He Stated His Wants Exactly

In response to the bus driyer’s inquiring glance,
Mr. Clearhead stated his exact destination and the
exact fare required. He could have staged a one-man
quiz contest right on the bus steps while other
Passengers waited impatiently and the driver’s voice
grew weary—but he didn’t.

Speed up traffic by stating your destination and
exact fare required; one-way—regular return—or
week-end return. Save talk, save time, speed up
transit and earn the thanks of your fellow passengers
and bus driver.

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CARRYING.ON -ESSENTIAL, TRANSPORTATION SERVICE

up a new business can now be
obtained by anyone from the
Prices Board.

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Continued from Front Page

Reforestation

erations was intense because in
the memory of all present were
the great stands of timber that
once clothed the valley floor and
the flanking mountain slopes and
the payrolls the timber sustained.

Despite the growing agricultur-
al industry that relaces logging
and lumbering in the Fraser Val-
ley, there are large areas where
the soil is not suitable for any-
thing else but timber and it is
realized that planned action now
could provide important forest
resources for the future, essential
lumber and other timbers as well
as employment for the genera-
tions to follow.

These men also recognized that
British Columbia’s economy is
based on her timber industries
and payrolls, that nearly every
citizen of this province is depen-
dent, directly or indirectly on
the forest wealth.

All the co-operation in refor-
estation that nature requires, it
was revealed to the Fraser Val-
ley party, is planned logging
leaving stands of trees which
will automatically reseed the
logged areas. In some areas, al-
ready denuded of even seed trees
there will have to be actual re-
planting but in nearly all pres-
ent and future operations, nature
will take care of the job with
this co-operation,

There is one important factor
that must ) not be overlooked,
however, and that is nature de-
mands a little appreciation from
the public she serves so well and
she asks for it principally in one
easy way.

For her seedlings and newly-
arising foresis nature asks pro-
tection from fire.

Recognized today as the Em-
pire’s biggest lumbering operator
and yet an outstanding advocate
of forest preservation and re-
forestation, the group could not
have had a better guide on its
tour than H. R. MacMillan. As
host he made the trip unusually
interesting and with his long ex-

perience and keen interest he

made it very instructive. Mr.

MacMillan was _indefatigueable
in leading the party up and down
miles of logging railway and over
tracts of new growth from the
seedling stage to young trees of
five or six years to those of 12
to 15 years and _ half-matured
tracts of new forest.
More of Trees Utilized

Of added interest, to stress the
importance of the industry, to in-
dicate the new developments and
to show how much more of the
forest resources are utilized to-
day, a visit was paid to the huge
plant of Alberni Plywoods Ltd,
No waste, not even of sawdust
was evident here where by-prod-
ucts are railway ties from log
cores, hog fuel, stovewood and
pulpwood,

Mr. MacMillan recalled that 32
years ago he came to British Col-
umbia as the first Chief Forester.
Since then about 61 billion feet
of logs hav been removed from
the British Columbia forest area
west of the Coast mountains and
south of the Queen Charlotte
Sound. Prior to 1912 about 12
billion feet had been cut from
this area. The removal of this
crop of 73 billion feet of logs,
over 50% Douglas Fir, has creat-
ed 242 to 3 million acres of logg-
ed-over land only about 3% of
which, under present economic
conditions, is suitable for higher
use than growing timber.

Can Be Revised

It is his contention that: higher
prices, improving methods of
logging, full use of small logs in-
stead of leaving them on the
ground, and closer utilization of
logs of all sizes, qualities and
species, nesessitates upward re-
visions of estimates of commer-
cial timber still remaining in the
Coast forest district.

Mr. MacMillan believes that
about 80 billion feet of Commer-
cial timber now remains in the
Coast district of which about 27%
is Douglas fir. About 80% of this
remaining timber is on Vancou-
ver Island.

By comparison, the Coast forest

district of Washington and Ore-

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gon now contains over six times
as much commercial timber and
12 times as much Douglas fir as
the B.C, Coast district. The rate
of depletion is proportionately
slower but the study and expen-
diture on protection and forest
management is proportionately
considerably greater,

“There appears still time to
put forest industries on a per-
manent basis in this district,”
states Mr. MacMillan. “The
greatest need is more knowl-
edge, and natural seeding, com-
bined with planting and con-
tinuously effective fire Pprotec-
tion.”

The project undertaken by the
Alberni Pacific Lumber Company
Limited has as its basis the be-
lief that the timber holdings and
logged-over lands represent an
area which might constitute a
natural forest working circle on
which could be grown an annual
forest crop of 60 million feet
board measure which would be
insurance for the continuous
Support of the population of the
city and district.

“Patch” Logging

Almost from its inception, the
Fraser Valley party was shown
the Company has studied the
conduct of its operations to
achieve the greatest degree of
fire protection and of natural re-
production. The “patch” system
of logging was adopted to provide
reforestation. The forest is being
logged in a succession of small
areas, according to the topo-
graphy, of 130 to 300 acres, sur-
rounded usually for 3 to 5 years
by green timber frequently on 3
or 4 sides but at least on 2 sides.
In addition seed trees are left
in effective places.

The slash is burned carefully
under weather conditions unfav-
orable to consuming of soil, and
under control against destruction
of adjoining forest or seed trees.

Against the possibly greater
cost of this planned logging is
the fact that it facilitates prod-
ucing species and grades of logs
according to market requirements
and permits operating in accord-
ance with weather and seasonal
conditions, It also prevents ero-
sion, protects fishing streams and
provides shelter and food for
game birds and animals.

In order that there may be
better public understanding of

the problems of reforestation,
the Company has had signs
erected at representative points
on the highways and logging
railroad. A typical sign reads:
“New Forest. Alberni Pacific
Lumber Co. Ltd. Be careful of
fire. Area 130 acres, logged and
burned 1938 Fully restocked—na-
tural reproduction. Age 1 to 4
years.” On an older new growth
the sign will indicate the num-
ber of years when the area will
provide merchantable timber,

Throughout the tour of the
“new forests”, Mr. MacMillan let
the facts speak for themselves,

allowed his guests to see the
growth and methods for them-
selves and to ask innumerable

questions of himself and accom-
panying foresters. He addressed
the group informally only once
or twice when they had lunch
and dinner at different logging
camps and on the former oc-
casion men from the Fraser Val-
ley were in accord when he ob-
served in part:

“It should not be the privilege
of any company or individual
who has purchased or controls
any timber land or license in
British Columbia to log the area
without proper regard for what
will come after the operations
are completed. The entire econo-
my of the province rests on three
basic resources—forestry, fisher-
ies and mining. These resurces
must be conserved and preserv-
ed.”

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footwear made in Canada must
bear either thy name of the man-
ufacturer or his WPTB ligence
number, Imported footwear is not
affected by the order,

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low eye beans and dry whole and
split pes are no longer “frozen”
and any remaining stocks in the
hands of processors, wholesalers,
growers’ co-operatives and other
dealers may now be sold to the
public,

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Here’s Why
Thousands
Can’t Have

Telephones

Factories, machines and per-
sonnel that used to produce
telephone equipment are now
needed to fill war orders, So
that “Go” signal for war ma-
terials is the “Stop” signal for
telephones. The parade of the
tools of war to our armed
forces has halted the parade
of telephones into homes.

Even in cases where the
Premises are already wired
and there is a telephone in

Place, it is not always possible
to provide service. There may
be no line from house to tele-
Phone pole: there may be no
Spare circuits in the cable to
the central office; or there
may not be enough central of-
fice equipment. There are
many links in the chain and
one missing link wil] -revent
service,

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TELEPHONE COMPANY