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parts of the Dominion now annually 

 go down to the Land of Evangeline to 

 take their recreation period in the 

 beautiful country by the sea. Fuller 

 details of programme, railway rates, 

 etc., will be given in the next issue of 

 The Canadian Forestry Journal, and 

 all members who can possibly do so 

 should make a point of taking in the 

 convention, helping on the good work 

 of forest conservation, and seeing the 

 Maritime Provinces at the best season 

 of the year. 



THE PUBLIC AWAKENING. 



When the Canadian Forestry Jour- 

 nal was started in 1905 tliere was 

 practically no news al)out forest con- 

 servation. The editors wrote articles 

 and secured articles from others on 

 the subject, but there was scarcely 

 anything to record in the way of 

 action in regard to forests. Today 

 there is hardly a week when there is 

 not a meeting of some organization 

 directly or indirectly connected with 

 the subject. The meetings of the 

 Canadian Lumbermen's Association 

 and the St. Maurice Valley Forest 

 Protective Association are noted in 

 this issue. People are approaching 

 forest protection from a dozen dif- 

 ferent points. The fact that at least 

 fifty per cent, of Canada's area is 

 absolute forest land, unsuited for or- 

 dinary forms of agriculture, is be- 

 coming known, and all classes of the 

 community are beginning to awake to 

 the need for developing this great 

 source of revenue and power and fer- 

 tility and health to the highest point. 

 It is a time for the friends of forest 

 conservation to rejoice and to put in 

 their best strokes to further the cause. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



Most of this issue is taken up with 

 the report of the annual business 

 meeting. The interview with the 

 Prime Minister and the Minister of 

 the Interior was an important event, 



and the whole meeting contains much 

 important information. The Direc- 

 tors' Report summarizes the work of 

 the year, and the revision of the Con- 

 stitution was necessary in order that 

 the association may cope with its 

 growing work. 



LONG ESTABLISHED LUMBER FIRM. 



The announcement, in the Canada Lum- 

 berman of November 1st, of the incorpora- 

 tion of the firm of W. & J. Sharpies, Que- 

 bec, P.Q., referred to provisions which 

 were made by Mr. Wm. Power to continue 

 the firm under its old name. Readers of 

 the Canada Lumberman will recall that Mr. 

 Power's two jiartners, Hon. John Sharpies 

 and Mr. R. Harcourt Smith passed away 

 during the present year, leaving Mr. Pow- 

 er the sole surviving member of this old 

 established firm. The firm was established 

 in 1816 and Mr. Power has been connected 

 with it for over a half a century. — Canada 

 Lumberman. 



POLITICAL PATRONAGE. 



Instances of the nefarious operation of 

 the jiatronage system could be cited and 

 the cases multiplied. Executive officers 

 get less than the subordinates. In one 

 case an executive officer desires to report 

 one of his staff who has gone off his head, 

 but cannot do his duty for fear of ' ' the 

 heelers coming on his neck." A cashier 

 getting $500 below the usual pay for such 

 officers cannot get recognition without a 

 heeler's recommendation, which he cannot 

 do without losing his dignity or sacrificing 

 his honesty. — Ottawa Civilian. 



NEW DOMINION FOREST NURSERY. 



A recent news note from Saskatoon 

 says: Splendid progress has been made- 

 this season on the new Dominion Forestry 

 Farm, a few miles to the north of this 

 city. The area of the farm is 320 acres, 

 160 acres of which are now ready for seed- 

 ing. The necessary buildings are well ad- 

 vanced, while a largS amount of planting- 

 has already been accomplished. The land 

 is laid out very artistically, and ere very 

 long will be one of the beauty spots of the 

 district, in addition to providing a source 

 of supply for all manner of suitable trees 

 and shrubs which are in such demand. — 

 Nor West Farmer. 



