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and 110 feet high and is certainly a 

 fine tree. 



A Tree Growing Proposition 



Pte. P. Mars, Fire Ranger in Coast 

 District, Dominion Forestry Branch, 

 British Columbia, (writing from 

 France : 



"The Germans destroyed all the 

 timber in the part of the country 

 where I have been lately, although 

 I have seen some nice hardwood 

 groves where they were unable to 

 reach. They certainly have the 

 method of destruction down fme. 

 Allowing for them being as good at 

 building up as knocking down it will 

 take them some time to make this 

 country what it was before they 

 came into it, but I think they will 

 get the chance to start on it pretty 

 soon. Some job for them to put 

 two hundred year old oaks back in 

 three years." 



Lewis in Air Flight 



Lieut. R. G. Lewis, Head Office, 

 Fores tr3^ Branch, Ottawa, (writing 

 from France: 



"I had my first flight in a machine 

 yesterday when a French officer was 

 kind enough to take me up for a 

 quarter-hour flight. We circled around 

 our own camp here and dropped a 

 message in a metal tube. This fell 

 in a field near camp and was brought 

 in by one of the men who first took 

 it for a bomb and then came in 

 breathless with the letter which I 

 enclosed thinking it was a warning of 

 an air raid. I enjoyed the experience 

 very much." 



The Beauty of England 



Gunner Jas. R. Dickson, Head 

 Office, Forestry Branch, Ottawa: 



"The beauty of England at this 

 time of year is amazing and these 

 quaint old towns along the channel 

 are particularly charming. Hythe, 

 for instance, with its picturesque, 

 ivy-covered stone structures peeping 

 out everywhere from amid the dense 

 dark-green foliage of oaks and elms, 

 and their porticos aglow with a wealth 

 of Rambler roses, is a picture to be 

 long remembered." 



Shavings at $5 per Load 



Lieut. W. J. Boyd, Head Office, 

 Forestry Branch, Ottawa: 



"Just the other day I bought two 

 small wagon loads of ordinary shav- 

 ings to use as standings in our stables 

 and these English people had the 

 cheek to charge a pound sterling per 

 load. They could be 'had at any 

 mill in Canada for carting them away. 

 A New Objection to Logging 



Captain W. L. Scandrett, Forest 

 Supervisor, Dominion Forest Re- 

 serves in British Columbia, (written 

 from Narborough, England: 



"I see by the bulletin that the Am- 

 ericans are handling the problem of 

 war forestry in their usual thorough 

 manner. They seem to require a 

 great deal of timber over here 

 (France) and both we and the Huns 

 have already wiped out a great many 

 of the little forests which were scatter- 

 ed about France. In parenthesis I 

 might say that this has worried the 

 airmen more than a little as we use 

 forests for landmarks to a great ex- 

 tent, distinguishing them by their 

 shape. It is a bit disconcerting when 

 one's landmarks disappear or de- 

 velop characteristics different from 

 those shown oh the map. 



"The timber question is quite acute 

 in England and sawn lumber worth 

 its weight in gold. 



"I am sure you will be glad to know 

 that I am free of war dangers for 

 some time to come (I hope) having 

 been transferred to England "for a 

 rest." I had just been under eleven 

 months of active service with the 

 Royal Flying Corps in France and 

 was quite satisfied to take a turn of 

 duty at home. They gave me ten 

 days' leave, part of which I spent in 

 the Cumberland Lake district, after 

 which I was posted to the above 

 place as an instructor. I have six 

 machines, some of which will go, 

 and my job is to give the final in- 

 structions to pupils iDefore they grad- 

 uate as pilots. I haven't a great 

 deal of flying to do and have an 

 assistant to help me so you may see 

 I am pretty comfortable." 



Indian Ranger at the Front 

 Private Matthew Nackaway, In- 



