CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



THE CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



t'atron, II. K. H. the Governor General. 



Honorary Pres., Rt. Hon. K. L. Borden. 



Honorary Past President, Rt. Hon. Sir VViUrid Laurier. 



President, John Hendry, Esq. 



Vice-President, Hon. W. A. Charlton. 



Secretary, Jas. Lawler, C'anadian Building, 

 Slater St., Ottawa. 



Asst. Secretary, F. W. H. Jacombe. 



Treasurer, Miss M. Robinson. 



Directors: Wm. Little Hiram Robin.^on, Aubrey 

 White, E. Stewar., H. M. Price, W. B. Snowball, 

 Thomas Southwo th, H'5n. W. C. Edwards, Geo. Y. 

 Chown, Hon Sydney Fisher, R. H. Campbell, J. B.Miller, 

 Gordon C. Edwards, Dr. B E. Fernow. EUwood Wilson, 

 Senator BostocU, F. C. Whitman, G. C. Pich6, 

 Alex. M.icLaurin, Carl Riordon ; Mgr. O. E. Mathieu, 

 Bishop of Regina ; A. P. Stevenson, Wm. Pearce, 

 Wm. Power, C. E. E. Ussher, Denis Murphy, C. 

 Jackson Booth, Wm. Price. J. W. Harkom, A. S. 

 Goodeve. M.P., W. C. J. Hall. J. S. Dennis. 



Territorial Vice-Presidents : 



Ontario— Hon. W. H. Hearst. 



Quebec — Hon. fules Allard. 



New Brunswick— Hon. J. K. Flamming-. 



Nova Scotia — Hon. G. H. Murray. 



Manitoba— Hon. R. P. Roblin. 



Prince Edward Island — Hon. J. A, Matheson. 



Saskatchewan— His Honor G. W. Brown. 



Alberta — Hon. A. L. Sifton. 



British Columbia— Hon. W. R. Ross. 



Yukon— Geo. Black, Commissioner. 



Mackenzie — F. D. Wilson. 



Keewaiin — His Honor D. C. Cameron. 



Ungava — His Grace Mgr. Bruchesi, Archbishop ot 

 Montreal. 



Fixing the Value of Shade Trees. 



The Appellate Division of the New York 

 Supreme Court has confirmed a judgment 

 of the lower court, fixing what may be called 

 a good round value on trees in the city. 



A construction company doing some work 

 on a street found that the trees hindered 

 their progress. They thereupon cut down 

 the trees without so much as considering for 

 one moment their value to the owner's pro- 

 perty. 



Suit was at once brought against the 

 company, the damages being laid at $500 

 for each tree cut down. The plaintiff re- 

 covered for the full amount as the value of 

 the trees, and the court added $1,000 more 

 for punitive damages. It was this verdict 

 which was carried to the Appellate Court 

 and has been sustained. 



Five hundred dollars may seem a large 

 sum for a tree in the city, but it must be 

 remembered that the value of the tree as 

 kindling wood or as lumber, or even as the 

 material for house-trim or furniture, is not 

 the thing to be considered. The tree re- 

 quired many years to grow. It not only 

 ladorned the property, but it afforded health, 

 comfort, enjoyment and protection to its 

 owners. Its place, when destroyed, could 

 not be filled by another tree inside of fifteen, 

 twenty or thirty years, and all this time the 



Extends a cordial invitation to those inter- 

 ested in the forests of this country, from 

 whatever point of view, to join its ranks, 

 and help to spread knowledge of, and in- 

 terest in, the forests of Canada in partic- 

 ular, and in general of the world. During 

 the past few years the interest in the 

 proper use and the protection and perpetua- 

 tion of the forests has greatly increased, 

 and to this increased knowledge and interest 

 the Canadian Forestry Association, by its 

 propaganda work, has contributed its share. 

 Founded in 1900, with a membership of 12, 

 it has in twelve years increased its mem- 

 bership to 2,700. During these years it has 

 held conventions throughout Canada from 

 coast to coast, in the Ancient Capital and 

 in the bustling cities of the prairies and 

 Pacific coast, in the manufacturing east and 

 the agricultural prairie country. Its official 

 organ, The Canadian Forestry Journal, was 

 started in 1905 and is now in its seventh 

 volume. But as forestry goes on, circum- 

 stances change and new needs spring up, 

 and the Association is anxious to do its 

 duty in arousing public interest and point- 

 ing out ways of getting things done. One 

 object of the Association was achieved when 

 forest reserves were established; but that 

 is merely a beginning and now proper ad- 

 ministration of these reserves, on the basis 

 of the public good, irrespective of any pri- 

 vate or partizan interest, must be secured. 

 When that is done other problems wUl pre- 

 sent themselves for settlement. The Asso- 

 ciation wants the interest and enthusiasm 

 and, in some degree, the contributions of 

 the public. The annual membership fee is 

 $1.00; this entitles the member to The Cana- 

 dian Forestry Journal for a year, the an- 

 nual report of the society, and other litera- 

 ture. Life membership costs $10.00. Ap- 

 plications for membership should be ad- 

 dressed to James Lawler, Secretary, Cana- 

 dian Forestry Assn., Canadian Building, 

 Ottawa. 



owners of the property are deprived of its 

 lienefits. 



When the courts take all these facts into 

 consideration and assess construction com- 

 panies $500 for each large tree wilfully de- 

 stroyed by them, trees will be safer and the 

 work of shade tree commissions will be 

 bettor protected and more highly respected ! 

 — NewarTi {N.J.) Evening News. 



