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ty-three lookouts have been erected, 

 the majority of which are frequent- 

 ly used by the rangers when in the 

 vicinity on their regular beats. 

 Good trails have been cut to all of 

 them with the idea of connecting 

 them with the nearest telephone 

 lines. At the present time there is 

 over four hundred miles of tele- 

 phone line in the territory the great- 

 er part of which has been construct- 

 ed by the individual rhembers of the 

 Association. 



Tools for fighting fire have been 

 deposited in thirty different loca- 

 tions, each set averaging about 

 three dozen implements composed 

 of axes, mattocks, shovels and pails. 



In the past four years 63.000 fire 

 notices and signs have been posted 

 and 22.000 leaflets and booklets dis- 

 tributed. 



In the same period over 800 fires 

 were extinguished, over 80% of 

 which were put out by the rangers 

 themselves without outside assis- 

 tance or extra expense, all of which 

 is proof of the excellent work of the 

 manager and his organization. 



Opportunities are numerous for 

 the formation of similar Associa- 

 tions, particularly in the Upper Ot- 

 tawa and on the Saguenay waters 

 and it is sincerely hoped that in the 

 near future the number of protec- 

 tive Associations will multiply in 

 this and the other Provinces. 



The paper, which is partially re- 

 produced in the foregoing, was read 

 at the annual meeting of the Can- 

 adian Forestry Association. 



Ruining the Trees 



(Ottawa Free Press editorial refer- 

 ring to a protest against civic van- 

 dalism in which an Ottawa woman 

 lost several fine elm trees) : 



In the light of knowledge of the 

 way in which such things have been 

 done in the past, we are inclined to 

 accept the statement of Mrs. Butler, 

 in preference to the contradiction of 



Ranger posting fire signs. 



civic officials, that there was no ne- 

 cessity for the cutting down of the 

 elm shade tree in front of her home 

 in Kent street. Also, on the assump- 

 tion that the man who will needless- 

 ly destroy a shade tree in a city 

 street will do other uncouth things, 

 we are prepared to believe the as- 

 sertion that the "city gardener" met 

 Mrs. Butler's protests against the 

 tree vandalism with rudeness and 

 impertinence. City Engineer Ask- 

 with must have a sense of humor 

 when he refers to the man whom he 

 sends about the city to cut and hack 

 the fine old trees lining the streets 

 as a "gardener." Judging from the 

 way in which great limbs have been 

 ruthlessly hacked from the maples 

 along Metcalfe and other streets, 

 "butcher" Avould be a more fitting 

 terms. 



