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and, if ?ix of the seven members of the 

 committee approve the uomination, the can- 

 didate is to be admitted a member of the 

 Society. 



The' committee on standardizing forest 

 maps submitted a draft legend, which will 

 be circulated to organizations making forest 

 maps, with the request that it be followed 

 in that work. 



A committee of three (Alessrs. Jacombe, 

 Zavitz and Leavitt) was appointed to con- 

 solidate the Constitution of the Society. 



Ottawa Foresters Dine. 



The inaugural meeting of the Ottawa For- 

 ester}' Club, the organization of which was 

 noted in this column last month, was held 

 on the evening of January 30th, and took 

 the form of a dinner followeil by short 

 speeches. Members and guests to the num- 

 ber of twenty-one sat down, the head of the 

 table being occupied by the President, Mr. 

 E. H. Campbell, and the Vice-President, Mr. 

 Clyde Leavitt, having the position at the 

 other end of the board (said board being 

 guaranteed genuine Swietenia malwgani). 

 The guests of the evening were the District 

 Inspectors of Forest Res-erves, Messrs. W. N. 

 Millar, of Calgary, Alta., F. K. Herchmer, 

 of Winnipeg, Man., G. A. Gutches, of Prince 

 Albert, Sask., and I). E. Cameron, of Kam- 

 loops, B.C., and the Superintendent of the 

 newly established Woods Products Labora- 

 tories, Mr. A. G. ]\lclntyre, of Montreal. 



After dessert had been served and the 

 cigars passed, the chairman called on each 

 of the guests to give a short talk on the 

 work being done in his own special depart- 

 ment. This item finished, the guests spent 

 a social hour, regaling each other with 'rab- 

 bit', 'porcupine' and other stories, after 

 which the National Anthem brought a suc- 

 cessful meeting loyally to a close. In ad- 

 dition to those previously named, the fol- 

 lowing were present: J. Lawler, Secretary 

 Canadian Forestry Association, and T. W. 

 Dwight, J. E. Dickson, J. A. Doucet, Geo. 



E. Bothwell, E. H. Finlayson, E. G. Lewis, 

 B. E. Morton, G. S. Smith, H. C. Wallin, 



F. W. H. Jacombe, F. II. Byshe, C. J. Tulley 

 and D. McCann, of the Forestry Branch. 



B. C. Foresters Organizing. 



Owing to the demands on the columns of 

 the Journal in its last issue, reference to 

 the organization of the foresters of British 

 Columbia was omitted. Eegarding this, Mr. 

 H. E. MacMillan wrote, under date of Jan- 

 uary 31st: — 



' I do not know if yovi have received a 

 report of the meeting which was held in 



Vancouver on December 15th. A foresters' 

 dinner was arranged and there were pres-ent 

 about thirty foresters representing the Do- 

 minion Forest Service, Canadian Pacific 

 Eailway, Provincial Forest Service, and for- 

 esters engaged in private work in British 

 Columbia. This, I think, is the largest gath- 

 ering of graduate foresters which has yet 

 been held in Canada. Dr. Wesbrook, Presi- 

 dent of the new British Columbia University, 

 was at the dinner and gave a short address 

 on his plans for development of a forest 

 school in connection with the University. 

 He assured the foresters assembled that such 

 a school would be undertaken within two 

 years. 



* Arrangements were made at this time for 

 the formation of the local society of fores- 

 ters, and a committee consisting of E. D. 

 Prettie, W. J. VanDusen, E. D. Craig, D. R. 

 Cameron and myself were appointed to ar- 

 range for the organization. This committee 

 has not yet held its first meeting^ but it is 

 planned to undertake the preliminary or- 

 ganization immediately along the line of the 

 suggestions which have* been made by your- 

 self. ' 



FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



FEBRUARY 4, 1914. 



(Continued from Page 22.) 



Moved by Mr. Stanley, seconded by Mr. 

 Ha'kom, and 



Ef solved, that the minutes of the Direc- 

 tors ' meetings be sent to the Directors 

 and the Honorary Vice-Presidents. 



Moved by Col. Harkom, seconded by 

 Senator Bostock, and 



Resolved, that the Secretary and Trea- 

 surer be thanked for their careful atten- 

 tio)i to the business of the Association 

 during the year. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



THE VALUE OF FORESTS. 



The State of Ohio was once covered bj 

 forests. Then there were no devasting 

 Hoods. The forests were cut away, cut in- 

 discriminately, ruthlessly, ignorantly. Now 

 w^e have the tragedy of Dayton and other 

 lesser ones every year. If a few square 

 miles of carefully tended forests had been 

 left at strategic points around the head- 

 waters of the various rivers and streams 

 of Ohio, the United States would not be 

 mourning these hundreds of dead or re- 

 gretting the millions of money. This is 

 part of what is meant by conservation.-^ 

 Exchange. 



