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Canadian Forestry Journal, February, 1917 



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1 The Forest Conference in Montreal 



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A "Forest Conservation Confer- 

 ence," organized by the St. Maurice 

 Forest Protective Association and the 

 Lower Ottawa Forest Protective As- 

 sociation was held at the Windsor 

 Hotel, Montreal, February 1 and 2. 

 The event was the first of its kind 

 in Canada, and was designed to bring 

 the limit holders, Government offi- 

 cials, foresters, forest protection ofTi- 

 cers and the public generally into 

 closer touch with present-day meth- 

 ods in fire prevention and fire fight- 

 ing. That the meetings accomplish- 

 ed this purpose all who attended 

 will agree. The two protective As- 

 sociations responsible for the pro- 

 gramme and the rousing of public 

 interest are entitled to maximum 

 credit. One may not fairly estimate 

 the effects of such conferences by 

 the amount of new information and 

 impulses imparted to the number 

 actually in attendance. That in it- 

 self was fully up to expectations. The 

 additional audience of thousands ob- 

 tained through the generous publicity 

 of the Montreal newspapers can be 

 counted with the gains of this con- 

 ference. 



The addresses covered a wide group 

 of topics, all however being consist- 

 ent with the purpose of the Con- 

 ference. Mr. Ellwood Wilson, Presi- 

 dent of the St. Maurice Forest Pro- 

 tective Association, presided. 



The programme included the fol- 

 lowing: 



Opening Address. — Mr. Ellwood Wil- 

 son, President — St. Maur- 

 ice Forest Protective As- 

 sociation. 

 Address. — Hon. Jules Allard, Min- 

 ister of Lands and Forest 

 Quebec. 



PROTECTION AGAINST RAIL- 

 WAY FIRES. 



Address. — Mr. Clyde Leavitt, — Chief 

 Fire Inspector to the Board 

 of Railway Commissioners 

 Canada. 



Address.— Mr. B. M. Winegar,— For- 



ester Eastern Lines, Can- 

 adian Pacific Railway. 



GOVERNMENT FOREST 

 PROTECTION. 



Address. — Mr. E. J. Zavitz, — Chief 

 Forester of Ontario. 



Address. — Mr. W. G. Howard, — As- 

 sistant Sup't. New York 

 State Forest. 



Address.— Mr. W. C. J. Hall,— Sup'L 

 Forest Protection Branch, 

 Quebec. 



CO-OPERATIVE FOREST 

 PROTECTION. 



Address. — Mr. E. T. Alien, — Forester 

 to Western Forestry and 

 Conservation Association. 



Address.— Mr. A. H. Graham, — Chief 

 Fire Inspector to The Low- 

 er Ottawa Forest Protec- 

 tive Association. 



THE PROBLEM OF BRUSH 

 DISPOSAL. 



Address. — Mr. R. H. Campbell, — 

 Director Dominion For- 

 estry Branch. 



PROTECTION AGAINST INSECTS. 



Address. — Mr. J. M. Swaine, — Do- 

 minion Etymologist. 



WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST. 



Address. — Mr. H. T. Gussow, — Do- 

 minion Botanist. 



Address. — Mr. G. C. Piche, — Chief 

 Forester of Quebec. 



MECHANICAL AID FOR FIRE 

 FIGHTING. 



Address. — Mr. LI. C. Johnson, — Fire 

 Inspector Board of Rail- 

 way Commissioners for 

 Canada. 



TELEPHONE FOR FOREST 

 PROTECTION. 

 Address.— Mr. R. T. Campbell, — 

 Northern Electric Com- 

 pany. 



Some of the above papers will 

 appear in forthcoming issues of the 

 Canadian Forestry Journal. 



