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Canadian Forestry Journal, September, ipi6 



Courtesy Grand Trunk Railway System. 

 Lady Evelyn Falls, Lake Temagami, Ontario. 



This Is Worth Insuring. 



According to United States Con- 

 sul Willrich, of Quebec, that pro- 

 vince exported over $5,100,000 

 worth of news-print paper to the 

 United States in 1915. Two years 

 ago, or in 1913, the export of this 

 commodity to the United States was 

 little over a million, so that there 

 has been a remarkable increase in 

 the two years. The consul is of the 

 opinion that the increase will con- 

 tinue, pointing out that the Pro- 

 vince of Quebec possesses an abun- 

 dance of undeveloped water power 

 and practically unlimited forest re- 

 sources. 



The report of the U, S. consul 

 once more brings before Canadians 

 the vision of two choices : a protect- 

 ed and developed forest, adding mil- 

 lions of dollars to the national 

 wealth, or an unguarded forest 

 wherein flames are given freedom to 

 undermine the revenues of present 

 and future. 



"The Scythe Tree" of New York. 



One of the most unusual incidents 

 of the American Civil War is con- 

 nected with what is known as "The 

 Scythe Tree" in New York State. 

 When Lincoln made his first call for 



75,000 volunteers, James W. John- 

 son, a farm lad, was mowing grass in 

 a field. Johnson hung his scythe 

 on a Balm of Gilead tree, bade his 

 parents leave it there until his re- 

 turn, and went to the war. All 

 that year and the next, and still an- 

 other, the scythe hung in the tree 

 until Johnson was killed at Ply- 

 mouth, N.C., April 20, 1864. The 

 scythe was still left in place in the 

 tree, and meantime the tree grew 

 until but a v^ery small part of the 

 blade protruded from the large 

 trunk about eight feet from the 

 ground. The tree was damaged by 

 lightning during an electric storm 

 this month, but the blade is still em- 

 bedded in the shattered trunk. 



