Canadian Furcslrij Journal, March, 1U1\ 



995 



HEAVILY LOADED BLT READY FOR ANYTHING. A PATROL CAR IN THE VERNON 



DISTRICT 



The Motor Car in Timber Guarding 



Try-out in Vernon District Proves 100 Per Gent. Gain Over 



Horse Travel. 



By Geo. P. Melrose, District Forester, B.C. Forest Branch, Vernon, B. C. 



Forest Protection in any country 

 and under any conditions must, if 

 it is going to succeed, make full use 

 of every modern invention possible 

 to insure speed. Once a forest fire 

 starts, the utmost speed is required 

 in every operation affecting it. The 

 man on Lookout must discover it 

 with the least possible delay and 

 locate it properly. He must trans- 

 mit his discovery to the nearest pa- 

 trolman with the utmost speed. The 

 patrolman must proceed to the fire 

 and extinguish it just as fast as he 

 can possibly travel. 



To obtain this speed we have sup- 

 plied Lookout with field glasses, 

 accurate maps, and telephones and 

 patrolmen with horses. 



■Horses, up to a few years ago have 

 proved to be the best and fastest 

 means of travel over the roads, but 

 since the advent of automobiles the 

 days of the horse have been number- 

 ed. This is especially the case since 

 cheap autos have come on the market. 



That autos are a success and an 

 improvement over horse travel is 

 fully borne out by the number of 

 commercial houses that are using 

 them. Everywhere commercial trav- 

 ellers, agents and all others whose 

 business takes them through the 

 country are using cars, and their 

 increased business is ample proof 

 that they pay. 



To fully satisfy the need for speed 

 and make the Forest Protective sys- 



