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Canadian Forestry Journal, January, 1917 



DEATH OF 'DON' BROPHY. 



John Bernard Brophy, known in 

 athletic circles as 'Don', a member 

 of the staff of the Dominion Forestry 

 Branch, Ottawa, was killed in Eng- 

 land on Christmas Day in an aero- 

 plane accident. He was a son of Mr. 

 John B. Brophy, C.E. of the Public 

 Works Department and after attend- 

 ing McGill University was engaged 

 in the draughting department of the 

 Forestry Branch. 



Enlisting in October, 1915, he was 

 sent overseas in November and under- 

 went training as an aviator. He saw 

 much active service in the flying 

 corps and after a series of exploits 

 redounding greatly to his credit, was 

 wounded and sent to England. There 

 he was engaged in air patrol duties 

 when an accident occurred to his 

 machine during a flight. 



Fire Rangers' Annual Meeting. 



The annual meeting of the Dom- 

 inion fire rangers was held at Revel- 

 stoke, B.C., recently. Reports were 

 presented by all the rangers present, 

 which showed that good results had 

 been secured in the prevention of 

 forest fires. A number of resolutions 

 were adopted, among them being the 

 following : 



"That the provincial government 

 be requested to extend the permit 



period for the season from September 

 15 to September 30." 



"That the provincial government 

 be requested in future when con- 

 structing new roads to dispose of the 

 debris as they go along, instead of 

 leaving it lying at the roadside, as it 

 is a great fire danger." 



Waste of Wood in Sawmills. 



There are more than 48,000 saw- 

 mills in the United States, and their 

 output of waste in the form of saw- 

 dust, shavings, slabs, and other wood 

 refuse is estimated as 36 million cords 

 per year. This is equal to over 43^ 

 iDillion cubic feet of waste, which is 

 the capacity of a bin one-half mile 

 high with a base covering a forty- 

 acre lot. Or, considering each cord 

 to contain eighty cubic feet of solid 

 wood with all the cracks and air spaces 

 taken out, these 36 million cords 

 would make a block of wood more 

 than a quarter of a mile on each edge. 



Perhaps one-half of this so-called 

 waste product is not, strictly speak- 

 ing, wasted, but serves a useful pur- 

 pose as fuel under the boilers. Much 

 of the remaining 18 million cords not 

 only serves no useful purpose, but 

 in most cases is a source of incon- 

 venience and danger, and costs the 

 mill time and money. 



Fire Protective Convention Feb. 1 and 2 



A rousing convention of those con- 

 cerned with forest fire protective work 

 will be held at Montreal, Thursday 

 and Friday, February 1 and 2. In- 

 vitations have been sent to the 

 lumber companies. Federal and Pro- 

 vincial Goverijment ofTicials, in- 

 spectors of the St. Maurice and 

 Lower Ottawa Forest Protective 

 Associations, etc. The convention 

 has been organized by the St. Maurice 

 Association ofTicials. 



It is expected that the speakers 



will include E. T. Allen, Forester of 

 the Western Forestry and Conser- 

 vation Association, Portland, Oregon; 

 A. E. Graham, Manager of the Lower 

 Ottawa Association; T. B. Wyman, 

 Forester, of Munising, Mich., W. R. 

 Brown, Berlin Mills, N. H.; G. A. 

 Gutches, Dominion Forestry Branch, 

 Prince Albert; and others. The topics 

 will have great variety and interest 

 and an invitation is extended to 

 members of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association to be present. 



