Till C/iul fnirsttr nf lit 



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V'i (111(1 liil. Till- tilt- IukI .iNsimitMl stT 

 ioiis pi'opoi-t ions oil I III- iircvioiis 

 ^loiiday (.Imic 24 i. Sfvcr.il ln-idtrcs 

 Wi'W destroyed iiiid tliousaiids of ties 

 I linied. the aliioilllt of d.-|iilii>re he- 

 .ii},' pl.iced ;it $1(K).(»(I(I. 



Saidt Ste. Millie. Out.. <»ii .Inly 

 1st. repoi-ted tires in the vicinity of 

 Shell jjake. Half a inillioii feet id' 

 lii<,'h-t,M-ade white pirn- had then 

 Iteeii destl'oyed, and four hundred 

 men were li^ditin«r the lii-e. South 

 I'oreiipine also reported that some 

 <d" the I'ori'upine mines were in 



danj^'er. The lire had found f I in 



some of the (h-ad Itiusli left liy the 

 til-e of .liiiy. l!ll 1. 



Halifax. .\. S., re|ioitiM| mi -liiiy ;'», 

 that forest fires were ra^iiivr in some 

 woodlands near the city. One of 

 these was in the Sii- Sainlford Kleiii 

 iiiL' |>;irk, iiea rtlie .Memorial tower, 

 wliili- on tlir Dai-tmoiith side of thf 

 liarhor a hundred volunteers werr 

 employed in heatin*; out a lii'e. 



The Chief Forester of B.C. 



.Mr. II. li. .MacMillan. the reeeiilly 

 appointed Chief Forester of the 

 llritish ("oliimhia |)e|)artmeiit of 

 Lands, left ()ttawa <arly in .Inly and 

 has now taken up the duties of his 

 new position at N'ietoria. r..( '. 



Tile |)rovinee of British (olnmlda 

 is to lie eon<;ratidated on havinir se- 

 i-lired the sei'viees of so eajiaMe and 



enerm'tie a I'orester as .Mr. .Mae.Mil 

 Ian. His eonneetion with the Kor- 

 estry r.raneh of the Department of 

 the Intiiior dales l»aek some years. 

 In the tirst forest survey undertak- 

 en liy the jtraneh. namely timt of 

 the Turtle Mountain forest resi-rve 

 in the summer of 1!MI".. Mr. .Maie.Md 

 Ian was eliief of the party, lie w«h 

 then a student at the Ontario .\trri- 

 enltura! Colle^'e. from whieh ln» 

 ^rraduated in l!>i)»i. after a l»rillaut 

 course, obtaining the d«'j;re«' of B. 

 S. A. from the I'liiversity of Toron- 

 to. 



H. R. MacMillan. M F., Chief Fores- 

 ter, Dept. cf Land.s, British 

 Columbia. 



In the fall of that year he euti-n-ti 

 tin- Yale I'niversity Forest Sehotil. 

 Lrraduatin^' at the head of his cJiuw 

 in 1!)0H, with tlw d.-trree of Ma-nter 

 of Forestry. His vaeatituis. in the 

 meanlinn', had lieen spent in aetive 

 forestry work, mostly with the K«»r- 

 est ry liraneh. and he then he< 



re^'ular memher of the stHfT. MUre 



then he has heen triven a numlier of 

 important and ilitheiilt .issiL'uimMitM. 

 both in tieldwork anil •«'- 



\\(»rk. whieh ha\«- bi-i-n ■ "lui e ie<! 

 with distinetinn. lb- •nt.i. I vitli 

 enthuNiasm on the work 

 statiMtieM of the W«>' 

 the Dominion ami tl • w "i 



{■lime nil' of the in.i-<t 



luirts the For- 



work. The bulb' 



result.S of these Mi\ • 

 al.so been eompil<-<| i 

 tioii. lie liHM nlmi I 

 t»f HeVeral other b: 

 Hraneh. and ' ' 



nut^a/ine and i 

 vnriouM forentry Hubj.it'* 



of 



!| H 



or 



oil 



.Mr. .Mne.Millan 

 ity liiui litM'ii well 

 be ex|»eet»>d to ;• 

 serviee for the |*.i 



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