Canadian Forestry Journal, June, 1919 



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FOREST TELEPHONES 



Make the life of the forester better 



worth living. They relieve him from 



:-* the appalling loneliness. They help 



^ — ,-,him to keep m human voice touch with 



,^>* foresters miles away. 



In emergencies — fire — sickness — hunger 

 — the speed with \Ahich they can sum- 

 mon help IS marvellous. 



Write for full particulars of how to 

 install the Northern Electric Forest 

 Telephone System. Address the Office 

 nearest you. 



Morth(^rft Ekctric Com party 



Montreal 



Halifax 



Ottawa 



Toronto 

 London 

 Winnipeg 



Regina 



Calgary 



Vancouver 



^Northern ^Electric -Fcrest-Teiephones- 



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TIMBER OWNERS SOON TO FLY. 



Grand Mere, P.Q., June 11.— On last Sun- 

 day, at seven o'clock in the evening, the first 

 flying boat that Grand Mere has ever seen, 

 flew over the town at a height of 2,800 feet, and 

 five minutes later alighted on the surface of 

 Lac a la Tortue, where it dropped its small 

 anchor for the night. In a few minutes, after 

 securing the machine to her permanent buoy, 

 the crew, consisting of Lieut. Stuart Graham, 

 his wife, and his mechanic, Kehre, had been 

 rowed ashore where they were greeted by an 

 excited group of people. They were at once 

 motored into Grand Mere, where Mr. and Mrs. 

 Graham have their home and children. 



This was the first commercial flight in Can- 

 ada, and the first time that a flying machine has 

 flown from Halifax to the Province of Quebec. 

 It was the most successful of pioneer voyages 

 in every way, and one which marks the opening 

 of an epoch of commercial flying which is go- 

 ing to place Canada in the foremost ranks of 

 aeronautic utilization. 



Mr. Graham was most emphatic in saying 

 that the trip could not have been done more 



satisfactorily, and no engine could have worked 

 better. It is an eight cylinder Liberty motor. 

 He also says that his only wish is to be able 

 to take as many of the officials of the as- 

 sociation for a cruise over their timber limits 

 as possible. There will, then, he feels sure, be 

 no question whatsoever in any one's mind that 

 this method of carrying on his future work is 

 most efficient and practical. One ride in the 

 "Bus" and you've fallen for the simplicity of 

 the whole business; to use a slang expression. 

 The future of aviation could hardly find a more 

 immediate and valuable field for development. 



This scheme has been made possible by the 

 financial aid of Hon. Jules Allard. Minister of 

 Lands for Quebec, and by the Hon. C. C. Bal- 

 lantyne, Minister of Marine, who made it pos- 

 sible to procure the planes. The work of 

 patrolling the forests on days when danger from 

 fire is great will commence directly Mr. Graham 

 has returned from Halifax with a second ma- 

 chine. Aerial photographs and phoptographic 

 maps of forest lands, and otherwise unmapped 

 sections will also go on. and no time will be 

 lost in widening the scope of work for which 

 this project has opened up possibilities. 



