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Canadian Forestry Journal, February, 1914. 



meree; Hon. W. H. Hearst, Minister of 

 Lands, Forests and Mines for Ontario; Hon. 

 W. A. Charlton, President of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association; Senator Edwards and 

 Mr. A. B. Cruikshank, of New York. 



The speaking was of a very high order, 

 Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Hon. Mr. Foster 

 emphasizing the great importance of the for- 

 ests to the country and the need of perpetu- 

 ating forests on non-agriculturai lands, 

 while Hon. Mr. Hearst, besides showing what 



a large part of Ontario 's revenue came from 

 the forests, dwelt on the fact that, willing 

 as governments and lumbermen were to con- 

 serve the forests, they must enlist the sym- 

 pathy and support of the general public. 

 Hon. Mr. Charlton showed that this latter 

 was, the reason for existence of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association, and Mr. A. B. Cruik- 

 shank gave a most witty and telling ad- 

 dress on the business and humanitarian side 

 of the great lumber industry. 



St. Maurice Forest Protective Association 



Second Annual Meeting SJiotvs Encouraging Progress. 



The annual meeting of the St. Maurice 

 Valley Forest Protective Association, held 

 at the Place Viger Hotel, Montreal, on Feb. 

 24, showed a very gratifying state of pro- 

 gress by the Association. The chair was 

 occupied by the retiring President, Mr. J. 

 M. Dalton, of Three Elvers, and all the com- 

 panies or individuals in the Association were 

 present or represented. 



The President's Eeport was most optimis- 

 tic. It showed that in spite of the dry 

 season the loss to timber from fire in the 

 area controlled by the Association was less 

 than 1/lOOOth of one per cent, of the value 

 of the timber. The Association was stead- 

 ily growing, 102,000 acres aving been added 

 to its territory in 1913 and 266,000 acres 

 more added up to Feb. 24, 1914. Further 

 additions were expected, and the limit hold- 

 ers of the Rouge, Lievre and Gatineau Val- 

 leys were considering forming similar as- 

 sociations. Appreciation was expressed of 

 the support given the Association by Hon. 

 Jules Allard, Minister of Lands and Forests 

 for Quebec, and Mr. W. C. J. Hall, Chief 

 of the Forest Protection Branch. The ex- 

 cellent work done by the Manager of the 

 Association, Mr. Henry Sorgius, was ack- 

 nowledged. The fact that a dry season had 

 been passed through with practically no loss 

 was the best proof of the efficiency of the 

 organization. The greatest need at present 

 was the education of farmers and settlers, 

 and to this end the suggestion was made 

 that the co-operation of the Department of 

 Education be asked to distribute literature 

 in the schools and to send lecturers with lan- 

 terns to the smaller towns. The President 

 advocated wider publicity work generally, 

 through newspapers and otherwise. 



The Manager and Secretary, Mr. Sorgius, 

 presented the reports in detail covering the 

 work of the year. The financial report 

 showed total receipts of $23,779, all of 

 which except $4,131 came from assessment 

 on members. The remainder came from 



proportion of railway patrol and $2,300 

 grant from the Quebec Government. 



The total number of fires extinguished was 

 306. These were started by the following 

 agencies: settlers, 151; fishermen and sports- 

 men, 8; river drivers, 17; jobbers, 4; rail- 

 roads, 17; unknown, 102, and one each by 

 tramps, berry pickers, Indians, lightning, 

 explorers, trappers and improvement gang. 



The permanent improvements included 

 eight lookout towers, ranging from 35 to 87 

 feet high, 200 miles of trails, and 15 miles 

 of telephone line. 



The officers elected were: President, Mr. 

 S. L. de Carteret; Vice-President, Mr. Ell- 

 wood Wilson; Manager and Secretary-Treas- 

 urer, Mr. H. Sorgius; Directors, Messrs. J. 

 M. Dalton, de Carteret, Wilson, C. Le Brun, 

 E. F. Grant and F. L. Eitchie. 



A resolution was passed for presentation 

 to Premier Sir Lomer Gouin, expressing ap- 

 preciation of the policy of fire protection 

 extended under the administration of Hon. 

 Mr. Allard and asking for further work in 

 this direction. The resolution pointed out 

 that the Provincial revenue from forests last 

 year had been $1,760,466, with an expendi- 

 ture of $327,383, while there had been ap- 

 propriations of •'pl8,000 for fire protection, 

 $90,000 for forest service and inspection, and 

 $5,000 for forestry education. They there- 

 fore asked that the amount voted for fire 

 protection be increased to $50,000 at least. 



In the evening the annual banquet at the 

 Place Viger Hotel was a most successful af- 

 fair. The toastmaster was Mr. Ellwood Wil- 

 son, and with him at the head table were 

 Hon. Jules Allard, Mr. E. H. Campbell, Do- 

 minion Director of Forestry, Mr. Alex. Mac- 

 Laurin, Mr. Carl Eiordon, Mr. Clyde Leavitt, 

 Mr. J. C. Sutherland, Inspector of Quebec 

 Schools. Others in attendance, in addition 

 to the officers, were Messrs. E. J. Graham, 

 Buckingham; C. Le Brun, Shawinigan Falls; 

 C. E. Eead, Jr., St. Jovite; J. P. MacLaurin, 

 Montreal ; J. H. Dansereau, Three Eivers ; J. 



