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there are to-day persons of intelli- 

 gence who, in looking forward to 

 results, will prefer to trust the corn." 



It is to be noted with satisfaction 

 that the more influential Canadian 

 newspapers are taking up cudgels in 

 defence of the shade trees. In To- 

 ronto, Ottawa and Montreal, edi- 

 torial comments upon the New York 

 case cited above, we find such deter- 

 mined expressions as the following: 



"People who are past the barbarian 

 stage will applaud the decision, and 

 in the interest of the public it should 

 be given the widest possible publi- 

 city. It is a notorious fact that in 

 most Canadian cities and towns trees 

 are not held at a proper value.. The 

 other summer, the civic authorities 



in Montreal actually destroyed some 

 of the most beautiful shade elms to 

 make way for a monument, a bit of 

 common vandalism that should have 

 been punished with imprisonment. 



"Here in Ottawa, we are blessed 

 with some fine shade trees in our 

 streets, but to anyone who takes the 

 trouble to watch how they are being 

 cared for it is evident that we could 

 give them more attention than at 

 present. Telephone poles and wires 

 are often placed right beside some of 

 the finest shade trees, to their inevi- 

 table detriment; and sometimes in 

 opening new streets sufficient care 

 to safeguard trees is not taken. It is 

 a matter which might profitably en- 

 gage more attention from the city 

 authorities." 



{From "Printer and Publisher:") 



"Poetic fancy has often personi- 

 fied the tree and given it the gift of 

 speech. Something better than this 

 fanciful voice is the very real publi- 

 cation, Canadian Forestry Journal, 

 edited by the secretary of the Cana- 

 dian Forestry Association of Otta- 

 wa. This modest but intensely 

 interesting and efficient monthly is 

 the forest's spokesman — clamant at 

 times, persuasive at times, and al- 

 ways instructive. 



Its mission is one of conservation. 

 The contents of a recent issue indi- 

 cate the purpose and scope of the 

 Canadian Forestry Journal's business : 

 Forest Fire Situation, Who Owns 

 the Forest Lands, With the Forest 

 Engineers, Problem of the Bark 

 Beetle, Making a Fire-Proof Forest, 

 Forest Management in Dominion 

 Parks, Fire Protection on Railways, 

 Sweden's Lesson for Manitoba, Ex- 

 perience in Pine-Planting. 



Publishers of Canadian daily and 

 weekly newspapers will find in this 

 publication and in Conservation, a 



monthly bulletin published by the- 

 Commissioner of Conservation, Ot- 

 tawa, much valuable material for 

 special articles and editorials. Al- 

 ways the people's newspapers must 

 be breakers and distributors to the 

 multitude of bread which others- 

 provide." 



EDWARDS CO. NEW 

 PHONE LINE 



The progressive policy of the W. 

 C Edwards & Company, Limited, 

 of Ottawa, has led them to construct 

 a forest protection telephone line 

 fortv miles in length from River 

 Desert to Tomasine Depot. Even- 

 tuallv the line will be carried to 

 Lapine Depot in the Gatineau 

 limits of the company, making a 

 total of sixty mites. Twelve miles 

 of the distance have been covered 

 alreadv and workmen are engaged 

 upon the remainder of the line. 1 his 

 undertaking of the Edwards Com- 

 pany is of the highest importance to- 

 the work of forest protection in the- 

 Gatineau region and will greatly 

 facilitate the efforts of the rangers- 

 maintained by the Lower Ottawa 

 Forest Protective Association. 



