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logs from the Reserve at a very low- 

 figure. In many cases a home- 

 steader is allowed a very liberal 

 amount free for the erection of the 

 buildings. 



Most all the forest rangers have 

 been appointed game guardians by 

 the province and assist to enforce 

 the game laws. Most of the Re- 

 serves have been declared game re- 

 fuges and no shooting, trapping or 

 injury of any wild animal is permit- 

 ted. If this protection is continued 

 for a number of years these refugees 

 will become fine game reserves, 

 from which all variety of game will 

 overflow into the surrounding coun- 

 try and thus provide a perpetual 

 supply of good shooting and sport 

 for the people in the surrounding 

 communities. Fishing is permitted 

 with hook and line but not by nets, 

 which in a very few years might de- 

 plete the quantity in any one local- 

 ity. This provides for much recrea- 

 tion and sport when the public visit 

 the numerous lakes in some of the 

 Reserves and spend days in having 

 a- pleasant camping party and a little 

 fishing on the side ; and with the 

 game protected are to be many times 

 rewarded for a little patience in see- 

 ing a beaver build its house, or hear 

 the call of a moose, or possibly get a 

 photo of a deer. 



The Forest Reserves are an ever 

 increasing benefit to the community 

 and do not permit of their resources 

 becoming monopolized by private 

 parties, but are for the benefit of 

 each and everv individual. 



Foresters and Lumbermen 

 Unite at Meetings. 



Mr. J. D. Gilmour, recently Dis- 

 trict Forester at Cranbrook, has 

 been transferred to the head office, 

 Victoria. 



Mr. H. B. Murray, formerly Dis- 

 trict Forester, Kamloops, is now in 

 charge of the Cranbrook District, 

 and Mr. E. B. Prowd is Acting Dis- 

 trict Forester for the Kamloops Dis- 

 trict. 



The Foresters' Club of Ottawa, 

 which has done good work for the 

 past three years, has decided to en- 

 large the scope and in addition to 

 having forest engineers and forest 

 administrators come together for 

 mutual counsel and benefit, will 

 draw upon the fund of experience 

 gathered by lumbermen, particularly 

 in regard to forest protection. This 

 new policy was put into force at a 

 recent meeting. The chair was oc- 

 cupied by Mr. R. H. Campbell, Di- 

 rector of Forestry, president of the 

 club, and there were present repre- 

 sentatives of the forestry, entomo- 

 logical, horticultural and seed 

 branches and Railway Commission, 

 Commission of Conservation and 

 geological survey and also of fire- 

 protective associations and Ottawa 

 lumber firms. 



The speaker of the evening was 

 Mr. Clyde Leavitt, chief forester of 

 the Commission of Conservation and 

 chief fire inspector of the Railway 

 Commission. Mr. Leavitt spoke on 

 the w^ork of the convention of lum- 

 bermen and foresters held at San 

 Francisco during the recent exposi- 

 tion. This was followed by a gen- 

 eral discussion in which the point 

 was brought out that the belief of 

 all present was that the only way 

 to cure the forest fire menace was to- 

 have thorough and hearty co-opera- 

 tion among all responsible for forest 

 protection. The work of the St. 

 Maurice Valley and Lower Ottawa 

 forest protective associations was- 

 endorsed and their good results re- 

 counted. 



These meetings will be held peri- 

 odically and a number of those con- 

 nected Avith lumbering have signified 

 their intention of being present. 

 During the work of the evening, a 

 resolution was passed expressing the 

 sympathy of the club with the fam- 

 ily of the late Mr. A. Knechtel, for- 

 ester of the parks branch. 



