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property from fires originating with 

 cigarettes, matches, camp fires, etc., 

 indicates how far distant is the full 

 object for which the "Rules and 

 Regulations" were framed. 



What the Limit-holder Faces- 



The following letter was written 

 August 3rd by a chief fire ranger on 

 Quebec limits to his employers, a 

 well-known lumber firm : 



"Where are the fire inspectors and 

 fire rangers for Ontario? I have 

 not seen one since I came on the 

 job, and this A.M. I found a fire 

 that has been smouldering for eight 

 days yesterday, left by a gang of 

 men on a Government job, with a 

 man in charge, or supposed to be. I 

 have all proof that they left it as I 

 see where they boiled their tea and 

 fed their horses. This is the third 

 fire I know of inside of four days. 



"I don't know as it is my business 

 to say anything, as it is not in my 

 jurisdiction, being in Ontario; but 

 it is things like this that were the 

 cause of hundreds of lives being lost 

 only a few days ago, and still the 

 fires are not out. 



'T am going to get a team to draw 

 some water to put on this fire, as I 

 have it all covered over with earth. 

 It is right in the edge of a heavy 

 slash, and a spruce bush. There is 

 no danger now, until I get the wa- 

 ter. Had it got a good start it 

 would with a west wind be on the 

 limits in a few hours." 



Under the legislation of last ses- 

 sion the Government adopted the 

 policy of advancing money to set- 

 tlers on the security of their cleared 

 land, a limit of $500 per settler being 

 fixed. Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, 

 Minister of Lands, Forests and 

 Mines,, who has the new work in 

 charge, had proposed to put the leg- 

 islation into effect this summer, and 

 was making the necessary arrange- 

 ments when the great fire in the 

 north broke out. The Government 

 at once appointed Mr. Dane as com- 

 missioner and sent him north. Since 

 then he has been engaged upon re- 

 lief work, for which the Government 

 set aside $100,000. 



With this work well in hand Mr. 

 Dane is now ready to deal with the 

 applications of the settlers for loans. 

 It is estimated that nearly two hun- 

 dred applications have been received 

 so far. 



"The present appropriation of 

 $100,000 is only the first," stated 

 Hon. Mr. Ferguson. "Other amounts 

 will be provided as they are re- 

 quired." 



Helping the Settlers. 



The Ontario Government has set 

 aside $100,000 as the first instalment 

 of the money the province is to loan 

 to the settlers of Northern Ontario 

 to enable them to develop their 

 farms. The money has been appro- 

 priated under the legislation of last 

 session, and will be turned -over to 

 the account of the Northern Loan 

 Commission. Armed with the sin- 

 ews of war. Loan Commissioner 

 Fred Dane left for the north recently 

 to commence the distribution of 

 loans. 



Death of Senator Frost. 



Senator Francis Theodore Frost, 

 president of the Frost & Wood Agri- 

 cultural Implement Company, and 

 a devoted member of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association, died very sud- 

 denly at Smith's Falls on Aug. 25. 



Senator Frost had been in his of- 

 fice as usual during the day, and had 

 not complained of feeling ill. About 

 9.30, after spending the evening 

 quietly at home, he w'as sitting play- 

 ing solitaire when his wife, who was 

 close by, noticed him topple over in 

 his chair. Medical aid was prompt- 

 ly summoned, but he expired at 1 

 o'clock next morning. 



It was a stroke of paralysis. He 

 suffered one some years ago when 

 attending the session in Ottawa, but 

 then recovered. Hon. Mr. Frost 

 w^as appointed to the Senate by the 

 Laurier Government in 1903. 



