Canculidn Fonstri/ Journal, Maij, lUhS 



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Douglas fir, so that we have pro- 

 gressed that far on the road to an 

 exact knowledge of this species. An- 

 Anotiier thing that will be very im- 

 portant out here in the future is 

 built-up stock, including three and 

 live-ply veneers and bigger stuff. 

 The possibilities for British Columbia 

 manufacturers along this line are 

 tremendous. The work of the For- 

 est Products Laboratories in the 

 East has been very heartily endorsed 

 by the pulp and paper manufactur- 

 ers, who have manifested their ap- 

 preciation by offering substantial 

 aid. One great benefit that is cer- 

 tain to follow from the establish- 

 ment of a wood-testing branch in 

 British Columbia will be that archi- 

 tects and engineers will have definite 

 data concerning the properties of 

 British Columbia woods which they 

 will be able to use when designing 

 structures, in the same way they 

 now have knowledge of the definite 

 properties of steel, concrete, and 

 other standard building materials. 

 This information will be especially 

 valuable also in the export trade 

 when it is a matter of introducing a 

 new wood in competition with some 

 that have been long in use. An in- 

 stance of this is shown in the advan- 

 tage which long-leaf pine has over 

 Douglas fir on account of the scientific 

 grading and the branding rf all 

 grades by the mills. Constructors 

 are enabled to select the class of 

 material which exactly suits their 

 needs, without the necessity of buy- 

 ing high-grade material for purposes 

 which would be equally well served 

 by lower (juality timbers or lumber. 

 Per contra, they also are able to 

 avoid the danger involved in buying 

 low-grade material where high grade 

 is necessary. 



Aeroplane Work First. 



The laboratory to be established 

 at Vancouver will at first be limited 

 in its work almost entirely to pro- 

 blems arising out of the production 

 of aeroplane material. Owing to 

 the lack of special knowledge 

 of British Columbia woods and the 

 influence of defects, it is necessary 

 for the Minister of Munitions to de- 



mand very high standards of quality 

 in the material reaching them. If 

 an increasing understanding of the 

 properties of the woods required 

 will allow of even a very slight relax- 

 ation of the specifications, a very great 

 increase can be made in the amount 

 of material available. It is just 

 possible that further investigation 

 may disclose that the j)rovince has 

 other woods which might be used to 

 advantage in aeroplane construction. 



B. C. FIRE DOES DAMAGE 



Forest tires which swept for three 

 and a half miles along the Columbia 

 river, between SuJlivan and Genelle, 

 burned 37 high power line poles of the 

 West Koo^enay Power and Light com- 

 pany Sunday and yesterday and tem- 

 porarily interfered with operations at 

 Trail smelter. But for the fact that 

 one line was preserved the whole 

 plant would have had to close down. 



Forest rangers were quickly on the 

 job and the fire last night was under 

 control. 



]\Icn from J. S. Deschamps" lumber 

 camps and the West Kootenay Power 

 and Light company cooperated with 

 the forestry officials in fighting the 

 blaze, which burned furiously at 

 times. At one point it jumped about 

 900 feet across the (Columbia river. 



It is believed that sparks from a lo- 

 comotive started the fire. In the 

 same district five or six fires were 

 started during the past two or three 

 days by clearing fires getting away 

 from the ranchers who were burning 

 brush. 



Moving a Paper Mill. 



A paper mill looks as if nothing 

 could move it. 



But a paper mill can be moved by 

 a few careless men miles back in the 

 forest. How? 



Burn down the limits and the mill 

 disappears. 



No mill remains after its wood 

 supply has been burned up. 



