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Canadian Forestry Journal, June, 1915 



G.T.P. TO USE OIL ENGINES. 



Announcement is made by the Grand Trunk 

 Pacific that contracts have been let and other 

 arrangements made for the installation of crude 

 oil burners on passenger locomotives on the sec- 

 tion between Prince Rupert B.C^ and Jasper 

 Alberta, a distance of 718 miles. The installation 

 will probably be complete next June. Ireight 

 engines will continue to use coal. 



LOWER OTTAWA'S GOOD WORK. 



Energetic efforts bv Mr. A. H. Graham. Mana- 

 ger of the Lower Ottawa Forest Protective As- 

 sociation, have resulted during the month of May 

 in the erection of a 42-foot lookout tower and a 

 ranger camp on Devil's Mountain in the township 

 of Robertson. Telephone lines were constructed 

 to the extent of 51/2 miles and connect with the 

 Lievre Telephone Company, which in turn meets 

 the Bell at Buckingham. This will give the man- 

 ager quick connection from his Ottawa office with 

 the lookout tower, and will also link the rangers 

 together in an effective way. 



The tower is built on the highest peak of 

 Devil's Mountain and furnishes one of the most 

 commanding positions in the Laurentians, over- 

 looking the watersheds of the Gatineau and 

 Lievre rivers. 



THE COVER PICTVRE. 



The scene illustrated on the Joitrnal cover this 

 month is at Openicon Falls, Temiskaming Lake, 

 Quebec, along the lines of the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway, to which company we are indebted for 

 the photograph. 



SPRUCE WORM BUST. 



The spruce bud worm worked serious damage 

 through sections of New Brunswick last summer, 

 as is made clear by recent reports. The new 

 growth over considerable areas of the St. John 

 river and Miramichi valleys was practically de- 

 stroyed. 



C.N.R. ADOPTS PATROL. 



Extensive plans have been made to protect the 

 forests along the Canadian Northern right of way 

 between North Bav and Port Arthur in accordance 

 with the regulations of the Board of Railway 

 Commissioners. Twenty-three special patro'.men 

 with track velocipedes will be set at work, to- 

 gether with two head patrolmen with power 

 speeders covering those parts of the line where 

 the fire hazard Ms greatest. Section men and 

 other employees will also be cal'.ed upon to co- 

 operate where necessary. 



"TODAY. 



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DEBRIS BURNING PATS. 



A poem of cheer, so good that it has been 

 credited to various Etiglish and American 

 authors, has at last been traced to its right- 

 ful author, Douglas Mallooh, Assistant- 

 Editor of "The American Lumberman" of 

 Chicago. 



Sure, this world is full of trouble — 



I ain't said it ain't. 

 Lord! I've had enough an' double 



Reason for complaint. 

 Rain an' storm have come to fret me, 



Skies were often gray; 

 Thorns an' brambles have beset me 

 On the road — but say. 

 Ain't it fine today I 

 What's the use of always weepin', 



Makin' trouble last ? 

 What's the use of always keepin' 



Thinkin' of the past? 

 Each must have his tribulation. 



Water with his wine. 

 Life it ain't no celebration. 

 Trouble? I've had mine — - 

 But today is fine. 

 It's today that I am livin'. 



Not a month ago, 

 Havin' losin'. takin', givin', 



As time wills it so. 

 Yesterday a cloud of sorrow 



Fell across the way ; 

 It may rain again tomorrow, 

 It may rain — but, say, 

 Ain't it fine today! 



The good results of destroying inflammable ma- 

 terial and thereby minimizing the fire risk has 

 been proved bv the New Brunswick Railway 

 Company. Last summer this company cleaned up 

 a strip of timber bordering the rights-of-way of the 

 National Transcontinental and Intercolonial rail- 

 ways The consequence was that fires were con- 

 fined to an area of less than one hundred acres. 

 Very little of what was burned originated from 

 the "railroads. The debris was piled on the right- 

 of-way and burned there. 



TO PLANT MILLION TREES. 



The tree planting operations of the Laurentide 

 Company of Grand Mere, Quebec, have attained 

 such success as to attract national attention. Ihe 

 far-seeing policy of this company is attested by 

 the programme "laid out for many years to come. 

 Bv planting up lands bought for the flowage 

 rights 1.50,000 trees, mostly Norway spruce, were 

 planted in 1914 and have wintered exceptionally 

 well Two hundred thousand more ^vlll be planted 

 this spring and two to three hundred thousand in 

 the fall. As soon as possible 1,000,000 trees per 

 annum will be planted, thereby equalling the com- 

 pany's present annual cut. An e.xtention of one 

 and" one-half acres is being made to the company s 

 nursery in which some experiments in raising 

 trees will be carried out. ■, .,, 



Much interest has been directed towards tue 

 reindeer herd imported by the company last sum- 

 mer The animals have wintered well. Iwo 

 bucks were trained to harness and with satisfac- 

 tory results. 



