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Canadian Forestry Journal, April, ipi6. 



Three Counties a Day. 

 It would be an easy task for a pilot 

 with a good land machine to patrol 

 three or four counties in a state eacn 

 day, at the same time carrying mail, 

 supplies or passengers to any outlying 

 ranger's cabin. A useful load of 

 1,000 pounds is nothing for the aver- 

 age machine, and as far as weather 

 conditions are concerned, a pilot with 

 a well-powered plane will fly in any- 

 thing short of a gale. 



The limitations are the lack of suf- 

 ficient landing places in a thickly for- 

 ested region, and highlands. For this 

 reason a few lots of six or seven 

 acres each should be cleared at, dif- 

 ferent places, depending upon the ne- 

 cessitv of landing places, where aero- 

 planes are used. 



The machine used by Mr.. Vilas is 

 standard, four-passenger Curtiss Fly- 

 ing Boat, no FT. P. Curtiss Motor; 

 speed on water 45 miles per hour; 

 speed in air 60 miles per hour aver- 

 ages ; width of plane 38 feet ; length of 

 hull 26 feet over all; weight of ma- 

 chine, without passengers or fuel. 1.- 

 400 pounds; climbing capacity 1,000 

 feet in six minutes, and consumption 

 of gasoline about eight gallons per 

 hour. 



HAVE YOU PAID YOUR 

 1916 FEES? 



Members are respectfully re- 

 minded that the 1916 Member- 

 ship Fees of the Canadian For- 

 estry Association should b e 

 paid, if possible, this month. 



The Association's extensive 

 publicity work depends entire- 

 ly upon voluntary contribu- 

 tions and members' fees form 

 a very large part of the annual 

 revenue. 



Make all cheques payable at 

 par to the Treasurer at Ottawa. 



Brave French Foresters 



In the Revue des Eaux et Forets 

 is given a list of the loss to the 

 French Forest Service after a year 

 of war. This comprises 46 men, ni- 

 cluding one inspector, 7 assistant in- 

 spectors, 27 forest assistants and stu- 

 dents. 5 students who were just ad- 

 mitted to the forest school at Nancy, 

 and 6 officers who have disappeared 

 (possibly captured), but concerning 

 whom no official information has 

 been received. Judging from the ac- 

 count of the work done by foresters 

 each month, the French Forest Ser- 

 vice is making an enviable record, 

 since quite a number of them have 

 been not only cited in the orders of 

 their brigade, but for exceptional 

 bravery in the army orders of the 

 day. 



Prisoners Set to Work 



The French Minister of War has 

 facilitated the employment of pris- 

 oners for lumber operations in 

 France, with the provision that not 

 less than 50 men would be employ- 

 ed in one place. The emploeyr 

 guarantees food and lodging and 

 pays the sum of 8 cents per prisoner 

 per day ; 4 cents going to the prison- 

 er and 4 cents for his clothing. If 

 the employer only furnishes lodging 

 and beds without food, he must pay, 

 in addition, 20 cents per day. If 

 neither food nor lodging is supplied, 

 the total cost to the employer of 

 each prisoner is 30 cents per day. (1 

 fr. 57). In case of laziness, it is pro- 

 vided that the 4 cents will be with- 

 held from the prisoner. 



A Novel Fire Poster 



Dauphin Herald : "Supervisor 

 Chas. Wellmah, of the Duck Moun- 

 tain, is always practical. His latest 

 stunt is to utilize some of the bul- 

 letin boards that were in 'commis- 

 sion during the late temperance 

 campaign to educate the public as 

 to importance of preventing fire get- 

 ting started in the timber belts. 



