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! Education bp Public Lectures \ 



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The sets of fifty lantern slides and 

 lecture manuscript, sent out without 

 charge by the Canadian Forestry 

 Association to clergymen, teachers, 

 and others in a position to gather an 

 audience, have been extensively used 

 during the past four months. 



As an example of the manner in 

 which these lecture sets are employed, 

 the following appeared in the Kee- 

 watin, Ont. "Enterprise" of April 

 21 : "An interesting lecture on lum- 

 bering and forest protection, illustrat- 

 ed by lantern slides was given in the 

 Oddfellows' Hall on Monday evening 

 under the auspices of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association. The Hall was 

 w^ell filled. Messrs. A. G. Holmes 

 and D. McLeod (Manager of the 

 Keewatin Lumber Co!) gave inter- 

 esting addresses pointing out the 

 great importance of the lumbering 

 industry in Canada and the necessity 

 of protecting the forests for future 

 supply." 



A note from a Keewatin corres- 

 pondent adds: "There were about 

 150 children present and an equal 

 number of adults. Each of those 



present was presented with a cojiy 

 of your booklet, "Yo(te b^nemy's 

 Photograph" and also a copy of the 

 booklet for campers. The people 

 appeared to be very interested in the 

 meeting and we are satisfied that 

 good results wdll follow\" 



Another of these lectures was given 

 at Knowlton, Quebec, by Rev. Canon 

 Carmichael before a very large audi- 

 ence, Hon. Sydney Fisher, President 

 of the Canadian Forestry Association 

 being chairman. 



The call for these lecture sets from 

 all parts of Canada is beyond the 

 Association's financial ability to meet 

 as it should be met. 



As far as the revenues will allow, 

 however, this part of the propagandist 

 work is making headway. At least 

 ten lecture outfits could be employed 

 the greater part of the year, by de- 

 signing each lecture to apply es- 

 pecially to the Maritime Provinces, 

 Quebec, Ontario, and three prairie 

 provinces, and British Columbia and 

 operating each from a provincial 

 headquarters. 



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I Developing the Forests of Alaska \ 



Discussing the opportunities for the 

 development of the forests of Alaska 

 for paper manufacture, Henry E. 

 Surface, engineer of the United States 

 Forest Service estimates that an 

 initial investment of $2,000,000 for a 

 75 ton mill would be necessary. 



"Probably the most important ob- 

 stacles holding up serious considera- 

 tion of Alaskan pulp and paper enter- 

 prises by parties w'ell able to finance 

 them are the undeveloped conditions 

 generally existing and especially the 

 lack of detailed information on specific 

 local resources and facilities." Con- 

 tinuing the report says: 



"So far as legislation and the regu- 

 lations of government departments 

 are concerned, there are no obstacles 

 to the development of pulp and paper 

 enterprises and the use therein of the 

 necessary sites, timber, water powers, 

 and other natural resources of the 

 public lands; in fact the terms of 

 government lease, permit, sale and 

 title may be considered encouraging 

 even for pioneer conditions and capi- 

 tal may be assured of ample security 

 in these regards." Taking up the 

 question of Timber on the Tongass 

 Forest, Mr. Surface says: 



"The present stand of merchant- 



