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River Railway Company which entirely ignored 

 the Railway Commission's instructions. Their 

 locomotives were defective, their section men 

 hostile, they even set fire to a large tract of 

 country to protect a pile of ties. Two hundred 

 and fifty fires more than half the total number 

 reported were set by them. They were, how- 

 ever, summoned before the Board and the 

 officers were told that they ought to be in the 

 penitentiary and were threatened with drastic 

 measures if they did not obey the law this 

 coming season. In conclusion Mr. Campbell 

 stated three things which were necessary for 

 an adequate forest policy for Canada. 



1. The development of the forest reserve 

 policy until all non-agricultural lands are 

 included and the completion of the system of 

 effective protection. 



2. Teaching the value of the forest from the 

 business point of view. 



3. Statutory enactment to insure perma- 

 nency of tenure of office for men engaged in the 

 Dominion forestry work so that a proper 

 spirit of public service may be infused and 

 maintained. 



Mr. Piche, Chief Forester of Quebec, out- 

 lined the Quebec Forest Service work and of 

 the Forestry School conducted in cooperation 

 with Laval University. 



He paid a well-deserved tribute to the work 

 of his colleague, Mr. W. C. J. Hall, who has 

 charge of Forest Fire Protection, and who, 

 with a very small appropriation, has done most 

 excellent work. 



Mr. MacMillan, Chief Forester of British 

 Columbia; Dr. B. E. Fernow, of the University 

 of Toronto; and Mr. MacTier, Head of the 

 operating Department of the Canadian Pacific 

 R. R. of Toronto, read interesting and valu- 

 able papers. 



The meeting of the Canadian Forestry Asso- 

 ciation was held in the Carnegie Library on the 

 evening of. the nineteenth of January. Officers 

 were elected and routine business transacted. 

 Only one resolution of importance was passed, 



i. e., to ask the Minister of Railways to adopt 

 the same regulations on the Intercolonial, 

 National Transcontinental and International 

 Railways, all owned by the Dominion Govern- 

 ment, as those already adopted by the Railway 

 Commission for the privately owned and 

 Prcvincially chartered railways. 



The Secretary who has served the Association 

 faithfully for six years, Mr. James Lawler, 

 resigned to accept a positon with the Dominion 

 Forest Service. 



A very interesting meeting of the Canadian 

 Society and a dinner were held on the evening 

 of the twentieth of February with quite a large 

 attendance. The constitution was consolidated 

 and amended and it was decided to incorporate 

 the Society. This Society is growing in num- 

 bers and importance and now has seventy-two 

 members many of whom are in the van of 

 progressive forestry work. The general dis- 

 cussions and informal talks were most enjoy- 

 able, and their tone shows how this body of 

 men stands for progress and efficiency and for 

 the development of the highest standard of 

 professional achievement. Its influence is 

 being widely felt. 



The Forest Products' Laboratories of the 

 Dominion Government are rapidly getting into 

 shape and have already issued two very 

 interesting Bulletins describing the work to be 

 undertaken and "Chemical Methods for 

 Utilizing Wood Wastes." 



The St. Maurice Forest Protective Associa- 

 tion held its third annual meeting at Three 

 Rivers, Quebec, on Friday, the twelfth of 

 February. Its annual report was a model of 

 careful work and gave a large fund of informa- 

 tion on fire protection. In this connection it 

 might be noted that the figures for areas burned 

 over on the Territory controlled by this Asso- 

 ciation were given as 814,468 acres, but should 

 have been only 81,446 acres. 



WITH THE FORESTERS 



W. A. MacDonald, of The New York State 

 College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 

 has left for San Francisco where he will have 

 charge of the exhibits of the College. The 

 large cabinet illustrating various phases of 

 wood utilization has been shipped. 



The Forest Supervisors recently made up 

 their allotment estimates for the fiscal year. 

 In this connection the following interesting as 

 well as self-explanatory communication has 

 been submitted by the Supervisor of the Sho- 

 shone Forest. 



District Forester Riley, 



Denver, Colorado. 

 "Will you please make some changes in my 

 allotment estimate. I would like to have 

 Statutory Salaries increased by $1200 to take 



care of the salary of new man for the Forest. 

 He is not very big yet, having arrived last 

 evening, but he is a dinger and well worth the 

 salary. 



"Buckner of Accounts suggests that I 

 increase Forage allotment also; this should be 

 Forage (in terms of milk) increased by $50. 



"He weighs only 7% pounds but will surely 

 take this much." 



The Dendrological Department of the New 

 York State College of Forestry is getting out 

 a collection of native woods for distribution 

 among the High Schools of the State. A set 

 will comprise 35 species and 1,000 sets will be 

 ready for distribution in the near future. 

 Each specimen is to be 3 inches by 4 inches by 

 Yi inch and will bear a label giving the names 

 and general range of the species. A pamphlet 



