What Our Mertiber- Are Saying 



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INDIANS AS FIRE RANGERS. 



A forost raiifjer in tho west writes, oom- 

 nu'iitiii^ on tlio suyj^estioii of An-luleauon 

 RtMiisou aiiil others as to making use of 

 Imlians as lire raiifjers. After aii experi- 

 ence of nearly thirty years anionj^ the In- 

 dians, he eonies to the conclusion tliat tliey 

 will not make j;ood fire ranj^fers. They 

 lack, in his opinion, the stea«ly ai)iilication 

 of white men, ami they are so inter-re- 

 lated to all the Imlians of the same dis- 

 trict that it is practically impossilile to 

 .get them to act in the prosecution of an- 

 other Indian. Tiiey are e.xcellent canoe 

 men and woodsmen, and make good as- 

 sistants to white rangers, who can direct 

 them and press prosecutions for setting 

 fire to the forest. 



MAPLE SUGAR MAKING. 



The artiide by i)r. Fisk in the January 

 issue of tlie ('unndinn Forc.stri/ ■Iminntl, on 

 the possibilities of a maple sugar grove, 

 attracted a great deal of attention. The 

 comparison which Dr. Fisk made between 

 an apple orchanl and a sugar bush was 

 most suggestive. 



In this connection Hon. J. E. Caron, 

 Minister of Agriculture in the Province 

 of Quebec, deemeil the matter of sugar 

 making of so great importance that in the 

 early spring he <-aused three schools to be 

 oj)ened to teach the best methods of mak- 

 ing maple sugar and syrup. These schools 

 were conducted at Beauceville, Beauce 

 Co.. St. Roch des Aulnaies. 1 'Islet Co., and 

 at Labelle, Labelle Co. The results were 

 such that it is believed the schools will be 

 re-opened next year. 



l>:ickground, ami yet we say, "Wait and 

 see what nature will do." 



M'oupled with intelligent work in the 

 direition of reforesting, it goes without 

 saying, of course, that there should be 

 adei|uate fire protection all the time, and 

 I was particularly interested in that por- 

 tion of your letter which tol>l what work 

 has been done in Qnebei-. ' 



The Late Sir William Whyte, formerly 

 Vice-President Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way and a warm friend of forestry. 

 He presided at the opening of the 

 Winnipeg Convention, 1913. 



CANADA'S GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY. 



A member of the Cana<lian Forestry As- 

 sociation, who is also at the head of a 

 great wood-using industry, writes: 



'Canada has a grave responsibility in 

 the matter of its woods and forests, an<l 

 I am glad to know that this is being 

 realized more and more, V)ut I am satisfied 

 that consistent and intelligent effort has 

 yet to be directed in the matter of re- 

 foresting. The fringe of the problem is 

 being skirteil, nothing more. To an in- 

 telligent onlooker the future supply of 

 pulp wood and pine is a very grave mat- 

 ter, and it is certainly up to the present 

 generation to take care of future genera- 

 tions, and not leave them a heritage de- 

 nuded of the very raw materials which 

 are so necessary to existence. Our woods 

 are receding, pine is scarcer, there is less 

 of it; our pulp woods are further in the 



HE STRUCK A MATCH. 



He struck a match as hf passod through 



Tlie glorious (rrr)wih of centuries; 

 He lit his pipe — and thon ho threw 



The tiny blaze ariione the frees. 

 It flickered, seemed to die away — 



And he, a!I careless, passed along, 

 Filled with the plea.sure of the day, 



The glory of the Forest's song. 



Furious, wolddriv'n by the gale 



That roared as Hell is thought to roar, 

 The forest fire swept hill and vale. 



Claiming its victims by the score. 

 Huge flame-tongues covered every place 



That even seemed to offer hope. 

 And devastation smote Earth's face: 



No power, save God's, with this could cope. 



Black are the hills where stood the tiees 



That graced them so short time ago; 

 No more their ^reen boughs to the breeze 



Sing gently, waving to and fro; 

 Black are the stumps and dry the rills 



That yesterday so joyous went ; 

 But blackest is it that these ills 



Are suffered by the innocent I 



— Carroll Wright. 



