le- 



ti- 



ll- 



The Thirleenih Annual ConveuUon. g 



should liave an cxpfririin-.l hoa.l wan Hon. Sv.ln.'v 1 



lar;,'o discretionary luiwers, and a l>ody of fiation n^ainHt tl 



permanent j.aid ran;;ors. During' the dan- nothin>,', and ren. 



ger season this body slioulil he assisted hy hec in 1011 tin- .\ 



additional i)atrolnien. The country should main requests, fir 



be divided into inspectoral districts and on the east h1<.|m' , 



each officer an. I i)atrolnian must he hehl |,o Het asidi* hy law, 



responsible for his unit. Tlie e<|uipnient railways should he , 



of districts at jirojier points with lookout trol of the Hailwav'. r'j 



stations, trails and telephone lines was to the work of >! )i« 



recommended. lirFt had been i 



Dr. E. IT. Hall, Secretary of the Society '"'«'*'"" '""' ' 



for the Protection of the Adirondacks. |'"'. railway c 



New York, outlined the methods adopted 'at'/"'" r''pr.i 



in that re;:ion. especiallv oil burning,' loco- \9 "*' "7'' '"'';' '"' "' 



motives and the 'lopping' of tops. ""'*? ""'''.'"' ""V ' "" ' ' " 



used the liest and in. 



Mr. T). B. Kochester, of Ottawa, severe- for the contn.' 



\y criticized the ])rovincial jjovernnient in mission were . i 



rejrar.l to its ran;,'er system, claiming; that latin;; re;;ulationH for th- 

 many of the ]>resent appointees were quite llnu W A (" 



useless, and that experienced woodsmen ,„nre irenerous tf' 



should be appointed. ,^.^,i,.,. f^^ce. S«.n.in,K 



Mr. Elhvood Wilson said the lumber- woods to have a pic ni r 



men must jirotect themselves and j)rovide time was the best way • 



efficient men. Tlie best results were yi^oi burned up. '(Jet ni. 



from sendinjr the men out in jiairs, one a hest men yioi nin .j«>f 



stu.lent (i)referablv a forestry student). ;.'ive them 



• • * I I 



the other a woodsman. He advocated the vice, lie 



lumbermen formin^i protective associa- <'o1umbia lumberman of 



tions, but the ;,'overnment must stand back who every sf.rinp, of 



of the li.ence-holilers. an.l jiroHvute of- burned the dcbrix left in • a- 



fenders resj>onsible for fires. ter's 1 » 



Mr. A. MacLaurin, Treshlent of the }'i,|Ii'pr ' j„ onturi.. .lunnu' t 'T 



Canadian Lunibermen's Associati<m and a years wouhl pav a urcat ;.... '• 



Director of the Canadian Forestry Asso- mnirers for a centurv '. he said, 

 eiation, criticized the Association for not 



havinrr done anything:, but was correcte.l Mr. J. B. White. Calumet. I*. ^.. >\i\>X 



by several members, who jiointe.l to the .>f Woods < >; - •• • '■ ol 



r»c 



part the Association had iii aKitatin;; for Paper Co., qu- »• 

 the repulations un.ler consideration bv the to the co^t i«f 



Kaihvav Commission. " I»r. Kernow •" ■•• 



tual figures jjiven by tl" 'O 



^fr. N. S. Dunlop spoke in defence of the 

 railways. The C. 1'. K. spent very lar^jc 



i>I)erntion on a' " "' •■ 



• 



sums in fiKhtinfr fires, many of w'hich it Minnesota, 



was not in the least responsible for. For Mr. C. 1: • 



fiphtinf.' one fire alone thev had paid out Forester. ;;.. , ^" 



$8,000 in wapes. Spark arresters in the the rout of lopping to|>« on • -4 



front of en<'ines, he claimed, were not ' " ' " "- •• 



practicable. . 



In answer to a question from T>r. Ilnll .,. 



he said that not one per cent, of the fire«( i „_ „» .._.. 

 were causcil from ashes dropped from inc 

 firebox, an.l in this was corroborated b 

 Lt.-Col. llarkom. 



Prof. John Macoun described th«« or -.i 



panization which he had fi>unil ■ ■ ^^ jl^^ H 



P. K. lines in the Kootenay di^' 

 fiphtinjr fires alonp their lines. Th<" 



pie's neplect of fires in the for-' ^ 



very blameworthy, and often Inr ». 



such as that at Feriiie, ' q 



this neglect. Hestrictionx - n 



on settlers burning brush. I'lii- 



should be freed from political coir . j. j ,^j 



lonp as politicians apj.oint fire- ^ ^^ ^^ 



he said, 'there will be fires.' ->*»■■ ^^ •" " 



