a home- 

 steader to pay all damages arising 

 out of a forest fire he caused. The 

 case was that of Lojis Collard, 

 .Joseph Villeneuve and the Faclories 

 Insurance Company against Elie 

 (iagne. In the Sujierior Court Gagne 

 had oeen condemned to pay Collard 

 S.5,879.28 with interests and costs; 

 to Villeneuve, the sum of $834.60, 

 and 10 the Factories Insurance Com- 

 pany .SI, 600. These sums were 

 claimed from Gagne because he was 

 the cause of the forest fires that 

 destroyed property belonging to the 

 plaintiffs, the Factories Insurance 

 Company also filing a claim for re- 

 imbursement on insurance paid. 



The Superior Court condemned 

 Gagne to pay all damages, and this 

 decision has been maintained by the 

 Appeal Court. 



CATCHING TREE THIEVES 

 "RED HANDED" 



A reader of the Canadian 

 Forestry JoLraal sends the fol- 

 lowing note regarding precau- 

 tions adopted by the Chinese 

 Government against theft of 

 newly planted trees. 



"So scarce is wood fuel in 

 certain districts, due to China's 

 indifference to forest protection 

 in times past, that citizens are 

 encouraged to plant trees by a 

 drastic law making death the 

 penalty for theft of saplings. 

 I have planted many saplings 

 myself but never \\ithout daulD- 

 ing them from roots to topmost 

 twig with a red powder obtain- 

 able at any Chinese store. The 

 object of this is that any robber 

 touching the plant is easily 

 traced by his red hands. The 

 powder marks are not easily 

 removed and form sufficient 

 evidence to justify execution." 



