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Show FOREST NOTES. March 10, 1914. Tho Canadian forestry association, which recently met in Ottawa, has selected Halifax, Nova Scotia, for its next annual meeting place,. m w w Tho stringent requirement of the forest service that all sheep bo dipped bofore entering tho national forests has practically eradicated scabies on thoso areas. Tho lumbermen in Maine in 1900 originated jn this country tho uso of mountain lookout towers with tele-phono tele-phono connections for the prompt location lo-cation and suppression of forest fires. A California firm is selling eucalyptus eucalyp-tus charcoal at $24 a ton, .as against $20 a ton for oak charcoal. Since most of the California grown eucalyptus eucalyp-tus do not make good lumber, uses for other products of tho tree aro being be-ing sought. Fifteen sawmills are cutting timber tim-ber from the Powell national forest in southern' Utah, more .than 100 miles from the nearest rail road. They aro run by settlers during time that can bo spared from the crops, and supply local needs sinco there is no oportunity to ship timbor in or out. i 4- |