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Canadian Forestry Journal, May, ig20. 



ALBERTA'S FOREST FIRES. 



While forest fire losses in Alberta 

 last year aggregate $2,250,000 they 

 would have been far greater but for 

 the Dominion Forestry Branch and 

 its officials and employes. 



The last big fire previously occur- 

 red in 1910, when much more damage 

 was done, for the reason that there 

 was no preventive nor fire fighting 

 service. In that year the fires swept 

 from below the international boun- 

 dary, far into the north, along prac- 

 tically the entire slope of the eastern 

 Rockies. As there was no regular 

 organization to combat the flames, 

 the sporadic efforts of the settlers 

 were almost useless. Two years later, 

 when the Forestry Branch had been 

 established, a different system pre- 

 vailed, and since then until IQIQ, for- 

 est fires damage was comparatively 



LUMBERMEN ATTENTION! 



Cut shows tug crossing Bay Chaleur with over 

 2,009,000 in tow. Distance 35 miles. 



Invesigate our new patented towing 

 and holding boom. Will save its cost 

 many times over in preventing logs 

 going adrift while being towed in open 

 water, or for boomng swift running 

 rivers where logs are held. 



A. E. LOOSEN, 



BATHURST NEW BRUNSWICK 



light. In 1918. for instance, it was. 

 only $1,000 in the Alberta reserves. 



Last year conditions were alto- 

 gether against the fire fighting and 

 jjrcventive forces. The long drought 

 left the woods dry as tinder, and 

 high winds, which persisted for weeks 

 at a stretch, fanned the flames beyond 

 control. It was the experience in 

 every instance that the Forestry De- 

 partment officials and employes were 

 on the ground of a fire within a few 

 hours, usually less than four, of the 

 time it was reported, and often they 

 would not get away for days, so bit- 

 ter was the struggle. 



Five hundred and forty-eight thou- 

 sand acres were swept over and the 

 loss in merchantable timber has been 

 estimated officially as being $500,000. 

 Young timber was damaged to the 

 extent of $1,370,000. and other 

 growths $400,000. 



"THE AGE OF WOOD." 



It is a common experience to hear 

 the present day referred to as "The 

 Age of Steel." Modern industrialism, 

 modern warfare and modern sky- 

 scrapers have given to steel a particu- 

 lar prominence. It is less generally 

 understood that today is equally "The 

 Age of Wood." 



There is an intimacv, warmth and 



WANTED 



150 lbs. White Spruce Seed 



(Picea Canadensis) 



LINCOLN WOOD PULPCO. 



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