PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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ON THE WAY TO THE UPPER TiOT SPRINGS. ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK. 
automobile road of about iSyi miles, 
winding up the mountain, from the sum- 
mit of which such a splendid panoramic 
view is obtained, can easily be imagined. 
A ski club was formed in Revelstok?; 
skiing is now the favorite pastime, and 
every other person you meet, young and 
old, has a pair of skis. A ski carnival 
and jumping competition was held on 
the slopes of mount Revelstoke, which 
about 2,000 people attended. 
The policy of the Parks Branch is to 
rush the new auto road to completion, 
and when finished, Revelstoke park will 
be able to lay claim to having an auto 
drive attaining to a higher altitude than 
any other park on the continent, if not 
in the world. Further, it is proposed to 
prepare a golf course at the summit 
among the many alpine meadows, thus 
enabling visitors to enjoy this popular 
pastime “above the clouds.’’ 
Leaving the Canadian Pacific Rail- 
way’s depot at Revelstoke, the road runs 
westward through the city for about a 
mile, then turns north on the “Big 
Bend’’ wagon road. This road is fol- 
lowed for about one and one-quarter 
miles, and then a turn eastward is made 
into the auto road ascending Mount 
Revelstoke. Owing to the topography of 
the country the road switches back east 
and west behind the city, rising from one 
bench to another until an elevation of 
approximately 4,500 feet is reached. 
Then a long tangent is run to the eastern 
or Illecillewaet slope, after which the 
route turns northwesterly to the summit. 
In constructing the first four miles of 
this road, about 12,000 cubic yards of 
rock and earth were removed, and in 
the construction of bridges about 23,000 
lineal feet of round timber were used. 
Sufficient good material is found on the 
ground for all such work, but plank 
has to be purchased for decking for sev- 
eral larger bridges yet to be constructed. 
With the completion of the present 
programme of automobile road construc- 
tion, preparing of golf course, and erec- 
tion of small chalet at the summit, the 
opening up of good pony trails to the 
many points of interest and making 
these easy of access for the tourist, the 
city of Revelstoke will be in a position 
to offer inducements to the traveler 
which few cities in Canada can furnish. 
Revelstoke park provides the sightseer 
sufficient variety to satisfy the most ex- 
acting. The botanist can find ample 
scope for investigation among the flora, 
the mountain-climber numbers of trying 
climbs to test his mettle, while the 
hunter or fisherman can readily be out- 
fitted with guides, ponies, provisions, 
etc., for his outing in the solitudes in 
quest of big game outside the limits of 
the park. 
Controlling PFhite Pine Blister Disease 
Sentiment among those interested in for- 
estry and familiar with the present white- 
pine blister disease situation has crystallized 
into a desire for immediate and concerted 
action. A few conservatives have taken 
the attitude that it is useless to attempt the 
control of any forest tree disease in this 
country because it has never been done. 
It is the general opinion among foresters 
and plant pathologists that the white pine 
is vastly too valuable to lose and that 
vigorous efforts should be made to fight 
the blister canker. There is no longer room 
to doubt the ability of this disease to com- 
pletely kill all w.hite pines growing in prox- 
imity to currant and gooseberry bushes. 
.■\ltlioiigh it is not proved by practical ex- 
perience on a large scale that the disease 
can be completely controlled by the de- 
struction of diseased pines and the elimina- 
tion of all currant and gooseberry plants 
within areas of general infection, this plan 
has proved to be effective on small areas 
Address by S. B. Detweiler at the 
American Forestry Association Conference 
in checking the spread of the fungus from 
infected plantations. 
It is certain that the blister disease can- 
not pass from pine to pine without passing 
through the intermediate stage on currant 
or gooseberry leaves. Therefore, the only 
question that can arise concerning the ef- 
fectiveness of the proposed method of con- 
trolling the disease is whether it is pos- 
sible to destroy all- the currants and goose- 
berries in a given area and thereafter keep 
it free, and whether the value of the pine 
will justify the cost of the work. Further 
experience in eradicating currant and 
gooseberry bushes on a large scale will 
undoubtedly develop cheaper and more ef- 
fective methods, as, for instance, killing 
strongly rooted bushes or mats of skunk 
currants by means of chemicals sprayed on 
the leaves. The destruction of the dis- 
eased pines is an additional precautionary 
measure that appears to be advisable in 
large control areas to prevent the disease 
lieing carried to currants and gooseberries 
beyond the borders of the area. 
When small spots of infection exist be- 
yond the region of generally scattered dis- 
ease, it will usually be advisable to de- 
stroy both pine and currant hosts known 
or suspected of having been exposed to 
infection. The greatest sanitary precau- 
tions should be taken, such as sterilizing 
the uniforms of inspectors and disinfect- 
ing the plants having fruiting bodies of the 
fungus before they are handled, during 
such time as the spores are viable. 
The blister canker fungus does not re- 
spect state or national boundary lines in 
its rapid invasion. Effective control re- 
quires united action — state, interstate, na- 
tional and international. Little can be ac- 
complished without adequate appropria- 
tions, and before the money can be wisely 
spent, most states need laws giving the 
authorities full power to act and act 
quickly. Concerted, action by state and na- 
