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mean sof the airplane than by any other method 

 so far tried. This appHes either to small, widely 

 scattered fires, or to large conflagrations. 



It seems possible that the use of airplanes 

 has been beneficial also in lessening the number 

 of fires. One valley in Southern California 

 until this year has been the scene of repeated 

 devastating fires, due no doubt to carelessness. 

 With airships flying overhead twice daily, the 

 valley has been without fires. The moral effect 

 of the air patrol is credited with the change. 



As a result of this season's record a request 

 has been made for continuous daily airplane 

 patrol of all the National Forests in California. 



FRANCE SEES A FOREST FIRE. 



Paris, France — Forest fires, always at this 

 season of the year prevalent in the south of 

 France, have become more or less alarmmg 

 along a 30-mile front between Toulon and Nice. 

 Already about 20,000 acres of woodland have 

 been consumed. The wind, unfortunately, con- 

 tinues to blow with violence. The hamlets in 

 Fumas, Campaux and La Male were destroyed. 

 In one night the Dum forest, with big reserves 

 of cork, was wiped out. 



The conflagration spread to the seashore, 

 reaching Canadel, where ex-Premier Ribot has 

 property. His park was destroyed. Visitors 

 to his hotel got away by motor car and on a tug 

 sent by the Maritime Prefecture. 



The loss of the cork, which is an important 

 industry in the Department of Var, will entail 

 widespread unemployment. The hills of Esterel 

 and Maures have suffered severely. The flames 

 are being fought continuously by troops and in- 

 habitants. Malevolence is suspected as the 

 cause of the outbreak. 



NEW JUNIPER OIL INDUSTRY. 



A new industry has been established in Des- 

 eronto, Ont., known as the Quinte Chemical 

 Co., Limited, with a capital stock of $40,000. 

 Juniper oil will be produced from the juniper 

 bush and berry, cedar oil from cedar wood, and 

 hemlock oil from hemlock wood and bush. The 

 company has a contract for the purchase of 

 all the product that the plant can produce at 

 current market prices. 



A PERFECT EEM TREE 

 A T CONESTOGO, ONT. 



The Elm tree shown in this picture stands 

 alone in an open bottom land pasture in the 

 valley of the Conestogo river, opposite the vil- 

 lage of the same name and about one mile 

 above where the Conestogo joins the larger 

 Grand river. 



The valley in which the tree stands is a 

 typical rich alluvial river bottom which in 

 pioneer days was covered with a heavy timber 

 growth. In may places along the river there 

 are still groves of fine elm, soft maple, rock 

 elm, basswood and occasionally a few hack- 

 berry trees. In the groves, however, the trees 

 do not reach the perfection that is shown in the 

 Conestogo elm. 



I lived in the village of Conestogo from 1877 

 to 1881, but at that time I was not particularly 

 interested in trees and it is only within the past 

 few years that I have given much attention to 

 the remarkable symmetry and beauty of trees 

 that stand out in the open where they have 

 room for natural development. 



Orpheu.s Movf.r Schantz. 



Chicago, November. 1919. 



