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ROYAL
YEAST CAKES
are now packed in
square packages.
Each package con-
tains five cakes.
which ale equal in
quantity to six
round cakes. Ali
dealers are auther-
ized to guarantee
that the quality of
the round and
square cakes
tical
are '..
identical
in every
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II IYIIACCIE MOORE
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Miss Sarah Crawford, who wet very
scornful of Maggie's goodness, met
her match, as Peggy -Jane would have
said, in Doctor Marten. Miss Sarah
approached him on Sunday morning
conning out of church.
"What is this we hear, Doctor?"
she asked. "They say your fine lady
up at Tailack has packed up all her
grand clothes and is now wasquerad-
ing as a herd -girl, bare feet, 'plaid
shawl, and all."
The Doctor looked at her steadily,
"You always do hear whatever gos
,sip is going, Miss Sarah," he said
dryly. "I've not seen the bare feet.
The ,last time 1 met Miss Moore she
was wearing as tidy a shoe as a man
might wish to see on a lady's foot.
"Oh, you'll see the bare feet to-
morrow, take my word for lti" de-
clared Miss Sarah. "I wonder your
wife Is not jealous. 1 hear your are
at Tailack every clay!"
"Well, for once you hear the
truth," he replied. "I will let you
kndtk.if I find Miss Moore to -morrow.
No doubt she has got a foot she need
not be ashamed to show."
"What does I,irs. Marten say? " per-
sisted Miss Sarah.
She says less than you do, Miss
Sarah, or else leshould never have mar-
ried herii' said the Doctor.
Miss Sarah glared at him, but he
regarded her calmly and went on
speaking.
"Now, if you ask me what Lord
Rossford says, I can tell you plenty,"
he said. "His lordship was at my
house last night till past twelve o'-
clock, and from first to last he did
nothing but talk about Miss Moore,"
"Oh, indeed! I thought Lord Ross -
ford had gone—to Dublin for a week?"
snapped Miss Sarah.
"He carne home last night and
heard all the talk a soon as you would
hear it yourself, He came down to
the for the truth of the story, and 1
let him have it, By all appearances
the young man would have sat up till
daybreak listening to the praises of
the lady of Tailack."
'1 hope you Are not going to encour-
age him to be silty, Doctor Marten?"
said•Miss Sarah angrily. "She is just
the sort of flashy girl to attract a fool-
ish young man's attentionl"
"Oh, she's got his attention right
enough, more than she bargains, for."
replied the Doctor, laughing. "We shall
be having a Lady Rossford at Ross be-
fore the summer's out. You mark my
words, Miss SarahF'
"And what will they live on, 1'd
like to know?" demanded Miss Sarah,
"He's as poor as a -church mousel"
a." "They can live on potatoes and
sweet milk," answered tire Doctor."She
is not one of your women who will run
him into debt paying her dressmaker's
bills."
'"Not is she's content with bare feet
and a plaid shawls" sneered Miss Sarah.
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HAS "GAYER CROSS"
Tablets without "Bayer Cross'!
are not Aspirin at ail
- ;het genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin's
an a Bayer" package, plainly marked
with the safety "Bayer Crosse'
The "Bayer Cross" is your only way
Of knowing that you are getting genuine
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nineteen years and proved safe by mil!-
lions for Headache, Neuralgia, Colds,
Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis, and for
Pain generally. Made in Canada,
Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets—also
larger sized "Bayer" packages,
Aspirin is the trade mark (registered
in Canada), of Bayer MannfactuAq of
Monoaeeticacideeter of Salieylieaeid. e
e While it is well known that Aspirin
moans Bayer manufacture, to assist the
t,publ?e against imitations, the Tablets of
Bayer Company, Ltd., will bo stamped
with their general trade mark, the
!'Bayer Cross.'
"Some women will go any lengths to
make tkeaiselves eonsplcaous these
days,"
The Doctor eyed her with malicious
satisfaetiod'befere he fired kis parting
shot,
'Well, es Lord Rossford remarked
when [ parted with him on my doorstep
last night just as the clock was strik-
ing twelve, "The ladies of Creavy and
the district have not been very cone
splcuous for their charity if they can
do no more for their neighbors than
to let a young girl come almost to her
death and never do a hand's tupn to re-
lieve her. It takes a farmer's daughter
who has worked hard in America earn-
ing her bread t ,come home and allow
them their duty, And I assured him,
as I assure you, Miss Sarah, that except
for my wife, who potters about among
v
the poor people kers in Crex y,here
t
is not one Lady in the countryside who
has ever,ofifered to help pre In my work
;before,"
"I wish you joy of the help you haee
got now?" retorted Miss Sarah tartly,
"You and Lord leossfore will find -your -
yourselves In the police -court, er some
place'equally pleasant, with a lot of un-
paid bills about your necks) For if
ever 1 saw an adventuress, it is that
hussy at Tailack. She'll run you both
info debt and borrow all you have and,
then clear off and leave soul"
"I've lot ten five -pound notes here
at this minute," declared the Doctor,
slapping his breast -pocket. "They
will pay all the debts I ani likely to run
into. She paid them out lake a trump
yesterday. But don't mention it, Miss
Sarah! I gave her my word 1 would
not tell any one."
Doctor Marton walked off, and Miss
Sarah stalked hone full of wrath and
bitterness.
Chapter V
Maggie was congratulating herself on
the wisdom that suggested her change
of stress. She gave Miss Sarah Craw-
ford the credit of having first put the.
possibility into her mind. Parisian
clothes were far from suitable at Tall-
ack; their elegance jarred on her own
perfect taste, that demanded as the
most essential beauty of . dress that it
should be appropriate to time and
place. Then these simple garments
were vastly becoming—the short blue
serge skirt that showed her ankels, the
white cotton blouse, and the red plaid
shawl delighted her. She posed in
front of her glass for a disgracefully
long while the first time she put them
on, and told herself she had never worn
anything half so becoming, Peggy -
Jane, though at first she had objected
to the change, had been forced to ad-
mit that Maggie looked handsomer than
ever, but she hoped Maggie would at
least wear a hat on Sundays just to
show the world she possessed hats if
she cared to wear them. Maggie laugh-
ed and vowed she would' go to church
with a shawl over her head,
Continued Next Week
Terrible Sufferer
From Her Kidneys.
LIoytk Hands says Gover merit's In.
efficiency is withering' business pros-
pects,
Arthur and Jack( Conley sentenced
to 15 and 20 years and Wtn. McFadden
to hang.
Rev. Father Franels Sneath of (hints.
by appointed Chancellor of Toronto
Arch -diocese,
First mail of year leaves Dawson by
launch.
IW.irza Nichols, farmer of Kitlley, near
Brockville, dies as• result of fall froth
harrow.
13mmerson Lfkby, aged 18, killed at
Owen Sound by touching a live wire
while painting.
Thos. A , Anderson, aged te, in-
stantly killed when run over by milk
truck near Brockville, '
Margaret Gordon, aged four, fatally
burned at boys' bon -fire at Point St,
Charles, Quebec. •
When the kidneys get out of order
the back is euro to become affected,
and dull pains, sharp paha quick
twinges all point to the fact that the
kidneys need attention.
Plasters and liniments may relieve
for a short time, but to get rid of these
tains oeattkeat `he troublu e. You at
by using
Dod'o's Kidney Pills and thus obtain
permanent relief.
•Mrs. John Stephenson, 116 Stephen
St., Kingston, Oht., writes:—"I certainly
must praise your Doan's Kidney P115.
I was a,terrtbie sufferer from my kidneys .
I would have severe pains in my back and
awful headaches. •1 became very weak
and hurt felt as if I were beim dragged
don. I tried'onc box of Doane Kiey
Pills, and to my surprise I felt better. I
could work hard all day, and my back
would not.pain me at all. I can't praise
them too much."
Doane Kidney Pills are boo. per box
at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt
of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited,
Toronto, Ont.
WORLD WIDE NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Happenings Concerning the Small
and Great From Far and
Near.
THE DOMINION
Gladys Bowen, aged 12, disappears
on the train from Aylmer to Tillson-
burg.
Mary Raymond, aged 77, perishes in
burning farm house near Heckston,
Ont,
Light and power rates reduced 25%
at Windsor, Walkerville and other
border towns.
Capt, John White of Callender, a
veteran of Lake Nipissing, drops dead
on street at North Bay:
Aurora causes big tie-up in West.
Bootleg liquor flooding Northwest-
ern Quebec,
Dr, C. A. f•Iodgetts resigns froin De-
partment of Health.
Four more companies investigating
Tyendinaga oil fields,
Sgt. Serie, In charge of R. 0, M. P,
Post at Creston, 13. C„ drowned.
Bread to Ingersoll sells at 10 cents,
lowest price for several years.
Megantic reports at Montreal dis-
appearance at sea of C, H. ,Turner,
passenger,
DOALIMY ..
HOUSE WORT
Before 1 took Lydia E, Pink.
ham's Vegetable Compound
1 could' hardly get about,
Cobourg, Ont.—"For many pare I
have had trouble with my nerves and
have been in a general run down con-
dition for some time. I could not do my
work half of the time because of the
trouble with any monthly sickness. I
was told of Lydia E. Pinkham's'Voge-
table Compound by friends and advised
to try it. It has done inc good, and I
strongly recommend it: Since I have
taken it I have been able to do all my
own work, and I also know friends who
have found it good. You can use these
1,
—Mrs Er.
as a stnmon sl. LEN
facts to
.PLArrGmd Box 781,�Cobourg, Ont.
Why veli) women continue to suffer so
long is more than we can understand,
Arthur Meighen
when they
can find
d hea
lth in
Lydia
ia E.
Ptnkham,s Vegetable ab1 'Compound ?
Empire's youngest For forty years this good old fash-
ioned 'root aiad herb remedy which
Prime Minister contains 'no narcotics or harniful drugs,
has been the standard remedy for fe-
1 male ills, and has restored the health of
thousands of women who have bgen
Sir John Willison's Character troubled with such ailments as diaplaco- .
itie
Sketch of the Canadian Leader monis,s, infletc.temma. ion, ulceration, Irreg-
ular
From the New West — First If you want special advice write to
Dominion Prime Minister From Lydia E, Pinkhaln Medicine Co. (confi-
dential); Lynn, Maas. Your letter will
the Western Provinces De- be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
scribed as "A ,True Servant of
Canada." I endurance which he put in to his bat -
I les
The London Times publishes a For Mr. Meighen is small in stet-
The
interesting character sketch of urs; he looks frail and always seems
Hon. Arthur Meighen, the 'Canadian
to etbe weary. He has the face of an
premier. The sketch was printed in ascetic, the abstraction of a student,
the repressed fervor of a theological
view of the expected visit 16 London
I controversialist. He seems to be
of Premier Meighen In connectins looking across the years for a fulfil -
with the forthcoming Imperial con- I meat of prophecy and laboriously
Terence, and is from the pen of Sir preparing for the day of judgment.
John Willison, Canadian correspon• One imagines that as a judge he
ent'of -the Times, and is, of course, would say, "May God have mercy on
synrpatahetic and friendly o the Pre- your soul" with the conscious reci-
ntter. Sir John's character sketch is
tude of an early Puritan and In a
reproduced hereunder in full, Mr'
manner suggesting that the Divine
Meighen was born in 1874, and is . mercy would probably be withheld. !
therefore, the empire's youngest
prune minister.'' He was elected to I There is no flavor of humor in Mte
the house in 1908, was appointed-so-•tlieighen's speeches. Bui Isis satire
licitor-general of Canada in 1913, anti bites and his logic is merciless. if
became prime minister in July, 1020, there is a weak spot in the argument
the first prince minister to conte rrom of an opponent ghe will find it, and it
the western provinces, has been a charge against him that he
The Sketch is as willing to wound as he is to
At 45 years of age, the Rt, tion, strike. His whole aspect in debate
suggests a passionless austerity.
Arthur Meighen became prime mitis- He
of Canada. He was first elected ams to convict when it would be wis-
ter
to the house of commons in 1908 for a
er, perhaps, if he sought to persuade.
era In war wkieh, if exercised ii peace
verge upon usurpation:` But this is
common to 'statesmen in all countries
who maintained the world's freedom
by the methods of autocracy,,
Mr, Metghen's danger Is that he
will alienate the dominant forces in
the party which he leads by too genera
ons n000essl4nf t9 Itlealtstiq recon-
struefionists and evangelical perfes.
tionists. He is likely to forget that
In the effort to disunite revolutinar-
Ies he may divide Conservatives. For
the truth is that he has the creed of
a progressive and a natural sympathy
with crusading democracy, But at
though he has been ;12 years In parli-
Ment he has developed no definite
personal political programme which
reveals individuality in conviction or
outlook. This may be the inevitable
result of subordination In cabinets
and the personal devotion to Sir Rob-
ert Borden for which he was distin-
guished. His position in the house
of commons has been that of ettief
champion and apologist for pleasures
of the cabinets to which he has be-
longed, acquired Ipnged, Thus he ed a great
reputation In debate, but kas not re-
vealed, and probably his had little op-
portunity to reveal, any genius far
constructive statesmanship.
One does not know whet will be
his attitude at imperial cabinets.
There is no evidence that he has
thought deeply Into the problems of
empire, or that his vision reaches
beyond the borders of Canada. Imper-
ially and Internationally he seems to
be unformed, detached from other
men's enthusiasm, and unaffected by
their, emotions. No one, however,
d.tubts his devotion to the empire, or
fern, that he wit: endeavor to turn
t.anaua Into rat• t that would lm-
re'if the imperil relation or create
friction between the Dominion and the
United States. What may be expect-
ed is that he wi'I devote himself to
the domestic problems of Canada with
less concern for the country's relation
,to the League of Nation. than Mr.
'Rowell displays, and . less interest in
the constitutional reorganization of
the empire than Sir Robert Borden
manifested. lie seems to be of the
school which believes that Canada's
destiny as a British nation within the
empire is forever settled and that
from to time, as circumstances and
conditions require, the constitutional
machinery necessary to ensure its un -
Manitoba constituency which he has been on the platform he rarely uses
' the language of persuasion or appeal.
Ile is not without the atifices of the
orator, but generally seems to com-
I stand judgment by sheer power of
luminous and logical statement.
Few among the public wren of
i Canada have such felicity of language
as the present prime minister posses-
es. The gift of style is his, acquired
by. ardent study of the masters of
English literature. There is no pomp
in his sentences, but at his best there
is simply beauty of diction and a coma pelting simplicity and lucidity. The
drudgery of political campaigning
breeds looseness and raggedaess of
speech, and for one who has to speak
i as often as Mr. Meighen has the de-
scent to slovenliness is easy and al-
most irresistible. But as yet he has
resisted the temptation to grow care-
less, and one feels that he will always
regard the form of his message as
only secondary to its content. Sir
Wilfried Laurier had a simple and son-
orous eloquence; Sir George Foster's
oratory is often easy and gracious and
spacious, even though cumbered with
a multiplicity of words; but Mr. Mei-
ghen is- more exact and direct than
either, and often reveals a felicity in
the choice of words which is singular-
ly impressive' and comforting to .those
who love and reverence the sanctities
and dignities of the English' tongue.
Devotion to Empire '
If it is asked 'what are Mr, Meigh-
en's convictions and passions, an an-
swer is difficult. There seem to be
many question on -which he has not
yet found himself. He is a Protec-
tionist, but he is not a Tory. At most
Toryism in Canada is a tradition, His
more extreme opponents declare that
he is narrow and intolerant, an inten-
t ectual autocrat and a champion of
privilege. But this is partisan carica-
ture. He has the outlook of Roose-
velt and something of the temper of
Wilson. One suspects that he exag-
gerates the power of governments to
control human emotions and condi-
tions, Ile has not yet fully learned
that governments may exercise pow-
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HON .ARTHUR MEIGHE('
PRIME MINISTER_
held ever since by increasing majori-
ties. in every general election he has
had a stern struggle, but has never
tasted defeat.
There was joyful anticipation
among his opponents that he would
be beaten in 1911, when the trade
agreement with 'Washington was the
issue between the parties. For a time
he had little hope himself that he
could overcome the feeling anion the
farmers of his constituency for closer
trading relations with the United
States, But by sheer energy and
power of arugment he triumphed,
and triuinphed decisively. One won-
ders where be gets tate strength and
CONQUEROROF.,CONSTIPATION
ARD SICK HEADACHE
The Great Success of Carter's
ik
. `r4,Ye�Little Liver Pills is due to the com-
• piete satisfaction of all who use them.
111"°1`" LIE Not by purging and weakening the
E Bowels, but by regulating and strength-
I LE ening thein. t,.
Don't Hesitate—het a Softie—
take ond'after each meal and one at bedtime. They act as a
natural laxative to the Bowels and a regular and healthy con-
dition of the system with freedom from Constipation and Sick
Headache is the result. They are strictly Vegetable. o
Small PHI Ss'raa91 Dose Small Price
is aanq t --omni ?toss^ faiy1nature
FRAGRANCE The aroma of
PP
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betokens the perfection of the leaf.
Famous for 30 years, Salada never
varies the excellence of its quality.
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ity, stability and permanence will na-
turally and inevitably be evolved.
Home Battles to Fight
Morever, Mr. Meighen I
s involvedvolved
i3 a siomestic politic& si'uatien which
dema.^di all his tirnaght end a rgy.
From the first the coalition j�eween
Conservatives and Liberally whicit the
war produced has rested upon a pre-
carious foundation. 01 the Liberals
of firstentered the govern-
mentrw ire
only Mr. Calder and Mr, Batlen-
tyne remain. Mr, Attthur Sifton is
dead; Mr. A. K. Maclean has rejoined
the Liberal party;; Mr. Rowell is out
of dffice'and may shortly resign kis
seat in parliament; wkile Mr, Crerar
who represented the Weslere Grain
Growers, has bcome the national
leader of the United Farmers.
Nor has Mr. Meighen found minis-
ters among the Coalitionists of such
distinction and atrthority in the coun-
try as Sir Robert Borden and Sir
Thomas White possessed. With a
cabinet weakened by defections and
withdrawals his own strength is taxed
to the point of danger, and his energ-
ies are exhausted by details of strat-
egy and problems of political recon-
struction. In reply to a congratulatory
message upon his elevation 10 the
premiership Mr. Megan is said to have
declared that he felt like the young
clerk in a hook -store who was asked
'by an austere and venerable customer
11 he had the "Life of St. Paul," and
who answered that he hadn't the life
of a dog and meant to leave the cl—
place on 'Saturday night.
But, whatever the prime sinister
may lack, he has indomitable courage.
He is never more happy than when
facing a hostile meeting or dealing
with interruptions in parliament. So
he is not daunted by the difficulties
with which he is now beset, He wet
ant admit that there Is any reason is
)\
dissolve parliament s long as he can
commend' amajority, The argumentument
that the Coalition
parliamentnt was
elected only for the duration of the
rwho rectal
war he combat and those .
that the program upon which the Coat-
;tion government appealed to the C3113.
try em d many
re-
raceproposals' for
b t nY
construction after the war eitnnot fair-
ly contend there was any understand-
ing. that it should be 'dissolved when
peace was declared,
Even if the governatnt shoald las
defeated in the !Text oleptien, it is
certain that Mr. Meighen will con-
tinue to lead the National Liberal sad
Conseryative party. Erobably for many
years to come he will be influential
in shaping public policy in Canada. He
is young, ambitious, virile and un-
questionably at the mothent the nrost
powerful personality in the public life
of the coutnry. He may never inspire
great or general popular affection,
but he will hold in high degree the re-
spect an d confidence of the people.,
Nor is he so austere as he seems, sea
remote from his kind as first impres-
sions suggest. In his nature there is
much compassion and kindness and
those who know film best love hint
'most.
Whether or not he can unite Tory
imperialists and Liberal autonomists,
eastern manufacturers and western
agrarians. Orange Conservatives and
French Catholics under a common
leadership is a problem still unsolv-
ed, but at least he will add no chap-
ter to Canadian history of which he
or his country will need to be asham-
ed.
Ca ada's Ember Crops—A Great
•
e.
It is commonly agreed that Can-
ada holds the largest and finest
areas of spruce timber of any coun-
try in the world. At tee saltie time
the total forest resources of the
Dominion are less than ono -third of
the forest resources held by the
United States and Siberia outranks
ppll p�mbhtrer countsupp11Es. r��'ggf in ells!sste van tgsp of
!te tiAand the
forests of Canada there as conte
about a remarkable transformation
in the public point of view during
the past fifteen years. In the days
when timber industries were only
moderately important and when the
lack of accurate information con-
cerning the forest resources fixed
upon the`public mind a , fictitious'
view as to the supposed "inexhansti-
bility" of the storehouse of timber,
it was. not surprising' that conserva-
tion policies should have been mortiy
of saatimcntal rather than praetieal
value., Investigation has demurs-
•crated that the forest area is very
winch mere contracted Huai ,vrao•firk
thought to be lbs case. It wax also'
learned that, contrary to common. ba -
Hof, forests once homed doitn or de-
vastatad.by the axe did not usually
reconatittlte themselves except at in-
bly, long "trivia. On the basin
of Ws new; Lnfoimatiow, the man-
oa-the-streetAwe not slaw ,to teceg-
aiso that Weiss the rate of 'forest
kmand ?fere abated by public
laws and vigorous atintiasbution
sad an awakened sense of public re-
sponnbii#ttyy. Canada would sacrifice
a great taduetrial magnet and would
pit beyond reach the eesential,weotl
materials without which the most
oritaary. business of •the country
cannot be .undertaken. E
Nowadays, with the enormous in-
crease of piintapappe forthe a ewspaperdpi50-
poses and the adaptability of .pulp
to a thousand of the every -day neces-
sities of mankind, the timber -covered
not has
s barrier to me to agriculturale oked upon,
de-
velopment, but as an incredibly rich
asset, capable of attracting indus-
trial capital and providing employ-
ment for new population and .con-
•tributing directly to the prosperity,
of the country in which it is situated.
An excellent example of how a
forest area, which yesterday was a
wilderness, can become in a few
months the scene of a highly pros-
perous industrial town, is supplied
by the history of Iroquois Falls in
Northern Ontario. % Only a few years
ago the townsite was occupied by a
few settlers and travellers. To -day,
by the establishment of a pulp and
paper industry, 2,500 men are given
;regular employment and the wage
distribution each year is over $3,-
75
3;
760000.
The term, "forest conservation" is
frequently misinterpreted to indi-
cate that the conservationist would
place a Chinese wall about the
standing timber and slow down the
wheels of all wood -using industries,
This, however, is the antithesis of
the aim of the true conservationist.
The desire is not to prevent the
utilization of timber trees but to en-
courage such a system of forest fire
protection accompanied by such
scientific methods of timberc cutting
as should maintain the forest areas
as a productive source for all time
to come. In the past, the areas cat
over were in many( caeca turned
into permanent barrens. Increasing
value of timber aid the present
en.arnlous costs of establishing a
pulp and paper mill have rendered
neer„scary in the eyes of all progres-
sive forest owners a changed method
of'operatieg so as to keep each area
-arovfinu aucceeeive timber crops at
1G
(1) Canadian timber that has the unique property of repro-
ducing itself.. From a scene taken on Vancouver Island, B.C.
(2) Indiscriminate cutting followed by forest fires not only j
destroyed all the production value of this great forest area
but erosion has now set in to complete the work of devastation,.
regular intervals. The forest must
be `anchored” as securely as the
mill dam.
Of the total area of Canada,
about eighty per cent. is designed as
a permanent forest bg`rowing estate
and for that reason quite useless
for agricultural development. This
means of course, that over one -
and -a -half million square mike can
return no useful services unless it is
made to grow timber. The weakness
in Canada's nati nal position as a
forest -growing corantry at the pres-
ent time is not the scarcity of nat-
ural forest land but the low average
acterisstticnoff the arear s easr t
sof tiar-
the
Rocky Mountains,
Iri the radically -changed economic
conditions which have automatically
placed a high market value upon
every square mile that produces tim-
ber, the anneal damage to the forest
resources through the single cause
of fire, takes on a more and more
sinister aspect,( Forest engineers
are agreed that while the axe has
cleared possibly one hundred thou-
sand erluare miles of the Dominion,
the Fire Fiend has stripped fully one
million square miles. That the for-
ests have not sprung up sdccessfully
in the 'wake of this devastation is
indicated by the feet that nearly
tweethiids of the original forest re-
sources of Canada are regarded ani
having been taken from us. In the.
province of British Columbia, ac-
cording to the Commission of Con
servation, twenty-two times as much:
timber has been burned as was puti
to use by all the wood -using indus-
tries of that province, The three;
prairie provinces have been robbed'
of eighty per cent. of their forest
resources through unrestricted fires.
and the proportion of loss in the.
provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Neve
Brunswick and Nova Scotia is only
slightly less appalling. Were the
causes of forest fire attributable to
some purely accidental source, as.
lightning, the record might be ac-
cepted with some resignation. It is,
a well demonstrated fact, however,.
that ninety per cent. of all forest
fires are of human origin. The set-
tler in his land clearing operations
the camper and hie inextinguishesl;
camp fire, the smoker with his light—
ed cigarette match ee pipe ashes.
have accounted for a serious part of
the nation's timber aacrifiee. r While
the forest protection systems of the.
Dominion and Provincial Govern-
ments have improved vastly during
recent years. there can come no alea..
quate remedy until the individual,
citizen decides for himself to adopt
personal cure and viteilanee as part;
of his dofinitime of good citizenshiu.l