Canadian Forcsfrii Journal, March, 1918 



1599 



Flying Meleorology, and practical 

 Wireless, Machine Gunnery, Engines, 

 Rigging and Artillery Observation, 

 at Reading about three weeks ago 

 and am now undergoing higher in- 

 struction in these and learning to fly 

 a "bus." It is the most interesting 

 game I can think of and certainly a 

 wonderful technical education for no 

 cost to yourself. I have felt settled 

 since I finally got started in the 

 R.F.C. which I haven't been since this 

 war started. The R.F.C. has a 

 wonderful equipment for instruction 

 and also is perfectly organized. The 

 average cost to the Government for 

 qualifying a pilot from the time o" his 

 appointment until his graduation is 

 high. The largest item of this of 

 course is damage to machines due to 

 crashes. I expect it will be well on 

 in January before I get my wings 

 since we have many different mach- 

 ines to fly for 20 hours "solo" and the 

 weather is too "dud" in the winter 

 months to get in much flying. At 

 present the weather is fair for flying 

 about two days a week. 



FLYING IN B. C. SOME DAY. 

 Mr. Finlayson asked me to give 

 him some news of operations, etc., in 

 my work. I don't know whether he 

 meant Forestry work or Flying. 

 Certainly I think that the new mach- 

 ine would be a wonderful acquisition 

 to the Forestry Branch for recon- 

 naissance and photography work. I 

 am not permitted to discuss its capa- 

 bilities but I can assure you that it is 

 the fastest machine in the air, and 

 can travel and chmb tremendous dis- 

 tances with a passenger and some 

 load of bombs. From the Crowsnest 

 to the Brazeau shouldn't take more 

 than two and a half hours. 



NOT A TREE LEFT STANDING 



Major W. A. Lyndon: France: — 

 I have been for the past two months 

 living on the battle ground of France. 

 There is not a building standing 

 within ten miles of us. Where the 

 villages stood there is nothing left. 

 It is a sight to see but gets very tire- 

 some to work in day after day among 

 nothing but 'wreck and ruin. We 

 went through a forest to-day, that is. 



what once was one. There was not a 

 foot of ground that had not been 

 turned over by shells, not a tree left 

 standing, only a lot of stubs split and 

 shattered. No protection whatever. 

 It reminds me a great deal of what it 

 is like after one of our big bush fires, 

 only ten times worse. 



A TIMBER MAGAZINE. 



Lieut. W. J. McLaren of the 

 Canadian Forestry Corps has for- 

 warded an attractive little pamphlet 

 entitled "Timbers," issued by the 

 112th Company of the Forestry 

 Corps which describes a visit to the 

 scene of lumbering operations in 

 Great Britain being carried on by 

 Canadians. A number of very good 

 illustrations make the pamphlet even 

 more interesting. One of the best 

 pictures is that of the pigs "bye- 

 products" they are called by the 0. C, 

 which were being raised on the waste 

 from kitchen and messroom. 



COTTONWOOD FOR PULP 



Sacremanto capitalists are now 

 investigating a proposal to put the 

 Sacramento valley cottonwood tree 

 to an utilitarian purpose. It is be- 

 lieved that wood from the cotton- 

 wood trees would make excellent raw 

 material for the manufacturer of 

 paper pulp, and if investigation proves 

 this to "be so, a paper mill may be 

 started in Sacramento or vicinity. 

 The cottonwood tree is indigenous to 

 the Sacramento valley. It grows 

 principally along the river. It is said 

 by those who claim to know that it 

 is found in sufficient quantities to 

 keep a paper mill supplied for years 

 to come. The cottonwood tree grows 

 to enormous size. 



J. Edwin Hall, B.Sc.F., graduate of 

 the University of New Brunswick, 

 and Chief of one of the Forest Survey 

 parties of the New Brunswick Gov- 

 ernment, has resigned his position 

 and enlisted with the 9th Siege Bat- 

 terv for Overseas Service. 



