injurious as so much sawdust. I have asked the 

 men why they do not drive earlier, when the river 

 is high; then it would not make so much differ- 

 ence, as the logs would pass quickly. Their 

 answer invariably is that the boom is not strong 

 enough to hold so many logs; they would drift 

 out to sea. If such is the case, the government 

 should prevent the owners driving more than they 

 can handle, and insist upon the logs being in the 

 boom by the last of June. Sixty or seventy thou- 

 sand coming down at low water, as was the condi- 

 tion this year, will stop the late June and early 

 July run of salmon from entering, for they will 

 not enter a river in which there is any dyeing 

 material Now that lumbermen have invaded the 

 Lake Branch, and scows every few days pass up 

 and down that narrow stream, I believe the salmon 

 will be exterminated eventually in that part of 

 the river unless the government comes to their 

 rescue. It is destructive to have horses wading 

 and hauling scows through the Lazy Bogan coun- 

 try, as there the river is also narrow and shallow ; 

 but when they arrive at the junction of the two 

 branches, they should be compelled to stop, and 

 the supplies for the logging camps toted over th<> 

 road. This would necessitate a little more outlay, 

 and the owners of the timber should be made to 

 do this if it is the means of preserving the breed- 

 ing-ground. In the winter supplies are sent over 



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