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Illustrated Canadian Forestry Magazine, December, ip20 



The First Christmas Tree 



A pretty Icgftid is liandeil down 

 about the first Christmas tree. 

 When Ansgarius preached the 

 ■A\liite Christ" to the X'ikings of 

 the north the Lord sent his three 

 messengers. I'"aith, Hope and Love, 

 to help find the first tree. They were 

 to seek one that should be as liigh as 

 I [ope. as wide as Love and that bore 

 the sign of the Cross on every 

 l)ougli : so they cliose the balsam-fir, 

 as it met tiieir requirements better 

 tlian any other tree in the forests. 



p. Z. Caverhill, recently appointed Chief Forester 

 of British Columbia. Mr. Caverhill has a highly 

 successful record. 



To Buy All Wood by Weight. 



Mr. R. S. Kellogg, Alan age r of the 

 .Newsprint Service Bureau of New 

 ^'ork. speaking at the meeting of the 

 American Paper and Pulp Association, 

 predicted that the time was not far dis- 

 tant when pulp wood logs and all rough 

 wood going to the factory and mills will 

 be bought by weight and the "cord" and 

 the "foot" will become obsolete in the 

 woodsman's language. 



Forest and stream in Canada's Northland; one of the Fort Smith Rapids on the Slave River. 



