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countries at war that almost a clean swee]) is bein.^ made of all trees. That 

 is true particularly in Eui^land, Scotland, and parts of France. Ornamental 

 groves, shade-trees, and private timber of all descriptions are being cut to 

 meet the call from the front. Nothing is spared for the sake of sentiment. 

 It is an emergency that recalls Shakespeare's question: 'Who in a sea-hght 

 ever thought of the price of the chain that beats out the brains of a pirate?' 

 The American forests are able to meet the call. The war can not last long 

 enough to exhaust our timber, even after using it as a substitute for steel 

 wherevei- i)ossible There is enough iron in the ground, but it can not be mined 

 and manufactured fast enough to supply both war and private business; but 

 fortunately, there are timber enough and reserve saw-mill capacity sufficient 

 to take care of the needs of the country in this emergency. It has been a 

 subject of comment, and often with a note of discouragement, that too many 

 sawmills had been built. If they operated to capacity, there was danger of 

 an over-supply of lumber. Perhaps the day is at hand when it will be con- 

 sidered fortunate that there are so many mills, and that they are able to speed 

 up production almost without limit." 



77?^ Diplomatic Forest Ranger 



The work of a Forest Ranger or 

 Guard during the fire season is, of 

 course, taken up very largely in pre- 

 venting fires, writes W. G. Morison 

 in "American Forestry." Since the 

 greatest danger is from campers, 

 hunters, and fishermen, who through 

 carelessness or ignorance throw down 

 lighted matches, cigarettes, etc., or 

 build camp fires where they should 

 not or go away leaving them burning, 

 it is essential that they be warned, and 

 it is equally important that they be 

 warned in such a way that they will 

 not take offence. I have known 

 campers who have been left in a very 

 antagonistic frame of mind by being 

 (old in a tactless way to be sure and 

 not stai't a fire, and how not to start 

 one, the law for such offence, etc., and 

 consequently did not care much if one 

 did start, and certainly would not 



have helped fight one unless lorced 

 into service by reciting the law to 

 them, which is worse than not having 

 them at all. 



It is very easy to get the co-opera- 

 tion of most of the people who come 

 into the woods for recreation (the 

 natives of the woods usually are as 

 anxious as the Forest officers to pre- 

 vent fires) by several little ways \\ ith- 

 out even letting them know that yon 

 are trying to do so, for instance: a 

 Ranger or Guard sees a fisherman; 

 he goes down towards him, and when 

 he sees that he is seen, he incident ally 

 tells the fisherman thereby who he is, 

 and probably has him thinking un- 

 consciously of fire already. Having 

 done this, he goes up and says, 

 "Hello, had much luck?" and then 

 engages in a conversation as to the 

 pros and cons of fishing (no better 



BOVRIL 

 Saves Kitchen 



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There will be no more throwing away of good food if you keep a bottle 

 of Bovril in the kitchen. Bovril helps you to make delicious dishes out of 

 cold food. Better soup, better stews — less expense. 



