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433 



I am of the opinion that persons, 

 like myself, who move around fre- 

 quently and at many different points 

 in the mountains, should be created 

 honorary or temporary fire wardens, 

 so that they would be in a position 

 to make inquiries of parties whom 

 they met travelling, as to whether 

 they held the proper registration 

 certificate. 



On general lines I very strongly 

 approve of the idea and shal be very 

 willing to do all in my power to 

 assist it." 



The Camp Fire Club of America 

 (New York): "Your letter of De- 

 cember 7th, in relation to the regis- 

 tration of tourists, fishermen, hunt- 

 ers, prospectors and other itinerants 

 who make occasional use of the for- 

 ests, was presented last night at the 

 meeting of the Committee on Con- 

 servation of the Camp-Fire Club of 

 America, and was generally discus- 

 sed. 



The consensus of opinion was 

 that such registration would be of 

 benefit in preventing forest fires, 

 and might well be put in practice if 

 it can be accomplished without sub- 

 jecting such itinerants to awkward 

 delays in effecting registration, 

 without requiring too close adhesion 

 to an indicated route, and without 

 throwing too much expense on the 

 provincial governments. 



Personal experiences in Algon- 

 quin Park indicated that under the 

 conditions which prevail there such 

 registration can be effected easily so 

 far as the tourist is concerned, with- 

 out great expense to the govern- 

 ment, and with a reasonable degree 

 of effectiveness because there is lit- 

 tle occasion for departure from ex- 

 pected routes. 



On the other hand, personal ex- 

 periences suggested the difficulties 

 in the way of determining with cer- 

 tainty the routes of hunting parties, 

 for it was recalled that it frequently 

 happens that the expected route of 

 a hunting party is changed at the 

 last moment, and perhaps after the 



party has actually entered the bush, 

 because of information gleaned by 

 the retained guide with regard to 

 the presence or absence of game. 

 This brought out two suggestions, 

 one that the licensing of guides and 

 the turning in by such licensed 

 guides of information as to the 

 probable routes of their parties, and 

 others who expect to visit lands 

 without licensed guides might be re- 

 quired to obtain permits to build 

 fires on wild lands and to indicate 

 their expected routes in the applica- 

 tion. In the State of Maine, for ex- 

 ample, the building of fires on wild 

 lands by non-residents, other than 

 licensed guides, is prohibited. This, 

 however, often works hardship to 

 the fisherman or hunter who, in the 



experience of those present, is quite 



as likely to be careful about fires as 



the average licensed guide. 



This Committee is at all times 

 glad to be kept in touch with all 

 matters which pertain to the con- 

 servation of forests and wild life and 

 to respond, to the best of its ability, 

 to such requests as that made in 

 your letter. 



Yours very truly, 



WILLIAM B. GREELEY, 



Chairman." 



Some tests of the weight of freshly 

 cut woods have just been made by 

 the Laurentide Company and show 

 that brown ash weighs 50.26 pounds 

 per cubic foot, yellow birch 64.40 

 pounds, white birch 55.62 pounds, 

 elm 71.31 pounds, and sugar maple 

 73.36 pounds. 



Although South Africa has made 

 great progress in planting to estab- 

 lish its own supply of timber there 

 is still a large demand, especially 

 for railwav ties. 



