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Canadian Forestry Journal, Mar.-Apr., 1912. 



[Photo J. T. Blackford, 1911. 



Norway House Indians Taking Pledge to Help in Prevention of Forest 



Fires. 



Chief and Councillors in Foreground. 



tiguish all fires. The chief and 

 councillors spoke in favour of the 

 work and the Indians seemed during 

 the summer afterward to have been 

 very much impressed and to be act- 

 ing more carefully than usual. The 

 Hudson's Ray man in charge of the 

 post at God's lake said early in 1911 

 that he did not know of a single fire 

 started by the God's lake Indians in 

 1910. This was a most unusual 

 record and he attributed it to the 

 presence and influence of the Domin- 

 ion fire-ranger. 



Mr. Blackford gave the boys at 

 the Indian school at Oxford House 

 a talk on fires and how they were to 

 be prevented. He spoke also to 

 headmen of the York ])oats, and liad 

 them promise to be more careful in 

 the future. 



The Indians throughout the dis- 

 trict depole the burning of the forest 

 and feel very doubtful about their 

 future should fires continue to de- 

 stroy the forest and the game. 



Mr. Blackford suggests that the 

 Indians may be encouraged to be 

 f-areful with camp fires if they are 

 J iven a little badge to wear as In- 



dian volunteer fire rangers. Badges 

 have been supplied to the Indians 

 in the Oxford House district. 



Timber and game will, for a long 

 time at least, be the chief products 

 of the Oxford House district. There 

 is but little of the territory fitted for 

 agriculture, there are so many 

 ridges, muskegs, streams and lakes. 

 It is, therefore, very important that 

 the timber should be protected from 

 fire. 



Canadian Lumbermen's Association, 



The Canadian Lumbermen's Association 

 held their annual meeting in the Board of 

 Trade Chambers, Ottawa, on February 6. 

 The president, Lt.-Col. J. B. Miller, of To- 

 ronto, being absent, the chair was occupied 

 by Mr. Alex. MacLaurin, of Montreal. 

 About forty members were present. Among 

 other to{)ics the matter of uniform grading 

 rules was discussed, and a committee was 

 appointed to consider the matter and re- 

 ])ort. The election of officers resulted in 

 the choice of Mr. Alex. MacLaurin, Mont- 

 real, as president, Mr. Frank Hawkins, Ot- 

 tawa, as secretary, Mr. E. G. Cameron, Ot- 

 tawa, as treasurer, and J. S. Gillies, Brae- 

 side, Ont., J. C. Browne, Ottawa, Ont., John 

 Hendry, Vancouver, B.C., and D. C. Cam- 

 eron, Winnijieg, Man., as vice-presidents. 



