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to action for damages. Certain of 

 the States allow the recovery of 

 double the amount of damages suf- 

 fered if the fire is caused through 

 wilfulness or negligence, and one 

 State provides also for liability for 

 injury to young growth, the damage 

 being calculated as the expense of 

 artificially planting and cultivating 

 the trees to the point of develop- 

 ment at the time when the fire 

 occurred. Other States make per- 

 sons who cause fires liable for the 

 cost of extinguishment, as well as 

 for the amount of injury done. 



As a result of the recent visit of 

 Chief Engineer Nicholas J. Melnikoff, 

 of the Russian Cabinet, to the United 

 States and Canada, a renewed ac- 

 tivity in the development of Russia 

 is observed. 



An exploitation company known 

 as Russian-American Development 

 Co., has been organized. M. Albert, 

 formerly of Prince Rupert, British 

 Columbia, of the firm of Albert & 

 McKalTrey, Ltd., is en route to Mos- 

 cow, via Vladivostok, to confer with 

 Russian authorities regarding the 

 establishment of a number of saw- 



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Los Angeles was the first city in 

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