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who constituted the Timber com- [Reviewed Conditions. . _ ' Imission. namely, that the sale of _ T t these limits was invalid. the Govern- I Macdonald, said the Attorney-Gen- l ment would confirm the sale at a . eral, wt" a young Fort Frances man, I Price that might be found by the in his early twenties, appointed by; court to be the fair value at the the Minister of Lands and Forests, time of the sale, and the case pro- to be Assistant Crown Timber Agent; . ceeded to trial on that basis." tuf/l/if,',',"':,',",,",'.'."?;)',,,',',',,? I',', the; . . no r. a eu.woasi Read Extracts. member for Rainy River had thei The Attorney-General then read patronage of the riding. I extracts from the Judgment of Mr. I The Attorney-General then re- Justice Logie, in which the court up- viewed the conditions, that led up held the view that the license was I to the sale of berth 51 in 1917. on; null and void, and that the fair August 24, 1917, after some corre-i ' value of the pine stumpage on the spondence with the Shevlin-Clarke' berths was 817.60 per thousand feet, . Co., said Mr. Raney, the department . log scale, Doyle rule, exclusive of wired George Watts, .Crown Timber 'Crown dues, but including the bur- Agent at Fort Frances, it he had den of brush burning. instead of the any information about the timber on price provided in the license, viz., $7. berth 51. Mr. Watts answered that sn7.aaann11,t.t%, int; dollars," said his office had no definite informa- I w i r. .. aney, " e e ect of the judg- tion. On September 6 the de artw tTlll, night (was that the companys was ment wired to have an examingtionI " or ere to pay an additional 10.60 made. After a short time a letter . . per thousand feet on all the lum- came to the department from Watts, " q $222 "cg', rial-that '13."; bestimateg enclosing twhat lgurporggd dto be . o n y 0 irtl er vary a report o m rom = ac onald. ; from 100,000,000 to 120,000,000 feet, I "I invite your attention to the terms . board measure, so that the Province of this report, because every word " ' will receive from upward of a of it was false," said the Attorney- million to a million and a quarter General. This report, dated Septem- N dollars more for this stand of pine ber 29, 1917, said that the writer of . 1t/gyt1rat/,at'?' /)/ef'euntt,y1'alt1"e' "limbs, me [ it /d'/Te?"J,",1, :17 f) thousand a fair ' at' atte e oraoie rice orte mer. , member for Grenville." p ,', Mr. Haney then went on to dis- Macdonalds qusuinmstiona. cuss some matters that were brought "Macdonald did not have his foot e l, ',g',ti,eh"trit1lfr,it1/ilr?,,iengit 1,t,mthd' on Ihe IImit," Bill: the Attgrneyi-Gené q - ' era. " Juring t e time t at e apse I of very great and grave interest to between the telpgmm from the Ie-i the members of this House. partment he was sitting around theI Sale or Berth " (Flor: Fri-ances h'"",",'.,', Ths; Astorneiy-I I a E l 0 A . ' - This evidence, 'he said, introduced 'live/he/ite, (3113':er trxiarlnin 3&1?ng o: 'thole,',', '/iaer"s'tfet,1'inn..t/l1U',"to.'1anct I W."" s',,'ati1,"Tf,?.'tr, So tar a.', l ya,,',',"":"; . . ier, sa r. aney. no seps a . Ithe former Government in the sum- I been taken by the then Minister to . .f Inuit-Of 1e1)(','u/,,1,1."t I}??? tl,'. the'Ii)o- 'ascertain Macdonald's qualifications , .1. f I m num e PC on.f h 5 ransact on to estimate what was known to be Al - [was the sale " erth 51, in the. one of the finest stands of pine in 113,; _ V , Quetico Reserve. The facts in this Canada "Macdonald " said Mr jf/Init/it/g,'," l" /d"ci,odp, to the Ran'ey ."reported 24 960 000 feet of S5mtll knowle ge.o t e government till ' ' ' mg" the trial last December, said the I'm-(1' Ag, that timie ":6 tit"',',',.'),",';']')," ' " Attorney-General. but he said it {n 'Sfo ice $821,312"? (3. ' ' ' I would be convenient to deal with "ttwo/ pne 1()rms I?" th i I the case of berth 51 first, because . O was 00, ng a ter e nter- .. it was the first in order of date esis of the C,t.?,v,i,nf,t, of Ontario in , Ca' and Irecause it was, in a s'rense, the 2i,':,t,g/1/'.ti.tio1ii',taittdmteh,,eic)rtta-. . - I _ . . - itéxigdation for the transaction of infamy Shiver. {hr l, l:vasi looking . l, . . Proceeding, Mr. Haney said: "Now a er t e Shes n- ar P nterests; let us first get the parties to these "Cit the J")e.15..,ma,n, Macdonald, the transactiontr---the characters, so to Assistant Crown Lands Agent, be- speak, in the drama. First viii) cause every word of his false re- foremost, was the Minister of Lands 1"/,'Jtcl..r"h' in the interests of the Shev-I and Forests, the honorable member! Ilin-Clarke 'e,'.'R',)'eqi' got ll atts, the] for Grenville, whose role it was toI [Crown Tim er Agent, ecause he dic- i safeguard the interests of the Prov-l tated, and wat' a party to, the false ince of Ontario. Secondly, thereI Ireport. not the department here in ' i was Mr. Mathieu, the honorable! Toronto, because it made not the , member for Rainy River, whose: . least effort to ascertain the quali- duty, as a member of the Legislaa fications or the honesty of Macdon- ture, was also to safeguard the in-' ald,'whom the department and theI terests ot the Province of On-: Minister knew to be the nominee of s, " tario I the Manager of the Shevlin-Clarke . l Company, which was buying the Played Two Parts. I timber.". "Thirdly, there was Mr. Mathieu Employed by Company. -,~, whom, duty, as General Manager of I Mr. Raney then reviewed the cor- a? (the Shevlin-Clarke Co., was to look (reGiinifiiiie2 leading to the sale of a 'after the interests of that company. 'berths 45 and 49 in 1919. Jones, " On the stage it is not uncommon fort Ithe Crown Timber Agent at Fort "li'T:'--' one actor to play two parts, but he), IFrances on nomination of Mr. Ma- 'Ill never plays two parts at one and/ 'thieu was in the employ of the Shew. Bl = the same time. l fin this drama Mr'I lin-Clarke Company as a clerk when e I i,et.tt,','ii? Tfd',' f,'i1,1,,'i,t ago: to play two I; he was 'g,,'."11tfil, 'tinae,htretr',"d'"le/'adn- ' i .. ' . I ' ed Ranger ames Maut an Allan I The third chief character, or the) Macdonald to make a report on the . , ifourth chief character (accordingl berths as asked for b the depart-, i as you call Mr. Mathieu one or two),, ment The de artmint acce ted - was a young man named Allan thes l tIi)sf t M g Macdonald, whose part will he im- id'e met: 'IU" J' ac ory. d, ac on- T, I mediately described-and then there 'a repor e 0 ones on ugust 6, were two or three minor characters, recommending a price ot $8.50. in- ' Watts, the Crown Timber Agent at eluding Crown dues. The Attorney- Fort Frances in 1917; Jones. the General then read an extract from a. Crown Timber Agent in 1919, and letter from the department to the. Ione or two others. Shevlih-Clarke Company on August , "Now I need not tell the House 20. In,, other words, said Mr. I the relations that existed in 1917 and Raney. the then Minister threw I 1919 between the Minister of Lands these berths at the head of the com- " and Forests and the member for pany of which the member for Rainy Rainy River," said Mr. Raney. , River was the General Manager, and . "Their relations were those of who had made all the arrange- Leader and follower in the Govern- ments for the cruise ot the berths , , ment of the day, as they had been by his nominee, young Macdonald. I for several years. and Mr. Mathieu Mr. Raney said that the reference had the patronage of the riding, in- in the letter from the department to eluding the nomination of Crown _ the company to brush-burning as a ' Land omeials charged with the duty new departure was not fortunate. The company itself had carried on! of looking after the interests of theI a Joint experiment with the Gov-, Province in matters between thel ernment in 1911, that was proved ii! _ Province and his company." Toi the trial. Brush-burning was an ac-: hack up his statement regarding', cepted policy by the Department of . . 4 atronage, Mr. Raney read excerpts: Indian Affairs at Ottawa; in Federal .. , ', . $10"; the testimony given before the; pine sales in the United States, iiil .. ' m " Commission. 1 Minnesota and in British Columbia, l . ' for at least ten years. I ' I 'rs, ' ' it" . .