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Canadian Forestrij Journal, February, 1918 



MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL 

 SECTION 



The Annual Meeting of the Techni- 

 cal section of the (^.anadian Pulp and 

 Paper Association, held at Montreal, 

 was excellently attended and excited 

 deep interest. Dr. John S. Bates and 

 C. B.Thorne were re-elected Chairman 

 and Vice-Chairman. Three new 

 councillors, Messrs. O. Holland, John 

 Stadler and F. A. Sabaton, were 

 appointed. The afternoon session 

 consisted in reading a paper on the 

 Estimation of Cellulose in Wood by 

 Dr. B. Johnson and W. R. Hovey, 

 (read by Mr. Hove^O- Practical Paper 

 Making by J. J. Sullivan. Coated 

 Papers by J. B. Foullis (read by Mr. 

 Stephenson) and a review of the 

 Paper Industry in Canada by A. L. 

 Dawe. 



One of the most interesting features 

 of this year's meetings was a sym- 

 posium of the natural resources of 

 Canada, as applied to the pulp and 

 paper industry. Mr. L. H. Cole of 

 the Mines Branch read a paper on the 

 "Minerals used in the pulp and paper 

 industry." Dr. A. W. J. Wilson, also 

 of the Mines Branch, addressed the 

 Section on "Pyrite in the sulphite 

 industry." This was discussed by 

 Mr. G. D. Jenssen of New York, Mr. 

 John Stadler and others. In the 

 afternoon papers were read by Mr. 

 R. H. Campbell, Director of Forestry 

 on the pulpwood resources of Canada, 

 and Mr. A. M. Beale of the Water 

 Powers Branch. Mr. .Campbell's 

 paper was discussed by Mr. Ellwood 

 Wilson and others. 



LT. H. R. CHRISTIE, M.C. 



Lt. II. R. Christie formerly of the 

 B. C. Forest Branch has been 

 awarded the Military Cross for heroic 

 action at the front. 



CHICAGO'S BID FOR TREES 



Chicago has entered upon a re- 

 markable forestry scheme. The city 

 is to be completely surrounded by 

 woods, with the exception of the Lake 

 Michigan side. There will be a great 

 half-circle ot forest preserves starting 

 from the lake shore to the north, and 



running around to the west and south, 

 enclosing the whole suburban area. 

 About 1,000 acres have already been 

 planted, at a cost of $3,000,000, and 

 $8,000,000 more is to be spent on the 

 project, under powers granted Cook 

 county by the state legislature. 



It is not a mere "reforestation" 

 plan, making amends to nature for 

 the destruction of aboriginal forests. 

 It is an improvement on nature. Most 

 of the area constituting the new forest 

 belt was open prairie land when the 

 white man first saw il. 



COUNTERACT I. W. W. 



Ten thousand soldiers are being 

 sent into. the woods of the Northwest 

 as the Spruce Production Division of 

 the U. S. Signal Corps. Their duties 

 are to get out spruce and hr for air- 

 plane stock. These men are volun- 

 teering from Western National Army 

 camps and from civil life and from 

 other services to counteract the trou- 

 ble caused by I. W. W. agitation in 

 western lumber camps. A monthly 

 production of 15,000,000 board feet of 

 spruce is required to take care of the 

 extra needs for the aircraft con- 

 struction program, and small opera- 

 tors are being encouraged to get out 

 rived timbers in order to speed up 

 production. Four New York State 

 College of Forestry students have en- 

 listed in these logging squadrons and 

 have left Syracuse for Vancouver 

 Barracks. 



Pennsylvania spent $2,275,000 in 

 acquiring one million acres of forest 

 land. Due to rise in timber values, 

 this land is estimated to be worth 

 now six million dollars. 



In some sections of the Adiron- 

 dacks convict labor is being em- 

 ployed successfully in reforestation. 

 At Goldsmith's in the Saranac River 

 Valley a gang of fifteen convicts have 

 planted 300,000 trees on State land. 



