Canadian Forcstrij Journal, March, 1917 



1005 



Upper Ottawa Adopts Modern Protection 



After negotiations covering two 

 years, the territory known as the 

 Upper Ottawa has been organized for 

 hre protection purposes. Instead of 

 a distinct association being formed, the 

 15,000 square miles have been added 

 to the territory, nearly as large, 

 hitherto patrolled so successfully by 

 the Lower Ottawa Forest Protective 

 Association of which Mr. Arthur 

 Graham is Chief Inspector. The 

 enlarged area will be under "The 

 Ottawa River Forest Protective As- 

 sociation" in which licensees of both 

 regions will be represented. Mr, 

 Graham continues as Chief Inspector, 

 Mr. Frank Hawkins being Secretary. 

 The territory will have two main 

 divisions "Eastern" and "Western", 

 the former representing the old Lower 



Ottawa region. There will be five 

 territorial divisions each with an in- 

 spector, with one or two super- 

 visors looking after them. 



As the Upper Ottawa presents some 

 special problems, motor boat patrols 

 will be used on the Quinze, Kippewa, 

 and Hurricanaw districts. The same 

 general scheme of organization as ap- 

 plied to the Lower Ottawa Associa- 

 tion will extend to the new territory, 

 which runs as far north as the bound- 

 ary of licensed Crown lands, and has 

 its western limit at the Quebec- 

 Ontario border. 



The Upper Ottawa contains pro- 

 bably the most valuable white pine 

 stands in Canada. Sections of it have 

 suffered severely by fire from lack of 

 a uniform protective system. 



New Protective Association 



Another forward step was re- 

 gistered on March 6th, when the 

 Southern St. Lawrence Forest Pro- 

 tective Association was formed. A 

 meeting of the interested limit holders 

 was held at Quebec City, with Hon. 

 Jules Allard, Minister of Lands and 

 Forests, present to assure the mem- 

 bers of the Government's desire to 

 give thorough co-operation. Mr. 

 Gerald Powell was elected president 

 of the new association and the direc- 

 tors are as follows: Simmons Brown, 

 E. A. Rockett, J. Tobin, Angus 

 McLean, David Champoux, Major 

 Lyons, Charles McClay and R. L. 

 Montgomery. Mr. Ellwood Wilson, 

 President of the St. Maurice Forest 

 Protective Association, was in at- 

 tendance. 



"HIGH COST OF LUMBER" 



"Personally, I believe the high cost 

 of lumber is here to stay. The pre- 

 sent prices may seem high, but in 

 a good many instances I am inclined 

 to think they will go higher. Taken 

 as a whole, the lumber manufactur- 

 er for the past ten years has been 



conducting his business on a narrow 

 margin of profit, and in some cases at 

 a considerable loss." 



The foregoing forecast was made 

 by Mr. A. C. Manbert, responding to 

 the toast of the "Manufacturers" 

 at the first annual dinner of the 

 lumbermen's section of the Toronto 

 Board of Trade, held in the assembly 

 room of the Board of Trade. Mr. 

 Manbert said that at present the 

 stocks were too scanty to meet the 

 increased demand, with the result 

 that some manufacturers preferred to 

 be out of the business, rather than in it. 



Two boys recently convicted in a 

 Los Angeles court of leaving a camp- 

 fire burning in the Angeles National 

 Forest, were sentenced to visit the 

 scene of a forest fire near Newhall, 

 Cal., where 400 acres were burned 

 over and property to the value of 

 $100,000 was destroyed, and to make 

 a study of the damage, done. Six 

 months later they are to report to the 

 judge and tell him whether they have 

 done so and what lessons they have 

 learned. 



