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ceived, that of the successful competitor being lo cents per thousand 

 above the minimum. The prices to be paid are: For yellow, Jeffrey, 

 and sugar pine, on the Norval Flat, $2.85 ; on the McCoy Chance. :\^ ; 

 for the fir on both, 50 cents per thousand. 



A special meeting of bankers and members of investment houses was 

 held by the Canadian Forestry Association at Montreal. Mr. Ellwood 

 Wilson, Chief Forester of the Laurentide Company and chairman of 

 the Woodlands Section of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, 

 spoke on timber investments and their close relation to the need for 

 better fire protection and improved methods of woods operations. 

 The Canadian Bankers' Association gave the meeting hearty support, 

 so that the turnout was excellent. Representatives of nearly all Cana- 

 dian banks were on hand. Mr. E. L. Pease, president of the Canadian 

 Bankers' Association, acted as chairman of the meeting. 



E. I. Tinkham (B. S., Cornell, '16), who is with the U. S. Naval 

 Aviation forces in France, recommends the airplane as "an excellent 

 way of making rough timber estimates. One can clearly distinguish 

 the different stands and types, and boundaries (in France) appear like 

 distinct ribbons. For preliminary surveys over large tracts, two men 

 in a plane could cover an immense amount of territory and get fairly 

 accurate notes on topography, stands, etc. The use of the aeroplane in 

 forestry bids fair to leave a wide range after the war, and I think it can 

 have a broader field than fire-patrol work." 



The first number of the Montana Forest School News has just been 

 issued. The object of this publication is to "Keep the Campfire Burn- 

 ing" among the Montana Forest School graduates and ex-students, es- 

 pecially the forty-three members now in the military service in France. 



Supervisor Erickson of the Crater National Forest has devised an 

 auto truck for use in forest-fire work that carries not only men and 

 outfit, but also pack animals. 



The annual meeting of the American Forestry Association was held 

 in Washington on January 9, 1918, and consisted of a formal meeting, 

 without addresses or discussions, at the office of the Association. 



