CANADIAN DEPARTMENT 



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CANADIAN DEPARTMENT 



BY ELLWOOD WILSON 



PRESIDENT, CANADIAN SOCIETY OF FOREST ENGINEERS 



The writer has just returned from a trip 

 to California, Oregon, Washington and 

 British Columbia. In San Francisco he 

 had the great pleasure of attending a meet- 

 ing of the California Section of the Society 

 of American Foresters, at which a very in- 

 teresting discussion of light burning took 

 place and fire protection methods were 

 talked over. The situation seems far from 

 satisfactory and it seems no practical steps 

 can be taken until extended studies show 

 just how much damage is done by light 

 burning. It was very encouraging to see 

 such close co-operation between the graz- 

 ing interests and the Forest Service and 

 the State Service as represented by the 

 University. 



A most enjoyable afternoon was spent 

 in looking over Professor Mulford's new 

 quarters at Berkeley. He is certainly to be 

 congratulated on them and on the acquire- 

 ment of some of the wonderful exhibits 

 from the Exposition. The splendid war 

 work being done by the University of Cali- 

 fornia is beyond praise. 



In Portland, Oregon, a visit was made 

 to the office of the Western Forestry and 

 Conservation Association, where were seen 

 the excellent slides designed by E. T. Allen, 

 for use in advertising fire protection in the 

 moving picture theatres. Mr. Allen told 

 about the new kerosene flame thrower that 

 they use for burning brush and for clearing 

 trails, which should be a very useful tool 

 for fire protective work. With it trails 

 can be burnt out without danger during 

 wet weather much quicker than they could 

 be cut. Also by its use the cost of brush 

 burning could be much reduced. 



In Victoria a visit was made to the 

 Chief Forester. He is carrying on, under 

 great difficulties, so many of the British 

 Columbia Forest Service having gone to 

 the front. The Dominion Forest Branch un- 

 der Mr. VanDusen, in Vancouver, reports 

 the same state of affairs. Messrs. Mac- 

 Millan and Craig are engaged respectively 

 in the production and inspection of spruce 

 for aeroplanes. The Imperial Munitions 

 Board is doing splendid work along these 

 lines and the amount of spruce being gotten 

 out is steadily increasing. 



Dr. Judson Clark is devoting a great 

 deal of time and energy to work for civic 

 education and betterment and both he and 

 Mr. MacMillan are members of the Rotary 

 Club. 



Messrs. Lyford, of Clark and Lyford, and 

 J. D. Lacey and Company, are busy in 

 their own lines and report beginning 



activity in western timber properties. Mr. 

 P. L. Lyford is taking an Eastern trip. 



Dr. Howe of the University of Toronto 

 is planning for the continuation of his in- 

 vestigative work, begun last summer, on the 

 condition of cut-over pulpwood lands. He 

 expects to put out three parties and to 

 establish permanent sample plots. The 

 Laurentide Company, the Riordon Pulp & 

 Paper Company and the Quebec Forest 

 Service will all co-operate with the Com- 

 mission of Conservation in this work. 



The second annual meeting of the New 

 Brunswick Forest Club, Ltd., was held at 

 the University of New Brunswick on April 

 12th, and the following officers elected : 

 President, W. B. Snowball, President of 

 J. B. Snowball Company, Ltd., Dean R. B. 

 Miller of the New Brunswick Forest 

 School, Vice-President, and Mr. L. S. Webb 

 of the New Brunswick Forest Service, 

 Secretary-Treasurer. The Hon. E. A. 

 Smith, Minister of Lands and Mines, was 

 elected life member and many new mem- 

 bers were admitted. Some interesting 

 papers were read and a number of impor- 

 tant resolutions dealing with the adminis- 

 tration and protection of New Brunswick's 

 forest lands were prepared for transmission 

 to the Government. 



Mr. J. B. Gareau, Forester to the J. B. 

 Snowball Company, reports that last sum- 

 mer they made 5 per cent estimates over 

 100 square miles of area at a cost of four 

 cents per acre. Actual cutting operations 

 on lands previously cruised showed that 

 the estimates proved to be 94.4 per cent 

 of the actual quantity cut on the whole of 

 the ground to which the estimates applied. 

 The forester has succeeded in very materi- 

 ally reducing logging waste. 



L 'Association des Ingenieurs Forestiers 

 de Quebec continues its activities and many 

 articles have been contributed by its mem- 

 bers to local newspapers and journals. Two 

 of its members, Messrs. Gagne and Gobeil, 

 have left the Quebec Forest Service to 

 work for the Brown Company, Ltd., at La 

 Tuque. 



Lt. H. R. Christie, formerly of the British 

 Columbia Forest Service has been awarded 

 the Military Cross for heroic action. 



Fourteen members of the B. C. Forest 

 Service have laid down their lives for 

 their country. 



NATIONAL 

 FOREST 



TIMBER 



FOR SALE 



SEALED bids will be received 

 by the District Forester, 

 114 Sansome Street, San 

 Francisco, Calif., up to and in- 

 cluding June 20, 1918, for all the 

 merchantable dead timber stand- 

 ing or down, and all the live 

 timber marked or designated for 

 cutting on an area embracing 

 about 2,615 acres within Sec- 

 tions 1 -2-3-4-9- 10-11-12-14-15-16 

 and 22, T. 24 N., R. 10 E. and 

 Sections 33-34 and 35, T. 25 N, 

 R. 10 E., M. D. M., Taylor- 

 Sockum Creeks Watershed, Plu- 

 mas National Forest, Calif., es- 

 timated to be 44,000,000 ft. B.M. 

 more or less of yellow pine, 

 sugar pine, Douglas fir, red fir, 

 white fir and incense cedar tim- 

 ber. No bid less than $3.00 per 

 M ft. for yellow pine, $3.50 per 

 M ft. for sugar pine, $1.50 per 

 M ft. for Douglas and red fir, 

 $.75 per M ft. for white fir, $1.25 

 per M ft. for incense cedar, and 

 $.50 per M ft. for unmerchant- 

 able material to be taken at the 

 option of the purchaser, will be 

 considered. Deposit with bid 

 $2000.00. 



The right to reject any and 

 all bids reserved. Before bids 

 are submitted, full information 

 concerning the timber, condi- 

 tions of sale and the submission 

 of bids should be obtained from 

 the 



FOREST SUPERVISOR 

 QUINCY, CALIF. 



