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preventive devices such as lookout 

 towers, trails, telephone lines, etc. 

 The portable fire pump, frequently 

 mentioned in the Journal, has also 

 been added to the equipment of 

 several sections. That the rangers 

 will be better organized, better in- 



structed as to duties, and more 

 closely inspected are results which 

 seem bound to follow the plans now 

 being worked out. 



Following is a copy of the "permit" 

 form issued to settlers, loggers, etc. 

 intending to burn over their lands: 



FIRE PERMIT. 

 The Forest Fire Prevention Act, 1917. No 



Date 191 Ontario. 



Authority is hereby granted to ■_ 



Address to set out fire upon the following described 



lands , 



for the purpose of 



(State whether for clearing land, destroying logging slash, or other purpose) between the 



day of , and the day of 



191 , on compliance with the following conditions 



The acreage to be burned over is 



I have personallv inspected the area... 



(not) 



By.. 



FORESTRY BRANCH. 



Note. — -This permit is subject to revocation. 



(Signature.) 



(Title.)' 



Forest Fires in Northern Ontario 



Newspaper reports claim that con- 

 siderable areas of Ontario forest land 

 have been swept by fires during the 

 last weeks of May. No official report 

 has been obtainable as this issue of 

 the Journal goes to press. A des- 

 patch to the Toronto Globe from 

 Fort William, May 29th, stated:— 

 "Forest fires raging all through the 

 organized and unorganized districts 

 around Fort William and Port Arthur 

 are destroying large areas of timber 

 and uncut pulpwood. Bush fires 

 have been raging in fully a hundred 

 sections west of Fort William since 

 last week, and great strips of forest 

 in the unorganized sections of Con- 

 mee and beyond have been left black- 

 ened wastes. 



"Rains to-day have done much to 

 smother the fires, but the danger is 

 not yet past. So far, no losses have 

 been reported from outlying settlers. 



From Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. came 

 the following: — May 15. — "Dense 

 smoke caused by heavv forest fires 



on the north shore are adding to the 

 troubles of lake navigation. Very 

 few boats were moving to-day, and 

 so dense was the smoke in Whitefish 

 Bay that the tugs were not able to 

 work in the ice, and practically the 

 entire upbound fleet has been com- 

 pelled to come to anchor." 



Fire conditions have been serious 

 in the United States as well, as wit- 

 ness the following from Green Bay, 

 Wisconsin: — May 21. — "Rhinelander 

 Paper Company employees have been 

 active in fighting forest fires in Oneida 

 county during the last several days. 

 The corporation equipped a special 

 train for the men to go from Rhine- 

 lander to the burning districts. Dyna- 

 mite and other supplies for stopping 

 the progress of the fire were contained 

 in the train. 



Logs of paper mills in the central 

 part of Wisconsin were destroyed 

 while the fires burned in forests. Loss 

 of several thousand dollars may re- 

 sult. Rain which fell Saturday stop- 



