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271 



that destruction of provincial tim- 

 ber by carelessness is a crime to be 

 punished as severely as any other 

 form of arson. 



Following were the results at 

 Nominig-ue : J. Matine, Lac des lies, 

 fined $10 and costs or three months' 

 imprisonment ; A. Charette, L'An- 

 nonciation, fined $7.70 and costs or 

 three months' imprisonment ; Jos. 

 Guindon, Mont Laurier, fined $10 

 and costs or three months' imprison- 

 ment; A. Binette, Notre Dame du 

 Laus. fined $2.00 and costs ; A. Bin- 

 ette. Notre Dame du Laus, fined 

 $2.00 and costs ; A. Bergeron, Notre 

 Dame du Laus, fined $2.00 and costs. 



Evidence was supplied by the offi- 

 cers of the Lower Ottawa Forest 

 Protective Association. 



FIRST TOWN FOREST 



Fitchburg. Mass., claims to be the 

 first municipality in the country to 

 have officially set aside under a 

 State law an area which is not con- 

 nected in any way with its parks or 

 water supply system for the express 

 purpose of growing trees for profit. 

 The action of the city government 

 was taken in accordance with the 

 Town Forest Law by which cities 

 and towns within the Common- 

 wealth may own, control and oper- 

 ate forests. For this purpose, four 

 tracts aggregating 105 acres in ex- 

 tent have been set apart to be known 

 and used as a Town Forest. These 

 tracts contain 50, 31, 16 and 8 acres, 

 respectively. About one-fourth of 

 this land is now covered with white 

 pine ranging in age from 20 to 60 

 years. The remainder is cut-over 

 land, now partly covered with sprout 

 growth so common in Massa- 

 chusetts. 



The city forester, Mr. Page S. 

 Bunker, will prepare working plans 

 for this area and the planting of the 

 cut-over land to white pine will be- 

 gin next spring. Mr. Bunker was 

 connected for many years with the 

 United States Forest Service and is 

 ably fitted to develop an efficient 

 forest for the city. He has been in 

 his present position but a feu- 

 months. 



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