2 10 49 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/433f525209e5db1339b5e5eaf9f5c34f.pdf 91396f5d9a987cf99eec95e0b7ce9bac PDF Text Text A New Feature SUPERVISORS STRIP • To be or not to be NIGHT FIRE-FIGHTING 7 • A Little History . of Interest to All Citizens • Aerial Mapp n9 • NEW FOREST LIBRARY BOOKS • CONSERVATION A U.S. Concept of an Economic Problem Mr. G'l' R. Sonley, Me.ro:t;hou Papel* Ydll-s of Can., Public Utilities Building, FORT .ARTHlJR, Ont-c,:•io. �PAGE 2 LOG BOOK HSERVICE AFTER SALES" TWIN CITY INDUSTRI MEMORIAL AVENUE EQUIPMENT LIMITED PORT ARTHUR �E 1954 _ PAGE 3 0G BOOK fhi,tm, OWE tli I Woo°cf!CE'9 ivision . Wa·tho-n·· . .Cor•P·•·····O·f·.....ca.natl•-Plldnt Port # flt<hlur~ Ontario STYFFE .......................... ............................................................. President H. S. MOSHER Secretary-Manager - T. S. JONES Published by Ontario Timber Operators' Edited by T. S. JONES Association Guest Lecturers at L. T.I. Following are the names of guest lecturers and their lecture topics. The Lakehead Technical Institute is indeed indebted to these men and the industries which co-operated in 111aking these lectures possible. Mr. D. C. Clark, N ipigon Lake Timber Company One Lecture logging poles, piling and tie blocks. Mr. T. C. Armstrong, Abitibi Power & Paper Company Limited One Lecture Camp location, layout and construction One Lecture Road layout and construction. Mr. J. Jameson, Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited Two Lectures - Mechanical logging of pulpwood. Mr. T. S. Jones, Manager, Northwestern Ontario Timber Operators' Association One Lecture Labour relations in the woods industry. 1 Riuer-Driues Get A Late Start y, as this message to members or our Assocwritten, we find ourselves basking in the sun st warm day we have experienced for many past year woods operators in general have ffered more from the vagaries of old man n they have for some years past. g in December we began to receive unpreow falls and by Christmas the scene in the e beautifcl to the eye, presented many probJ,arassed operator. Then came January with b-zero temperatures, followed by February those who went South wonder why they it was so unseasonably warm here. Just thought summer was around the corner, e month of March with more records for eratures. rch, the weather has continued to pre• 1ed problems to the operator and coupled above he has been further beset by the powers that be that costs are far too is too expensive and everything must r. the operators have taken all of this II continue to do so in the future. The ;Versatile fellow and takes a certain desurmounting his problems, no matter es. We believe it can be truthfully ral "Woodsmen are a hardy lot." it would do no harm to say that we abo.ut letting down our guard with vent1on. Up unti I now no self-res.have much success with all of the in the woods, but this picture can and "!e urge everyone to take the n .their planning to properly organt,on set-up. H. H. "Bert" Styffe. CONSUMPTION OF PAPER i: 120 pounds per year. 3se80 was pounds and in 1953 had jumped Weather held back the opening of river drives until May this year. Generally, many of these drives start about the middle of April. Drives this year will be held down the White River, the Pie River, the Jackfish River, the Nipigon River, Black Sturgeon River, Wolf River, Pine River, Pigeon River, and the Little Turtle River, all in the Lake Superior area. In the FortFrances area ending up at Rainy Lake is the Little Turtle drive, the Manitou area drive, the Seine River drive and the Dryberry Lake drive. ???? In the Kenora area, the Lake of the Woods drives end up at Kenora. In the Dryden area is the Wabigoon drive and in Woodsworhers Contribute to Red Cross - Woodsworkers recognize the Red Cross as a worthy cause. This is proven by the generous contributions to the Red Cross Campaign. Contributions by employees of the following companies are as follows: St. Lawrence Corporation Limited: . To Beardmore Branch of the Red Cross ............................ $880.90 To Nipigon Branch of the Red Cross ............................ 540.60 Total ....................... ......................... $1421.50 LongLac Pulp and Paper Company Limited: To LongLac Branch ... ······························-········-·-······ $1143.25 The following contributions were made to the Port Arthur Branch: Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Ltd., Woods Division Newaygo Timber Company Limited ................................ Abitibi Power & Paper Company Ltd., Woods Division Nipigon Lake Timber Company Limited ............................ Ontario Paper Company Limited ............................................ $945.15 $709.50 $711.00 $575.00 $546.50 CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION TOURING NORTHWESTERN ONT ARIO SCHOOLS On May 3rd, Mr. Murray Dixon, Conservation Lecturer, Canadian Forestry Association of Ontario, started the Northwestern Ontario tour. During this tour he will visit schools in the larger centres of population such as: Cameron Falls Port Arthur Camp Robinson Terrace Bay Fort William Sioux Lookout Geraldton Dryden Upsala LongLac Kenora Atikokan Hearst Fort Frances Nipigon Kapuskasing Red Lake Red Rock �PAGE 4 LOG BOOK •,.-\ltefS l tire 7 PANAMA FLAME GUN Ignites solid line of fire as fast as a man can run .. . instant 'on' or 'off' flame .. . trigger action ... no preheating ... no generator. HARODIKE CANVAS RELAY TANK Self-supporting ... ready for immediate action ... ideal for relay pumping ... no spilling ... no clogging ... 150 and 300 U.S. gals. SATUROL Puts out fires faster .. . penetrates deeper ... diffuses faster ... ready for instant use ... premeasured charges for 5 gal. tanks. WATSON JACK & COMPANY LI Wajax House-1543 Crescent St., Montr 127 McIntyre Street, W., No Telephone 27. �LOG BOOK PAGE 5 2. He gets work done, but done harmonious•y. 3. He understands himself or tries to; know- ing what makes himself tick is just as im- portant as what makes other people tick. ot so long ago that foremen were their loud voices, ready fists, and sitions. Today, like the 70-hour sweatshop, and child labour, that eman has passed into history. And kely that anyone has mourned his was such a foreman's way of thin:<.ked upon himself as the "boss'', do any job on the operation better han anyone else; he could detect the first indication of slacking, w really plugging. foreman was a driver and gave ration to a worker who could the pace. A worker was just a that wielded an axe or a saw, loads a day to the landing, or any yards of road in so many If any so-and-so like what was dished out, he take the tote-road. Somebody ready to take his place. HIM CHANGE? happened that caused the disch foremen? The influences ustry genera fly were at work well. ion required a much larger workers. New, inexperienced to the woods. Competition men hard to get. It was Y be kept. It was neceshand le them differently. ism in the woods; here was had to contend with. deas on handling workers s from the mills, from hare many workers had man's job became more proved methods and manv they could no longer do e operation better than Were too numerous, and rhaps. and und themselves brought . team -their opinions •sted in planning, they So gradually the new new foreman. How does he 4. He understands employees, knowing that people need to be genuinely interested in their work to be satisfied, that people need to feel important and that their work is important. 5. He understands and appreciates and how to get along with them. unions 6. He obeys company rules and regulations himself and requires the same of others. 7. He understands how to give instruction. 8. He accepts responsibility for the safety of all his workmen. 9. He gives credit where due. 10. He is fair and just, playing no favourites. 11 He co-operates with other foremen and departments. 12. He is continually trying to improve nis skill in handling people. • And so on but from first to last he always remembers he is dealing with fellow human beings. And the Golden Rufe is still a good one. • Are there any of the old foremen left ? Is every foreman one of the new ? Or are most a little bit of both ? You can decide where you fit in. -•- J+,,,u,J c,,,p,1tu,ee4 l'Ju 0 o - ~ c,,.pl,o'fe•~ Informed supervisors are better able to get the work (Quality Production with Safety) done with co-operation and goodwill. Grievances generally disappear when logical explanations are given. The Log Book is publishing this "STRIP" with the idea of putting in one place some information about our industry, some ideas for employee-employer relations, etc., etc. Supervisors are invited to submit q"estions, problems, etc.,· involving the woods industry to the corumn and we will give our answer. Something troubling you? Ask us! Fun is like insurance get the more it costs. the older you Too much of this world is run on the theory that you don't need road manners if you are a five-ton truck. PROBLEM is anything that a Supervisor has to do something about. To deal with a PROBLEM effectively a supervisor needs KNOWLEDGE SKILL Knowledge plus practice SKILL. There are 5 major needs of a good supervisor so that he has SKILL. Job Instruction is one. Here are some tips on job instruction:• How do you get a new worker started on his job if he doesn't know what he is supposed to do ? This can be a tough question, but not if you, as a foreman, knO\. how to give instructions so that you can be sure your instructions will be carried out. 1. Experienced Workers If a worker has demonstrated beyond doubt that he understands and is capable of doing a good job, instructions on "how" to do the job are not required. Instructions to such workers can be limited to: What to do When to do it Where to do it. 2. Inexperienced Workers These present a definite challenge to a foreman. In planning his work he should allow plenty of time for this phase of his duties. He must: (a) plan his instructing (b) carry out his instructing using the best Job Instruction methods as in 3. 3. How to Instruct Step 1 - Prepare the worker Put him at ease State the job find out what he already knows about it. Get him interested in learning job. Place him in correct position. Step 2- Present the operation Tell and show and illustrate one important step at a time. Stress each key point. Give reasons "why". Instruct slowly, clearly, completely and patiently. No more than he can master. Repeat Question. (Why, what, where. when, who. how) to check. Make sure the learner really learns. Step 3 - Try out performance Have him do the job - correct errors. Have him explain each key point. Make sure he understands. Continue until you know he knows. Step 4- Follow up Put him on his own. Designate to whom he goes for help. Check frequently. Encourage questions. Taper off extraa coaching and close follow-up. IF THE LEARNER HASN'T LEARNED THE INSTRUCTOR HASN'T TAUGHT (Continued on Page 6) �LOG BOOK. PAGE 6 <JI,. CONTROLS AND REGULATIONS e For the first time in years the forest industries in 1953 were ab!e to operate without federal price controls. And while the threat of government regulations still exists to some degree, it is not at the moment the terrifying thing it was during the past twenty years. The theory of timber exhaustion so vigorously promoted by the Forest Service • and poorly informed conservation groups, has been exploded, partly through its own impartial studies. New timber inventories released in 1953, the development of tree farms, now aggregating over thirty million acres, and closer utilization indicate that growth and drain of timber in the United States is now very nearly in balance." -The Lumberman, March 25, 1954 USE OF HARDWOODS • The American Pulpwood Association reports: "The growing use of hardwoods in low wood pulp production is greatly aiding overall forestry practices directed towards maintaining sustained yield timber raw material for wood pulp and other wood products." From the Annual Report of a United States paper mill: "Cost reduction in many departments of the Mill resulted in an increase in earnings. Last year, by pulling in our belts, we regained slightly more than half of this drop in earnings and halted the steady decline which had continued for three years. An important contributor to our higher earnings last year was the greater use ;t local hardwood. Conversion of additional pulping equipment has been started. On completion of these projects we will be able to produce a much larger portion of our pulp from local hardwoods. On Ontario the Forest Inventory Reports show that very little of the hardwood species is being presently utilized. Some mills are using good quantities but on the overall there is a tremendous amount of hardwoods to be utilized in Ontario. Time marches on and the so-called 'weed' trees are becoming more valuable every day.) -•- • Every supervisor has something to do about costs and today it is a word that we are all hearing more and more. President rl. H. Styffe talked about costs at our Arinual Meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Timber Operators' Association in January. A.t the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association in Montreal, Mr. J. H. Merrill, well-known in Northwestern Ontario, (who was elected Chairman of the Woodlands Section, C.P.P.A, for the ensuing year) talked about costs. In Port Arthur at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Institute of Forestry, Mr. D. C. Everest's paper had much to say about cost of wood. In the section dealing with the United Sta~es (above) you can read where a U. S. mill President said: "by pulling in our belts." We have reached the stage where we are just competitive in some products and we are NOT competitive in others. We, in the woods industry, must "pull in our belts" and every supervisor from the top to the bottom and from the bottom to the top can help in studying this cost problem and doing everything possible to decrease same. If anyone is interested in reading the complete papers of any of the three people mentioned above, please request the paper desired from the Editor. -•- • The 1953-54 season has just been completed and the opening drives for the 195455 season are delayed by bad weather. The last season was a better season than the previous one and slightly more men were employed during the year. The outlook for 1954-55 is still uncertain but it is believed that production in the woods industry in Northwestern Ontario will be about the same level as last year. The forecast for the Hearst area is that production will be down but slight increases in other areas in Northwestern Ontario should still keep the overall pulpwood pproduction level about the same as last year. The outlook for lumber and ties at the moment is clouded and it may be that production of both these products will be less than last yecir. However, production of pulo wood will be up a little and it is expected that the level of employment established last year will be maintained. e ~ Ccono COST OF LIVING • As of April 1, 1954, the Consu Index stood at 115.6, an increase previous month of . 1 . During the a very slight drop in the food f more than offset by increases in t hold operation" and "other comm services" factors. The shelter fa remained constant. For comparison sumer Price Index as of April 1, at 114.6. i UNEMPLOYMENT • The National Employment reported 569,000 applications rnent as of March 1 8, 1954. T increase of 10,800 over the prev Again the number of applications Canada increased, while a fairly decline was reported west of the particularly in British Columbia. ations on file in the correspondi l 953 numbered 408,000. WAGES IN MANUFACTURING • As of February l, 1954, week earnings in manufacturing This figure was some .7% belo month but was l .6% higher responding month last year. LABOUR INCOME • The total labour income ruary, 1954, totalling $947 crease of seven millions ov month. This figure was som all-time high of September, 1 ada's labour income topped mark. LABOUR MARKET • In the week ending the labor force in Canada Of the available labor fore worked less than 35 hours week and an additional 318 The breakdown of the "I worked" group included who nor ma Ily worked pa short time, 10,000 laid week, 12,000 out of w weather, and 30,000 off -•- -•- WHAT IS A PROBLEM 1 (Continued from Page 5 4. "WHY" DO IT With both inexperienced and experienced workers, instructions should include "why" something needs to be done. This will satisfy a natural curiosity on the part of the worker, and helps to gain his co-operation and sympathy, and possibly forestall resentment resulting from a change. -•Money shouldn't be called dough. • At the isfatcre, the and Forests 1953, was 1954 session of the Ontario LegReport of the Minister of Lands for the year ending March 31st, submitted. Anyone interested in a copy of the "Highlights of the Report" an dthe "Statis tical Report" may secure a copy by writing to the Queen's Printer, Toronto, Ontario. Immigrants arriving totalled 168,868, a 3 1952. British !sles, came 35,015. New arrival the year amounted to sticks to your fingers. The best throw of the dice is to throw them away. Immigration fr land, Ireland, Scotia showed a 10 per c vious year. Too many people quit looking for work when they find a job. A short speech may not be the best speech, but the best speech is a short one. Some 9,379 United States. Dough -•- �LOG BOOK ease hep 1d fa nth mo fac son, 1, 19 PAGE 7 Euclid Tractor and Semi-Trailer The Tractor is powered with a 27 5 H.P. "Cummins" Diesel Motor. Trailer is 40 feet long and 12 feer wide. Trailer can be modified for different length pulpwood and logs for various operations - load capacity 50 tons. Designed especially by Euclid for G. H. Godsall Equipment Ltd. in an effort to obtain a unit suitable for the Pulp and Paper industry in Canada on long hauling on all-weather road direct from bush operations to mill site. ~all, write or wire ■ Godsall Equipment Ltd. PORT ARTHUR, Oil ARIO �LOG BOOK PAGE 8 NORTHWESTERN ONT ARIO HISTORY - SHOULD BE READ BY ALL CITIZENS. A ROTATION AND MORE AGO By D. M. Fisher When we talk of rotations, the 70 to 125 years it marks off in the future seems very long, but it is not quite so impressive if we remember that it is well over two cycles, actually 295 years, since the first white man, Pierre Radisosn, began to probe into the northern watershed of Lake Superior. Several years ago the writer had the pleasure of scanning some of the oldest records written in this part of Canada. These are trading post journals and diaries kept at the Hudson's Bay Company's offices in London, England. The impression one gets from any of these journals, whether written l 00 or 150 years ago, is that the job of getting fur through the Indians, was so dominant in the traders' minds that they never noticed the forests, or more particularly, the make-up of the forests. For example, reading over 15 years of the Fort William post journals, from 1818 on, failed to show one reference to Kakabeka Falls or to any chief features of the landscape. There are many complaints about the "poor country" west to Rainy Lake; even the "bleak" country around Nipigon and Sturgeon Lake could support more Indians and produce more fur. At the 1951 census, 4,039 Indians registered in Thunder Bay and Algoma districts. In 1850 there were 1,240 Indians recorded with the Crown as living around Lake Superior from the Sault to Pigeon River. A French estimate of 1737 stated there were 470 warriors from Lake Abitibi to the Nipigon, and only 60 warriors in the entire Kaministiquia valley area. It is obvious from these figures that the natives of our region did not flourish unti I a white society began to shape the coun-try. The Fort William journals of the decade 1815 1825 show the natives rarely gathered in numbers over 200, even at annual pow-wows. Furthermore, there were always cases of near-starvation or worse in the first three months of each year, especially if the Welcome Islands fisheries were poor- and normally, they seemed to be so. Because the Lake Superior Indians had to subsist on rabbit and fish (there were few moose and caribou, and no deer at all) they could not reach a living standard comparable to the deer-and buffalo-hunting Indians to the South and distant West. Reports from posts at the Pie and at Michipicoten strike a similar dour note of primitive man eking a miserable existence and begging for food each winter at the trader's door. Often the trader went short himself. In 1830 the Fort William post had achieved the cultivation of 30 acres of land; that year it produced 1500 bushels of potatoes, 70 of barley and l O of pease - hardly enough to keep many going. In sum, the Lake Superior country, when in that state of nature so beloved of many conservationists, was a harsh place, offering scant hope of expansion. The fact that Northwestern Ontario was co ed . a barrier and a debit can be seen in how t personnel tailed off to scant numbers after 1821 the North West Company of Montreal and the son's Bay Company amalgamated. Thereafter, t den area for furs, which fringed the northern p was tapped exclusively from Hudson Bay; Fort W Nipigon and the North shore slipped into near except for the odd mining venture until the CP road began to move through. One of the chief ments of opponents of the CPR was that, even lands of the prairies were not worth the task a den of the barren, rocky barrier north and west Superior. Occasionally, in the l 870's and 18 exciting passage of troops west to the Riel r or the finding of a silver mine focussed m interest on this area. As the prairies were by farmers the Lakehead prospered as an entr supplies going west and grain moving east. T flurries of mining enthusiasm, none of which much real wealth aside from the Silver Isl After the railroad's advent some slight sawestablished and around the turn into this c thusiasm kindled for the agricultural possibili clay land near Dorion, Slate River, and west and Wabigoon. The resultant farms have n an equivalent in produce for the work and they engendered. Thus Northwestern Ontario's first lure to fur, was not sustained, its mines were never. stantial, and its transportation activities c illiate the hinterland at divisional points a Lakehead an economy that was not based indigenous except our distances. For ov of its known history- until, in fact, the er industry developed, Northwestern Onta tained by driblets of income from fur, I gold, flour-milling, and the transportati None of these could support a truly s development in communities and people. Now that we have this knowledge, ironic that two rotations have been man did not know they were there or ho The ·question we can ask is: if w great resource can we hope for any lement it? Furs, lumber, transportation, industry are our ancillaries, and promis~ in the future. The bright promise, 1 other major possibi I ity, is mineral . wd itowadge rush and Steep Rock remin . u a chance that nickel, copper, zinc, may sti 11 move forward as stout a~soc• bastions of our economy and society count on them as certain an d •it •is log that we lavish our care on the resou ti I our own generation- pul'p. I �PAGE 9 LOG BOOK N. Kissich Elected As Chairman was ho ~r 18 md 3fter, thern Fort 1 C. J. Campbell, S. White and R. I. Young. A very successful banquet attended by members of Parliament, Chamber of Commerce representatives, newspaper Editors and others was held. Unfortunately, Mr. D. C. Everest, Chairman of the Board, Marathon Corporation, was prevented by weather conditions from being present at the meeting but his address was ably presented by Mr. P. V. LeMay. The film "Budworm City" compl_eted the program. The Annual meeting of the Northwestern Ontario on, Canadian Institute of Forestry, was held in Arthur recently. R. I. Young, Chairman opened the meeting and an sting program was held. he Financial Report was presented by Secretary Kissick and auditors appointed for 1954. Tree Farm Certification Committee consisting Mark Cressman as Chairman, H. H. Styffe, Geo. •nridge, Geo. Ashendon and R. I. Young were This Certification Committee is to work in ~tion with the Canadian Forestry Association of the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce and 'terested organizations in certifying tree farms hwestern Ontario. • e meeting approved the action of members in ting articles to the LOG BOOK and this co-op is to be continued for the year 1954. ong other business discussed was: ree Planting Committee oundary Revisions following formation of the ake of the ' Woods Section. ongLac Sub-Section pire Forestry Association enewable Resources Congress dvertising for "Forestry Chronicle" ection of Officers for 1954-55. N. Kissick was elected Chairman for 1955; . Kantola, Vice-Chairman and Councillors~ Employees Enjoy Social Euening Profits from the camp canteens and safety awards financed an evening of dancing and entertainment for the employees of Camps 43 and 54 of the LongLac Pulp and Paper Company Limited. A capacity turnout enjoyed the event which was held in the Canadian Legion Hall, LongLac on April 2nd. Dancing continued 'til the "wee ho1,.1rs" of the morning Excellent catering was provided by Mrs. Austin St. Croix,while an active entertainment committee of Mr. Ray Matson, Ike Maki was headed by Mr. Tom Ballantyne. Research Committee Meets N. F. Lyon, Chairman of the Northwestern Ontario Committee on Co-ordinated Research recently circulated a very timely paper giving information on 1953 research projects and the silvicultural projects proposed for 1954. The Committee on Co-ordinated Research held a meeting in Port Arthur on Apri I 29th. THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED ONTARIO PATENT-41135-6 CANADA CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR TREE-LENGTH SLASHER AND LOADER Nesco Equipment Ensures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous Operatio~ �LOG BOOK PAGE 10 Newaygo Timber Company Limited Adopts Organizational Plan for Safety Worh The Newaygo Timber Company have put into effect the plan recommended by the Lumbermen's Safety Association. Camp Safety Committees have been formed with the foremen and clerks as leaders and with employees represented -on the committee. to complete the form, the Committee must, of sity, discuss the accident in question and quite will bring out pertinent information as to caus effect. Camp ~ommittees were instructed tq ho weekly meetings and shortly after the instruction out, all camps had organized their committees an ~eld their first. meeting. Meetings have been instructed and in all cases the Minutes were wel ten up and many _intelligent suggestions were re (Continued on Page 12) First step in the adoption of the plan was to issue instructions to all supervisory staff outlining the organization and what was expected of each of them. Two ring binde_rs were_ made for each camp; one to hold camp committee minutes and instruction bulletins; the other for safety information and statistical bulleti!'ls. The ~amp clerk, as Secretary of the Camp Committee, was instructed on how to write up the min'utes of meetings and a form was drawn up for the Camp Committee to complete on compensable accidents. This form is much more complete than the Workmen's Compensation Board Form 7 and in order Attractive FIRST QUALITY Swedish Mad PULPWOOD S THE JOHANSSON NO. 60 Supt. Art Wiley inspecting the First-Aid Work. "Unconditionally Guaranteed" ONE INCH WIDE In lengths 30 11 - 36 11 - 42" IT'S THE STEEL ! THE EVEN TEMPER THE EXTRA TH IN BACK STRAIGHT AND TRUE That stands out in every saw an "SMOOTH AND EASY CU DISTRIBUTORS WALBY & C,O. L Mr. Eric Sliter and Class at Lumbermen's Safety Association First-Aid program at Newaygo operations. 141 ST. PETER STREET . M �- >'" .'. ....• • .,.~. ·:.•·~ tq hold ructions :tees and been held ere well ... •'•.. - - - - - - - , r?';, :• ... , .. ··- > ·, ·~= •... ;. •.. ··· . •• =·=· ..• ··.·: ;\ :.: > .. ·::·. : ·, . ..-::· I 1 I �I LOG BOOK PAGE 12 Hat Saues life Ontario Pulp g Paper Mahers' Safety Association Hold Annual Meeting At the Annual Meeting of the Ontario p Paper Maker's Safety Association, Mr. G. M. and R. A. Kenshol were elected Chairman and Chairman respectively, of the Woods Safety Re and Development Committee. Abrasive paint on axe handles, protective wear, buoyant vests, plastic go~;iles and safety h were all discussed. The following resolutions were adopted: Abrasive Paint on Axe Hand'les:- "In view of th 'siderable body of favourable experience reported moved, seconded and carried that the committee' r mend that each company when purchasing axe specify that they be dipped in abrasive paint, ably red or orange in colour, for a distance of 8" from the end." HISTORY On Apri I 14th, 1954, Paul Michaud, a cutter at Camp 43, LongLac Pulp and Paper Company Limited, , was struck on the head by a large spruce tree which ·crushed the front of the safety hat. Paul lost one week from work due to a sore and stiff neck. DESCRIPTION OF OCCURRENCE Paul had felled a large spruce which hung up in a poplar. He then felled a jackpine across the spruce to knock it down but both trees remained suspended. He then attempted to fall the poplar and while doing so both the spruce and jackpine fell. Paul saw them start to fall but deep snow prevented his escape. He looked up so that he might dodge the falling trees and the top of the spruce struck his safety hat. The stub of a broken branch caused the damage shown in the picture. NEWAYGO TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED ADOPTS ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN FOR SAFETY WORK (Continued from Page 1 0) l'n the summary of camp meetings, a point is made of recognizing those members making suggestions and, if possible, making them a part of the company regulations. _ Proof of the enthusiasm of the Newaygo employees in safety work has been illustrated by the large number that took the first-aid course at Mead, Mosher and Hearst, Ontario. These classes were put on by the Lumbermen's Safety Association and the participants included supervisory staff, garage workers, crane operators, house-wives and some bush workers. Camp Committee Minutes are circulated to all Committee members and the Newaygo Timber Companywill be only too glad to pass on to anyone interested, detai Is of their accident prevention, safety, and health plan. LON(iLAC PULP AND PAPER COMPANY WINS'° SAFETY TROPHY It has been announced that the LongLac Pulp and Paper Company won the Charles H. Sage Safety Trophy !for 1953. Protective Footwear:- "The following resoluti duly moved, seconded and adopted: Whereas r experience clearly shows that safety footwear injuries, this committee recommends that its use in woods operations be encouraged and e by al I reasonable means and that further expe tion and testing with the nylon-lined type of be carried out with a view to improving them possible, reducing their cost." •!•~~~~c~,._.c,....-c,._.c~....«•.-..c~~,..-.c Learn English! Lernt Englisch ! I leert Engels! I I Oppikaa Englantia ! I I Oppike Inglese leelt I Apprenez l'Anglais! I I I Apprendete la Lingua I I I I I I I I I I I I I i Classes in English and Citizenship ~ay ized for New Canadians employed 1n rations. Text books will be provided and an paid· by the Community Program~es the Ontario Department of Education For assistance, ask your camp cClerk request through the company to 0111 grammes Branch, Ontario DepartmW ation, 400 Catherine Street, fort H. E. Thomas, Represent Community Programmes Ontario Department of i I I ' ·- •:, .....,~,,._.,>4119<) . . . . . ) ~ ). . . .(). . . .( ~ ) ~ ) - - - ( ) . _ . , . . . . , . �LOG BOOK PAGE 13 Safety ing '.)ntario G. M. dopted: 2-Way Radio used in police cruisers Is a vital factor in highway or metropolitan police operations. II aircraft, equipped with 2-Way lo, are in direct, instant touch with I towers. I • Dltles, with widespread mobile Y on 2-Way Radio for instant lcations. In widespread lumber and pulp operations, often as much as 100 miles in the bush, twoway radio is playing a major role. Accidents and costly operation stoppages - that once were fatal or took days or weeks to rectify-are now overcome with radio in a matter of a few hours. I .......... ' (0 . ~I\ operations In many Every branch of Canadian industry with widespread operations will find G-E 2-Way Radio the fastest, most economical way to co-ordinate their efforts. This highly-efficient, moderately-priced radio equipment will provide substantial savings in money and time, speed work and increase efficiency. To learn how G-E 2-Way Radio can help you-contact your nearest C-G-E office, or write to: Mobile Radio Sales, Electronic Equipment Department, Canadian General Electric Co; Ltd., 830 Lansdowne Ave., Toronto, Canada. 731W-254 GENERAL• ELECTRIC COMPANY• LIMITED. �PAGE 14 LOG BOOK Forest Fire Fi9htin9 Twenty-four Hours A Day By Wm. Eden Among fire-fighters there are some who do not believe in night fire-fighting, and there are others who are not sure but believe that it is not practical. Seasonal lumberjacks have been known to remark that it is foolish to attempt travelling through the bush after dark. Instructive literature is in existence in Canada today which teaches fire-fighters to avoid night firefighting. Undoubtedly, great blunders have occurred while attempting night fire-fighting in the past; yet in the same past, haven't even greater blunders occurred during day fire-fighting? On forest fires fought by competent men using the proper equipment, we have come across no records to show that night fire-fighting has failed where day fire fighting may have succeeded. If those who speak and act against night fire-fighting are more in the right, then we presume that those who insist on the opposite must be more in the wrong. - Vice versain either case the issue at hand may well be a lot more significant than is generally realized. The following relates to an organization of firefighters, who, if they have had any previous doubts, now clash sharply with those who do not favour night fire-fighting. Some even suggest that the purveyors of this school of thought are unwittingly promoting larger forest fires. Within the past eight years, incidents have occurred on training sessions and on actuai fires which have overwhelmingly led to these convictions. Not long ago a group of ten town-folk with little bush experience • took a short course in map-reading, pacing and compassing. They were part of a voluntary fire crew which was quite adept at hand Iing fire equipment from previous training. A few days later these men split into three groups to travel by night from three widely separated points of departure to a small lake, one and one-half miles distant. The equipment to be packed consisted of a motor-pump, tool box, five gallons of gas, one thousand feet of fire-hose, various hand-tools, and a food pack. Each man had a flashlight and each group had a compass. The routes were a little more hazardous than ordinarily encountered in cross-country travel. At some sections, to get through the windfall and underbrush, the men had to travel horizontally. In one hour and forty minutes ·all three groups arrived right on location. The pump was set up and one thousand feet of ground was thoroughly wetted down. Coffee and lunch was cooked in the traditional style to wind up the exercise. A very burning incident, illustrating the point in question, occurred during a fire which at one stage was being fought by an inadequate number of men. The same day reinforcements o fsome fifty men arrived. The time was late in the afternoon, and the fresh crew was quite prepared to go in the same night and work twenty-four hours if necesasry. The fire boss in charge decided NO. "Not tonight boys, we'll hit "The subject of night fire-fighting was disc ·sed at the Department of Land's and Forests - I dustry Forest Protection meeting in Port Arth recently. At that time, J. C. Dillon, Forest Protec • Supervisor, Department of Lands and Forests e phatically stated that the Ontario Departme~t Lands and Forests firmly believed in fire-figh at night. Mr. Dillon said, 11There are many ti when fire can be brought under control at n and all our Department officials and rangers fully aware of our belief in this. Our policy carry round the clock fighting wherever possi An article. "Forest Protection in Ontario' Mr. J. C. Dillon, was printed in the February of the Ca.nadian Geographical Journal. Mr. quoted several examples of fires being foug night. Anyone wishing a copy of this article, get in touch with the Editor. her early in the morning. 11 He also pulled ou sonnel who were already on the fire line to g night's rest to hit her early in the mornin you'e guessed it. By morning, several thou of hose were burned up, the fire jumped th trac~s, and was miles away. Our fire boss is an adherent to this school of thought. Out of some ten fires within the last over half were knocked out and some mop ing the hours of darkness. An outstandin the Healy Creek fire. This one could be as the beginning of a real conflagration. previous days the fire hazard meter stood a A man would kick up dust walking through Conditions were what is known as "explosi The outbreak came at 11 :30 p.m.old slash. Some fifty men with equipmen a distance of a little over a half-mile from road. First one pump, then another was actually required double hose lines in e to get ahead of this one. Back pump and could not get near enough to do any 9 fell back hehind the nozzle men. The h in this instance proved a prime factor in nozzle men to advance by holding the them. In area, this was only a small fire, two acres when attacked and five acres ded and held . Here was a clear cut ca line making fire nipped in the bu? duri It went down in the records as a minor event died into obscurity. On the other hand, supposing ~~e on this same fire had been of a d,f_ thought and action. "Rest well ton• will hit her early in the morning." Th doubt had this trend been fol lowed same administration would have bedco~e fighters. They would have .then a mrn (Continued on Page l S) �Y - JUNE 1 LOG BOOK EST FIRE FIGHTING New Type Fire Extinguisher For Use With Power Saws EMTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY (Continued from Page 14) : Prot Forest partm fire-fi many :rol at ire-fighters battling thousands of acres. Possibly names would have appeared in the limelight and their advice would have carried great weight in ire-fighting circles because of the great fires they fought. We ask: how far-fetched is this type of sing? iners work underground by head lamps, very in more hazardous places than those encountered bush. In a claim-staking rush prospectors have nown to stake by night where lines are compasd blazed so they may be mapped or located on Some companies carry on night logging operwhere loggers use the miners' head-lamps. gether from experimentation and pertinent inon, we are inclined to go along with those who n the following: ere some kind of organization exists and proper ipment is used, night fire-fighting is often more ctive and more economical than day fire-fight- rticle, re dormant night fires are burning themselves it is not wasted effort to patrol these and fretly help these fires with shovel, back pump, zzle to burn themselves out. t fire-fighters can produce considerably more se of less turbulence in the air, because of igher humidity, and because of the cooler air II not fatigue as he would during the heat of y. fires require suppression action twenty-four a day. (By shift crews wherever possible.) • The flashlight is being replaced by the nient light-weight head-lamp which is powr flashlight batteries and is compar~tively -0--- _rtment of Lands and Forests are this training program and it arr~nQements haven't been made I d1tsnct office be contacted and • At the Forest Protection Meeting held in Hearst recently the meeting was told about the "Ansul Emergency Fireman. 11 The Ansul Emergency Fireman will definitely extinguish a larger fire in oil, grease, gas, paper or wood than will other units of a similar size. This type of fire extinguisher was recommended for use with power saws and it is suggested that companies test this Ansul Emergency Fireman and compare it to other types on the market. Forest Fire Film Shown in Maine, U.S.A. A letter was received by the Association as follows: Dear Sir: We are returning the film "Fighting Forest Fires in Northwestern Ontario" to Port Arthur as per instructions on the customs declaration. This is a very fine film and our woods supervisors, foremen and forest fire prevention department join i n expressing their appreciation of your courtesy in loaning us this film. Yours truly, J. H. Heuer Technical Director By: Earl M. Bruce, Safety Engineer. Great Northern Paper Company, Millinocket, Maine, U.S.A. Don't forget to show this film again and again in your camps this summer. Repetition Makes Perfect Ouebec Tightens Forest Fire Regulations strict office of the Department of Lands Port Arthur has arranged for pump crew rams to be held in eight of the district May and early June. in PAGE 15 willing is sugby this details nd Operation of eeting anic~ and supervisory personnel attenmaintenance and operation of mechat Camp 226 Provincial District Abr Company Limited. ' Forest Protection Supervisor, Mr. M. mechanical supervisor of the Lakeon, spoke on the subject "Maintenof Power Pumps used by the Abir Company" and also spoke of the hf the fire-hose with which the one of the operating camps. Approval of a bill aimed at protection of Quebec's forests from destruction by fire was given by the provincial legislature last month. The bill stipulates that anyone convicted of having caused a forest fire, through fault or negligence, will be forbidden to travel through forest areas for one year. In addition to forbidding anyone to smoke while walking through the forest, the bill also forbids smoking in automobiles in these regions. Penalties provide for three months in jail or a maximum fine of $100.00, in addition to the loss of permission to travel through the woods for one year. "People must realize that forests are our main wealth," Premier Duplessis stated. "The forests are the only resource that can renew themselves. They protect the soil, prevent floods, and must be protected at all costs. It's necessary to have severe penalties." . In addition to penalties for those convicted of smoking while travelling through ~·he woods, the new bill forbids the estal.ilishment of sawmills on crown lands, or within one mile of such lands, without the written permission of the Department of Lands and Forests. Also, any person who does not take the necessary measures to prevent fire spreading from his land to neighboring lands is liable on a summary conviction to a fine of up to $200.00 or a maximum imprisonment of six months. Former legislation requiring locomotives to be equipped with spark arrestors was extended to include all cars in the train. Penalties for violation of regufations involving trains will be a maximum of $1,000. Specific infractions mentioned in the .bill include smoking while walking or driving through the woods, dropping matches, cigarettes, cigars, burning tobacco, wads from fire-arms, or any other burning substance. �PAGE 16 LOG BOOK Spruce falls Bundles Pulpwood Originally designed and developed trailers were made by the Spruce Falls Power & Paper Company Limited last year. Seven King trailers were built and began operating in mid-December. The trailers were hauled by 5-ton trucks and equipped with electric brakes control led in the cabs of the trucks. These trailers are 28 feet long, 8 feet wide and carry six 1-cord bundles of 4 foot wood per trip. Each -bundle is individually wrapped with a ¾" chain sling for use in delivery, and also in the mechanical loading and unloading operations. The trucks were hauling from Camp 76 to the conveyor in the mill yard, a distance of 22 miles, 11 miles on the ice roads and 11 miles on the highway. Some 13,500 cords of 4' pulpwood were delivered at an average of 350 cords a day. The trailers were designed to handle only 4' wood, but due to their very successful performance, plans are being made to adapt them to handle wood of longer lengths. This picture was taken at the Intermediate Landing. The wood was separated on the 4 foot racks by means of pickets. For the entire haul these bundles averaged 1. l cords. '.~t:~{t.~ ;:, ~ ..,~>t-- ~-<~,: ., .:: .,,. . . This sho bundles bunting to the p ' , This shows the hau~ing unit en route to the mill. L-5 series of King Trailer being 2 feet longer and gate at our request. The trailer floor was plan 4" x 6" timbers on the outside edge, the 6" side ----o---- I Call 3-8323 i CONSOLI DAT PRESS f I 137 SOUTH MAY STREET I This shows the crane stockpiling when the trucks were not at the Intermediate Landing. The trucks hauled day and night. I WE ARE ANXIOUS TO HE WITH YOUR PRINTING PR •:•--------------..--7 �LOG BOOK puts the pressure on The Law of Osmotic Pressure.· The passing of a solution of higher concentration into a solution of lower concentration when separated by a semi-permeable membrane. In that definition lies the secret of the flow of the sap to the highest branches while the tree is growing. It also defines the natural pressure which is the basis of the "Osmose" method of wood preservation. Naturally and inevitably, "Osmotic Pressure" is established through the high concentration of the ttOsmose" preservatives when applied to green wood. The low concentration of the sap or moisture present in all types of wood is completely penetrated and the preservatives are also carried in to good portions of the heartwood. "Osmotic Pressure" has been measured to develop up to 329 pounds per squ~_re _inch! What simpler way is there to preserve wood? Mopped, dipped or sprayed on by unsk,illed labour, on the job, Nature takes over to provide sure, safe protection •against rot and decay. Widely used by Federal and Prov.incial Governments, leading Mines and Pulp and Paper Companies. 18 years of experience and the treatment of 750,000,000 board feet of wood of all description give evidence to the fact that "Osmose" extends the life of any wood 3 to 5 times. Use "Osmose': products for green wood ... "Pentox" products for dry wood. For cleanJ paintable. fire-retardant preservation of wood, con.rult our Free Service Department. PAGE 17 �PAGE LOG BOOK 18 Annual Meeting of Lumbermen's Safety Association Held in North Bag Timber Cullers Hold Annual Meetings Northwestern Ontario Timber Cullers' Association Len Neva was named president for 1954-55 and other members of the new slate of officers are: George Murray, vice-president; J. R. Denley, reelected Secretary; and Di rectors George Hubbard, Jim Savas, C. W. Macl nnes, Mason Pennock, Len Hawkins and Tom Kelly. The meeting was high-lighted bY. an address by Colonel R. H. Bliss of the Nipigon Lake Timber Com-pany Limited. Colonel Bliss spoke of the tremendous growth of the outlying communities in this part of Ontario, which he has seen first-hand over the past 35 years. Colonel Bliss concluded a very interesting and informative address with an appeal for greater awareness of fire hazards in the bus.h Mr. D. R. Young of Elk Lake, Ontario, was el President of the Association. Northwestern Ontario director, H. S. Mosher re-elected. Directors M. Cochran, S. Farlinger' W. Austin sti II have two yea rs to serve on the Boa Mr. B. F. Avery, President of the KVP Co Limited gave the main address at the meeting. Avery stressed that industrial accidents were the ponsibility of employers and it was the business 0 players to guide a safety program and guard the, ployees against accidents. Special tPreu-fire' Issue A special 'Prevent Forest Fi res' issue of t BOOK was circulated early in May. This spec dealt with the prevention, detection and su of forest fires and gave suggestions as to means by which companies can help in th aspects of the forest fire problem. Western Region Timber Cullers' Association The Annual Meeting of the Timber Cullers' Association of Ontario (Western Region) was held in Dryden recently. There was an excel lent turn-out from Red Lake Fort Frances, Kenora, Vermilion Bay, Dryden and point~ east. Jack Minor of Kenora was elected President. Other officers elected are: Secretary-Treasurer, Harold Redding, Kenora; Members of Executive, William Whiddon and J. Knnutinen. After the meeting a very enjoyable banquet was held at the Riverview Lodge where short speeches from the guests and many good stories of the old days in the lumber camps were told. The next get-together is scheduled for October in Kenora. Scholarships Awarded · At the Annual Convocation Exercises Lakehead Technical Institute held in Port A in May, Mr. G. A. Leachman was awarded t scholarship given by .the Northwestern 0 ber Operators' Association. Mr. Donald Gilder -won the annual $2 arship donated by Marathon Paper Mills Limited. Machinery. Rental lnquir~es lnvit Pluu.e, 'lt/;11,e M 'Jt/uie , Vulca1 Machinery &Equipment CUMBERLAND STREET at McVICAR CREEK PHONE 4-2483 PORT AR �PAGE 19 LOG BOOK \Y - JUNE 1 y ;. Mosher 1"6 ~ru:14 gal/_. 1 Farlinger n the Boar KVP Com meeting. were the "Gas Is Best By Test" usiness of uard their For Timber Camps, large or small - a size for every need. he GARLAND eavy Duty ropane Gas Range The savings and efficiency of a camp or catering operation using Automatic Propane is phenomenal As an exampleA 100-men camp operator usually ~~~ enjoys savings in excess of $110 per month. Fuel costs are ¼ to 1¼ cents Jer meal.f Let us show you some el the performance records. n excellent Heavy Duty Unit with Hot le, 2 open burners and 1 Automatic • Ideal for 50 - 70 man camp . . Any combination of griddles, Hot Top e e e ultiple Automatic Ovens available to e NO ASH OR DIRT FULLY AUTOMATIC OVENS FAST AND EFFICIENT AND ABOVE ALL - ECONOMY CYLINDER OR BULK DELIVERY WRITE, PHONE or WIRE THERI PROPANE GAS CO. LTD. FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO PHONE 2-5318 �LOG BOOK Page 20 FOREST LIBRARY OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO The following list covers some books recently added to the library. If you would care to borrow them: or books on any other topic relating to forestry, write the librarian. Loans are for two weeks, renewable by post-card. Many foresters are taking advantage of our mailing-loan serv1.:e on periodicals. If any readers of the LOG BOOK are interested in this service, the librarian will be pleased to forward a list of the periodicals and a note on the lending arrangements. Ainsworth and Bisby DICTIONARY OF THE FUNGI Oxford, Commonwealth Agriculture Bureau, 1954 A new edition of the standard fungi dictionary. ~merican Pulpwood Association EQUIPMENT HANDBOOK This loose-leaf volume describes most logging equipment and follows new developments closely. Davis, K. P. AMERICAN FOREST MANAGEMENT N. Y., McGraw-Hill; 1954 A new work embracing forest management in a wide sense, after the fashion of Matthews, the "cost control" man. Dilworth, J. R. LOG SCALING AND TIMBER CRUISING Corvallis, Ore., 1952 Books on cruising are rare. This is a good one, though part of its emphasis is on West Coast problems. Isenberg, I. H. PULPWOODS OF UNITED STATES AND CANADA Appleton, Wis., Institute of Paper Chemistry, 1950 Ontario Department of Lands and Forests WHITE PAPER ON FORESTRY, 1954 This controversial item will be, or should to many foresters. Pinchot, Gifford BREAKING NEW GROUND N. Y., Harcourt, Brace, 1947 The autobiography of perhaps the greatest American ester. It makes up into a stimulating history American forestry. Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada DIRECTORY OF WOODLAND RESEARCH, Montreal, A survey, project by project: of most woodland going on in Canada. It is to be kept up-to-date. Quenouille, M. INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS, London, Butterworth, 19 Recommended to us as the best possible book for ester applying statistiics to phases of his work. Reimann, L. INCREDIBLE SENEY Ann Arbor, Northwoods Pub., 1954 Good recreational reading about the lumber town in Michigan. Trippensee, R. • WILD-LIFE MANAGEMENT; FURBEARERS, AND FISH. N. Y. McGraw-Hill, 1953 Latest volume of work covering entire field of management. Canadian species, Canadian probl well covered. Jenny, Hans FACTORS OF SOIL FORMATION N. Y., McGraw-Hill, 1941 Discussion of time, parent material, topography, climate, and organisms as soil-forming factors. Wilson, E. B. INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH N. Y., McGraw-Hill, 1953 Some chapter titles suggest the book's range: statement of a research problem; Searching ture; Design of experiments; Classification, sam measurement; Analysis of experimental data; and randomness. Lyon, T. L. THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF SOILS N. Y., Macmillan, 1952 This makes an excellent introduction to anyone turning to a study of soils. There are chapters on vapor and liquid losses of soil moisture; soil air; soil temperature; soil acidity and alkalin}ty; and oonstiltuents such as lime, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Zumwalt, E. V. TAXATION AND OTHER FACTORS AFFECTIM FORESTRY IN CONNECTICUT New Haven, Yale University, 1953 Though this focusses on an area with to Northwestern Ontario, there are many pag discussion on hazards, markets, and taxes tha to anyone owning wooded property. Maine University INDUSTRIAL LECTURES ON PULP AND PAPER N. Y., Lockwood Trade Journal, 1953 More than half this book is given to pulpwoods and pulping processes including a clear, readable treatment of semi-chemical pulping. Hagglund, E. THE CHEMISTRY OF WOOD N. Y., Academic Press, 1951 This is a translation of a noted European consider it the best single-volume pres~n field, especially for its treatment of pulpi It's Boating time -- time for famous Johnson Motors and dependable Peterborough Boats l Whatever you desire in boats, canoes or Johnson Outboards you'll find .. them available NOW at Marshall - Wells. Ask for a free catalogue on . both Peterborough Bo_ats and 1954 Johnson Outboards. MARSHALL-WELLS • WRITE, WIRE or PHONE FOR FULL PARTICULARS TODAY PORT ARTHUR, ONT. �1954 PAGE 21 LOG BOOK • Why Borden's Trumilk is the Ideal Milk for your Camp 1. All the food value of fresh whole milk! rork. 4. For drinking, cooking and every other milk use! Just add TRUMILK to cold water, mix, and in a jiffy, you have milk ready for drinking. 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It's a 3-in-1 mixer: (1) mixes (2) stores (3) dispenses. Mixers available at cost in 5 gal. and 2½ gal. capacity. Order from your nearest distributor. Heavily protected with an outer plywood drum, the inner vacuum-sealed metal container protects freshness of Trumilk indefinitely! Also has inner friction-top cover to protect contents after seal is broken. r HE BORDEN •COMPANY, LIMITED. MILK DEPARTMENT, Spadina Crescent, Toronto 4, Ontario. HE BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED, 407 McGill Street, Montreal, Quebec. A. ff. BRADBURY McKENZIE, STEPHENSON LIMITED 13 North Wharf, Saini John, N.B. 345 Higgins Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba T. A. MacNAB & CO. LIMITED, City Club Bldg., P.O. Box 7851 St. John's, Nfld. �PAGE 22 LOG BOOK Mapping and Identifying Timber Stands by Aerial Obseruation A few Practical Applications of the Resulting Information In a discussion of aerial timber mapping, or aerial sketching, as it should be properly called; as the qualitative inventory is made entirely by hand from elevations not under 3000'; a reference to the aims and objectives of the aerial examiner, through a short description of type, age class, and species identification, might prove of some interest. Primarily the survey may be accelerated or considerable time consumed dependent upon the accuracy of the existing ground control, which in this work constitutes a main and governing factor in the accuracy of the final results obtained. This merely resolves itself into obtaining base maps prior to the commencement of the reconnaisance upon which all topographic features such as lakes, rivers, roads, etc. are properly located. As practically the entire province has now been photographed, adequate base maps are now available. Forest types generally follow the contours, paralleling the rivers or lake shores and in the main, tie into these waterways, which must first be accurately located prior to plotting in forest conditions over the tract under study. Barring unproductive areas such as swamps and rock outcrops, all lands upon which forest growth occurs, can be broadly divided by age classification into either mature, second growth or immature types. These can be readily identified from aerial observations from practically any workable altitude. However, with ground control adequately represented, altitudes of from 3000 to 4500 feet lend themselves most favourably to combined age class determination and species identification. The area under examination is then gridded from the air; back and forth, unti I the colored pattern below, ·resembling a carpet or rug, has been unscrambled by hand and the species, age classes and non-operable and unproductive types have been properly delimited and accurately located upon the provided base maps. Commencing with immature stands; old burns or possibly old cut-over as they are frequently alluded to; these types show up quite clearly from the above altitudes due to the disparagement in heights in comparison to adjacent unburned mature trees, which are usually somewhere about. Failing this, the feathery, undeveloped spiked crowns immediately place these stands in the immature category. To further indicate the limits to which the examiner endeavours to confine himself in isolating these types, ages up to possibly 45 years and diameter breast heights not exceeding 4" in pulp softwoods; 6" in other coniferous species and 6" in hardwood stands gen.erally constitute the age and diameter limits of these immature areas. These types are further broken down on the type map and are represented in l 0 to 15 year .age spreads. The sizes so indicated may of course vary over different site conditions, but a definite attempt is made to keep within this age range which usually embraces these diameter classes. With respect to merchantibi lity these types are not commercial and indicate potential value only. Second growth stands show up readily from the air, due to the flat, table-top appearance of the crown. These stands have not yet commenced to open up and the crowns appear even and level. These types may embrace age classes of from 45 to 80 years. As edge toward maturity, it is on occasion, difficul definitely state whether they should be classified mature or second growth, merchantibility however ing apparent in either case. Conversely, at the end of the range, the examiner is sometimes quandary whether to designate as immature or s growth. Ground examinations in these few insta through landings are sometimes necessary. Pulpwood diameter classes in second g stands are usually considered as within the ran from 4" to 6" with bardwoods; 6" to 8" at D. White pine, red pine, and jack pine diameter c on the other hand, still within the above range classes often represent tie or sawlog material. These second growth stands are usually de commercially upon the product and the util contemplated and generally speaking they sug hold of short duration prior to cropping. Site tions, however are often governing factors a quently large diameters wi 11 be encountered wit second growth age range. -Regardless of the di present, these stands should still be classified as growth, providing the crown has not yet com to open up. Mature stands are more easily distinguis these have reached their height growth and this period the suppressed and intermediate tr fallen by the wayside, in their race for light co-dominants have lagged behind. This, from (Continued on Page 26) r----·--·-·-·-··-·-1 II NOW ONLY $295. i i I i I- I I I I 't i Rocket Kl PM Chain Sa...,, "WORKS IN ANY POSITIOn See Your Dealer or POTTER & K 11021 MEMORIAL AVE. LIMITED I ,t _ AUTOMOTIVE -:- U--iDUS __::~~=~UIPMEM1 �PAGE 23 LOG BOOK NSERVATION ) years. As sion, difficul be classifi ,ility however ;;ely, at the sometimes mature or s ?Se few i nsta ssary. second g hin the ran to 8" at D. diameter c )ove range 11aterial. usually de d the util g they su ping. Site factors a .mtered wi s of the di :lassified as ,t yet co distinguis owth and 11ediate t for light rhis, fro t5. • • • We hear this term uery often. e U.S. Materials Policy Commission to the President has the following exposition Conservation in the first volume. he question of conservation of resources and Is is tied with this generation's responsibility provide for the next. Most thoughtful persons hat conservation is a good idea, but there are ifferences as to how best - and how much -ect the future claimants against the Nation's of resources. e Nation faces a very real and growing conproblem, but many of our difficulties in aghat to do about it arises from failure to rethe economic dimensions of the problem. e popular fallacy is to regard our resource base d inventory which, when used up, wi II leave ith no means of survival. A related fallacy ysical waste equals econo.mic waste, the feelit is wasteful to use materials in ways that attitude can lead to devoting a dollar's worth a few cents worth of waste paper together lead to a hairshirt conservation which makes it synonymous with hoarding. A sound concept of conservation, in view of the Com·mission, is one which equates it with efficient management - efficient use of resources and of manpower and materials; a positive concept compatible with growth and high consumption in place of abstinence -and retrenchment. "In developing America, our forebears consumed resources extravagantly, but we are certainly better off in materials supply than they were. It would be unreasonable for us, their posterity, to suggest that they should have consumed less so that we might consume more. "If, then, through developing the opportunities inherent in the flexibility of our resource base, we can provide our posterity with a better return of goods and services for their labour than we get for ours, we need not feel compelled to restrain specific consumption of materials to make theirs even larger - any more than our forebears needed to conserve bayberries for candles to light a generation that lives by kilowatts. "We can, if our basic materials policy is sound, provide for posterity the prospect of increasing con~ (Continued on Page 24) ust for Right-of-Way Brush Clearance BRUSHMASGJ[BR GDTWEIGHT New Brosh Cutting Mae.b ioe or UGGARD NT COMPANY LTD. PORT ARTHUR, ONT. • Only 35 lbs., easily carried and operated by one man. • Field Tested, now in Daily Use ! • ONE MAN accomplishes the work of SIX! �PAGE 24 LOG BOOK CONSERVATION .. . ·We hear this term very Prime Minister Proclaims National forest Conseruation Weeh (Continued from Page 23) Forest Conservation Week took place May 17 - 24, and was given a good start by a message from the· Prime Minister of Canada as follows: "I am pleased to have this opportunity to commend to my fellow Canadians the observance of Forest Conservation Week ·during the Week of May 17 - 24. "The Canadian Forestry Association is doing a real service to this country in drawing attention to the need for the protection and development of our for·e sts. As was emphasized at a nation-wide conference on Canada's natural resources held in Ottawa in April, the continued prosperity of our country and the welfare of future generations depends on the intelligent use of those riches which nature has bestowed upon us, such as our forests. 'I am confident that Canadians will welcome efforts of the Canadian Forestry Association and provincial organizations towards the preservation of forests and that they will co-operate in ensuring success of that tine work." I The LOG BOOK records with regret the d'eath of Roy Street, age 72, one of the oldest licensed scalers in the Province of Ontario. the its our the sumption without stinting ourselves by restrict; rates of efficient withdrawals of our resources. "Conservation is something Ieavi ng oi I ;n the ground or trees theory that by sacrificing lower value uses t will leave something for the highter value use morrow when supplies will be scarcer. Using r today is an essential part of making our econo materials which become embodied in today's goods, for example, are put to work and he tomorrow's production higher. "Hoarding resources in the expectation important use later involves a sacrifice that be recouped; technological changes and new discoveries may alter a situation completely. not be wise to refrain from using zinc tod grandchildren will not know what to do with row. But, following a course of conserva • weighs economic factors carefully is v er from the eat, drink and be merry philosophy no point in judicious restraint and no over posterity's welfare. 11 ----o--- BE PREPARED for the dry weather ahe Have a Supply of PARAMOUNT CU or CHIEF FORESTRY PUMPS on hand with Fire Hose. Both the Pumps and Hose are available at .Northland Machinery Supply Co. 430 WATERLOO STREET PHONE 3-7407 FORT WILLIA �LOG BOOK PAGE 25 rces. 1 to 2 HOURS Ease of adjusting tracks permits proper tension ~ at all times with HYDRADJUSTER 2 to 3 MINUTES Designed for Caterpillar, Allis-Chalmers and International tractors. Field - tested 3 years. Over 6000 installations. Hydradjuster is a scientifically designed hydraulic track adjuster to replace the nut and adjusting bolt. A standard grease _gun, filled with ordinary grease, operates the Hydradjuster. In 2 to 3 minutes, the idler is shoved forward and the track is adjusted for efficient operation. Pays for itself in 6 months on time saved in adjusting tracks. Cuts maintenance cost ~aused by loose tracks. Low cost . . . easy installation . . . guaranteed operation. Write or phone for full information and i Ilustrated literature. Manufacturers of Construction, Logging and Mining Equipment. Factory: WOODSTOCK, Ontario Branch Office: PORT ARTHUR, Ontario �LOG BOOK PAGE 26 MAPPING AND IDENTIFYING TIMBER STANDS BY AERIAL OBSERVATIONS AND A FEW PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE RESULTING INFORMATION (Continued from Page 22) presents an uneven appearance, the stand has opened up and one can look down through the openings to the ground cover. Over-maturity is merely an accentuated condition of the above description with poorer stocking resulting. The hardwoods moreover have now taken on a rounded crown and an individuality not apparent in the level aspect of their second growth condition some years before. A hardwood crown, more than any other single or group of factors will at once classify the age group of the type in question. Now species identification is based mainfy upon different intensities or shadings of green with crown shapes as secondary. Black spruce and balsam fir are indistinguishable from aerial observations, but as pulp material is usually indicated, differentiaation is not of prime necessity. White spruce saw timber, on the other hand, extends up through the surrounding crown cover and these crown spikes are quite noticeable; they are usually located on well drained soils, river banks, lake shores or inland ridges, usually in association with balsam and hardwood. Second growth spruce and balsam stands are determined from the darker green foliage of mature species, by a more even crown level and a bluer green appearance. Olive green predominates in jackpine identification and varies in intensity from a dark yellow green in mature stands to a distinct olive green in second growth and immature stands. White pine is readily distinguishable from red or Norway pine in colour and particularly in crown shapes. The spaced lateral side branching, typical of white pine, in an aerial plan view, appears flat and has not the rounded shape of the evenly branched foliage in the crown of the Norway. It possesses moreover a darker green colour, the red pine showing up as an olive gref'n. Hemlock presents almost a spruce intensity of green in some lights and an olive green in others; the crown however appears of a feathery nature. Cedar appears yellow to a dirty grey in winter; while tamarack or larch is very easily identified in the summer as a very light pea green to a yellow in the fall season prior to defoliation. Light and darker greens are the main determining factors in the separation of the intolerant hardwoods, poplars and white birch with different greens again evident amongst the tolerant hardwoods further southward, where hard maple and yellow birch can, with practice, be identified. In summation therefore, the crown colour distinc- tion in aerial timber sketching provides the main for the resulting detai I and denotes not only the cies present in the stand compositions as well as classes but assists materially in quality classifica and the presence of infestations, etc. Thus c colours supplied through a direct ocular exa~i provide the main advantages in a more positive i fication over any other methods of typing forest ventories. The final results of the survey, resolve them into a linen tracing of the area in question serves as a permanent record; a vandyke or neg~t, case additional prints should be required; a linen ed, oil coloured and surfaced type map, which ind at a glance the age class distribution and re merchantibility contained within the parcel; and port. On the type map, age classes are delimi species in the form of: over-mature stands second growth and immature areas, with ages' in in the last two categories within a ten to fift spread. Saw-timber is segregated from pulpwo chantable and potential stands are delimited fro unmerchantable; with all waste areas separa classified. A descriptive legend is contained each type boundary analysing the quality and of the contained type with mixtures indicated centages. Any resulting g r o u n d sampling essen quantative inventory is curtailed to a mini a few continuous strips in the represented dicated are sufficient to form the basis for ably accurate inventory; or the plotting of should a more intensive estimate be requisi The popularity accorded this phase of inventory can be attributed to: l Speed of operation- A six mi le to square miles) can on an average, at the mile to the inch, be completed in two time, exclusive of ferry time. At 40 c hours are required and at 20 chains to th four to five hours flying. Areas equiva square miles can be completed in one d~ curable weather conditions. Ground part, could be supplied with duplicate maps . days following the completion of the aeri 2 Inexpensive operation- constitutin tion of the cost of othe-r methods. 3 Accuracy of results with colour predominant identifying factor. T~e ularly adaptable to a quick reconnarsan sale or purchase of timbered parcels. C for working plans also provide much value. ORDER YOUR REQUIREMENTS NOW ■ ■ ■ Our new Wholesale Hardware warehouse is modernly equipped to serve Lumbering and Mining Industries; the Retail Stores; Plumbing, Heating Contractors in Northwestern Ontario. COCHRANE HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LIM 105 North Cumberland Street, Port Arthur - Dial �----- PAGE 27 LOG BOOK he main only the 5 well as classifica Thus, c • examin ,ositive i ng fore CATIONS RECEIVED BY ASSOCIATION OFFICE The following Publications have been received from the y Branch, Department of Resources and Development, Ott- Leaflet No. 76- Variation in Jack Pine Seedlings by J. L. Farrar. 77- An Attempt to Grow White Pine Under an Aspen Stand-Project P-331 by K. T. Logan and J. L. Farrar. 78- Distribution of Radiophosphorous in Red Pine Seedlings--Project P-370 by J. L. Farrar. 79- Reduction of Growth in Conifers Caused by Red Belt in the Subalpine Region of Alberta-Project K-73 by A. W. Blyth. 11 11 ve thern 1estion, or negati a linen hich ind, and res :el; and delimit ands, ages in o fifte !ilpwood ed fro 11 ransportation By Gravity over a Suspended Wire By A. Koroleff and R. D. Collier s a bulletin which gives a full, up-to-date review of ment and techniques which have been developed in ing. slopes have always been a problem to the logger The of taking advantage of the steep slope in letting gravity e wood over a suspended wire is obvious and the Pulp Research Institute of Canada in co-operation with the Canada as well as in the United States, has pioneered ment of practical application of this prinoiple. kidding has now reached a point where it definitely may be said to be established and this book by Mr. A Koroleff and Mr. R. D. Collier will be of considerabfie help to all loggers operating in the type of terrain where wir'e skidding may be applied. Copies may be obtained from the McGill University Book Store, 3480 University Street, Montreal, P.Q. at a cost of $2 .00 each. ADVERTISERS NEWS Huggard Equipment Company Limited, to keep with the development of Nortthwestern Ontario with faith rn the future in this district, opened premises on Memorial Avenue between Port Arand Fort William recently. Huggard Equipment Company Limited, agents for a score of prominent Canadian and American man4facturers, was host to business associates and civic officials of both cities at the formal showing of their new premises at 1010 Memorial Avenue. R. C. Huggard of Winnipeg, President of the firm, said, "We have great faith in the future of this area and with the coming of the deep sea waterway there w:11 be no holding it back. They are particularly aware of this in Manitoba and the government is expecting a tremendous flow of traffic on the highway between here and the west." A. H. 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Bulldozers, wagons, logging arches, loaders, side booms, snow p!ows, winches, scrapers, and other matched tools allow its profit-mak· ing ability to be used on a variety of tasks. Let u~ show you how the D4 can serve and save for you. Stop by soon! POWEll EQUIPMEl1 POil AITIII WII � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Log Book - Timber Operators' Association Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1954MayJuneLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - May June 1954 Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Log Book, published by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association. May June 1954. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/14bd9ea7e543555d13a190d978b660ed.pdf 724c3c63c4d5e21e5380c864e69f0894 PDF Text Text ne paper ,sive grad gh a wide Y or whol r papers FORESTRY LIBRARY 1uch as $1 Woods Division Corp. of Canada -Ltd. r a simila 1es, blotte magazin orms, sh ;heets, s ·ency. are lig ,dths of twenty roducti of one .. a ef et!!t,, Public Utilit:te~ Building, R1' ARTiftJRJ Ontario& �LOG BOOK PAGE 2 JOHNSON NEW • POWERFUL • VER-SATILE Desiga~d To Take H . 9 . . . ... . . ' . ... .. ELECTRIC STARTING ! Also Equipped For Manual Starting 9 GEAR SHIFT Forward, Neutral, Reverse 9 REMOTE CONTROL (Shift and Throttle) 9 JOHNSON SEA-HORSE 25 SUSPENSION DRIV Isolates Vibration and Noise 9 FUEL SYST 6 and 4 Gallons JOHNSON SEA-HORSE 10 FOR EVERY JOB FOR EVERY BUDGET JOHNSON SEA-HORSE 5½ Complete . Parts and Service Dept. The new Sealogue, packed mation, write phone for you see the NEW MOTORS at rooms MOW f JOHNSON SEA-HORSE 3 ~ HSERVICE AFTER SALES" TWIN CITY INDUSTRI EQUIPMENT. LIMITED Memorial A venue �PAGE 3 LOG BOOK 0RTHWESTERN ONTARIO TIMBER OPERATORS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS tt. STYFFE ....................................................................................... President . AUDEN .......................................................................... :... Vice-President EXECUTIVE M. COCHRAN .W~N ·-ro DB'ESTcltYrs, LI .RARY t's Messafl' ort Arthur, Ontario s March-April lssue of the ng of the 1953-54 season and season. had a fairly good year in 1953-54. Production le higher than the previous season and more e employed . It's too early to know the overall for the coming logging year but I predict as good as last year and, perhaps a little is time, I request all operators to give some d make some plans for the 1954 forest fire oods operators in Northwestern Ontario know of an active forest fire prevention came must not relax our efforts but redouble do everything possible to ensure that our ations and woods workers are not respony fires in 1954. H. H. "Bert" Styffe, President , 1954 - Annual Meeting of the Lumafety Association, North Bay, Ontario. and 23rd - Canadian Forestry Assocsor conference in Ottawa on "Policy a's Renewable National ltesources," urier, Ottawa, Canada. Annual Meeting Northwestern OntCanadian Institute of Forestry, Port Forest Conservation Week 66 L. 0- ~ein are still available from ntano Timber Operators' Associat- G ide to Fo_remanship and Loggi ng Bui·1d·ing, Port Arthur, Ontario. 'bi given <:>ld at 25~ e_ach and are highly to Junior supervisors and 5 'W ho a re " coming • a Iong 11 in the in- D. C. Euerest To Speah at Annual Meeting of Northwestern Ontario Section, C. I. F. Officers of the Northwestern Ontario Section, Canadian Institute of Forestry, announced· that the Annual Meeting of this branch will be held April 30th in Port Arthur, Ontario. Mr. D. C. Everest, Chairman of the Board, Marathon Paper Mills Corporation, will be guest speaker. ----o---- C. B~Dauis Addresses Port Arthur Rotary Club Mr. C. B. Davis, Woodlands Vice-President of the Abitibi Power and Paper Company Limited and president of the Ontario Forest Industries Association addressed the Port Arthur Rotary Club on the subject "Labour, Human and Public Relations" recently. Speaking of the woods industry, Mr. Davis told the service club: "I can't think of anything this industry has not been accused of concerning the tnanagement of the forests in its charge" "It has been accused from many platforms and in many papers of wantonly destroying the forest through over-cutting, failure to plant a tree for each tree cut· abusing its employees; having far more forest than it ·needs; closing the forests to its rightful owners, to yo~ and me, the public; and on and on ad infinitum." "To date," he continued, "the industry has not done much to get across to the pub Iic the facts and so long _as it fai Is to do so, there wi 11 be many more damning speeches made and words written." '_'lnf?rm~tion on the cre~it side of the industry," he said, which could be easrly proven, included: That the forests are of more vital importance to the industry than to anyone else because they furnish the very lifeblood of the mills, and therefore must be protected and sustained forever." That the forest were not being overcut they are being undercut." ' . Forest laboratories, plantations nurseries and operating treatments near the Lakehead and elsewhere are being used to try to determine whether the forest can do a better job than man in the matter of regeneration." The industry does not as a whole have more forest than it needs. Each ton of paper produced daily here, for example, requires an investment of $175,000 in plant and facilities," the speaker said. "Such an enormous investment needs long term security and the fact is, a constant battle must be waged against fire, in"sects and disease to ensure our forests will provid~ the continuous supplies needed." Employees in the industry, at the Lakehead and across the province, were among the highest paid and best cared for in the world today." The industry does not cl9se the forest to you and me - it cannot. It can close a road it has built at its own expense so that life and property, including the forest, may be protected." "Good human relations"J Mr. Davis concluded, "require that these things be told to, and shown to the public, in a clear and interesting way, so that real support to honest effort might be forthcoming." "It doesn't matter whether one talks about labor relations, public relations, or human relations, the things that really count are integrity, sincerity and performance!. If one has these things~ good relatibns must fol low." �PAGE 4 LOG BOOK MARCH - APRIL. The Contribution of Aerial Photography to forest Management By K. W. Hearnden "Forest Management" is, indeed, a popular subject for discussion and writing these days, not only for the governmental and industrial agencies which are expected to do something about it, but also for the public which is reminded periodically by legislators, individuals and special groups that our forest lands must be scientifically operated for perpetual yield. Concepts of the manner in which this art should or will be practiced range from the popular "plant a tree for every one cut" to the equally impracticable "select and mark every tree to be cut." Foresters, whose job it is to study and develop economical methods of logging which will ensure maximum growth and reproduction of our forests are working on these problems and while they are not always in agreement as to methods, it is accepted that whatever we do in the woods should be guided by long term forest management plans. These plans, under which most timber companies are now operating, indicate the total volume of wood which may be cut annually and in perpetuity on a given concession or block. They are based, chiefly, upon timber inventories which show, for any given area, the acreage occupied by softwood, mixed wo0d and hardwood stands, by age classes, and the volumes, by species, which they now contain. It will be appreciated that the task of securing all this basic information, particularly when several thousand square miles of woodlands are involved, as is common in Northwestern Ontario, could be a long and costly one if a thorough job is to be done. This was the case, until recent years, when survey parties spent many months travelling the limits, systematically eris-crossing large areas at regular intervals, mapping lakes and rivers and sampling the stands encountered. A good deal of time was spent, inevitably, in crossing unproductive areas, burns, muskegs and unmerchantable stands which would have been avoided if possible. In recent years, however, this picture has been changed, radically, by the advent of aerial photography. A pioneer in the use of aerial photographs in conjunction with forest surveys was Roland Craig, Chief of Surveys for the Forestry Branch of the Dominion Government. In 1926 he was able to obtain the services of the- RCAF in photographing areas in Manitoba for which a forestry inventory was required. While the oblique photography provided was not altogether suitable, he was able to group the stands on the photographs, eliminating poor stands and waste areas which required no examination by the survey parties. As a result the survey was completed in two years, rather than the estimated 6 to 10 which would have been spent without the aid of aerial photographs. By 1930 H. E. Seeley, of the Dominion Forest Service, had carried his research in the use of aerial photographs to the stage at which he had developed methods for the measurement of tree heights on both oblique and vertical aerial photographs, and of using tree heights to estimate volumes of wood in stands. Shortly after this he perfected the first satisfactory instrument for transferring forestry detail from aerial the photographs to base maps. Better cameras, films and photographic interpretation methods were developed during the war and values which had never been attainable before were being derived from aerial photographs. In 1946 the Department of Lands and Forests Ontario embarked upon an immense project, the known· forest resources inventory. If it had been omically possible to support a survey of this scale years ago, it would have been impractical, neverthe because of the many years of field work which have been required-so many, perhaps, that the i tory would have been out of date by the time it completed. The decision of officials in the D ment to use aerial photography in the inventory Ontario was well taken and greatly reduced the required to complete the project. By 1948 m Northwestern Ontario had been photographed a inches to 1 mile vertical aerial coverage of large could be secured for inventory purposes. Timber companies holding woodlands under from the Crown are required to submit invento mates and type maps covering the areas held Department of Lands and Forests, and to prepare term forest management plans showing, in some usually for a 100 year period, where logging conducted, what volume will be cut annually, t tions of main access roads, camps, dams, and th developments. There are definite limits to the of time and money which can be spent on stoc and general planning. The industry was therefor to adopt measures which gave promise of econ obtained, satisfactory results and developed for securing the maximum of information from ial photographs with a minimum of time spent vey parties in the field. Thanks to the efforts and other investigators it is now possible to a forest inventory for as large an area as 10,0 miles in little more than one year. The picture of forest areas that is now through aerial photographs enables the foreste operations for many years ahead, to establish tions of future logging areas, and to select locations for main access roads and camps. of this planning to any company will be obvio day has passed when camps could be locat dom in what seemed to be endless areas of ber drained by rivers and lakes offering transport of the annual cut to the mill. Aerial photography is now taking an i important place in the annual and short ter of woodlands operations and development. to which aerial photographs are used in com tailed operational surveys varies considera?IY pany to company in Northwestern Ontario. ority prefer to carry on with intensive, sy5f 'veys usually involving cruise lines spaced a intervals on which sampling is done by _me or continuous tally. In this case the _aenalf are used only to assist in the location boundaries, to provide information as to which need not be sampled and as to features which wi II be recorded on the ba ° Although the scale of aerial photofgr: ai lable to most companies, i.e., 1,320 ee not as large as could be desired for ?Peh and volume estimation, a few companies,, 1 finite efforts to reduce tthe amount 0 ~ t costs, which must be expected when e (Continued on Page 16) �LOG BOOK d For ?Ct, t :i bee :his s neve whic at th tim PAGE 5 Euclid Tractor and Semi-Trailer the The Tractor is powered with a 27 5 H.P. "Cummins" Diesel Motor. Trailer is 140 feet long and 12 feet wide. Trailer can be modified for different length pulpwood and logs for various operations - load capacity 50 tons. Designed especially by Euclid for G. H. Godsall .Equipment Ltd. in an effort to obtain a 1unit suitable for the Pulp and Paper industry in Canada on long hauling on all-weather road direct from ■bush operations to mill site. Call, write or wire ■ Godsall Equipment Ltd. PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �LOG BOOK PAGE 6 T. S. Jones and F. L. Stevens Chant, Secretary-Engineer and Class 1. Safety Code This subject which had been studied at a pre meeting held in Fort Frances, Ontario, was again ied during the morning session. Several recorn ations were made in respect to proper care and u various hand t•.ools as well as suggestions to cover injuries and injuries caused by rolling or sliding This study is to be continued at the next meetin ANNUAL MEETING Northwestern Ontario Woods Branch, Ontario Pulp and Paper Molters' Safety Association The Annual Meeting of the Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' S a f et y A:::isociation, Northwestern Ontario Woods Branch, was held in Port Arthur on February 25, 1954. Mr. A. L. K. Switzer, Assistant Manager, Woodlands, Longlac Pulp and Paper Company Limited, was elected Chairman. Other officers elected were: Honourary Chairman P. V. LeMay Past Chairman G. K. Eoll Vice-Chairman R. A. Hallor.quist Secretary - A. Walterson Executive Member - T. S. Jones At this meeting the film "Safe Cutting and Piling" which was made under the auspices of this Branch with the approval and financial assistance of the parent body was shown. This is a 16mm. colored talkie and should be of great assistance in showing new employees safe methods of cutting and piling. It will also bring out for old employees the common hazards encountered in this phase of the woods operation. New Films To Be Made The Association has undertaken to produce two more films in 1954 and the first one will be on River Driving. It was recommended to the parent Association that the following be appointed as a Film Production Committee: H. K. Campbell, G. K. Eoll, L. M. Lein, John Currie Address by Dr. S. J. Nav~n Dr. S. J. Navin, Resident doctor at the Ma Paper Mills of Canada operations at Caramat, ad the group on his impressions of safety in the gathered from his seven and one-half years' expe This excel lent address was appreciated by all p Safe Clothing A pol I was made of the member compa find out the various reactions to the use of saf ing in the woods. Several companies indicated that it is thei ion to make it compulsory for all employees hard has, safety clothing and buoyant clothin applicable. It is the considered opinion of the Safe iation that the use of safety clothing will prev accidents and also cut down on the severity that do happen. It is to be hoped that the c ion of all concerned will be given to this ve effort to prevent and cut down the severity of Abitibi Sault Ste. Morie Diuision Wins Tro The Abitibi Power and Paper Compan Sault Ste. Marie Division, which operates Ontario, won the 1953 Ontario Pulp & Pa Safety Association Award for woods operati Congratulations tc Woods Manager Ma gan and members of his staff for their to the employees of the Sault Ste. Marie taking part in the safety program which a excellent record in 1953. ORDER YOUR REQUIREMENTS NOW -o------ (Additional Safety News on • • • Our new Wholesale Hardware warehouse is modernly equipped to serve the Logging. Lumbering and Mining Industries; the Retail Stores; Plumbing, Heating and Building Contractors in Northwestern Ontario. COCHRANE HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LIMIT£ 105 North Cumberland Strlet, Port Arthur - Dial 5-73 �APRIL 1954 LOG BOOK Hat Saues Li/e? Here's the storyMr. Norbert Lafontaine, an employee of the Newaygo Timber Company Limited, Mosher, Ontario, a slingman unloading pulpwood with the steam crane crew, was standing a short distance from the crane with his view slightly obstructed by steam from the crane, and as the cable slings were pulled free from the bundle of pulpwood be,ing dropped, they snapped back hitting hin, on the head and bruising his nose slightly. The safety hat was knocked off his head by the force of the blow and took a chip our of the hat. It is apparent that the blow was fairlv severe a n d without t h safety hat, likely a serious injury would have resulted. The employee himselt is certain of this and has become a real booster for the safety hat. e THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED CANADA ONTARIO rnpa ·ate Pa per r ·hei uie ch g. 119 PATENT- 41135-6 CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR TREE-LENGTH SLASHER AND LOADER Nesco Equipment Ensures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous Operation �LOG BOOK PAGE 8 .:Jlie d/.rudl Sru,: "Gas Is Best By Test" The GARLAND Heavy Duty Propane Gas Range For Timber Camps, large or small - a size for every need. The savings and elficiency of a camp or catering operation usin Automatic Propane is phenomen As ·an exampleA 100-men camp operator usu enjiji~savings iO excess ofS per month. Fuel costs are 1¼ cents per meal. 3 Let us show you some of th pertormance records. This is an excellent Heavy Duty Unit with Hot Top, Griddle, 2 open burners and 1 Automatic Oven . . . Ideal for 50 - 70 man camp . . . . . Any combination of griddles, Hot Top Sections, Multiple Automatic Ovens available to suit your needs. • •• • NO A.SH OR DIRT FU LLY A.UTOMA.TIC OVENS FA.ST A.ND EFFICIENT A.ND A.BOVE A.LL - ECONOMY CYLINDER OR BULK DELIVERY WRITE, PHONE or WIRE NORTHERN PROPANE GAS CO. Lt BOX 325 FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO �PAGE 9 LOG BOOK ra Board of Trade Visits ora and William Cleavely of Fort Frances was set up to investigate the various avenues of accomplishing the importance of bringing forestry and forestry techniques into the public eye. B. Seppala discussed bush road development in the region. do Bush Operations A tour of Mando Camps 311 and 314 of the Ontinnesota Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Kenora Division, was made recently by members of the a Board of Trade. E. E. Crandall, resident manEmmitt Anderson, plant superintendent; C. W. Woods operation superintendent; A. E. Minor, Supervisor; and E. L. Carter, office manager, acthosts. . A. O'Flaherty, President of the Board of Trade, ed appreciation of the Company's courtesy in the operations first hand. 5 LAKE OF THE WOODS SECTION, CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY ELECTS OFFICERS At a recent meeting of the Lake of the Woods Section, Canadian Institute of Forestry, held in Dryden, the following officers for 1954-55 were elected: Chairman - Graham A. Cox, Kenora Vice-Chairman - Carl V. Pochailo, Kenora Secretary - James R. Keddie, Kenora Councillors - Noel Golder, Fort Frances Lou Ringham, Kenora Robert Bunney, Dryden A committee was appointed to draft a series of articels on general forestry practice to be submitted to local papers for publication. newspaper account of the trip ended as follows: 's a pity more citizens could not view these exbush operations, which gives some 600 men jobs in harvesting the lumber crops for the paper mi 11." the Woods Section, C. I. f. at Mondo Camp L-309 ADVERTISERS' NEWS program for the meeting was arranged by er of Fort Frances, Ontario. 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GIBSON MOTORS LIMITED Authorized Ford Dealfl, - Thunder Bay District FORT WILLIAM �LOG BOOK PAGE 10 Last Year's 1953 Score Number of Fires By Month ... ~ "' 0 Cl) ~ I.I ~ ..,_ :.? 0 '/\arch iii C 0 "'O ... ii ca "' ~-2 .c .. ... ca () ~ 0 Cl) CI) ~ ~ ~ Ill ~ C, ciii ..... 't;I- "iii iii 0. C en Cl) ca ::..i: zo ___________________________ _ 5 April ----------------------------- -May t0 0 ~ IA. ► ~ ~ Cl) .. t )I( C t0 .. .c ~ 0 0 ...I C --------------------------·- --- 15 June 17 10 32 127 12 26 65 4 1 11 1 3 17 13 48 3 7 3 1 14 36 11 3 4 2 1 July -------------------------------- 4 8 4 6 August ---------------------------- 5 9 8 6 September ------------------------ 2 2 1 October ---------------------------- 3 6 1 1 4 1 10 1 3 3 1 November ---------·----------·--- - TOTAL -------··--··--·------------ 34 90 33 59 26 34 1 15 291 Causes of Fires Settlers Campers --- .... -. -- - - -- - - . --- -- . - Smokers ·-- ----- .. - --- - -------- ---- ~ Plrospectors Incendiary ------- --·----- ---------------------------- Logging -- --- ----------- -·---------- Mining ---------------- --- -- ---- --- Railway ---------------------------- Road Construction -- ------ 8 11 - - ------------------------ ---- ----···· ··---··--------- - - 34 ................................. Mi see 11 aneous Unknown ------ ---- --- --- 7 23 14 3 11 9 14 7 3 18 1 12 8 3 5 1 4· 31 1 41 s 4 1 1 15 1 9 6 6 6 11 5 2 1 90 33 59 1 7 26 7 4 ---------------------------- Towers -- - - - ----------------------- 9 Public ----------·----------------- 2 13 10 TOTAL --------······---------------- 34 Air Patrol .................................. 16 3 4 1 34 15 10 35 14 31 7 3 7 16 10 17 5 27 1 l 7 18 8 8 15 1 3 3 8 90 33 59 26 34 15 109 so Aereage Burnt Total Acreage Burnt___ 11,343 Acreage Burnt by Logging Operations -- - - - --- - 326 .06 189 7,795 4½ 282 2 sq. ft. 57 l !\leans of Deteetion Rangers 69 l 3 1 3 2 1 Lightning TOTAL 9 ------- - ·--------·---------· 1 54 �LOG BOOK PAGE 11 111ing! ming! ~PARAMOUNT 01ing! 1954 Fire Season Better Last Year's Score! quicker per/o,manCfJ b6tter performance • q,ves you more dependa~/e e looking into the coming "attraction" into the details of what YOU, YOU must do to prevent forest fires, and that do start down to a minimum is best that we review the past in 1951, there res attributed to logging operations tal of 326. In 1952, there were 23 and in 1953, there were 7 fires logging operations out of a totai cord is improving. Every efbe made to improve our ii we reach our objectives performa11oe •••than any other poffabl~ I fore st f,re ,ump you can buy. FIRES STARTED BY OODSWORKERS. FIGHTING PLAN FOR EACH AREA. EWS ORGANIZEDED AND READY. N TO PUT OUT Fl RES. causes of these fires attributed tions and ensure that they do our operations: 1953 1 - Caused by smoker on operation. .06 acres. ct 4 Three burning snow melted, no damage. Yee smoking in cutting area. land. 1 Employee smoking, employee, 2 square feet - COMPLETE PUMPS FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO 1951 Fort Frances District- 1 - employee smoking. faulty truck exhaust. 1 d'iscarded cigarette. PARTS Northland Machinery Supply~Co., Ltd. Believed caused smoking. 3 burning sawdust Piles. AND STOCKED AT Port Arthur District- 1 smoking smoking Kenora District- 1 smoking. Sioux Lookout District- 5 1 smoking sawdust pile. put ashes from cook stove in bath house overheated stove in bath house smoking by boat crew. Geraldton District- 1 lost cutter lighting signal fire. Kapuskasing District1 smoker on speeder camp contractor crew stove brush burning around camp site broken muffler. on truck. White River - 3- 2 smoking 1 lunch fire. �LOG BOOK PAGE 12 The Power Saw As An Accident Hazard By W. Lockhart Power saws have created a new method of cutting pulpwood with a machine that is both helpful and potentially dangerous to the operator. Within the last three years large numbers of them have been purchased and used by woods workers who were unski Iled in their use and safe handling. The woods worker was left almost entirely on his own to learn about them and the result has shown in accidents of varying severity. It is now obvious that proper training and due caution can do much to eliminate accidents in which power saws are the agency involved. Cuts are probably the most prevalent type of power saw injury and are generally severe due to the ragged laceration caused by the chipper type chain. Cuts can occur before the saw is taken to the woods if proper care is not exercised in conditioning and sharpening the chain. Once in use in the woods the power saw is only as safe as the operator. Experience has shown that the greatest danger of cuts lies in the operator moving around the immediate cutting area and "gunning the motor" which causes the chain to speed up. (Most ~aws are equipped with a clutch which slips wher1 the motor is idling and this safety feature is lost when the motor is speeded up.) An operator runs the risk of very serious injury should he trip and fall while the chain is revol"ving rapidly. Starting the power saw is a dangerous phase. The saw should never be placed on the knee or on a log when starting. It should be held firmly on the ground to lessen the danger of the saw falling or slipping around. Falling objects create a very dangerous hazard to power saw operators. Experience has shown that an cperator is in danger from objects falling on him when the saw is running due to his hearing ability being reduced. Windy days increase this hazard, particularly in mixed wood areas where poplar tops are apt to snap off. No power saw operator should work under dead dry or leaning trees. He should fell them first so that he may safely turn his back on them. ~urn~ from hot motor parts and the possibility of gasoline fires create a hazard but these injuries can be eliminated by careful handling and by installing a separate power saw building in a camp where saws and gasoline can be stored and conditioned. No person should be allowed to run a power saw or work on a power saw in a dormitory and certainly no gasoline should be stored there. Some injuries are caused by the operator falling when carrying the saw with the result that the saw falls on top of the man or the man falls on top of the saw. There is bound to be controversy over the proper way to carry the power saw but prevention of accidents of this nature depends entirely on the man . Where men are transported to work by truck every care should be taken to place power saws in the truck in su~h a way that they do not become tripping hazards and wi 11 al low free movement for the men getting on and off. Saws should be placed on the detk until the man is safely on the truck or on the ground. . Branching t_rees or clearing brush with a powt.!r saw 1s po_or practice. an? may cause serious eye injuries. Small twigs, etc. will Jam 1n the chain and fly back perhaps striking the operator in the face. No good The OnePower saws are here to stay ! The number b • is estimated that there arie approximately one saw, while giving a higher production and more and accident. The LongLac Pulp and Paper Company of the LOG BOOK the two articles on operator will continue to jam his chain this wa therefore this is not a major problem. ~otching with a P<:>Wer saw is a common p and 1s not dangerous 1f the notch is properly through 1/s of the trunk. The felling cut sh made evenly and it is up to the operator to m of danger in case of twisting breaks or kick There is a natural tendency to save the saw i cases but reasonable insurance rates can free a ator of this worry. The experience of Power Saw injuries at Pulp and Paper Company Limited, Woodlands as follows: Year 1952 Case #1-Workman was bucking logs during day. A poplar top broke off behind him and to hear it snap because of the noise of the mot top fell on him fracturing his spine and caus lysis from the waist down. Case #2-Workman was bucking logs and tree behind him that was leaning over fell crushing his skull and causing death. Case #3-Workman was walking with the sa and the chain in motion. He tripped and f the cutting chain to go between his legs ca ere lacerations. Case #4-Workman was making a felling saw caught as the tree twisted and then swung around inflicting a severe gash in his leg. Year 1953 Case # 1-Workman and partner were cutti fall timber. The saw jammed and the i tried to pry up the log with a piece of P The pry broke as the saw came free and man spun around falling on his back on chain. Case #2-Workman was felling a tree whi He attempted to butt the tree again and W was in motion the tree fell causing the C to come in contact with his forearm. Case #3-Workman was felling a tree on the stump causing the power saw to and inflict a severe gash on his left leg. To assist in a safety training progra facturer should i s sue a small booklet handling of the power saw incorpor~ti the booklet. The dealer should also irn chaser with the importance of safety a involved in poor handling of the saw. ate a system of safety continuity ri~ht f facturer down to the woods operation. ----0---- �PAGE 13 LOG BOOK APRIL 1 The following set of rules was drawn up and distributed: Saw ased greatly during the past few years and it Northwestern Ontario. The use of the power day, also introduces two new hazards, - fire y saws on their operations and at the request on• the basis of experienc,e to date. ower Saw As A Fire Hazard Problem By W. R. Cooke er the past two years there have appeared in ous trade journals several studies of power saw eir cause and their prevention. This article rs to present only a basic outline of the prescontrol policy on the LongLac Pulp and Paper ng the 1953 fire season there were a maxi175 power saws operating in the woods at With these saws must come a definite and tic fire hazard. problem was first tackled at the Company's school early in May 1953. Several types cket size) fire extinguishers were subjected this time. A special meeting of bush perthen arranged and the subject in general hly discussed by superintendents, foremen ses on the job. Extinguishers were again satisfactory design decided upon. A set s for the safe operation of power saws It was borne in mind that these rules ief and practical as they were for distribw operators. rther discussion it was concluded th a t w operator must carry with him at al I re extinguisher of the designated type. carried in the pocket, on the belt, on rely be kept near the saw? An extingicient size to be of any practical value to be carried in the pocket. A cutter any obstruction or hindrance strapped to Id the saw catch fire it would be imv~ the extinguisher attached thereto. c1ded that the extinguisher had to be om the machines and the operator but ble distance of the saw at all times. t _finally decided upon was the simple 1 ~ ze 3 ½" x 5"; weight l lb.; contents tde charged with a propellant. The e and once used the container is disre be noted that the shovel is un- efficient fire extinguisher on the e_ shovels in fire caches distributed ing areas. It is felt that it is an the J?OWer saw operator to carry a all times. The Company's views in are subject to change. l. A fire extinguisher of designated type to be kept within 50 feet of the saw at all times. 2. Refuel saw on spot cleared to bare ground-e.g. skidding trails. 3. Permit hot saws to cool 2 or 3 minutes before refuel Iing. 4. Avoid spilling gas; use funnel or can with saftey pouring spout. 5. Do not smoke when refuelling. 6. Do not start saw within 10 feet of refuelling place. 7. Do not leave saw idling when unattended. 8. Set hot saw on log, stump, or bare ground. in dry duff or slash. 9. Keep saw clean of sawdust and inflammable material. Not l 0. Clean carbon from muffler and cylinder ports at least once a week. 11. Check saw every morning for defective wiring, leaking gas, and general repair. Saws were periodically checked in the bush by supervisory staff. Defective saws were banned until brought up to standard. Operators were obi iged to fit their saws with the latest and best type mufflers on the market. Where a safe muffler was not avai Iable for a specific saw, screen mesh was used as an auxiliary spark arrestor. Any saws that could not be rendered comparatively safe were banned from the bush. CL1tters were invariably most co-operative. These men would rather cut wood than fight fire. Camp vans were stocked with fire extinguishers to be sold to saw operators at a reasonable price. Camp clerks were supplied with mimeographed power saw regulations. Camp foremen were advised that operators must be in possession of both these items. As is often the case, the burden of enforcement falls on the shoulders of the Camp Foreman and his Strip Boss. The Company has endeavoured to keep its rules and regulations down to a minimum and to instigate only such regulations as are enforceable. There is much to learn and there is room for improvement. It is now felt however, that with constant and intelligent supervision, the power saw fire hazard can be appreciably reduced. �LOG BOOK PAGE 14 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW PRINCIPLE IN WOOD BURNING STOVES JOTUL Brand Stoves are made in Norway, scientifically designed, providing uniformity of heat with minimum attention. THE IDEAL STOVES FOR Stove #118 Heating Capacity 4237 Cubic Ft. CAMP OR COTTAGE Fuel saving of at least 35%. Improved heating economy of about 62%. Superior heat control. Records prove that with one charge of wood, the "Jotul'' Stoves give sufficient heat for a period of 7 to 9 hours, subject to intensity of heat required, leaving enough red ashes to start a fresh fire the next morning. Heating Capacity 5650 Cubic Ft. The II Jotul" heats your camp -not the chimney. Stove #602 Combined Heating and Cooking Stove Heating Capacity 2825 Cubic Ft. The "J otu I" Stoves provide more uniform heat, and maintain it at more desireable and more healthful levels. Hundreds of "Jotul Stoves are in use this winter in Canadian camps. Enjoy yourself while the "JOTUL'' does the work ! fireplace #150 Heating Capacity 2119 Cubic Ft. WRITE FOR IN FORMATIVE BROCHURES:- Importers and Sole Agents WALBY &CO. LIMITED 141 St. Peter Street MONTREAL 1, Que. MARCH -APRIL L. T. I. Forestry Field Trips By C. J. Campbell Again this year the Staff of the Forestry fa and the second year Technical Foresters enjoyed privilege of visiting company operations to the west east of the Lakehead. The trips were planned to the party an opportunity to examine a broad dive ation of logging methods. During the Fall, cutting operations and some ing op~ra~ions were _visited on ~reat Lakes Paper pany l1m1ts, Dog River concession; Ontario-Min Pulp and Paper Company limits, Patricia cone and Dryden Paper Company limits, Dryden, Ont As guests of Great Lakes Paper Company the were aff~rded the opportunity ~to see methods 0 construct1<:>n; new ideas i_n the building of camp ures; loading and unloading methods used in the portation of wood; water transport methods an ings. As guests of Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Company at Camp Robinson, Red Lake Road: I methods; ~awmill facilities; landings; plantati camp administration and organization were stu With Dryden Paper Company the students seeing: a Gyppo operation in progress; constru new roads; new camp construction; methods transport and finally organized trip through the Paper Mill where the rough pulp log was through to the finished paper product. To study various hauling and wood yardt niques the party travelled to the eastern Northwestern Ontario the week of February 8t With LongLac Pulp and Paper ,Company, of logging which featured the use of 'the Swi proved very interesting. Transportation meth featured the tractor-trailer haul; new camp construction; off-season landings; ca mp or recreation faci I ities a n d regeneration probl practices were some of the highlights of the The visit to Marathon Paper Mills of Ca ited operations afforded an excellent chanc fully mechanized logging operation in progre slashers; a self-propelled high lead yarder struction; high lead yarding of both bundl length in operation; new camp layout and c and a visit to various maintenance shops ga ents a complete picture of modern logging. A short visit to Nipigon Lake Timber C highlighted by a good view of the truck-sl operation. Landings were also visited w~er ads of organization and loading of landrn onstrated. Mr. D. M . Fisher, forestry librarian fo ern Ontario, accompanied the group. H for receiving the opportunity to observe in progress at the Lakehead and to me~t in the field where he can discover their ence needs. When we first began making these ago the emphasis was on studying meth Although logging still dominates, oppor~d forest silviculture experiments are rapd Practically every company vi~ited showe (Continued on Page 16 ) �PAGE 15 LOG BOOK - APRIL 1 - --- - -- - - a cone m, Onta ,any the thods f camp i in the 1ods an Tractomotive TL-D Tracto-Loader OR THE ALLIS-CHALMERS MODEL DMOTOR GRADER heavy duty Tracto-Loader made for the Alliss Model D Motor Grader. Here is a loader ly designed to increase Motor Grader useand cut costs of many road maintenance is mounted on the rear to gain these imo'rking advantages. rear framework of the Model D becomes of the loader frame, reduces weight and tfies the combination framework. large tandem wheels have greater capacarry the added weight of loader and bucket. ~ necessary to substitute heavier front indle, wheel bearings, steering gear, or r ~ounting does not affect steering nor with the prime functions of the motor 5. The weight of the loader and i~s •payload is well distributed over the four tandem wheels for improved traction and stability. 6. The tubular frame is not subjected to strains encountered in loading operations because shock loads are transmitted directly to the drive wheels. 7. Forward vision of operator is in no way affected. 8. Because pump, valve, oil reservoir, and cylinders are close together, hydraulic lines are short, friction reduced. 9. Increased stability allows a high bucket reach that permits loading the average size dump truck from the rear. l 0. The cost of the combination unit is less because of simplicity of design and construction. FOR SPECIFICATIONS OR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE OR PHONE lean Machinery &Equipment Ltd. ND AVE., WINNIPEG, MAN. 6 145 N. CUMBERLAND ST., PORT ARTHUR, ONT. PHONE 4-2483 �LOG BOOK PAGE 16 THE CONTRIBUTION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY TO FOREST MANAGEMENT (Continued from Page 4) tion on every merchantable stand in a logging chance or on. a watershed is required. Experience acquired during the past 5 years indicates that accurate operating base maps can be prepared in the office from photographs to show timber types, significant ridges, pitch-offs, drains and other topographic features, in advance of field work. If an experienced interpreter does this work it has been found possible to select the merchantable stands for which estimates are required and to eliminate those which appear to be unmerchantable, with satisfactory results becoming apparent as the field work progresses. Under this system it is not necessary to grid an area with systematically located lines or plots. The cruiser locates his lines in a random manner so that the maximum number of merchantable stands are sampled. The percentage of area sampled on any logging chance is low, ridiculously low it seems, to any conservative timber cruiser, often amounting to about one half of one percent, but the accuracy of the "new-fangled method" is shown when the scaled volumes cut on areas compared with the cruise estimates. This is but a foretaste of things to come, however. methods are now being perfected whereby a complete accurate volume estimate, by species, may be derived entirely from aerial photographs by experienced interpreters. The scale of photography used for this purpose must be considerably larger than 1,320 feet per inch and of the best quality. The only ground work required will be to check such operating factors as cull, swamping, bottom and to provide information required by the operator. To many this will seem akin to visionary predictions of rocket trips to the moon and points beyond and perhaps like Buck Rogers, to be confined to the comic strips. There is every indication, however, that "aerial photographic cruising" will become possible considerably before man is able to flit about in outer space and that the timber cruiser will be able to swap his calipers, compass, chain and snow shoes for a stereoscope, some aerial photographs and simple instruments, within a few years. (This wi II be yet another contribution of forest aerial photography to the continuing need for economy and accuracy in the planning of woodlands development and management.) The value of aerial photographs in enabling the selection of good main access and haul road locations is well known to all who have attempted to do this wo~k witho';Jt the ~ssistance of photographs. On any ma1or location pro1ect the possible savings when the search for a location is narrowed down to a few alter- Jt'rJ.., Sf-1-'U'«i ... natives, clearly shown on the photographs, are co erable; and on construction can amount to thou of dollars when a good location, which encounters imum rock, grades and swamps is secured. While certain photographic values, some of hav·e been described previously, can be derived onl specialists with considerable experience, there are vious advantages appreciated by camp foremen bosses and others who are directly concerned with ber cutting and delivery. The photographs give foreman an actual picture of his logging chance a he has a stereoscope he can locate the hills d swamps and other features about which he mu~t when he lays out his main haul road system and reduce the amount of time he usually spends in ing for suitable locations. There is no doubt th value of aerial photographs in the woods has be ablished-a value which may be gauged by the ation of one foreman: "I would hate to go i bush without them." It has become the policy of some timber c ies to prepare cut-over maps from aerial phot taken annually on conclusion of cutting operat company owned equipment and personnel or through contract with organizations equipped aerial photography. Maps showing the exact and extent of the cut-over, the location of ha and uncut patches of timber can be prepared f photographs with an accuracy not attainable f ground survey mapping, and at considerable time and money. In this brief article the value of aerial ph in some of the phases of woodlands develop ning and operation has been discussed. As bet graphic equipment and methods are developed ue will increase to meet, to an even greater e increasing needs for more accurate planning omical production of forest products - both phases of forest management. One of a series of articles by me Northwestern Ontario Section, Canadian Institute of Forestry. L. T. I. FORESTRY FIELD TRIPS (Continued from Page 14) or more si lvicultural programs that they had On behalf of Mr. Braun, our Principal, ry Staff, the Technical Foresters and mysel thank these companies for this most valuab tion. I hope that these privileges wi II be us again next year. it's paint up TIME ! Get full particulars about the NEW 111 l I I Sneclror MARSHALL - WELLS NEW COLOR SYSTEM The only and first color system to carry the "Good Housekeeping of Approval." The only completely odorless paint that gives yo~ choice of 300 interior colors, plus 80 exterior colors. Wire, write phone for full particulars now. MARSHALL-WELLS Port #######################################################################_,,,. �APRIL l >remen, ,ed with :>hs give :hance a hills, d e must m and inds in oubt th has be the , go in )Y Tiber c phot operati el or uipped exact of ha ared f able f able I I 1 �PAGE LOG BOOK 18 MARCH - APRIL Forest Tent Caterpillar Populations In Northwestern Ontario By D. R. Wallace, Forest Insect Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario The current outbreak of the forest tent caterpi Ilar has been, and in some parts of Ontario continues to be, spectacular in more than one respect. The number of caterpillars increased tremendously o v e r very large areas and was so great in many instances that after host tree stands of poplar, maple, and oak had been denuded, the caterpillars migrated in vast numbers in search of food. These migrating larvae interfered with the use of recreational areas and were generally a nuisance . Then numbers of the native fly Sarcophaga aldrichi Parker, an important parasite of the forest tent caterpillar, increased to such an extent that public concern recently has been centered on its abundance rather than on the prevalence of the tent caterpillar itself. Local light forest tent caterpillar infestations were observed at a number of places in Northwestern Ont . ario in 1948. Even at that time an extensive outbreak appeared to be likely. In 1949 further increases in the severity of infestation and in the area affected more strongly indicated the bui Id-up of an epidemic on a grand scale. The major infestation area in the region in 1950 was centered south of Lac Seul, extending roughly 110 miles from east to west and 80 miles from north to south. Small pockets of heavy infestation were also prevalent in the Fort Frances District. The 1951 infestation represented a fourfold increase in area over 1950. Trembling aspen stands in an area in excess of 20,000 square miles were heavily defoliated. Included were the south-central part of the Sioux Lookout District, the eastern half of the Kenora and Fort Frances Districts and the western third of the Port Arthur District. Further increases in the infestation area in Northwestern Ontario were observed in 1952. Defoliation was heavy in trembling aspen stands over some 40,000 square miles as shown in Figure 1. Egg-band counts made in the Fall of 1952 indicated that population levels would remain high over much the same area in 1953. The first ten days of May, 1953 were, however_. unseasonably warm throughout Northwestern Ontario, causing trembling aspen buds to burst and the small T - - - -~ 1..EGEf.JO For~ :: rlrla\~~ = :Qtlonf. ~ - 'l\«d!!Jm-\o--Movy lnfo 1atton "' 1952 ~ - ~lo-hco,, y lofut,;,Uon In 1953. forest tent caterpillar larvae to four days of very cold weather by high winds, snow and sleet. This cold wea suited in the destruction of the young trembling foliage over large areas and at the same time a high proportion of the tent caterpillar larvae had hatched. Those which survived the frost, or ed later, starved for lack of fo<?d as re-leafing 0 bling aspen did not occur until much later. Reference to Figure 1 will show, howev medium-to-heavy infestations materiatized in areas, the largest of which was located around the Woods. Other infestations were present s Armstrong near Lake Nipigon, west and south Nipigon, north of the Sibley Peninsula, and Port Arthur and Fort William. The contin severe tent caterpillar infestations in these are dependent on the fact that at the onset of weather the development of the trembling a iage and hatching of tent caterpillar larvae we far advanced there as they were in the cen of the region. Even though heavy defoliation in stands throughout the resulting 1953 in the number of forest tent caterpi Ilar larvae lower than had been expected. In mid-slm sites caused further reductions in population Thus the forest- tent caterpi lfar out brought to a sudden and premature end i adverse weather conditions over large areas western Ontario. The heavy infestations pe fected trembling aspen stands throughout square miles, about l /6 the area involved Throughout the remaining 7,000 square m ere infestation the cold weather has proba the decline of the outbreak. Forecast for 1954Egg-band counts -made in poplar sta out Northwestern Ontario in the Fall of 1 that the forest tent caterpi Ilar wi 11 again 1954 i n noticeable numbers i n several some unforeseeable catastrophe occurs. Infestations will be confined to m areas as were heavily infested in 1953 (Fi (Continued on Page 23) �:H - APRIL PAGE 19 LOG BOOK 0 Then thr d, accon, old weath ·rembling me time 3r larvae frost, or eafing of 3ter. a ··sure bet-" every time! however zed in around resent s I south o and continua i, ■ e I Did yo•~ know that, with a five man crew and a Timberland Yarding Donkey, operators are skidding and loading from 90 to 140 cords of pulpwood per day, from -distances up to 700 feet ? Apply these production figures to your own operations and we're sure you'll agree with us when we say that the Timberland Yarding Donkey is a "sure bet" every time. Due to greater produc.tion per man day, camp overhead and capital investment are considerably reduced. All year round operation attracts stable, reliable workers and permits improved working conditions. Contact us today let us show you how the Timberland Yarding Donkey will give you far greater profits, greater efficiency and independence. We supply all of the equipment required and can quickly get_ you started without confusion and without interference with your normal schedule. Manufacturers of Construction, Logging and Mining Equipment. d Factory: WOODSTOCK, Ontario Branch Office: PORT ARTHUR, Ontario • �LOG BOOK Page 20 first-Aid Training Program Well Underway The Lumbermen's Safety Association have a very active program of first-aid training underway. This program opened in December, 1953 with a class in Port Arthur under the direction of Mr. T. A.. Love, St. John Ambulance Instructor, where 22 candidates from member companies at the Lakehead attended. Twenty-two certificates were awarded the successful candidates of this class. Activity was shifted to the Hearst area where Mr. Everett E. Sliter, St. John Ambulance Instructor, undertook the instructi0t1 of classes organized by Mr. Roy Potts, rnspector for Northwestern Ontario, Lumbermen's Safety Association. At the Northern Paper Mills Limited, Hansen, Ontario, 19 employees attended the afternoon first-aid class and 17 certificates were issued. In the evening class at Hansen, 24 employees attended and 21 certificates were awarded. At the Newaygo Timber Company Limited, Mead, Ontario, 21 employees attended the evening class and 19 certificates were issued. At the Newaygo Timber Company, Mosher, Ontario, 22 employees attended and 18 certificates were issued. At the Upper Canada Lumber Company, Boor-1, Ontario, 23 empl'Oyees attended and 16 certificates were issued. Thus, in the Hearst area in January and February 109 people took the first-aid training course and 91 passed the examinations. In addition, the program is being carried out in the village of Hearst where 9 member companies wil: have members aftend classes to be held twice weekly, ·and two classes are underway at the Henry Selin Fores~ Products operation, one at the Depot and one in the Camp. This program of training large numbers of more or less permanent employees in first-aid is certain to • f • - - • - - - - ••---••-•--••-••-0-••--•-,-•-•-•1• I for Auto and Truch Supplies I ·f I I I CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS WIX FILTERS RAYBESTOS BRAKE LINING WILLARD BATTERIES BLUE STREAK IGNITION PARTS, ETC., Etc. i AIR COMPRESSORS ! WELDERS AND 'ROD II I ~ !~ I DOMINION WIRE and NYLON ROPE HAND TOOLS, CHEMICALS, Etc. I Call ' POTTER & KERR LIMITED Box 506, Port Arthur, Ont. i I I for Shop or Garage i i i produce results in prevention of accidents and accidents do happen, having people with some ledge of first-aid at hand ready to assist with t jured will certainly help. ·worn Wire Rope Is A Hazard At the Governor's Safety Conference in 01 Wash., last month one of the topics discuss "The Safe Use of Wire Rope ." We think the ing. analysis of factors which destroy wire rope of interest from a safety standpoint and po your efforts to control wire rope costs. It was ed to the conference by Charles Price, member National Wire Rope Technical Board, San Fran 1 Improper rope specifications. Imperfect type. 2. Improper lay-out or alignment: Random winding Scrubbing on blocks Excessive stresses Poor visibility Improper sheave alignment. 3. Kinking. 4. Inadequate diameter of sheaves and dru 5. Improper size of grooving. 6. Worn, cracked or broken equipment. 7. Poor splicing of fitting attachments. 8. Dragging over obstacles. 9. Rope subjected to twisting. l 0. Failure to protect from rusting. 11. Overloading; impact loading. 12. Careless operations. 8. C. Lumberman, Safety Committee Urges All Class I Ope To Tahe Action As a result of the Lumbermen's Safe adopting a plan presented by the Northw Committee of the Lumbermen's Safety Northwestern Ontario Committee has w Class 1 operator in the area requesting the plan adopted by the Association a guide in setting up a safety program on The Northwestern Committee met ern Directors, Messrs. Malcolm Cochran her and W. Austin of Chapleau a~d E retary-Manager of the Lumbermen s Sa in Port Arthur recently. ---o---- i 1iD1esaved i i i of an . I iii Phone 43531 ,--.c,....,.:. •:•..-.o.-.<)---«>.-c•~().... ()..... )....(.>. . . ., ) ~ ). . . .( . . _ . ( . . . . .) ~ ) 4 1 1 1 9 " ( t ~ ~........ MARCH - APRIL atibe,ri,e Atddenl ,1 �1ccidents and e with some assist with uan ff. Merrill Elected Chairman, Woodlands ,tion, Canadian Pulp 6 Paper Association Northwestern Ontario was welt represented by both representatives of Woods Operators and representatives of equipment suppliers at the Annual meeting of the Woodlands Section, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association held in Montreal recently. rd ~erence in Q pies discus 'e think the •Y wire rope nt and po .ts. It was ice, member d, San Fra Imperfect J. H. Merrill, formerly Wood,, Manager at Nipigon, Ontario and now Woods Manager of the AngloCanadian Pulp & Paper Mills, Quebec, was elected Chairman. MERRILL were: hairman : Sewell, General Manager Woodlands, The Ontario Paper Ltd., and Quebec North Shore Paper Co., Thorold, Ont. rnent. mts. ~rman, tiers: Burk, Woods Manager, the KVP Company Ltd., Espanola. Douglas, Chief Forester, Alaska Pine and Cellulose Ltd., ouver, B.C. latt Manager of Woodlands, Spruce Falls, Power and Co. Ltd., Kapuskasing, Ont. ries, General Woods Manager, St. Lawrence Corporation d, Montreal, Que: rrison, Manager of Woodlands, Canadian International Company, Montreal, Que. May, Woodlands Manager, Marathon Paper Mills of limited, Port Arthur, Ont. Farlane, Manager, Lumber and Logging Dept., Fraser ies Limited, Edmunston, N.B. gan, Divisional Woods Manager, Abitibi Power and . Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. aud, General Woods Manager, Consolidated Paper on, Ltd., Grand' Mere, Qoe. son, Vice-President, Howard Smith Paper Mills, Ltd. , Que. Ontario Forest Industries Association, Safe rth Quebec Forest Industries Association, yA w t an th MARCH - APRIL 1954 LOG BOOK MARCt-1 - APRIL Call 3-8323 It's Worth Untold $$$$$ It's a well-known fact that by far the biggest portion of industrial accidents happen because of human failures-somebody failed to do something he should have-or did something he should not have. The ~ame cause- human failures-is responsible for most c,f II our other problems within any organization. All of us are constantly striving to get people to do their variety I of duties the way they should be done. 1 1 The technique of teaching people to do things the way you want them done is called "Human Relations Training". There are many places where such training is available, but the effectiveness of any one of them depends more on the trainer than on the material itself. In Toronto there is an organization better equipped because of the type of its training personnel to do this sort of work than any other organization we know of. It is known as the Institute of Supervisory and Personnel Development. They will put on courses for your superintendents or foremen, or other leaders, either in their own training quarters on Bloor Street, Toronto, or in your own plant. The cost is modest. 1 I, The Institute has found that the most successful method of getting ideas across is to have a group of eight people. These people discuss and arrive at their own solutions of the problems presented to them. As a result, they remember better th ematerial they have covered and they practise it more. We believe there is an oppotrunity here for not only improving your accident prevention record, but improving the whole range of your supervisory performance. If interested, will you drop us a note, and we will put you in touch with the Institute of Supervisory and Personnel Development, and Mr. A. M. MacKinnon , its Director. THE BULL Of THE WOODS by Al De Wolf I afe NSOLIDATED PRESS STREET ANXIOUS TO HELP YOU UR PRINTING PROBLEMS. 16' Ponderosa Pine Log: 62" top -- dated 1492. At least it has 461 annual rings. Ponderosa Pine; dated fourteen ninety-two, Same year Columbus crossed the ocean blue. The two events had no connection, I hear, Merely a coincidence in that eventful year. The fire-scar you see ingrown in its butt Dates back to Sitting Bull, that famous mutt, Who sat in its shade with a dusky maid. and a cig. And believe it or not, the maid was so hot, That either she, or the cig. set fire to the twig, This all happened a long time ago, Sir Wilfred was only a kid, When this dusky vamp turned into a tramp, and Poor Sitting Bull blew his lid. I. �MARCH - APRIL 1954 LOG BOOK FOREST LIBRARY Of NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO By D. M. Fisher, Librarian Listed below are some recent book acquisitions. If you would care to borrow them, or books on any other topic relating to forestry, write the librarian. The library will pay postage one way on all loans. Loans are for two weeks, renewable by post card. Baldwin, H. I. FOREST TREE SEED OF THE NORTH TEMPERATE REGION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NORTH AMERICA. Waltham, Mass. Chronica Botanica, 1942. This is still the most thorough authority on structure, development, production, extraction, storage, and germination of tree seed. Brasnett, N. V. PLANNED MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS. Allen & Unwin, 1953. This book covers the development and details of European intensive management practices. British Columbia Forestry Club FORESTRY HANDBOOK FOR B.C. Vancouver, U.B.C., 1953. Despite the title, this handbook is extremely usefu~ to woods personnel anywhere. It covers a wide field and anyone above the simplest level on either production or forestry will find it useful. It is very well-written, and not i.n professional jargon; further, it is easy to carry and has a plastic case. Desch, H. E. TIMBER: ITS STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES. London, Macmillan, 1953. This is the third edition af a standard text on timber. Edlin, H. FORESTER'S HANDBOOK. London, Thames & Hudson, 1953. This handbook will interest, primarily, the professional forester who is dealing with silvicultural matters. Food and Agriculture Organization DIRECTORY OF FORESTRY SCHOOLS N. Y., F. A. 0., 1953 Covers curriculum, facilities and records of forestry schools in all countries, Emphasis is almost entirely on schools at a college or university level. Guthrie, H. FABLES FOR FORESTERS Washington, Forestry Enterprises, 1953. This is light reading anecdotes by and about foresters and forests. Harrison, J. L. FOREST ENGINEERING; ROADS AND BRIDGES. Edinburgh, Olive & Boyd, 1951. Sticking closely to practical problems, this text covers the engineering side of road and bridge building. The emphasis is on permanent roads and permanent bridges. Haynes, W. CELLULOSE; THE CHEMICAL THAT GROWS. N. Y., Doubleday, 1953. A readable summary of the role cellulose plays in chemistry, industry and manufacturing. There are several chapters on wood-cellulose, tis sources, extraction, and supplies. Knuchel, Herman PLANNING AND CONTROL IN THE MANAGED FOREST. Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1953. This European book is very detailed, and packed with formulae, tables, graphs, etc. It would probably interest foresters only at the top management levels. Meyer, H. A. FOREST MENSURATION. State College, Pa., Penn Valley Publishers, 1953. A new and thorough discussion and text of all forest mensuration problems. Appendix covers main log rules. Attempt has been made to satisfy two levels, the practical and the theoretical. Silversides, C. R. FOREST TRUCK ROADS. Montreal, C.P.P.A., 1949. Spurr, Stephen FOREST INVENTORY N. Y., Ronald Press, 1952. This thorough review cf inventory techniques has a notable part on sampling and inventory design. Stamm, Alfred CHEMICAL PROCESSING OF WOOD N. Y., Chemical Publishing Co., 1953. The object of this book is the assembling of available i form_ation on the chemical processing of wood by both co~: vent1onal and new methods, to produce modified wood prod ucts, pulp products, and various derivatives. Ideal for w~ personnel who want to appreciate mill problems. Tamm, Olaf NORTHERN CONIFEROUS FOREST SOILS Oxford, Scrivener Press, 1950 Close analysis of all the factors that affect coniferous forest soils. Canadian Institute of Forestry Sub-Section Farmed in Longlac A meeting in LongLac in March decided to a sub-section of the Northwestern Ontario Bran the Canadian Institute of Forestry. This sub-s formation will enable those members who reside antly from Port Arthur to participatQ more activ Institute affairs. An executive was elected as follows: Chairman- E. R. Humphreys, Long Lac, Secretary-Treasurer- R. Lockhart, Geraldt Representatives- E. J. Winters, Caramat M. Wilson, Beardmore R. A. Wilson, Auden. It is proposed to hold meetings periodical! the year in the various localities that are incl the sub-section. Mr. G. Cosens, Manager of Woodlands, K Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, a the meeting on "The Pulp and Paper lndust Southern States and Its effect on that lndust ario." An interested audience gained much Cosen's talk and became more aware of the itive positions of the Southern States and the pulp and paper industry. "We Canvass The North" ROLLO AWNING CO • TARPAULINS • PACKSA • TENTS QUICK SfRVICE ON All REPAli CANVASS and ALUMINUM AW 37 South Court St., Port Arthur (Next to th e Phones: Business 5-5977, Residenc �1954 PAGE 21 LOG BOOK • Why Borden's Trumilk is the Ideal Milk for· your Camp of fresh whole milk! 4. For drinking, cooking and every other milk use I TRUMILK is a powdered whole milk which includes all the cream, all the protein and other nutritional value of finest fresh, whole fluid milk! Just add TRUMILK to cold water, mix, and in a jiffy, you have milk ready for drinking. TRUMILK is excellent, too, in soups, puddings, and all baked goods. Can be mixed dry with dry ingredients for cooking convenience. 1. All the food value n as 55( a gallon I Yes, here's delicious whole milk, ready to use anytime for as low as 55c a gallon ... a real saving on your milk bill, especially where large quantities are used. Further saving: there's no waste . .. you make up only as much as you need when you need it! m-sealed for camp use! 5. Easy handling-less weightno freezing I TRUMILK ( whole milk powder) is only ¾ the weight of fluid milk. This cuts transportation costs to the minimum ... makes handling easier. Under seal, TRUMILK keeps perfectly in summer heat or below zero weather ... indefinitely. 6. Fluid whole milk in a iiffy ! Now you can mix TRUMILK in any quantity with Borden's new effort-saving hand-mixer. It's a 3-in-l mixer: (1) mixes (2) stores (3) dispenses. Mixers available at cost in S gal. and 2½ gal. capacity. Order from your nearest distributor. Heavily protected with an outer plywood drum, the inner vacuum-sealed metal container protects freshness of Trumilk indefi.nitely! Also has inner friction-top cover to protect contents after seal is broken. E BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED. ILK DEPARTMENT, Spadina Crescent, Toronto 4, Ontario. BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED, 407 McGill Street, Montreal, Quebec. A.H. BRADBURY 13 North Wharf, Saini John, N.B. McKENZIE, STEPHENSON LIMITED 345 Higgins Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba T. A. MacNAB & CO. LIMITED, City Club Bldg., P.O. Box 7851 St. John's, Nfld. �LOG BOOK PAGE 22 Northwestern Ontario Research Agenda for Ig STEELCRAFT BOATS WITH A PURPOSE No. S LIGHTHOUSE AND BUOY TENDER Servicing the "aids to navigation" on the Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River, this 60 - foot Steelcraft vessel, "Pilot 11" was shipped 2,250 miles by rai I from Owen Sound and assembled at Waterways. Accommodation for 4 crew provided; and special shallow - draft features incorporated. By N. F. Lyon The annual summary of silvicultural research jects active in 1953 and proposed for 1954 is now ing completion and will soon be distributed to interested . It is encouraging to note that all ag active in silvicultural research in the past few yea maintaining a high degree of interest again this One aspect of silvicultural research which has receiving an increasing amount of interest in t few years and again in 1954 is the field of s tural cuttings. An increasing number of agenc experimenting with partial cuttings, improvemen nings, immature stand thinnings, clear cutting i and patches and seed tree systems. A few w mention would be the Co-operative Heron Bay to· increase white spruce reproduction on uplan wood sites by the Ontario Paper Company; Abit er and Paper Company; the Ontario Research the University of Toronto; and the federal and cial research organizations; the partial cuttings erent degrees by the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp a Company; the clear cutting in patches and stri Newaygo Timber Company, the LongLac Pulp er Company and the Abitibi Power and Paper the seed tree system with mechanical scarifi the Great Lakes Paper Company and the D of Lands and Forests Research Division; and pine improvement thinning by Oscar Styffe Li the Department of Lands and Forests Timbe ment Division. Considerable time will be spen continuing projects in 1954 and in addition systems will be established. Another aspect which is receiving muc is the tree planting program. In 1954 plans formulated to set over 1,612,000 trees th mercial plantings and experimental plant comparison it is noteworthy to mention th approxin1ately 225,000 trees were planted commercial plantings in this area. Other fields of research which will be year are brush scattering, artificial seeding, yield, land form mapping, site typing, rege veys, brush control, plus miscellaneous s vestigations. ----0-·--- No. 6 STANDARD WINCH BOAT Built in two standard sizes with either a Russel gasoline or Lister diesel engine, the Steelcraft winch boat is capable of many jobs and is the most demanded of the range. The first welded - steel boat built in Canada was in 1926 . and it was a Steelcraft winch boat. Leaders in Building Rugged S~eel Boats Publications Receiued From the Lake States Forest Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, University Farm, St. Pa;.al 1, Minnesota. Technical Note No. 409- The Lake States Cr No. 410- Can Wis;onsin Be Sufficient in Pulp ~ 11- Thinning From MA Total Yields in No. 412- Fair 1953 ForeS t in Lake States. No. No. 4 1 3 - Effect of Simulat and Deer Damage planted in the La 1 Station Paper No. 28, November 1953 Burning Index Ratings in Fire Contro Pl Station Paper No. 29, December 1953-G w Some aspects of Managing Second ro Upper Michigan. • �1954 PAGE 23 LOG BOOK T TENT CATERPILLAR POPULATIONS ORTHWESTERN ONTARIO (Continued from Page 18) st is presented in Figure 2. Light defoliation is ed to occur in the northern and eastern Lake of oods area. West of a line joining Godson Townear Sebaskong Bay, Lake of the Woods, and Township, east of Rainy Lake, medium-to-heavy tion of poplar stands may be expected. Smal I f light defoliation will probably occur in the Lac and Basswood Lake areas. the Port Arthur District numerous small infestill likely occur. Light defoliation may be exn the Voltaire and Kabitotikwia lakes areas west Nipigon. South of Chief Bay, Lake Nipigon, Poshkokagen River light-to-medium defoliation le. More to the south in the Black Sturgeon a poplar stands wi II be heavily defoliated. of Lake Nipigon light defoliation will occur rdmore and southwest in the Orient Bay area foliation is likely. A light-tq-medium infestpersist in the Leckie Lake area and in Dorion avish townships medium-to-heavy infestations may be expected. Only light defoliation is probable on the Sibley Peninsula. In MacGregor Township and in the vicinity of Port Arthur and Fort William light defoliation of poplar is likely. An area of heavy infestation will probably occur in Blake Township. Light-tomedium infestation wiU persist in areas to the west be-tween Fowler, Gi Iii es, and Conacher townships. Throughout areas not mentioned here only very small numbers of tent caterpillars will be present. --o---r,.-.,..-,c,..-.c~)---C)._.,,....t,.... c,....u.....cH11a-c,......,....., ) 4 1 1 9 ( > 4 1 1 1 1 i 9 ( ) - - - C ~ . . . . . , . . . ~ I II EQUIPMENT FOR SALE I iI 10 Sets of heavy 4 11 runner logging sleighs with Truck attachment. 2 Sets of tank sleighs with tanks. I Write or Call OF EVERY SIZE FOR EVERY PURPOSE Construction Work Wherever the Work Is Heaviest J. DILL & SONS LTD. Member of Canada's Largest Exclusive Truck Service Organization RIBUTORS FOR FRUEHAUF POLE, SEMI, LOGGING, VAN, AND CARRY-ALL TRAILERS FIRESTONE TIRES PORT ARTHUR River Road Phone 5-5488 I i iI i l.~~~~~~~~~l~~~J There's A New INTERNATIONAL and Lumbering Operations I FORT WILLIAM North May at Cameron - Phone 3-6457 �" ,. . . .~ . • ·::::::::::::::::: • • -<~~~,,,,.,,, ,,,,....... , .............. ~ ·:::::::::::::::::. ~ ·······••••••••••• .:::::::::::::::::i ~ ~:::::::::::::::::. ········•••••••••• ······••••••••••• m:::::::::::::::. ·••.•.!.••·········•·' :·······••••••••••• ••···············•· It's easy going with a "Caterpillar" D6 out in front of your sleigh trains. 'fhe husky 66 horsepower drawbar pull of the D6 lets you heap them high and haul them fast. 'fhe D6, with more track on the ground than any other tractor of comparable horsepower, gets a toe· hold in snow or on ice and takes off on the road to tower togging costs. 'fhe big toads of clean logs can keep your mills humming and your profits rolling in, for costs with the D6 are at a tow tow. Com• in and ask us for more details on this dependable log· trai11 locomoti'l't, Do it now and start your season early! ~ eoWEll £Q.IIPM£11 l'Oll 111111 1111 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Log Book - Timber Operators' Association Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1954MarAprLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - March April 1954 Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Log Book, published by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association. March April 1954. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-03 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/56a1df5f4dc255ea1d3057211ee11b1e.pdf f64eb2783d1825f321304a2355b02520 PDF Text Text January February 1954 PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO No. 5 -URN TO fORE$fRY UBR R - - s-~~- ~-- Woods Division Marathon Corp. of ~<!.oac:La L- ci___ ________~ rthur~ Ontario J.u:,o G~ Ro Sonloy~ l i. urutho-.a Peper Hilla of Can11 Public Utilities Building., PORT l\.HTHlJ1{,. On to.1.,i o" �PAGE 2 LOG BOOK TWIN CITY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT EXCELLENT PARTS AND SERVICE 915 MEMORIAL AVENUE PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �PAGE 3 LOG BOOK NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO TIMBER OPERATORS ASSOCIATION , OFFICERS . STYFFE ....................................................................................... President R·E·hu;~··· . . . . ..~~--- AUDEN •••••••• [:"~ •tj a.t1Na. .e, ~a~ ,.Or ~~ ,· MA~ - 0 BRA J. H. GODDEN HER t9rigu~t~'!PtreicScio rl\ssociation • te f Canada Lt 1 Annual Meeting of the Northwestern Ontario erators' Association was held Friday, January Port Arthur, Ontario. representatives of woods operators in Northntario from as far east as Hearst and from as 5 Kenora and Fort Frances, met in Port Arthur January 15th, at the Annual Meeting of the 'ern Ontario Timber Operators' Association. . H. "Bert'·· Styffe gave the President's Rewas widely reported in the daily press. Anya copy of this address of the · President may iting to the Editor of the Log Book. I R. H. Bli~s, Chairman of the Forest Protecttee, gave a detailed report on the 1953 experiences and members passed several o operators themselves, to the Department d Forests and to the Canadian Forestry iving the group recommendations to better vention and suppression. . Lemay, Chairman of the Advisory Board, hnical Institute, spoke on behalf of Mr. Chairman of the Forestry Committee of Technical Institute, outlining the activmmittee. e R. Sonley reported on the activities cf rn Ontario Committee on Co-ordinated Canadian Bucltsaw Championships The Canadian Bucksaw Championships will again be held this year March 24th and 25th, 1954, in the Sheraton Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, during the Annual Meeting of the Woodlands Section, C.P.P.A. Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the Woodlands Section, Canadian Pulp & Paper Association will be held March 24th, 25th and 26th, 1954, at the Sheraton Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal. Pulpwood Salu~ge Association Re-elects Officers The Annual Meeting of the Pulpwood Salvage Association which looks after the salvaging of pulpwood and logs in Lake Superior, Lake Nipigon and tributaries, re-elected the following officers: President: Malcolm Cochran; Vice-President: H. S. Mosher; Secretary-Manager - T. S. Jones . Once again woods workers which work for comp•anies with Head Offices in Port Arthur, Nipigon and Heron Bay supported the appeal of the Port Arthur Community Chest in no uncertain manner. The following are the results of the canvass. De- · tailed results were reported in the daily press. This contribution of over $5,000.0 from woods workers help put the Port Arthur Community Chest drive, with a target of $42,000,00, well over the top. Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited St. Lawrence Corporat'l"on Limited . . Abitibi Power & Paper Company Limited Ontario Paper Company Limited . . Newaygo Timber Company Limited . Nipigon Lake Timber Compan ylimited Northern Forest Products Limited Hammermill Paper Company Oscar Styffe Limited Miscellaneous . . . . . $1,168.50 1,131.,50 1,108.05 667.00 418.85 338.00 221.50 61.00 21.00 4-0.00 rts on operating techniques were reSonley, Marathon Paper Mi Ils of a Limited - "Land Form Classifs and Site Types." tola, Newaygo Timber Company ''Tree Length Logging and Birch." Millan, Dryden Paper Company - "Strip Road HauHng." icers were unanimously re-elected and the executive to appoint a representstern area of Northwestern Ontario. dinner Mr. Malcolm Cochran 1 Life presented a Certificate of Me rit to illan of the Kenora Logging Divista Pulp & Paper· Company Limited. presented to Car:np L-3 l l in recogieved 362 'accident-free days II • , President of the. Dryden Paper ave a very inspiring address in very bright picture for the future r 1nd ustry in Canada on a long QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ l. What proportion of Canada's · total population lives in its cities arid towns? 2. Name the largest all Canadian lake . 3. What was the name of the first ship to cross the Atlantic entirely by steam, and where was it built? 4. Of Canada's 5,500,000 labour force, how many are members o flabour unions? Name Canada's fifth largest city. Of the nearly seven billion dollars to be collected in taxes this year, will the municipal governments, the provincial governments, or the federal government take most? --Answers on Page 6 5. 6. Couer Picture Mr. R. A. "Bob" McMii'lan, (in front of window), in charge of operations at Camp L-311, Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Kenora Logging Division, and Mr. J. W. "Jimmy" Hogg, Camp Clerk. showing the Bull's Eye Camp Safety Sign Board. This sign board was kept up-to-date and as the number of days mounted, SAFETY was the main topic in the camp. �LOG BOOK PAGE 4 forest Management --- Land Tenure By Geo. R. Sonley Man is a creature of habit. We continue doing what we are accustomed to do without thinking why we are doing it. We frequently get quite annoyed when someon~ suggests that what we are doing no longer makes sense and that it should be done another way. Our logging industry is probably one of the worst offenders. The pattern of our operations was set many years ago when conditions and equipment were much different than they are to-day. Yet when someone suggests changing the old logging pattern and habits there are those who become quite annoyed. The same thing applies to systems of holding land. When the couPtry was opened for settlement, the best land was secured as farms by individuals by homesteading. The poor land was of no value so stayed in the name of the government. Later as lumber was required, sawmi II owners secured rights to cut the timber from these areas. There was so much forest that it was regarded as a menace and so of no value _ As the demand for lumber increased and as the mature forest decreased, the mills were moved farther away to the supply of logs. When pulp mills came into the picture, they established a different pattern. There was a great investment in a stationary mill, and the only hope of making the investment pay was to have a perpetual supply of pulpwood available to the mill. This not only meant using the timber which was on the area but growing new timber on areas which had been cut over. That is about where we now stand. The government owns the land and the timber. They sell rights to cut timber to companies for periods of not over 21 years. It takes three to four times that period to grow a forest. This brings us to a deadlock. The company can no more justify expenditures of re-establishing a forest with no guarantee of the future than you would plant a garden knowing your lease ran out as soon as you had it planted. What is the cure? Handle the forests on a logical business basis so as to give the operator an opportunity to reap the harvest after the planting. In other words, a change in the system of holding land - either long term leases or outright sale of enough land to supply a portion of their requirements. This, of course, will be a shock to many and a wonderful opportunity for expressions of opinion and political debates. However, once the first shock of a suggested change had worn off, let us examine the suggestion. With Government ownership the companies comply with the regulations. With company ownership there would be as big a range in forest management practices as there is in farming practice. The progressive companies would carry out what they believe to be sound forestry practices, foregoing some present profits to assure themselves of a future crop. If the system of management should prove successful (because someone had the conviction to try it), all companies would follow and forest management would be advanced. If the company owned the land they would be responsible for the future wood supplies, and it would be their responsibi Iity tp take the necessary action. Now no-one accepts the responsibility and very little is done. The company could afford to take reasonable risks - the Government ca·n't afford to make a mistake; therefore can't take a risk. , • If some forest land was held privately and some by the Government, there would be competition in management. Neither could afford to get too fa r of step. With the Government owning all, there 1 competition - only one standard with no incentive do better. If the present system of administering forest were applied to agriculture, the Government would all the- land and rent it to farmers on two to three leases (¼ time required to raise a crop). The fa would have to build their own houses, barns fences, etc., and when they left the area turn th~m to the Government with no recompense. The G ment would also tell the farmer how he would 0 the farm and market the produce; e.g. a certain of wheat would have to be sold and manufactur flour, and if it were fed to live stock, his lease be cancelled immedfately. If you think this 1 fetched, write the Department of Lands and For Toronto for a copy of "The Crown Timber A and the Regulations made thereunder." In summarizing it may be said that in t there has been very little if any attempt made the forest under any form of management as it i in other countries. Now with timber concess coming scarcer and harder to come by the onl increasing the volume of timber is grow more To do this the logging company must have so antee of security of tenure and this, in my must be solved before any sound system of fo agement can be made effective. One of a series of articles by Northwestern Ontario Section, Canadian Institute of Forestry. 0 - M Safety Head Retires Mr. W. R. Croucher, Chief of the Min Ontario Paper Company Safety Division, retir In a farewell address at a banquet in hi Kenora Mr. Croucher said: "Youth is heedless of hazards and ove - taking of chances is the source of many He listed four major causes of accidents: 1. of the man himself where dullness and fati monotonous performance of the job lower of care; 2. Lack of Alertness, where preve could save an accident; 3. Disobedience of 4. Deliberate taking of chances, always an and unwise policy. Tribute to Mr. Croucher for the help that he had given over the years to Minnesota efforts were paid at the meett -·---0-- .:.,...., ~.....0---(~.....,,....,.....,,....,,....,,....,,..-c,. . ., ~ I i I I I I I i I ' II I Call 3-8323 CONSOLI DAT PRESS 137 SOUTH MAY STREET WE ARE ANXIOUS TO H WITH YOUR PRINTING Pl - •:•,_..,......,,....,~,,_..,....,c;~~•>.-.C•..-,o.-.c . �LOG BOOK g fores nt wou > three The barns, .irn th The tvould certa Jfactu s lea ~ thi PAGE 5 Euclid Tractor and Semi-Trailer The Tractor is powered with a 27 5 H.P. "Cummins" Diesel Motor. Trailer is 40 feet long and 12 feet wide. Trailer can be modified for . . different length pulpwood and logs for various operations - load capacity 50 tons. ind F ber Designed especially by Euclid for G. H. Godsall 1Equipment Ltd. in an effort to obtain a unit suitable for the Pulp and Paper industry in Canada on long hauling on all-weather road direct from bush operations to mill site. Call, write or wire ■ Godsall Equipment Ltd. PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO I II I �LOG BOOK PAGE 6 Safety Boots and Hard Hats A report from the Quebec Pulp & Paper Safety Association, Inc.: At the Annual Meeting of the Association a number of questions were submitted asking - how the sale of the above· items was progressing - how they could be introduced - whether they could be made compulsory for woods workers - etc. It is believed that if the use of these articles is to be successful the workman must be sold on the fact that he is wearing them for his own protection and he will benefit through their use. Compulsory use may come after the majority of the men have been convinced that it is to their advantage to wear them but not before. If the safety clothing mentioned above is necessary for the workman it is also useful for all men who work in the woods and an example should be set by those in authority from the Manager right down the Iine. Example is a very forceful form of propaganda and, if the Company personnel adopt the attitude of "Don't Do As I Do, Do As I Say,'' one cannot expect much cooperation on the part of the men. A number of companies sell nothing but boots with safety toe caps in their van, granted men bring up ordinary boots with them or even send away for them, however a number of toe cap boots are being sold. Our inspectors have spoken to men wearing them and have been told of accidents which have been avoided through their use. They undoubtedly have told other men in the camp how the boots saved them from an accident and it is quite possible that this will influence them when they have to buy another pair of boots. There is every reason to believe that the use 01: this equipment can be sold to men through propaganda and example on the part of those in authority. Every time an accident occurs in the District, which could have been prevented by the use of either a hard hat or a safety shoe, it should be publicized throughout the District and especially brought home to the man who had the accident. Northwestern District Lumbermen's Safetg Association First-Aid Training Programme The Northwestern District of the Lumb Safety Association are at the moment in the mi Hrst-aid training programme with a Class just fi ·in the Port Arthur-Fort Wil!iam district, a Class to start in the Hearst area, and arrangements a being made to hold a Class in the Dryden and areas. This training is sopnsored by the Lum Safety Association at no cost to the employe open to all member companies and their empl Class 1. This Association working in co-opera the St. John Ambulance Association is pre arrange Classes in any camp, group of camps where fifteen or more candidates are prepar this training. It has been found through statistical st trained first-aid workman is less prone to acci others who are untrained, so in the interest prevention it is felt that every employer shou a number of his personnel are trained in the ing of first-aid to the injured, and it might that the successful candidates from these receive · a certificate from the St. John A sociation, also from the Lumbermen's Safe For further particulars contact your I ative of the Lumbermen s Safety Associatio 8 Ruttan Block, Port Arthur, Ontario. 1 Safety Film 11 The Gamblers 11 produced by Cat Company in coric;ultation with the Council of the United States is rec good film to teach safety around mecha It is available from your Caterpillar d western Ontario, Powell Equipment C ANSWERS TO QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Six out of ten Canadian now live ~n urb~ Great Bear Lake. The Royal William, built in Quebec City Slightly more than one-fifth 1,220, Hamilton. Ottawa wi II take about three quarters, about equally divide rema'inder. (############################################################################,.,..,.. ORDER YOUR SPRING REQUIREMENTS NOW • • • Our new Wholesale Hardware warehouse is modernly equipped to $8"e Lumbering and Mining Industries; the Retail Stores; Plumbing, Heating Contractors in Northwestern Ontario. COCHRANE _HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LI 105 North Cumberland Street, Port Arthur - Dia �PAGE 7 LOG BOOK 1mme rmen's Safety Association Directors Meeting at Laltehead CLASS II SAFETY MEETING e Directors of the Lumbermen's Safety Associald their regular monthly meeting in Port Arthur n,ber. Following their meeting, they met with ittee of Northwestern Ontario Safety Committee Lurnbermen's Safety Association. ending the meeting were the following directors. ident D. R. Young, Elk Lake, Ontario. stin Austin Lumber (Dalton) Ltd., Chapleau, Ontario. orb,' George Gordon & Co. Limited, Cache Bay. ran, Thunder Bay Fore_ s t Pr_o ducts Lt~l, Port Arthur. representing B. Merwin, Pineland Timber Co. Ltd., ury, Ontario. gson, M.P., Hodgson Lumber Co . Ltd., Haliburton, Ont. her, Newaygo Timber Co. Ltd., Port Arthur, Ontario. rhead, Gillies Brothers Ltd ., Braeside, Ontario. ney, Randoph McChesney Lumber Co., Timmins, Ont. tte, J. J . McFadden Lumber Ltd ., Sultan, Ontario. Barnhart, Lumbermen's Safety A'ssn, Ottawa, Ontario. e Lumbermen's Safety A'ssn, North Bay, Ont<1rio. L~mbermen's Safety A'ssn, Toronto. A regular quarterly meeting of the Northwestern Ontario (Woods) Branch, Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association, was held in Fort Frances on December 4th, 1953.. Routine business was conducted with Mr. G. K. Eoll in the Chair. There was considerable discussion about the use of safe clothing which was finalized in a resolution to be made to each company woods manager. Mr. C. W. Roark, Woods Manager, Kenora Logging Division, Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company, gave a very interesting address in which he told the story of how Camp L311 - · Dryberry Lake - completed 362 days without a lost time accident. Northern Paper Mills Camp 1 Safety Record rs of the Northwestern Committee which rectors and presented on organizational plan ork in Class l were: Chairman John Styffe, T. S. Jones, H .W. Mutch, G. R. Potts, J. F. nd R. I. Young. umbermen's Safety Association Directors suggestion of the Northwestern group and I be circulated to all members of Class l future. During 1953, Camp 2 of the Northern Paper Mills Limited, Hansen, Ontario, with an approximate average of 40 employees engaged in cutting peeled and rough pulpwood, established a record of 133 days (total man days 5,331) free from accidents. Foreman, Helge Nelson and Clerk, Webster Tilson are to be congratulated for this record. E NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY · COMPANY LIMITED CANADA ONTARIO MODEL HS 2000 CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR REE-LENGTH SLASHER AND LOADER Nesco Equipment Ensures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous Operation- �PAGE 8 LOG BOOK <Jke q.ac:,U S~: "Gas Is Best By Test" The GARLAND Heavy Duty Propane Gas Range For Timber Camps, large or small - a size Ior every need The savings and el Iiciency of camp or catering operation usi Automatic Propane is phenome As an exampleA100-men camp operator u enjoys savings in excess of per month. Fuel costs are 1¼ cents per meal. Let us show you some of performance records. f"' This is an excellent Heavy Duty Unit with Hot Top, Griddle, 2 open burners and . 1 Automatic Oven . . . . . . Ideal for 50 - 70 man camp . . Any combination of griddles, Hot Top Sections, Multiple Automatic Ovens available to suit your needs. • • • • N·O ASH OR DIRT FULLY AUTOMATIC OVEN FAST AND EFFICIENT AND ABOVE ALL - ECOM CYLINDER OR BULK DELI WRITE, PHONE or WIRE NORTHERN PROPANE GAS CO. BOX 325 FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO �FEBRUARY 1954 LOG BOOK PAGE 9 Tree Chemical Treatment Patents Sold Alex R. White 5 suggested in your favour of December 29th, I PPY to send you the following information conour Patents, particularly the 1942-43 Series of n,oval of Bark from Trees. As you likely know ,ted States Patent was purchased by the Arm-forest people January 15th, 1951 at which time d after purchase it was to be dedicated to the n public. This has been done. Canadian an d Newfoundland Patents a I so ith the Removal of Bark from Trees were sold r 15th, 19 53, to the Montrea I Trust Company lso entitled to benefit from any improvements ake in future to these Barking Patents which now purchased. development of these patents and the whole as been a long and at times disheartening but necessity being the mother of inventneeds of our industry great, we have someed to keep going and to bring the subject ful conclusion. loping the first phase of our study, for , being the easy removal of bark at all hemical application to living trees, I should ibute to the work of the Armstrong Corny Evening Post) of Johnsonburg, Pa., and nt, E. C. Ehrhart without whose aggresson and success, I should have been poor Ehrhart in my opinion rates the number is successful contribution in the United er two star goes to the Howard Smith of Montreal, and to its agressive Woods er L. Paquet and Vice-President Rabine foresight to see that if something was hosts of oulpwood farmers and better for our mills the process was at least pr~sently available, requiring little capbeing easy of application, and providf great things to come. r, I give to my two partners, Malcolm aid A. Clark, both of whom stuck to mes must have had difficulty decidnormal or just another dreamer. grateful for the help and corroborout by the Forest Products people of lntosh and Hale, and for the prork State College of Forestry at Syrathe great interest of the Marathon made our early experiments pos- he near future al I farmers' wood j{tion will be a gain to both far1 e. It is well to remember at of our raw material must come ~m~r's bush lot. This is al~o h will_ of course develop faster a adn 1n Canada, a point which n ponder. It could very well be, we have left the process and our interest too long in abeyance, or that a quickening of interest is more necessary, since new prcduction is now evident in New Zealand, Mexico and Chile and since good raw material may be more quickly grown in these countries, it could very well be the success of a pulp and paper industry may be bound up in the time lag of from seedtime to harvest. If this is correct, then we here in Canada, may be a little too far North. Sodium Arsenite is still the best all round chemical to purchase, but there will be others for specialized work. Your members desiring to practice the art this summer should begin not later than May l 5th and can continue treating until October (see Howard Smith). All species may be treated successfully. Chemical should be purchased from the Delora Smelting and Ripening Company, Delora, Ontario. The Company understands the process and are the only people in Canada who produce a standard product for the work. It will cost about l O cents for chemical for cord of wood treated. A gallon will treat about 15 cords. May I in closing thank all those who did what they could to keep up my courage even through argument and to wish you all a very Happy New Year. The "MERIDIAN" pocket clinometer and universal surveying instrument. A precision built surveying instrument made in Switzerland. Cannot get out of order, will never need adjustment. Light and compact. Weighs 6 V2 ounces and can be carried in a vest pocket. This ·instrument is an invaluable aid to engineers and foresters in the field. It will measure heights, slopes, differences in elevation, horizontal and vertical angles, as well as distances. No other instrument in its price class combines all these features. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET:- PRICE IN LEATHER CASE:- $32.50 SPECIAL SUSPENSION DEVICEEXTRA:- $2.75 Post Prepaid and Insured WALBY & CO. LIMITED 141 ST. PETER STREET, MONTREAL 1, QUE. Sole distributors for Canada. • �LOG BOOK PAGE 10 -'-~-..... • "'-"'P "l\14 / ~ SAW t'\\l.\..~. _.. PUl.P OR PA?E.~ ~ WOOO ~\\...\...$. P~OC.€.'&'S\NG ~ 'PE~M~t'EN, P'I...JAH,$ Wooos C.Ot-\MU\'\l"T\E":> (U~'PE~ L\r\i:P) DEVELOPMENT Of NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO THE NEW "ERA" IN WOODS OPERATIONS WITH MANAGEMENT PLANS IN FORCE WITH THE OBJECT OF OPERATING A SUSTAINED YIELD BASIS AND THE TREND TO YEAR-ROUND OPERATIONS, HAS RESULTED IN COMMUNITIES BEi IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO IN THE FORM QF WOODS DEPOTS AND FAMILY CAMPS AS SHOWN ON THIS MAP. BACK OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE THE 150 - 200 OPERATING CAMPS WHERE THE FOREST PRODUCTS ARE CUT ARE OF A PANEL MOVABLE TYPE AND SOME CAMPS HAVE FAMILY HOUSES. THE WOODS INDUSTRY EMPLOYS 6,000 - 9,000 PERSONS DEPENDING ON THE SEASON AND HAS A PAYROLL OF DOLLARS. 11 PULP AND PAPER MILLS, APPROXIMATELY 372 SAWMILLS (Permanent and Portable) AND 2 TREATING PLA:'J.5 ONTARIO ARE SUPPLIED WITH RAW FOREST PRODUCTS. IN ADDITION, TIES ARE SUPPLIED TO THE RAIL OR TELEPHONE COMPANIES, AND SOME MINING TIMBER TO LOCAL MINES. THIS GREAT INDUSTRY CAN BE EXPANDED BY THE DEVELQPMENT OF MORE MARKETS WHICH WOULD ~~SU ION OF SPECIES OF WOOD WHICH ARE IN PLENTIFUL SUPPLY BUT NOT CUT TO THE ALLOWABLE AMOU,, MARKETS. �PAGE 11 �PAGE 12 LOG BOOK TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW PRINCIPLE IN WOOD BURNING STOVES JOTU L Brand Stoves are made in Norway, scientifically designed, providing uniformity of heat with minimum attention. THE IDEAL STOVES FOR Stove #118 Heating Capacity 4237 Cubic Ft. CAMP OR COTTAGE Fuel saving of at least 35%. Improved heating economy of about 62%. Superior heat control. Heating Capacity 5650 Cubic Ft. Records prove that with one charge of wood, the "Jotul" Stoves give sufficient heat for a period of 7 to 9 hours, subject to intensity of heat· requi red, leaving enough red ashes to start a fresh fire the next morning. The "Jotul" heats your camp -not the chimney. Stove #602 Combined Heating and Cooking Stove Heating Capacity 2825 Cubic Ft. The "Jotul" Stoves provide more uniform heat, and maintain it at more desireable and more healthful levels. Hundreds of "Jotul Stoves are in use this winter in Canadian camps. Enjoy yourself while the "JOTUL" does the work ! fireplace #150 Heating Capacity 2119 Cubic Ft. WRITE FOR INFORMATIVE BROCHURES:- Importers and Sole Agents WALBY &CO. LIMITED 141 St. Peter Street MONTREAL 1, Que. HYDRO NOW SERVES MEAD HEADQUARTERS Newaygo Timber Company, Limited, in line its policy of having up-to-date camps and accon, tions for its workmen, recently completed const of a 3¾ mile hydro line in order to serve their Ontario Headquarters with hydro power. This Company has been operating in the Al and Cochrane Districts of Northern Ontario for 26 and their first Headquarters camp at Hale, Ontari served with electric power generated by two driven Kohler generating sets. These were de by fire in 1936 and were replaced with the Co first diese! driven generator set. With the i use of electrical shop equipment, etc., capacity diesel generating set had to be increased and in years Mead Headquarters was served with el produced by 2 Caterpillar diesel generating sets ing a total of 43 kws of single phase 60 cycle 1 volt electric power. In 1951 a permanent headquarters was co approximately 35 miles Southwest of Port Arth Thunder Bay District on company owned Ian operation was considered as a permanent p and, accordingly, the Company constructed 5.2 hydro line to serve this operation with hyd The contractor for the construction of this Peterson Electric Company, Limited of Po The cost of construction and the operating electricity under hydro service were so favo this operation, checking was commenced to other operations could be served with hydr a favourable cost to the Company. On February 14, 1952, Mr. A. B. Ha sumers Service Engineer of the North Eas at North Bay, was contacted as to the securing hydro power for Mead Ontario h Final specifications covering construction line were received from Mr. Hayman on 1953, and it was decided to proceed with tion of the Ii ne and a contract for the co let to Peterson Electric Company, Limited o Work on the line commenced on 1953, and final construction was complet 13, 1953. As well as the construction of of high voltage line, it was necessary to lines around Mead Headquarters in orde various buildings. It was also necessary service on the residences at Mead Hea inside meter services to standard rural meter services. The 3¾ miles of power line was er, creosoted pine poles, using insulators, clamps, socket eyes, ball devices, b<:>I accordance with H. E. P. C. of Ontari The line is a 14.4 kv single phase minimum ground clearance of 19 ft. ductor and minimum ground clearan phase conductor. The construction ·of the H. E. P. C line between Hearst and Coppell wa vanced for power load on October power was turned on this line aroun 28th. The Newaygo Timber Con:,pan cut in at 1.30 p.m. and the ma_in 5 house at Mead, Ontario, was cut in Mead Headquarters buildings on to Participating in the event of tu • was power on at Mead, 0 ntano, H. E. P. C. Rural Operating Area t h (Continued on th e· Ne>< �LOG BOOK ERS RO NOW SERVES MEAD HEADQUARTERS the , for Ont two ~re ~e C the paci and th g, Ontario; Mr. A. G. Pyette, H. E. P. C. Area Eleclnspector of Kapuskasing, Ontario; Mr. Arne H. E. P. C Construction Foreman on HearstII power line; Mr. P. Bouchard, H. E. P. C. Rural Line Foreman of Kapuskasing, Ontario; Mr. Eric n of Peterson Electric Company, Limited of Port r, Ontario; Mr. A. R. Wiley, Divisional Superint of Mead, Ontario; Mr. P. J. Philbin of George Hardware Limited, Hearst, Ontario; Mr. A. rd of Mercier & Shirley Limited, Hearst, Ontario . M. R. Coghlan, Purchasing Agent of Newaygo Company, Limited of Port Arthur, Ontario. 1 PAGE 13 co-operation shown by the various hydro officials in both operating areas where the Company have constructed lines and are proud of their advancement in bringing hydro electric power to their operations. complete inspection of the construction and on of the hydro lines and services at Mead ters was completed by Mr. A. E. Draves, . Rural Operating Area Manager of Kapusr. A. G. Pyette, H. E. P. C. Rural Operating trical Inspector of Kapuskasing and Mr. Eric of Peterson Electric Company, Limited of Port he contractors on the Newaygo Timber Compted power line, and everything was found to order and up to the H. E. P. C. specifications Particular praise was directed to the ConNewaygo Timber Company, Limited for the nd efficient job done in running secondary Mead headquarters memorate the event a turkey dinner, with mings, was served at Mead ·headquarters Mr. M. R. Coghlan, Purchasing Agent of Newaygo Timber Company Limited, Port Arthur, throws the main switch in power house to serve Mead headquarters with Hydro power. o Timber Company, Limited appreciate the ulca11 Machinery &Equipment Lid. PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO ND STREET at McVICAR CREEK Rope I Eng ■, nes _ aDd Graders _ A large stock of British Ropes Canadian Factory Ltd. at Port Arthur, (cut to your length). Gen·eral Motors Diesel - Largest stock at Lakehead. Marine and Power Units. BUTLER ALL STEEL BUILDINGS - Allis-Chalmers - HD-5, HD-9, HD-15, HD-20 Immediate Delivery. Reconditioned Used Tractors Prices without obligation. New Mack 1953 Truck - A40S. 12-14 ton payload. ring at factory cost. ES INVITED - YOUR BUSINESS APPRECIATED. PHONE 4-2483 �LOG BOOK PAGE 14· MARSHALL-WELLS LOG PAINT A First Quality paint witl, ·Government Registered colors. Used exclusively throughout the British Columbia Lumber Industry. Available in Red, Yellow, White and Orange. Immediate service on any quantity. WRITE, WIRE or PHONE NOW! for full particulars. ~ " ' MARSHALL-WELLS PORT ARTHUR Dial 56511 High School Woodlot By L. Ringham As a result of an article, published in 1949 about a Maritime High School that operates its own woodlot, the Dryden High School has the distinction of being the only High School in the Western Forest Region to conduct a similar undertaking. Mr. N. Howe, who was Chairman of the Dryden High School Board in 1949, read the above-mentioned article and approached the Department of Lands and Forests in Kenora with the idea of obtaining a woodlot and starting an elementary forestry course in the Dryden High School. Mr. Howe's idea received enthusiastic approval from the local representatives of the Department. Since many of the students attending the School come from the rural area surrounding Dryden and upon the completion of their studies many return to operate nearby farms, the local staff considered that possibly a practical woodlot management course might prove of benefit in the future, and help avoid some of the tragic results evident in Old Ontario due to mismanagement of farm woodlots. During the winter of 1949-50 and the following spring, a survey of lots still held by the Crown within a reasonable distance of Dryden, was carried out. Because only a limited amount of time could be allotted for the course, it was necessary to find a suitabe lot that could be quickly reached for the purposes of field trips and practical demonstration. It soon became evident any Crown lots in the vicinity of the Town were unsuitable, being all rock or muskeg. Mr. N. MacMillan, Woods Manager of the Dryden Paper Company, heard of the project and the difficulty being encountered ir finding a suitable lot. He suggested a patented lot owned by the Company, 7 mies south-west of Dryden, and examination proved it to be very desirable. Through the generosity of the Dryden Paper Company this lot was turned over to the High Scholo for instructional purposes. The Forest Management staff of the Company cruised the lot and prepared a type map together with volume and age class data, which was also given to the course. In the fall of 1950 an elementary forestry course was drawn up. It was felt that the main subject should be woodlot management and also include such subjects as tree identification, planting and forest protection. The course was offered as an option to the male students in grades 9 to 12 and the first year 52 boys out of a total school enrolment of 90, availed themselves of the opportunity. Since the first year the course has under- gone many changes in an attempt to improve make it more interesting. The booklet "Practica lot Management" by A. Koroleff, M.F., M.S.F., a_s a textbook for the course, which is rounded films and film strips on Woodlot Management a related forestry subjects. . Practical work on the woodlot to date h consisted of planting trees. Three thousa Pine, three thousand Red Pine and two hu fifty Scotch Pine have been planted on so open areas on the lot. The students enjoyed very much and some who have graduated tained their interest in the work. The per: survival is a Iittle better than 90 % despite so done by deer, during the first winter. Also, some work has been done in m and cutting for thinning operation in a thirty stand of Jack Pine. Up until this year the instruction int and during field trips has been given by Government foresters in the area during spring months. In June of this year at a meeting of th Board, it was decided to extend the class one period a week during the school ter plish this the Board made arrangement teacher on the staff of -the School to servation course during the summer. At present classroom instruction teacher and members of the Lake of the of the C. I. F. look after the field tri instruction on the woodlot. Numerically, the accomplishments by the reader, will appear few. The_n the course are small the time which from other studies li~ited, and the pr pleted a mere pin prick in the. vast gramme necessary, but the organizers that future results in the bettermen agement in the Dryden area will re any efforts expended to date. It is tr taking part in the course will not woodlots in the future. However, obtain a better appreciation of what the economy of a mill town. Beca North-Western Ontario is so depe (Continued on· Page �FEBRUARY 1954 PAGE 15 LOG BOOK 500 Problem Drinhers at the LQhehead tl A.P.M. FORESTS PROPRIETARY LIMITED Aikman Street SOUTH MELBOURNE, S.C. 4 6th November, 1953 IL s. Jones, Manager, ·er Bay Timber Operators' Association, 3 Woolworth Block, rthur, Ontario, Canada. r. Jones: our film arrived the other day and I have just had at it. It is an excellent job and I would like to ent the photographers and also those who out its sequence. It is going to be a great deal us as apart from being a good training film, e gr~at advantage of being extremely interesting ould like to express my appreciation for the ou have taken and to take this opportunity of ou and your fellow foresters a Merry Christmas py and prosperous New Year. Yours sincerely, JOHN D. BROOKES, General Manager. ----0---- rint produced successfully using 40% poplar nouncement from Cleveland. Previously 20% maximum successful in manufacture. To t hardwood areas to compete with present oduct by U.S. firm. Recently a spokesman for Alcoholics Anonymous stated that there were an estimated 500 problem drinkers at the Lakehead cities of Fort William and Port Arthur. Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA as they are known, was organized as something of a mutual help society in which the members help one another with thejr problems while they recognize, also, the need of a higher and Divine power. AA was organized in New York in 1934 and has grown until it almost covers the continent. It is estimated that 150,000 persons have been reclaimed for a h~lpful and happy place in society. It is further claimed that 80 percent of its members become permanent abstainers as compared with something like two percent to be credited to other agencies. AA have branches in Fort William, Port Arthur, Geraldton, Kenora and Fort Frances and members of these branches are willing to help anyone at any time. HIGH SCHOOL WOODLOT (Continued from Page 14) because only good forestry practice wi II ensure the continued success of that economy, it is hoped that the experiment tried out at Dryden High School will encourage a great many other schools in the north tc undertake similar programmes. If this could take place, the numerical results of the future might be equal to the theoretical results hoped for at present. One of a series of articles by Members of the Lake of the Woods Section, Canadian Institute of Forestry. ~fV' Dominioa Oxygen &Acetylene Lincola Electric Welding Supplies Dunlop Bells and Hose WRIGHTS' CANADIAN WIRE ROPE AND CABLE lhland Machinery Supply Co. Ltd. Fort William, Ontario Phone . 3-7407 �PAGE 16 LOG BOOK LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO N.B.: If there is any forestry subject you would like to read about; if there is any book, bulletin, or article you want to check, write the librarian at the above address. The library will pay the postage one way on all loans . Loans are for two weeks, renewable by post card . The following books have been added recently to the collection. Publisher, place and date of publication follow each title. Baker, F. S., Principles of Silviculture, N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 1950. Boyce, J . S., Forest Pathology, 2nd ed . N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 1948 Buttrick, P. L., Forest Economics and Finance, N.Y., Wiley, 1950. Doane, R. W . and others, Forest Insects; a textbook for the use ot students in forest schools, colleges, and forest workers, N.Y ., McGraw-Hill, 1936. Duerr, W ., editor, Research in Economic of Forestry, Washington, .. Pack Foundation, 1 953 . Empire Forestry Association, British Commonwealth Forest Terminology, Part 1, London, E.F.A., 1953 . Food and Agriculture Organization Forestry Division, Elements of Forest Fire Control, Washington, F.A.O., 1953. Francois, Tony, Forest Policy, Law and Administration, Washington. F.A.O., l 950, (General study of various countries' policy.) ~-I~ Northeastern Wood Utilization Council, Pulpwood from s Woodlands, New Haven, Conn., M.W.U.C., 1953. 111 Provencher, Paul, I Live In The Woods; a book of personal lections and woodland lore, Fredericton Brum,wick Press, l 953. ' Society of American Foresters, Forest Terminology, Wash; S.A.F., 1950. U. S. Forest Service, Check List of Native and Naturalized of the United States (including Alaska), Washingt U.S. Govt., 1953. U. S. Forest Service, Woody-plant Seed U.S. Govt., 1948. Wackerman, A. E., Harvesting Timber Crops, N.Y., McGra 1949. Westveld, R. H., Applied Silviculture in the United States N.Y., Wiley, 1949. ' Wing, L. W ., Practice of Wildlife Conservation, N.Y., Wil The library has placed subscriptions for, or lowing periodicals: American Forests; Canadian Field Naturalist; Cana mologist; Canadian Journal of Botany; Canadian Zoology; Ecology; Empire Forest Review; Forest and Forestry; Forestry Chronicle; Journal of Forestry; T Nature; Pulp and Paper Magazine of Canada; Qua of Forestry; Scientific American; Soil Science; ada; The Timberman; Unasylva. Graham, SA., Forest Entomology, 3rd ed., N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 195 l If any periodicals, Journal of make them Grant, J .AC., Relationship between stocking and the size of the quadrat, Toronto, U. of T., 195 l. The library has received gifts of periodicals or publications from: Holbrook, S.A., Burning an Empire; The Story of American Forest Fires, N.Y., Macmillan, 1952. S. T. B. Loose, Chief Photogrammetrist, Abiti Paper Co. Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie. Hosie, R.C., Forest Regeneration in Ontario based on a review of surveys conducted in the Province during the period 1918-1951, Toronto. Research Council of Ont.,1953. G. R. Sonley, Chief Forester, Marathon Paper Limited, Port Arthur. Howard, A. L., Manual of Timbers of the World, 3d. ed., N.Y., Macmillan, 195 l. Hunt & Garratt, Wood Presarvation, 2d. ed., N.Y., McGraw-Hill 1953 . Kittredge, J., Forest lnfuences, N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 1948. Koroleff, A., Stability as a Factor in Forest Management, Montreal, P.P.R.I., 1951. Lindquist, Bertil, Genetics in Swedish Forestry Practice, Boston, Chronica Botanica, 1 948. McConkey, O.M .. Conservation in Canada, Toronto, Dent, l 952. Matthews, D. M., Cost Control in the Logging Industry, N.Y. McGraw-Hill, l 942 . readers of this note possess any back num wh fch they do not wish to keep, (espe Forestry or the Foerstry Chronicle) the I welcome. T. S. Jones, Northwestern Ontario Timber Association, Port Arthur. ~ ANTI FREEZE IS POISON Remember that Antifreeze used du months by truck, bush and snowmobile dr windshields from freezing or icing ove purposes is poison. Care should be taken that any a ution of a similar nature carried in a in ~ metal container, so as to be easil THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY CO. LI IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR APPOINTMENT AS DISTRICT · DISTRIBUTO "Goodyear" Industrial Product Stocks of Mechanical Belting, both Flat and "V" Belts, as well as Industrial are now carried at their Fort William Warehouses. YOUR INQUIRIES WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. �PAGE 17 LOG BOOK :EBRUARY A Complete Line of WINCHES ·ed States, designed for the logging trade hether your job is loading, transferring, decking or skidding logs, you will find a Timberland inch well suited to your requirements. These high quality machines incorporate many feates of advanced design including all steel gears and drums, anti-friction bearings and alloy steel JAMMER WINCHESplete range of light jammer winches to 31 horsepower, available as a r double drum unit. Second drum easily removed or installed. TIMBERLAND DECKING WINCHThe answer to decking your logs quickly and economically in a small area. Also used for heavy jammers, for skidding or for pile driving. Note line guards, operator's seat and grouped controls. TIMBERLAND DERRICK WINCHSimilar to the decki'Wlg winch, but equipped with a reversible outboard drum for swinging a derrick turntable. Available in several sizes to provide capacity for a wide range of applications. TIMBERLAND SKYLINE WINCHAn ideal unit for skyline work in unloading wood at landings, bunch yarding from strips or breaking down block piles. RITE TODAY FOR FULL INFORMATION AND ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE BERLAND MACHINES LTD. ECHANIZED LOGGING SPECIALISTS PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �PAGE 18 LOG BOOK United Canuass Big Success In Marathon Woods Some Points About The fine Paper Industry By G. K. Eoll A single campaign to cover all charitable drives in one was conducted November 7 to 16 on Marathon 1 s woods operations. It was an outstanding success. The idea of a united canvass came from discussions among woods employees who considered multiple drives unnecessary and was approved by management in Port Arthur. A total of $2,744.15 was collecte during the ten-day canvass. The output of fine paper in Canada in th years up to 1951 increased by 61 per cent. Al of this increase -was to meet the needs of consumers. The fine paper production of Canada, a hundred thousand tons, has a value of some $ lion plus the $7 million of coated paper produc basic grades of fine paper. The 500 different types of fine paper Canadian mills range from inexpensive grad partly from groundwood pulp, through a wide of higher cost papers made chiefly or whol chemical pulps and up to the finest papers tirely from rags and selling for as much as $1 ton. The uses of fine papers cover a simila range. Some examples are: catalogues, blotte ing-cups, milk containers, wall-paper, magazin ticket tape, letterheads, business forms, sh fine stationery, blue prints, ledger sheets, st ficates, wedding invitations, and currency. Among the fine papers there are lig grades which caliper two one-thousandths of less and there are heavy grades of twenty thickness. The tolerance in the producti fine papers is as little as one-half of oneof an inch. Response by camps was as fol lows: Camp 25, Hillsport Camp 53, Caramat Caramat Depot Camp 12, Stevens Stevens Depot Camp 51, Caramat Camp 5, Stevens Camp 24, Stevens $647.00 525.00 323.00 318.65 292. 00 256.50 212.00 170.00 Special honours to Camp 25 and 53 for their most generous response. The credit for the success of the new scheme goes to the camp clerks organized under J. A. Clairmont, Field Accounting Supervisor, at Stevens, Ontario, and to the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union, Local 2693, which urged the camp stewards and its membership to support the campaign. The funds are being distributed to the benefitting agencies as fol lows: Port Arthur Community Chest $ 952.50 Red Cross Society 846.65 Christmas Seal Campaign 503.00 Cancer Fund 202.00 Easter Seal Campaign 240.00 TOTAL $2,744.15 Marathon's success in this experiment is another indication that the woods workers are playing their part in community activities. Publications Receiued from the Department of Resources and Development Seed Maturity in White Spruce, by D.. Crossley -- Silvicultural Research Note No. 104. Growth and Development of Coniferous Plantations at Grand'Mere, P. Q., by G. C. Cunningham Silvicultural Research Note No. 103. from the Lake States Froest Experiment Station, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, University Farm, St. Paul 1, Minnesota. Technical Note No. 403•--Veneer Log Production Declines in Lake States. No. 405-- Effect of Pruning on the Growth of Red Pine. No. 406- Log Grading Starts in the Woods. " No. 407- --Comparison of Man Ho.urs Required for Thinning and Clear Cutting Pole-Size Aspen. No. 408-Red Pine Suppressed for Forty Year5 Responds to Release. Russel-Hipwell Engines Ltd. Has Film The Russel-Hipwell Engines Limited Race Car," a 16 mm sound-colour film loan on application to the Russel-Hi Limited, Owen Sound, Ontario. This is the story of an experiment car which ran in the 1952 Indianapolis Though it never finished, the Cummins name for itself by qualifying for the 138.01 m.p.h., the fastest qualifying ti for the "500". The film is more than a record of race . . . it is the story of the backgro why it was bui It and what was acc?mpl engines have powered cars at Indiana never with any great success. ------0--- 50th Anniuersary ·In 1954 the Caterpillar Tractor wi 11 commemorate the 50th anniver ~Jirst practical track-type tractor. •• This anniversary dates back testing of the first practical crawler 1904 in Stockton, Calif., by t~e Company, one of the Caterpillar_ 5 . was the Holt Company which orig• "Caterpillar" at about the same ti crawler. This Holt unit was the forefa 340,000 track-type tractors 0 a~I working in many fields, ex~ uS•V the United States alone. f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Log Book - Timber Operators' Association Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1954JanFebLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - January February 1954 Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Log Book, published by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association. January February 1954. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954-01 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/d3193f0ad97c0dd9bfd74f19e20025bc.pdf c3706228e5effa593cecd630394453ae PDF Text Text The purpose of this Bulletin is to tell private owners of woodlots and marginal farm lands the story doctor in Fort William, Ontari.o , Dr. W. P. Hogarth, developed a tree farm in NorthwestIn addition, it is hoped that other material in this Bulletin will give woodlot owners some points to about. It is hoped to di·s courage the needless and unsound practice of ,cutting under-sized, immatrees for the sale of their products. Under-sized bolts or logs are 11ot economical to manufacture in aper mills and sawmills and the producer loses money by cutting small logs from ~hrifty young trees. It is worthwhile for timber lot owners or farmers with some of tteir land· producing trees to learn the tages of good forest management. Forests, which are managed, can be put on a permanent probasis and furnish the owner with a profit, year after year. Timber can, and shQuld be, treated rop. It should be grown on poorer lands, not rich enough for annual farm crops, but this land be kept • e ood products. ich YO U own is available from foresters private consulting foresters. a/ tJ <'/11,e,e ~ s -D i vision MaftMth.ons HELP ES IN THE ASSESSMENT ACT OODLOT OWNERS Go•91Jy 06, , an a da Ltd . wife suggested we aart a trcw .f~I!. the idek . P agraph 18 of Section 4 of the Assessment A.ct pretty good. - t' Q"ls ~ Tfdlt,~,e'd. V n tar IO states at "One acre used for forestry purposes for by WAUER P. HUGAR I A, AA . §. every ten acres of the farm in one municipality under e of trees rty where my experiments in reforestate consists of portions of Lots l and 2, .R., Township of Paipoonge. They are sslyn Road four miles from the western ty of Fort William and hence only about my home. of light sandy loam and the property st portion of the land in that neighbor- no creeks near it. Water was secured depth of 20 feet. Because the soil is passed over by the early settlers. a single ownership but not more than 20 acres in all" may be exempt from assessment. Section 33 ( 13) "Land used as woodlands within the meaning of paragraph 18a of Section 4 shall be assessed at the same value as it was immediately before set apart for such use and the assessed value thereof shall not be increased by reason of the growth of the timber thereon or be decreased after such timber has been removed." See your Municipal Clerk about your assessment and exemptions. hi~h came under my control, consisted h1ch I will describe as follows: Parcel acres. Part of it had been cleared es attempts had been made to grow much success. Parcel "B" is made of which had been cleared 111 and at :ed in hay and oats. Parcel C", an hich had never been cleared was sh. Over the years many large' trees for various purposes and in 1934 Very thoroughly cut over for cordrne ~nder my control in 1936 and rr_y its way by raising vegetables. t!ferent results owing to the poor P1te of the use of much artificial 8 _my wife suggested that I continued on Page 2) Dr. W. P. Hogarth in Red Pine stand ·planted in 1946 �PAGE 2 LOG BOOK STORY OF A TREE FARM sider trying to do something with trees. Her only information was that an uncle of hers, farming in Halton County, had secured trees from the Provincial Government for wind-breaks. My enquiries lead me to the Department of Lands and Forests, Toronto. From there I found that I could secure seedlings from their nursery at Midhurst. During the winter of 1938-39 I read what I could and askd for some red pine, hard maple, white and Norway spruce. I was a rank amateur and therefore did things the hard way. I selected a fairly open area in Parcel "C", well back from sight of passers-by and personally planted the red pine and the hard maple by digging out a piece of sod about 12 inches square and 4 inches deep and then slit spade planted the seedlings. Nearly all the pines caught and about 60% of the maples. Very few of the spruce caught. I watched the growth that first summer with real curiosity and a dream started to develop. I Had A Dream I am a native of this region and I can remember the stands of timber that were in existence around the turn of the century. I also realized that much of our area was fit for nothing but trees. As far as I could learn no one had ever tried to find out what could be done with reforestation . My dream was that I might experiment in a small way. If it was successful I might turn some of my own unproductive land into a long distance asset. Further, if I had any degree of success I might develop something which might convince the farmers of the district that it would be worth while to turn some of their unproductive land into real woodlots something that would enhance the value and in the' future would provide a regular income by timber farming. Parcel 11 C11 In the fall of 1939 I had the stumps removed from a secluded area of about 2 acres in Parcel "C" and had the land ploughed and dragged. In the spring of 1940 I had 1600 red pines planted in rows 6 feet apart, with the trees staggered in alternate rows. They were planted by the slit spade method and then left alone. About 50% of the red pine survived the winter. All of the maples and most of the spruce were winter killed. Animals were kept off the land and I had a fireguard 25 feet wide cleared, ploughed and dragged around this Parcel "C" with its 54 acres. Naturally I had to consider expense and labour costs and I still was trying to find out what could be done. In 1941 I brought in 5,000 white spruce and 500 Norway spruce and after the vegetables were planted I had the spruce seedlings planted by the slit spade method through the sod in scattered areas in the gaps between the natural growth of jack pine in Parcel "C". But this experiment was almost a total failure. It was a very dry season and the seedlings were late in being planted although they had been kept heeled in. I was rather surprised, seven years later, to note that many of these spruce seedlings were now 6 to 12 inches high. Why they could lie dormant so long and then start to grow is beyond my knowledge. Each year since, I find more evidence of young spruce until now there are several hundred ranging from 6 inches to 3 feet in height. Red Pine Planted in 1940 by Dr. Hogart i In December 1947 I used one of the tre in 1940 for a Christmas tree and found that cut off sor:ne of the trunk to get the tree int ing-room where the ceiling height" is 9 feet, Parcel "C" was doing all right. Parcel "A" Parcel "A" had been unproductive for so I kept seeking information and felt that a of white spruce was in order. It had bee successively with oats, rye and barley in an kill out the couch grass. Finally potatoes planted and well cultivated, but the couch out. In the spring of 1942 I had the east this section dragged and then planted 3,0 spruce in stagger~d rows by the slit spa Rather to my surprise there was about an No cultivating was done as I was desiro experiment. It looked so well that in 19 other 5,000 white spruce planted in this nearly all caught except for a small area w a raspberry patch. It took three and fou eventually fill in this berry patch. The growth the first few years was now averages about 12 inches per year grass is nearly all gone and I am very stand. In 1945 I received a request aski the Department of Lands and Fo~ests t was in Toronto. Rather apprehensive, I Park and eventually found myself befor ial who seemed very anxious to find ou ing with the seedlings secured. I was and relieved when I was told that t~ questioning was that I had brought 1 from Midhurst than all the rest of aria put together. This official want I was up to and why ? Late~ the_ D put up signs on my place designating strati on Plantation". • Naturally I put up the be_st sto phasized the necessity of an inten forestation in our area. I also st 5 ion, this program wo~ld fail un ess ablished in our district. My ex that seedlings from Midhur st were ing a few weeks before we •in our of them and this delay did th e se (Continued on Pa re �\ I LOG BOOK {/l (1) ~ r 1-4.) ~a, tll ct ~ 0 p., .s:: 0 logart~ DIAN TREE FARM PROGRAM UNDERTAKEN E CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION e Canadian Forestry Association has formed a I Tree Farm Committee with representatives dustry and Government being members of the ee. Local committees are being formed in vars of the province. These committees will have foresters included in their membership and sponsible for certifying a TREE FARM. Certifisigns will be presented to owners of farms ify. I hoped to encourage al woodlot owners to d Tree Farm Management practices on their A minimum of three acres of woodland is 0 be certified as a Tree Farm. farms will be certified after nomination by farm committees when owners agree to mainfor growing forest crops; to protect land adagree that cutting practices will be satisensure future forest crops and permit inspec·· mittee foresters . would like your woodlot certified, please pplication to the Editor of this booklet and it to the Canadian Forestry Association ED READING FOR OT OWNERS ICAL WOODLOT MANAGEMENT"-.. ... The Forests Soundly and Profitably by A. M.S.F., is a well illustrated and practical woodlot owners. Farmers, settlers and woodlot owners in Northwestern Ontario cure a copy of this booklet, please write of the LOG BOOK, 3 Tomlinson Block, tario. re below shows an age comparison beof wood. The small stick, at an age of t from a tree yielding only one stick at a time when the tree was growing larger stick is twice as old, 39 years, st l O times as much wood volume. hically shows that it is not always tree just because it is merchantable. 19 years the volume of PAGE 3 PRICES RISE AND FALL Trees are a crop and the forest products grown from trees are affected the same as other farm crops by market conditions. If there are plenty of potatoes available then the price of potatoes goes down. If potatoes are · scarce then the price goes up. This business principle the law of supply and demand affects pulpwood, lumber, etc., in the same way as everything else. Since the war, prices for pulpwood, lumber, etc., have risen sharply and the demand has been great. However, last year due to a decrease in demand for pulp <the manufactured pulp) and w i th a record cut in 1951-52 largely due to almost perfect weather conditions, pulp and paper mills throughout Canada had large inventories of wood on hand. These inventories are being used up and this has resulted temporarily in a weaker market demand. In the case of lumber, the demand has lessened for similar reasons. When the demand decreases, the lowest cost production localities supply a greater share of this limited market, and the high-cost sources get less. So competition develops, not only between different parts of Canada but among woodlot farmers and others in each area. However, farmers and other private woodlot owners have one great advantage in situations of this kind. Tree crops mature gradually over several years. They do not, as in other farm crops, have to be sold at a set time annu(:)lly, regardless of market conditions. Instead, trees continue to grow for some years even after maturity, thus permitting a woodlot owner some choice as to when and how he wi 11 sel I. The long-term outlook for all forest products is very good here. Effort, started now to develop woodlots, is bound to pay off in future years. This is true for all commercial trees growing here, -including poplar and birch. FOREST MANAGEMENT DISCOVERED ON A PRIVATELY OWNED WOODLOT IN THE LAKEHEAD AREA There are some woodlot owners in the Lakehead area who are practising Forest culture and Forest Management on their woodlots. One example of this is Carl Sandberg. Carl lives on Lot 59, Concession B, Dawson Road, and owns the adjoining Lot 36, Concession I. He has owned the latter lot since 1938 and the former one since 1932. Both lots (approximately 150 acres) w e r e wel I timbered at the ti me he obtained them from the Crown. He has cut an average equivalent of 75 to l 00 cords per year from these lots and he asserts that there is more merchantable wood on them now than when he acquired them. A short trip through the property with Carl will quickly convince a critical observer that Carl is practising good forest management dn his woodlot. He cuts only the mature and over-mature trees and does not strip any area. He takes care to not damage the young growth. He has also done a considera_bel amount of pruning and thinning in the immature timber. He is aware that certain spots are more suitable for a different species than is now growing there and is trying to promote suitable stocking on such spots. Carl is convinced that Silviculture on an individual woodlot is good business; he is practising good Forest Management for his own benefit .. �LOG BOOK PAGE 4 HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT GETTING TREES ? The Forestry Act of 1952 and regulations made under this Act outline the steps to take in getting trees from the Department of Lands and Forests. Nursery stock may be secured for: (a) establishing a wood or shelter belt. (b) for enlarging a wood or shelter belt. (c) for replenishing a wood or shelter belt. Anyone wishing to plant trees on private land should contact the local _ District Forester and ~ request a copy of Form l . 11 Application for Nursery Stock tp be furnished . in re11 spect of Private Land. . The Department of Lands and Forests -forester will visit your farm or land and advise you on the speci~s of tree to be used and assist you in any other way : : possible. The company to which you sell your pulpwood will also be glad to advise. The Department of Lands and Forests forester will visit your farm or land and advise you on the species of tree to be used and assist you in any .o ther way_ possible. The company to which you sell your pulpwood will also be glad to advise. The charge for nursery stock is: (a) $14.00 F.O.B. nursery per l 000 Scotch Pine or (b) $10.00 F.O.B. nursery per 1000 of other species. Each spring there are l to 2 weeks of relatively idle time- after break-up and before spring ploughing can start. This is the time to plant trees. ORDER TREES THIS FALL FOR SPRING DELIVERY DON'T DELAY ACT NOW ! STORY OF A TREE FARM (Continued from Page 2) I do not know just how much influence my visit had, but in 1946 the Department of Lands and Forests purchased property across the Rosslyn Road from mine and established the Thunder Bay Nursery for Northwestern Ontar.io. Incidentally the co-operation extended by the Department is a wonderful help. Parcel 11 B" By this time I was convinced red pine and white spruce would grow well on my soil but that it was quite apparent the best results would be with red pine. Outside of one s m a I I unsuccessful experiment with larch, I have concentrated on red pine since and have gradually filled in Parcel "A". Parcel "B" is completely planted with red pine. This larger area which had been in grass for :3 Animals have been kept out and the area prot fire-guard. The natural growth of jack pine h excel lent and the scattered bare areas are 9 filling in with the aid of Nature. I can see th going to have to do some selective thinning very; ly. My Experience First, if anyone is starting a new plantati plenishing a woodlot he should get expert pra vice on what and how to plant. The method of planting is important. If has been cultivated, a single furrow and sl planting is satisfactory. If the land has bee cultivated the slit spade method alone is suffj sod, i' have found the best results are from and disGqrding about a square foot of sod and spade •p_lanting. On my particular soi I I have found tha grows well, the white spruce fairly well. Ja outgrow the spruce as proven by a few oft into my spruce plot on their own. Norway larch, black locust, Carolina poplar and have all been failures; a poor catch, then wi I have found this work, now 14 yea inception, to have been very fascinating as which has given me a great deal of healt recreation as I have planted many thousa seedlings myself. I am satisfied that with very little e and practically no expense in money that a farm can very quickly convert the p uctive portion of his property into a reve asset for the future. It can be done a planting is over and I have found that virgin soil and plant 50-60 seedlings in up to l 00 in prepared soil or ploughed cost of the seedlings is negligible. -Reprinted from "Forest - ·- - - 0 - - Smart young man seeing a very ol a tree. "Old man, why are you planting t never live to enjoy it." Old ma.n: "I've enjoyed the shade planted by someone before I was born years permitted a different sort of planting. A single furrow was ploughed about 4 inches deep and then the seedlings were planted in this furrow. During the last 3 years about 20,000 red pine seedlings were planted jn this manner. Parcel "C", the original jack pine plot has been left alone except for the two acres area of my 1940 planting of red pine and the spruce planted in 1941. TREES ARE A CR � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Log Book - Timber Operators' Association Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1953TreeFarmLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - Tree Farm 1953 Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Log Book, published by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association. Tree Farm 1953. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/a5fc8169429a39a51acded1b14088074.pdf cdb83cd72dee7bd65a7f8e5d5c04d603 PDF Text Text anb J!> a p p !' ~ t a r �PAGE 2 LOG BOOK TWIN CITY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMEN EXCELLENT PARTS AND SERVICE 91 S MEMORIAL AVENUE �:EMBER 1 LOG BOOK NDER BAY TIIBER OPERATORS ~CIATION PAGE 3 CORRECTION On Page 4 of the September-October LOG BOOK, in the article "Artificial Regeneration on Limits of the LongLac Pulp and Paper Company" by E. R. Humphries, a typographical error occurred on line 5. The number of trees planted in the last three years should have read "1,000,000 spruce and pine seedlings. Honourary Life Membership Presented to Malcolm Cochran, Certificates Presented to McAdam and Campbell is issue of the LOG BOOK will be in your hands 1953 Christmas Season approaches. looking over the past year, there was an appdrop in volume of· production. However, we lways remember and be reminded that forest and particularly pulpwood are a rapidly extern. Paper for instance, is as rapidly and regnsumed as the food we eat. While there can ning of demand there can never be a serious emand. our feeling that we can look forward to the 1954 with renewed confidence for a year of uction. The prime problem of this Northtario industry is to compete price-wise with . It is incumbent on both labour qnd manat cost be kept to a point where our prodnd a sale on the competitive market that ese few remarks, we wish one and all a Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. H. H. "Bert" Styffe wood Cut Sets New Record third time, the south's pulpwood harvest ious records in 1952, and this year volontinues. the total cut was 14,564,800 c or d s, ent more than in 1951 and 17 per cent 1950. The greatest drain was on the th more than 12,782,600 cords being made up 1,691,000 cords of the total, ut accounted for only 91, l 00 cords. emendous drain on pine stands continrdage was up 17 per cent over 1951, nd toward greater utilization of the hardwood stands. Pine cutting was chestnut cordage was down 46%. .S. pulpwood production in 1952 was ~he south supplied 58 per cent of all this country. All southern states ennessee and Oklahoma produced 000 cords of pulpwood each. The ~eorgia with 2,513,000 cords being 1. was second with 1,864,000 cords 1th 1,582,000. Thirty-nine counoughout the region, had cuts of rds each. T 9 of this year, there are 63 pulpth a total capacity of 26 865 tons X i:1ew mills are now in 'operation c,ty of 2,360 tons daily. 1 At a General Meeting of the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association held in Port Arthur, Malcolm Cochran, formerly manager of the Hammermill Paper Company and a member of the executive of the Association for many years was presented with an Honourary Life Membership in the Association and a suitable gift. Mr. D. A. Clark made the presentation on behalf of the group. Mr. George MacAdam, Forest Fire Specialist, Geraldton District, Deparatment of Lands and Forests, and Mr. H. Ken Campbell of the Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited were presented with certificates for their part in making the fi Im "Fighting Forest Fi res in Northwestern Ontario." The certificates were presented by Mr. J. F. Sharpe, Chief, Division of Timber Management, Department of Lands and Forests, Toronto, on behalf of the Hon. Welland S-. Gemmell, Minister of Lands and Forests, who was confined to hospital. Name of Association To Be Changed Effective January 1, 1954, the name of the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association is to be changed to the NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO TIMBER OPERATORS' ASSOCIATION. The original name was adopted during war time when Thunder Bay was a region of the War Labour Board. At the end of the war and since that time, many companies from other parts of Northwestern Ontario have joined the Association and today the Association represents operators in the area from the Algoma Central Railway west to the Manitoba boundary. Accordingly, the meeting went on record that the name be changed. Where Do Raw Products Go? Of the forest products produced in Northwestern Ontario, the majority are processed to some degree in Northwestern Ontario. The majority of poles go to Hydro or to the telephone companies and are generally treated in Northwestern Ontario. The mining timber produced goes to local mines, the ties to the railways and the logs for lumber are generally sawn in the vicinity where they are cut. In Northwestern Ontario, there are approximately 372 sawmills; 252 of less than 5,000 f. b. m. per day capacity; 89 from 5,000 to 30,000 f. b. m. per day capacity; and 31 over 30,000 f. b. m. per day capacity. There are in Northwestern Ontario 11 pulp and paper mills: one at Marathon, one at Terrace Bay, one at Nipigon, one at Red Rock, 2 in Fort William, 2 in Port Arthur, one at Dryden, one at Kenora and one at Fort Franees. These mills employ approximately. 5,000 employees. �PAGE 4 LOG BOOK Sprnee - Fir Wind Loss By G. K. Seed The spruce - fir forests are of major commercial importance as a source of raw material for the pulp and paper and the lumber industries. The principal species are white spruce, black spruce and balsam fir. A common silvical feature to each is a shallow rooting habit. Both spruce and fir are generally considered very susceptible to windthrow. In addition, balsam fir is susceptible to butt rot making it especially subject to windbreakage. Forest management (the operation of a biological resource at a profit) may be divided into three types-protective management, extensive m~nagement ~ !'1 d intensive management. The former 1s the prevailing practice in Canada today. The commercially desireable species are clear cut. The forest is ~rotected fr<:>m fire insects and disease as much as possible at a mtnimu'm expenditure. Extensive management goes somewhat further in that clear cutting is replaced by partial cutting. It is the in-between phase from protective management to intensive management. Intensive management probably will not be practi_ced until ~me f~II riotation has passed. At that time timber holdings will be reduced in size so that the area will supply only the needs of the mill concerned. Utilization of wood may be more for its chemical properties than for its physical. properties. The logging and th~ cu_tting system will vary with each forest stand and will give the maximum capitalized value for each area. At this time Canadian forest management is progressing into the extensive type .. Forn:is of partial cutting to insure natural regeneration will become more and more common. The opening up of stands will subject the residual trees more than ever _to the force of the wind. Man cannot control the wind but he can control the type of cutting on the various sites and the size and volume per acre of residual trees. Accordingly a study was conducted adjacent to t~e. ~ed Lak~ Highway to determine th~ ex\ent and v~na?il1ty of wind loss to residual spruce and fir and to indicate the characteristics of individual trees, stands or sites correlated with wind loss. Thirty six one-fifth acre plots were located in spruce-fir stands that had been cut over from one to seven years. From 13 to 77% of the original stand remained after cutting. Disregarding wind velocity and the characteristics of individual trees, the following factors may affect the amount of wind loss: the density of the original stand, rthe amount cut, the amount of spruce and fir in the residual stand, the uniformity of cutting in the surrounding area, the time since cutting, the topographic location and edaphic conditions. The relationship of wind loss to any one factor may be confounded by others and a great many plots would be necessary to take 'v arious combinations of factors i n to consideration. Nevertheless, the results expressed as an average with a measure of deviation or as a specific trend give some indication of what is happening to the residual spruce and fir. The study indicated that the amount of wind loss of residual spruce and fir increased with time but that the rate of loss declined markedly after more than two 's ummer seasons of exposure. Future studies should be carried out in stands with three or more seasons of exposure. The average wind loss was 20 per cent of the idual spruce and fir basal area with a standard d ion of 17 per cent. On the upland the average was 26 per cent and on the lowland l 8 per cent standard deviations of 24 and 12 per cent respect, The difference is not statistically significant. Approximately one-half of the fir and one-q of the spruce wind loss was due to breakage which erally occurred in trees weakened by rot. On the upland, w'indthrown trees usually h sided root systems caused by rock obstructing r velopment. On lowlands, the deeper, finer t soi Is appeared to offer poor mechanical stability ially when wet. The amount of wind loss of both was found to be related to the height of tre percentage of wind loss increased in trees fr about 45 feet, declined in trees from 45 to and thereafter increased rapidly. The relation loss to height contain~ both an age and a suppression relationship. The smaller sized t less than 40 years old and were free of rot. In they were protected by larger trees. Trees fr 45 feet tall were about 80 years old and were ed and intermediate trees. Many of these lfected with rot. Their root syshems were p oped. They were very susceptible to windt windbreakage. Trees from 45 to 55 feet were codominant and dominant trees. Their terns were well developed and the number fected trees was small. They were best su· sist windthrow and breakage. Trees great feet in height were mostly over 80 years of decrepit condition made them highly sus wind loss. The amount of wind loss in each di of residual spruce and fir varied. For tre ches and under the average loss was less cent compared to approximately 30 per ce trees. In conclusion it appears that residual fir cannot be completely relied upon t? f cuts. The relationship to height ind1c~t partial cutting system is introduced, cutti done from below and the windfirm c -'dominant trees left. Care must be take fing to prevent injuries to residual trees provide infection courts for rot. The first of a series of article the Canadian Institute of _Fo Lake of the Woods Section. . . SO In the U.S. the density of populat10; is square mile. What is it in Canada• . d eer 1·n its What is the name of the rein What river in Canada has a depth of BO 0 What percentage of Canada's forest res publicly owned Crown lands ? I W hat is I and where would you ' find fa ablel What one industry uses one. third 0 generated ? ?) (Answers on Page 1 QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ l. 2. 3. 4. 5• 6. �1953 PAGE 5 LOG BOOK ECEMBER 1 • Why Borden's T_rumilk is the Ideal Milk for your Camp 1. All the food value of fresh whole milk! spruce t of tre trees fr l 45 to relation and ad sized tr rot. In Trees fr ,d were f these 1 vere 0 W i5 fe Th 1umb best , gre ars 1ly s 4. For drinking, cooking and every other milk use I Just add TRUMILK to cold water, mix, and in a jiffy, you have milk ready for drinking. TRUMILK is excellent, too, in soups, puddings, and all baked goods. Can be mixed dry with dry ingredients for cooking convenience. TRUMILK is a powdered whole milk which includes all the cream, all the protein and other nutritional value of finest fresh, whole fluid milk! s 55( a gallon I Yes, here's delicious whole milk, ready to use anytime for as low as SSc a gallon ... a real saving on your milk bill, especially where large quantities are used. Further saving: there's no waste . .. you make up only as much as you need when you need it I m-sealed for camp use! 5. Easy handling-less weightno freezing I TRUMILK ( whole milk powder) is only 1/s the weight of fluid milk. This cuts transportation costs to the minimum ... makes handling easier. Under seal, TRUMILK keeps perfectly in summer heat or below zero weather . . . indefinitely. 6. Fluid whole milk in a iiffy I Now you can mix TRUMILK in any quantity with Borden's new effort-saving hand-mixer. It's a 3-in-1 mixer: (1) mixes (2) stores (3) dispenses. Mixers available at cost in 5 gal. and 2½ gal. capacity. Order from your nearest distributor. Heavily protected with an outer plywood drum, the inner vacuum-sealed metal container protects freshness of Trumilk indefinitely! Also has inner friction-top cover to protect contents after seal is broken. BORDEN COMPANY, · LIMITED. LK DEPARTMENT, Spadina Crescent, Toronto 4, Ontario. RDEN COMPANY, LIMITED, 407 McGill Street, Montreal, Quebec. A. H. BRADBURY 13 North Wharf, Saint John, N.B. McKENZIE, STEPHENSON LIMITED 34S Higgins Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba T. A. MacNAB & CO. LIMITED, City Club Bldg., P.O. Box 7851 St. John's, Nfld. �NOVEMBER - DECEMBER t LOG BOOK PAGE 6 The Lahehead Forestry Library By D. M. fisher You may have read that a forestry library has gotten underway in Port Arthur and wondered: how, why and where? The recognition of the need and the request for a library came from a group of foresters in the Thundei Bay area. They felt that long-term planning and a wellinformed woods industry must depend to a large extent on printed material. The nearest adequate forestry libraries are in Ottawa and Toronto - too far away to do this area much good. The foresters, headed by N. F. Lyon, Department of Lands and Forests; J . H. Godden, Great Lakes Paper Company Limited; Ken Hearnden, Abitibi; H. 0. Kantola, Newaygo; and G. R. Sonley, Marathon; sought and received the co-operation of the provincial government. The Research Council of Ontario, directed by J. 0. Wilhelm, entered the picture, much as it did in the Heron Bay project. Professor Wilhelm arranged for an annual grant of $5,000 from Research Counci I funds. This grant is to run for five years. The Department of Education offered the use of the library at their Lakehead Technical Institute with the understanding that the librarian appointed would also look after their collection . The Department of Lands and Forests, through R. N. Johnston, Head of Research, undertook to hire the librarian and to counsel the project. The Institute owns a small nucleus of half-a-hundred books on forestry and allied fields. This is used for the two-year technical course in forestry. On this base is being built a library which, simply stated, will have three objectives. It wi 11 be ( l) a general forestry library of interest and use to anyone in the forest field from camp cookee to company president, and to the general public; (2) a collection of books, reports, and magazines covering specialized fields of forestry in enough detail to enable foresters to follow up research methods and data on matters such as seeding, planting, increment and photographic surveys, sustained yield, etc.; (3) a collecting and central agency for the results of research carried out in Northwestern Ontario. It takes a long time to build up a library. By next spring we hope to have ready and in use several hundred recent books, about a thousand pamphlets and re-ports from government a n d association sources, a n d files of twenty-five or thirty magazines. A committee of four has been appointed to select material for the library. They are George Sonley, Marathon; John Campbell, forestry master at the Institute; Frank Lyon of the Depart~ent of Lands and Forests; and the Iibrarian . The toughest problem ahead is to see that library is widely used. How to make material avail to men in the bush ? How to let them know what have, First, we are prepared to mail to interested p of the area,books, pamphlets or magazines frorn stock for loan periods varying from two weeks t month. We will pay the postage one way. We out that "book-post" is far cheaper than "letter-p Second, we are making up a mailing list of fo ers, wood managers, etc. to whom we wi 11 send ac ion lists at regular intervals. These lists will not the material we acquire as it is acquired. We wel anyone to the privilege of this Iist. If you spot thing specific that you would like to see, drop card. If there is any subject you would like to up, let us know and we wi II hunt up any articles ports that cover it. In recent years, libraries throughout North ica have built up inter-library loans. Thus the library can call on the resources of the bigger Ii We can borrow, and have received promises of ation, from the best forestry libraries in Canada U.S.A. If the material we borrow is pertinent to be permanently valuable to us, we plan to photographically for our files before sending back. We must wind up with an appeal to reade LOG BOOK. Use the library! Call on it whe want information or reading of any kind. group of enthusiasts have obtained the library their work by using it. The adl ress is: Fore 100 North Cumberland Street, Port Arthur, --0---- CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF ASPEN PULP AND PAPER COMPANY In the period July 9 to July 29, 1953 a 720 cords of trembling aspen were treated the standing trees and painting the girdle WI ing compound", a commercial chemical o the Chipman Chemical Company. Two crews of 5 men each, both unde visor were used. The individual crew c men' girdling and l applynig the chemical The treated trees showed signs of de days to 2 weeks of the application of the are now dead. As far as can be ascerta1 has not tightened on these trees, thoug trees has been cut and there has been peel them. ORDER YOUR WINTER REQUIREMENTS NOW • • • Our new Wholesale Hardware warehouse is modernly equipped to serve Lumbering and Mining Industries; the Retail Stores; Plumbing, Heating Contractors in Northwestern Ontario. COCHRANE HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LIMIT 105 North Cumberland Street, Port Arthur - Dial 5- �LOG BOOK PAGE 7 ICAL TREATMENT Of TREES reste 1es f wee (. 'lette list sen will We North s the gger Ii es of anada tinent Ian to ding t Low Cost Power In the September-October issue of the LOG BOOK, rt was made by Mr. Howard Hicks, Woods Superdent of the Northern Paper Mills Limited, on the ience of chemically treated trees. Mr. Hicks has been kind enough to forward additinformation as fol lows: rom this season's experience we now find that by extreme care to girdle these trees at stump really pays dividends. We also find, in our presling operations, we have gained by the applicatslightly more chemical than was applied last year. e have had men peeling since the middle of ber in timber which was treated in July of this Having taken the precautions mentioned in the paragraph we can truthfully say that we have eptionally good results this season, in that this being peeled as easily this fall as sap-peeled. n will continue to peel until the bark is frozen. we point out that our experiments here at ave been in black spruce only. However, this can be used in poplar and birch also. 7 COURSE OF INSTRUCTION - CAMP 20 URGEON CONCESSION OF KES PAPER COMPANY LIMITED By W. B. M. Clarke Management Division, Dept. of Lands and Forests tober 23rd a formal scalers examination was p 20 to determine whether fifty-two candiilated sufficient knowledge to qualify them nsed scalers in the Province of Ontario. en, Supervisor of Scaling in the Geraldton Chairman of the Board of Examiners; with y, Scaling Supervisor in Kenora; Leo Sullit Scaling Supervisor in Kapuskasing; and Arthur, District Check Scaler, assisting. en handle collectively the work of lectructing in the basic fundamentals of sealalso give the field instruction necessary n to measure logs and make correct defect. urement of stacked pulpwood, c u b e d foot measure in both Doyle and Ontario !he measurement of boom, pole, fence 1s covered by this course. tario Log Rule is being used more exwlog instruction stresses this rule in le Rule. Timber Act, 1952 forms an integral e and the relationship of forest man9 duties is stressed for it is increast a scaler's duties will embrace many management based on his intimate ~perations in general and the basic lized in particular. • D. Pennock, as Supervisor of Scalce of Ontario, contributed a sound for railroad signalling The C.N.R. operate a number of Russel-Hipwell generating sets in Northern Ontario to provide electric power for their Centralized Traffic Control . . . a system which speeds up train movements, reduces operating expenses and allows more utilization of track facilities. Sub stations at Oba, Fire River and Elsas each house an installation comprising two 16 h.p. Lister diesels direct connected to 7 .5 k.w., 115 volt, 60 cycle generators. One R-H generator control panel is provided consisting of an a·utomatic voltage regulator, manual transfer switch, field rheostat, ammeter and voltmeter. Lister diesels for this C.T.C. system provide 75 % of the power required. Working 24 hours daily, these engines are economilcal to operate . . . using only half a gallon of fuel oil per hour. for logging camps Away in the bush at Sloat Lake . . . about 40 miles from Edmundston, N.B., the Fraser Companies Ltd. operate a RusselHipwell generating set for camp lighting. This unit comprises a 30 h.p. Lister diesel engine driving a 20 k.w. 115 volt generator. Fuel consumption is just over one gallon per hour. t~ _the J:?ractice of scaling in this intention of the Ontario Depart~-ests _to carry on the scaling prac1pect1_on of District Scaling Superr?vince. These men as the Sen-• ' Will di~ectly direct and supervise gh their District Foresters. RUSSEL-HIPWELL ENGINES 235 BAY STREET LIMITED PORT ARTHUR �PAGE 8 LOG BOOK Mueh lmprove1Dent Work Undertaken This Year In addition to the normal work of producing pulpwood (peeled and rough), logs, ties, poles, lumber, etc., cruising, mapping, general maintenance of ca mp s, dams, roads, etc., considerable improvement work has b e e n undertaken by t he majority of companies in Northwestern Ontario in preparation for woods operations this Fall and in the years to come. The LOG BOOK made a brief spot check on work carried out by a number of companies in Northwestern Ontario and reports as follows: Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company Limited Fort Frances Division Lake of the Woods Concession: 5 miles permanent road bulldozed, 2½ miles gravelled. Manitou Concession: 7 miles permanent road bulldozed. Camp M-403 under construction. Sei'.!1~ C9,Q,,~e~~0_'1~.i.1~- ~--- ·:;.4 family dwellings built at Camp S-113. Re-gravelling l 0 miles of tote roads. 6 miles of gravel road being built. Resaw being added to Finlayson Sa"Y-mill. K,enora Division 1. A family unit camp under construction af Hillock Lake, 11 miles off the Fort Franc~s Higl-J_w~y, and about 38 miles from Kenora, consist of dwellings f_gr 25 fami Iies and bunkhou~~e . and cookery to handle l 0 to 15 single men if'ahd when . required. 2. Six miles of al I-weather road under construction from Red Lake Road into the Aerobus Lake area. Six · miles of all-weather road into the Dryberry Lake area from Hi Ilock Lake. 3. Two old dams on Dryberry Lake being completely renewed and dam on Berry Lake being repaired to handle all pulpwood cut in the Dryberry Lake area. 4. Planing mill and resaw installed at the Patricia Sawmill. J. A. Mathieu Limited, Rainy Lake, Ontario Improved 20 miles of old roads and built 10 miles of new roads. Jan Timber and Contracting Ltd., Dryden, Ontario 1mprovements to depots. Roads improved main road gravelled and graded 6 miles. Repairs to sluice. Dryden Paper Company Limited, Dryden 1. New all-weather road from Sunstrum Road to Route Bay on Lac Seul. 2. Pulpwood holding ground at Dinorwic improved by pile driving. 3. Pulpwood holding ground in Van Horne Township improved by pile driving. 4. New sawmill constructed at Dryden, Ontario. Patricia Lumber Company Ltd., Sioux Lookout, Ont. Depot camp rebui It. 5 miles all-weather road constructed. 6 miles winter haul road constructed. Limit improvements: Location of future roads. Great Lakes Paper Company Ltd., Fort William, Ontario Black Sturge·on Concession: Camps: Moved portable buildings from Camp 25 to new camp site _~9 and built eight new portable buildings. · Camp 18 - addition-- four portable barns and one portable barn boss shack. Bui It three new houses (4 rooms and bath) at Camp 1 Depot. Roads:· New road from Camp 18 to Abigogami Watershed ____________________________________ _ One 28' span bridge across Leckie Creek New road from High Portage Camp to High Falls ---------------------------------------------------- 4.5 Complete road from Camp 30 to Camp 31 ____ 4.0 Total -------------------- 14.0 Improve present road to High Portage _______ 2.5 Widen and straighten road from Sturge Lake to Albert Lake ---------------------------Total ------------------ _ 7.2 General maintenance on all present roads and b Dam and' River Improvements: General dam repairs on present dams. New side pier at Twin Rapids, Black Sturgeon Martin-Gull Lake Limit: Roads-Complete the following roads: To Norway Lake ------------- ------· 0.5 mil To Long Lake ----·--·-···---·------·------ 1.5 m, To Lorne Lake --------------- --------- 1.5 m Total ___________ _________,__ ______________________ 3.5 m Other Improvements - · Complete jackladder holding ground at Scotch Lake. Dog River Concession: Camps: 11 additional portable buildings to complete l l additional portable buildings to complete 10 additional portable buildings to complete Bui Id two new houses (4 rooms and bath) at Camp 226. 'Build one new garage at Depot Camp 226. Roads: Complete all-weather gravelled road to Camp 231 -------------------------------------Complete all-weather gravelled road to Camp 233 _________ --------· ------ ----- --------------- -Total -------- -------------- ••·-· ------------ ---One 28' span bridge across Dog River. General maintenance on all present roads. Valora-English River Concession: Camps: l 0 additional portable buildings to compl l new house (4 rooms and bath) at Depot Roads: New all-weather gravelled road to Camp 319 -----------------------------------------· Build up present winter road to all weat truck road from Valora to Camp 300 Imp rove wagon road to truck road from main road at Camp 3Q9 to Barrel La Total __________________ _ General road repairs from Ignace River Improvements: Rebuild 2 piers at Umfreville. Build 2 new piers at Jarvis Lake. Abitibi Power and Paper Company Li Port Arthur Division: New school at Auden. 2 new houses at Auden. i 9 houses on Wolf River moved ~2 ~ (Continued on page �PAGE 9 LOG BOOK commenced at that time. As c~tting progresses, there will be approxLmately six miles of new haul road to be built to a new landing on Black Sturgeon Lake. Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited., Port Arthur Pie Limit: Roads improved- 4 miles Klinestiver Highway. Roads constructed- 15 miles main road. River improvements- Sweepers cleared from White Otter. Debris from mud slides cleared from Lower Pie. Miscellaneous improvements-New Woodlands office, Marathon. Two new residences built (Camp 12). Mobile slasher developed, constructed, and successful. All residences at Caramat and Stevens improved with new linoleum flooring. High Falls Timber Company Limited, Fort William Stuart Location: Roads improved- 2.50 miles. New roads built- 1.00 mile. Landing places enlarged and improved- 5000 sq. yds. Newaygo Timber Company Limited Mosher Division: Completion of building project at Mosher, Ontario. Constructed additional l O miles of all-weather road. Completed portable camp buildings. Double track 1,200 feet of loading spur for pulpwood loading, and clearing. Completed construction of semi-portable sawmill. Mead Division: Re-built laundry, dry room and steam bath destroyed by fire in spring. Magnet Point Division: Moved portable camps across Otter Cove, distance of w Eynon panel camp ( 150 men) ,) at k Camp 227. on camp enlarged from 150 to 210 men onverted to Headquarters for Provincial District p 226.) miles of all-weather road completed, 6 miles and ditched. Lake Dam renewed. ville Rai Iway Spur extended. ailway spur near Raith for Experimental Forest. rence Corporation Limited, Nipigon, o ·ntario Improvements: System installed in one additional camp. Ider camps wired for electricity. re Depot yard extended. of new permanent all-weather road, plus of improved all-weather road. ately 12 miles of all-weather cutter transport mp areas. rovements: of 16 miles of new river, placing of glance C. d preparing tow booms for first drive on g lake. ce and annual replacement of booms on on and Lake Helen. ovements - Flowage clearing on one lake. orest Products Limited ts being made at Camp #36 which will be a permanent camp. The camp is being th hot and cold running water and insulements commenced August 15 and gravof the Black Sturgeon haul road and the approximately 6 miles of main bush road (Continued on Page 26) Genuine FORD RTS ACCESSORIES 26. and e • in the Long Run!" Gibson Motors Limited ~arry the largest stock of Genuine Ford Parts and Accessories 'twixt Toronto and Winnipeg. For your convenience, Gibson Motors. Limited maintain a speedy shipping department. All orders are given prompt attention so that you will not be subJect to costly lay-up. You can depend on Gibson Motors Limited for Service-Plus! GIBSON MOTORS LIMITED Authorized Ford Deale, - Thunder Bay District FORT WILLIAM �PAGE 10 LOG BOOK Northwestern Ontario Branch (Woods), Ontario Pulp i Paper Molters' Safety Association Fall Field Meeting Held. VISUAL AIDS IN SAFETY TRAINING By Ken Campbell WHAT Visual aids are all of those visual devices enable people to more clearly grasp ideas. Modern play advertising has made great use of visual aids getting its many stories across. In safety traini woods operations, the following visual devices used: 1. Motion Pictures 2. Posters 3. Slides or film strips 4. Signs 5. Diagrams and charts 6. 3-D models (static or animated) 7. Displays 8. Outline cards (handouts) 9. Skits or plays 10. Puppets. The Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association, Northwestern Ontario Woods Branch held its Fall Field Meeting at the St. Lawrence Corporation headquarters in Beardmore, Ontario. A visit to the cutting operations at St. Lawrence Camp No. 93 to observe cutters in action and to discuss any unsafe practices seen during the visit was unfortunately rained out and the morning occupied by discussion on safety codes. The safety film that is being made by the Association "Safe Cutting and Piling" is nearing completion and the first run of this film was shown to those present. The first draft of the commentary was read and after some amendments, was accepted. Mr. Ken Campbell of the Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited spoke on "Visual Aids in Safety Training" and Mr. Bert Rushton, Visual Education Director, with the Lumbermen's Safety Association, outlined the Lumbermen's Safety Association's p I a n s for movies, posters and other visual training aids. Mr. Campbell's paper on "Visual Aids in Safety Training" is reprinted elsewhere in this issue. Training" is reprinted elsewhere on this page. WHY A skyrocket will impress a vice-president cook, a cutter and a truck driver whether they ' or write any language at all. A picture or oth aid may get across an idea without words or m a method with a few simple sentences. In the woods now are many workers who ficulty speaking or understanding English, to orily converse with all the men in a given ca be necessary to speak six or eight difforent I This is the most immediate reason for great visual aid materials. Of course of consiste the fact that ideas can be more rapidly app everyone when explained by a good picture Northwestern Ontario Represented At National Safety Congress, Chicago Northwestern Ontario was well represented at the National Safety Congress held in Chicago, October 19 to 23rd. Mr. A. E. Minor, Safety Supervisor of the Kenora Division of the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company Limited, was General Chairman of the Pulp and Paper Section of the Congress. Also in attendance were Fred T. Morrish, Safety Supervisor, Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company Limited, Fort Frances Division along with Mr. Bob McMi IIan and Mr. Robert Potts, Logging Superintendents. Mr. Wally Lockhart, Safety Supervisor, represented the LongLac Pulp and Paper Company Limited and Mr. D. H. Roy, Safety Supervisor Woods, re p r e s e n t e d the Spruce Falls Power and Paper Company Limited. Mr. T. S. Jones, Manager, Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association and Mr. D. B. Chant, Secretary-Engineer, Ontario Pulp and Paper Makers' Safety Association were also in attendance. Mr. T. S. Jones took part in a panel with the subject "Protective Equipment for the Woods Worker." Other members of the panel were: H. H. Jefferson, Training Officer, American Pulpwood Association. Mr. Byron M. Oyster, Safety Engineer, Weyerhauser Timber Company, Tacoma, Washington. Mr. David W. Sowers, Jr.; Research Forester; Wood Dept., West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Hancock, M.D. Thomas Thompson, Logging Foreman, Tomahawk Timber Company, Ely, Minnesota. There were over 12,000 registrations at this Congress which covers safety in every industrial line. Manufacturers' displays of the latest equipment were very interesting and the subject of safety received considerable "going over". • HOW Visual aids are tools - they cannot to do a job alone, they must be used in conj a specific program. For example, the in the strip-boss and the kind of work being good psychology to be positive with visual "Please use our sidewalks" will usually a results than "Keep off the Grass". Every month national advertisers spe ey in publishing fresh advertisements in. ,___ we can take the hint and guard aga1 or sign becoming a part of the backwo should be removed after a reasonable t1m with a different one; models and displ changed or freshened; signs should be ke in good repair. The visual aids program shoul_d be basic safety program. The tools a~a1_labl "get across" an idea that was d1ff1cult otherwise. WHO Some one interested person shoul visual aid materials. · Perhaps t he could handle this chore and use the the job he wishes to do. It is of increasing value to ha ation in the visual aids, some me~be can create or originate suitable aid needs of an operation (or ar_e~) th ations people free of this act1vityds ,, tr ate on the use of "custom ma e co-ordination would also tend to m the good ideas of a few. is (Continued on the • Ne><t �LOG BOOK ER - DECEMBER g Suggestions from The Quebec Pulp And II r Safety Association Inc. sual devices deas. Modern e of visual ai safety traini Jal devices nated) :e-president, ,ether they :ture or oth words or m \CeS. >rkers who ~nglish, to :1 given ca difforent I 1 for great f consisten pidly appr 1 picture Supporting Belt for Tractor Operators suggestion has been received that wide supbelts, similar to those worn by motorcyclists be a help to tractor drivers who become very d owing the vibration and roughness of the ride they take during the day. Consequently, the ation procured a belt and gave it to one of our r companies for trial. e following has been reported by the tractor r who used the belt:vantages: The belt gives a much needed supprevents back-ache and fatigue after a long he tractor. dvantages: When it is very hot it is inclined e the skin and cause a skin rash due to the ir circulation. estions: It is suggested that the belt should with a number of holes in it or made of a ng, porous material such as nylon mesh, some'ch would not absorb perspiration and that be too costly for the operator. to be noted that while the above mentioned not use the belt for four or five days during t, he started wearing it again as soon as the came cooler and has been wearing it ever PAGE 11 since. He is apparently convinced that it relieves strai and increases his comfort on the job. Needless to sa a man who is tired and uncomfortable is more likel to be more subject to an accident and we, therefore, recommend the above idea in the interest of acciden •prevention. VISUAL AIDS IN SAFETY TRAINING (Continued from Page l 0) HOW MUCH Visual aids, like most other tools and devices are less costly per unit when a number of units are produced. Posters, for example, require an artist to draw them whether a hundred or a thousand copies are required. Similarly, a motion picture has a set production cost no matter how many prints are finally made. To reduce the cost of visual aids, some measure of co-operation would enable several operations to use the same or duplicate units. Even commercial processors are inclined to give good rates when a volume of work is assured. SO WHAT Everyone uses visual aids to a greater or lesser degree. The best use of these important tools is handicapped to some extent by the lack of familiarity with their use. All employees are now conditioned to looking at pictures - we could use this conditioning to effectly help in selling safe working practices. THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED CANADA ONTARIO cannot :I in conju the ins k being 1 visual ;ually ac ~rs sp nts in cl aga >ackg ,le ti d di be ATENT-4 1 l 35-6 MODEL HS 2000 1948 CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR TREE-LENGTH SLASHEF-< AND LOADER Nesco Equipment Ensures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous ~peration �PAGE 12 LOG BOOK NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1 Fire Safety In Lumber Camps By J. E. Ritchie, B. A. Sc., P. Eng. Deputy Fire Marhal posits of soot, so as to eliminate the dange Fi re in a camp may spread to disastrous proporpipe and chimney fires. tions in the forest. A fire which originates in the (c) Protect combustible floors under heating forest may wipe out the camp and interrupt operations. cooking equipment. In either case both the operators and the employees (d) Protect dangerously exposed combustible suffer a loss. Almost all such fires are preventable by and ceilings from the heating units and the observance of simple precautions. If by mischance with sheet metal or equivalent incombu a fire does occur, prompt and proper use of fire fightbaffle plates. ing equipment is likely to knock it out or at least limit (e) Do not course ordinary smoke-pipes throug it to more reasonable bounds. Fi re prevention and fire tics nor use them in lieu of proper chim protection are both worthwhile for all concerned. (f) Dispose of hot ashes in a safe place and set the container on a wood floor unless PLANNING raised off the floor by legs or feet. Advance planning is essential to ultimate satisChimneys: It is recognized that due to the faction. For example, the location of a camp site may locations and temporary nature of the camps, a have an important bearing on its safety from destrucfor brick or masonry chimneys would give rise t tion by fire. If the camp site and the area immediately misgivings in many instances. However, they surrounding it are cleared of duff and combustible litbe good insurance against loss by fire, but th ter down to mineral soil the hazard of incipient smouldsubstantial and well-insulated patented chimney ering fires will have been very materially relieved. have been approved by the fire underwriters for Spacing of the buildings instead of crowding them touse, as in camp buildings. They are probably gether affords an opportunity of confining any accidsafe as- a brick chimney under these circumst ental fire to the building of origin. This is of considthey are installed in accordance with the man erable importance in view of the materials of coners' instructions. The cost would also be less struction normally employed. Accessibility of water ca n b e dismantled and re-assembled witho for fire fighting purposes is another factor · that should trouble or additional expense. Only such chi not be overlooked. It is well to remember that it is have been subjected to appropriate tests and of no value for that purpose unless it can be convenby a nationally recognized approvals authori iently reached and applied on a fire. be accepted. If brick or masonry chimneys ar Life, as well as property, is at stake and smoke and they should be supported on independent f noxious gases are the principle death dealers. Except in the ground and not on wood shelves or for flash fires in grease, oil and similar flammable matwhich may ultimately settle under the wei erials, probably not more than l O per cent of those wood dries out. A spark arrester on a chim who lose their lives in fires are harmed by actual flame insurance against the escape of burning until after they have been overcome by smoke or supconsequent fires on roofs or in dry tinder. erheated air or toxic gases such as carbon monoxide Transfer of Heat: Ventilation is a mo and cetrain other products of combustion. Heat, smoke factor in protecting floors, ceilings, walls f and gases spread rapidly, particularly upward, unless units-ventilation between the unit and th confined or retarded by proper enclosures and cut-offs. ion to be protected. Some materials sue Avenues of egress should be adequate in number and and iron conduct heat very readily and if location and protected from invasion by smoke. During pocketed or confined so that it cannot be the darkness of night hours when the occupants of a air currents the temperature will rise to building are asleep and detection of a fire may be depoint. Wood that has been exposed to layed, the requj rements for safe exit exceed the denormal temperatures intermittently, or ov mands of daylight hours. ed period of ti m e is gradually change properties and may ultimately reach a P Assuming that the site has been well chosen cind where it will start to burn considerably prepared and that adjacent buildings are to be separ~ mal ignition temperature. ated by distances at least equal to their combined overall heights, let us com,ider the construction and lay-out In one instance recorded in Ontari in more detail. The kitchen, where sudden grease fires taurant range rested on a 12 inch cone are likely .to occur, the dining hall, bunk houses and supporting timbers underneath. Heat any other buildings or rooms where the men sleep or ducted through the concrete charred t congregate in considerable numbers should have at they finally broke out in flame . . ~hat least two wel I separated means of escape which are nevample of many fires _of similar origin. er locked against exit travel. A door locked against The design and construction of~ egress travet would be worse than no alternate exit at ing unit determines what the insula~ 1 all. Some of the the worst .fire tragedies on record requirements · should be. These units have be.e n a result of obstructed avenues of egress. with use and they sometimes become HEATING· INSTALLATIONS as others that had a lesser degree_ 0 into them in the first place. It is The installation of heating and cooking equipment "play safe" and make allowances f is of sufficient concern to warrant special attention. ion. For the greater part, the precautions to be observed are as follows: Floor Protection: When st oves (a) Do not use broken and burnt-out equipment. up on legs so as to allow frE;!e ~ro (b) Keep the pipes and flues free of abnormal de(Continued on the Following 1 �PAGE 13 LOG BOOK SAFETY IN LUMBER CAMPS (Continued from Page 12) h it is sometimes sufficient to cover the floor with e~t of metal to reflect some of the heat and to ct the floor from live coals. When the radiated is likely to result in abnormally high temperatures ,n all cases where no open air space is provided, ove or range should be set on a base of hollow laid as to provide cross-ventilation and covered heet metal to protect it from damage and facilileaning. With large ranges it is often necessary a base of two coures of ti le to give cross-venti Iin two directions. In any case the floor should tected against live coals that fall accidentally e door or ash pit. all and Ceiling Protection: Metal attached dira combustible surface does not offer a very easure of protection. The heat is conducted it and the back of the metal becomes as hbt xposed surface. The heat behind the metal is there and consequently the temperature of the ible construction increases until it is ready to break into flame when it reaches open air. paration between a stove, range or smokepipe II or ceiling is not adequate for safety the conbe vastly improved by supporting or suspende intervening space a sheet of metal or other ible material, leaving a separation of about s between the sheet and the wall or ceiling ected. Metal spools or ferrules may be used n the separation. On walls the metal sheets raised a few inches clear of the floor to inair circulation. On ceilings the space should all sides for increased cooling effect. FIRE PROTECTION Any lumber camp is under a continual threat of fire because of the nature of the construction and surroundings. All fires are small in their beginning and can be controlled if dealt with soon enough with the appropriate equipment. For general fire extinguishing purposes water and chemical solutions in water are the most effective and most convenient. Special chemical extinguishants are necessary to deal with special hazards for which water is not suitable, such as fires involving live electrical equipment, grease and flammable liquids. In certain bush conditions a spade may be as effective as anything. Fire depends upon a combination of three things, - a burnable fuel, a supply of oxygen (air) and heat. Remove one of them and a fire cannot occur or continue. Fires may be extinguished in three ways: (a) by cooling the material below the ignition temperature, (b) by shutting off the amount of oxygen necessary to support combustion and (c) remove the fuel, or by a combination of these methods. Water and soda-acid solutions are effective chiefly because of their cooling properties, the heat being used up in transforming the water into steam and gases. Foam solutions act much like water on ordinary fires and on oil fires the foam floats, forming a mat over the burning surface and smothering the fire. Vaporizing liquids, such as carbon tetrachloride and chlorobromomethane, have some cooling effect but their principle value lies in the dense non-flammable vapors and gases which displace the surrounding air to a point where the fire is smothered for lack of oxygen. Carbon dioxide gas is non-combustible and smothers fire (Continued on Page 19) THE LAKEHEAD'S MOST COMPLETE WELDING SUPPLY STOCK e Represent the Two Leaders in ·the Welding Industry. . Electric Co. Ltd. GAS DRIVEN WELDERS CABLE CONNECTORS - TRANSFORMER WELDERS FACE SHIELDS - WELDING RODS GOGGLES - GLOVES Oxygen Co. Ltd. - ACETYLENE - ARGON GASES DING AND CUTTING OUTFITS WELDING RODS -.FLUXES RUBBER HOSE Everything that the welder requires at hland Machinery Supply Co. Ltd. Fort William, Ontario Phqne 3-7407 �LOG BOOK PAGE 14 • • The woods industry is a large one-the largest in Northwestern Ontario. Because of its geographical size, the necessity to either battle or use the weather and other factors, supervision is much more difficult than in other industries. This industry is directed by men who know their jobs: foresters, technicians, and men of experience. Here is a Directory of Key Personnel in the woods industry in Northwestern Ontario. Good Luck To You All. ONTARIO-MINNESOTA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED Woods Production Manager- G. A. Potts KENORA LOGGING DIVISION Kenora General Supt., Woods- C. W. Roark Supervisor, Lumber Sales- H. W. Forstrom Towing and Storage Supervisor-- F. Elders Sluice Foreman- K. Roos Pulpwood Buyer- R. MacDonnell Stores Supervisor- C. W. Clark Patricia Area: Headquarters, Camp Robinson, Ontario Camp P-200 Logging Supt.- J. T. Sniezek Ass't Logging Supt.- G. K. Seed Shop Foreman- J. Tairney Camp Clerks- P. E. Rush, A. McMahon, J. Pearson Audit Clerk- D. McDaid Check Scaler- A. Livingstone Ass't Safety Supervisor- H. J. Bennett Ass't Foreman, Sawmill- H. Kemp Camp Foreman- K. Thinglestad Camp P-206 Camp Foreman- A. Carlson Scaler- H. Berglund Camp P-207 Camp Foreman- N. O. Laroche Ass't Camp Foreman- S. Gadus Scaler- K. Storey Camp Clerk- A. Adam Camp P-208 Camp Foreman- F. Black Ass't Camp Foreman- A. Fortin J. Shiska W. Rigey Camp Clerk- H. Luby Camp P-209 Scaler, Storage Yard- J. H. Allen Lake of the Woods Area: Camp L-311 Ass't Logging Supt.- R. A. McMillan Ass't Foreman- J. H. Gordon Ass't Camp Foreman-F. Kozel Camp Clerk- J. W. Hogg Camp L-314 Camp Foreman- A. E. Coak Camp Clerk- H. James FORT FRANCES DIVISION: General Supt., Woods- S. N. Golder Logging Supt.-R. J. Potts Purchasing Agent- H. G. Rivers Ass't Logging Supt.- B. E. Seppala Logging Engineer- R. W. McLennan Ass't Forester- G. J. Garner Ass't Forester- L. S. Paterson Storage Yard Supt.-W. H. Kirk Master Mechanic, Logging- J. H. Langtry Stores Supervisor, LoggingW. E. Shelfantook Camp Foreman, ConstructionC. W. Anderson Camp Clerk Supervisor- R. J. Hukins Tug Boat Captain- Wm. Martin Warehouse Clerk- H. E. Brown Head Scaler, Woods- C. B. Douglas Safety Assistant- W. Maslanka Pulpwood Buyer- G. B. Cox Ass't Pulpwood Buyer-- E. A. Langstaff Lake of the Woods Area, Fort Frances: Camp L-309- K. Conlon, Foreman-Clerk Manitou Area, Fort Frances: Camp M-402: Foreman-· J. Moore Clerk- D. McKelvie Scaler- F. Ball Camp M-403: Foreman- F. Martin Ass't Foremen- H. Holmes, S. Hamilton Clerk- L. Arason Seine River Area, Atikokan, Ontario: Camp S-105: Foreman- I. Salgren Clerk- D. Gill Scaler- P. Tutkaluk Camp S-109: Foreman- W. Lanigan Clerk- R. McTaggart Camp S-110: Foreman- I. Salgren Camp S-112: Foreman- M. Haslestad Clerk- L. Woodbury Scaler- J. Plumridge Camp S-113: Foreman- J. Gorup Clerk- R. Tighe DRYDEN PAPER COMPANY LIMITED Dryden, Ontario Woods Manager Norman McMillan General Logging Supt. - William E. Cuff Supt. North Division- Fred Morton Supt. East Division- George Franklin Trucking Foreman- Charles Hodgkinson Trucking Foreman- Ted Humeniuk Rafting Foreman- Axel Lindquist Garage Foreman, Trucks- Thos. Sanderson Garage Foreman, Tractors and CranesErnie Hampe Chief Forester- Robert B1,1nney Forester- John E. White Chief Scaler- Wm. G. Fau Ikner Sawmill Foreman- Bert Keller Camp 33 foreman- Brian Barber Clerk- Dick Neale Camp 34 Foreman- Charles Latimer Ass't Foreman- Martin Hampe Landing Camp Foreman- Geo. Hohn Clerk- Grant Buchanan Camp 32 Foreman- Archie Sherrard Camp 27 Foreman- John McArthur Clerk- Wm. Beatty HAMMERMILL PAPER COMPANY Woods Manager- R. I. Young Logging Sup't Fred Alexander Forest Engineer - D. L. Hagar Pulpwood Buyer and Scaler - Vern McKay Depot Clerk, Y cliff - John Lukacin Marine Superintendent George Neill Dock Foreman William 'Russell OSCAR STY FF E LIMITED Pres. and General Manager- John Styffe Manager Woods Operations- Bert Styffe Manager, Marine, Rafting and LoadingRoy Styffe Supt. Hudson and Umfreville OperationsPaul Petterson Supt. Thunder Bay Dist. Limit OperationsDan Healey Company Representative and ScalerAllan Bishop and Fred Milenko Chief Mechanical Superv'r- Wm. Han Foreman and Scaler, Umfreville and p Arthur- Norman Pederson Foreman, Silver Islet- Martti Niemi Clerk Silver Islet- H. Danielson Foreman, Hudson- Nils Berg Clerk, Hudson- Roy Spooner Supply Clerk- Melvin Maki Woods Auditor- W. Browness Rafting Supt.- James Gerow Manager, Planer Mill and Lumber Ya, Tom Picke Lumber & Wood Purchases- A. Men Lumber & Pulpwood Acc't' g- A. Sax Woods Records- Joe Lychek Personnel- G. Longworth CHUKUNI LUMBER COMPANY Manager- H. McCallum PEARSON & ENGBLOM Fort Frances, Ontario ABITIBI POWER & PAPER COMP LIMITED LAKEHEAD WOODLANDS DIVISION• Woods Manager -- A. J. Auden Ass't Woods Manager - F. L. S Office Manager C. S011thern General Logging Supt. - G. Wi Control Supt. - F. S. Hick Construction Supt. - T. C. Arm Forester K. W. Hearnden Mechanical Supt. - 0. A. Zepik Marine Transport Supt.- D. R Supply Supt. - W. G. Dafoe Warehouse Foreman - George Personnel and Labour Relations A. Walters Millpond Supt.- G. Miller Chief Scaler - W. J. Hughes Check Scalers - G. Hubbard, L. Malmborg Clerk Supervsors - R. Halme, R. Munsie AUDEN DISTRICT: District Logging Supt. - A. V: Ass't Supts. - K. Crowhurst, R. Wilson Road Foreman - A. Reid Depot Foreman - A. Wragg Depot Clerk - A. J. Dufres Warehouse Foreman - J. Paymaster - C. Hogan Master Mechanic - J. Mc Camp Foreman or Contractor Ba E. litteck 9a A. Sohlman 11 A. Rotmark 20 J. Brisard 24.i B. Nelson 30 W. Salo 32 F. Sinclair 33 D. McKinnon 34 G. Nordstrom 35 K. Lahti 37 E. Hadley PROVINCIAL DISTRICT: Di~trict Logging Supt. Assistant Supt. - E. Mechanic Foreman Camp A 226 K. Ratz 227 WESTERN DISTRICT: District Dogging Sut Assistant Supt. • Master Mechanic - �1953 Niemi on )M 10 LOG BOOK Clerk Foreman or Contractor F. Bowman G. Sellers J. Heino G. Kalinka M. Sutton O. Salo G. Hayes F. Westerberg MENTAL FOREST: 'ntendent- G. Breckenridge r _ L. Vidlak _ K. Campbell RIVER DRIVE: tendent in charge I. Mutch oremen - R. Matchett, H. Hill G. Flett, R. Tweedie M. J. Grace T LAKES PAPER COMPANY LTD. dlands Division, Fort William ds Manager- J. H. Godden ogging Supt- D. E. Graham ler<-- J. C. Leslie Murphy Surveys- P. J. Ward ice Manager- W. E. Madge epartment- K. A. Mine~ chanic, Woods- Albert S1deen Captain- A. Van Matto Supt., Woods- John Currie k- R. C. McMullin asing Agent- S. S. Orstad - Oliver Lammi epartment- C. R. Caddo k- G. Lalonde Auditor- M. A. Harnden - B. C. Brady r- C. H. Greer George Weller Woodlots- J. G. Caulkins an- Jos. 8. Dutli rk- R. T. Greer arl Hagstrom, M. A. Fraser W. Nightingale Ken Mason er- R. S. Young ent- W. S. Delaney g Clerk- W.W. McCallum J. A. Lindgren . - J. W. Stenback S. R. Tees erk- Alfred Fournier s - Ernest Steinhoff m. Storozuk ohn P. Flynn homas Kelly lcolm Mclure •ctor Maloney J. McKinnon . L. Sundstrom Sutherland 8. F. Dupuis, . Reguly Presunka Muir Maki Michels T. V. 'Reivonen eve Healey e Wakewich Cameron MacKenzie E. R. Dubeau lelland Jos. Kutzner gust Erickson Arvo J. Hill H. Dolan : J. Bouchey •ce J. Helie ch Warehouse Clerk- Arvo Matson Paymaster- E. R. Plater Clerks- Waino Poutanen, T. 0. Olmstead Robert Sutherland, Carl Mossa Emile Lemire, Leonard Clewes District Mechanic- A. J. Hamm Dist. Logging Engineer- M. R. McKay Foreman Camp 24- Torger Dale Foreman Camp 32- Thomas McClelland Foreman Camp 29- Phillip N. Elder Strip Boss- Louis Favretto Foreman Camp 18- W. G. Simpson Contractor Camp 23- Eugene Lasn Dog River, Ontario: District Supt.- Kenneth Porter Dist. Supervising Clerk- Onni J. Korpela Dist. Logging Engineer- G. Cameron BelJ Paymaster- Howard C. Garbutt Foreman Camp 231- Eugent Larocque Foreman Camp 229- Hans Maki Clerks- Sulo Hakala, Allan Leeyus Warehouse Clerk- A. J. Beagley Foreman Camp 232- J. C. Bocking District Mechanic- Les Kontunen Clerk- Henry Schilke Martin, Ontario: District Supt.- H. S. Beattie Clerk- H. S. Jackson District Mechanic- Wm. Honkanen NIPIGON LAKE TIMBER COMPANY Woods Supt.- Col. R. H. Bliss Camp Auditor- P. J. Ukrainec Personnel- J. A. M. Whaley Check Scaler- P. J. Lalonde Nipigon: Superintendent- F. C. Brown Clerk- W. Briveau Rafting Foreman- R. McMenemy Gull Bay: Foreman, J. Bruce; Clerk, H. Taisey Beardmore: Superintendent- W. Collin, Clerk- R. Garrett Scalers- A. Cheetham, H. Williamson Kowkash: Superintendent- R. B. Grogan Clerk- A. E. Turja Stores- J. Palm Strip Boss- J. Kackis Scalers- W. J. Ingram, A. Cardinal M. Cote Savant Lake: Foreman, A. Watkus; Clerk, W. McKenzie ST. LAWRENCE CORPORATION LIMITED Woodlands Department Woodlands Head Office, Nipigon, Ontario: Woodlands Manager- A. M. Jones Ass't Woodlands Manager- D. R. Stevens Woodlands Chief AccountantW. H. McKinley Ass't Wodlands Chief AccountantF. H. Polnicky Chief Forester- E. A. Smith Foresters-W. Moore, F. Walker Employment Supervisor- R. A. Hallonquist Control Clerk- W. Schulz Field Auditor- 0, Santala General Accounting- W. E. Leskinen Towing and Rafting SupervisorT. Peterson Woodlands Depot Office, Beardmore, Ont. General Logging Supt.- L. M. Lein Dist. Logging Supt.- W. D. Sainsbury Dist. Logging Supt.- A. A. Boyle Dist. Logging Supt.- M. E. Wilson Ass't Dist. Logging Supt.- R. J. McLeod Ass't Dist. Logging Supt.- J. A. Usher Control Supt.- D. E. Pickard Towing and Rafting Supervisor- John Ahl Chief Storekeeper- W. T. Baker Chief Warehouse Clerk- V. May Chief Scaler- C. E. Mcinnis PAGE 15 Chief Clerk- J. Katajamaki Ass't Chief Clerk- V. Kennedy Cost Clerk- N. Kozak Paymaster- E. Doyle Field Auditor- R. Leskinen Field Auditor- C. Korpi Depot Clerk- T. H. Finnen Operating Supt.'s Clerk- A. Lappalainen Employment Clerk- J. G. Poirier Chief Fire Ranger- N. Nylund Safety Inspector- A. L. MacDonald Machine Shop Foreman- R. Clerihew Machine Shop Clerk- R. Pifko Camp 17, Beardmore: Henri Poirier, Contractor; C. Laboe, Clerk Camp 47, Beardmore: Ernest Kivi, Contractor; A. 0. Forester, Clerk Camp 51, Beardmore: R. L. Tansley & Sons Ltd. (Tom Tansley), Contractor; J. Harding, Clerk; P. Poirier, Ass't Clerk K. Gerrie, Ass't Clerk Camp 63, Beardmore: Oja & Korkola Ltd., (Elmer Korkola), Contractor; Anton Wainio, Clerk Camp 88, Beardmore: Oja & Korkola Ltd., (Elmer Korkola), Contractor; E. Mekkonen, Clerk Camp 89, Beardmore: Jos. Grenier, Contractor; H. Grube, Clerk Camp 90, Beardmore: A. Hotte, Contractor; D. Hornblowe_r, Clerk Camp 92, Beardmore: E. M. (Sam) Hughes, Contractor; Chas. Hewett, Clerk Camp 93, Beardmore: Frank Makinen, Contractor; J. Kenna, Clerk Camp 94, Beardmore: A. MacDonald, Contractor; Ernest Seppala, Clerk Camp 95, Beardmore: John Moschuk, Contractor; M. Bradley, Clerk; John Cameron, Ass't Clerk Camp 7, Nipigon: Gus. Pearson, Foreman; Wm. Foster, Clerk LONGLAC PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED Woodlands Dpartment LongLac, Ontario Woodlands Manager- A. F. Buell Ass't Wood's Manager- A. L. K. Switzeer Logging Supt.- G. L. Puttock Pire Protection Supervisor-W. R. Cooke Scaling Foreman- W. L. Chapman Check Scaler- Harold Machida Scale Record, Clerk- Fred Lemieux Office Manager- A. G. Galloway Cost Accountant- R. G. Green Paymaster- B. Feldbruegge Cost Clerk- J. Noble Ass't Cost Clerk- K. Eaton Camp Ledger Clerk- T. Tweedie Camp Auditor- T. Velanoff Headquarters Clerk- Endel T ooming Camp Clerk (LLS)- John Cervenak Ass't Personnel Mgr.- J. E. C. Pringle Personnel Clerk- Max Ezewski Hiring Clerk- R. Desaulniers Safety Supervisor- W. Lockhart Statistical Clerk- J. F. Clarke Stores Supt.- W. B. Mills Head Stock Clerk- K. Graham Warehouse Foreman- M. Dusk Stockman- R. Bird, G. Jones, K. Burgess, G. Matthews Plant Supt.- J. C. Day Townsite Supt.-D. C. Y,ule Yard Foreman- Norman C. Skinner Plant Budget Clerk- Carl Weckworth Chief Mechanic- William Loponen Shop Clerk- W. Ahlgren ( Continued on the Next Page) �PAGE 16 Chief Electrician- Geln Munro Townsite Serviceman- Walter Dutka Ma•ntenance Foreman- Ernest Bredin Lake and River Drive: Drive Supt.- R. B. Loughlan Lake Drive Foreman- Tauno Loponen River Drive Foreman- Matt Lucier Rafting Foreman- William Olson Engineering Office, LongLac: Chief Forester- E. R. Sexsmith Forester- J. A. McMahon Regeneration Forester- E. R. Humphreys Draughtsman- R. L. Beach Surveyor- C. D. Royce Road Supt.- J. T. Dorland 'Road Const. Foreman- Don Penna Forester (Photogrammetry) D. W. McGregor Draughtsman- T. J. Onski Road Surveyor- Cliff Hartley KENOGAMI DISTRICT OPERATIONS: LongLac District Supt.- Austin Ste. Croix Camp 43: Camp Foreman- Tom Ballantyne Ass't Camp Foreman- Sandy Kuzik Camp Clerk- Ray Matson Ass't Camp Foreman- Albert Braumanus Camp 46: Camp Foreman- Eino Heino Ass't Camp Foreman- Ed. Olson Camp Clerk- Howard Gregoire Camp 54: Camp Foreman- Isaac Mackie Ass't Camp Foreman- Cecil Nurse Camp Clerk- Harry Kireto East Highway Area and Camp 47: District Supt.- Hugh Renaud Camp 35: Camp Foreman- James Reeves Ass't Sawmill Foreman- Curwen Unsworth Ass't Camp Foreman- Hugo Seppalainen Camp Clerk- Nichol Williamson Ass't Camp Clerk- Donald W. Thompson Camp 38: CZ!mp Foreman- Leon Pond Ass't Camp Foreman- Robert Lavoie Camp Clerk- Mike Elchuk Camp 40: Camp Foreman- Walter Drews Ass't Camp Foreman- Peter Boardman Camp Clerk- Charles Shulist Camp 47: Camp Foreman- Paul Thors Ass't Camp Foreman-Mike Tracey Ass't Camp Foreman- Angus McPherson Camp Clerk- Colin MacDonald GERALDTON AREA, LongLac: District Supt.- Kenneth McCron Camp 48: Camp Foreman- William Dawidowich Ass't Camp Foreman- Zoel Pelletier Camp Clerk- John Oja Camp 49: Camp Foreman- Stanley Dodds Ass't Camp Foreman- James J. Murphy Camp Clerk- Eino Pudas LONGLAC SAWMILL, LongLac: Mill Supt.- W. S. Carlson Mill Foreman- Clifford Poole Sawmill Yard Foreman- Roland Caron Clerk- Robert Ferguson Lumber Grader- Bert Wichern Sawyer- Joseph McCoy Chief Mechanic- Don Pentney Millwright- Pete Olson Stationary Engineer- Eric Hokanson Lucien Massicotte, Camp Foreman, at present in the Fort William Sanitorium. Geraldton: Hiring Clerk- George Broder Scaler- Nick Nakano LOG BOOK NEWAYGO TIMBER COMPANY, LIMITED THUNDER BAY DISTRICT PORT A'RTHUR DIVISION, Port Arthur, Ont. Vice-President and Manager-H. S. Mosher Secretary and Office Mgr.- H. W Mutch Purchasing Agent - M. R. Coghlan Chief Forester & Cutting SupervisorJens Finstad Cost Accountant - W. E. Esse Camp Auditor - D. W. Gillies Supervisor of Land Records-G. T. Harvie P,.,rchasing Department W. T. McNeil! Employment Department-W. R. Johnston Employment Department - James Karpik Forester Stan White Cruise & Layout Dept. - Con Parks Cruise & Layout Dept. - Frank Moran Captain "Tug Rocket" - Arthur Harpell Engineer "Tug Rocket" - Roy Hedman Rahing Foreman - Bert Krouse CLARKDON LOGGING DIVISION: Clarkdon, Ontario Divisional Superintendent - Louis Johnson Chief Clerk Eric Holm Rafting Foreman - Wheaton Bradish Warehouse Clerk - W. Oinonen MAGNET POINT LOGGING DIVISION: Port Arthur, Ontario Foreman Jack Kozystko Clerk - Martin Molund PRINCE & JARVIS LOGGING DIVISION: R. R. #3, Fort William, Ontario Superintendent-Forester H. 0. Kantola Clerk - Neil Maki ALGOMA & COCHRANE DISTRICTS: Hearst, Ontario General District Logging SuperintendentKen Moland MEAD LOGGING DIVISION: Mead, Ontario Divisional Supt. A. R. Wiley Chief Clerk - M. A. Cameron Payroll Clerk - W. Sachowsky Clerk Waino Halme Yard Foreman - Tom Kaarianen Camp Foreman - Max Phair Clerk - Edward Kruger Scaler - Wm. Young Divisional Mechanic - George Litke HEARST LOGGING DIVISION: Hearst, Ontario Divisional Supt.- Harry Tapper Chief Clerk- Herb Wade Clerk- Mauno Jansson Foreman- Einar Mickelson MOSHER LOGGING DIVISION: Hearst, Ontario Divisional Superintendent - Wally Olafson Chief Clerk N. Melnychuk Payroll Clerk Bill Tetley Foreman John Vukelich Clerk Louis Souter Road Foreman - Albert Chamberlain Scaler George Achilles Divisional Mechanic - E. Beger PATRICIA LUMBER COMPANY LTD. Sioux Lookout, Ontario Woods Manager E. Farlinger Foremen - F. Watson, R. Burstahler, W. Stasishin, L. Stepanie Clerks J. Go)'man, Geo. Pawlenko K. Bayly, Geo. Sands J. F. THOMSON, TIMBER CONTRACTOR Port Arthur, Ontario Professional Engineer - R. M. Thomson Superintendent K. T. Ehn Shabaqua: Foreman W. Rothenburger NORTHERN FOREST PRODUCTS, LI PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO Head Office: Woods Manager- F. Hedley Woods Engineer - H. Kalz Accountant Ray Johnson Pole & Lumber Buyer - Gord. Krysa Purchasing Norman Antrobus Reba Division: Foreman Contractor - T. J. Black Sturgeon Division: Foreman - W. B. McCabe Scaler - O. Kuusela Clerk Lou,s Nymark Log Scaler - W. Sinnemaki Armstrong Division: Contractor John Siipola Foreman 0. Laine Clerk A. Boyce NORTHERN PAPER Hansen, Ontario Woods Superintendent- Howard Camp 14 Foreman-Lauri Niemi Camp 2 Foreman-Helgi Nelson Accountant- Eino A. Jarvi Depot Clerk- Pat. Lagrange Clerk Camp 2 - Webster Tilso.. Clerk Camp 14 - -Laura Wai Forester Lorne Dell Loading Supt.- Albert R. Morto Warehouse & Purchasing- B. General Foreman- Laruent Ca Wood Buyer- Phil. Farley Clerk- Armand Micha,.,d Plant Manager- W. I. Turner General Supt. - T. Summers Plant Accountant -F. E. Doyl Plant Supt. - G. Mills Logging Engineer - D. C. H Logging Engineer- D. L. Ca Plant Forester R. W B. T Chief Scaler - F. R. M. Smi Chief Electrician - L. Hogue Master Mechanic - J. Lemo Chief Fire Ranger - E. C. Chief Woods Clerk - S. L. Industrial Relations - G. B Medical Dr. W. N. Turp Safety Inspector - R. Mac Black River District: District Supt. - G. A. Gen Forester - I. D. Bird General Foreman- M. Th" Camp 44 Foreman - J. Clerk - C. B. Camp 50 Foreman - K. Clerk - S. J. J Clerk -- M. Fa Camp 51 Contractor Clerk - P. C. Camp . .57 Foreman - W Clerk - Y. H Little Pie District: Forester - I. M. Cran DRIFTWOOD LANDS & Delra)·, C.N.R.: Woods SuperintendentChief Clerk and Paymak.l Camp Foreman- Es 1 Camp Clerk- Geo!g• Scalers- Cliff David Peterbell, C.N.R.: H Chief Scaler- J. .,· Scaler- Ger Ass't Scaler- Mo~I Alvin Detsul, C.N.R.: st Watchman--:- Erne �LOG BOOK 1dley ~alz: ,son Gord. Kryu \ntrobus r. J. maki 1ola tario • Howard ari Niemi lgi Nelsoa arvi range bster Til .aura Wa THON PAPER MILLS OF CANADA LIMITED ~rthur Offices: 5 Manager- Mr. P. V. LeMay nnel Manager- Mr. G. K. Eoll forester- Mr. G. R. Sonley yment Supervisor- Mr. G. Pipher oller- Mr. C. E. Lee . asing Agent- Mr. B. Midgley ch forester- Mr. N. L. Kissick nel Officer- Mr. Ken Campbell Offices, Divisional: Woods Manager- W. E. Mair nal Engineer- A. H. C. Carson fire Inspector- Sol Cowan t Physician- Dr. S. J. Navin arehouseman- Al. Christie Mechanic- Fred Brad,y Clerk- G. P. Tuffy A. A. Mantyla Supt.- J. Gowan I Forester- W. D. Harkness reman- H. Hopkins , Camp 51: ent Supervisor- E. Kauhanen Foreman-- M. Tateishi J. D. Malloy Camp 53: nt Supervisor- T. Bosvik Foreman- J. Essery " A. E. Smith es, Divisional: isor, Acctg. & Admin. J. A. Clairmont - E. A. Lunam Supt.- N. Husak ic- 0. E. Olson anic- K. A. Karlstedt N. E. Karlstedt 0. Adams . Davidson n - C. Christie E. Lafave p 24: pervisor-- John Larson man- D. Mason E. Martin ervisor- C. Carlson an- V. Mepham . R. Eady rvisor- R. Brown n- P. Rodwick J. D. Stone G. Richar~s w Production Foreman- K. E. Lynch 11 11 M. Hoshino Clerk- A. A. Patterson Marathon (Woods} Offices: District Supt.- M. Johnson Forest Ranger- Wm. Eden Depot Clerkt-- H. B. Lawson Foremen- Pete Demach; D. W. Graham • Nagagami Division; Hearst, Ontario: Operations Manager- G. D. McNab Controller and Purchasing AgentE. J. LaJambe Superintendent- P. Turcotte Chief Clerk- J. Sorokan Ledger Keeper- R. Selin Paymaster- G. Bissonnette Warehouseman- P. Robertson Storekeeper- F. Duschense Mechanic- J. Veilleux Scaler- K. Schwantz Foreman- N. Magnusson Cruiser- A. Ysenbaert Sawmill Contractor- W. Lallier Hornepayne, Ontario: Superintendent- C. Powell Superintendent- G. Dempsey Travelling Clerk- E. Dupre Warehouseman- J. Eaton Forester- D. True Mechanic- L. Morin Chief Fire Ranger- G. Jornson Lumber Grader and Shipper- C. Nillson Chief Scaler- E. Dolph Foreman- C. H. McNab Safety Supervisor- D. Haggerty Trucker- D. J. McNab Sawmill Contractor- 0. Haavaldsrud Sawmill Contractor- E. Levesque RIPCO TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED Ripco, Ontario, Canada Head Office: Vice-President- A. Provencher Accountant- J. M. Boutin Ass't Accountant- Leo E. Leivo General Foreman- Lucien Riopel Camp 5: Foreman- Bertrand Diamond Clerk- Lionel Bastarache ARROW TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED Calstock, via Hearst, Ontario General Manager- R. V. Perry Secretary-Treasurer- J. Wood Camp Accountant- A. Groulx Store Manager- J. A. Bois Scaler- A. Lehoux Contractor- P. Re kola Contractor- L. Gagne PAGE 17 Y. W. NELSON Port Arthur, Ontario ABITIBI POWER & PAPER COMPANY LIMITED SAULT STE. MARIE DIVISION DIVISIONAL OFFICE Sault Ste. Marie: Woods Manager- M. MacLaggan Ass't Woods Manager- E. E. Grainger Supt. Scaling & Control- J. S. Foulds Divisional Forester - B. J. Smith Ass't District Supt. Lee Fletcher Forester Len Oliphant Marine Supt. Capt. J. W. Alexander Mechanical Supt. - W. C. Fleming Supply Supt. f. W. Niemi Woods Accountant B. S. Blanchard Ass't Woods Accountant - G. H. Pitt Personnel & Labour Relations Sup't -F. W. Stevens Regan Area: General Logging Sup't - R. A. Kenshol District Supt. - 0. A. Waluk Ass't District Supt. I. S. Palmer Ass't District Sup't - W. R. Boville Improvements Supt. - G. E. Ball Mechanic Foreman - William Taskinen Camp Clerk Supervisor - J. L. Baskerville Depot Clerk W. A. Koski Paymaster D. J. Steele Warehouseman - J. E. Hall Parts Clerk Edwin Townsend Foreman Lauri Tahti Clerk Thomas Lyon Foreman - · F. Larocque Clerk 0. Rajala Foreman - Evert Aho Clerk - C. W. Coulter Fo!l'eman - C. Lampi Clerk - J. W. Mills Foreman Harold Hayward Clerk - D. A. Leith Foreman T. Lefebvre Clerk F. R. Hatheway Haul Foreman W. Beer Check Scaler - J. B. Kelly ANSWERS to QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ HIGH FALLS TIMBER COMPANY LTD. Manager- John Anderson Agent- Hugo Upitis Contractor- John Pogenbergs 1. Less than 4 persons per square mile. 2. 3. 4. 5. Caribou. The Saguenay. 90 per cent. A beluga is the white whale, found in Hudson Bay. Pulp and Paper. 6. Is the time to think of this year's HEATING" Now is the. time to get full information about the New 3 ~o~eman ·Od Space Heaters. They're really NEW with 5 ving features ! Ask about Canada's new forced· air ~oleman Blend-Air Furnaces- Information with•gataon at . . . ":i:- II-Wells--- Distributors for Coleman �PAGE 18 LOG BOOK Why Logging Chanees Are Necessary By R. S. Young Foremen and strip bosses often wonder why definite logging chances are laid out, and why cutting has to be confined to the approved chances. There are a great many reasons, some due to Government regulations, and some due to Company policy. A few of the more important reasons will be discussed briefly. First, let us have a quick look at a few of the sections of The Crown Timber Act of the Province of Ontario. All operators in Ontario who cut on Crown Lands must abide by the rules laid down by the Act, or pay the penalties, or even have their cutting rights cancelled. Section 12 of the Crown Timber Act, 1952, reads as follows: "No licensee shall commence cutting oper• ations in any year until the Minister has approved ir. writing the area in which the cutting operations are to be carried on in that year". Section 23-(1) reads as follows: "Every licensee shall furnish to the Minister at least sixty days before cutting operations commence in each year, but not later than the 15th day of June, an annual plan for the cutting operations to be conducted by him during the twelve month period commencing on the first day of April in that year". Section 23 -(3) reads "Cutting operations in each year sha 11 be conducted in accordance with the approved annual plan". Section 46-(1) reads as follows: "Every person who commences cutting operations without the approval of the Minister under Section 12 or who carries on any cutting operations beyond the limits of the area approved by the Minister under Section 12 shall be Iiable to a penalty of not less than twice and not more than five times the amount of the Crown charges on the timber so cut". In accordance with the regulations, logging chances are laid out for each camp, estimates of the kind and quantity of timber on the ground are compiled, and the maps and other information is submitted to the Department of Lands and Forests. This data is examined by the staff of the Department, and the areas are approved, the necessary permits are made out and forwarded by the Department to the operator, who cannot start cutting until the permits are received, and he must cut only on the areas that have been examined and approved. Wood from one camp may be more expensive wood from another camp or wood from one part of area to be cut from a camp may be more exp than wood from another part of the same camp's ting area. It is poor business to cut all cheap Wood year and all expensive wood another year, so to the cost of wood going to the mill each year fairly form, it is usually Company policy to lay out the so that high cost wood from one camp is cut same time that cheaper wood is being cut from a camp. Most companies make more or less detaile mates as to what the wood is going to cost, befo ting starts. After the job is completed, actua are compared to the estimates. If a different a cut than was estimated, then comparisons of the end of the season will not be possible. A timber cruise is usually made to esti amount of standing timber. Occasionally th may be made several years before the wood is c ter the wood is cut, a comparison is made bet amount of timber estimated and the amount cut. If cutting was not confined to the loggin as it was laid out, accurate comparisons c . made, and errors in the cruise cannot be cor These a re a few of the reasons why defi ing chances have to be laid out, and why c to be confined to the approved logging chan One of a series of articles by mem Northwestern Ontario Section, Canadian Institute of Forestry. West Gate Packers Limit • NORTHWESTERN ONLY INDEPENDENTLY OPE MEAT From the Company angle, there are many reasons why definite logging chances are necessary. Most companies have spent considerable time and money drawing up detailed plans ' of operations, including the areas to be cut, for several years in advance. Such plans are necessary in order to develop the most efficient and economical plan for roads, river improvements and camp layouts. The amounts and species of wood to be delivered each year must also be considered. Sometimes a foreman or walking boss may not fully understand the plans, and may decide to make a change, that he thinks is an improvement. Sometimes he may be right, but more likely he will be wrong, as he may have overlooked some very important point, and if he changes the plan it may cost his Company a lot more money in the long run. ONTARI PACKING • COMPLETE FACILITIES FOR SUPPL YING ALL TIMBER • </IUf, "'Jt/ed Qaie" • OH 'fOM,11, ~ �LOG BOOK :MBER 1 (Continued from Page 13) pensiv i part ~e ex cam ap w . so ar fai out isplacing the surrounding air. Dry chemical (powcreates carbon dioxide gas in the presence of heat some powder residue continues to give of carbon e which tends to prevent re-ignition. Extinguishers: Five-gal Ion water pump tanks are le for general purposes. They have a hand pump ed as an integral part of the unit and can project of water a distance of 30 to 35 feet. They need e replenished with water to keep them in aperfor any length of time. At least one in each building would serve a very good purpose. An tive would be a rack of several water pails kept but they could not reach areas that would be le to the pump tanks and would be less effectighting outside fires in duff and litter of the oor. Unless a source of water is close at hand, f water should be maintained in the camp area. the kitchen some provision should be made to grease fires, in addition to the pump tanks pails. Foam-type extinguishers of 2½ gallon are sometimes used but dry· chemical extingf 4 pounds capacity or more and carbon dioxguishers are quicker in their extinguishing nother essential accessory is an asbestos or fed woollen blanket to throw over a grease elp smother it. These blankets are also usethering flame in the clothing of a person ecome involved in a fire. These same types ishing agents are suitable and necessary in oils and other flammable liquids are kept s : Portable hand extinguishers are not a fire gains appreciable proportions. Water antities is required. That means a source ose at hand and a means of applying it to ally portable pumps of the forestry type ement of forestry hose wi 11 fi 11 the bi 11 II, but where the buildings are larger than on~ested, larger pumps may be necessary. mping equipment is provided should be it and the fire hose can be put into operdelay. They should be checked regularly really serviceable condition at all seasons s of weather. • Equipment is of value only insofar as make proper use of it. All staff and embe instructed in the operation and use extinguishers on hand and some person na~ed_ to check the equipment regularly t 1t 1s always in its proper place and ~doption of this policy will result in a iousness on the part of all concerned. ~ent can be properly used in an emermvested in it is practically wasted. N ion is necessary to take care of sitfrom accident and human ignorance, re. Of even greater importance is factor. It is the line of first deest. a~surance against loss of life or t vig_il~nce is the price of safety. It rov1s1on of the necessary facilities fore~tall fire but also a healthy ard fire-safety nurtured by evident ought. ' ~f fire prevention are very simple. more complex and technical, they PAGE 19 would receive more attention. Observance of the following practices will almost eliminate the probability of outbreaks of fire: (a) Put pipe ashes, cigarette butts and bunrt matches in incombustible receptacles provided for the purpose. (b) Never discard a match, cigarette or cigar or empty a pipe where a coal or spark could possibly set a fire. (c) Set camp fires on mineral soil and be sure they are out before leaving · them unattended. (d) Do not leave grease unattended on a hot range or stove and keep suitable fire extinguishing equipment conveniently at hand. (e) Keep supplies of oil and other flammable liquids in a separate storage used for no other purpose and well removed from the other buildings. • (f) Do not smoke in bed or when there is any danger of falling asleep. (h) Remove ashes and coals from heating equipment to a safe pit made for the purpose. (g) When disposing of cigarette butts and other smoking materials, do not mix them with sweepings or other refuse. (i) Do not leave greasy or oily rags and waste lying around where they can heat spontaneously. Either spread them out to the air or keep them in a tightly closed metal container, unless they are burned or buried immediately after being used. (j) Re-fuel oil lamps outside and in daylight hours only. (k) Do not handle or transfer gasoline inside a building and avoid all possibility of its vapors coming in contact with the slightest flame or spark. Do not smoke in the presence of gasoline vapors or near where the liquid is being exposed to the atmosphere. Most fires start from failure on the part of someone to observe the precautions that are listed above. Other precautions will suggest themselves from day to day of those who make a practice of "thinking" safety. If everyone accepts his share of the general responsibility there will be little likelihood of being called ori to fight a fire, with all the risks that are involved. Seruices of the Community Programmes Branch It has been said:"What we do with our working hours determines what we have, What we do with our leisure time determines what we are." No matter what the work, it had to be learned. rrhis may have taken years and there may be much to learn yet but nevertheless we learned our job. We didn't inherit our skills, they weren't given to us, we learned them. This we easily recognize, but we not always recognize that we, too, have to learn how to use our spare time. The person who night after night finds himself with nothng to do; no place to go; who complains that the "place is dead" is probably one who has never learned how to use his spare time. Likewise, the person who has always something to do, is interested in a whole host of things, who is up and doing, who comlains that there is "too much going on" is one who has learned how to use his spare time. (Continued on Page 24) �LOG BOOK Page 20 The Sixth Term In Technical forestry Now Underway At L. T. I. the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company ited and the Dryden Paper Company Limited. We are again indebted to these companies for tending this privilege to us . _ By C. J. Campbell To start the 1953-54 session i n th e Lakehead Technical Institute Technical Forestry course seven students enrolled in first year and four in the second year. In addition to those enrolled in the Technical Forestry course there is one student taking University Forestry and one student taking Forest Engineering. It is interesting to note that of the seven students in first year Technical Forestry, just one man is from Northern Ontario. Six of the men have come to us from Southern and Central Ontario. Although it is encouraging to learn that our course has gained wide recognition it is not attracting enough local men. The field training for these men is following much the same pattern as in the past. During the last two w.eeks in September and the first week of October, the students were given field instruction in cruising, cutting wood, and improvement cutting on the LT. I. Forest Area. As the students take a great interest in this type of training and appear to benefit from it very much, we are anxious to develop faci Ii ties that wi II enable us to expand this phase of training. In the interval October 6 to October 23 inclusive • the four second year men attended the pulpwood and sawlog scaling course conducted by the Department of Lands and Forests. These men inform me that is was . an excellent course. They feel that it was entirely worthwhile and commented on the high quality of instruction. On behalf of the Technical Foresters I wish to thank those men with the Department of Lands and Forests for including us in the course. Next week Mr. J. W. Haggerty; Mr. D. M. Fisher, Forest Librarian; and the four second year Technical Forestry students will be visiting woodlands operations as guests of the Great Lakes Paper Company Limited, SURVEY OF FOOT INJURIES IN WOODS OPERATIONS By D. B. Chant, Secretary-Engineer Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association The survey was undertaken at the suggesti the Northwestern Woods Branch of this Assoc, for the purpose of obtaining factual information nature, type and exact location of foot injuries ing in woods operations to guide member compan their efforts at the prevention of such injuries particularly, to assist the manufacturers of pro footwear in designing and producing new types to the conditions met with in the woods. Begun in the early Summer of 1952, the st been carried through to the end of June, 195 covering a full year. A progress report was i November, 1952, summarizing data collected the first three and one-half months of the surv iod. The tabulations herein include that data as all that has since been reported. Altogether, 681 disabling foot injuries of were reported, including 221 turned in by certa bers of the Lumbermen's Safety Association in the Lakehead area, of which, unfortunat failed to give enough information to allow of tabulation. The primary breakdown follows: l. Axe Wounds . . 247 58 2. Strains and Sprains 36 7 3. Other Foot Injuries 177 97 4. Incomplete reports 59 460 2 (Continued on Page 22) VULCAN MACHINERY and EQUIPMENT LIMITED PARTS Rentals SERVICE SALES Rental-Purchases Allis-Chalmers - The Worlds Heaviest Built Tractors G. M. Diesels - The Worlds Most Popular Motors A Full Stock of Motors and Tractors Carried at All Times ALSO PRE-ENGINEERED STEEL FOR ANY BUILDING Tractomotive Equi Ingersoll-Rand Compressors Fork Lift Trucks T. L. Smith Limit Baker Dozers Petibone Mulligan Equipment Richardson Snow Carco Equipment Gar Wood Dozers Butler Buildings WE HAVE A GOOD STOCK OF USED TRACTORS ON HAND Vulcan Machinery & Equipment L NORTH CUMBERLAND ST. at McVicar C ·eek �PAGE 21 Jmpany ed. C" •• • l j r Dciation VICKERS YR 180 World's Greatest Bush Tractor Powered by Rolls Royce Diesel Call, write or wire . Godsall Equipment Ltd .. PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �PAGE 22 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER J LOG BOOK of axe-men favor a left-handed swing. Strains, and frost bites divide evenly. Examining the n at u re and distribution of wounds more closely, it appears that one-third oft might have been materially reduced in severity, if entirely eliminated, by wearing of footwear with toe-caps, since 198 of the 597 injuries involved portion of the foot protected by such devices. The Ion-lined protective footwear now well-along in the cess of development, affords protection to areas al I but 14 of the axe wounds occur rec{ and it is lieved that not more than about l 0% of All such w would have resulted in loss of time from work if al men had been equipped with these rubbers. In ition, most of the puncture wounds, cuts from causes than axes and many of the bruises and ures, probably between l 00 and 125 injuries 1 would have been fended off by the protecting la nylon fabric. In conclusion, we wish to record our appr of the fine co-operation of all those whose su of the special reports during the survey peri this study possible. We feel that enough us formation has thus been secured to repay the considerable effort involved on the part of all ed and we hope that substantial reduction in t 'ber and severity of foot injuries of all kinds from its application to the betterment of suita footwear for use. in woods operations. SURVEY OF FOOT INJURIES IN WOODS OPERATIONS (Continued from Page 20) Discarding the incompletely reported cases, and the 43 strains and sprains, most of which would probably have occurred regardless of the type of footwear being worn at the time, reduces the total to 579 injuries. 305 of these, or 52.6% were axe wounds. These are analyzed in Table l. Table 2 deals with the remaining 27 4 injuries made up of the following types: Bruises 110 Crushes 26 Fractures . . 36 Puncture Wounds 65 Cuts (not by axes) 20 Burns and Scalds 6 Blisters . 2 Frost Bites 9 Total 274 Most of the bruises, crushing injuries and fractures were due to rolling or falling bolts of wood or logs. Horses accounted for s eve n. Sleighs, trucks tractors c!nd pa rt s thereof figured in twelve others. Pulpwood hooks produced- most of the puncture wounds with picaroons, peavies, pike-poles, butcher knives and upturned nails appearing in the act -in several instances. Practically every type of hand-tool, other than axes, was mentioned in the story of the 20 cuts, along with snags, spike knots and broken glass. Injuries occurred almost equally to either of the feet. Of the 579 injuries, other than strains and sprains, 294, or 50.7%, involved the right foot only; 281,or 48.5%, the left; with 2 cases where both feet were injured. Looking only at axe wounds, the right foot received 52.8% of the injuries. Perhaps the majority ~M?°ne at NOTE: Tables 1 and 2 are not printed herein. Anyone copy of these tables, please write the Editor of the L This booklet is printed on "Thrift Coat Enamel" ured aJ the Port Arthur mill of Provincial Pap from wood produced in Northwestern Ontario and by Consolidated Press, 137 South May Street, F Ontario. "ff::Yl: ,_,/laJ<1< Xno/fla and 07[e li1 J e_~ct !/!ta. 1/4//iam h ,£/ r £// JVteJ<.1cieJt ~/1/1e~/fly 7olwe'j/ma6 and a W. H. MARR EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS THAT CAM TRUTHFULLY SAY 400 RAILWAY STREET, KEMORA - Phone 6404 LTD. "WE SERViCE EVERYTHING WE 910 S. SYNDICATE AVE., FORT WILLIAM- �PAGE 23 LOG BOOK ,ution third of !Verity, iar with involve ::es. T 19 int 1 areas md it such 'Ork if ers. I s from ?s and • ap >Se p h ' t ·a in Is urrent Spruce Budworm Outbreah In The ern forest Region Of Ontario n,ary of Its Development During ears 1951 - 1953. By D. R. Wallace, Forest Insect Laboratory t present the spruce budworm outbreak in the Lookout, Kenora and Fort Frances districts is the ajor infestation of this insect in Ontario. Since e area affected has increased sharply. This rems up conditions as of the close of the 1953 ason. 195 l a number of separate infestations occurhe largest, the Lac Seul infestation, covered a mewhat rectangular area with Eagle Lake in the istrict, Cabin Lake, Sunlight Lake east of Macay on Lac Seul, and the north end of Little Lake defining the general boundaries. The f this infestation in the Kenora District repa significant southwestern extension. Patches m infestation occurred southeast of Dryden ted a southeastern extension of the Lac Seul of the northeastern corner of the Lac Seul a number of irregular heavy infestations d. These are referred to elsewhere in this WESTERN report as the Patricia Portion infestation. Also, several small intense infestations occurred around Sioux Lookout and Hudson. In the Kenora District the relatively new Lake of the Woods infestait ion increased in 195 l to the southwest, changing from a narrow band between Sioux Narrows and Kenora to a roughly rectangular area bounded by Kenora, Glass Township, Split Rock Island south of the Aulneau Peninscla, and Devonshire Township. In 195 l heavy mortality of host trees, particularly balsam fir, was mapped in the area between the English/ River and Lac Seul. In 1952, the Lac Seul, Patricia Portion, Sioux Lookout-Hudson, and Lake of the Woods infestations merged and spread southeastward. The total area of medium to heavy infestation was about triple that mapped in 1951. The area of tree mortality also increased about threefold and was extended as a narrow arm southeastward along the Sioux Lookout- Kenora boundary . The boundaries of budworm infestation changed but slightly in 1953, (Figure l ). Some southward extension occurred so that a very small portion of the infestation was in the Fort Frances District. The increase in area over 1952 was about fifteen hundred square miles (Table l). FOREST (Continued on the Following Page) REGION FOREST DISTRICTS 1. Sioux Lookout 2. kcnora 3. Fort FrancCI LEGEND Areas ot Heavy lntatatlon ~ Areas ot Mcdlunl lnfatatlon ~ which spruce budworm infestations were determined by quantitative sampling, ground and aerial surveys in 1953. �LOG BOOK PAGE 24 SERVICES OF THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES BRANC THE CURRENT SPRUCE BUDWORM OUTBREAK IN THE WESTERN FOREST REGION OF ONT ARIO (Continued from Page 19) Other people may help to pass away the ti only the individual himself can learn to use h time. There are in our country many agenci places where one can turn to get help in lear use spare time. One of these is the Communi grammes Branch of the Ontario Department of ion. Its function is:( 1) To give help to groups wishing to set up gramme of recreation or Adult Education I (2) To provide leadership training on an are in Drama, Puppetry, Art and Crafts, Soc creation, Sports, Parent Education, (3) To supply texts and payment for teachers is no school nearby - for classes in Engl Citizenship for New Canadians, you are to make use of this service. To do so touch with the District Office, Commu~ grammes Branch, Department of Educati Catherine Street, Fort William, Ontario. (Continued from the Preceding Page) Likewise, extensive host tree mortality was con• \fined to about the same area in 1953 as in 1952 (Figure 2). Table 1 gives approximate areas of infestation and host mortality for the years 1951 - 1953. Table 1 Area of spruce budworm infestations and host tree mortality during the period 1951 - 1953. Year Area of Infestation Area of Host Mortality 1951 6,260 sq. miles 780 sq. miles /1952 14,790 sq. miles 2,130 sq. miles 1953 16,230 sq. miles 2,820 sq. miles Although the area of infetatsion was about three times as great in 1953 as in 1951 widespread host tree mortality has not occurred because over two-thirds of the area affected severe defoliation has taken place for •only two years. Generally, four to five years heavy defoliation is required to effect extensive mortality of balsam fir. The prospects for 1954 are not yet known as the checking of over-wintering population samples cannot be carried out until later in the winter. WES TE RN , i, ~- ✓-,~\ :. c· - \ ,"s In 1867 there were 2,087 miles of railway in Ca there are 44,084 miles and only Russia and the Uni have a greater total mileage of track. Since 1 943 Canadians have been greater users than of tea. FOREST REGION " }f?a:,,. i-J;, ... • ;.. .J 11,a:.I · ~__,..~~;- : : :~~: ~ ,. ~ • .F FOREST 1. Sioux 2. Kcnora 3. LEGEND Hott Mortality Arca• SCALE FIGURE 2. Areas of recent mortality of host stands caused by the spruce budworm �LOG BOOK 3y the to use y agen , in le :ommu nent o 1, ARE IMPORTANT eachers if , in Engli you are > do so, :ommuni Educati >ntario. ollow the example set by the young gentlean above who has selected the blocks that hatever your requirements may be, mberland has the block that will perform job most efficiently. All Timberland cks are mounted on anti-friction bearand are made from alloy steel (no cast is used). Sheave tracks are flame ened and housings cup around the ves preventing fouling. ur engineering department assist you e selection of the proper block for job. LIMITED MACHINES -:- Ontario MECHANIZED ING SPECIALISTS PAGE 25 �PAGE 26 LOG BOOK NYLON -- THE TIRE OF THE FUTURE TUBELESS TRUCK TIRE FORECAST Material for this article was taken from a paper delivered by J . J. Robson, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., at a meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Vancouver. Some ten years ago ti res were prone to a great number of premature failures heat breaks, separations, tread cracks, flex breaks and other failures. To- . day it is an unusual thing when a tire goes out of service because of any of these conditions which used to take such a heavy tol I. This improved tire has come in the last four or five years. Tire manufacturers do not claim thaat no trucker ever has ti re trouble these days and that al I the problems have been solved. An occasional failure still bccurs. The tire manufacturer is out to develop new and better materials. Some of these materials, or at least their prototypes, are already here. New carbon blacks represent one of the big interests in the materials field. It is carbon black which gives rubber its strength, toughness and wear resistance. The .role of carbon blacks has become even more prominent in the vast few years and a great amount of research, using new tools such as the electron microscope, has enabled manufacturers of this material to produce new blacks that give up to 15% greater wear. This research is continuing at an accelerated rate and already new extremely fine particle blacks, sometimes known as super-abrasion blacks, are coming into production with promise of another big lift in tread life. Nylon has many of the properties that it wi 11 be likely to find in the tire cord of the future. Nylon tires can be made stronger and still be thinner and cooler. Nylon has another plus-it is water resistant -where rayon is susceptible to water deterioration at a cut in the tire. Nylon presents two problems - it grows more in service, and the price of the basic cord is very high at present. Many truckers are trying Nylon to determine whether these tires justify the extra cost. At present, Nylon is a specialty cord for premium tires. Good experience on the part of truckers and a lower price for the basic cord would greatly improve its application and assure Nylon of a big place in the future ti re picture. New design and constructions offer some interesting possibilities for our tire of tomorrow. A tubeless truck tire is an example of one of the things which may materialize. Such a tire would have the advantages of lighter weight, elimination of tube and flap - frequent causes of trouble - a measure of puncture protection when the tire picks up a nail, and the abi Iity to mount and demount very easily. A number of tire manufacturers are working on tubeless truck tire applications and while the subject has not reached the point of standardization by the industry, it is probable the tubeless truck ti re wi II become a reality. One development in the tire industry has been the tremendously expanded use of what might be cal led the extra-large tire - the off-highway family. Prior to the war, these extra-large tires - size 16.00 and up - were confined to relatively slow moving earth hauling equipment-. All this is changed and the extra-large tire is now in transportation service where these big tires have revolutionized material movement by making possible bigger, faster units. A good example is a truck used on the Range in Minnesota. Before the war, 15-ton t with 14.00-25 tires were used. Today, 35-ton with size 16.00 and 18.00 tires are standard and 5 trucks have been produced in some quantity. At ations like Garrison Dam, a 40-ton unit with size -33 tires was successfully employed at speeds of 45 mph. Some pioneering along these lines has done here in B.C. on 16.00 tires on logging opera This all suggests that if we consult our ball we will find some very interesting uses for tire. A few examples already built substantiat prediction. One of these is the famous Bare, using 36 tires. Another is the special dozer where the largest tire, 48x68, is being tried. Other speci vehicles are under development, such as a spec1 on rubber, to have a gross weight of 250,000 -THE TRUCK MUCH IMPROVEMENT WORK UNDERTAKEN TH IS YEAR (Continued from Page 9) 1 ½ miles. (Empty oil drums were attached to ings. They were towed across the Bay.) Sturgeon Lake Division: Project a canal between two inland lakes to plies to be towed to new camps, by flat-bott LongLac Pulp and Paper Company Camp 54- Construction completed. Camp 55- Construction completed. A 20 miles of road will be completed by wint Drive Improvements: Modern accommodation for Lake drive pe structed at south end of Longlac Lake. Installed a sail boom to act as a valve st wood northward when the wind changes f south. Recreation: Improvements to all camp recreation hall The Ontario Paper Co. Ltd., Heorn Bay S Number of new camps built- One secti Improvements made to Depots- En la~ Camp 50. Roads- Improved 10 miles. New road 10 miles, all winter. Dams- repairs carried out to two loggi Other improvements- new bark dispo Abitibi Power and Paper Company Li Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario ( 1) Moved two camps to new site. eight are portable and two panel (2) Put siding on most of camps a (3) Five miles of new road built, or season and three miles improve (4) About 8 miles of river improvi (5) Made some improvement on P more information on wood 5 annual cut, etc. Northern Paper Mills Limited, Ha Improvements to Depots or C:am general repairs, to buil~ings, sidf~ Roads- Three miles winter h~d Other improvements- One bri ~ ter haul road, being constructed �PAGE 27 LOG BOOK m the 15-ton t 35-ton t ard and 5 tity. At 1ith size )eeds of lines has ng operat ..ilt our ses for t bstantiat Appointment of Mr. D. W. Bennett Announced dlands Section, C.P.P.A. Annual Awards Each year the Woodlands Section, with the co-operation of r companies, makes available seven awards for outstanding eutions to progress in various phases of woods operations. awards, with two exceptions, consist of a cheque for $ l 00 engraved plaque of merit. Members of the Section who are ees of member companies are eligible to compete for these Recommendations for the 1953 awards must be submitted ·ember 31, 1 953. tudents of Canadian forest schools are eligible for two of rds one for the best paper on mechanization, and one for t p~per on any forestry or logging subject other than mechn. The following list details the awards: e ELLWOOD WILSON AWARD- For the most effective ustrial application of the research projects instigated and ried out e ither by the Section On co-operation with the earch Institute) or by a member company. BOTHWELL AW ARD- For the most meritorious work he current year, on behalf of Forest Conservation in da. E BROTHERS AWARD*- For the best paper of the nt year on a subject other than mechanization. HANIZATION AWARD*- For the best paper of the nt year on logging mechanization. SOLIDATED PAPER CORPORATION LTD. AWARDe best paper on mechanical hauling, based on I experience. ESTION BOX ANNUAL AWARD- $100 for the best suggestion from any employee of a member ny. STION BOX ANNUAL AWARD- $50 for the best tion submitted by a Junior Member of the Section current year. ble to students of Canadian Forest Schools. 1 Announcement of the appointment of Mr. D. W. Bennett, as an advisor on forestry problems in mechanical logging operatiom., has been made by W. A. Magill, Vice-President and General Manager of Timberland Machines Limited, Woodstock, Ontario. Mr. Bennett, a native of Toronto, brings a solid background of forestry experience to the company. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1932 with the degree of B.Sc. in Forestry and was engaged as a clerk by the Spruce Falls Power and Paper Company Limited. Mr. Bennett remained with this company until 1 942, rising to the position of divisional superintendent. From 1942 'til 1945 he was with Defence Industries Ltd .. as assistant superintendent in charge of production. He was appointed to the position of assistant manager of the Woodlands Section, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association in 1945. In his present capacity with Timberland Machines Ltd., Mr. Bennett will serve as a consultant to all forest industries interested in the modernization and mechanization of their operations. Internationals Carry Story Of Atom Attack coast-to-coasr journey is engaging these lnter!~ey are a part of the Civil Defence Convoy, tvil D~fence Exhibit to most of Canada's leading n-veh1cle convoy includes seven International ~1-foot trailers, each of which carries a part •bit; also two International Travel-alls to carry an lnte~national stake body to transport the required for the exhibit, and a gasoline THESE UNITS tanker unit, mounted on an International chassis. The seven truck tractors and two Travelalls have been especially buHt by International Harvester and have been loaned by them to the government for the duration of the convoy. Half the exhibit drives home the reality and nature of the threat that -faces Canada. The second half spells out specifically what the individual citizen can do to meet this threat, and how CivU Defence services are organized at the provincial and local levels. WERE SERVICED BY J. DI-LL & SONS LTD. IB Member of Canada's Largest Exclusive Truck Service Organization UTORS FOR FRUEHAUF POLE, SEMI, LOGGING, VAN, AND CARRY-ALL TRAILERS FIRESTONE TIRES PORT ARTHUR er Road Phone 5-5488 FORT WILLIAM North May at Cameron - Phone 3-6457 �PAGE 28 LOG BOOK PILING PROFITS.. with "CATERPILLAR" Diesel Power! in the woods with "Caterpillar" Diesel Tractors can heap logging profits to new highs. Pre-bunching saves time and boosts production ... "Caterpillar" Diesel Tractors save time, money and get the work done faster. . On small helpings of power-rich, non-premium fuels, these versatile logging tools supply big pushing or pulling power for bunching. And they're built to stand up to the tough work-with highest quality materials, superior design, expert workmanship-year after year after year. BuNCHING LOGS Veterans with years of use behind them still turn in a trouble-free per-! formance in the woods. • • • There's a full kit of "Caterpillar" and allied tools-all with the same high quality and design-for bunch• ing or for any of the many other jobs "Caterpillar" Diesel Tractors can do. Let our logging experts show you how a "Caterpillar" Diesel Tractor on the bunching end can save you money-can pile up profits. Call or visit us today! POWELL EQUIPMENT· CO. PORT ARTHUR WINIIPEI � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Log Book - Timber Operators' Association Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1953NovDecLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - November December 1953 Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Log Book, published by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association. November December 1953. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953-11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/eb2825413465bee3b62292e4a6128b20.pdf 7764f689554007b757b131cb5642efe3 PDF Text Text I - ~1---- --···Wo o d s 9 i vi s Marathon ,Corp. of ·C Port Arth �PAGE 2 LOG BOOK TWIN CITY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT EXCEl:LENli PARTS AND SERVICE 915 MEMORIAL AVE �PAGE 3 LOG BOOK NDER BAY TIIBER OPERATORS ~CIATION .R. E·.,-·u· ··R ···K1·····""T •·o ················ President ······ · ·· ··· ····I····· ··· - •· ..... ..~ ············I ····· .. .. Vice-President EXECUTIVE: ~.S.Jl!I~~\l,D.s Am E THUND~ i9-,0ffX~-Q:trA~M0 .JlsoclATION rathon Col".",..d e,f Canada ltc.L 's.. JONES Association has noted with regret over the years the changes which have taken place our senior and top personnel. It is felt that ould now be paid to those who have succeedse top positions. most amongst the changes hct-ve been the LeMay-succeeds Paul Kl~nestiver as Woodlands Manager for Marathon Paper Mi Ifs . Godden--succeeds Bruce Southon as Woods Manager for the Great Lakes Paper Company. Jones-succeeds Julian Merrill as Woods Manager for St. Lawrence Corporation at Nipigon. Roark-succeeds James Ryan as Woods Manager, Kenora Division, Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company. ung-succeeds Malcolm Cochran as Woods Manager for Hammermill Canadian. these men brings a wide variety of experbility to their new jobs, and, while they eeded very able men, the respective comrtunate in having such capable men as ·n the vacancies in management posts. f the Woods Manager is not an easy one the position becomes more arduous as the age to these men is brief - we congrathe work you have done. e the Association of Operators continues in the type of men who a re the heads artments and we know the Association er for the active participation of these irs of our Industry and Association. ou every success and God-speed in your our companies and this Industry in the we now hold as the number one Inestern Ontario. op~rtunity too, of saying something • This has been a bad season in most e been most fortunate in having a re is only a month or so to go so let P the balance of the season free from H. H. ''Serf' Styffe LOG BOOK . of_ the LOG BOOK was pub Iished •stnbuted to owners of private land uc_ts to pulp and paper mills, etc. 7oh. The purpose of this bulletin . .ow Dr. W. P. Hogarth, a medi1 ~ am,_ Ontario developed a tree n_tano, and, in addition, to give Points to think about in devel• COPY OF FOREST FIRE FILM BOUGHT BY AUSTRALIAN FIRM Little did Association officers realize that 28 prints of the film "Fighting Forest Fires in Northwestern Ontario" would be sold when this project was started. The latest order is from the A. P. M. Forest Proprietary Limited, South Melbourne, S.C., Australia. It certainly is a small world and we are pleased to know that people in Australia may benefit from forest fire fighting techniques employed in Northwestern Ontario. PROJECT RC-17 This research program sponsored by the Ontario Paper Company and the Abitibi Power and Paper Company, the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, the Research Council of Ontario, Faculty of Forestry Uni• versity of Toronto, Forestry Branch of the Federal De• partment of Resources and Development and the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada, has been wide• ly reported in the press and in the BUSH NEWS. The purpose of the immediate program part of a long range, long term plan - is to increase and create conditions which favour the natural reproduction of spruce on the mixed wood slopes of the Lakehead region. This project is taking place on the limits of the Ontario Paper Company at Heron Bay. SUCCESSFUL WOODS COMPANY PICNICS HELD The Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited held a very successful employees' picnic at Caramat and Stevens under the auspices of the Recreation Association. In August, the LongLac Pulp and Paper Company held their Second Annual Employees' Day, Dance and Picnic and both events were very successful. There were two interesting highlights at the LongLac picr:ic. The log sawing contest was followed by the crowd with interest with Roland Beaulieu emerging winner with the best average time for three cuts. The following statement should be carefully noted by all Supervisory Personnel interested in Forest Pro• tection - and this includes all supervisory personnel. "Spectators were kept on the move during fire hose laying contests in which crews from various camps went through the procedure of laying a defined length of fire hose and watering down the hose line area during the process and finally filling large barrels set up on the recreation field. The crew from Camp 47 were undisputed winners in this event." Editor's Note - One way to practice fire crews and arouse interest of all concerned. If a company picnic or other event is held, it is an excellent place for the boys that have to put the time in training to fight forest fires to show the r~sults of this training. QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. Considered as part of the Great Lakes Waterway, where is the source of the St. Lawrence River? 2. In 1901 there were 271,201 Canadians over 65 years of age. How many were in this age grol,Jp in 1951? 3. From what sources does the federal unemployment insurance fund draw its revenues? 4. Are most Canadian furs taken from wild life, or ranch raised? 5. On the average, what province has the lijrgest families? (Answers on Page l 8) �PAGE 4 SEPTEMBER - LOG BOOK Artificial Regeneration on Limits of Longlac Pulp and Paper Company Limited By E. R. Humphreys The principle of the regeneration programme is that the cut-over land must be reforested to a new crop of desireable species. To attain this objective,, LongLac Pulp and Paper Company have, during the past 3 years, planted more than 9,000,000 spruce and pine seedlings, scattered cone-bearing jack-pine· branches over more than 2,000 acres of cut-over, conducted extensive research in artificiai and natural regeneration, laid out seed blocks, scuffled before logging and always emphasized the protection of advanced growth during logging operations. Last but not least, a course on Conservation has~ b e e n given to LongLac school children, to prepare the citizens of tomorrow. The future programme, will be considerably greater. Beginning in 1953, 1,000,000 seedlings will be planted annually and about 3,000 acres will be brushed, as well as .the continuation of the other methods. In 1955, the LongLac nursery will produce its first 2-2 spruce stock at the rate of 1,000,000 seedlings per year. Research will be continued and extended to improve upon the present artificial methods. N e w methods and tools for planting will be introduced, as well as new systems of organization. It becomes necessary to employ artificial means when nature fails to do the job for us. Nature fails because one or more of the following conditions are absent: ( 1) Suitable seed bed (2) Seed or source of seed (3) Desireable species. Suitable seed bed and seed must be present to produce a new timber crop. It is often the absence of these two conditions that causes failure. It is usually these two conditions which govern the artificial method to be employed. Site controls the species but seed and seed bed control method. Where seed is present and seed bed lacking, whether it be duff, moisture, heat, shade, plant competition or any other factor, it becomes a problem of producing a suitable seed bed. Conversely, if the seed bed is suitable and seed is lacking, it becomes a problem of establishing the seed. These simple facts can be verified by examining a cut-over and noting the increasing number of natural seedlings within seeding distance of the surrounding timber, where seed must obviously be present in a suitable seed bed. In drafting the regeneration programme for the years to come, it is essential to know how much and what species of natural stocking will be present in fivEL te.n, fifteen or more years after logging. A regenera•• tion cruise supplies this information, so that over a period of years a pattern can be found which will indicate the type and quantity of artificial aid that will be required for a given site and forest cover type. Most of the highland cut-overs on the LongLac limit, that result from past logging operations that have not stressed regeneration as it is stressed today, have not reproduced satisfactorily to desireable species. Natural regeneration of these areas is being supplemented by planting and brush scattering. Since this work will eventually be required on all future highland sites, why not do it as soon as possibfe after the logging .operation? In the practice of Forestry, artificial and natural regeneration becomes part of the logging plan artificial means will be known before logging. ation begins. For instance, w he re poplar is I from a site which would support spruce, a more able species, it is necessary to plant 2-2 spr soon as possible after the haul, in order to e spruce on that site. If the planting programme layed for many years, it becomes virtually im to establish spruce in competition with dense sucker growth. Another example may be seen erations where jack pine is the major species. site may be regenerated to jack pine by cone-bearing branches over exposed mineral so, ever, should this work be delayed for only a fe most of the seed wi 11 be decayed or released brush pile. Obviously this work should be closely as possible behind the haul. A broad outline of the possible artificial that may apply to the various forest cover follows . In the areas of sand plains and jack p type, of which there is a considerable quan ing of duff by hand or other means, to exp soi I and placing cone-bearing branches ther to be an effective method of re-establishin Logically, the fresher the cones the more operation as via bi Iity and quantity of seed and labour cost is decreased. Hence the n ing closely behind the haul. Also, it is a can be utilized from May through Octo other methods, such as planting, may Where seed is not available in old cut-ove feasible to truck in fresh brush from an ting operation. In the spruce flats, where duff is a planting programme may be planned. In a mixed wood type of poplar where the poplar is not cut, branch sea successful. The limiting factors here a competition from poplar sucker growth a of sun penetrating the residual canopy ficient to open the cones and later su erant pine. In this instance the adv cones may be gained as these require I than do three or four year old cones. is too great, it is necessary to plan_t 2-2 the poplar be logged, it is possible growth would be too dense to enable_ come established. In this case, plant• seems to be the most promising ansW In a mixed wood type of sprue only answer appears to be a spruce In a hardwood type on a site w ~pruce and if it is desireable to eS t the species must be planted, prefe_r Planting operations are organ• owing lines. It is true that tree pl. than a strong back and a weak rn• ground work for one hundre~ yea it cannot be corrected after it 15 is just as easy to plant a tree. cor New men receive their in~t the following essentials of plant,n (Continued 0 ri Page �- OCTOBER 1953 PAGE 5 LOG BOOK • 1ited a more 2-2 spr er to est ,gramme Why Borden's T_rumilk is the Ideal Milk for your -Camp ally im dense be seen spe by 1eral ly a ·elea d b 1. All the food value of fresh whole milk! 4. 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Box 7851 St. John's, Nfld. �PAGE 6 LOG BOOK SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER Workmen's Compensation Board Rehabilitation Centre at Malton, Ontario Injured bushworkers at the Workmen's Compensation Board Rehabilitation Centre at Malton, shown preparing themselves for return to their work. This is part of the occupational therapy treatment for which the Centre is so famous. In the wake of Canada's industrial revolution, with its ever-increasing mechanization, production and labour force, a pool of injured and handicapped workmen is inevitably created despite improved safety and accident prevention measures. Approximately l O per cent of all medical aid and compensable cases representing all industries in Ontario reported to the Workmen's Compensation Board in 1952 were injured on the job in the woodland industries. In 1947, the Board established a Rehabilitation Centre at Malton, 15 miles west of Toronto. It has proved to be the Province's answer to the problem of how to lessen time lost and disability arising from injuries to workmen injured on the job. Of the 3,900 patients admitted to the Rehabilitation Centre in 1952, many were employees of woods operations. As a result, Northwestern Ontario names like: Heron Bay, Marathon, Ogaki Lake, Port Arthur, Longlac and Fort William; Fort Frances, Kenora and Dryden are familiar to the staff at this unique treatment centre. Before 1947, the centre was operated as an active treatment hospital by the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Prior to that it was an aircrew training station operated by the RCAF. Today, it has an international reputation as a model physical medicine treatment centre. This is borne out by the many groups who travel from all over the world each year to study its operation. Patients are referred to the centre by their attending physicians or surgeons for medical treatment. Ambulance service is maintained for patients from active hospitals in Toronto and neighboring towns. For those coming from outlying districts, rail transportation is arranged by the Board. Occasionally, when necessary, injured ~orkmen from remote parts of the Province have been flown by the Board to areas where the required treatment is available. During the necessary treatment time, patients live in. There is accommodation for 191 hospital patients and 327 ambulant clinic patients who do not further hospital nursing care. These 518 injur men receive their full treatment and maintenan the normal benefits to which they are entitled 'the Workmen's Compensat_ion Act, without c 0 them. When patients are admitted to the centre, are assigned to their cases. They examine the and prescribe a course of tre·a tment. This prog physical treatment is designed to prevent gene sical deconditioning and to permit early amb This treatment is carried out by a rehabilitatio In the· hospital, this team consists of three physicians, eight physio-therapists, four occu therapists, two remedial gymnasts, a rehabilita icer, 17 nurses, 10 nursing assistants, 12 wa 12 orderlies and the administrative staff. Patients are admitted to one of the e·igh Each ward accommodates 23 injured workme patient is required to join in general ward twice daily, for 20 minutes, under the direct ion of physiothP.rapists. In addition, an indiv cram is given to maintain or increase functi by the use of physical measures. The o therapists visit the patient and after discussi ing program with him, design one that wil as short a time as possible, as full functi possible of the affected member. Each n thorough knowledge nf the procedure bein is able to assist greatly by encouraging a p forth his maximum effort. The nurse wit ant capable manner renders assistance of value by keeping abreast of the psycholog turbing personal problems of patients. evident to her as the· treatment days car To fulfill the concept of reconstruc one of the centre's rehabilitation offic the problems of work and the future wit He obtains a work history and backgroun ient then discusses the case with th ' (Continued on Page 7) A remedial gymnast at the Wor~e Rehabilitation Centre at Malton s:n 1 while he learns to walk proper.lie f done at this Centre is respons• ve 8 st of injured workmen to indu ry: �PAGE 7 LOG BOOK 1ntario As early as possible, the rehabi Iitation officer ·ins the patient's ability to return to his usual or if some feature will result in pe,r manent imnt requiring a change of job, or vocational train- who do not e518injur s soon as ambulation is agreed upon, the patient d maintenan roup classes under the remedial gymnast's dirThese classes include early walking instruct1 are entitled t, without co •here patients learn crutch and cane walking, classes graded to patients' capabilities, graded > the centre d knee classes and arm and shoulder groups. tensive and comprehensive series is carefully ~xamine the' t. This pr sed. )revent gene clinic accommodates 327 patients in wards t early am ntaining 23 beds. Clinic patients have a sixrehabi I itati atment day from 8:30 a.m. to 11 :30 a.m. and 5 of three The treatment pavilion 0 4 in the afternoon. , four occ half a city block from sleeping quarters. Staff a rehabilita section is comprised of 5 full-time physicians nts, 12 wa nsulting orthopaedic specialist. There are 16 ! staff. nal therapists, 12 physiotherapists, 6 remedial and 3 rehabilitation officers. of the e·igh ed workme physicians are responsible f o r prescribing ,eral ward divided into light, intermediate and heavy the direct In the light program, emphasis is placed ,, an indivi ual physical therapeutic a n d occupational 1se functi measures within the· patient's capabilities . The oc s occurs, the treatment regime is stepped up !r discussi rmediate, after medical advice. The patient i, that will n less individual treatment in the form of ill functi exercise, heat, massage·, electrical stimuEach n emphasis is placed on a program to increase ure bein unctional use. In the intermediate, advanJing a pat ional therapy procedures and graded group urse with es are given under the remedial gymnast. ance of t is felt the patient has reached his max;.ychologi reatment, his ability to return to his job nts. T this final stage the patient has a work 1ys carry st if residual disability remains. If it is ,nstructi capable of returning to his former occu office ient is given a work test. re with (Conti nued on Page 22) ~round th the ~TEElCRAFT BOATS WITH A PURPOSE No. 3 - ICEBREAKING DREDGE TENDER Working at Steep Rock, on the lake being drained to uncover a new ore body, the 45' Steclcrafit vessel 11 Paullie11 assists the dredge. She operates 18 hours daily in winter with temperatures down to 40 below, and 13 hours daily in summer. Over the year, fuel consumption has averaged 1.63 g.p.h. with the 27 5 h.p. Cummins diesel. An Amsterdam plow helps her crack up to 12" of blue ice. 7) No. 4 - SWEEPER LOGGING BOAT For sweep gang work ~ . . towing small sacks of logs . . . moving boom sticks, this small Steelcraft boat i1 popular on logging operations. The length is 22 feet and the dra~ is only 15 inches. Power installed is a Russel heavy duty gasoline engine with "hull cooling". The Sweeper can ferry about 10 men . . . jump boom sticks . . . do small winching jobs and is regarded as a most useful workhorse around the mill pond or on the drive. LEADERS IN BUILDING RUGGED STEEL BOATS •t a: the Workmen's Compensation refs h~ws an injured workman how to ~c . •s treatment. Hand injuries are w·tt•ved can determine whether or h~s ev!r return to work. In this built up an enviable record. �PAGE 8 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBE LOG BOOK FORESTERS STUDY WOODLOT MANAGEMENT 1 "Farm Woodlot Management - Why· and How' was the subject of a well attended field meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Section, Canadian Institute of Forestry, Tuesday afternoon and evening. Held at the farm woodlot of G. Sonley on the Onion Lake Road, Gorham Township, the meeting attracted some 27 foresters and guests, including representatives of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, Department of Educc:-tion, Department of Lands and Forests, Ontario Hydro, and of local industries. Mr. Robert Young, Chairman of the Northwestern Ontario Section of the Canadian Institute of Forestry, was in charge of the programme, which • included an inspection of the property during the afternoon, and. in the evening a round-table discussion of problems relating to the management of a farm woodlot and the marketing of its products-. Mr. R. J. Prettie, of Northern Wood Preservers, led off the evening session with an informal talk on the markets available locally to the owner of a farm woodlot. He prefaced his remarks with the observation that a farm woodlot, carefully managed, can be a good investment for the future while supplying income for the present- somewhat akin to a bond from which a coupon can be clipped periodically. Markets, he pointed out, determine the products for which the woodlot can be managed. Each has definite specifications as to the species, size and other physical features which it will accept. These must be met if the market is to be entered. Prices paid for woodlot products are the result of two forces, he stated. Indirectly, they are dependent .on the prices prevailing for the finished product in its mqjor marketing area. More directly, they are dependent on competition from buyers at the local level. For some products, e.g., sawlogs, the competition is between buyers of the same class of material. For all prnducts there is the competition between different classes of material; for example, between poles and lumber or ties and pulpwood. Here at the Lakehead competition is generally strong and no one buyer has a fe·~'I monopoly. The aim of both the buyer of woodlot products and the woodlot owner must be to create a ready and steady market free of violent fluctuations in demand or supply, or in price. Only in this way can the. concept of the forest as a bond be maintained. Some of the problems faced by a woodlot owner were pointed by Mr. Sonley, both during the afternoon field trip and at the evening discussion. These included such varied problems as Christmas tree vandalism, whereby trees 6 - 7 inches in diameter and 30 - 50 feet tal I were cut down to get a 5-foot tree from the top; animal grazing, and choice of species to plant. The question of "what have you got?" raised the problem of a forest inventory to determine how much should be removed periodically to keep the forest growing at its fastest rate. · The nature of the soil determined the species of trees which should be favoured in the present stand or planted in any programme of reforestation. Where more than one species is suitable, the choice wi 11 rest on the type of market the owner wishes to enter. Some rapid growing species will yield more cellulose per acre per year, and hence would be favoured if pulpwood was the end product sought. Others will have high value as poles or piling, and still others have multiple uses. • Mr. Norman Harrison, Agricultural Representat- ive for this area, co·n sidered the interdependenc riculture and forestry. He noted an increasing on the part of farmers ' in the financial and ot efits from farm woodlots and shelterbelts an foresters to help farm organizations to answ lems related to farm woodlot management. some hints on steps to improve poor soils production. Increasing the em p has i s on conservat woodlot management in the schools was co Mr. Steele, Public School Inspector for the Por area, noted that this was a relatively new thin yet not too well defined. He pointed out t River and O'Connor school projects of the Institute of Forestry as possible indications of proceed. Mr. Addison, Regional Forester of ario Department of Lands and Forests, noted the Sault Ste. Marie area foresters have off use of their section Iibrary to teachers for paring lessons in conservation. - ·- - 0 - - - - REMEMBER THE ANNUAL OF THE CANADIAN I N~TITUTE Winnipeg, Manitoba OCTOBER 19 - 21, 1953 West Gate Packers • NORTHWESTERN ONTARI ONLY INDEPENDENTLY OPE MEAT .PACKING PLA • COMP;.-!TE FACILITI JOR SUPPLYING ALL TIMBE • </11,'I ''IJt/ed Qaie'' on ifouA ~ 185 South Court Street, Port �- OCTOBER EMBER - OCTOBER 1 953 LOG BOOK ipendence ST INSECT LABORATORY REPORTS ON creasing i CT COLLECTIONS and oth Jelts and In June 1953 there were 2,382 collections conto answer g a total of 3,252 insects samples received at the 11ent. He atory. - soils f In July 1953, there were 3,369 collections cong a total of 4, 112 insect samples-. eports on the Forest Tent Caterpillar, Spruce rm and the larch sawfly are reprinted below: was con rest Tent Caterpmar (Malacosoma disstria) the Port forest tent caterpi liar infestation map for 1953 ew thing on ground and aerial surveys is included in this d out th A few minor changes in infestation boundaries ,f the C d in the June monthly summary may be noted 1tions of ren e to this map. ster of t tensive surveys of egg band densities will be ;, noted September, 1953. These will provide a basis ave offe casting the severity and extent of infestations , for use PAGE 9 The Disraili-Sturge-Little Sturge spruce budworm infestation, subsisting principally on mature white spruce, remained heavy and an incipient infestation extended eastward as far as Shillabeer Lake. The infestations east of the town of Nipigon in the Port Arthur District and north of Pays Plat in the Geraldton District merged to form a medium to heavy infestation from Rossport north to tne Gravel River and west to Nipigon. The current year's growth of both white spruce and balsam fir were defoliated. Light infestation of spruce budworm occurred from Sibley Peninsula in roughly a 10-mile band along Black Bay to the town of Nipigon and north into Ledger Township. In the Kapuskasing District, preliminary mapping of the infestation centered in Rogers and Studholme townships showed extension at least to the north and west of the boundaries mapped in 1952. The heaviest feeding was observed on white spruce. In the Cochrane District, the -spruce budworm infestation south of Smooth Rock Falls increased both in size and in intensity. Medium to heavy infestation persisted from Haggart Township south to Kirkland Township on surviving mature balsam-fir and on balsam-ti r reproduction. The light infestation in woodlots south of Pembroke in the Pembroke District and the small infestation in Charlotteville Township in the Lake Erie District reported in 1952 showed marked declines. ce Budwo,m (Choristoneura fumiferana) e"heral, spruce budworm infestations in Northrio in l 9 5 3 maintained a level of intensity or exceeding that of 1952, and showed varying f extension. approximate boundaries of the Kenora-Sioux nfestation now extend from west of Red Lake north of Trout Lake to Birch Lake, southeastturgeon and Sowden Lakes, thence west to Lake and Big Island in Lake of the Woods through Oneman Lake. This encompasses in 1953 to the southeast at Sturgeon and kes north of Ignace, and to the south at Pipestone Lakes and at Big Island in Lake s. Port Arthur District, heavy infestation persam fir on Sibley and Black Bay peninsulas. Larch Sawfly (Pristiphora erichsonii) This sawfly continued to cause serious defoliation in the Western and Mid-western forest regions and in the Kapuskasing District in 1953. At this early date, almost complete defoliation of larch trees has been reported in some areas. Preliminary reports also reveal an increased abundance of larch sawfly in most other forest districts in Northern Ontario in 1953. Genuine FORD RTS ACCESSORIES • and in the Long Run!" Gibson Motors limited q1rry the largest stock of Genuine Ford Parts and Accessories 'twixt Toronto and Winnipeg. For your convenience, Gibson Motors limited maintain a speedy shipping department. All orders are given prompt attention so that you will not be subiect to costly lay-up. You can depend on Gibson Motors Limited for Service-Plus! GIBSON MOTORS LIMITED Authorized Ford Dealer - Thunder Bay District FORT WILLIAM �PAGE 10 LOG BOOK LUMBERMEN'S SAFETY ASSOCIATION HOLD OPERATORS' MEETING IN THE FORT FRANCES AREA The Class l operators of the Fort Frances-Kenora area gathered at the Rainy Lake Hotel, . Fort Frances, on Tuesday, July 21st, 1953 for a meeting sponsored by the Lumbermen's Safety Association. The chairman was Mr. John Styffe of Oscar Styffe Limited, Port Arthur, and the meeting was attended by some 47 members. Dr. W. S. Barnhart of Ottawa, secretary-manager o f th e Lumbermen's Safety Association; Mr. D. C. George, Chief Field Representative of the L_umbermen's Safety Association; and Mr. G. R. Potts, Field Representative, Northwestern District, Lumbermen's Safety Association; addressed the meeting on Association business. Mr. F. B. Denison, District Representative, Workmen's Compensation Board, Fort Wi Iii am, and one of the speakers, dealt with the Workmen's Compensation Act and the great advance in benefits granted over the years since the Act's inception in 1915. Mr. John Styffe, chairman of the Northwestern District Accident Prevention Committee, gave a very interesting talk on an organizational plan suggested by the said committee for use by all operators. Mr. Paradis, Assistant General Manager, OntarioMinnesota Pulp & Paper Company Ltd. spoke. briefly on accident prevention work and Mr. J. A. Mathieu, President, J. A. Mathieu Limited, Rainy Lake, gave a short talk on the way his firm had handled their safety work over the years and it might be well to mention here that J. A. Mathieu accident record in Class l over the past 15 years is the best in the Province in both saw milling and heavy logging. Mr. Ge;orge Potts, Woods Production Manager, Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company Limited was the guest speaker of the evenoing. A copy of Mr. Potts' address is reprinted below. To round off the evening, motion pictures on the administering of first-aid to the injured and the conservation of wild life were shown. ADDRESS GIVEN BY MR. GEORGE POTTS ONTARl:O MINNESOTA PULP & PAPER CO. LTD. "Firstly, gentlemen, I would like to express my pleasure at again having an opportunity to meet with you and renew acquaintances, and discuss some of our common problems. I also appreciate being asked to speak to you today. I have had the opportunity on previous occasions to hear- others talk , and express their \..iewpoints, and I do want to assure you that I always come away from a meeting of this kind with a new and refreshed look on our everyday problems. We are, I think, all a little prone to assume all is well, and these meetings sometimes have a very jarring effect on our ideas. What I have to say is not new. I am not going 10 attempt to inject a new approach to bettering our present accident experience. I would much prefer to relate to you how I look at the problem and I think rnany of you will agree if we can come up with a good job _done here, we will have gone a long way in decreasing the number of injuries to our woods employees. Not too long ago the accepted plan of operation was to open our camps in early Fall cut a trees into pulpwood, tie bolts, sawlogs, posts, pol as we could up until the break-up in the spri then call it quits 'til we started again the ne We, of course, had our driving and towing to do in-between period but not too much concern here. We kept our key men around and they good Job in getting the raw product to the safely tucked away in storage nearby. . This method, like many other things, has n appeared in most operations and we now find o operating, if maybe on a smaller basis, but on tinuous twelve-month plan. We also find t our companies following the selective cutting operation and with a plan also that requires not only cut pulpwood or sawlogs or tie be.Its, at the same time that we have more units of plan and supervise. It is true that our personnel is buildin where we now have a greater number of our e with us for the ful I year rather than a part of i With this condition we are also moving al progres~ and find that our operations are now¥ ly mechanized. I doubt if the horse will ever completely but he is certainly being pushed picture. What does all this mean? How can we ,the problem? Our momentum has speed had to, in order to keep pace with mechani I do not think we need to look for too approaches to our safety problems. I thin to bear down a lot more on our presently a Iiefs and make sure our plan of action is on . tinues to tick. What is safety? It has numerous in depending upon, of course, how you wi them. In our particular fie l,d, acciden there are several interpretations, all of w the same direction. SAFETY CAN BE-" A condition of freedom from danger IT CAN BE - "A quality of being devoid of whateve to danger or harm," IT CAN ALSO BE - "A keeping of oneself or others safe of accident or disease." Presuming we agree with thes~ have no reason to think we shouldn t, apply a few principles. We want our employees to wor from injury as possible. We ther make available tried appliances and P bat the danger. We could outfit a~ with enough safety gadgets now on. it would be utterly impossible for hi in any way. There is, thoug_h, _one and it 1s this. If we clothed him int he would be so attired he could no would be like putting him in a st ra pecting him to run a race. W e should therefore only sup • I t gadgets as are deemed practica tinue his day's work in a norTa 1t ing him to tire or lose the efldr n es. Of course, all men wou (Continued 0~ Page �PAGE 11 LOG BOOK l cut as y ASSOCIATION 1953 ANNUAL ;, posts, pol TS PUBLISHED in the- sprin 1in the next nnual Reports of the Ontario Pulp a n d Paper )Wing to do 5 Safety Association and the Lumbermen s Safeociation were published recently. 1 concern w 1d and they he Annual Report of the Ontario Pulp and Paper ' Safety Association shows that there were 13 :t to the in 1952, 2,515 disabling injuries and 1,504 {. injuries requiring medical aid only. This total 1ings, has n compared w i t h the man-days exposure of now find o 70, resulted in a frequency rate for disabling sis, but on of 80.9 and the medical aid frequency rate of lso find th ,e cutting e 1952 is above the ten-year average but shows 1t requires erable improvement over the 1951 operations. r tie bQlts, Lumbermen s Safety Association reports that ·e units of 5,738 accidents in Class l in Ontario, broken follows: ,913 bruises, cuts, etc. 21 - deaths 338 major fractures 302 minor fractures 54 - herniae 110 - other majors 26 - other majors 1,509 bruises, etc., etc. 1,701 occurred in Northwestern Ontario. 1 1 PEELING CAMP HAS EXCELLENT ACCIDENT RECORD. Newaygo Timber Company Camp 4 at Clarkdon, Ontario, have every reason to be proud of their safety record. Th camp is engaged in the cutting of 8' sappeeled pulpwood with an average total crew of 85 employees, and worked 5, l 05 man days without a lost time accident. The first compensable accident was on the 66th day after the camp opened. The foreman, Hjalmer Kotanen and clerk, Eino Kotanen helped make this record possible. 1 "' can we s speed mechani . for too I thi isently a 1\mesaved attbe ,rice of an Atddenl is deaths major fractures minor fractures herniae THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED ONTARIO PATENT-41135-6 CANADA MODEL HS 2000 1948 CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR TREE-LENGTH SLASHER AND LOADER Nesco Equipment Ensures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous Operation �LOG BOOK Inspiring Fire Protection (;ourse Held at Jellie New Techniques in Fire Fighting Revealed A fire protection course, the first of its kind in Ontario was held under the direction of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests at Jellicoe, Ontario, in a camp owned by the St. Lawrence Corporation during the week July 20 - 25. Department of Lands and Forests officials from nineteen northern districts spread from Kenora to the Ottawa River were in attendance and, in addition, all the major timber and pulp and paper in the Province were on hand. Northwestern Ontario companies were wel I represented at the course and, in addition, senior officials from companies located at the Head of the Lakes were present at the demonstratino showing the use of aircraft and helicopters in fighting fires . The following subjects were covered at the course: Fire Protection Planning -- Q. F. Hess. Forest Fire Laws M. Sauerbrei Public- Relations and Industry Responsibility - C. R. Mills T. S. Jones Fire Weather Forecasting -- Q. F. Hess. Fire Crew Organization J. Ruxton. Care and Storage of Equipment D. O'Grady & J. B. Rorke. Hand Fire Fighting Equipment G. McAdam. Demonstration of Use of Hand Fire Fighting ToolsG. McAdam. Fire Fighting Tactics - J. Ruxton. Safety W. Stinson. Demonstration of Water Bombing, Cargo Dropping, Helicopter, etc., at Rolland Lake J. C. Dillon. Supervisory Training E. Malo. Fire Prevention J. C. Dillon. Mechanical Equipment G. McAdam. Demonstration of Mechanical Fire Fighting EquipmentG. McAdam. New Developments in Fire Protection J. C. Dillon. Map Reading and Estimating Burned Areas and Fire Damage-· M. Sauerbrei. Fire Detection - J. C. Dillon. Communication C. E. Lloyd. Mr. J. Ruxton was chairman of the meeting and Mr. T. E. Mackey, Chief of the Division of Forest Protection and his assistant Mr. J. C. Dillon attended the course. As can be seen from the above, those in attendance at the course were given a broad and instructive picture in preventing, detecting and suppressing fires. Special emphasis was placed on pre-suppression measures, the organization of crews and care of equipment. The demonstrations by the Department of Lands and Forests on the use of hand fire fighting tools; the mechanical fire fighting equipment; and water-bombing, cargo dropping; laying hose by helicopter; were outstanding features of the course. In particular the demonstration using aircraft and helicopter showed the many uses that may be made of both, either working in conjunction os by themselves and there was no doubt in the minds of any persons who saw the demonstration that the helicopter is going to revolutionize fire fighting. The ease with which it can get men and pumps, etc., to a fire will result in fires being tackled much more quickly than formerly and this should result in fire areas being smaller than in previous years. Mr. T. E. Mackey, Chief of the Division of Forest Protection s.t ated: "This is the newest and latest method of fighting fire by getting water on the fire quickly in a way that was not available to us before. It will hold smal I fires and has been used on hot spots on (Continued on the Next Page) �CTOBER 1 OCTOBER 1953 LOG BOOK PACK TRACTOR IN ACTION IRE PROTECTION COURSE HELD AT JELLICOE (Continued from Page 12) o keep them from spreading until ground ach them." dropped test cargo including a portable with complete success using distinctive ite 11 foot parachutes and dropping both water through special 18 inch diameter airplane cabin floors. d-hailer" developed by Department perery effective method of communicating d and particularly of giving such warn• ure your camp fire is dead out" and "be ire", as well as a typical directive to supposedly fighting fires. The pilots quite clearly as high as 1800 feet. ring lectures given at the course were II immediately after each lecture and erson who attended the course has a of the lectures. taught at this school are known in many of the persons responsible for . ~ting forest fires, but everyone who lity should know what went on at this s~id before, is the first course of its 1 0 and it is hoped to continue these al ~a~is. Each person attending the ~1th_ the responsibility of passing an 1zat1on the lessons learned at this Ped that by holding these courses lessons learned to others that the bot~ the Department of Lands and , will become more efficient as a s. cDougall, Deputy Minister, Depart- PAGE 13 ment of Lands and Forests, visited the school and made the following comments: "This co-operative effort of the forest industries with the Department of Lands and Forests is deserving of the highest praise. Such co-ordinated action is important and necessary. In the lifetime of any of us, in industry or in Lands and Forests Department, none of us individually can learn too much about preventing forest fires and fighting them when they do occur. Only by the collective efforts of al I of us - forest rangers and those engaged in forest industries - by the pooling of our combined knowledge and experience, can we hope to succeed in the protection of Ontario's forests. That is the fundemental value of gatherings like this. I am sure that it will be of benefit to all concerned." EDITOR'S NOTE: One of the items fully discussed at the Forest Protection Course, was "Back-firing". It was generally agreed that back-firing had a place in fighting fires, and in view of this the Editor requested Mr. J. C. Dillon, Supervisor of Forest Fire Control, Department of Lands and Forests, to write a short report on "Back-firing". This should be read with interest by all who are concerned in fire protection. The organization and training of fire crews was a subject of much discussion at the Fire Protection Course. It was agreed that the pump crews organized as shown above would produce most efficient results, and it was agreed that pump crews trained in the Province of Ontario would be organized as above. • Crews trained in this organization will be able to operate with fewer improvements if necessary, and produce good results. However, for training purppses it was agreed that those crews organized would be used. This crew organization is to be standard in the Province of Ontario, and it is hoped that all industry pump crews will be organized on this basis. (See Pump Crew Organization on Page 15) .BACKFIRING - THE MASTER TOUCH By J. C. Dillon Backfiring is a method of controlling fires, of that there is no doubt. There is a natural tendency on the part of any man in charge of a fire to hesitate about starting a back fire and well there might be, However, I do not know of one single instance where a backfire has failed to perform its function if the proper preliminaries were carried out. In short when a backfire fai Is it is a case of poor judgment and should be considered as such rather than a condemnation of the method. Backfiring might be analized in this manner supposing a fire was threatening a backwoods settlement and h2d cut off the ordinarv means of exit such as a road or waterway and the firebreak surrounding the community was definitely not large enough or cleared sufficiently to tops the advancing fire. There are women and children in the settlement. Under such circumstances, the wise fire fighter will attempt to en, large the fire break by backfiring, and no one could possibly consider that his attempt was wrong. This ha~ been done and no doubt we will be called upon to repeat the action as this Province develops frontiers. Now if under the foregoing conditior backfiring was considered essential to the preservation of life and property, it is equally sond thinking when applied to a {Continued on Page 16) �PAGE 14 LOG BOOK SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER J L_ Tractomotive TL-D Tracto-Loader FOR THE ALLIS-CHALMERS MODEL DMOTOR GRADE A new heavy duty Tracto-Loader made for the AllisChalmers Model D Motor Grader. Here is a loader especially designed to increase Motor Grader usefulness and cut costs of many road maintenance jobs. It is mounted on the rear to gain these important working advantages. 5. The weight of the loader and its pay well distributed over the four tandem for improved traction and stability. 6. The tubular frame is not subjected encountered in loading operations sh0-:k loads are transmitted directly drive wheels. 1. The rear framework of the Model D becomes part of the loader frame, reduces weight and simplifies the combination framework. 7. Forward vision of operator is in no way 2. Four large tandem wheels have greater capacity to carry the added weight of loader and loaded bucket. 8. Because pump, valve, oil reservoir, a ers are close together, hydraulic lines friction reduced. 3. It is not necessary to substitute heavier front axle, spindle, wheel bearings, steering gear, or tires. 9. Increased stability allows a high that permits loading the average truck from the rear. 4. The rear mounting does not affect steering nor interfere with the prime functions of the motor grader. l 0. The cost of the combination unit cause of simplicity of design and c FOR SPECIFICATIONS OR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE O. PHONE Vulcan Machinery &Equipment l 171 SUTHERLAND AVE., WINNIPEG, MAN. PHONE 594316 145 N. CUMBERLAND ST., PORT �LOG BOOK PAGE 15 Organization of Fire Crews er Foreman: Supervises all work of the crew ation of pump in relation to fire; scouts etermine what type of hose lay would be control fire spread, and to determine if any, of the fire line can be by-passed s, etc. He co-ordinates his work with that rew foremen and with other pump- unit : Is responsible for power pump opering maintenance, gas, oil, etc. required eration. r: Is responsible for efficient operation • Their function is to make effective d nozzle pressure in suppressing the fire along its perimeter. These men must be able to judge the effect of their work in relation to the intensity of the fire in order to move a Iong the fire Ii ne with a minimum of delay. Hose Layers (2): Their function is to lay out hose immediately ahead of the nozzle crew on the fire line as it is required. Hose Handlers (4): The function of these men is to handle hose in a manner that will enable the nozzle man complete freedom to concentrate on directting water onto the fire's edge without waste or loss of time. It will be noted that the supply of hose to this crew must be looked after by additional men assigned to this work. It is not possible to determine in advance as to how many men will be required for carrying hose due to variation in terrain, distance, etc. YOUR FALL and WINTER REQUIREMENTS NOW • • • ne~ Wholesale Hardware warehouse is modernly equipped to serve the Logs¼lg, ercng and Mining Industries; the Retail Stores; Plumbing, Heating and Building actors in Northwestern Ontario. HRANE HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LIMITED rth Cumberland Street, Port Arthur - Dial 5-7345 �PAGE 16 SEPTEMBER - LOG BOOK SPARK ARRESTORS A test to find out the most efficient spark arrestor was recently conducted by member companies using the Nylund Spark Arrestor and the ordinary screen type copy. The report is as folliws: "On the night of August 5, 1953, a thorough test was made on both the screen type and the Nylund type of spark arrestor. "The test was run after dark on the wash-room stove. With screen type arrestor in place a good fire was well stirred up. Many sparks were observed leaving the arrestor. The Nylund arrestor was then affixed the fire stirred harder than before and no single spark was to be seen. The draft on the stove was checked by the bull-cook both at night and in the morning. It was at least as good as and possibly better than it had been with the screen arrestor. "On the following morning a Nylund arrestor was placed on the cookery stove pipe and the cook was asked to pay particular attention to the draft and smoke situation throughout the morning. At noon she reported that the draft had improved and the stove smoked less than before. "On the afternoon of August 8, 1953 a Nylund arrestor was tested on the cookery at McKay Lake Lake Road camp. The cook reported an immediate improvement in draft and a reduction of smoke. In the above cases the arrestors were used outside the buildings. In the winter they might better be used inside as they are good heat savers. CONCLUSION: Screen type arrestors plug up badly and quickly (a few days) with carbon particles. Nylund arrestors can not plug as there is no screen. Screen type arrestors do not stop all sparks. Nylund arrestors do appear to stop all sparks. Nylund, reportedly will outlast the screen type arrestor by at least two times and possibly more. This would doubtless offset the difference in price which is $8.91 as against $4.35. ABITIBI SMOOTH ROCK FALLS DIVISION USE ANTI-FREEZE IN FIRE PUMPS FOR WINTER USE The use of anti-freeze in the Wajax pump gears was first used in this Division during the winter of 1951-52. ft:.s the pu~ps a~e _used as a means of camp defense during the winter 1t 1s essential that they start quickly and easily regardless of temperature. In some of the camps it is possible to operate the pump inside a warm building but this is not always the case. It was found that when a pump was taken from the warm storage quarters to the water supply several minutes elapsed before the hoses were connected. In this short interval the oil in the pump gears became so stiff that it was very difficult to crank the motor. Another hazard had been the possibility of a small amount of water remaining in the pump after drainina. This water, if exposed to the cold, changed to ice jamming the gears and sometimes causing serious dam~ age to certain parts of th epump. A good quality anti-freeze was used to protect the interior of the pump and proved quite satisfactory. Not only was it fairly easy to crank the pump but it did not matter if a little water remained in the pump. Furthermore as the anti-freeze was non-injurious to the linen hose, it was no longer neressary to flush out the pump before attarhing the outlet. BACK-FIRING - THE MASTER TOUCH (Continued from Page 13) fire which is advancing unchecked through tirn areas and where it is known that the natural fireb will not halt it. Here is where the experienced fighter is at his best, and here also is where the is -demanded of any fire fighter. The keynote in backfiring is to make the fo the way you wish, against the wind, and under control. If this can be accomplished any backfit1 work, but as mentioned previously, the prelin,j are all important. A backfiring crew should be comprised of with plenty of intestinal fortitude. They are Ii along the break, smothered in smoke and eac depend to the hilt on every man on the backfi otherwise if one weak link lets go during the fi cial moments, then disaster is in the making. Supposing a fire is advancing, crowning, t river. If it crosses the river then the next defence has to be scouted out, but in the int area there is a valuable stand of timber and th ing to be lost if the backfiring method is not In short, values are at stake that warrant eve method in the lexicon of fire fighting. If along the shore of the river, or some inland, to protect the timbered fringe, an atte be made to backfire, here are the essentials: 1. Plow out a bulldozed line down to mine and where possible. If time permits line or triple it, because the wider the better the chance is of keeping back t the proper side or the side next the one 2. Have pumps set up commensurate with of Ii ne to be fired, and those pumps working and wetting down the area tot side from which the fire is advancing this is a precaution to keep the fire f~ the break with the wind. If water is the side where the back fire is start backfire will not burn and the effort 3. The two ends or sides of the backfire and this is where the water is pumpe side because if the ends swing aro backfire can escape control. 4. As the backfire gains momentum it way toward the advancing point of and clean up the fuel in the in! This is what one wishes to accompl 1 5. This system is easier explained gra echelon formation for controlling t backfire can be worked and a ste cement under complete control can using such a system. 6. During the process men who can h the nozzles properly can bring succ firing venture. If· su h fai Is then t and such men know what to do are down. 7. We have men who can do this j ment to back them up and when men and the necessary equipment then backfiring is a logical step - - -0--- COVER PICTURE The photo on the cover of this issue shows a helicopter carrying a canor0 n demonstrations at the Fire Protec • �LOG BOOK :nake the f and under any backfir the prelim1 )mprised of 'hey are Ii ~ and each the backfi ·ing the fi making. ·owning, t the next n the int ,er and th od is not INCREASE YOUR PAYLOADS PAGE 17 ... get remain - within the highway load limits ! HENDRICKSON - to mine ermits d for the back t the one te with pumps •ea tot SIX-WHEEL TANDEM AXLE UNITS You can carry much more within the limits of highway load regulations with the Hendrickson six-wheel tandem axle unit, available with either drving or trailing tandem axle. Other features include: Hendrickson Trailing Axle • REDUCED ROAD SHOCK • LOAD PROTECTED FROM SHIFTING DAMAGE • GREATER SAFETY • BETTER LOAD DISTRIBUTION • LOWER COST PER MILE • ELIMtNATl·ON OF PITCHING AND TOSSING The ideal logging unit, value-proven by thousands of users. WIRE OR PHONE TODAY FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION. BERLAND MACHINES LIMITED LOGGING SPECIALISTS ALGOMA STREET PORT ARTHUR, ON.TARIO �PAGE 18 lOG BOOK GUT BUCKET This Gut Bucket of Beardmore is not original with the town but, as has been explained by the musicians grouped around there, this is made up of a wooden frame and an ordinary wash tub mounted thereon and the twine string run over a pole, the string giving the different sounds by tension. The Gut Bucket forms an ideal background for a group of ad Iib Dixie-land musicians such as comprise the Beardmore group. The main requisite a man must have is a good musical ear. Anyone wishing information as to how to manufacture th is unique instrument, please contact Mr. E. M. (Buzz) Lein, General Logging Superintendent, St. Lawrence Corporation Ltd., Beardmore, Ontario. FIRE CONTROL OBJECTIVE "To prevent the occurrence of fire in humanly possible, to be prepared to th,e maximum deg ee of efficiency, to satisfactorily cope with the fires which be expected to occur, and to be in a posi upon t he discovery of a fire to take immed· and ,e ffective action to assure suppression the least possible loss." This Fi re Control Objective was written by Mr. T. E. Mackey, Chief, Division of Forest Protection, several seasons ago when he was a District Forester. NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO FOREST FIRE Entertainment at the Fire School. "Buzz" Lein's Beardmore orchestra provided the music on the breakup night of the Fire School. Note the "Gut Bucket." PLAST IC HOSE USED IN CAMP FIRE SET-UP At Caramat, Ontario, fire suppressing equipment on hand for suppression of any fires thnt occur in th~t community, Marathon have a 2" plastic line, 2000 feet long. This plastic hose is very light and very practical for the job for which it was bought. It is not considered practical for bush fire operations. Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited are also investigating the possibility of having plastic pack cans manufactured. Such cans w o u I d be about 1/3 the weight and much more durable than the galvanized cans. Readers of the LOG BOOK will • be informed of developments in Marathon's efforts. FOREST FIRE SON G PUBLISHED "SMOKEY THE BEAR" in now the title of a song well known in the United States. Regular sheet music for this song may be purchased for forty cents. "Smokey The Bear" records have been cut as follows: • Columbia - Gene Autry R.C.A. - Victor - Eddy Arnold Golden Mitch Mi Iler and Orchestra Decca Frank Luther GET ONE OF THESE RECORDS - YOU'LL LIKE IT! Sixty forest fires were started in Nort Ontario in August, bringing the total in the F cis, Kenora, Sioux Lookout, Port Arthur, White River and Kapuskasing districts to 257 approximately 20,000 acres burned. No forest fires were attributed to Fore ions in August, and the total remains the fires. Fort Frances, Sioux Lookout and Kapusk no fires attributed to Woods Operations. Port Arthur has four. Kenora has one. Geraldton has one. White River has one. These fires have been reported to WJ ators in detail, so that every effort be take a recurrence of these fires started by thes For the remainder of the fire seaso personnel are urged to take every preca NEW EDITION RELEASED An up-to-date review of all significant aspec life is contained in the 1953-54 issue of Quick In its 112 pages the ninth annual edition of book contains information on the Dominion, government, latest census figures, trade and i resources, finance, and taxes. Distributed thro and newsstands, the new edition of Quick Ca this week released across the country. ANSWERS to Quick Canadian Quiz 1. 2. 3. 4. ~- In the State of Minnesota. There we re 1,086,273 Canadians over Employees and employers contributing _e one fifth of their total contribution 15 era I tax revenues. Less than 10% ot' pelts are ranch rais Newfoundland. Humor out of Russia is pretty gri most things that come out of Russia. There's the one now about the Ru 55 friend, "Too bad about old Si, eh?" "Si who?" asks the friend. "Si Beria " replies the Russian. ' en And the story that when the rnha chief of the secret police, he asked ": "We didn't come to praise you, replied. "We came to Beria." �LOG BOOK PAGE 19 E in gree s. ' we've reached the end of our rope • .. and for heat1en's sake next time ship us WRIGHTS' ropes ... !" cessful operators keep an eye on production costs. They know that breakdowns and replacet of faulty equipment spell low profits. se the Wright rope for top service per dollar. Wrights' preformed and prelubricated rope.s P quality English steel, acid grade, offer greater resistance to bending fatigues and abrasion. fy Wrights' for longer, safer service-there's a type of construction to meet any heavy duty nd. Call your nearest Wrights' representative today. "BE RIGHT -- BUY WRIGHTS'!" WESTERN CANADA DISTRIBUTO'RS ALBERTA: Marshall-Wells Companies Wilkinson & McClean Ltd. Vancouver, New Westminster, BRITISH COLUMBIA: Victoria, Prince George . SASKATCHEWAN: · W. F. Fuller Machinery Co., Ltd. Regina Edmonton, Calgary, Leth bridge NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO: Northland Machinery Co., Ltd. 203 Hardisty St., Fort William MANITOBA: �Page 20 LOG BOOK ADDRESS GIVEN BY MR. G~O'RGE POTTS, ONTARIO-MINNESOTA PULP AND PAPER CO. LTD. (Continued from Page 10) would hardly ask a cut~er to wear the safety items you would expect an electric welder to use, or vice-versa. \Ve should, though, consider each occupation on its own and after agreeing whether certain safety items are to be issued to help prevent injury to that particular job we should, if we believe in our safety program 1 insist on them being used. We have now outfitted the employee in what we think is safe apparel. He should be told its purpose and how best to use it, just as you explain to him the other functions of his work. This naturally heads to my next stop--education, or showing the employee how to do his job and do it in a safe manner. ~oo often this v~ry _important aspect is skipped over lightly. The man 1s hired - he is issued his tools to work with - shown where he wi 11 work given a few words of caution along with a few minutes of actual demonstration on how to do his job - and then left on his own. If he is a cutter, it is a safe bet that this same fellow will soon be nursing the effects of a misplaced or misguided blow from an axe that hand-tool that still causes so much damage. It is not enough to skip over this part lightly and leave the man to flounder on his own. He should be shown how to do his job he should be checked repeatedly - and told in no uncertain terms that that the v:1ay we wa~t hi~ to ~o his job - the safe way. There 1s no use in acting like an ostrich and sticking out h~ads out of sight. Hoping things will come out 0. K. If we are g<?i ng to accept safety as part and parcel of our operation we should be prepared to insist ~n our accepted po_l icies carried out. If an employee aoes not hold up his end of the production line steps are taken to jack him up or other changes are ~ade. He is either transferred to other work or replaced if he continues in this manner. Why then should not this same principle apply to safety? Who is responsible for safety? This question is asked repeatedly. We have many approaches to the question but the answer is always the same. We are all re s po n s i b I e for safety. Safety is Iike· any operation it requires the wi II of all to make it go. Naturally a plan should be evolved. Generally this policy is set :..ip by management after discussion with supervis: ::,,1 and others. It is though, the function of supervision to see that your is safety plan is followed. Each supervisor, from rna rnent down should accept the responsibility of s that the plan is enforced. The man on the line look to his foreman for guidance -- the foreman si supervisor, and so on up. Your Safety man 1 ·f ~a_v_e one, should not b~ shouldered with this r~ 1bil1ty -- he should assist in the formation of th icy and in its application and in general coun e ~he best of his ability .. It is the acceptelbelief industry where safety 1s programmed that the line is more advantageous. In short, you should sponsible for the safety of the men you supervi How you plan your campaign is of course a matter. It does not matter too much what you how much you do. To be effective you should that what you want to do is done. You can use films run contests or appl other features. They are all good - you sh though, overplay it. You can sicken of an ove your favourite food which may be highly sea too rich. It is, I think, much better to kee accepted and proven diet. It is a winner in run. We have with us today, a number of whose operations I know do not warrant due mies the same style of plans that larger ope accomodate. There is though, no reason why should not accept the same principles and a on a scale comparable to their size of ope many cases these smaller groups are in a c1nd parcel of our own operations, in, that the product they produce. We should the serious consideration to assisting in this fi have proved that a wel I planned safety pro us with our own problems we should then ourselves again, maybe in an indirect ma could offer our services to these groups. I tainly be worth trying. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY 1952-53 SUMMARY OF REGISTRATION First Year Students 35 Second Year Students - 38 Third Year Students - 39 Fourth Year Students - 23 TOTAL 135 BIG GAME- Small . . . No matter which you like hunti bring home your "bag" . . . with one 1953 Rifles or Shot ·Guns now in 5 find the largest and most complete on display in our Sports Departmen MARSHALL· PORT ARTHUR �LOG BOOK PAGE 21 :::>reman t man, if this re m of the :ti, coun d belief 1at the should VICKERS YR 180 World's Greatest Bush Tractor Powered by Rolls Royce Diesel ~ · Call, write or wire . Godsall Equipment Ltd. PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �LOG BOOK PAGE 22 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION REHABILITATION CENTRE AT MALTON (Continued from Page 7) The complete program is one physical reconditioning of the patient, to return him to the highest possible level of functional ability. Although emphasis is placed on physical reconditioning, it is not forgotten that treatment can fail if it is not accompanied by the patient's desire to get well. Finding a method to stimulate this desire is one of the problems of the team. In the final stages, to establish this confidence from a mental point of view, and to gain assurance of the stage he has reached, the patient is tested on the work he will have to do or on activities simulating his job. A lumberman will be required to use his axe, saw, pulp hook; a railroad worker to use rail-laying tools; a construction labourer to use the tools of his trade and to carry maximum weight. A labourer is tested on his ability to carry, dig, push and pull; a mechanic has to spend time kneeling and laying, meanwhile using his tools. After this test the man is reassured and the doctor is able to recommend his capabi Iities and restrictions for a better job placement. This is the ultimate goal of all treatment administered at the Workmen's Compensation Board Rehabilitation Centre. This booklet is printed· on "T11rift Coat Enamel" manufactured at the Port Arthur mill of Provincial Paper Limited from wood produced in Northwestern Ontario and is printed by Consolidated Press, 137 SO\lth May Street, Fort William, Ontario. DIVISION OF FOREST RESEARCH SILVICULTURAL LEAFLETS RECEIVED No. 70 - The Influence of Bracken Fern On Establishment of and Fir Seedlings by I. C. M. Place. No. 71 -- A Method of Marking Seed Used in Experiments by Farrar and J. W. Fraser. ' No, 72 - A Study of Development in a Virgin Hemlock Queens County, Nova Scotia, by M. H. Drinkwater No. 73 - Debudding Red Pine - -Ten-Year Results, by • A. Bickerstaff. No. 7 4 - More and Better Material From Coppice Stands Maple, by C. C. Thomson. No. 75 - Thinning and Growth in a Red Pine Plantation by Stiell. ' Also recently published is a Miscellaneous Publicati entitled "The Petawawa Forest Experiment Stat'Jon." IMPORTAMT CHANGES ~ Important changes in species used for pulp have place during the past decade in the Lake States. Aspen ranked fifth at · the beginning of the period, is now the pulpwood species cut in the Lake States area. Heml the leading species, has fallen to fifth place. Pine and balsam fir now rank second, third and fourth, res -Lake States Timber Digest - Ju It It It It It It It takes takes takes takes takes takes takes one one one one one one one SAFETY VS. TIME minute to write a safety rule. hour to hold a safety meeting. week to plan a safety program. month to put it in operat'i.on. year to win a safety award. lifetime to make a safe worker. second to destroy it all with an THE LAKEHEAD'S MOST COMPLETE WELDING SUPPLY STOCK We Represent the Two Leaders in ·the Welding lndustr Lincoln Electric Co. Ltd. GAS DRIVEN WELDERS CABLE CONNECTORS - TRANSFORMER WELDERS WELDING RODS FACE SHIELDS - GOGGLES GLOVES Dominion Oxygen Co. Ltd. OXYGEN - ACETYLENE - ARGON GASES WELDING AND CUTTING OUTFITS WELDING RODS - FLUXES RUBBER HOSE Everything that the welder requires at Northland Machinery Supply Co. 203 Hardisty Street Fort William, Ontario �PAGE 23 LOG BOOK THE LATEST CHAIN-LETTER A Safety Sign Board hould Be In Every Camp. DO NOT BREAK THIS CHAIN: This chain was started in the hope of bringing happiness to all tired business men. Unlike most chains, this one does not require money. Simply send a copy of this letter to FIVE (5) married male friends. Then bundle up your wife and send her to the fellow who heads the list. When your name comes to the head of the list, you wi 11 receive 188 women - some of them ought to be dandies. Have faith - do not break this chain. One fellow broke this chain and got his own wife back~ PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Lake States Forest Experiment Station, Universlity Farm, St. Paul l, Minnesota, Technical Notes received. No. 398-1951 L.a ke States Pulpwood Production Reaches All Time High. No. 399-1952 Lake States Production Continues at High Level. No. 400-Hypoxylon Canker of Aspen in the Lake States. No. 401-Scrub Aspen Control with Basal Sprays. No. 402-Snowshoe Hare Damage to a Jack Pine Plantation in Minnesota. g. Safety Sign Board serves as a constant r to all employees to WORK SAFELY. ould ensure that the Signs are kept upumber in the centre black circle should ly. Failure to do this will result in men Board and the purpose is lost. roduction With Safety IS OUR MOTTO. Logging outfit including: TD 14 Bulldozer TD 9 Bulldozer TD 9 Tractor Two Older TD 9 Tractors Two 3-Ton Trucks Sleighs Water Pumps, etc. This outfit is to be sold to close an estate. For further information apply MRS. MURIEL PEARSON Fort Frances, Ontario 635 Third St., East KIND OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PIl J11 ·r J11 D CONSOLIDATED PRESS FORT WILLIAM PHONE 3-8323 �PAGE 24 LOG BOOK ARTJFICIAL REGENERA'l"ION ON LIMITS OF THE LONGLAC PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED (Continued from Page 4) ( l) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Keep the roots moist at all times. Take advantage of natural regeneration; as this programme is only intended to supplement natural stocking, not replace it. Roots must be planted in mineral soil. Roots must be planted in moist soil. Roots must be spread out, not bundled. Tree must be planted to the depth of the root collar -this point cannot be over-emphasized. Compact the soil around the roots to avoid air spaces. Space the trees 8 feet by 6 feet. It is necessary to instruct each man personally and continue to instruct and check until every tree is planted as though he owned it. Each camp is responsible for its own regeneration program after the plantation area has been selected, and tools and trees delivered. The spring programme starting about the first week of May, is usually of tw~ weeks duration. It may overlap the sap peeling season, but will not wt deeply into it. 0 n I y unfavourabie weather prolonged the 1 9 5 3 Spring programme of 512,000 seedlings beyond two weeks. 2-2 and 2-0 stock can be planted, the 2-0 stock being assigned to the least competitive areas. The 2-0 stock is graded at the nursery, the smaller stock being sent to the transplant fields, and the larger stock sent out for planting. For this reason, it is improbable that 2-0 stock would be available for Fall planting. The Fall programme, starting about August 20th, can be extended for a month or more, and may, conveniently, employ labour. which will later move into winter camps. The planting tool is a short-handled round-mouth shovel with the blade cut down to six inches. It is efficient for scalping away the duff in preparation for the L-slit. The tree supply schedule calls for shipments at four or five day intervals. This ensures minimum time lapse between lifting and planting, and permits the transplant truck to haul full loads. For the four or five day interval, adequate storage can be found under shade trees, in root houses, refrigerators or well-ventilated buildings, or wherever shade, coolness and water are available. For storage of longer periods, hee·lingin beds are necesasry. From the supply cemre, the 2-2 trees are transferred to 2 or 3-gallon pails at 50 to 75 trees per pail, and the 2-0 trees to 105 oz. fruit cans at 200 trees per can. In each case, three to four inches of water in the pail ensures wet roots at all times. The optimum planting crew for average working conditions is twelve men under a foreman. Larger crews lose efficiency, in that too many men try to work in too small an area or become too wide spread. A smaller crew results in excessive overhead. In an 8 foot cut-over, three men work together, one man planting the strip road while the two outer men fill in on the sides and in amongst the brush piles. In a skidded area, the area is gridded, ignoring existing skid trails and skidways. Where the brush piles and underbrush are too heavy to permit gridding, several men plant the skidway, then fan out dowr, skid trail, filling in on the sides as they work t back of the cutting block. Production, on a general labour basis is 400 per man day of 2-2 stock and 500 trees per of 2-0 stock. On a piecework basis, produ~ creases to 800 trees per man day of 2-0 stock experimetnal piecework plantation of 60,000 2-0 ce appears successful after six weeks. The LongLac Nursery is being established 2-0 spruce to 2-2 stock. The overall area is with 45 acres under actual cultivation to prod million trees annually beginning 1955. It is plant nursery only, obtaining 2-0 stock from th Falls Power and Paper Co. Ltd. at Kapuskasi local nursery will permit the lifting of the tr optimum time for planting, and will minimize lapse between lifting and planting, henc planting shock. SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS - GERALDTON 1. The total area of the Geraldton 7,884,547 acres or 12,320 square miles, 7 of the area is productive forest land, 2 per c forested land, 11 per cent is non-productiv 8 per cent is water surface. 2. The total area of the Geraldton di most wholly in the 0wnership of the Crown; .acres are privately owned. 3. The forests of the district are p mature with 57 per cent mature, 23 per ce 12 per cent young growth and 8 per cent forest. 4. The valuable coniferous type is the district covering 57 per cent of the per cent is mixed woods, 5 per cent ha per cent reproducing forest. 5. The volume of the primary gr just over 10 billion cubic feet. Conife per cent of the volume and hardwoods 3 6. The most important species i which makes up 38 per cent of the tot pine contributes 13 per cent, white spr balsam fir 8 per cent, poplar 20 per birch 13 per cent. The balance is ma amounts of white cedar and larch. 7. In the mature forest 64 per ume is in pulpwood size material 4 - 9 i 36 per cent in the sawlog size class and over. For conifers in the mature fo of the volume is in pulpwood size r:na cent in the sawlog ~ize class. White pine are the main sawlog producers. of the volume of black spruce is 10 over. 8. The annual allowable cut f is 160 718 750 cubic feet. Of this a is mad e up of conifers and 45 per ce annual allowable cut for species mak shows that 58 per cent is black an per cent jack pine, 13 per cent bal other conifers. The allowable cu~ per cent poplar and 29 per cent 9. The utilization of all spe district is currently less than the cut of conifers is 47 per cent ° Only 6 per cent of the allowab 1e utilized. 1 �sis is lS pe pro '-0 sto ),000 blished t irea is 7 to prod It is from the >uskasi the tr nimize hence • /2 ~~:{.d.~1/~~/ ,N 1. �PAGE 26 LOG BOOK NORTHERN PAPER MILLS TREAT TREES WITH CHEMICALS TO PROLONG SEASON FOR PEELING PULPWOOD In 1952 the Northern Paper Mills treated approx-• imately 800 cords of spruce and balsam pulpwood, using Atlas 11 A 11 debarking compound. This wood was treated in the interests of prolonging the season in which pulpwood could be peeled. In reporting this operation to the LOG BOOK, Mr. Howard Hicks, Woods Superintendent, at the Northern Paper Mllls at Hansen, Ontario, stated: 11 To apply this chemical we use a form of girdling tool which we make up in our own shops. This is used to remove a ring of bark from the tree four inches in width. 'As the chemical has no effect on the tree below where it is applied it is necessary to girdle the tree close to the ground. To apply the chemical we use a special brush. A small pressure tank is carried on the back of the man who applies the chemical and a tube from this tank feeds the brush through the handle. A small spring valve half way up the tube stops the flow of liquid while the painter moves from one tree to another. 11 Last season we found that this wood did not peel much until after the first frost. We also found that it is a bit difficult to peel much wood in the fall as while there is frost in the. bark it cannot be removed very easily. However we did find that even while we had two feet of snow in the woods this spring that this timber peeled very well. In fact it peeled well enough that some of our cutters asked for a strip of this treated timber that they could continue with it rather than start sap peeling. 11 This chemical must be applied during the peeling season as it is carried up the tree by the upward flow of sap. When girdling it is very important to make sure that all bark has been taken off clean and that the wood itself is not cut. Trees will show signs of dying one week after the chemical has been applied. 11 Having cut some 200 cords of this treated wood last fall we found when hauling that it was quite heavy. This caused us some alarm but we now find that the treated wood which was cut this spring dries out about the same as sap peeled wood. 11 We have heard it mentioned quite often that this chemical is very dangerous for the employee to handle but we do not. feel that we can agree to these stories if the proper care is taken. It is quite true that the chemical is deadly poison and is injurious to the skin. However if one does happen to spill or splash any of the liquid on the flesh it can be washed off easily. Our men are instructed that while handling the chemical they m u s t wear rubber tr0us~rs, or waterproof cloth trousers, and rubber gloves. By taking these precautions we have had no trouble. This summer, approximately 1600 cords of wood were treated and plans are being discussed for still more timber to be treated next year. It was found that some trees did not receive quite sufficient ,_c;hemical in 1952 and for that reason slightly more chemical per tree has been applied this year. It is also reported that about t~e middle of August one of the foremen tried peeling two trees that were purposely left standing last Spring and he reports that these trees peeled much better than they did in the spring. CHEMICAL TREATING OF TREES FIRST ST BY MR. ALEX WHITE, FORMER NORTHWES ONTARIO INSPECTOR OF THE LUMBERMEN'$ SAFETY ASSOC-IA TION BEi NG USED. The Minnesota Timber Producers 1 Bulletin ed an article from the Chemical Debarking R Project, New York, on use of chemicals to loosen from trees in the United States. It states that a portion of the pulpwood used by the Armstrong Company of Johnsonburg, Pa., is now chemically ed. This treatment of trees using chemicals w experimented with by Mr. Alex White, former Inspector of the Lumbermen 1 s Safety Associati patents obtained for the United States and Can White sold his United States patents to a g American companies and it is understood that chase of Canadian patents is being discussed by 'of interested Canadian companies. OD_DS ON SAVINGS The capitalist, who is said to do nothi company but collects all the profits, should be thought of in the singular. He is a composite figure made up of h thousands of ordinary men _and women who savings in the hope that they wi 11 be put to use for them and that thereby a dividend will ' But it -. is l;,y no means certain that any divid forthcoming. In fact, the odds on these people ge in a profit are surprisingly short. Following are figures taken from the of National Revenue 1 s Taxation Statistics. The show the number of rl'lanufacturi reportinQ a profit and compare it with t those which reported a loss in the taxatio 1950. Taxation Year 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 Number of Companies Reporting a Profit 6.426 6,998 7,340 7,217 7,134 7,817 These figures are worth examining why it is that a company must offer to people to invest their savings in the how right it is that people who do so share in the prosperity of that compa panies make a loss· as agai,,st 7,817 it means that the odds on a man ge al I for the loan of his ·money are corl three to one. The reward he gets in the way 0 appear quite so _e~orbitant wh;en we figures such as these. A lot of live wires would be de for their connections. �OCTOBER 1953 Bulletin >arking R Is to loo ites that a \rmstrong chemically emicals w e, former Associati and Can ; to a g )od that :ussed by LOG BOO1<. ith the fall weather and the colouring in the turning red and gold, the annual Red Feather gns of Community Chests across the Dominion da take place. Local needs are set forth in grams and the logic of consolidating appeals support of community welfare activity is genognized. he Lakehead area, the Campaign w i I I take October 5th to the 24th and, in the Pert ea Mr. Frank C. Brown is General Chairman Jones of the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' n is again in charge of the woods canvass. year there are 11 agencies sponsored by the Chest. Of special interest to woods workSailors' Institute and the Salvation Army. are : PAGE 27 Canadian Institute for the Blind Children's Aid Society Navy League of Canada Port Arthur Girl Guide Association St. John Ambulance Counci I St, Joseph's Manor Thunder Bay Humane Society Victorian Order of Nurses John Howard Society The Community Chest is endorsed by Presidents of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada, the Canadian Congress of Labour, leading business men and citizens generally. Since the Community Chest was organized in the Port Arthur area, woods workers have been particularly generous and once again they are asked to contribute to this worthy cause. Volunteer work by camp foremen, clerks and Un• ion stewards makes this campaign in the camps possible and Chest officials are asking once again for the splendid support rendered in other years. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1953SeptOctLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - September October 1953 Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Log Book, published by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association. September October 1953. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953-09 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/eab18fa53f3addaca9dafbc91543c49a.pdf b23a0f1507f97093a7893531793b72ad PDF Text Text lfITTEl l RETURN TO FORESTRY LIBRARY Woods Division 1arathon Corp. of Canada Ltd. Port Arthur, Ontario lWr~, G·'t TI.:. Sonley Public Utilities Building, t ·s, Z>1~ Ma1"atho11 Paro:i:i l!Illls of· Cun,. POHT AHTmm-' '1,i·h .. !I -I;. w a,z p 111>0 j.:,. I - a1 :I �PAGE 2 LOG BOOK TWIN elTY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT L LOGGING - INDUSTRIAL - CONSTRUCTION OFFICES AND SHOPS - 915 MEMORIAL AVE'. • MUNICIPAL and MINING EQUIPMENT • ·_ , . uii, o·N PORr···4RT.. .-,.--~:aj • • • • • • • •• • • ADAMS Road Graders AVELING-BARFORD Road Rolle1·s MALO Overhead Loaders BUCYRUS-ERIE Scrapers and Dozers DROTT Pulp Wood Loaders HEIL Dump Boxes and· FRINK Snow Plows ~~ ~~~ .s ., - ..r~~f I .,• . -~~·~~,. -,- ~~ ~:·· ', \ ~=--·, ... ,. __G --- INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Diesel Power LON DO~t-·Pumps and Concrete Mixers MICHELIN Metalic Ti11es SMITH Dozers INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER PROMPT SERVICE • • • • • • • • • • PIONEER Super 52 & Super Twin Power Chain Saws 1 CARCO Winches SOREL STEEL FOUNDRIES LTD . Dragline Buckets PULMAN -STANDARD Do.zers & PERKINS Marine Diesel Engines PALMER Electric Generators PRENCO Hyd~aulic Hose WARNER & SWASEY Gradall TRACO Lift Co . �LOG BOOK BAY TIIBER OPERATORS ~CIATION OFFICHS: FFE ............................. ........ ......... ............... ........ ................................ President EN ............................... ........... . .......................... ................ ........ Vice-President EXECUTIVE: "NT oN· ~ ci . It M~od s D i v i s i o n Harathofl.t ently it C8?N of Ltd .. ie,p ~len~,~t ur ge ammerm1 aper Company ars, has retired from that position. We hasten owever, that Mr. Cochran is by no means rem an active life. He will still be carrying on icer and manager of the Thunder Bay Forest Company Limited and as president of the orest Industries Association. In addition to Cochran carries many other offices connected d indirectly with business and civic life., and jobs he wi 11 be carrying on for some ti me n elt that it should be fitting that some combe made in this corner in connection with n's retirement from Hammermill. the original architects of the Thunder Bay rators' Association was the same Mr. Main. He had long felt the necessity of an f the operators in this district to combine s and to co-operate in · their every-day a fashion that a minimum of friction rstanding would occur. In addition to lso for many years been president of the age Association. This Association has recovery of lost wood along the shores or and the ultimate return of such wood owners. try has seen many bright and also many Through all of the different types of d, in the back-ground was the steadying ochran. During the depression times in this area insofar as woods' operat· ned. of _the Hammermi 11 Paper Company, ta_l in bringing a great deal of work h1ch helped in a very large measure this part of the country to financial could have had as an asset a finer man of whom we write. The Ham-· pany has bui It up a reputation secdership and stability and while the Company at Erie has benefited a W?od products they have procured ario, similarly this district is the at amount of business which has . t~is same company. •vie affairs Mr. Cochran again has He has long been one of the Arthur General Hospital and at d Chairman of the General HosPage 8) PAGE 3 MASS CHEST X-RAY SURVEY CARRIED OUT THIS SUMMER Under the direction of the Division of Tuberculosis Prevention Department of Health; an extensive tour of Northwestern Ontario communities, including some depot woods camps has been carried out by mobile bus unit and by rail car. This summer survey is supplemented in the Fall & Winter by the mobile T.B. X-Ray machine from the Fort William Sanatorium conducting surveys in the woods camps. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WATER MAKE RAFTING DIFFICULT CHORE Battling the elements is a continual task in the production of forest products especially when there is a drive and a rafting operation to be carried out to get the wood safely to the mil I. This year has seen extraordinary conditions prevail with very low water at the beginning of the Spring drive to be followed by heavy rainfalls which caused rivers to rise rapidly along with high strong winds. Several storage breaks were reported. The Ontario Paper Company Limited at Heron Bay had a storage at +he mouth of the Little Pie River break and approximdtely 4,000 cords of pulpwood were swept into Lake Superior. The majority of this was expertly rounded up in an operation directed by Mr. H. H. Styffe. The Abitibi Power & Paper Company Limited had a storage break at the mouth of the Wolf River and the Great Lakes Paper Company Limited had a break at the mouth of the Black Sturgeon River. At Tee Harbour, near Silver Islet on Thunder Cape, the Newaygo Timber Company had a storage break and at the Fort William Mill of the Great Lakes Paper Company high water damaged their jackladder and caused some wood to get away from their storage pond. FOREST FIRE FILM 11 f:IGHTING FOREST FIRES IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARI0 11 SHOWN TO LAKEHEAD EXECUTIVE CLUB At a meeting of the Lakehead Executive Association the fi Im "Fighting Forest Fi res in Northwestern Ontario" was shown to members and the film thoroughly enjoyed. During the meeting, each person present was presented 'Nith cigarette paper and the "makings" and a contest conducted as to who could make the best hand rolled cigarette. This contest was won by Mr. T. C. Sills of the Manufacturers Life. This contest went over very well and stressed the importance of "rolling your own while in the woods. 1 ' COVER PICTURE The "Heron Bay" being loaded by Oscar Styffe Limited loader at Port Arthur. QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. Which province has the greatest density of population? Which has the least? 2. Which province has the greatest area suitable for farming? 3. The value of one hour's production of the pulp and paper industry is $47,000, $91,000, or $143,000? 4. Which is the smallest of the Great Lakes? 5. Alberta's river systems ultimately reach salt water where? 6. Which province has the largest pulp and paper produc;tion? 7. Which is the largest all-Canadian lake:> (Answers on Page 22) �PAGE 4 LOG BOOK DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS ISSUES FOREST RESOURCES INVENTORIES The Division of Timber Management, Ontario Department of Lands and Forests have recently issued reports of some of the Districts made as -a result of the forest resources inventory. . Each of these reports is started by "Survey Highlights" and the Survey Highlights of reports issued to date are re-printed below for your information : The Preface to the reports reads as follows: "One of the important undertakings of the Ontario Deoartment of Lands and Forests, in recent years is a province-wide survey of forest resources. The survey was authorized and work started by the Division of Timber Management early in 1946. Commencing April 1, 1951, the Federal Department of Resources and Development has reimbursed to Ontario, one-half of the expenditures incurred in forest resources inventory, under the terms of an agreement with the Province pursuant to the provisions of the Canada Forestry Act. The past half century, little more than one-half a rotation period in forest growth has witnessed the origin and rise of the pulp and paper industry to the position of "Canada's Leading Industry." Advances through research and development in processes of manufacture are going forward at an accelerated rate. The possibi Iities of manufacturing present wood waste, unused species and qualities economically into marketable products offers a • challenge to research; their quantities give it direction. Modern forest inventory has therefore shifted from its former position of concentration on giving presently utilizable volumes, to one of presenting the forest resource picture as a whole. The volume of the primary growing stock in cubic feet gives the total wood resources. From these total figures, not only can the volumes of wood utilizable under present economic and industrial conditions be calculated, but these estimates may be adjusted a! ~o, to t~e progressiv_e change in utilization standards in a rapidly developing economy. For purposes of administration of the renewable natural resources of the province, the Department of Lands and Forests has set up twenty-two districts, each administered by a District Forester and staff, from an office located centrally in the district. The forest resources inventory covers sixteen complete and parts of two of these administrative districts, totalling 172,000 square miles, and comprising the accessible forest area of Ontario. While the report deals primarily with the physical resources, the underlying purpose has been to measure the capacity of the forest to contribute to employment and community welfare, and to the industrial and commercial welfare of the province as a whole. This objective may be attained most efte_ctively thro~gh t~e use of inventory data in the planning of sustained yield forest management for the province as a whole and in the preparation of long term management plans for local areas." Copies of these reports are available and it is suggested that anyone interested writie to the Department of Lands and Forests, Toronto, Ontario. FOREST ~ESOURCES INVENTORY REPORT NO. 1 OF THE NORTH BAY DISTRICT "Survey Highlights" 1. The total area of the North Bay district is 3,482,164 acres, 5,441 square miles. Productive forest lands occupy 2,740,029 acres, 79 per cent of the ~rea, water covers 11 per cent of the total area per cent is made ur of non-productive forest Ian lands withdrawn from forest use. 2. Privately owned lands cover an area of 4 acres, 14 per cent of the total area. Only 1 ·1 Pe of the productive forest is. privately owned. Dev agricultural lands occupy 117,580 acres or 24 pe of the total area under private ownership. , 3. The total timber resources of the No district are iust under four bi Ilion cubic feet than one-half of this volume is made up of har principally poplar and white birch. White and r the most important saw timber species, makes one-thi1d of the softwood volume. Spruce and the premier pulpwood species, comprise somew than one-third of the softwoods. The balance softwood is made up of jack pine, hemlock a 4. The annual allowable cut, or net depl lowable under sustained yield management, is 8 cubic feet. Of this total allowable cut, 90 per Cr-own lands and 10 per cent on patented la 5. The valuable conifer or softwood s up onl~ 39 per cent of the allowable cut and woods, mainly poplar and white birch, co major portion, 61 per cent of the total allow :S. A co,nparison of annual allowable c actual utilization of timber for Crown lands i Bay district indicates that the two pines, red were cut at a rate more than double that per sustained yield regulations. If red and whit tinue to be utilized at these rates, the pr timber stands will be exhausted within the vears. At the end of that period white a would come, for the most part, from presen stands, and the allowable cut may then present 31 million fp~t to about 8 milli measure. Only 9 per cent of the allowabl wood species, poplar, white birch and rently utilized in the North Bay district. FOREST RESO·URCES INVENTORY REP OF THE TIMISKAMING DISTRICT "Survey Highlights" l. The total area of the Timisk 3,449,202 acres or 5,389 square miles distribution of the 2,709,903 acres of land is 51 per cent mixedwoods, 25 pe and 15 per cent hardwood, and by age cent reproducing forest and regenera cent immature forests and 21 per c areas. 2. Privately owned lands cove~ acre? or 22 per cent of the total. di reduced to 17 per cent in relation forest area. Developed agricultural_ la acres or 5 per cent of the total d 15t 3. The gross total volur:ie . 0 timber in the Timiskami~g d, st r cubic feet. This is growing onr averages 1 827 cubic feet per ac billion cubic feet is growing about 500 million is on p~ten_te t birch are the leading species in f r: approximately half of t~e e~~ jack pine, black and white_ sp species are in relatively minor 1 J" (Continued on P �y - AUGUST, 1953 PAGE 5 LOG BOOK • the Nort >ic feet. of hard and red makes :e and ? somew Why Borden's Trumilk is the Ideal Milk for your Camp 1. All the food value of fresh whole milk! 4. For drinking, cooking and every other milk use! TRUMILK is a powdered whole milk which includes all the cream, all the protein and other nutritional value of finest fresh, whole fluid milk! Just add TRUMILK to cold water, mix, and in a jiffy, you have milk ready for drinking. TRUMILK is excellent, too, in soups, puddings, and all baked goods. Can be mixed dry with dry ingredients for cooking convenience. )alance ock and et deple lt, is 87 ) per ce ed land s 55( a gallon! Yes, here's delicious whole milk, ready to use anytime for as low as 55c a gallon ... a real saving on your milk bill, especially where large quantities are used. Further saving: there's no waste . .. you make up only as much as you need when you need it I for camp use! 5. Easy handling-less weightno freezing I TRUMILK ( whole milk powder) is only ½ the weight of fluid milk. This cuts transportation costs to the minimum ... makes handling easier. Under seal, TRUMILK keeps perfectly in summer heat or below zero weather . . . indefinitely. 6. Fluid whole milk in a iiffy ! Now you can mix TRUMILK in any quantity with Borden's new effort-saving hand-mixer. It's a 3-in-l mixer: (1) mixes (2) stores (3) dispenses. Mixers available at cost in 5 gal. and 2½ gal. capacity. Order from your nearest distributor. Heavily protected with an outer plywood drum, the inner vacuum-sealed metal container protects freshness of Trumilk indefinitely! Also has inner friction-top cover to protect contents after seal is broken. E BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED. MILK DEPARTMENT, Spadina Crescent, Toronto 4, Ontario. E BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED, 407 McGill Street, Montreal, Quebec. A. ff. BRADBURY 13 North Wharf, Saint John, N.B. McKENZIE, STEPHENSON LIMITED 345 Higgins Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba T. A. Mac:NAB & CO. LIMITED, City Club Bldg., P.O. Box 7851 St. John's, Nfld. �PAGE !, LOG BOOK SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS (Continued from Page 4) 4. The annual allowable cut, or gross depletion allowable under sustained yield management, is slightly over 95 million cubic feet, with 36 million being coniferous species and 59 million being hardwoods. Of this total figure 73 million cubic feet is on Crown land, while 22 million is on patented land. 5. The coniferous species make up about 38 per cent of the total allowable cut and hardwood species compose the balance or 62 per cent. Poplar and white birch form the bulk of the hardwood allowable cut while jack pine forms about half the allowable cut of conifers. 6. A comparison of the allowable cut with actual utilization indicates that no species is being overcut in the district. However, 67 per cent of the allowable cut for white and red pine is utilized, 84 per cent of the • jack pine and 7 6 per cent of the allowable cut of the white and black spruce is being currently utilized in the district. Since these three species groups contain 88 ,->er cent of the total allowable cut of conifers, a verv narrow balance remains to provide for losses from firn, insects and other agenr:ies. Only a very smal I proportion of the allowable cut of hardwoods is presently being utilized. FOREST RESOURCES INVENTORY REPORT NO. 3 OF THE COCHRANE DISTRICT "Survey Highlights" l. The total area of the Cochrane district is 7,355,150 acres. Classified into broad land classes, 75 per cent is productive forest land, 17 per cent nonproductive lands, one per cent is non-forested land and 7 per cent is water. 2. Ninety per cent of the total area is owned by the Crown and l O per cent is patented land. There are a total of 60,652 acres of developed agricultural l.:3nd. Only about 7 per cent of the patented land area is in farm crops. j_ The volume of wood in the Cochrane district including al I species is 8.25 bi II ion cubic feet. Fourfiths of the total volume is in mature stands which average 2,176 cubic feet per acre. 4. The most important species is black spruce which makes up 45 per cent of the total volume. Among the conifers or softwood species, balsam fir with 13 per cent of the total volume comes second, followed by white spruce with 7 per cent and jack pine with 6 pE)r cent of the total volume. lwo hardwood or broadleaved species have important volumes, poplar making up 20 per cent and white birch 7 per cent of the total cubic volume. 5. In the mature age class on Crown Ian 26 cent of the volume of conifers is in the sawlog class, l O inches c1nd over in diameter. White spruce jack pine furnish most of the sawlog size material 14 per cent of the volume of black spruce is l 0 ( d.b.h. and over. Of the total volume of hardwoods i mature forest on Crown lands, 73 per cent is in t inch d.b.h. and over size class. 6. The annual allowable cut for conife Crown lands is 96 million cubic feet gross total v made up of 65 per cent black and white spruce 2 cent balsam fir, ] 2 per cent jack pine and 2 per other conifers. No species is at the present time cut at a rate over the allowable cut. The utilizat coniferous or softwood species is currently 49 of the allowable cut. Only about 2 per cent of the able cut of hardwoods is being utilized at the time. 7. The allowable cut of all species on ·1ands is 26 million cubic feet, which is equally uted between softwood and hardwood species. FOREST RESOURCES INVENTORY REPORT N OF THE KAPUSKASING DISTRICT l. The Kapuskasing district Iies in the region of Ontario, an area of deep clay, highly ive soils on which the finest pulpwood fore province grow. Industrial development of t based almost wholly on the pulpwood resour a little over 25 years old. The forests of the predominantly mature virgin stands of bla modified locally and to a limited extent by settlement. White spruce grows to large si well-drained soils along river and stream val the mixed upland forests. From these sta but thriving sawmilling industry derives timber. 2. The total area of the Kapuskasi 10,394,309 acres or 16,241 square miles forest lands accupy 8,061,696 acres, 77 total area. Water covers 4 per cent of t and 19 per cent is made up almost w productive forest lands. 3. Patented lands cover l O per ce area leaving the major portion in Crown 4. The total timber resources of t over 13 bi II ion cubic feet, 67 per cent is coniferous species and 33 per cent ha spruce is the most important species m two-thirds of the conifer volume on Cro ORDER YOUR FALL REQUIREMENTS NOW (Continued on Page 8) • • • Our new Wholesale Hardware warehouse is modernly equipped to ·serve Lumbering and Mining Industries; the Retail Stores; Plumbing, Heating Contractors in Northwestern Ontario. .COCHRANE HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LIM 105 North Cumberland Street, Port Arthur - Dial 5- �LOG BOOK PAGE 7 ,ni ·al C 2 ri Ii 9 �LOG BOOK PAGE 8 SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS (Continued from Page 6) 5. The annual allowable cut on Crown lands is 91 million cubic feet for conifers and 86 million cubic feet for hardwoods before any deductions are made for 'losses in growing stock from sources other than industrial uti Iization. 6. Of all wood utilized from Crown lands in the Kapuskasing district, 8Q per cent is spruce. Spruce, however, makes up only 37 per cent of the total allowable cut. 7. A comparison of the annual allowable cut with the actual utilization of timber for Crown lands shows that no speci&3 is being overcut at the present time. Spruce with an allowable cut of 66 million cubic feet, and an actual cut of 53 million cubic feet has a narrow balance to provide for losses due to fire and other causes. All other species are being utilized well within their allowable cut with a very large surplus of poplar and white birch unused at the present time. FOREST RESOURCES INVENTORY REPORT NO. 6 OF THE PORT ARTHUR DISTRICT "Survey Highlights" l. The total area of the Port Arthur District is 10,811,831 acres or 16,893 square miles. Productive forest lands cover 73 per cent of the total area, nonforested lands occupy 2 per cent, non-productive forest lands 7 per cent and water surface 18 per cent. 2. Of the total area of the Port Arthur district 89 per cent is Crown land, 3 per cent is patented land, comprising Grand Trunk Pacific blocks l - 6, and 8 per cent is patented land in small holdings. For the purposes of this report G.T.P. blocks l - 6 are treated as Crown lands. 3. The age class distribution for the productive forest lands of the district shows 40 per cent of the area mature, 35 per cent immature, 15 per cent young grm-vth and l O per cent reproducing forest. 4. The volume of the primary growing stock in the Port Arthur District is just over 12 bi 11 ion cubic feet. This is an average of 1,557 cubic feet per acre for the productive forest area of the district. 5. Of the total volume, 63 per cent is made up of conifers or softwood species and 37 per cent is hardwood or broadleaved species. 6. In the mature age class on productive forest lands, 62 per cent of volume of conifers is in the pulpwood or cordwood size class and 38 per ce-nt is of sawlog size. For hardwoods, 44 per cent of the volume is of pulpwood and cordwood size and 56 per cent is in the sawlog size class. Jack pine has 54 per cent of its volume in the mature forest in sawlog sizes, white spruce 72 per cent, black spruce 23 per cent, and balsam fir 29 per cent. 7. The annual allowable cut or total depletion allowable under sustained yiel·d management for the Port Arthur District is 233 million cubic feet, 90 per cent of which is on Crown lands and l O per cent on patented lands. 8. Of the allowable cut on Crown lands of 210 million cubic feet, 53 per cent is conifers and 47 per cent hardwood species. The allowable cut of conifers is made up of 47 per cent spruce, 32 per cent jack pine, 18 per cent balsam and 3 per cent other conifers. The hardwood allowable cut is made up of two species, n per cent poplar and 29 per _c ent white birch. 9. A comparison of the allowable cut on lands with the current actual utilization shows spruce is being utilized at approximately the all cut under sustained yield management. All other have a margin for expansion in utilization. Only 4 cent of the allowable cut for hardwoods is being ut, PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE (Continued from Page 3) In his earlier days, before coming to the Lak country, he had been an athlete of note and great footbal I player. Later he became a charni golfer. at the Lakehead and is also reputedly a ve shot whether it be at trap shooting or natural hunting. For many years he was very active in hoc cles and in his spare time did much of the grou necessary to build up Port Arthur's Allan Cup teams. During one of the successful years, he charge of the Al Ian Cup team which compet Olympic competitions in Europe. Many of his accomplishments will be w papers elsewhere. We simply mention the give you a small idea of the activities of the g whom we now call affectionately "The Dean' truly the dean of the Operators' Association ern and north-western Ontario and we are know that we will for some time to come, assistance, guidance and advice in the probl we are sure to face as time goes along. On behalf of all the operators we wish ran many happy days in the years to co will not be like the man who once said he so busy si nee he retired that he was sur have to retire from retirement. HOBART H. West Gate Packers Limi • ONLY INDEPENDENTLY OPE MEAT PACKING PLA • COMPLETE FACILITI FOR SUPPLYING ALL TIMB • </11,'f "'kled qa,t.,, OH, ,,tut,11, ~ 185 South Court Street, Port �_ AUGUST, 1953 PAGE 9 LOG BOOK cut on ::m shows { the all .II other on. Only ; being ut, ... o the ote an a ch edly a >r nat "Gas Is Best by Test'·' 1 > For Timber Camps, large or small - a•size for every need. The savings and elficiency of a camp or catering operation using Autematic Propane is phenomenal As an example A100-men camp operator usually he GARLAND avy Duty opane Gas Range enjoys savings in excess of $100 r his installation is designed specifically ring needs . . . for Restaurants, ps and Resorts. It is an excellent it with Hot Top and Spreader Plate Broiler, and two automatically con- per month. Fuel costs are ¾ to 1¼ cents per meal. Let us show you some of the perIormance records. • • •• • NO ASH OR DIRT. FULLY AUTOMATIC OVENS. FAST AND EFFICIENT AND ABOVE ALL ECONOMY. CYLINDER OR BULK DELIVERY. WRITE, PHONE OR WIRE HERN PROPANE GAS CO . •LTD. • FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO • PHONE 2-5318 �PAGE 10 JULY - AUGUST, LOG BOOK NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO (WOOD~) BRANCH, ONTARl'O PULP AND PAPER MAKERS' SAFETY ASSOCIATION HOLD SPRING MEETING Mr. G. K. Eoll, Chairman, presided at a recent meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Woods Branch: O.P. & P.M.S.A. held in Port Arthur. The items of interest discussed at the meeting were: "Dri-Bak" <:;lathing, Accident Cost Analysis. Foot Accident Survey, New Items of Safe Clothing, Plans for the use of Safety Equipment this year by member companies, Lumbermen's Safety Association plans for the coming season. This talk was given by Mr. G. R. Potts, Northwestern Ontario District Inspector for the Lumbermen 's Safety Association. / A very interesting address "A Woods Manager Looks At Safety" was given by Mr. J. H. Godden, Woods Manager of the Great Lakes Paper Company and is reported elsewhere in this booklet. How a Camp Safety Committee operated in Abitibi Camp 146 last winter ~as described by Mr. M. Chew, Clerk at that Camp. Mr. F. B. Denison, Northwestern Ontario representative of the Workmen's Compensation Board of Ontario, cutlined changes in the Workmen's Compensation Act which came into effect this year. A WOODS MANAGER LOOKS AT SAFETY By J. H. Godden Rather than speak on safety work in general terms I have decided to discuss in this paper one particular phase of accident prevention and safety work which I consider of prime importance. This phase of the work may be termed "Getting the co-operation of supervisory personnel and workers." No doubt you all realize that this is a very fundamental and basic approach to any program but I think it is particularly applicable to safety work. Co-operation of all concerned is essential to the success of the undertaking and particularly so in accident prevention where results a·re not always immediately discernable and some personnel may look on the work as being unproductive and unnecessary. I believe that a great deal of spade work should be done in a company organization, through private discussions with key personnel, through meet- ings of supervisory staff and wherever the oppo presents itself, before a safety man is put in the If this is done and properly done the work of the man should be considerably easier and much effective. _ Now let us get down to some actual sugge . as to how the above-mentioned co-operation rn achieved First of all we should start with the top man 1 Woods Department generally known as the Manager. I am not going to attempt to tell you get his interest and co-operation for your meth vary with individual cases and I hope in most case he will already be sold on it as a responsibility of management. In any event his interest and activ port either from the· human angle or .the econ.pmic or better still, both is absolutely essential to and co-operation all down the line. The Woods Manager should make kRown supervisory personnel, and to workers \also, whe sible, his interest in and support of a safety pr as a Company policy. Everyone in the organizat omatically knows of the Woods Manager's int lower costs, delivery of wood on ti me, etc., b he makes a special effort to show his_support of ingly unproductive work such as safety, peo the linG-r.are qpt tb show little interest and lack ation.,. • 1t· definitely makes a difference when kno~s that "the boss" fully supports the e of the safety man. , So much for "the boss" and now that sured of his interest and co-operation what in importance? To my mind 'the next import the choice of your field safety man. He, mol'1 other, probably, is the man who can make or safety programme, and as such he warrants choosing. This man should first of all be on mands the respect of his fellow workers. H quieJ and unassuming but with a postive, sona-lity. He must be willing to listen t invite suggestions from supervisors and safe practices. He should be fami Iiar wit phases of woods operations and should h at least a small variety of jobs in the w believe he should be a man 'who is mecha and interested in mechanical _operations. Certainly it is difficult f~ find a ma a combination of basic qualifications. f-:4 sure that one such safety man on a gt proper basic qualifications as outlined a of more value than a dozen poorly chos In my opinion the choosing of ~h field safety man on woods operations is ance and cannot be stressed too str programme is to be of value to all right man, with the full support of do much to bring about that very nee ant factor - co-operation. Now that we· have chosen a fir man of the right type and put him 0 can we do further to ensure co-oper This time we are going after sonnel such as District Superintend Bosses Clerks Scalers, etc. They realize' that safety work is an integ operations and that the sai ~ty ~a~ the same as anyone else; also t a and a discouraging one because so are hard to assess. I think thNa~t (Contlinued on e �y _ AUGUST, 1953 ~ k"own lso, whe ~ety pr ·ganizaf er's int ~tc., bu ,port of y, peop d lack when the e PAGE 11 LOG BOOK el are inclined to think that the field safety man a snap of a job of no great importance. Co-operand interest of district personnel can be brought t by: Sincere and consistent interest in safety by (1) the Woods Manager. Making known to everyone that accident prevention is a definite and continuing policy of the Company. The sincerety and persistence in the efforts of the field safety man and by his tact and ability to enlist the co-operation of everyone. ow that we have won over the Woods Manager cause, chosen the right type of field man, and the co-operation of district supervisory personnel, all set to go after the worker himself. How can his all important co-operation? T1iis is the crucial the battle but we are well prepared for it by the •ork which we have already done as explained By posters - preferably humourous drawings. Not too many on one wall. The same poster should not remain too long in the same spot. (2) Talks on accident prevention. Invite discussion as to how certain accidents can be prevented. (3) Moving pictures. (4) Publications of frequency records. (5) Inter-camp safety contests. (6i Safety committees. These are some · of the more obvious methods of arousing and maintaining the interest of the workers. No doubt you gentlemen have thought of many more ideas in this connection. w it is up to the field safety man, the foreman strip boss or straw boss to make the worker work safely and prevent accidents. Much depthei r methods of approach, their tact and their Once again co-operation is something which as it goes along, tor when the workers see that man is backed up and approved by the fore-strip boss, they will be .much more likely to with the safety man and at least try to work Now we have pretty wel I covered the field of cocperation and everyone is working together towards a common goal, and everyone has reached the stage where pride is taken in a good accident prevention record and results should gradually become apparent. Of course, as we all know, the most impressive results are only apparent at the end of the year when the statistics sh:Jw a decrease in accidents with the resultii:,g benefits both in time and money to labour and management and reduced human suffering in a safe manner. Co-operation and interest of the workers can also be encouraged by educational means as follows: ( 1) THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED ONTARIO PATENT-41135-6 MODEL HS 2000 1948 CANADA CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR TREE-LENGTH SLASHER AND LOADER Nesco Equipment Ensures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous Operation �JULY - LOG B001< PAGE 12 Woods Personnel - Ke FORT FRANCES DISTRICT ONTARIO-MINNESOTA PULP & PAPER CO. LTD. R. Potts M. Haslestad ·L. Salgren E. Rogers L. Morin A. Law ·F: McKay -J. Gorup G. Garner Harry Cain Eric Thorson Francis W. Cain C. Douglas M. Lynchonak B. Seppala W. Lanigan L. Paterson H. Brown C. Anderson R. O'Donnel S. N. Golder V. McEvoy J. Moore W. Woods K. Conlon W. Martin G. Calder A. McEvoy J. A. MATHIEU LTD. Eddie Holmquist H. Holmes Pete Zettler T. S. Mathieu EMO LUMBER COMPANY Patrick Jordens Clifford V. Strachan KENORA DISTRICT ONTARIO-MINNESOTA PULP & PAPER CO. LTD. J. Sweet H. James K. Thinglestad F. Kozel G. Foister R. MacDonell M. Jensen R. McMillan 0. B. Oien E. Nevison J. Moore J. Paterson F. Jasinski C. Pochailo C. R. Binger M. Ricklefs W. D. Start K. Roos I. Sward DRYDEN PAPER COMPANY Chas. Hodgkinson G. Hohn N. Mat:Millan A. Sherrard F. Boomhower W. E. Cuff T. Humeniuk R. K. Neale F. W. Morton J. McArthur A. Noble W. Franklin M. Hampe J. Graham W. S. Moore G. Franklin A. Lindquist R. S. Bunney W. Faulkner C. Latimer COLENSO LUMBER COMPANY Wm. Penner A. Penner CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS L. Montgomery, G. Sotke, M. Premack, I. Thompson GREAT LAKES PAPER COMPANY H; S. Beattie, P. Elder, L. Bouchey A. Bradley G. D. Cannon A. E. Coak G. A. Cox F. Elders J. Gordon A. Green A. E. Henley H. Hickey J. W. Hogg SIOUX LOOKOUT DISTRICT GREAT LAKES PAPER COMPANY Valora Depot: G. V. Calhoun, G. W. Cameron, E. J. Ward, Alex MacKenzie Alf. Ham, Joe Kerchner, Edward Dubean, W. G. Edwards CHUKU~I LUMBER COMPANY, Red Lake H. Carnahan, Wm. Anderson, E. F. Scott Hugh McCallum, M. Powley RED LAKE LUMBER COMPANY, Red Lake John Gustafson, Joe Johnson PATRICIA LUMBER COMPANY, Sioux Lookout F. Watson, R. Burstahler, M. Adam, C. Carter, W. Stasishin HAMMERMILL PAPER CO., Ycliff John L;1kacin, Henry Brunette, Wm. Haverluck, Fred Alexander H. L. MULHOLLAND, Hudson H. L. Mulholland, Gordon Shirk, Walt. Wolanin, Chas. Sharp LAC SEUL LUMBER CO., Hudson Brian Barber, Richard Neale ONTARIO PAPER COMPANY, Hudson D. L. Carter ABITIBI POWER & PAPER CO., Umfreville William Sawchuk ONTARIO-MINNESOTA PULP & PAPER CO. Red Lake Road P. Rush A. Fortin J. H. Allen G. Seed S. Gadus M. Ames J. Shiska A. Harkovsky H. Bennett J. T. Sniezek H. Hayes E. H. Berglund K. Storey K. Hatfield E. Black J. Tairney W. Hill f. Black A. Weller H. Kempt J. Blalir N. Zubiak N. 0. Laroche A. Carlson A. Livingstone J. Colfer J. Ketonen G. McLennan W. Cunningham Contractor: W. Owchar W. Decker W. Rigley G. Ellis Listed here are the names of Woods industry of Lands and Forests of the Province of Onta,· courtesy of the Department of Lands and For The men listed hereunder, in addition to their due these men for carrying out their duties a GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND MAY YOU C FEWER FIRES THIS YEAR. NEWARGO TIMBER COMPANY, H. Kotanen Johnson E. Kruger Holm G. S. Alleyn Oie Johnson, Company Representative DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS E. W. Carlson, Packwash Lake H. 0. Kellberg, Perrault Falls B. I. Malmstedt, Sioux Lookout MADSEN GOLD MINES A. Weber, 0. M. Gardener ST ARRATT OLSEN M. J. Gregory NEW DICKENSON F. A. Fell, E. Crull, E. E. Pine, C. Christensen, CAMPBELL RED LAKE C. A. Dufresne l.. E. A. L. PORT ARTHUR DISTRICT ABITIBI POWER & PAPER COMPANY Port Arthur, Ontario Rody W. Davidson Lockhart C. Armstrong Eynon Heinonen Auden, Ontario G. Nordstrom A. V. Pingree W. Pauli K. G. Crowhurst R. McPhee B. Vickers 0. North R. A. Wilson P. Gillis J. C. Bocking E. Igo H. McCormack Dorion, Ontario J. A. McLeod M. Armitage E. B. Ayer J. Wahl K. Ratz G. Hollett D. C. McKinnon W. Kita UPSALA, Ontario: -0. Salo, I. Manners. UMFREVILLE, Ontario F. Westerberg CAMERON FALLS, Ont. I. Mutch, NIPIGON, Ontario R. Machettt ORI EMT BAY, Ontario H. Fell, G. RAITH, Ontario - G. Breckenridge, L. Vidl GREAT LAKES PAPER COMP Fort William, Ontario Albert Sideen J. H. Godden P. J. Ward D. E. Graham Dag River District Kusti Maki Kenneth Porter Onni Korpela Eugene Larocque G. Cameron Bell Hans Maki Black Sturgeon DiSt • Thos. McClelland Chas. Dolan A. J. Auden F. F. E. K. G. L. Stevens S. Hicks Whitney W. Hearnden Withenshaw D. H. M. T. J. J. M. J. Helie L. Favretto M. R. McKay Mike Oster W. J. Bouchey Wm. Zapior Paul Saari Dorio Mauri ~e Torger Dale August Erickson Mike Lukach John O'MalleY Cameron Falls District - J. P. Healey, �1953 LOG BOOK forest Fire Prevention onourary Fire Wardens by the Honourable Minister 53. These lists have been supplied through the undertaken additional responsibility and credit is dens. TIES SO WELL THAT ONT.ARIO WILL HAVE c.don acroix t>yd HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER COMM. Slater, Cameron Falls, Ont. hompson, Kashabowie, Ont. ook, P. C. Pollock, Port Arthur, Ontario ng, Beardmore, Ontario NEWAYGO TIMBER COMPANY LTD. d, Port Arthur y Peninsula n, N. Erickson, B. Krouse, E. Nelson, M. Molund d Jarvis Location la, S. B. White, N. Maki, W. Hurley, F. Shott NIPIGON LAKE TIMBER CO. Ont. F. C. Brown, H. Taisey , Ont. lins, A. Cheetham, B. Garrett, George Bexen NORTHERN FOREST PRODUCTS geon Area W. McCabe, Oliver Kuusela ROCKLAND CONTRACTORS LTD. Ont. rt, Adarie Rodrigue, Thos. Hatch, M. Bourgeois STURGEON RIVER GOLD MINES LTD. Ont. Paul Fraser OSCAR STYFFE LIMITED Dan Healey Ont. i, M. Maki, H. Danielson wnship - M. Bois, F. Bois Arvil Pantti ST. LAWRENCE CORPORATION T. Peterson A. A. Boyle D. R. Stevens W. D. Sainsbury J. Ahl E. Conway Neil Nylund D. E. Pickard J. Usher G. Thompson C. F. Mcinnis W. Tuomaala Charles Pelto, Sam H;1ghes, F. J. Walker Frank Vuotila Dave Hotte, Y TIMBER OPERATORS' ASSOCIATION PAPER MILLS OF CANADA LTD. • Sonley, P. V. Lemay T. Bosvik W. E. Mair S. Cowan r. S. J. Navin Barrett Karlstedt Brown Lafave • D. Harkness "sion Breu Powell J. J. G. F. A. Christie F. Stillwell P. Tuffy Brady N. Dumonski J. Mair, Sr. E. A. Lunam J. Larson M. Moffatt H. Lawson W. Eden PAGE 13 Marathon Mill Division G. D. Ross C. MacMillan C. Steeves W. MacKenzie C. Graham D. Smith M. 0. P., Heron Bay A. Dougherty G. Creighton L. Irwin ONTARIO PAPER COMPANY I. M. Cran, _ J. Bulat, G. Mms, A. Bell, H. W. LaBrash NIPIGON LAKE TIMBER CO. LTD. Kowkash Bruce Grogan, Armas Turja, W. A. Cheetham, John Palm, Mac. Munro, Walter Peterson, Albert Watkus LONGLAC PULP & PAPER COMPANY LTD. SUPERINTENDENTS-G. L. Puttock Hugh Renaud Ron Cooke W. S. Carlson Bob Loughlin Bill Chapman Austin Ste. Croix Jim Hpmphries Ken. McCron John Pringle CAMP PERSONNEL Camp 35 - J . . Reeves, _R. Unsworth, A.Koxmenchuk, H. Seppalainen, L. Pond, N. Williamson Camp 38 - I. Mackie, R. Lavoie, M. Elchuk, G. Tremblay Camp 43 T. Ballantyne, S. • Kuxik, C. Nurse, E. Seppala, R. Matson, F. Young Camp 46 E. Heino, E. Olson, A. Braumanas Camp 47 P. Thors, C. MacDonald, J. Perkins Camp 48 - W. Dawidowich, Z. Pelletier, S. Flatt, G. Stringer Camp 49 - S. Dodds, A. Gray, A. Kristofferson Camp 50 Cliff. Poole Camp 54 - Lou. Massicotte, H. Davies DRIVE DEPT. (Water Delivery) H. J. Lucier K. Budge J. Finlayson G. Newton R. Budge M. Spidell W. Olson J. Heafey T. Loponen L. Thomas FORESTRY & ENGINEERING Ralph Sexsmith Don. McGregor R. Carron John McMahon Don Penna Dick McPhail Harry Stanley Terry Dorland Cliff Hartley Angus McPherson Don Royce SCALERS P. Auger K. Hogan H. Machida E. Seppala T. Brenxen A. Pavlik M. Pennock P. Elchuk G. Smith S. McEachern G. Weedmark OTHER PERSONNEL J. C. Day T. Velanoff G. Munro D. Yule E. Bredin W. Dutka W. Lockhart N. Skinner B. Sloan E. Sooaru W. Loponen K.APUSK.ASING DISTRICT NORTHERN PAPER MILLS LIMITED Hansen, Ontario Bruce Pickersgil Laurie Niemi Howard Hicks Lorne Dell Helgi Nelson Vaino Lindquist Laurent Campeau Lawrence Day Eino A. Jarvi Ed.Campeau Webster Tilson Phil Farley MARATHON PAPER MILLS OF CANADA LIMITED Hearst Division Emile Marconi John Sorokan Alex Selin Nils Magnusson Paul Trucotte Fernand Duchesne John MacFarlane Wilfrid Lallier Patrick Robertson Ken Schwantz: Jean Veilleux G. McNab Elmo LaJambe Gaetan Bissonnette Edouard Dupre Arthur Sapve Richard Selin MARATHON PAPER MILLS OF CANADA LIMITED Hornepayne Division Nap Leblanc Philip Goudreau Cecil Powell Guy Dempsey Albert St. Onge Cyril Riach Don Haggerty Pierre Plante Jack Sullivan Nick Tomkiw Eugene Levesque John Eaton Joseph Duscharme Dominic Murtaugh George Johnson Hampton McNab Pekka Malminen Lionel Morin Hector Roy Carl Nilsson Peter Marcotte HENRY SELIN - HEAltST, ONTARIO Henry Selin H. Rosevear G. Blanchette James Sloan W. Selin 0. Albert C. Selin Ed. Miller H. Dumas A. Bouchard R. Blanchette (Continued on Page 22) �PAGE 14 LOG BOOK JULY - AUGUST, VICKERS VR 180 World's Greatest Bush Tractor Powered by Rolls Royce Diesel Call, write or wire ·o. H. Godsall Equipment PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �GUST, 1 PAGE 15 LOG BOOK l(EHEAD SOILS COURSE The Soils Course arranged by the Northwestern ario Committee on Co-ordinated Research was held ort Arthur from June 17 until June 26, 1953. Those attending were: Ward, Great Lakes Paper Co. Ltd., Fort William Turner, Lands and Forests, Toronto (Lakehead Temporary) Dickson, Lands and Forests, Port Arthur Hearnden, Abitibi Power and Paper Co. (Woods Division) Port Arthur Caulkins, Great Lakes Paper Co. Fort William eeve, Great Lakes Paper Co., Fort William Cressman, Thunder Bay Nursery, Fort William Lockhart, Lands and Forests, Geraldton Ashenden, Lands and Forests, Port Arthur ;BalkWtill, Lands and Forests, Sioux Lookout Ghent, Forest Insect Laboratory, (Sault Ste. Marie) Black Sturgeon umphreys, LongLac Pulp and Paper Company, LongLac ckenson, Lands and Forests, Port Arthur r, Hammermill Paper Co., Port Arthur n Marathon Paper Mills, Port Arthur (field work in ' Pie and Nagagami Areas) ith, St. Lawrence Corporation, Nipigon II. Forest Insect Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie n, Lands and Forests, Port Arthur course was conducted by Mr. Angus Hill; ialist, Department of Lands and Forests and ed into lecture work, held at the Lakehead Institute, and field work. Field trips were ly to the organized townships close to the the Oscar Styffe limit at Arrow River; the concession of the Great Lakes Paper Co.; e of Abitibi Power and Paper Co.; and the eon concession of the Great Lakes Paper Company. Another course was held in the Kenora-Fort Frances area. TWO MILLION CORDS PULPWOOD CUT ANNUALLY IN LAKE STATES During the past 10 years an average of nearly 2,000,000 cords of pulpwood was cut annually in the Lake States. Production showed an upward trend during that period. The Lake States Forest Erperiment Station reports that the addition of several new mills and the enlarged daily capacity of existing mills in the region has increased demands for wood. Minnesota produces 42 percent of the average total output; Michigan, 34 percent; and Wisconsin, 24 percent. Aspen, which ranked fourth as a pulpwood species in the region at the beginning of the period, is now the number one species. Hemlock, once the principal pulpwood species, is now fifth in importance. Pine, spruce and balsam now rank second, third and fourth. Lake States Timber Digest FOREST INSECT COLLECTION During the months of April and May, 713 collections were received by the Forest Insect Survey at the Sault Ste. Marie Laboratory ( 165 from conifers, 539 from non-conifers, 2 from miscellaneous shrubs and 7 from host unspecified). Fourteen of the collections contained no insects and the remaining 699 collections contained a total of 831 insect samples. ENERAL MOTORS DIESEL POWER -- SERIES 51 iesel Marine Engine uous S. H. P. R.P.M. - 54 Industrial Generator Marine Engines IN STOCK AT PORT ARTHUR; ONTARIO at Port Arthur All engines backed by complete parts inventory. PHONE 4-2483, WIRE or WRITE FOR INFORMATION Machinery & Equipment Ltd. ST. at McVicar Creek PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �LOG BOOK PAGE 16 LONGLAC FIRE PROTECTION SCHOOL Longlac Pulp and Paper Company's Fifth annual fire school was held on May 7 - 8. The morning sessions were held in the Recreation Hal I and the afternoons were devoted to field sessions, the first at Picnic Point and the second was spent touring the Department of Lands and Forests Air Base at Geraldton. During the two day session interesting talks were given by Lands and Forests and Company personnel. Lively discussions were enjoyed on all phases of fire protection and fire suppression. A wet and noisy competition in pump operation and hose laying was enjoyed at Picnic Point. Contestants were from the Kenogami 'and East Highway district with the Kenogami boys emerging as disputed winners. A good turnout from both the camps and the townsite boosted the spirit cf the competition. As in former years the Department of Lands and Forests lent their whole-hearted co-operation to the school. In addition to a most interesting tour of the Air Base they were able to give a Helicopter demonstration and a water bombing demonstration. Mr. George McAdam, Department of Lands & Forests Forest Protection Supervisor, gave several interesting and instructive talks. George, as in former years, was ab~e to emphasize his talks with the hard punch of practical experience. It was felt by all participants to have been two days well spent. PROGRAM Introduction of guests -- W. R. Cooke. 9.00 AM "Why get Excited" - A. F. Buell. 9.10 The purpose of this meeting - W. R. Cooke. 9.30 Presentation of Honorary Fi re Warden 9.45 Badges - U. W. Fiskar. Film - "Fighting Fire with Hand Tools." l 0.15 Comment on fi Im and remarks on the use cf 10.45 Hand Tools - Geo. McAdam. How to wreck a fire pump - Ernie Bredin. 11. 15 11 .45 Description of afternoon demonstration W. R. Cooke, Geo. McAdam. Noon Break. 12.00 12.15 Lunch -at HQ Commissary. 1.30 PM Pump demonstration at Picnic Point. 2.30 Hose laying demonstration - Dept. of L & F. 3.00 Hose laying competition. 4.00 Re-assemble in the Recreation Hall for question and answer discussion - including NO·W Power Saw Hazards - J. E. C. Pringle. Meeting adjourned until Friday 8.30 A Supper at HQ Commissary. 5.30 8.30 AM Responsibility of Supts & Foremen With gard to fire prevention - A. L. K. Sw, 9.00 Routine. Fi~e Control in Camp and Bush Camp, inside and out; Bush; Equip Education of Cutters; Training of Fire C Proposals re Fire Wardens - W. R. 9.30 Film "Fighting Forest Fires in No Ontario." • 9.45 Comments on Film and short tal initial attack •- Geo. McAdam. l 0.15 Operations VS Fi re Control - G. L. p 10.30 Panel Discussion on District Fire Cont H. Renaud, K. McCron, A. Ste Croix. 11.30 Description of afternoon's exercise W. R. Cooke. 12.00 Noon Break. 12. 15 Lunch - HQ Commissary. 1.15 Leave for field exercise to be anno 5.00 Get-to-g '1 ther in Mens' staff house. 6.30 Turkey 1:3anquet at Birchs' Hall. 5.00 TRAINING FILMS AVAILABLE 26 copies of the film "Fighting Forest Northwestern Ontario" have been sold as foll Ontario Department of Lands and Forests ... ... ... . Ontario Paper Company Limited, Heron Bay South Longlac Pulp & Paper Company Ltd ., Longlac .. . K V P Company limited, Espanola, Ont. ... ... ... Newaygo Timber Company Limited, Port Arthur Department of Resources and Development .... .. St. Lawrence Corporation Lim'i ted, Nipigon ... .. . Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited, Port A Canadian Forestry Association of Ontario, Toron Anglo-Canadian Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd., Quebec Spruce Falls Power & Paper Co., Ltd., Kapuskasi Quebec North Shore Paper Company, Baie Com Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd ., Fort Fra Great Lakes Paoer Company Limited, Fort Willi Fraser Companies Limiterl, Edmur;,dston, N.B. Dryden Paper Company Limited, Dryden, Ont. Abitibi Power & Paper Co. Ltd., Port Arthur A copy of this film is available on I companies and others. "Fighting Forest Fires (Continued on Page 23) Is The Time To Think of Next Winter's HEATING! Yes-Now is the time to get full information about the New 1953 Coleman Oil Space Heaters. They1 re really NEW with Fuel Saving features! Ask about Canada 1 s new forced air heating - Coleman Blend-Air Furnaces Information without obligation at . . . Marshall-Wells Distributors for Co �JGUST, l LOG BOOK y - AUGUST, 1953 LONES DAMAGE ~ESOTA FOREST CROP ,en . K. md Equ f Fir f\/. R ,use. l. ur . Cyclones that never reach the headlines damage esota's valuable forest crop to the tune of $500,000 PAGE 17 conditions and operations allow. The problem is a vital one and it is believed that it is receiving the attention of the Provincial Government to see how this badly needed road system can be developed. r. Dipping to earth in remote areas, cyclones rip gh some of the state's most productive forests g a mass of twisted and shattered trees. What nee a stand of valuable pine becomes a mass of ered stumps and piles of fallen trunks. overnment foresters and private landowners esthigh winds· yearly cause stumpage damage cf than a half million dollars in Minnesota. If you t these "blowdown" trees to useful products such er insulation board, lumber, telegraph poles and d~ of other items, you can see the economic h storms cause in terms of jobs and other values. rest management practices have resulted in the of much of this blowdown timber. This is because ns have a well developed system of permanent er logging roads permitting access to the damber. re is no doubt that the high winds this Spring sed considerable "blowdown" in Northwestern No estimates are available and any of this that occurs in areas not serviced by alllogging roads must remain there unti I such oad system extends to the area of the blowlack of roads in Ontario's forests is one probust be overcome before effective forest manan take place. g the past 12 years, more than 1600 miles her roads have been built in Ontario's forests companies at a cost of over $6,000,000.00. m of developing limit areas is being tackled ies and roads are being bui It as quickly as FOREST INSECT SURVEY REPORTS Forest tent caterpillar Preliminary reports on the condition of the forest tent caterpillar infestations in Ontario have been received and an interesting development has been reported from the Northwestern, North-central and Northern regions of the Province. In these regions, heavy snowfalls accompanied by severe frosts (in some localities continuous for three days) followed the leafing-out of trembling aspen trees and hatch of forest tent caterpillar eggs. These severe weather conditions prevailed throughout extensive areas destroying virtually all trembling aspen foHage and caqsing considerable mortality of first stage larvae. Ur.1til further surveys are conducted, it is impossible to assess precisely the effect that these frosts have had on the level of forest tent caterpillar populations. Aspen trees will re-foliate, however, in the interim, especially in areas of heavy infestation, considerable larval mortality will probably occur through starvation. As forecast from surveys made in the fall of 1952, and as supported by field observations in May, 1953, population intensities declined to light infestation, at least in the southern part of the Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, and North Bay districts and in most of the central and southern part of the Parry Sound District. It is anticipated that further surveys throughout Ontario will reveal similar declines in the areas infested for three or more years. On the other hand, heavy infestations will persist this year throughout extensive areas of the Province. BE PREPARED during the FOREST FIRE SEASON ve a Supply of PARAMOUNT CUB or CHIEF FORESTRY PUMPS on hand with Fire Hose. Both the Pumps and Hose are available at lhland Machinery Supply Co. Ltd. Fort William, Ontario Phone S-7407 �PAGE 18 LOG BOOK PROTECTIVE HATS Head protection is a subject dating back man}centuries. At least as early as the 6th century militar)' helmeh were in us, to protect soldiers against missiles and thrusts of the enemy. Each major conflict since then has seen improveemnts in these helmets to continue to reduce casualties from head injury. Prior to the twenties structural iron workers were still stuffing their derby hats with wads of paper for protection, since available steel hel"!'~ts were too heavy and awkward. Manufacturers, real 1zmg the need fer head protective equipment, began developing protective hats made of plastic and materials other than steel. T~ey were light in weight, strong, an~ made f~om materials which were resistant to water, acid, and fire. By the mid thirties Jhe iron and s~eel, petroleum, public utilities, construction, m~at pack_ing, and chemical industries started to equip certain departments ·where overhead hazards were general. One by one, it was deemed advisable to equip additional department5. so that at the present time pra·ctically everyone who is exposed to the danger of a head injury is provided with head protection. Principle of Protection: The principle of head protection is based on distributing the force of a blow over the largest possible area of the head. This is accomplished in practically all types of hats and caps by suspe_n~ing a shock-abs?rbing cradle assembly with a snug-fitting sweatband into a hard shell. When the shell is struck, the blow is transmitted to the cradle and distributed over the entire area of the head. A high piercing strength is equally important because when a sharp pointed object strikes, the force is concentrated in a small area. Therefore, most crowns are heavily reinforced by some means to stop this concentrated blow from piercing the shell. Glancing protection also cannot be minimized. The least force trapped on the top of a hat, the less apt the wearer is to injury. The smooth, sharply round crown is an important feature in ~II hats. There are many different styles of cap type pre• teeters. The most popular general type has a crown identical to the most common hat type. Protective hats are designed to allow air to circulate between the sweatband and shell making them comfortable even in extremely hot weather. For winter use, warm snug-fitting winter linings are used. Where there is danger of a hat falling or being blown from the head, a chinstrap should be worn. Importance of Use: There are hundreds of cases on record where pro· tective hats have saved lives. In fact, this type of accideent prevention is so common today that many are never reported. However, the accidents which might have been prevented by the use of head protection receive much notoriety and usually precipitate a compiete hat program. It is said that accident prevention starts 9 inches above the shoulders. The increasing cost of workmen's compensation insurance is caused by high accident frequency. In the pulpwood · logging industry, analysisi of woods accidents show 19% of all accidents (12 % of which are head injuries) are caused by falling or suspended objects. Results of head injuries can be death, skull fracture, permanent head injuries, misery, and loss of time _ Preventive Measures: All woods supervisory personnel, labor - WEAR HARD HA TS. - H. H. Jefferson, Training Office American Pulpwood Associati~ --0--- EXPERIMENTAL FOREST ESTABLISHED BY 0- M Highlighting the company's participation in tioanl Forest Conservation Week, May 16 - 23 MacKellar, vice president and general manager~ Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company Li announced the establishment of an experimental on the highway between Fort Frances and Ontario. Representing an area of 3,000 acres, the will be a source of new insight into better ways vest and perpetuate the forest areas of Ontario. 212 sample plots have been established, MacKell The main reason for establishing the fo added, is to experiment with different cutting and costs and to determine the relative succe taining natural regeneration following the ha The study of woods problems in experim ests is a regular part of ly\ando' long-range fon agement program aimed at putting lands jurisdiction on a sustained yield basis. Another part of the company's manage gram, MacKellar said, is the planting of trees, cast of seeds, the discing of cutover area planting of seeds by hand. Last year, on an experimental basis, th planted 35,000 seedlings and so far this y trees have been planted in the company's area, MacKellar said. A 30-acre plot that was burned last y seeded using the broadcast method. This revisited many times by company forester accurate record may be kept of the sue project. In cooperation with the Ontario D Land and Forests, a hand seeder is being experimental basis by Manda. Plots have lished. They will be checked periodically ernment will be edvised of the results. Because adequate fire protection is in forest management, the company has and fire prevention program for its for company works closely with the Depart and Forests that has the primary respon protection of Ontario's forests. Manda will cooperate this summer_ inion Forestry Branch in a study of wht pine in the Lake of the Woods area, Mr: These studies are designed to obtain 1 will lead to increasing the number of w pine stands throughout the Dominion. Areas that don't naturally lend th ural reproduction are being studied with the hope of finding out just hoW be put back into production. The spruce budworm has attacke in the Patricia and Lake of the Woods company has provided accommodatio entomologists as they sought ways to truction of timber resources, and has ways. �SUST, l _ AUGUST, 1953 LOG BOOK PAGE 19 A COMPLETE LINE OF WINCHES DESIGNED FOR THE LOGGING TRADE Whether your job is loa_d ing, transferring, decking or skidding logs, you will find a Timberland Winch well suited to your requirements. These high quality machines incorporate many features of advanced design including all steel gears and drums, anti-friction bearings and alloy steel shafts. �Page LOG BOOK 20 TREE PLANTING ON THE INCREASE Estimated 12 million of the more than 22 million young trees to be planted this year under the reforestation program of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests now go into private land owners and the Department has issued advice on their care in handling. More than 6,000 such applications have been received this year, a decided increase over 1952. The trees are supplied at a nominal charge for planting as shelter belts or to replenish woodlots. • The majority of these applications for planting trees on private lands are from landowners in the Southern Ontario area. Farmers, settlers, etc., in Northwestern Ontario have not as yet demanded trees in any substantial amounts from the Northwestern Ontario Nursery situated in Thunder Bay District. Every encouragement should be given to farmers to use this source of supply and the fact that a Fort William physician, Dr. W. P. Hogarth, won the 1953 National Conservation Award of the Canadian Forestry Association, should lend some encouragement to increase planting in this area. In the forest management unit near Thessalon, Ontario, some 397,000 trees were planted in the Kirkwood District on the edge of the Mississaugi country. Jack and Red Pine were planted in sunny, sandy locations and White Spruce were planted under poplar stands. As long as the poplar provides shade for the saplings, they will be allowed to stand and later will be logged. An experiment is being carried out in planting 20,000 Red Oak trees in Kirkwood. More than 18 species of White Pine from across Canada will also be tried out. In the Thunder Bay Area, the Department of Lands and Forests planted about 250,000 young trees in the Kab Lake area. Of this 250,000 seedlings, 115,000 were Red Pine, 60,000 White Pine and 75,000 White Pine. Trees were also planted in the Fort Frances District by the Department of Lands and Forests. Industry Planting Woods operators in Northwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, report planting programs as follows: The Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company Limited In the Kenora Division, 17,000 trees were planted by hand using a T-slit method. By species, the number planted breaks down into Red Pine 11,500 Jack Pine 1,000 White Spruce 4,500 Most of the ~eedlings were put in on Lake of the •Woods Concession although a few were planted on the Patricia Concession. Of the latter, 500 were planted by the school children from the Camp Robinson Logging Headquarters. It may be of interest that the children attack the project with great gusto and do a surprisingly good job. Oscar Styffe Limited Planted 15,000 White Spruce transplants on the limit at Arrow River. Longlac Pulp & PapP.r Company Limited SPRING 2-2 l 05,000 Black Spruce 67,000 2-2 White Spruce 4,000 2-2 Norway Spruce 22,000 2-2 ·Red Pine 286,350 2-0 Black Spruce 1,200 White Birch 485,550 All of the above, with the exception of t Pine and the White Birch, were planted in cutove The Red Pine and Birch were planted as win around the transplant beds in the new nursery. FALL - pmposed planting Black, White and Norway Spruce 2-2 350,000 BRUSH SCATTERING It is proposed to treat 2,500 acres of cut this method. This treatment is confined to areas which Jackpirie formed the ·major component cut, and in which hardwood is scarce or is abs consists of scattering fresh_, cone ~earing J 'branches on mineral soil that has been exposed logging or by hand scarification methods. TRANSPLANT NURSERY A transplant nursery covering 45 acres prepared for the production of 1,000,000 (2-2) vear - the stock to be received from the Ka Nursery of the Spruce Falls Power & Paper Co. whole nursery area will be under cultivation with the first 10 acres (2 fields) ready for pl 2-0 Spruce in the spring of 1954. Abitibi Power & Paper Compa·ny Limited, Port Arthur Division ( l) In May, 8,000 White Spruce, 2stock, supplied by the Thunder Bay Nurse tablished on a portion of abandoned farm la Wolf River which is now owned by the Com (2) In Autumn 1953, the Abitibi underplant 10,000 White Spruce 2-2 plan again supplied b¥ the Thunder Bay Nursery stands on Abitibi's Experimental Forest, Bl Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited This spring a total of 12,000 trees we~ the Big Pie Concession of the Marathon P Canada. Of this total, l 0,000 were planted of Marathon in their Scout Forest whic 45,000 trees. Species planted this year w White Spruce 5,00 Jack Pine 5,00 The remaining 2,000 trees were pl school children of Caramat and Stevens and included Jack Pine (800 trees), Seo trees), and White Spruce (800 trees). Newaygo Timber Company Limited Prince & Jarvis Locations - 85,00 seedlings 2-2 stock planted during. t~e in cutover areas with a further add,tron lings to be plan'ted in September. Martin & Mildred Townships, Alg 30,000 white spruce seedlings to be pl areas this fall. It is proposed that a ro Caterpilar tractor ..'ill clear the underb the soil in 12½' wide strips where t be planted. . Hanlan Town.ship, Cochrane Di white spruce seedlings have been ~~a farm area owned by the Company a J Canada Highway, west of Hearst, 0 n Spruce Falls Power & Paper Company During the spring of 1953, the & Paper Company Limited plante~ which 196,000 were black spruceb, 11,000 Norway spruce and the a 1a species. The largest part of the pla (Continued on Page �LOG BOOK .Jrsery. ),000 acres is (2-2) t 1e Kap ir Co. ation t )r plan ------''/ trust you bUghters reaUze these WRIGHTS' ropes contain iollv good Englt'sh steel." Wise operators - men who really know their ropes - choose Wrights' for ease in handling, greater resistance to bending fatigue and wear, economy of operation. Manufactured to rigid factory specifications from top quality English steel, acid grade, Wrights' logging ropes are preformed with built-in lubrication. Available in all sizes and constructions. Call your nearest Wrights' representative today. "BE RIGHT -- BUY WRIGHTS'!" WESTERN CANADA DISTRIBUTORS BRITISH COLUMBIA: ALBERTA: Marshall-Wells Companies Wilkinson & McClean Ltd. Vancouver, New Westminster, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria, Prince George Leth bridge SASKATC HEWAN: NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO: W. F. Fuller Machinery Co., Ltd. Northland Machinery Co., Ltd. Regina 203 Hardisty St., Fort William MANITOBA: �PAGE 22 LOG BOOK KEY PERSONNEL APPOINTED HONOURARY FIRE WARDENS DRIFTWOOD LANDS & TIMBER LTD. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario G. A. Hamborg Eskil Chedore Maior Lapointe Tauno Suni Clifford Davidson Marcel Roy Alf. Allin Charles Tompson Harry Buller NEWAYGO TIMBER COMPANY LTD. Mead, Ontario Geo. ;;e Litke Arthur Wiley John Martti Poikonen Erwin Beger Maxwell Phair Anton Seabloom John Watson Axel Peterson Jens Finstad Ingmar Lofstrom Tom Kaariainen Ken Moland THE FONTAINE LUMBER & TIMBER CO .LTD. Hearst Avelin Lemay Fernand Castonguay Antonio Perrault Camille Vaillancourt Donat Paris Zacharie Fontaine J. D. LEVESQUE Hearst J. D. Levesque Armand Morin Robert Audet Real Levesque Leon Ellement Hermenegilde Landry Wilfrid Lafontaine Egide Venzine Armand Caron Joseph Audet THE CANADA FORWARDING CO. LIMITED Hearst L. P. Fortin Leo Ruel Jean Noel Rodrige Edouard Fortin Leo Ruel Leon Verrault Roger L'Ecuyer Jos. Ryan Eagon Wagner LECOURS BROS. Calstock Arthur Lecours Pa,.1 Lecours Clement Lecours Alphedor Boisvert THE ONTARIO PAPER CO. LIMITED - Thorold J. A. Grenier A. Grenier F. Boisvert R. M. Keene L. Daf.lst R. Champane H. Morin T. CHAL YKOFF Hearst M. Gula Arthur Veilleux SPRUCE FALLS F. Flatt W. Thom H. Walkom F. Wiley E. Bonner M. Taylor L. McConnell D. Davidson G. Pratt G. McCrae S. Ballantyne M. Dixon A. Buchanan E. Tamosetis T. McElhanney G. Bell B. Roy S. Brackenbury N. Turnbull V. Sleep T. Donnan H. Forsythe R. Banks R. Armstrong W. Baczynski N. Neveroff P. Barrett R. Briggs N. Gow Sec her E. Davis E. Marrison C. McCarthy Paul Bissonnette Paul Sawran Art Boucher L. Donnelly C. Broadbent N. VEILLEUX Lowther Alonzo Veilleux POWER & PAPER CO. LTD. Kapuskasing G. Henderson 0. Forsell A. Leppe W. St. Aubin G. Currie B. Nordhal E. Ross T. Tracy A. Poulton 0. Valcourt P. Boyer P. Legault E. Carr T. Busch J. Collins J. Brouillard W. Cormier J. C. Davies J. Guenette P. Tremblay W. Goodwin K. Bond J. Lawson P. Herholtz K. Mc:Key F. Dumais J. Parent A. Ballantyne A. Ruxton A. Drood J. Newfeld L. Chemlewsti E. Watt A. McIntosh A. Bellefleur F. Stec W. Nichol J. Bond A. Larabie F. Farnok J. Jensen S. Honiak K. Angus J. Prystai R. Ste. Croix F. Samson H. Mitoma E. Levesque J. K•uzma M. Martinio A. Stanyer G. Gauthoer R. Shannon T. Tourigny M. Mikula H Kennedy D. Valliere T. Arsenault G. Ouellette E. Garant T. Wasinekewicz J. Campbell J. Cummings P. Valliere J. Guindon L. Quinn A. Guindon H. Valliere E. Amos C. Roy P. Boud•reau 0. Roy H. Lepp F. Eccles V. Keys Thiffault A. Richard W. Jensen A. Baker R. Brunelle H. Allard H. Cotton MARATHON PAPER MILLS OF CANADA LIMITED E. Dolph A. Rowland I. Levesque A. Galbraith A. Bergeron ARROW TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED Calstocli • R. V. Perry R. Rekola G. Hince A. L. Lehoux L. Gagne J. P. Leduc A. Bois R. Lachance ELOF CHRISTIANSON Mattice Elof Christianson Jack Christianson Joe Vallee Teles Geoffrey Henry Louis Gosselin UPPER CANADA LUMBER COMPANY LIMITED _ 0. M. Patterson R. Halliday G. Patterson R. Jeneau L. Bergeron L. Parent G. Dumais H. Seaton A. Bergeron M. Vellerive NEWAYGO TIMBER CO. LIMITED - Hearst H. Wade A. Carlson Ken Mol J. D. Draganiuk R. Brunet C. M. Jansson L. J. Sicard E. Mickelson TRANSCONTINENTAL TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED Marcel Giasson Roland Poulin Ferdinand Parent Fortuant Fortier Arthur Ray Frank Stewart Jean Philippe Maurice Hibbard Roland Malenfant Frank Wright Joseph Robichaud NAPOLEON GAGNON N. Gagnon B. Gagnon GOSSELIN BROS. M. Gosselin R. Gnsselin J. P. Bourgeault WHITE RIVER DISTRICT ABITIBI POWER & PAPER COMPANY I. S. Palmer Bill Beer W. R. Boville Bill Taskinen A. Waluk J. S. Boville R. A. Kenshol Jim Beatty Bill Donaldson Dave Lacourciere Lee Fletcher Lorne Johnson Len Oliphant Gordon Dickie Kemp Fisher Jas. Baskerville G. E. Ball Wm. Rajala Jim Hall AUSTIN LUMBER (DALTON) LIMITED J Wm. Pilot S. Brownlee J. McN. Austin A. Constantineau ONTARIO PAPER COMPANY LIMITED W. I. Turner G. k. MacGregor T. Summers B. E. Futerko G. A. Genge C. Miles D. C. Horncastle E. C. Little R. W. B. Thomson A. Guimond R. S. B. Miller Henri P;uadis I. D. Bird L. Charon F. R. M. Smith W. Schure DUBREUIL & BROS - M Raymond Prevost Marcel Dubreuil Wilfred Moren Aug•ustine Dubreuil LAKE SUPERIOR TIMBER COMPANY T. Nirkkola Answers 1. P.E. I. has 45 .07 persons national average is 3.88 2. Alberta. . 3. $143,000 every hour, or $1,250 m• 4. Lake St. Clair. 5. In the Guti of Mexico, Hudson ~aJ, 6. Quebec. 7. f! �. AUGUST, l 953 Brunelle Allard Cotton .evesque Hince P. Leduc :e PAGE 23 LOG BOOK IROQUOIS FALLS WOODS DEPARTMENT HOLDS COURSES (Continued from Page 20) fall when a longer planting season is available. 650,000 trees will be planted then. !anting operations are confined almost entirely to round cutover, with usually one crew reforesting ns and the remainder working at operating camps ver of the last one or two years. The Abitib Magazine reports that three courses were conducted during the Spring break up period as follows: Cooks The fifth annual school for first and second cooks was carried out. Mechanics on I Film Board coloured 16 mm. talkie, is also A series of talks on the development of mechanical bush operation and the importance of furthering education and thinking in order to keep up with the ever expanding development were given. e to anyone wishing it. Request these films Foremen e Editor. panies are urged to show these movies to their s. In addition, local service clubs, church orns and ·any civilian organization should be ese films. e it a point to ensure that people in your own ty are forest fire conscious and one way to make st fire conscious is to show them how the fires fought once they are started. Changes in bush operations in the last few years created problems that the old-timbers were ill-equipped to handle, necessitating a great change in the thinking and planning of the foremen. It is the general feeling that these schools are the means for al I woods workers, foremen, mechanics, and cooks to keep abreast of the fast moving developments that surround us. Foremen and instructors joined with the cooks and mechanic for the closing banquet. G FILMS AVAILABLE (Continued from Page 16) ud There's A New INTERNATIONAL OF EVERY SIZE FOR EVERY PURPOSE Lumbering Operations Wherever the Work Is Heaviest Construction Work The All New INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS ARE AVAILABLE NOW AT J. DILL & SONS LTD. Member of Canada's Largest Exclusive Truck Service Organization IBUTORS FOR FRUEHAUF POLE, SEMI, LOGGING, VAN, AND CARRY-ALL TRAILERS FIRESTONE TIRES PORT ARTHUR iver Road - Phone 5-5488 FORT WILLIAM North May at Cameron - Phone 3-6457 �PAGE 24 LOG BOOK "Caierpillar" Diesel Tractor Equipped with Hyster Winch ... • There's no end to the profitable uses of a winch-equipped "Caterpillar,, Diesel Tractor. From woods to mill, this logger's handyman is at work saving time, cutting costs ... Hyster logging Winches speed up skidding, arch or sulky hauling, yarding with tractor donkeys, and a host of other logging task~. Efficient power transmission converts engine power into pulling power. Ground gripping tracks take this power anywhere to do a job. And the winch fits neatly on the rear end to permit unrestricted use of front-mounted tools. · Let our logging experts put this versatile hand on your "show"-lowering costs, increasing production. A call or visit to our nearby sales and service branches will get you full details-but do it now! POWELL EQUIPMENT CO., PORT ARTHUR WINNIPEG � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953-07 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/dde7e866b5ee8967099d708c235b5cba.pdf 671fdc99af26490a19e83b334e052747 PDF Text Text �PAGE 2 LOG BOOK MAY 1950 TWIN CITY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD. DISTRIBUTORS FOR INTERNATION·A L INDUSTRIAL POWER Crawler Tractors Diesel Engines Power Units NOTE: - WE WAREHOUSE A LARGE COMPLETE STOCK OF: WRIGHTS CANADIAN WIRE ROPE PRENCO HOSE LINES AND FITTINGS Attention Tractor Owners O'11r Service Department is composed of experienced and factory trained mechanics. Our special shop equipment and complete working facilities enable us to repair your tractor from a minor repair to a complete overhaul. PROMPT EFFICIENT SERVICE ALL WORK GUARANTEED TWIN CITY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD. Logging -- Industrial -- Construction -- Municipal and Mining Equipment OFFICES AND SHOPS - 91S MEMORIAL AVE. PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �MAY 1950 LOG BOOK THUNDER BAY TIMBER OPERATORS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS: H. H. STYFFE ....................... ..... ........ ......... .......................... ...... .... ...... . ......... President A. J. AUDEN .. ........................................ . ............................ ........................ Vice-President EXECUTIVE: J. H. MERRILL H. P. KLINESl IVER M. COCHRAN W B. SOUTHON H. S. MOSHER Secretory-Manager, T. S. JONES Published by THE THUNDER BAY TIMBER OPERATORS' ASSOCIATION Edited by T. S. JONES By the time this issue of the Log Book reaches yoLl we hope we will have terminated one· of the most rigorous winter and spring seasons in our history. Certainly the vagaries of the weather man can only make us conjecture on what the summer season will bring. At least we know anything is possible and that it might be wise to prepare for the worst. The fire season wi 11 soon be with us, and to those of us who will have to do with summer bush operations of any description, it would be wise to add a word or two regarding Fire Prevention. During the past two seasons much good has come from joint meetings between Operators and the Department of Lands and Forests. It is agreed that all of the things we would like to see accomplished by both partie!· have by no :-neans oeen implemented. However, the seed of mutual co-operation has been sown and I believe we can expect much improvement in matters of fire prevention and suppression as the seasons go by. From an operator's viewpoint, I befieve we can lead the way starting this year. Instead of looking upon the Fire Prevention Plan as a necessary evil in order to carry on summer operations, we should readily set up a Firr ation gets under way. The Prevention Plan should be foremost in everyone's mind and be an integral part c the operation itself. A one day course was set up by the Department in May in the Sturgeon River Area. One day does not appear to be sufficient for such a meeting. However, the success of this initial step will lead to something we have advocated for a long time and that is a spring training course for fire fighters. In the meantime here is wishing every success to Spri_ng and Summer operations. -H. H. "Bert" Styffe, President. FIRE TAX DOUBLED Operators in Ontario were notified by the Department of Lands and Forests that under the Crown Timber Act by Order-in-Council dated 23rd day of March, 1950, "The Fi re Protection Charges payable in respect of any timber berth or limit or concession area is increased from $6.40 a square mile to $12.80 a square mile to take effect on the list of April 1950." Cover Picture AIRVIEW OF THE TOWN OF NIPIGON In the foreground can be seen a raft of pulpwood from the Lake Nipigon area being held prior to towing to the Lakehead. Near the mouth of the river is a tug towing a raft and in the background can be seen the Red Rock mill. PAGE 3 UNEMPLOYMNET INSURANCE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST, 1950 Unemployment Insurance Coverage was extended to cover woods workers in Eastern Canada effective April ~· 1st, 1950. The regulations cover all employment in Lumbering and Logging and all operators, including contractors or jobbers who employ labour, must be registered with the Unemployment Insurance Commission. The Unemployment Insurance Commission has issued to all operators a memorandum entitled, "Additional information for Employers in Lumbering and Logging," which gives details of the application and administration of the Act in so far as the Woods Industry is concerned. A successful meeting was held in Port Arthur on March 27th and representatives of companies heard Mr. W. J. E. Smyth of the Unemployment Insurance Commission, Ottawa, go into details of co-operation between companies, and the Unemployment Insurance Commission, to try a·nd foretell and avoid the many administration difficulties that will probably occur. , Mr. G A McCauley, Regional Auditor from Win nipeg, local officials of the Unemployment l":'surance Commission and the National Employment Service were also present along with representatives of operators One action that can assist both the Unemployment Insurance Commision and the operators is for employees to have their Unemployemnt Insurance Book when they accept employment and all employees should be urged not to lose these as they are necessary if unemployment insurance benefits are applied for ABITIBI QUARTER CENTURY CLUB INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES OF WOODS DEPARTMENT 31 of 501 active members of the Abitibi Quarter Century Club are members of Woods Departments. The break-down is as follows: Iroquois Falls Woods Division 18 members. Sault Ste. Marie 8 " Port Arthur 3 Beaupre " 2 " The three Port Arthur members are J . C. McLeod 32 years. F. Bereziuk - 28 years. A. J. Auden - 27 years. 11 " 11 11 11 11 TWO WOODS EMPLOYE~S QUALIFY F.9R 0 - MOLD TIMERS' .CLUB Having completed' ."25 ye~rs of service with the Woodlands Division of the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company, Limited, Captain H. Hickey and G. Sippets (pensioned) were made members of the Old Timers' Club recently. LUMBERMEN'S SAFETY ASSOCIATION HOLD ANNUAL MEETING At the Annual Meeting of the Lumbermen's Safety Association held in North Bay, April 17th, the following· Board of Directors were elected for 1950: President: Malcolm Cochran. Vice-President: G. H. Potts. Directors: J. Pousette, Sultan. J. W. Austin, Chapleau. A. E. Wicks, Cochrane. D. A. Gillies, Braeside. E. V. Woollings, Englehart. B. F. Merwin, Sudbury. H. S. Mosher, Port Arthur. Mr. Young, Elk Lake. J. Omanique, Barry's Bay. J. W . McNutt, North ~ay. �PAGE 4 LOG BOOK MAY 19 YOUR PART IN FOREST PROTECTION By R. BOULTBEE One of a series of articles by members of the Northwest- ern Ontario Section-Canadian Society of Forest Engineers Forest Protection today is a concern of the average citizen, especially if he is working in the bush. Just as the average citizen fought and won our last two wars, so he is the man on whom effective forest protection de-, pends.. It is everyone's job to be on guard against the starting of fires, and to fight them vigorously if and when they do start. There was a time when these unpleasant chores were left to a specially appointed government agency known loosely as "The Forestry." Today most people realize that the best man to fight a fire is the one closest to it. Such being the case, it is easy to see why men in logging camps are key personnel in forest protection. Naturally the best state is never to permit a fire to start. This calls for a conscious and continuous effort on the part of all of us to obey the rules of common sense regarding matches, camp-fires, smoking material, etc. All timber companies have such rules based on common sense which any good citizen will adhere to without question. The first person to watch is oneself; after that we should watch our companions. Mutual care is essential. Fire will start occasionally in spite of the best preventive efforts. When this happens it pays off to know what to do. Skill in fighting fires is just as important as skill in cutting and piling pulpwood or sawlogs. One of the oldest rules of existence is to guard your means of livelihood. If you are a camp foreman you carry certain definite responsibilities for forest protection placed directly on your shoulders by yow company. The Government of Ontario makes al I companies responsible for forest protection in their own areas. The company is obliged to place a prescribed amount of fire fighting equipment in each camp and to appoint Honorary Fire Wardens. Your first responsibility as a camp foreman therefore is to maintain your fire fighting equipment in good condition ready to use, and ·to keep your key men alert and informed of their duties in the event of fire. As a camp ~oreman you will also find it to your ad~ vantage to consider what you would do in the different parts of the area under your care in case of fire. This means that you should size up where your dangerous areas are. Usually ac,umulations of slash are the outstanding danger, especially by routes of travel. Old grass, slab piles and other refuse can be dangerous too. You should decide in advance what you would do in or near any of these areas in the event of fire, keeping in mind the movements and numbers of your men. The following ·points should be kept in mind w~ you are deciding what you would do to fight a fire the various parts of your camp area. Where are the r0c and trails you which your men can use to get to each a, most quickly? What roads, trails or wet spots can lu~ed for holding the fire? Where is the nearest wa· for pumps and pai Is? Are the trai Is good enough to ~ the necessary equipment to the fire? Where are t nearest hardwood stands that can usually be count on to slow down a fire? Which way does the prevaili1 wind blow in relation to the danger spots? Which are wi 11 be most dangerous to your men, camps and equi ment? Where can you go for the quickest additior help and how can you inform your superiors about ti fire? All these and many more problems should be ti constant subject of your thoughts. . It will pay you as a camp foreman to discuss yo plans with your Honorary Fire v\/arden and other k, men, and also with the bush worker himself. Only in tr way can you be sure that your key men know what to c if a fire starts, and only in thi.? way can you impre other men with the importance of moving quickly ar independently to the scene of an outbreak of fire. Do not neglect to inform the nearest station of H Department of Lands and Forests when you have an ou break of fire. The Department will send extra equipmer and experienced help as soon as possible, though it seldom possible for the Department to ·get to the fire c quickly as those working in the camp. If you are a bush worker in a camp rather than a official of the timber company, it is still your duty as citizen to give serious thought to forest protection. Yo should be familiar with the supply of fire fighting equi~ ment and its condition; you should size up the dange spots in your camp area and the best way to fight fire in them. You should be ready to move to the scene o a fire as soon as you know about it, and to take you companions with you. Of course if you have been give, a special job in case of fire, that will be your first concen As a citizen and bushworker it is your privilege t< go to your camp foreman and other key men in the camp and have them show you their fire fighting equipmen· and explain what plans they intend to follow in case o· fire and what your own fire fighting job would be. As, citizen you are part owner of the forest. Thousands o· other citizens in the Province are also part owners of thE forest in which you are working but onil' you are actual I) present to prefect the interests of them all. BUNDLE YARDING J. C. McLEOD RETIRES John Charles "Charlie" McLeod, well-known to the Timber Industry in Northwestern Ontario, had the honour of being the first employee of the Port Arthur Woods Division, Abitibi Power & Paper Company Limited, to retire with an annuity provided by the Abitibi Retirement Income Plan. Charlie started out in 1917 with the Provincial Paper Woods Department and became Provincial's Woods Superintendent. When Abitibi took over the Provincial operations. Charlie was made Marine Transportation Superintendent, the position he held when poor health forced his retirement this year. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU, CHARLIE! The latest method of yarding at Stevens and Caramat is a combined yarding and loading system. The wood, as for a manual cut, is piled in 8 ft. lengths on cross skids (to keep it clear of the ground). No strip roads have to be cleared. A conventional highlead yarder then yards it in to the landing by means of two chokers, one around each end of the bundle. When the bundle arrives at the landing, it is picked up into the air and dropped on the back of a waiting truck, and the chokers are unhooked and return for another bundle. it takes approximately fifteen minutes to yard and load a truck load.-"Marathon Courier." �MAY 1950 PAGE 5 LOG BOOK what's your rope problem ? For 180 years Wrights' have led the field in the creation and development of both fibre and steel industrial ropes. Throughout these years the latest scientific processes have been vigilantly maintained to produce ropes of the highest standards required by today's high speed, heavy duty operations. · Call your nearest Wrights' representative today. He will gladly help you select the right construction of Greenheart for your particular job, STOCKS OF WIRE ROPE FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ARE CARRIED BY BRITISH COLUMBIA= ALBERT A: Marshall-Wells Companies Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, Prince George SASKATCHEWAN: W. F. Fuller Machinery Co., Ltd. Regina Lucy Export of Canada Ltd. Edmonton, Calgary NORTHWESTERN ONT ARIO: Twin City Industrial Eqpt. Ltd. Port Arthur Wilkinson & McClean Ltd. Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge MANITOBA: Kipp-Kelly Ltd. Winnipeg �PAGE 6 MAY 1950 LOG BOOK INCREASED FIRE HAZARD FOLLOWING SPllUCE BUDWORM OUTBREAKS J. E. MacDONALD and A: A. HARNDEN The spruce budworm infestation, after persisting for a variable number of years in parts of the Thunder Bay area, began to decline in 1948 and this process continued in 1949. During the early larval period of the insects, the infestation dropped sharply to a very low level. Larvel counts were made at four points in the eastern portion of the infestation shortly after the budworm began feeding in the spring and a second series of counts was taken when the larvae were almost fully developed. These showed a marked reduction in the larval population (see Table l). TABLE 1 Number of Spruce BMdworm Larvae per 18" Branch Tip on Balsam Fir at Four Points in the Infestation in 1949 Location Date sampled June 7 GeraldtonKapuskasing border No. of 18" sample tips examined 16 July 8 West shore of Long Lake May 31 June 28 May 27 Legault tp. July 9 Gurney Station Pays Plat May 23 July 10 16 20 16 12 Average no. of larvae per tip 3.7 .3 6.6 0 10 1.6 1 i.8 2.6 This decline · in population was general in the Port Arthur and Geraldton districts except in relatively small areas immediately north of Lake Superior. Heavy infestation persisted in four areas from Disraili Lake eastward to the vicinity of Kam, and on the Sibley and Black Bay peninsulas where approximately 85 percent defoliation of the current year's growth of balsam fir occurrec (see Figure 1). Moderate mortality of balsam fir as a result of defoliation by the spruce budworm was noted in the Chief Bay area west of Lake Nipigon in 1945. Mortality was heavy in that area in 1946 and by 1948 a large percentage of the balsam fir had died from Castle Lake south to Black Sturgeon Bay and west to Obonga Lake. Mortality increased greatly south and east of Lake . Nipigon in 1949 (see Figure 2). High fire hazard has developed in recent years in many parts of Ontario where the spruce budworm has killed extensive stands of balsam fir. The hazard varies from district to district depending upon the balsam fir content of stands and upon the percentage of dead anc windthrown trees. Judging from a number of large fires in recent years the fire hazard reaches an extremely high level when windfall occurs and may remair. high for at least ten years. The Gogama fire north of Sudbury in 1941 and the Mississagi fire east of Sault1 Ste. Marie both occurred approximately ten years after balsam fir windfall became severe. Sample plots established in 1943 and 1944 in the Lake Nipigon area have provided data on the breaking up of balsam fir stands as a result of severe defoliation by the spruce budworm. Considerable windfal'I occurred in several of these plots in 1948. Severe windstorms ir October, 1949, caused additional windfall (see Table ; TABLE 2 Timing of Severe Defoliation and Deterioration of Balsam Fir in Five Sample Plots in the Lake Nipigon Area Area Figure l (The .Area Within Wbich Hea'f)' lnteatat1on Occurred in 1948 Elltendecl trca Carden I.alee in the Port Arthur D1atr1ct Eaat to Paa· wachuan I.eke 1D the Geralclton D1atrict and rrom tb6 Areaa Hatcbecl OD the AbOTe Map North to Ogok1 I.eke) Legend Hea'f)' lnteatation in 1949 ........ ~ First year significant mortality (20% to First Year considerable broken tops and some windthrown trees Per cent mortality 49%) First year severe mortality (50% to 100%) 1949 Chief Bay 1939* 1944 1946 1948 100 Kaiashk Bay 1939* 1945 1947 1948 99 Obonga Lake 1942 1946 1947 i949 94 MacDiarmid 1944 1947 1949 Barbara Lake 1944 1947 1949 * Estimated Areas Within Which Hea-.y Spruce Budwol'III Inteatat1on Occurred in 1949 Determined b7 Growicl and Aerial SUrnya First year severe defoliation - 62 59 from observations of affected stands since 1943. If it may be assumed that fire hazard is at it: maximum after windfall becomes severe, the hazard in the area immediately west of Lake Nipigon was approaching that maximum in 1949. The hazard increase. also east of Lake Nipigon, particularly in the vicinity o Barbara and Jean Lakes. The f~rest protection division of the Department of Lands and Forests uses balsam fir mortality maps prepared by the insect rangers to compile fire hazard maps. This phase of forest insect survey work wi II be carried out more intensively in Northern Ontario in 1950 to provide detailed information on fire hazard resulting from forest insect infestations. �MAY 1950 LOG BOOK PAGE 7 INSECT SAMPLES GREAT ASSISTANCE TO FOREST INSECT LABORATORY The following insects were collected and Field Records taken in the Port Arthur District in 1949. Spruce Budworm Red pine sawfly Jack pine Budworm Balsam fir sawfly Black-Headed Budworm Red-headed jack pine Larch sawfly sawfly Birch sawfly Black-headed jack pine Yellow-Headed Spruce sawfly Sawfly Poplar leaf miner Forest tent caterpillar Larch case bearer Western tent caterpillar Crysomelidae Hemlock looper Other insects. Industry personnel have assisted in the work by sending samples of insects to the Forest Insect Laboratory at Sault Ste. Marie. You are urged to keep up the good work. If you wish sample boxes to send your insects in, contact the Department of Lands and Forests or this Association. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS ACTIVE ORGANIZATION IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO Figure 2 J.reas ~/1th1n Which Heavy and l.:oderate ~ortel1t7 of Beleem nr Occurred Up to and Including 1949, Determined by GroWld end Aeriel Surnya, end Percentage 1:ortelity, by Volume, or Balaam Fir 111 SeJ.ple Plots. Legend Heovy mortal1t7 .••• , •• ,., ••• , •• , .rnJ W.oderete a.ortelit7 .••• , •••• ,, •'•, .[I]] Q Percentage lll0rtelit7 of Beleam Fir in eemple plote; ............. . A successful Winnipeg doctor was the main speaker at the second anniversary dinner of the Thunder Bay group of Alcoholics Anonyrrlous recently. In al I more than 100 persons were present at the meeting and this attendance is evidence of the steady growth of A. A. in this area. The Thunder Bay group is a well established part of an organizati.on of nearly 100,000 who have recovered from alcoholism through the practice of the A. A. program. The postal address of the A. A. in Northwestern Ontario is Box 114, Port Arthur, Ontario Nesco Equipment Ensures Economical Speedy Continuous Operation NESCO GRAPPLERS •FOR HANDLING LOGS, RAILROAD TIES, PULP AND OTHER TIMBER PRODUCTS (Made in Canada) Pulp, Logging & Sawmill Machinery THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED FORT WILLIAM ONTARIO CANADA �PAGE 8 LOG BOOK MAY 195 THE FEASIBILITY AND ADVANTAGES OF YEAR ROUND OPERATING (A paper delivered at the recent C.P.P.A. Woodlands Section Meeting in Montreal) By A. F. BUELL It has always been one of the goals of the LongLac Pulp and Paper Company and its predecessor to run woodlands operations insofar as possible on a uniform year round basis. The completion of the Terrace Bay bleached sulphate mill, and the inclusion in ~he wood order of jackpine to the extent of 40 per cent of the total softwood, has made it possible to operate through 12 months of the year with only minor and short term ·fluctuations in the labour force. It is not the object of this short paper to describe logging methods in detail or to. dwell on the means b~ which employees are kept profitably occupied in every season. In brief, jackpine cutting and skidding operations start _in May and continue until October. Jackpine hauling starts in June and continues until November. It is possible to haul to water during this period from onethird to one-half of the total wood order, depending on the percentage of spruce in the jackpine stands, and to some degree on the fall weather. Spruce cutting starts as jackpine cutting tapers off in the fall and continues until December with a few cutters carrying on through the winter in each camp. Spruce hauling starts as soon as roads and landings a re ready in December and continues until March . In March spruce cutting again becomes the major activity, to the extent that snow conditions· will allow it, and continues throughout the break up period until the jackpine cutting gets under way in May. By jackpine cutting_is meant -cutting operations in stands predominently jackpine in composition, but which may run up to 25 per cent spruce by volume. Likewise a spruce cut may contain a small proportion of jackpine. Naturally, as jackpine and jackpine - spruce stands are found on sandy areas, they lend themselve!I to summer truck operations using bulldozed roads. Stands predominating in spruce are generally in swampy areas which must be logged during the winter. River driving and lake rafting operations are carried out from May until November. Other activities such as road and camp construction, equipment maintenance, and fire hazard removal are scheduled, where possible, to be carried out at those times in the operating year when it is most difficult to keep the labor force economically employed in the direct p~oduction and delivery of wood. . It is self evident that a prerequisite to carrying c continuous all season operations is a system of all-se son access roads. Two years of year round operating on a substanti scope have pointed out several distinct advantages c the side of year round rather than seasonal operatic These are listed below. 1. Staff and Labour When camp staff, cutters, haulers, handyme1 blacksmiths, mechanics, machine operators, etceter. are assured of year round employment they acquire sense of security and attachment to the employer whic makes for better relations and, indirectly, higher pre duction and cheaper wood. The security which goes with year round emplo~ ment attra.cts in general a more stable type of employe• A married man, unless he has other employment in th off seasons, cannot keep a family on seasonal woods err ployment. With all-season roads to the camps it is nc difficult for a man to work in the woods and at th same time to establish a home in a nearby village. Ther is a noticeable increase in the number of married me from settlements within the limits working in the bus, as all-season operating develops. It should not be necessary to enlarge further on th advantages of all-season operating insofar as its effec on labour is concerned. They are simply the advantage which go with steady work, security, opportunities fo home life and increased loyalty to the employer. The type of employee drawn to the woods by th, attractions of all-season operating is the type requirec if our branch of the industry is to successfully modern ize its methods. Good forest management, includinf silviculture mechanization and protection, depend: largely on the attitude of the man who handles the axe saw or the wrench. 2. Equipment and Horses It is far more economical to operate all year wit~ a given capital outlay in mechanical equipment, camp~ and horses, than half the year with twice the capital outlay. There is no need of enlarging on this point for an) one familiar with the economics of wood production. (Continued on Page 9) Multiple belts in matched sets and Fractional Horse Power. P. L. P. AIR DRILL, PNEUMATIC AND WATER HOSE. Conveyor Belting, Steam Hose, Suction Hose. Fire Hose (all types), Unlined Linen Hose. Special Agent for DOMINION RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED YOUR ENQUIRIES ARE SOLICITED AND EXPERT ADVICE OBTAINED FOR YOUR PROBLEMS. ROY GIBBftN 45A Cumberland St. S. AGEN~IES INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & SUPPLIES Port Arthur, Ontario Phone 5-8352 �MAY 1950 PAGE 9 LOG BOOK COCHRANE'S HEADQUARTERS FOR GIFTS for the BRIDE COMMUNITY PLATE SILVERWARE CANADIAN CHINAWARE GENERAL ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ECKO SOLID COPPER CHROME FINISH COOKING UTENSILS PYREXWARE ALWAYS SATISFIES COCHRANE HARDWARE PORT ARTHUR LIMITED YOUR FAVOURITE SHOPPING CENTRE Dial 57345 3. Fire Protection There has always been widespread opinion that summer operations constitute a fire hazard. This is undoubtedly true but experience to date has indicated that, _providing proper education is carried on and other safeguards established, the advantages of summer operating can outweigh the disadvantages. The network of allseason roads, both access and haul roads, which are essent;al to summer operating increase the accessibility of the areas being operated, and thereby are an important factor in both detection and suppression. As pointed out in connection with the effect of ye~r round operating on labour we are dealing with men who have a different attitude from that which is so evident on an operation employing transient labour. They are far less likely to be careless with fire as it is one of the few menaces to the steady employment which means so much to them. Where there are summer operations the camp crews are organized into fire gangs, each under a competent fire boss. This organization is ready to go into action as soon as a fire is discovered . Therefore the time lost in rounding up fire fighters and organizing them into effective fire crews is eliminated where summer operations are carried on. 4. 6. General If conditions make it feasible wood may be delivered directly to the mill in the same summer in which it is cut, thereby reducing carrying charges. No attempt has been made in the foregoing to evaluate in dollars and cents the advaQtages of year round as against seasonal operating. This will vary so sharply as between limits with different topography, weather conditions, labour supply and wood species requirements. that a cost comparison would be of little value. It is quite evident, however, that where circumstances wi 11 allow it year round operation will be, in the long run, more economical than the seasonal method. IN THE DAZE OF PAUL BUNYAN-KING OF THE LUMBERJACKS (TM Reg. Pat. Office \ Sylviculture Permanent employees can be trained to cut and skid in such a manner as to damage as little as possible of the advance growth . This wi II result in lower planting costs. With permanent or semi-permanent all-season transportation systems which are a part of year round operations, cutting methods which result in maximum utilization and bring about improved regeneration of the best species can be employed. This is less practical under the former system of operating. It is quite evident that planting is the only solution to some of our regeneration problems. The probable results of planting with seasonal transient labour could not be compared to the results which could be expected from permanent trained labour. S. Dial 57345 Operations Providing the topography and soil will allow it summer hauling is cheaper than winter hauling . Although road construction is expensive it is more than offset by cheaper road maintenance, loading, ice landing prepara tion and maintenance, and unloading costs. Where wood can be both cut and hauled before winter the cost of firewood and camp expenses is substantially reduced. . - ,,. ~ ,._ __,,,__ ~ - ~ ~ ~ e-:. -.,,'' • ~<-~> ~~~ C..,;;:.t 1948 Clyde G. Yeadon The toughest iob of all, was the task of adding the vegetables to "Pea Soup" Lake. Imagine having to roll these giant cabbages, carrots, etc. from Paul's own garden, into a scalding whirlpool with a canthook. "Pea Soup" Lake was brought to a terrific boil by setting the surrounding forties ablaze. �PAGE 10 LOG BOOK DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOREST PROTECTION MEETINGS HELD In Northwestern Ontario three meetings were held in March to discuss Forest Protection in 1950. Meetings were held in Port Arthur for the Port Arthur District; in Geraldton for the Geraldton District and in Kenora for the Kenora, Fort Frances and Sioux Lookout Districts. Mr. R. Boultbee presided at the Port Arthur Meeting, Mr. U. W. Fiskar at the Geraldton Meeting and Mr. K. Acheson at the Kenora Meeting. Mr. T. E. Mackey, Chief, Forest Protection Division, Department of Lands and Forests, Toronto, was present at the Kenora meeting and expressed his appreciation for the interest shown by operators and their efforts in the prevention, detection and suppression of forest fires. The need for uniformity in training, tower situa-· tion, public publicity and other aspects of forest protection were discussed at all meetings. At the end of the meetings, operators' committees were appointed as follows: MID-WESTERN REGION Port Arthur District • C0 I. R• H • Bl ,ss, Nipigon Lake Timber Co., Ltd. J. H. Godden, Great Lakes Paper Company_ Ltd. A. S. Harrington, Hydro Electric Power Commission. F. S. Hick, Abitibi Power & Paper Co., Ltd. A. M . .tones, Brompton Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. WESTERN 'REGION Geraldton District C0 I. R. H . Bl"ISS, Nipigon I ake Timber Co., Ltd. A. M. Jones, Bromptor Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. (All Districts) H. H Bishop,· 11 p ammerm, aper Company. S. Farlinger, Patricia Lumber Co., ltd. J. H. Godden, Great lakes Paper John McLeod, Co., Ltd. Abitibi Power & Paper N. Golder, Co., Ltd. Ontario-Minnesota (Lake of the Woods). C. A. Samuelson, F. S. Hick, Long Lac Pulp & Abitibi Power & Paper Paper Co., Ltd . Co., Ltd. Geo. Sonlt;y, N. McMillan, Marathon Paper Mills Dryden Paper Co. of Can. Ltd. Ltd. H. L. Moffatt, Alexander-Clark Tbr. B. Thomson, Co., Ltd . Ontario Paper G. Potts, Company, Ltd. Ontario-Minnesota (Fort Frances). w . White, Ontario-Minnesota IPa•ric:i~ Limited) Any other operator wishing to be represented on these Committees or to attend meetings will be welcome to do so. Please notify this office and you will be kept informed of meetings. COMMITTEE AIMS l. As representatives of operators, to give the utmost co-operation to the Department of Lands and Forests in the prevention, detection and suppression of fires. 2. To assist in the integration and co-ordination of the operators' fire protection systems and the over-all Government system. 3. To co-operate in keeping up-to-date the Department of Lands and Forests' District Forest Protection Plan by having available general knowledge of operators' plans and thoughts. 4. Promotion of fire prevention awareness and training of fire crews amongst all operators. A Special Issue of the Log Book dealing with forest fire crew organization was issued early in May t<t all key personnel in Northwestern Ontario. Some additional copies of this pamphlet are available upon request. MAY 1950 INDUSTRY MEN LECTURE AT LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE The following men from woods companies in North western Ontario lectured during the past year to thE Forestry Students of the Lakehead Technical lnstitue Dr. M. Bartley, Principal, and Mr. C. J. Campbell Master in Forestry, wish to thank the lecturers and thei 1 companies for the time and effort spent on this work. Mr. P. V. LeMay, (Operating Manager, Marathon Pape, Mills of Canada) "The Purpose of the Technica l Forestry Course and what Industry expects of Technical Graduates". Mr. F. L. Stevens, (Assistant Divisional Woodlands Manager, Abitibi Power and Paper Company Limited) "History of Development of 8' Pulpwood Cutting at the Lake head". Mr. A. Pingree (District Logging Superintendent, Provincial Concession, Abitibi Power and Paper Company Limited) "Methods Employed Locally in 8' Pulpwood Cutting". Mr. N. L. Kissick, (Assistant Chief Forester, Marathon Paper Mills of Canada) "Mechanical Logging" two lectures. Mr. D. Graham, (Construction Engineer, Great Lakes Pulp and Paper Company Limited) "Camp Construction and Layout" - two lectures Mr. D. C. Clark, (Assistant Manager, Nipigon Lake Timber Co. Ltd.) "Cutting, Hauling and Marketing of Pole Timber" - two lectures. Mr. H. L. Moffatt, (General Manager, Alexander-Clark Timber Co. Ltd.) "Eight Foot Pulpwood Hauling". Mr. R. . Prettie (General Manager, Northern Wood Preservers Ltd.), "Treating and Marketing of Treated Forest Products" - two lectures. Mr. T. S. Jones (Secretary-Manager, Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Assn.), Labour Relations in Woods Industry". Mr. H. H. Styffe, (Oscar Styffe Limited), "The Rafting of Pulpwood". Mr. F. L. Stevens, (Assistant Divisional Woodlands Manager, Abitibi Power and Paper Company Limited), "Administrative Genius and Related Departments" two Iectu res. Mr. J. Merrill, (Woodlands Manager, Brampton Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd.), "Fire Suppression." Mr. R. Hallonquist, (Personnel Manager, Brampton Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd.), "Personnel Administration". Mr. K. W. Hearnden, (Chief Divisional Forester, Abitibi Power and Paper Companp Limited), "Methods of Cruising" - one day of instruction. Mr. N. L. Kissick, (Assistant Chief Forester, Marathon Paper Mills of Canada), "Methods of Cruising" three hour laboratory instruction. Mr. W. Taylor, (Marathon Paper Mills of Canada), (Chief Draftman) "History of Photography", Aerial Camera and its Application to Forestry". Mr. P. Addison, (Regional Forester, Department of Lands and Forests), "Nursery Practice". . Mr. J. Barron, (Management Forester, Department of Lands and Forests), "Working Plans". Mr. C. Horncastle {Logging Engineer, Ontario Paper Co. Ltd.) "Sloop Logging". Mr. R. W. B. Thomson (Chief Forester, Heron Bay Division, Ontario Paper Co. Ltd.), "Forest Regeneration". Total hours of guest lecturing - 20 Special instruction - 9 In addition to this instruction which has been given by field specialists, it is perhaps of interest to point out that twenty-eight days of instrucion were given on Company limits, and six afternoons during the term were devoted to conducted tours of local Forest Enterprises. 11 �LOG BOOK MAY 1950 PAGE 11 C.P.P.A. Award to Marathon CANADIAN PULP AND PAPER ASSOCIATION 2280 Sun Life Building Montreal 2, Canada WOODLANDS SECTION March 3, 1950 Mr. P. V. LeMay, Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited, Public Utilities Building, Port Arthur, Ontario. Dear Peavey: It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the Awards Committee of this Section has voted to present you with the Ellwood Wilson Award for the year 1949. The Committee's decision is based upon your work in the development of the cable yarding system used by Marathon as described in your paper "Logging at Marathon.'' As you probably know , this Award is granted to a member of the Section for the most effective industrial application of research projects instigated and carried out either by the Section (in co-operation with the Research Institute) or by a member company. The Committee feels that your work in spark plugging and carrying out the development and application of the cable yarding system employed by your Company makes you a most worthy recipient of this award . The award consists of $100.00 and an engraved plaque which wi II be presented to you at the Annual Luncheon of the S:;ction being held in the t--!ormandie Roof of the Mount Royal Hotel March 22. We sincerely hope that you can be on hand to receive the award personally at that time. Please accept the sincere congratulations of the Committee and of myself personally on your attainment of this award. Yours sincerely, W. A. E. Pe.pier, Manager, Woodlands Section. WDB/EA Presentation of the Ellwood Wilson Award by Harold Burk to P. V. LeMay. March 6, 1950. Mr. W. A. E. Pepler, Manager, y\/oodlands Section, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, 2280 Sun Life Building, Montreal, Quebec. Dear Pep: I have just received your letter of March 3rd in which you state that the Awards Committee have favourably considered m8 for the Ellwood Wi Ison Award for 1949. Needless ·to say, I feel greatly honoured, but on the other hand, I also feel a certain embarrassment in being singled out from this great Marathon team. Any success that we have had is due entirely to teamwork in our organization. I shall not name any of our staff, because I would have to name them all. In accepting this award, which I do very gratefully, I do so in the name of the Marathon team. Your very truly, MARATHON PAPER MILLS OF CANADA LIMITED, CANADIAN SOCIETY OF FOREST ENGINEERS NEWS The Northwestern Ontario Section, Canadian Society of Forest Engineers have held three meetings ~o far th;s year. The meetings were held January 27th, February 17th and March l 0th. At the March meeting Mr. N. W . Harrison, Dis trict Representative for the Thunder Bay Area, Department of Agriculture, was the guest speaker and delivered a very instructive and interesting address about the agricultural industry at the Lakehead. Mr. Harrison pointed out that there are 2,800 farms between Upsala to the West and Nipigon to the East. Principal farm products were milk, eggs, poultry potaroes and other vegetables. Mr. Harrison stated that a soil survey of the Thunder Bay District showed it to have the greatest variation of soil conditions of any place in Ontario. In concluding his address, Mr. Harrison dealt briefly with the local woodlot situation and advised that in this area woodlot operation must harmonize with farming if it is going to be successful and enjoy its fullest potential. PVL/MEF P. V. LeMay, Operating Manager. �PAGE 12 LOG BOOK MAY 1951 WE CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK of the FOLLOWING FAMOUS SUPPLIES PUROX WELDING EQUIPMENT DOMINION OXYGEN GAS WELDING RODS PYRENE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS GRAY BONNEY WRENCHES Dial 5-6511 ELECTRICAL WIRE AND SUPPLIES BLACK & DECKER DRILLS EVEREADY FLASHLIGHTS EVEREADY BATTERIES MARS BALL-WELLS Dial S-6511 SILVICULTURE IN THE LAKEHEAD AREA By R. N. JOHNSTON Division of Research, Ontario Department of Lands and Forests The main issue in silvicultural practice, ~ot only in the Lakehead area, but also throughout Ontario and the greater part of Canada, is forest regeneration, or, the re-establishment of commercially valuable forests by natural seeding following logging or fire. or various combinations of both. Some regeneration effort is concerned with the reestablishment of a forest by planting. Because of it~ relatively high initial cost, however, tree planting probably will be for a considerable time, used only on submarginal agricultural lands or the small area of favorable planting locations that can be found in the forest. Present planting methods are very largely dependent on the use of agricultural implements, the spade, the plough, and the cabbage planter and are, therefore, tied to conditions which will permit the successful operation of such equipment. Unfortunately most forest soi Is, either by inherent physical character or because of the terra:n and tree growth, are not usually "tillable." Due to a variety of factors, and the existence of agricultural procedures and equipment which could bt. readily adapted, the tree planting phase of forest regeneration is at present more thoroughly understood and has been more widely exploited than any other regeneration techn:que, although it has long been recognized that planting can be applied to only a small proportion of the forest area of the Province. Regeneration by seed under forest conditions is unfortunately a problem which forest users must accept as the= r own and solve by their own largely unaided efforts. Unlike planting, the possibilities of adapting equipment or techniques are strictly limited. Unfortunately, too, it seems that any si lvicultural practice which wi II provide a better chance for the establishment of a new forest crop, will eventually require additional effort and added cost, over and above present wood's operating practice . Though less costly than planting regeneration by seed will still cost something; an unpalatable fact which wood users must be prepared to accept. The challenge tC' industry here is to introduce new techniques which wi 11 permit "silvicultural logging" with a minimum of additional cost. • .As we all know, but sometimes overlook, it is cost which makes regeneration a problem. It has often been stated rather loosely that "we do not know how to se • cure regeneration." This, however, is not strictly true. In some favourable areas only intelligent handling is required and in most others, a forest can be restored if cost and time are not considered. A good forest at an:., price does not solve the regeneration problem. What is required are techniques which will produce a good fores1 at a price our present standard of living and price structure can afford to pay. It is perhaps obvious to the operator at least, that government regulations which cripple industry are unwise, even though they may result in a better forest. L is equally true, though perhaps not so obvious, that the logger who put wood on the jack-ladder at the lowest unit cost during the first cut is not necessarily the best logger. The best logger cuts at a profit so that the highest possible wood values continue to reach the same jackladder year after year. Successful silviculture is related to cost and ir, practice is dependent upon increased efficiency through the whole cycle of regeneration, protection, harvesting, and wood processing. So long, therefore, as industry i: concerned with harvesting and processing and Govern ment with regeneratiqn and protection, the best inter ests of both require the utmost in co-operation and understanding looking to a more efficient overall operation. Under the existing pattern of co-operation between industry and government in Ontario, logging or tree crop harvesting appears to be the most obvious point of mutual technical interest. (It seems logical, therefore . not only in the Lakehead region but throughout th('whole Province.) , · In organizing the Provincial regeneration program, the Department of Lands and Forests has divided its efforts into two general fields; the study of tree seeds and the study of tree seed beds. Seed studies are at present very largely confined to white spruce and red and white pine outside of the Lakehead area and general principles may be applied cautiously to the seeds of many othe,· forest trees and therefore to the other species in the Lakehead region. Some observations on the behaviour of jack pine seeds and cones have also been undertaken. A great deal of preliminary seed investigation has been done in the laboratory because it can be done under controlled conditions and has, therefore, no particular local flavor. �MAY 1950 LOG BOOK Seed bed studies by contrast are involved with spe cific localities. The Department has carried out a great deal of this type of regeneration study in the Lakehead region during the past three years. Re_sults of this work have been presented in the Division's reports numbers 14, 17 and 19. If details are required, they may be found in these publications. All that can be done here is to indicate· the organization, kind and amount of work performed. It has been said that the initiation of all research can be summed up in three words, "oh", an exclamation of surprise; "my'', an indication of wonder; "why", an indication of curiosity. But no matter how it may be initiated, a research program, once underway, almost invariably follows a fairly uniform patern. There is, first, a primary stage in which natura' phenomena are observed, a second in which theories are evolved in explanation of the _phenomena; a third ir which experiments are set up to test theories and a fourth in which experimental results are recorded and related. It is well to remember these four steps and to realiZf that they are all necessary. Failure to appreciate ·the im • portance of experimental testing, was very largely re sponsible for the absurdities of so-called science in me dieval times. Recognition of the importance of experi mental testing has probably been the most important single factor responsible for the present practical value of research . Seed bed research not only in the Department bu: throughout Canada and the United States, is still largely in the initial stages of observing phenomena and evolving theories. Hence the popularity of so-called "re generation surveys." A great deal more "observing" o, "surveying" is required. For example, the Departmental GENERAL MOTORS PAGE 13 reports listed above are mainly concerned with a detailed record of findings or observations in the forests of the Lakehead region and conclusions drawn from them. The conclusions or findings of a regeneration survev are sometimes treated as established facts. This is a da'nger• ous practice. It is true that such conclusions, may by some happy chance, be factual. But because of the wide. variety of natural conditions in the Forest, it is very dif. ficult to be certain that all the essential facts are known. The results of regeneration, or any biological surveys,, are likely to be influenced by the ideas of the writer. The proper use of regeneration survey data is as a basis for the design of experimental tests. , Proof of regeneration survey observations and conclusions is usually secured through the establishment of permanent sample lots, and in the Department's Lakehead regeneration program, the establishment of plots. of this kind is now going forward. Since logging is required to implement some of the tests, many propf pl(?tS are being established in co-operation with industry. In due course, we believe facts will emerge! In brief, this is the outline of the Department's three years of regeneration research in the Lakehead reg:on. As stated, it does not appear as a very great acccmpl ishment for the expenditure of three years' time and a sum of approximately $40,000. Some indication of the extent of th,e program may be provided, however, by a statement of the number of survey plots examined. In considering the bare total of plots as a means of assessing the effort involved, it is well to remember that each and every plot must be located, often in very difficult country, measured by approved survey methods, defined by taut string boundaries, examined on hands and (Continued on Page 16) TWO CYCLE DIESEL ENGINES SS H.P. TO 660 H.P. SO H.P. TO 600 H.P. FAN TO FLYWHEEL UNITS FINGER TIP SHIFT CON- OR TROL IS MADE POSSIBLE PACKAGE POWER BY THE G.M. HYDRAULIC UNITS MARINE GEAR, STANDARD FOR ALL YOUR POWER WITH ALL 3, 4, 6 . AND REQUIREMENTS TWIN G.M. UNITS - - - DISTRIBUTORS FOR - - - Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. Tractor Division Baker Manufacturing Co. Pacific Car & Foundry Co. SALE S PARTS SERVICE G. M. Detroit Diesel Engine Division Gar Wood Industries Inc. Drott Manufacturing Corp. Northern Tractor &Equipment Limited HEAD OFFICE: 787 St. Joseph Street, St. Boniface, Man. Phone 204808 BRANCH OFFICE: 725 N. May Street, Fort William, Ont. Phone 21061 �PAGE 14 LOG BOOK MAY 1950 Kraft Pulping By A. S. KADZIELAWA of the Mid-West Branch, Technical Section, C.P.P.A. Cellulose has gained a very important position in our present way of living. Although it is found in most plants, wood is the most economical source for a large portion of eel lulose required for manufacture of th( many grades of paper, boards and cellulose derivatives such as rayons, eel lophane and plastics. In the manufacture of this great diversity of products, the first step is to reduce the wood to a pulp. This is accomplished either mechanically, chemically or a combination of the two processes. There are a number of chemical procedures that can be used, but the characteristics of the pulp produced and costs vary considerably. Therefore, the economy and end use of the pulp determines the process employed. The kraft pulping process falls under the classification alkaline pulping utilizing a combination of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide, as the active pulping agent. The pulp produced is brown in color, but has high strength qualities which make it particularly suitable for making strong wrapping papers, and variow= types of boxboards. In these materials the dark color is not objectionable, however, where lighter colors are required the pulp can be economically bleached withou · affecting the strength appreciably. The process is also gaining favour in that it has been used to produce pulps from practically all the commercial wood species, either on full plant scale or in laboratories. It is particularl~suited to the manufacture of high grade pulps from the wood species found in North Western Ontario. In the limited space available, it is impossible t , go into any detail of the p_rocess and equipment, there fore, only a very general description of the method an( equipment will be given. The wood entering the mill is all cut to approximately four foot lengths and barked in drum barkers. The clean wood is chipped in multiple knife chippers. Uniformity in size of chips is important to good cooking, therefore, the chips are screened. The oversize chips pass through a rechipper and are returned to the screen. Depending upon the quality of pulp being made the fines may or may not be screened out. As the fines usually carry a fair percentage of dust and di rt, they are screened out where high quality clean pulps are desired. The screened chips are stored in bins until required to fill the digesters. In most recent installations, the d;gesters are tall cylindrical vessels, nine to eleven feet in diameter, and about forty feet high with a cone shaped bottom. Each digester will produce from seven to ten tons of pulp per cook. When the digester is ful I of chips, measured quantities of black and white liquors are added. The diqester is then closed and heating with steam is started. The heating may be done directly by blowing the steam in at the bottom or by a forced circulation of the liquor from the bottom of the digester through steam heated heat exchangers back to the top of the digester. Heating is continued while gas and vapors are relieved from the top of the digester, unti I a pressure of approximately 110 pounds per square inch is obtained with a corresponding temperature of 340 degrees F is reached and then held at this temperature and pressure until the cooking is complete. The quantity of liquors, the rate of heating and cooking time are all governed by the quality of pulp being made. When the cooking is completed, a valve at the bottom of the digester is opened and the contents blown 1 out into the blow tank. The cooking softens the wood to such an extent that during blowing the wood breaks up into pulp. The thick slurry of pulp is diluted with black liquor and pumped to the pulp washers. The washing is usually done on rotary drum type washers in two or more stages. In the final stage, hot water is used and the recovered water containing some of the spent chemicals and dissolved portion of the wood is known as weak black liquor. This weak liquor is used to wash the pulp in the preceding stage, thus as the pulp is being washed a strong black liquor is being formed. The liquor from the first working stage is the black liquor used when filling the digester and dilution at the blow tank. The s~rplus black liquor is concentrated in mult:ple effect evaporators unti I a solution of about 50% solids is obtained. This· is further concentrated in cas .. cade evqporators and mixed with saltcake and burned in the recovery furnace. The saltcake is added to make up the unavoidable losses of soda in the system. By burning the concentrated black liquor and saltcake under carefully controlled conditions, a molten ash of sodium carbonate and sodium sulfide is produced. The hot combustion gases are passed through a specially designed steam boiler producing in many mills practically all the steam required for the pulp mi 11. The hot ash is dissolved in water, clarified and treated with lime. The lime converts the sodium car(Continued on Afeclu»,,'16 '°'1, Page 1 6) MOJUJ CCOH,OIHkat Pulpw.ooJ P11,oc/,uduu,, . . . 'kid/,, tl,,e Increase production in your woods operations . . . and decrease cutting costs! The P.M. Woodboss is light, easy to hande and operate, runs economically. Built to give dependable, trouble-free cutting. Ask for a demonstration . . . the WOODBOSS is ideal for pulpwood cutting. For Demonstration, Sales or Service, Contact . .. P.M. PRODUCTS (194,) LTD. 278 BAY ST., PORT ARTHUR, ONT. or HEARST, ONT. Oth,er P.M. offices in Orillia, Ont.; Quebec, Que.; Vancouver, B.C. and regional distributors across Canada. • �MAY 1950 LOG BOOK PAGE 15 Pictures taken on The Pas Lumber Co. operation at Reserve, Saskatchewan, where th i s Euclid Tractor again proved its ability to go out and' produce against terrific odds and elements. EUCLIDS DO IT AGAIN! MORE Records Broken! - MORE Satisfied C11stomers TOTAL WEIGHT OF LOGS HAULED PER TRIP-S35 TONS TOTAL FEET OF LOGS HAULED PER TRIP-107,000 FT. LOGS TOTAL CORDS OF PULPWOOD HAU LED PER TRI P-23S CORDS "The_latter being comparative in regards to weight hauled." WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR SALE OR RENTAL, EUCLID TRACTORS PULPWOOD AND T RA I L E R S WITH UP TO 20 CORDS CAPACITY. Showing Adverse Grades Encountered For Further Information Please Contact G. H. GODSALL EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. TORONTO 213 BAY STREET PORT ARTHUR TEL. S-6753 MONTREAL PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �LPG f>AGE 16 BOOK 'Vhich now contains a large amount of water is passed over deckers to remove the. excess water and then goes to storage tanks to await the next step, on its way to ccn:;umer goods. SILVICULTURE IN THE LAKEHEAD AREA (Continued from Page 13) knees, tallied in detail, frequently under trying condi-tions, and the finding analysed statistically. -The number of plot st~dies by the Department as. indicat-ed above has been, 1946-20,806; 1947-44,057; • 1_948-3,746; 1949-5,820; total 74,429. • • . ; 240 check plots, of one-tenth acre, w~re e~·tablished · jn 1948-49 for the testing of survey condusions to study the foll.owing s~~jects in their relation to Jorest renewal: i. The effeGt;:of different .cutting methods and degrees of cutting~ :• • , ' . , • 2. The affect· of soil . scarification ·or disturb~nce. 3. The effect of slash burning and removal by other means. 4. The effect of artificial seeding. As indicated, many of the results of the Department's Regeneration Research have not yet reached · the level of established fact: many individual studies seem .likely to move slowly because the problems are not simple. It should never be forgotten that money invested jn research must be "patient money.'' ~ We are definitely "on our way" towards the solution of the problems of regeneration of northern com- .mercial species. We are sure that no matter how easy or difficult the eventual solution may be, it will be achieved with less delay and effort if we have the support and •confidence of the industrial operators. KRAFT PULPING (Continued from Page 14) bonate to sodium hydroxide. After the spent lime is :removed, the resulting clear liquor is known as white liquor and is the source of active chemicals added to the digester. The washed pulp is diluted to a low consistency and screened. The first stage of screening is done on c;oarse screens, referred to as knotters. This step is often carried out before the pulp is washed. The. rejects called ls.nots consist of liard pieces of wood which did not cook . completeJy.• --.In some mills they are returned to the di.:. gesters, in others burned in the recovery furnace and in others broken down to a coarse fibered pulp by mechan ◄ ical means. . . The accepted stock from the knotters passes ·throagh s·eries of finer screens. The types 6f screens and ·the size of the perforations in the screen plates depend ,on the quality of pulp being made. The fine screen • •rejects known . as tailings _are usually· refined and used iin making coarse paper or board. The accepted stock MAY 19~0 The third of a series of articles by · members of the Mid-West Branch, Technical Section, C.P.P.A. First article - January Issue - "Wood Used in Northwestern Ontario Pulp and Paper Industry" by Mr. A. Johnson. , Second article - March Issue - "Some of the Reasons a Pulp M:11 Requires Wood of a Certain Length" by F. I. Anderson and B. C. Barrington. - HOSE. • WINDER IDEA DEVELOPED AT LONGLAC 1 Linen firehouse .is valuable eq uipment that requires thoughtful handling H it is to give economical service. Observation on a co~ple of forest fires in recent years showed hose on a fire having to take unnecessarily rough treatment. Dragged through the bu_sh by fire fighters and even dragged behind a truck on the highway from one position to another during a fire, the hose took quite a beating and showed the necessity for a light portable' hose winder. . The need for such equipment and the basic idea of construction was suggested by Ken Switzer- ·to two of his co workers with the LongLac Pulp and Paper '. Company, Norm Skinner; Y~rd Foreman at Longlac and one of his men, Bruce· Sloan. . These men built a working model in the Company's Longlac Shop and this model proved very satisfactory when tested: • · The Company made the model available to Watson Jack and Co. Ltd., Manufacturers of fire fighting equip., ment, for production and sale to fire protective organj- . zations The model was modified and improved by Watson ·. • Jack and Co. Ltd., who now have on sale an improved lightweight Portable Hose Winder for winding 1½'' un- • lined linen Forestry Hose, either wet or dry, l 00-foot ' lengths coupled. Other features are adjustable cranking handles, instantly detachable spindle for removing hose after winding,. spri,:ag rubber-covered .tension rollers for flattening hose, c~nvas .chest protector and adjustable . shoulder straps~ weight 17 pounds. Abrasion of the hose is eliminated since the operator walks forward into · tha hose line as he winds i~ up. . For further information on this hose winder, apply to Watson Jack and Company Umited, 1543 Crescent Street, Montreal 25, P.Q. It is a pleasure to record here and officially give ·• -..l. credit to Ken Switzer for the idea behind this equipment and to Norm Skinner and Bruce Sloan for making · up •• •• • the first working model. .. :; I., "SERVING THE TIMBER OPERATORS OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARI0'1 ,,I iI LUMBERMEN'S CLOTHING, BEDDING AND FOOTWEAR. Fort William ,GROCERIES. ·,FR~ITS & VEGETABLES1 TOBACCO, E'."C, •: ·' �MAY 1950 MGE 17 · ••• LOG BOOK • o s co e L·o c KS WHEREVER cABLEs ARE useo ' . .. Port J\rthur, Ontario. '-March 15th, 1950. "JOE BEAVER" Dear Mr. Jones: I want to take this opportunity to thank those who have been helptul to the 'Shantymen· in their access to· the lumber camps, and to those ·who have gone put of. their way in·making it possible for our getting around to each camp this winter. I found a general concern with all men, with who·ever I have talked, regarding conditions as they are today. These men a.re greatly consciqus of a power greater than that they _have ·~xperienced in the past, which has made them think more serious_ly of the future. I have pointed them to the Bible for what God ·has to say, and as we read in His Word found in Chapters Matthew 24, ~lso Luke 21: 25 - 38, Christ gives the signs of His cory,ing cJnd Judgment. The men in th~ camps I am happy to say, have· shown · splendid attention and interest in tne meetings, which we thank God -~or and each man receives a tract .in his own langµage. One camp alone, 31 Gospels of John were given out in the Finn language, Also Shantymen papers were left~ New • ' Testaments also left, and Biples were ordered from our office in Toronto to each man that asked for them, these are given out free. • I do -not know what next may come, Across my pilgrim way, I do not know to-morrow's load, Nor see beyond today, · But this I know-my Saviour knows The path I cannot see; • And I can trust His wounded hands To guide and care for me._ r . . . Thc1nking you for your interest i~ our work. .. • Sincerely yours, J. H. Allen. ------~--~- ·. By Ed · ~ofziger /< •.·-:;i ( ). Forest Se~oe, U. B. Department of Agriculture "Please don't go_ to any bothe; ..... J. T. Russell Motors .Ltd~ · • ....................•':f'•-··•:·:•:••;.· . ~==== 120 N. Archibald St. . -:Fort William, Qnt. • Distributors for . · • • ·THE FAMOUS FARGO · TRUCKS 'Built to Fit the, Job' A FARGO BUILT. FOR EVERY JOB GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHTS · . . F~om 4.600 lbs~·to 40,000 ·lbs~,. l •, • 1 =~=: . .i~.......... !: :~.~~~:~:~:~:~:~~~-~=~==f~::~:-....,: ·.~.-:-.-:•:•:•:-:-:-:-:•:•:❖ .....::-:::::::::::.:;~:~::::::::::::::;:;:;:;~:::::::;::;:;:::. For Complete Information .• DIAL 3-7421 _. · f ,, ,- we. can'~ stay for dinner" . �MAY 19.5 0 LOG BOOK PAGE . .1~ • GROWTH STUDY WORK BY DOMINION FOREST SERVICE BY D. R. STEVENS Suppose you have a certain stand of timber ~nder your management which is 5.0 years old ..When should it be cut? How many cords per acre will it then yield? What size timber w"ill you have then? How long after it is mature can the stand be left before cutting without excessive loss from rot? The answers to these and other quetions can be found in appropriate yield tables if these are available. To obtain these tables growth data are required. This article will briefly deal with one project of this nature which is being carried on in the Thunder Bay District. The rate of growth' of a stand is, of course, independent of which company's limit it happens to be on. It is _mainly dependent on the site on which it stands, the latitude and the climate. With this in mind Mr. Bedell of the Dominion Forest Service, during ~ visit to this district in 1947, suggested that the companies of the Thunder Bay District combine their work on ·growth- study. Instead of each company obtaining yield figures for their respective limits, a common set of yield data could be obtained for a forest region, applicable to all limits in that region. In this way much duplicate work could be avoided, the work would be much cheaper for each company, and probably .better data obtained. .. During 1947 several meetings were arranged be1 tween seven interested pulp and paper companies of this District. It was eventually decided to request the • Dominion Forest Service to conduct some experimental . growth study work in this area. They have evolved an improved m~thod for predicting yield but which has not yet been applied to large pulpwood tracts such as exist in this district: Therefore, it was thought that it was an excellent opportunity for mutual aid between the Thunder Bay companies and the Dominion Forest Service. This was agreed. to and a start was made last' ~~u.mmer. • : ,.,·· _ Briefly, the tec~nique used is to establish' peri'na_rlent sample plots in several different age classes in each important cover type, :and for various -sites. The stems· on each plot are measured along with a w~~ltH of other _pertinent data. After at least · fi.ve ,years, and better ten years, the plots are re.:measured ·to establish changes in density arid composition. These ~data car, then be plotted and yield curves thus.obtained for each c;:over type on each important site and for. a fixed den• sit_y. ~f the stands on a limit are similarly dassified, t~,s yield data can be applied to determine rotation age_ yield at maturity, etc. . The most important factor affecting growth is site, which can be roughly defined as the inherent abil!ty of an area to pr6du_ce. Many differe.n t site classif~ ,cations have been used but the Dominion Forest Service is using a system in this growth study work that they have adapted from one developed by Mr. G. A. Hills of the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests. This classification gives promise of being one of the best in existence and has the advantage that sites can be recognized. from aerial photos. It is hoped that a by-product of this growth study co-operative effort will be the training of company men in the knowledge of soils essential to accurate site classification.The present basis of co-operation between the companies and the Dominion Forest Service is that· the latter provide the staff, establish ·the plots, do the office work and publi.sh the final results. The.companies agree to protect the plots established for at least five years, to supply the necesary maps and aerial photos, to provide transportation to the parties when required, and to loan equipment if necessary. Last summer the companies _also absorbed some of the meal cost. The companies have agreed to share their costs among themselves on a limit area basis. The Dominion Forest Service hope by the end of this summer to have established enough plots, along with the· use of some plots established by the companies, to draw fairly accurate yield curves f9r the ·mo~t important types on the most common sites in what i'S. known ·as Forest Region 8-9; which ext~nds along the North Shore of Lake Superior from Savanne to near White 'River. They have not committed themselves to do further work in any of the other regions, but it is hoped that they will at least be able to dq enough work to show the relative growth rates between the region~, in this district. The results will of course be available· to everyone, but they will particularly benefit the companies in the Thunder Bay Disric_t. -Eyen if l'.\O fur_ther . work on this project -is done by the Dominion Fore~t . Service after this year, the system of srte classification and the general technique used will be·very usefol if the companies exter:id this work themselves. F.urthermore, the project has again emphasized the -value ·of cooperative effort" betw._e en timber. oper.ators: This Booklet is· printed ~n 11Thrift-Coat Ena~~I" produced at the Provincial" Paper Limited, Port Arthur Mill, Ontario, O'.Ut of wood produced in Northwestern Ontario and printed by the Consolidated Press, 137 South May Street, Fort William, Ontario. . . La France Fire Engine & Foamite Ltd. equipment carried in stock: EXTINGUISHERS LOG PILE NOZZLES REFILLS FIRE HOSE FIREGUNS ETC. . , NORTHLAND MACHINERY SUPPLY CO. LTD. 203 HARDISTY ST. FOR:r _WILLIAM, ONT. Phone 3-7407 · / �PAGE . 19 -. _'.\ LVU DVVI\. LUDIVIG CYR THIRD IN CANADIAN BUCKSAWING CHAMPIONSHIP • Dominique Chenard, Quebec North Shore Paper Company, is the new Canadian Bucksaw Champfon. winning with a total of 8 of the possible 9 points in the thr_ee-day Buck-Sawing Contest at the Sportsmen's Show in Montreal on March 5th. 6th and 7th, 1950. ,· Champions from six Eastern companies competed Competitors cut once each afternoon and twice each evening; the average_time was computed each n!ght for the three cuts. and winner was allowed three points. Chenard's ·average time for the 10" spruce log was 8.7 seconds and his best single cut was 7.2 seconds. All of the men who took part in ttie Contest were the finest ·examples of the best type of men found in our pulpwood operations to-day. They had a great com. petitive spirit but, win o.r lose, were good sports. They were fine representatives of the Woods Industry at such a public event as the Sportsmen's Show. , Ludivig Cyr, who won the Northwestern Ontario Championship at the Fort William Winter Carnlval 1949 and finished 5th at the Sportmen's Show that year, competed thi's year as the representative of the Ontario Paper Company, Limited and finished 3rd. LAKEHEAD MEN ON C.P.P.A. WOODLANDS SECTION COUNCIL W. Bruce Southon, Woods Manager, Great Lakes Paper Company Limited and J. H. Merril}, Divisional Woods Manager, B,rompton Pulp & Paper Company, Limited, were both elected to the Canadian Pulp & Paper Association, Woodlands Section Council for the year 1950. ,~Elected as Chairman was Gordon Godwin of the Ontario Paper Company Limited and as Vice Chairman Jack Matthews, Abitibi Power & Paper Company Limited, Toronto. . Other Di rectors elected were: R. S. Armitage, Quebec A. H. Burk, Espanola, Ont. G. H. Fisk and F. A. Harrison, Montreal R. G. Macfarlane, Edmundston, .N. B. J. A. Michaud, Grand'mere, Que. • J. W. Paterson, Hull. . W. G. Phipps, Kapuskasing, Ont. SUCCESSFUL ·ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN PORT ARTHUR APRIL 10TH, 1950 BY THE .TIMBER -'.c u LLERS' ASSOCIATION • . The highlight of the Annual Meeti~g of .the Timqer Culler~' Association was the presentation of a Provincial Charter to the Timber- Cullers' Association by Mr. J. H. Merrill, Divisional Woods Superintendent of the Brompton PulP. & Paper Company, Limited, who was also the guest speaker. • • Ken Mason was re~elected '?resident by acclamation as were .W. J. Hughes, Vice-President and J. R. Denley, Secretary. - • The Association Directors elected were: • . Lester Murphy, Gilbert Lalonde, Sam Cowan. L. Malmberg, Len Neva and W. Reid. • . .. Mr. Merrill gave a very interesting address on For~st Management and went into some· detail of the careful and serious studies and steps being taken by oper3ting companies and provincial and federal governments, :o -further forest management. towards -a sutained yield ,f wood from the forests ·o f Northwestern Ontario . . -, ~-- :. •• ~-11 '· ~ . ...., • - - ,r: ,, • ~; ~-( 6 ·-fi 7, ...T' • He's International Truck trained. That .means he's u~uied in the best and late~i servicing and •repa4" practices according to International Truck methods. And that means he's an expert in the use of In~~ational desig.n~d and approved machines and tools for testing, repairing and reconditio~g. He can make money for you two ways. By holding your service and. maintenance costs at a minimum, and by putting your • trucks in shape to roll out money making miles. You find him busily at work in our shop. Take adv~tage of his skill and e.perience by bringing your trucks. to US#<nll S. J ■ - HILL &SONS LTD. . . . : • :.'.:: • ·-; 1. ' I ' ..: l '- . . •. ·~'? t•' ::. \>>::? Member of Canada's Largest Exclusive Truck Service Organizatio~ • • ' fORT WILLIAM • PORT ARTHUR Red River Road . Phone 5-5488 North May at Cameron St. Phone 3-6457 I 1• Dl,TRIBUTORJ OF THE FAMOUS FRliEHAUF TRAILERS - )f~: t1;!1'r1,:uiiu utit~ • •.••. ► . .... u _.,; ' • !;,- • •• .r •• ~ '"'i!-"',.,: ~~!l~:~. . ,_,. '. ~,·: .._ :.·~?-1;}; -·~'>( .,...·:;/: *~;.-·:'.>.N.],,. j •. :/]l .,: )jlj �-_ . , ifrec\ory,· ol • .• ,.·•.:Quality Bargams - •BY -.~oUR ."Clt£ifll.UI" D£ll.£1 • ~i,acj'uire ilho·u, ·our ~eP~al .and Renjal '"·· · PA n reha~e 'INTERNATIONAL" Model ''TD-14A" •Diesel • Tractor, · 56" Gauge, Serial No. TDF-2207 TIIN. Eq4ipped v.:ith . "Isaacson" Hydraulic Angledozer ,md f'lsaac;son" towing Winch. This tractor originally purchased new in 1948. Checked over In our shop .and newly painted - good condition. Price _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $7,500,00 ·P,~Ps . ' . ,, _. _ .:tt "CATERPILLAR" Model D-2 . Diesel Tractor;· SO~' ~ i:; · Gauge, Serial . No. 5J5836SP . . Eq11dP,ped .~itti "~a - ·. ? -:: Plant-Choa.te" Hydraulic Angledozer. .Tractor. ls · ':. now being ~verhauled in our shop will b~ In · ,:'!'~· , ~ood condition ~ - painted and GUARANTEEb: ,· ':·· Exceptional buy at this price. •. . • , Price' _____ - - - - - ~ - - $3;400:00 -' ·,. ani ' "• • •I : • =•• •• ; -- ·-::• . "INTERNATIONAL" Model "TD9" Diesel Tractor. 60" Gauge, Serial No, TDCD-268257CC. Equipped • with "~ucyrus Erie" Front End Hydraulic Bucket ·Loader. Tractor fn splendid condition having worked only ·two su~mers since !.>eing purchased in 1947, Its owner has kept it in good mech-,.. anical condition and it has been inspec-ted and 'lewly. painted in our shop. . . • Prlc• - -······............. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $7,500.0~ Y.. "CATERPILLAR" Model "06". Diesel Tractor, 60'; . :;auge, Serial No. 5R4987SP. Equipped with new· •,, "Caterpillar" · Hydraulic Angledozer. This . Tro.c to·r . · ; Is .four years old . and . has received a ~omplete . ·•:l:rebui ldin_~ job at-: a: c.ost , of $4,890.00 • for)?~~s .,·: and labour. Tod4y a new tractor .C?f.:.-this model · , .. :· as equipped above. would .- cost •·:approximately ; •i $11,860.00. New,ly painted: and' GUAij.>.NTEED-, for"' '· -~ 190 days. ... .. • .: .: ; :-" • ·:-.... ·, ~~-r/ 1 Price • • .:.. ...;.: -·$9,800~0.0 -; .: • • ~~ ' . 'INTERNATIONAL" Model "TD9" Diesel Tractor, . 60". Gauge, Serial TDCB-32436 T7BJ . . Equipped .vith Mydrau:ic Angledozer and •"Carco" Towing Winch. Tractor as equipped was purchased new In ; 1948. It- has .been inspected in• our shop a~d found to be in good running order. A new : machine as above would sell for approximately $10,500.00: today. . ••· , ·- · Price • • • • _ _ _ _ _ _ $6,500.00 .. ....: ~ I•• ., -:• ., •• • I : ·•. •.• . . ,~ :··-::1·· "ALLIS-CHALMERS" Model HD;.7 Diesel Tr~ctor,· ._ 1~'1 63" Gauge, 'Serial No. 14315. 'EQuip~~ •wltl;'I '"' "l;)rott'~ S.~i_ d Loader Model "60"_. Tt:iis _Tr.ac~9_r~~+ ·.,1.• Loade~ was o~igii:i_ally • P,Ur~h~~d 11ew. _I!'_ J"!IY,::~ ~!~;,;~· 1947 and 'has worked a total ·ot· eighteen ·montht ·.- ~' prior t~ overhaul - Hour Meter reading -'J ,230 ... • ~ • hours. NeVflY_ paint~. The 'price. -thi~:~1nit -;,,;'.- r·new today -is approximately $14,000.()0.-~-·• ·, • •• "· • ~...~ ., 'i,; of Price . ::,- • _.. _ .. . • , '~-- • ~~~{;~- • : • : • • ~ - "CATERPILLAR" Model "D-6" Diesel · 1ractor, 50" Gauge, Serial No. 5R1684SP. Equipped with ·•t:a • Plant-Choate" • Hydraulic , Angledozer and ''Hyster" Towing .Winch. This Trc1ctor has been :ompletely • re-built at a cost of approximately ,J. $2.800.00 for labour and new part~. Price of a . < Tractor .of this model as equipped above :today Nould be approximately $13,675.00. -·If winch is not required deduct $800.00. Tractor will be :iUARANTEED. ,· . Price - - - - - - - - - - - - $7,500.00 "CATERPILL~R'f Model "D-4" Diesel Tra~tor, 60" Gauge, Serial No. 3T-6278W. This tractor is • now being reconditioned in our . shop and wil! :>e in good mechanical condition ~ painted • and ~ :;UARANTEED. _ New tractor. · of this. model wpuld sell for app~oximately $5,980.00 ' ,today. . . Price • • • ~4,200.00 _ "I , ' Write· for ColDJ)lete' -. _·. ·=: __ • ( --~(· --: r " ; ;•; • .;: . • ~ \. . ·-"~ ~ -~ ~-:::·'~ ._:: \ ,; ·_ t / ' ;:::-"'; •• •• ::•.• ~--7~::l'.~~~~:i~(1t "ALLIS-CHALMERS,;. ' Model "HD,-10" Di.:..ef' -~:\ '-;. : ,Tractor,· 7~~ ~~u_g_e,,,'_Seri_al N~. • i'3.t$2.: ~qi.Jipp;d -~ ./ ~ with. '~Bak~r:''. . Hydraulic ~gledozer. an.d a •~c~r-:.- ;_:,~:, • :o'~ Towing ·winch. ·A new .Tractor of:~,h.t~ ~odel.,'~1 ..: ..: .vould cost,· approximately $1 ~,so.0.9~-;.·i• tod~y·, - 't " ·i Originally purchased new· in 1947~ it has· wo~~:· B(?s>roxlm~t~ly :~e!~e,. m,011ths. . T~~ •!iC?Ur_ tfi~!~r.:nii_ reading_ is. 1,,2,3.0ji ho1,.1rs. Pre~ntly g~!ng~JbrRYQh.:;1;~ .. o~r shoi> _tryi,s" Ti-~cto,r wi II be •in goo~f:ioncli~i~·~.;'":f~ 1 If. winch$900.QO.. . •is"not• rei:iuired . deduct .. . . ·•: i J .~- 'S~ ,cI..:.::; •, Price ..........;,. _ , • $8,0_!0.0~;· ~f'{y: f •• :/ ·' • r: .~: :i ✓-~. t ,, \:, POWELL EQUlPlENT- Li~•-~gJ :,! )f.~Sed· ~lld. B ~e built~ltia.j_~i":~~Y: •'• "CATERPILLAR'~ -M~del,. ".D~" . Diesel·. 'Tractor, 56" • G~,YJ;Je,, _,:serial _2.H6325SP. • Eq':'ipp~d. ~ith ._ ~;~alderso,:a" Hydr<!ulic Angledozer. • Tr~or • }111s.,'. •'} recently. been .-9~rhauled in pur sh~P- a!"d, !"8W/ ~!- 1; · • parts totall_inQ :-appr~!111ately $2, 1oo.po. ,. inst~II~~-: ., ' . • Both Tract.or .and BJdldozor are in r"A:-l" CQndj~ / r< . tion • .and_- -a.:re ~n e~~&lle~t buy' for . a . -~11 ,{ I~~-- . ~ • .,.._ ... . . . ... _, •:,• . ,. .. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Log Book - Timber Operators' Association Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1953MayJuneLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - May June 1953 Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Log Book, published by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association. May June 1953. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/ce10adf49ae3412e66765b5ffc38e829.pdf 8571e406161ff094311e607ac278cf56 PDF Text Text RETURN . T o LIBRARY vision Canada Ltd. Ontario ~· D: )~ Mr~ G» R. Sonley Public Utilities Building~ Marathon Papol" Mills PORT ARTmm, Ont1 or Can~. ~i d -! ii ;c, ~2 12 0.., ~e ~= (W) �LOG BOOK PAGE 2 Introducing: LOW COST DIESEL UNITS INDUSTRI and ·MARIN PERKINS DUTY FREE BRITISH -MARINE-· DIESEL "ENGi. • SAVE . , .. 'l., :, •,;:!";.· .. ATTENTION TRUCK OWNER AS MUCH AS A NEW DIESEL ENGINE CAN BE INSTALLED IN YO 1 TRUCK AT LOW COST - CUTTING YOUR F CONSUMPTION IN HALF. EXAMPLE A LOCAL TRUCKER OPERATING TRUCKS, ONE GAS, ONE DIESEL AND MAKING T TRIPS A DAY EACH TO NIPIGON AND BACK USE • GAS TRl)CK DIESEL TRUCK - MODEL S6M WITH 2.1 REDUCTION ON DISPLAY PER TRIP $6.40 PER TRIP $2.40 - SAVING IN FUEL AT OUR PLANT . . . . . TOTAL $19 TOTAL $7 . . . $1 • Advantages: No Gas-Fire Risk . . . Low-Priced Volatile Fuel Cruising Range . . . Light Weight Instant Cold No Electrical Ignition . . . Low Running Cost mum Reliability . . . Minimum Space. RAPID PARTS SERVICE PHONE, WRITE OR WIRE FOR FULL INFORMATI.ON; OR VISIT TWIN CITY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPME LOGGING - . • INDUSTRIAL - CONSTRUCTION - OFFICES AND SHOPS - 915 MEMORIAi! AVE. MUNICIPAL and MINING E PORT �PAGE 3 LOG BOOK DER BAY TIIBER OPERATORS mclATION FORESTERS ATTENTION ! NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO SECTION, C.I.F. ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD APRIL 14th, 1953 OFFICERS: :OST UNITS fRIA ~RIN . STYFFE ................. .... ..... ........ .......................................................... ......... President Notices have been issued to all members of the Northwestern Ontario Section, Canadian Institute of EXECUTIVE: Forestry, that the Annual Meeting will be held April J. H. GODDEN M. COCHRAN ~ 14th, 1953. in Port Arthur, Ontario. ;.;iii----t11-"llllll!j~w,.---+~~T ,\'OOQ 'P'ft?f~ -~=--, The Program Committee is under the Chairmansecretary-MR £ T UcR5 N ship of Mr. Norm Kissick and an interesting program is being lined up. In addition to the business part of Nf a xr,Am-..--. the meeting it is planned to allow time for members to renew old acquaintances and to take part in informal Edited lty "bull-sessions." T. 5 AUDEN ............................................ ........................... ........................ Vice-President ARY ---1---r,-:--n:::-=-=~~.--i--~..-i""i~11 td. FORESTERS REMEMBER THE DATE, APRIL 14th, 1953 ur, yeM there were many fears expressed about ips we were likely to encounter as a result production plans of most of the operanies. From this corner it was predicted that d be "Plenty to do in '52" in spite of the ber cuts. large everyone has come through the_ year much difficulty and most of the available actively employed in some phase of timber the numbers employed were considerably ar - about half, we understand - there t made to bring in outside woods labour It that the local supply of labour was no ough to do the work offered. I we see in '53? It is not generally good with your chin. However, I am prepared 1953 will be as near a normal year as g industry can expect. By the last half woods inventories should be sufficiently point where Companies will be required about their supply for 1954. There is lieve or assume that the general level be any worse than it has been during ths. As a matter of fact, the degree of , and the trend of business levels gensound year ahead. Demand for news lps, and most other pulps should be t and high level. Lumber demand will sk. is in no way the prediction of boom xperienced in 1948, 1950, and 1951, riod is defenitely over) but rather a we might call, for want of a better H. H. "Bert" Styffe. new maps are now available from nds and Forests, Parliament Buildscale of 8 miles to the inch cov .. Thunder Bay. ' No. 31 M/SW - on a scale ot covering the area from Latitude Longitude 79 ° 20' to 80 ° 00' . E/NW. E. THE PLACE: PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO. Further notices will come direct to you from your C.1.F. Secretary, Mr. H. 0. Kantola. FOREST F•RE COLOURED TALKIE FILM PRODUCED A fifteen-minute coloured talkie film ( 16 mm.) entitled "Fighting Forest Fires in Northwestern Ontario" has been produced by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association in co-operation with the Department of Lands and Forests Geraldton District. The purpose of this film is to give woods workers and others who might be called on to fight a fire a picture and a description of how to fight a forest fire. This picture was made to be shown in fifteen minutes so it can be a part of the regular movie show throughout the summe,. season. This film is not designed to replace training with forest fire fighting equipment but should supplement training. By showing in the camps on the regular movie schedule operators will ensure that men who have been hired since the last movie showing (labour turnover) will see the picture and, by repeatedly showing to employees how to fight a forest fire, the men will have the sequence and principles of forest fire fighting constantly before them. Repetitive showing will pay dividends. Actors in the film are employees of the Department of Lands and Forests Geraldton District. The Technical Director was Mr. G. D. MacAdam, Forest Fire Specialist of the Department of Lands and Forests Geraldton District. The film was produced under the di rectio~ of the Forest Protection Committee of the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association and Mr. Ken Campbel I of the Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited w~s the photographer and producer. Prints of this film are being sold to member companies in Northwestern Ontario, to the Department of Lands and Forests and are avai_lable to any interested organization or company. QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Our highest mountain is in what province or territory? Is Hudson Bay fre5h or salt water? What manufacturing industry leads all others in number of employees and total salaries and wages paid? In what year did we harvest our greatest wheat crop? Ship-to-shore radio telephone was first introduced where and when? (Answers on Page 23) �LOG BOOK Cutting Praetiees By G. W. Cameron The statement has been made before and wi 11 no doubt be repeated many times in the future, that good cutting practices are a major part of forestry. It will be generally realized that the term "cuting practices" encompasses several very broad subjects dealing with the harvesting of the forests. However, in this article we shall endeavor to look at cutting practices in relation to the cutter and his everyday job, and point out how he may, by sticking to a few simple rules, do his part in creating good as opposed to bad, cutting practice. The term itself is a very old one but it is bne which from year to year takes on new and varied meaning. For instance in our own country during the seige of the Ottawa Valley for pine timber, the term no doubt existed, but in those days the emphasis would be on size and quality of timber. Today when we have a little more knowledge of the potentialities and also the limitations of o u r forest, the emphasis i s on complete practical utilization of our forests and modernization of the cutting steps in line with advances taken in industry. The following observations are common knowledge to all woods personnel who endeavor to impress upon the cutters the advantages of adhering whenever possible to these rules. In the carrying out of these regulations there are benefits to all concerned; the cutter the company and of course the owners of the woodlands, the Canadian public. There are possibly seven main rules which all con-trol men try to teach and like all rules which have evolved from years of observation and practice, they have a sound basis. It might be wise to herewith list some of these rules followed by a short explanation as to why they are sound. 1. Stump Heights All trees must be cut as near ground level as possible and not more than f o u r inches above the commencement of root swel I. • The reasons for this regulation are fairly obvious. The largest diameter of the tree is naturally at the base and consequently considerable wood volume is left on the ground in the form of high stumps, wherever this bad practice is tolerated. As for the cutter, the back stretch entailed in cut-ing low stumps pays big dividends in his pocket book for it is those butt logs which make the pile grow. 2. Top Diameters A statement which control men get ti red of repeating and no doubt cutters get tired of hearing is "Watch those tops". In striving for complete practical utilization of the tree, no tops over four inches in diameter must be left in the slash. 3. Limbing All limbs and stubs must be cut off flush with the bolt. This is a tedious and time-consuming job for the cutter, particularly in open grown stands. However it is only right that if a cutter is being paid for a cord pile of wood he should produce a full measure and not a pile which is loose due to a filler of stubs and branches. In addition these stubs create complications in the mill which require additional expenditure to rectify. 4. Piling Piles should be tight, neat, wel I braced a of the ground on skids. All timbers used in struction of pile bottoms and braces should sticks or from unmerchantable species. The main advantage resulting from a pile becomes apparent during the haul. 5. Proper Length The pulpwood sticks should be cut as cl specified length as is possible. This may done by making use of a measuring stick frame of known length. Improper length is usually the result ness and is a constant source of trouble. F extra long sticks may get hung up and cau the loading . The extra wood in such stic waste if the bolts are slashed at the mill. are too short it means additional work fo for it requires more pieces of short wo cord. 6. Saving Small Trees We all know by now that a forest m care and attention if it is to continue ever-needed pulpwood used by the indust cut over an area we must take steps to abundance of seedlings are present whi a forest crop in perpetuity. Fortunately, nature usually provide crop to replace the old. However, the in this forest perpetuation by avoiding t struction of seedlings growing in the ar is working. 7. Safety First Needless to say, we cannot practi unless we also practice safety on the j Most accidents result from poor lessness. If a cutter is always on the that his tools are in good condition, accidents can be cut to a minimum. The cutter who fol lows the gene above not only greatly benefits hims a large part towards -guaranteeing t, business continues as one of Canada industries. Largely as a result of the advan ern science, the pulp and paper indu throughout the world is reaching a must prove th~t as a raw material, ior to any substitute which may b only must it be superior in quality to compete with any substitute on in other words, it must be cheap. is largely a concern of the men t is addressed, that is, the woods P There m u st be a continu source of this raw product in the in the individual tree must be cut must be taken so that all specie the wood must be harvested in omical manner. One of a series the Canadian Northwestern �LOG BOOK PAGE 5 '1he Bkp;&U (!),,,._Ma,,, MtuuNf M~ Ult, 1k 'klood4 '1oJa, . • • ·esult of >le. For 1d cause 1 sticks 1 ni 11. It Cuts 2 Super Pioneer • • • • If >rk for t wood t MORE FASTER EASIBR Weighs Only 25 lbs. Without Cutting Attachments. Balanced Design - For Easy Handling and Carrying. Provides Power Enough for the Toughest Cutting Jobs. Takes up to a 36 Inch Cutter Bar. New Enginee·r_ing Excellence e Kick Proof Starter e Reinforced Piston e Dependable Improved Carburetion e Positive Swivelling e Stronger Clutch find the same dependability in the 52 PIONEER that has been associated with L. name over the years. You can be aslonger, more reliable service. It's this COMPLETE DEPENDABILITY that has I. E. L. name its well-founded and· fam1 0 -man operation with the same year-round endury the '52 SUPER TWIN . . . TWIN CYLINDERS 00TH AS "A SIX". Weighs less than 55 lbs. ease. The lightest twin cyl- Sold and Serviced by: ITY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENl LTD. PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �PAGE 6 LOG BOOK MARCH -APR! The Forest Tent Caterpillar in North-western Ont W . L. SI PPELL Forest Insect Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. In rece11t years, many of the forests of Ontario have been plagued by incalculable numbers of caterpi Ila rs which have denuded thousands of square miles of broad-leaved stands. This insect which has become so infamous with the general public, and particularly with persons in the woods during the spring and early summar, is commonly referred to as the forest tent caterpillar, and more technically as Malacosoma disstria Hbn. nesota. By l 952, the infestation had increased the area shown on the accompanying map. Me heavy infestations occurred as far west as easte itoba and east to Lake Nipigon. The area of in shown in Minnesota is based on information from the . Office of the State Entomologist, Minnesota. In 1952, the infestation in areas si nee 1949 was somewhat less severe. Records of its occurrence in extreme numbers date back to at least l 843, and si nee that ti me, outbreaks have occurred periodically at roughly l O to 14 year intervals in parts of northern Ontario. Data on previous outbreaks ar~ meagre and it is therefore difficult to compare the extent of present and past outbreaks. However, trembling aspen, the main host tree of the forest tent caterpillar, has become more abundant in recent years and it is reasonable to assume that the present outbreak is orie of the largest of its kind on record. In 1952, :m area of approximately 100,000 square miles in OntMio was affected by medium to heavy infestation. The forPcasts of infestation rati"ngs for J based on a survey of the average number of eg per tree at various points throughout the regi points and the appropriate ratings appear on t panyi ng map. The most pronounced increases western Ontario are expected in the vicinit Nipigon and between this lake and the new 1 in the eastern part of the Geraldton Dist cluster counts taken southwest of Lake Nipi fal I of 1952 were as high as 450 per tree average of 175 eggs per cluster, an estimat caterpi Ila rs per tree can be made for the sprr On the other hand, further reductions in of caterpillars are forecast in areas infested especially in the vicinity of Ignace in the trict and in Qtietico Park in the Fort Fran Twn factors minimize the damage caused by forest tent caterpillars; firstly, completely denuded trees refoliate by mid-summer, and secondly, most host trees can withstand three or four consecutive years of attack (twig killin9 or even top killing occurs but only a very small percentage of trees die as a direct result of insect attack). It is th~ general purpose of this paper to briefly review the history of the present outbreak in northwestern Ontario, t,o forecast generally infestation intensities in 1953, and finally, to point out the factors wh ;ch will be responsible for its eventual termination . History of the Present Outbreak in Northwestern Ontario As early as 1948, collections of the forest tent caterpillar were made at widely-scattered points in northwestern Ontario. However, damage was limited to only partial defoHation of trembling aspen trees. In 1949, the m:mbers of caterpillars increased to such a degree in the vicinities of Dryden and Sioux Lookout and north of Lac Seul that numerous trees were completely stripped. In 1950, this infestation increased considerably in size and a series of small localized infestation~ occurred north of the international boundary between Rairiv Lake and Lake Superior. In 1951, these infestations IT'erged and extended to the south and east to include the entire eastern half of the Fort Frances and Kenora forest districts, the southern portion of the Sioux . Lookout District south and east of Lac Seu I, and more than 3,000 square miles of the Port Arthur District. This tremendous infestation joined an infestation of somewhat parallel development in the State of Min- s Forecast for 1953 Biological Control of the Forest Tent Caterpillar The tl,ree main agents of biologi parasites, cliseases and predators. The e parasite~ and disease organisms on the fo pillar is be!ng studied at the Forest In Sault Ste. Marie. Where infestations ha a number of years, parasties have been t for the death of a large proportion of their cocoon stage. In 1952, more than the caterpillars were prevented from re or egg-layirig stage by these parasites the Province. It is unfortunate, howe three years are required for parasites sufficient numbers to effect a high le some areas . a polyhedral virus disea disease (Empusa sp.) have reduced the pi Ila rs to a low level. Insect predators is probably one of the more import degrees of caterp;llar mortality; wh mammals must also be included as e tent caterpi Ilar. Control of this insect in sma dwellings by thC? use of chem1~al ible; however, large-scale chem!cal presently impractical. Information use of chemical sprays may be enquiries t0 the Forest Biology district officPs of the Department Recent studies have shown factors c.::iuse sharp declines in lars in areas where the infe 5t three or fo11r years. A decline_ in parts of nrirthwestern Ontard outbreak should be terminate ----o---"'1 �H - APRIL 1953 LOG BOOK HWESTERN ONTARIO COMMITTEE ON RDI NA TED RESEARCH MEETING A meeting of the local members of this committee eld on FEbruary 25, 1953, to review the general research program for the area. areful consideration and discussion led to the ncreased t ng Statement of Aims : map. Me 0 encourage co-ordination of effort and foster r as easte cition in Northwestern Ontario forest research 1rea of inf review general research needs in the area." )rmation r e aims of the committee will be implemented by 1ologist, St owing methods: in areas i By the establishment of a clearing house in the a technical library for the collection and dison of information relevant to existing and district research . v the collection and summarization annually, quent circulation, information from al I agencies to completed, active and proposed research ncreases vicinity :,e new i :on Dist ke Nipi >er tree. ?stimate he sprin 1S in t 1fested n the • Franc i meetings between agencies projects or studies for dis- PAGE 7 cussion ar'd standardization purposes. It may be stated that positive progress has been made under sections l, 2 and 3 through: (a) Arrangements which have been made to secure the services of a librarian. (b) The summarization of research projects undertaken locally in 1952 and those proposed for 1953 for subsequent distribution. (c) Arrangements which have been made for a l Oday course on the classification of sites to be given by Mr. Angus Hills in late May or early June. It is hoped that this move will provide a common base for the comparison of results accruing from research projects. COST OF VACATIONS WITH PAY BOOKS INCREASED Due to the increased cost of administration, printing, etc., the Ontario Industry and Labour Board has found it necessary to increase the cost of the vacationwith-pay stamp books from 25c to 35c to partially cover the total expenditure of the vacation-with-pay stamp credit system. (>' l GEAALDTON(©. (D (9 @ FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR OUTBREAK IN 1952 �PAGE 8 LOG BOOK Jack Ladder Haul-Up By C. J. Carter Water transportation of pulpwood from the cutting operations to the Mill still remains the cheapest and most economical of all methods. In order to take full advantage of the economy, manufacturers must avail themselves of a flexible and sturdy haul-up or jackladder system. At the present time most companies have developed jackladders for this purpose which are more or less self operative. It must be realized that certain modifications a re necessary depending upon such factors as pond size and location, quantity and size of wood to be handled, time of year operation, etc. bue generally speaking the basic principles of operation are the same. Regardless of whether the logs come up sidewise or on end, whether fed to an indoor or outdoor slasher, with or without a hot pond, or whether selective sorting occurs out of the water it is felt a typical haul-up description w i I I furnish the reader with an idea of the problems encountered. For this reason the jackladder of The Great Lakes Paper Co. Ltd. operations at Fort William, Ontario will be outlined briefly. This unit consists of a floating wooden approach flume coupled with an all metal welded box structure supported on pi le groups to which ci rculators are attached to draw the water with its load of wood to the moving chains. The original structure was manually fed and hence certain adjustments had to be carried out. A retaining wall running back and up from the river surface approximately l 00 feet horizontally and 12 to 15 feet vertically on an angle of about 18 ° to allow railway tracks and a truck road to pass over the conveyor had been bui It some years previously and this had to be raised 42 inches at the river end with a gradual recession to its original line at a point just north of the f'xisting roadway. In ord~r to accomplish this change pMts of the retaining wall had to be strengthened with uprights and spreaders, road deck raised, and in a couple of instances spreaders elevated so that the entire conveyor trough could be jacked up on the stringers along its entire length and posts added to maintain this new position. Simultaneously, with this work a contractor was brought in to drive the piling to hold the metal box, flume and booms. For the metal box portion, individual piles in triangular groups of three were placed at predetermined positions and fastened together by waling in line and in groups top and bottom. At the same ti me the pi le clusters for the flume were driven, pulled together and wrapped with cable. Once the piling was finished the metal brought over from Port Arthur. This box was ated from plate and angle iron with suitable Sti and reinforcements at the required stations a ·tained provisions for chain guides, walkways housing attachments, etc. Without any of equipment, the box weighed upwards of 28 t since the Diesel crane with outriggers was not of lifting this load with the flat boom that required to place it into the water, the dee, reached to float it over. Bulkheads were plac the circular openings and at the open end, cau the unit placed in the water. Then on a cal ing it was lashed to the side of a Company brought over in a little over two hours. iculty was experienced with a leaking bul with the service of a small gas pump it fin without mishap. Next, the supporting beams were I position so that the box could be floated and beams attached securely to it. At the the ends of the beams were secured to t resting on the ra i Is on top of the pi Ii ng threaded rods and boom chain. At this erable work had to be done on the middl Such work included fastening chain guid the entire box length, adding extra side putting in tail sprockets and bearings. with this wc1s the work on the circulato gates to prevent short-ci rcu iti ng of the itioning and lining up of the circulators, on sheaves and motor support fabricatio circulator housings were slipped into pl of the box, the buffer plates fasten and a new log-lugger chain threaded structure. Now the box could be I correct position with regards to the wa Before the box was lowered the flume, which was of heavy creosoted tion comprising bulkheads, side boo ing, walkways and completely cribbed floor that varied in depth from the stricted discharge position, was tow Northern Wood Preservers plant at plates were fastened to the small and an air-water filled hose added t t (Continued on the Following Whatever You Plan To Paint ROOM - BUILDING - or just a chair BOAT - MACHINERY ■ ■ ■ • Let MARSHALL-WELLS you a better Paint Job ! THERE'S A SPECIAL MARSHALL-WELLS FIM FOR EVERY PAINT NEED. For Full Particulars Write, Wire or MARSHALL-WELLS �LOG BOOK netal as not that w e decis placed :i, caul a cal npany s. So bulk • finall it joined the box. After the box was lowered, the flume was pulled against it, ballast added to sink the flume to the r depth and both box and flume secured in pos-• y a series of turnbuckles. Finally the transition n the old jack-ladder was completed and once were positioned, the structure was ready for op- r operating, wood is allowed to drop into the rea feeding the wooden flume mouth. Here a ecially constructed pond boat crowds the wood flume by a combination of pushing and manipof a tail boom. At this point the circulators re in reality large propellers, draw the water mouth of the flume into the metal box and hrough the slotted holes in the chain guides arge it downstream in the current direction. circulators are in operation, the water velocd is of sufficient intensity to draw the wood ox with it where the dogs on the chain catch the wood away to the next stage of processoperator is able to control the amount of g taken up the jackladder by controlling the . Also, since the wooden flume floats on the tomatically adjusts itself to changing water resulting from winds, etc. s only a very brief outline of one particular haul-up but it is hoped that this has been t scope to enable the reader to visualize the alize the problems encountered, and see t part this one particular phase plays rn manufacturing picture. (One of a series of articles by members of the Mid-Western Branch, Technical Section, C.P.P.A.) PAGE 9 ~TEELCRAFT BOATS WITH A PURPOSE No. 1-FISHERIES RESEARCH VESSEL For investigations on Lake Winnipeg, the Steelcraft vessel "Cottus" was designed and built for operation under rigorous weather conditions and for close shore work, far from her home port. She is 45' with 13' beam and 50" draft. Power is a 105 hp Cummins diesel. PICTURE: MOUTH OF WOODEN FLUME. BOOKLET ication and Evaluation of Site for Forect and title of a new booklet released epartment of Lands and Forests. The Hills, of the Research Division at t!on is required in forestry by the nistrator and the practioner. Without ent is truly at a loss. It provides the th~ essential means for describing Ory in which he conducts his experthe forest administrator with a satisr measuring the potentialities of his rest crops. ~ou~ the world have long been int1ca!1on. Many different approaches ~his problem. In some cases the ave been evaluated. In others, of the environment, such as ceous plants, have been rated. esents a workable system of site arch Division, Ontario Departst s for a copy of the report. No. 2-HICKEY LOGGING BOAT To work around booms of logs lying in the shallow waters around Manitoulin Island, is the main task of this Steelcraft. Its length is 18' and draft only 15". It can ferry about 10 men ... jump boom sticks ... and is a most versatile piece of equipment for logging work. LEADERS IN BUILDING RUGGED STEEL BOATS �PAGE 10 LOG BOOK When thou buildest a new house: then t~ou shalt make a battlement for thy roof that thou bring not blood upon thy house ff any man fall from thence. Deuteronomy, Chapter 22, V. 8. Safety is no new thing. The first recorded accident prevention regulation quoted from the Bible - is still logical to-day as it was in the near east over two thousand years ago when people had flat roofs serving as an outdoor room. The curious will notice too, that the admonition •places responsibility on the same shoulders as it does today - on those of the own,er or in our word·s "The management." LUMBERMEN'S SAFETY ASSOCIATION HOLD OPERATORS AND CAMP MEETINGS IN THE HEARST AREA ~ The Class I operators in the Hearst area gathered together in February at a meeting sponsored by the Lumbermen's Safety Association. The Chairman of the meeting was Mr. K. Moland of the Newaygo Timber Company anrl the meeting was attended by approximately fifty representatives of operators in the Hearst A.C.R. area. Mr. G R. Potts, Inspector, Lumbermen's Safety Association Northwestern District, Mr. C. McDonald, Inspector, Northern District and Mr. D. C. George, Inspector, North Bay District, addressed the meeting on Lumbermen's Safety Association business. Dr Sadovsky made some remarks on his experiences as a medical doctor administering to Workmen's Compensation patients and Mr. Frank Denison, district representative of the Workmen's Compensation Board, dealt with some aspects of the Workmen's Compensation Act. Mr. T S. Jones, Serretary-Manager, Thunder Bay Timber Ope'"ators' Association, was guest speaker of the evening. Mr. Jones dealt with an address given by Mr. E E. Soarrow, Chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board of Ontario at a joint meeting held a few days prior ir Port Arthur, and also outlined the responsibility of safety work from supervisors to the woods employee. He urged all to take advantage of the visit of the Lumbermen's Safety Association Inspector in this area and to co-operate with him and after his visit to carry out t'1e safety work discussed. The nPxt fifteen days after the meeting Mr. D. C. George ancl Mr. G. R. Potts visited depots and camps in the arei=I. Motion pictures on safety practices and the administering of first aid in the woods were shown. Over 1200 workmen attended these meetings and the cooperation on all levels was very gratifying to the Lumbermen's Safety Association Inspectors. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT RATES SET FOR 1~53 The following table shows the adjusted rate for i 952 and the provisional rate for 1953. Group Adjusted Rate Provisional Rate 1952 1953 .010 3.75 5.00 011 3.75 4.00 013 2.50 3.00 02() .60 .80 022 2.50 3.00 JOINT SAFETY MEETING HELD OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO OPERATORS The L11mbermen's Safety Association, Northw District ~nd the Northwestern Ontario (Woods) B Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association a joint rneeting with the Lumbermen's Safety tion acting as host for the day. The sessions were conducted in four separa as follows: A -The Joint morning session, B - Separate business sessions by C - Joint afternoon session, and D - Joint dinner meeting. Mr. John Currie, Chairman of the Nort Ontario (Woods) Branch, O.P. & P.M.S.A., Chairman fnr the joint business sessions and Styffe 1 Chairman of the Northwestern Ontario of the L.umbermen's Safety .Association, acted man for the dinner meeting. The following officers of the Association were in attendance: Mr W. McNutt, President. Mr. H. S. Mosher, Vice President. Dr. W S. Barnhart, Secretary-Manager. In ar:ldition Mr. Roy Potts and Mr. D. Inspectors of the Lumbe-rmen's Safety Assoc present. Mr. D. B. Chant, Secretary-Engineer of Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association re officers, ancl special guests included Mr. E Chairman, Workmen's Compensation Boar Denison, Northwestern Ontario represent Workmen's Compensation Board and Mr. Ontario Oepartment of Labour. Details of this meeting have concernerl. The highlight of the meeting wa~ Mr. E. E. Sparrow, Chairman, Workmen s Board. 11'1 his address, Mr. Sparrow ann crease in compensation rates for woods made some pertinent remarks about the of the two woods safety associations. H~ remarks about the place of trade associa sidering financing accident costs. Mr. Sparrow's address was given to companies in Northwestern Ontario. NEW OFFICERS ELECTED BY SAFETY ASSOCIATIONS At the busi.,ess session of Class I Mr. P. V. LeMay• was elected honora K. G. Eol I was elected Chairman ant was elected Secretary of the Branch 54. A In the Lumbermen's Safety session, the following Northwestern was elec.tPd: J. Styffe-Chairman H. Mutch R. I. Young �~ TORS CONSCIOUSNESS Jqhn Styffe, Chairman Accident Prevention Committee, Class 1 tion, Northw r. John Styffe presented some very interesting ) (Woods) B 5 on 220 accidents reported by five member , Association nies giving the type of accident, the type of i's Safety A entailed, piece work or hourly, the racial extractd or new employees, repeaters, cost of individual nd the causes of accidents by types. Mr. Styffe a suggestion that top managements take an ime inventory of this problem of accident frequenducing frequency can be achieved through the of safety consciousness starting with top mant who must be sold first and work down the line amp level . . Styffe referred to an article written by Mr. the North gestad which reported that the same problem 1 .M.S.A., n woods operations in Norway and that in the ions and n Forestry Trade Schools part of the curricrn Ontario devoted to the teaching of safe practices. Mr. )n, acted inted out what appeared to be the main causes nts: 1. Bad use of an axe; 2. Bad lifting; footing. Our accident frequency rates would d sharply if we could overcome the problems with these items. accidents reviewed in the 220 cases were: - Body . . . 28 - Arms and Legs . 9 - Arms and Legs 6 - Others l ns - Body 18 74 s - Arms and Legs Body . . . 33 ,eer of t Arms and Legs 43 ·ion repr . . . . Mr. E. and Frost-bite 2 , Board; l resentati 2 d Mr. J Total 220 -----0---- io. PAGE 11 LOG BOOK ARCH - APRIL DRIVE ACCIDENTMEASURES NOW ! Pulp & Paper Safety Association Inc. following report to their members Let amine our experiences . . past five years no less than 62 men JV~s during the drive on logging opervince of Quebec. on it is suggested that all companies fety meeting for their drive foremen starts and discuss the hazards which d and methods to be used to eliminvide a basis for discussion you will f the fatal accidents which occurred cfuring the past five years. Ced _that a large proportion of these attributed to one of the following a life-preserver when working on In this connection ompany reports that the lives of .~ed owing the the fact that they 1 eguard" preservers. to obey an order. carelessness by the men probably pervision or control on the part r rough water. 4. Foremen failing to warn their men of the dangers involved in a particular job and what they should do in a case of emergency. 5. Smoking in a gasoline-driven boat. Some years ago nine men were drowned in one accident due to the boat catching fire as a result of a match being thrown in the bilge water. Each stream and river has its own particular problems or danger spots and it is the duty of the foremen to think of a solution and to place reliable men with full instructions at these point's. For example: One Company, on whose operations there is a very dangerous rapids, proposes to rope any man who has to work on a jam at the head of this rapid and will have several men on store who can pull him to safety in case of emergency. Summary of Fatal Drive Accidents 1947 - 52 No. of Accidents CAUSE 31 Boats Upsetting 7 Canoes Upsetting . . 6 Men falling from boats Rollways collapsing and throwing men into water . . 3 Workmen fell into deep water from boom 3 ,Workmen fell into deep water from shore 3 Failure to obey an order to come ashore 2 Log jam suddenly giving away 2 Gasoline boat catching fire . . . l Fell from foot-bridge tilted by log jam . . . l Slipped from sluiceway, loosening drop in dam . l Breaking out rollway, log rolled over workman . l Hit by branch broken by wind l 62 West Gate Packers Limited • NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO'S ONLY INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED MEAT PACKING PLANT • COMPLETE FACILITIES FOR SUPPL YING ALL TIMBER CAMPS • <J1£'f "'Jt/ed Qaie" !J_,,_Q;HJ, o.n 'ftUl,IJ, 11,e«i o,uk,11, . 185 South Court Street, Port Arthur, Ontario Phone 5-6546 �LOG BOOK BE.ST IN 45 YEA . 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As the Department of Lands and Forests has completed its photographic coverage of most of the Province, these essential base maps are now available and curtai I the flying hours, used in the forest cover examination, to a minimum graphy on the other hand wi 11 not for some ti least provide the color, the various intensities 0 are so necessary in species, age class and quali ification. • One of the main attributes of aerial tim ping lies in the time element involved which the cost of the operation to but a fraction of of other methods of reconnaisance. Much of this work of late years has su first phase of t h e preparation o f Manage Operating Plans and in conjunction with grou ories. The former contributing a qualitative the latter a quantitative analysis. With a aerial type map, strips can readily be confi represented types for ground sampling and field work can be curtailed to a minimum provide the basis for an accurate inventory. With lakes, rivers, roads or other topographic detai I accurately located, forest types can be delimited and accurately tied in to these features, which assist materially in the value of the results obtained. From a11 elevation of from 3000 to 4000 feet, the area is flown and the forest types located in detail and classified oi, the prepared base map. Sawlog material is separated by species from pulpwood; mature timber from advance potential approaching merchantability, or second growth and immature stands are delimited and tagged w i th a l 0 - 15 year a g e spread by species. Waste aeras are also accurately located and classified. Type maps are completed to any desired scale, with 20 chains to tre inch; or 4 inches to the mile, constituting the scale most frequently used. On completion of the project, a Iinen tracing is submitted to serve as a permanent record; a negative or vandyke, a linen backed blue lined print, colored in oils and surfaced and a report on the area examined . The coloured map at a glance indicates the entire story of the timbered tract. Mature soft wood as sawtimber or pulpwooci is confined to one color. Mature mixed woods are represented by another color; second growth by a third with burns and productive non-operable forest land in c;till another; swamps, rock, water or nonproductive areas similarly indicated. At the scale of 20 chains to the inch; a six mile township (36 square miles) can be completed in from 4 to 5 hours flying at a cost of from $30.00 to $35.00 per hour. At 40 chains three hours are required and at a mile to an inch 2 hours are necessary to complete a similar area with hourly flying costs as above, exclusive of ferry to the scene of the operations. To complete a detailed type map of a l 000 square mile tract at 20 chains to the inch, the overall average costs should not exceed $8.4 per square mile. A 500 square mile tract at the same scale should be a trifle over half this amount; while a parcel of l 00 square miles might run as high as $15.00 per square mile. At smaller scales less flying hours result, fees are less and a general substantial reduction all across the board. In Ontario particularly with some 2400 hours spent over the past seven years in this type of aerial inventory, this method of analysis has become increasingly 'popular and its results should not be relegated to the rearguard in comparison with aerial photography and stereoscopic analysis. There is a distinct field for beth and each possesses advantages not supplied by the other. For instance, aerial sketching can never provide the dimension supplied by a stereoscope so important in road locations and other topographic detail. Photo- Type maps of 20 chains to the inch playing an increasing role with many of the log licensees and some few of the pulp con as control maps. The types have been c satisfactorily over the new base map detail ed and save considerable time in previous! effort, in the locating of various condition antability and the delimiting of contempl areas where types with areas of as low as recorded. s ~ , - - ~,,, Reduce costs! Increase safety! tr Many of Canada's largest 1imber op~rat?rs and increasing safety with Rogers MaJest1c ~ 0 A small investment in radio telephone eqUJf\ divi<lends in increased produc.tion. Built to whi • t e rugged treatment it has been test-provei:i 10 r. for reliability, efficiency, economy and s1mp ici write or phone ROGERS MAJESTIC ELECTRONICS LIMITED �PAGE 15 LOG BOOK CATIONS RECEIVED FROM LAKE STA TES T EXPERIMENT STATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT RlCULTURE FOREST SERVICE, IJL, MINNESOTA has Mana th gr rnlitat Vith econ g and nimu ntory. e inch of the I 1lp cone 1een ch detail eviousl 1ditions ~tempi wast II JOE BEAVER" By Ed Nofziger ·m ' 1 _ Logging Damage to Reproduction Under Swamp Black Spruce. _ Cubic Content of Sawlogs in Standing Trees. _ Power Saw Girdling Saves Time in Timber Stand Improvement. _ Ten Years' Pulpwood Production in the Lake States ( 1942-5 l). _ Frill Girdle Tests with 2, 4, 5-T in Lower Michigan. Note No. 386 "Results of Improvement Cutting in Second-Growth Northern Hardwoods in Upper Michigan." " No. 387 "Deer Damage to a Jack Pine Plantation in Michigan." " No. 388 "Some Effects of Spacing on Jack Pine Development After 25 Years." " No. 389 "Comparative Height Growth of Native Conifers in Northeastern Minnesota." ' No. 390 - "Volume in Tops and Limbs of Sawlog Trees." No. 27 "Reproduction on Cut-Over • Swamplands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan" by Z. A. Zasada. ~ \' ~ :J!Jf}J:.• .<',.. /~ ' ~~ - -~ ,, ------- ~'- ~ Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture --o---- "That laz:y brother of yours is eating us out of house and home!" Low Cost ALLIS-CHALMERS Model ''0'' ~IOTOR GRADER he only Motor Grader in its price range DRIVE ! which provides these exclusive features: HYDRA.ULIC CONTROLS ! ALLIS-CHALMERS ROLLAWAY MOLDBOARD ! ELECTRIC STARTING AND LIGHTS! Weight: 8500 lbs. 34.7 B.H.P. arge Heavy Duty I Jobs Gasoline Engine Vulcan Machinery & Equipment Ltd. SALES - SERVICE BRANCH 145 N. CUMBERLAND ST. PORT ARTHUR, ONT. TEL. 42-483 �PAGE · 16 LOG BOOK Forest Pathology In Ontario 4. Some Problems Related to Foliage Diseases Man's tendency to bring about a continual change in natural forest conditions has, in many instances, resulted ir"' an abnormal incidence of foliage diseases. Particularly thi~ is true of those leaf diseases caused by rust fungi which require two hosts in order to complete their life cycle. In a number of cases, a forest tree acts as one of the hosts and an agricultural crop plant as the other. Examples of this type of disease are white pine blister rust which parasitises white pine trees and currant or gooseberry bushes, and cedar-apple rust which parasitises red cedar and trees of the apple family. Conditions favourable to the development of rust diseases may arise when forested areas adjoin agricultural areas. Local epidemics frequently occur when susceptible tref' species are grown in the vicinity of susceptible field crops. Usually our native foliage diseases are able to kill only small trees. By the time the tree reaches the sapling or pole stage there is little probability of mortality from leaf diseases unless they are severe enough to cause defoliation for several successive years. Damage among older trees is a reduction in growth or increment resulting froM a reduction in the amount of living leaf surface. Introduced foliage diseases may do greater damage. Ori occasion foliage diseases have been introduced into Canada and the United States from other continents, especially from Europe, on nursery stock. Because our trees may lack all resistance to attack, some introduced diseases have proved to be very serious diseases of our nativ€ trees. On occasion these diseases have been able to exceed their ability to cause minor leaf injuries anci have produced stem cankers which girdled and killed trees in short order. In Canada and in the United States, forest practice now includes rather extensive programmes of tree breeding. The purpose of this work is to develop nevv strains of tre~s which are resistant to disease but possess a form anci growth rate equal or superior to our present trees. Tree breeders must consider always that a foliage disease which has been relatively unimportant on parent trees may become of tremendous importance on hybrid trees. The Septoria Canker of poplar is an excellent example 0f a native disease of minor importance on native poplars which became a destructive disease on . introduced poplars and on certain hybrid poplars which lacked resistance to attack. Some vears ago some Russian poplars and some hybrid poplars, apparently evolved through crosses between cottonwood and balsam poplar, were widely propagated <'nd distributed throughout eastern Canada and th~ prairie provinces. These trees were hardy, grew fast, and developed a good form under conditions usually difficult for- the successful cultivation of trees. Soon after establishment, however, it was discovered that these trees became seriously affected with a canker disease which did not resemble any of the known canker diseases of p()plar. After investigation it was shown that the fungus causing the disease occurred everywhere that poplar was grown in Canada and caused a leafspotting disease of minor importance on native poplars. On certain hvbrids and introduced poplars, in addition to causing leaf injury, the fungus spread back into stems to cause cankers which soon gird led and the trees. It was necessary to abandon the cultiva susceptible exotic species and hybrid strains. . It is evident that a real danger may be enco in introducing foreign trees and using untested developed in tree breeding. Experience has sh no tree br~eding programme can be successful the inclusion of a means for testing all new st~ susceptibility or resistance to disease. It is essen foresters favouring the use of exotic or hybri should insure that they have been pre-tested t for dise;:ise resistance. 1. - Leaf of black currant, heavily infected by the blister rust fungus. Spores produced in fruiting bodies in discoloured area on the underside of the leaf are able to infect and ca11sc blister rust disease on white pine. These spores cannot infect other currant or gooseberry bushes. Photo by J. F. Robinson. 3. - Leaf of balsam poplar showing extensive leaf-spotting. On native poplars injury by this disease usually is confined to the leaves. Photo by J. E. Bier. �1953 LOG BOOK PAGE 17 "All the first grade milk I can use-for as low as 55( a gallon!" 'tdeal for camps! There's no need to let the quality of milk be a cause of dissatisfaction in your camp. With Borden's TRUMILK, you can have really delicious, full-bodied milk all the time. TRUMILK is wh:ole milk in handy powder form. 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MacNAB & CO. LIMITED City Club Bldg., P.O. Box 785 St. John's, Nfld. �LOG BOOK PAGE 18 Coniing! Coniing! Coniin 1953 Fire Season Before looking into the coming attraction and going into the details of what you, you and you must do to prevent forest fires, and to keep those that do start down to a minimum acreage, it is best to review the past season. Let's Hett Last Year Seo The Province of Ontario on land protected under the Forest Fires Prevention Act there were 1095 fires which burnt 12,382 acres. In our area there were 412 fires which burnt 5,416 acres and, out of these 412 fires, 9 (or 2½%) burnt 650 acres or 12%. Study Page 19, last years statistics and Page 20 for the causes of last year's logging fires. THE ·LAKEHEAD'S MOST COMPLETE WELDING SUPPLY STOCK We Represent the Two Leaders in the Welding Indus Lincoln Electric Co. Ltd. GAS DRIVEN WELDERS CABLE CONNECTORS - TRANSFORMER WELDERS FACE SHIELDS - WELDING RODS GOGGLES - GLOVES. Dominion Oxygen Co. Ltd. OXYGEN - ACETYLENE - ARGON GASES WELDING RODS - WELDING AND CUTTING OUTFITS FLUX RUB~ER HOSE Everything that the welder requires at Northland Machinery Supply Co. 203 Hardisty Street Fort William, Ontario �t...PRIL H - APRIL 1953 PAGE 19 LOG BOOK Last Year's 1952 Seore lfl l Number of Fires -n "Tl ~ QJ ::J n 0 ~ ~ A CD ::J 0 ~ CD QJ (./) ru, 0 0 7"'" 0 C: -· 0 C: X ~ ""O 0 G) ~ QJ ~ A CD )> ~ ~ ::r "CJ C: a: 26 6 ....... .... ......... ............. 16 53 ···· ··········· ·····•·········· 8 ·············••••••••••••••••••••• .............................. "• •" • ~ • • • • • • • • • •••••••I••• 0 • • • ··· ··· ·······"····· QJ ~- ::J (Q 27 · 2 1 66 14 24 9 5 121 9 17 12 3 2 51 4 3 2 2 3 14 6 26 23 13 68 8 25 2 3 38 10 25 l 9 45 7 l 174 66 ·••··· ····••■- ••·········· ·· · · ··· · ► 7"'" ~ 4 -t ... Vl ~ 0 ::J C .... ' .. ······•· ··············· -t 0 QJ ~ 57 9 88 16 11 412 2 4 143 Causes of Fires .... ................... 25 83 14 15 6 10 4 21 6 14 7 10 2 3 ·················· ··••· ••· ......... .......... 42 2 1 38 l 9 10 4 l 9 25 16 5 2 2 2 . . •••••···. 3 15 5 9 3 35 •••••••• 6 12 30 10 2 60 .... ···········•·· 15 5 61 ...... . ,........... 6 2 ...... 57 174 66 3 88 16 11 412 Acreage Burnt .... 392.14 1561.43 40.5 1949.00 l 035.75 210.5 12.8 25.25 3.00 453.22 384.00 5416.79 650.80 Means of Detection 23 79 31 46 10 16 43 21 ll l 12 38 3 15 5 6 14 ll 16 174 66 88 5 194 93 4 77 48 16 11 412 �LOG BOOK Page 20 Causes of Logging Operation Fires in 1952 KENORA- 2 fires caused by logging operations. Fire No. 21 - 12 Kenora Division April 30th. North of north-west arm of Dryberry Lake, 40 acres. This fire evidently started from a lunch fire that had been smoldering for a month on an island in Up Lake eventually breaking out and jumped to the mainland and destroying 350 cords of stacked pulpwood. Crew and equipment from Camp L-311 assisted Department Rangers in putting out fire. Fire No. 18 - 16 Dryden Division May 19th. Ladysmith Township, ½ acre. This fire was started by jobbers smoking while walking through the bush. Good work by the pilot in landing fire crew in small lake north of the fire enabled crew to get to fire before reaching heavy slash. This could have been a serious fire. Sioux Lookout - 3 fires caued by logging operations. Fire No. l began on April 29th, 1952 at a jobber camp on the Ontario and Minnesota Limit near the Red Lake Road. This was caused by a burning sawdust pile from a portable mill, which had not been properly extinguished at the close of operations. The fire burned an area of l 00 acres, however, only 2 acres of this was stanaing timber, the remainder being clear cut by logging in 1951 leaving a lot of slash which made suppression difficult. Fire No. 3 began on May 4th, 1952 on a limit north of Hudson, Ontario. This fire was also caused by a burning sawdust pile from a portable mill which had not been properly extinguished. The final area of this fire was 110 acres, with 105 acres of standing timber consisting mostly of mature Jackpine with some spruce and balsam and 5 acres of clear cut by logging. A stockpile of 250 cords of spruce pulpwood and 1500 Jackpine sawlogs were also burned. Fi re No. 11 occurred on June 15th at a mi II at Hudson, Ontario. This was caused by sparks from a pile of burning sawdust and slabs. The area of this fire was ½ acre and no standing timber was burned. Port Arthur - 1 fire caused by Logging Operations. Only one fire occurred in the logging areas this season, this being on the east side of Davidson Lake . The fire was investigated by the Ontario Provincial Rolice, and also by officials of Abitibi. It is surmised that it was caused by the carelessness of any one of three individuals who are named in the report. The Company took the necessary disciplinary action. Geraldton - 2 fires caused by Logging Operations. Both logging operation fires occurred at, or about the same time on May 22nd, 1952. The cause of the two fires was attributed to a faulty manifold on a truck by both the Ontario Provincial Police and company officials. Kapuskasi"g - 1 fire caused by Logging Operations. Logging operation fire caused by discarded cigarettes. Activities of this Association d o n o t cover the Chapleau District and we have no member companies 1n that district, but the causes of logging fires in the Chapleau District are interesting. Chapleau - 5 fires caused by Logging Ope 1. Burning slash. This fire was allowed large before control action was taken. 2. Company employee threw cigarette on railway siding. 3. Wife of Company employee, when ries, failed to extinguish a cigarette. 4. Sawmi II burner toppled o v e r dur: wind. A natural wind tunnel was formed tered the burning material for at least 200 tunately the company had a man on patrol able to extinguish all fires before they re size. 5. This fire was caused by a contract who built a camp fire for warmth after run out of gas. He failed to extinguis leaving. Shortly after the trucker had company scaler and bull-dozer operator did not stop to p4t out the fire as t was nearly out and wouldn't get away two Department employees came along vent serious damage. Because of the increasing numb in use in Northwestern Ontario the should be interesting: l. In the Cochrane District the he started the power-saw after refueli fired igniting gasoline that had bee ground from this and previous filling attempt was made to extinguish the the operator's clothes were burned, quite rapidly and burned over an before being extinguished. 2. The other fire occurred in and was caqsed by the chain saw saw down on a bed of pine need I scene. This fire was fortunately acre area. �LOG BOOK PAGE 21 in+rOducin The versatile 11 Pack Tractor 11 can be used by survey and cruising parties during all seasons and can be available to carry equipment for firefighting during t"he summer months. Ideal too, for t!)Wing sleighs loaded with equipment and supplies. When dismantled, the 11 Pack Tractor" can be carried in light aircraft, pick-up trucks, canoes, etc. deve Ioped by RESEARCH DIVISION ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS to provide a vehicle to pack fire fighting equipment and supplies which w:>uld otherwise have to be packed by men or horses. The "Pack Tractor" is 30" wide, 60" long and weighs 7 SO lbs. When disassembled - as shown at bottom left-the largest component weighs 200 lbs. Powered by a 5 h.p. air-cooled engine, the "Pack Tractor" will carry a 500 lb. load up a 90% grade. Equipped with automatic clutch and transmission. The "Pack Tractor" travels at 4 m.p.h. -the operator · walks behind the machine -- the steering clutches provide easy manoeuvreability. Write today for full information on the new "Pack Tractor". dis~ssembled using only h •n S minutes - re10 minutes! •nd taken indoors at cold weather. The ~ . thoroughly tested dihons over the past Timberland Machines Ltd. MECHANIZED LOGGING SPECIALISTS 207 SOUTH ALGOMA STREET PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �PAGE 22 LOG BOOK The St. Onge Log l.oader After spending a great part of his life in the logging game, Albert St. Onge hit upon an idea for loading which not only speeded up the process considerably, but also took the bull out of bullwork. Born and brought up in Bonaventure Co., Gaspe, Province of Quebec_. that rugged land which Jacques Cartier first sighted on his way up the St. Lawrence, Albert started lumbering at a very youthful age and by way of Kapuskasing, etc., finally worked his way to this area . His first experience at loading was by hand onto a team. While this, in his own words was alright for a man who was young and vigorous, it was strictly the brute strength and awkwardness method, and the human body would soon burn out doing that type of work. It may well have started his train of thought along lines which enabled him to devise the efficient mechanical method he is using today. He has seen and operated many other systems since then, for example, the deckling line, the horse jammer, the mechanical jammer and several others. This loader is driven by a drum. There is a power take-off from the truck transmission to a three geared (reversa, second and low) additional transmission which drives the loading drum. At the ends of the two bunks on the side receiving the load are two 5-foot posts (removable) and on the opposite side a rack seven feet high, with two metal rollers (top and bottom) six feet long, six inches in diameter on roller bearings. The drum cable has at the end a crotch line, with two 22 foot chains (with small hooks at the end) f the logs to be skidded onto the truck. Two long are run from the bunks to the ground part of the loading. The side posts are the the bunks and two 16 foot skids are used t the top loading of the truck. The drum cable is 125 feet long and taken from a skidway of this length with ing necessary. The system is further ad that the skidway may be on an adverse sl taken without any trouble, it works fast, the truck body (no heavy logs dropping feet down on the frame), and very mobil bui It ori the truck with the only extras sets of skids for raising the logs up. The loads carried here vary from 3000 f.b.m. for the larger spruce. The installed on any type of truck from a 3 and even on a trailer. Jhe St. Onge Log Loader is pro and anyone interested in using same Mr. A. St. Onge, Marathon Paper Mill ited, Hornepayne, Ontario. 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Until Fleming's scheme was adopted every district or large community in the world cperated on its own local mean time and every railroad in North America had its own time system or, if they were large . enough, time systems. Canada has 7 standard time zones and the difference between the most easterly, Newfoundland, and the most westerly, Yukon, is five and a half hours. --Quick Canadian Facts. - - -- - 0 - - - - - - ANSWERS: 1. Yukon Territory. 2. Salt water. 3. Primary textile industry. 4. 1952, 688 million bushels. 5. In eady 1920 by Canadian Marconi on the west coast of Canada . Stumps Waste Wood Decrease Earnings. HE NORTHERN ENGINEERING &. SUPPLY CO MP ANY LIMITED ONTARIO :TENT-4113.5-6 CANADA MODEL HS 2000 1948 CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR REE-LENGTH SLASHER AND LOADER Nesco Equipment Ensures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous Operation �LOG BOOK PAGE 24 Logs turn to profits with steady sawing power furnished by a long~li ved "Cat" Diesel Engine. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Log Book - Timber Operators' Association Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1953MarAprLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - March April 1953 Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Log Book, published by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association. March April 1953. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953-03 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/0c67f820af0ad4eb7a80a8a45c80d85d.pdf b3fbe3909be45cb6ca3c71fe92305735 PDF Text Text JANUARY FEBRUARY 1953 PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO NO. 5 RETURN T O vance . it: )~ - • -1ol; -cf a.., ~e ~c, ~2 -o• ~ (If) Zc ~ ... !• .t2 �?AGE 2 LOG BOOK TWIN CITY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LT LOGGING - INDUSTRIAL - CONSTRUCTION - MUNICIPAL and MINING EQUIPMENT OFFICES AND SHOPS - 915 MEMORIAL AVE. e e e 9 e e e e e e ADAMS Road Graders AVELING-BARFORD Road Rollers MALO Overhead Loaders BUCYRUS-ERIE Scrapers and Dozers DROTT Pulp Wood Loaders HEIL Dump Boxes and Frink Snow -Plows INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Diesel Power LON DON Pumps and Concrete Mixers MICHELIN Metalic Tires SMITH Dozers - PROM-PT SERVICE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER • • • • • • • • • PIONEER Super '52 Power Chain Saws CARCO Winches PETTIBONE - MULLIKEN PULMAN - STANDARD Dozers PERKINS Marine Diesel Engi PALMER E~ectric Generators PRENCO Hydraulic Hose WARNER & SWASEY TRACO Lift Co . �PAGE 3 LOG BOOK RUARY, DER BAY TIMBER OPERATORS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS: ................... .. ............ ...... ....................................................... .. President . if£ ~ . thur, Ontario happy to-day to we come repres . of this Association, which represents t1mbe~ operators stern Ontario from the Algoma Central Railway west ·toba boundar\, to our Annual Meeting. will be discussing common operating an~ . administra!5 and these meet'ings are always benef1c1al and this will be no exception. r discussions to-day we will review results of the 1951 9 season which sa~ a recor_d production of forest Northwestern Ontario; we will look at the present son which is now nearing completion and which will ecided decrease in production as compared to 1951 must also take a quick look at what will happen in season. that everyone is concerned about the overall deuction of forest products this year. This is not a The Canadian Pulp & Paper Association reports of pulpwood in Canada east of the Rocky Mountpproximately 30% from last year. We, who ~re ts in the United States very closely, know that the in the United States is in exactly the same pos1 rease in production of forest products, particularly esulted from a number of reasons including a dee pulp market and therefore a reduction in the consumed by the mills; a record 1951-52 proas largely brought about by unusually perfect s for logging operations coupled with an ample labour. Combination of these two facts resulted production of pulpwood this year, a lower price ter lumber market. It will probably not be unason that we get back to what might be termad ." In this connection, I might say we would me serious thought on the matter of shortenriod of forest products. This can be done on d would help us to reduce the large inventories in stabilizing the level of woods work throughlk about shortening the delivery time of raw Inconcerned this last year has been a most unny of us have not had to face normal trials e way of storms and inclement weather for ch ideal working c:onditions helped our men t the men have produced better and earned obably ever before . _these "down" periods, some people are in,c but when I survey the situation I am not n fact am really optimistic. Our Northwestg developed. Not only the development of the deveopment of other industries part1cSteep Roc.k Iron Mines, are going to inNorthwestern . Ours is not a fly-by-n:ight to stay. The money invested in permalls, permanent sawmills and the amount of eq~ipment and woods operations by memnv1nce anyone that this is so. We all stay we must have timber and by comrequired by the Department of Lands management plan, the five year plans , We are doing our best to ensure that ed toward a sustained yield basis with our forest in perpetuity. 1952 was ,camps, dams, roads, etc. Depot camps on the map" and are growing rapidly h, Vermilion Bay, Flanders, Atikokan, ed on Page 15) of course take into account the weather . MEETING OF NEWAYGO TIMBER COMPANY SUPERVISORS HELD Woods supervisory personnel including camp foremen and clerks from Newaygo Divisions -the Hearst-Mead-Mosher Division on the A.C.R., the Clarkdon Division on the Sioux Lookout line and the Black Bay Peninsula Division met in Port Arthur in November. In the morning a trip to the Prince and Jarvis Location operations of the Newaygo Timber Company took place. On this trip the planting program of the Newaygo Timber Company was reviewed and a new mobile yarder designed by the Caterpillar Tractor Company, (Powell Equipment Company of Port Arthur) was seen yarding into cold decks tree length peeled poplar. Lunch was served at the Prince and Jarvis headquarters camp and the group returned to the Prince Arthur Hotel for an afternoon of discussion on company affairs. In the evening a social hour and dinner completed the meeti'ng. At the evening festivities many of the wives of Newaygo employees were present and the guest speaker was Mr. Stanton W. Mead, President of Consolidated Water Power & Paper Company, and President of Newaygo Timber Company Limited who, with Mrs. Mead, came to Port Arthur especially to attend the meeting. The me e t i n g was in charge of Vice-President, Henry S. Mosher, and was completed with films on Newaygo's operations. MOBILE X-RAY UNIT CONTINUES SURVEYING WOODS WORKERS In November the mobile x-ray unit of the Fort Wi 11 iam Sanatorium x-rayed 779 woodsworkers in the camps of the Abitibi Power & Paper Company, Great Lakes Paper Company and the Northern Forest Products Limited in the Black Sturgeon area. Good co-operation was reported from all concerned. The best record of the tour was made at Northern Forest Products Camp #36 where there were 79 employees and al I employees were x-rayed. It is important in these surveys that every effort be made to have every person in the camp area x-rayed . Anyone missed may possibly have TB and it is too bad if when these services are donated free of charge, advantage is not taken of them. It is not so much the individual but the possibility that the individual may pass to others this dreaded disease and every effort should be made by all concerned to co-operate on these tours that are arranged through the facilities of the Fort William Sanatorium. In January the mobile x-ray unit proceeded by rail to survey employees of the Abitibi Power & Paper Company at Regan, Ontario; and the employees of the Ontario Paper Company at Heron Bay and Hemlo, Ontario. LUMBER AND TIE PRICES SLIP It 1s reported by producers of ties in Northwestern Ontario that prices for No. 1 and No. 2 ties have been cut for this year's production . Lumber producers report that prices are down from last year. • QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. l,s most of Canada drained by rivers flowing to the Atlantic. the Pacific, or Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean ? 2 . On the shield of Canada's coat of arms are depkted the arms of what four naticns ? 3. Are there more men or women eligible for universal pension at age 70? 4 . What country is now the biggest buyer of Canada's exported cars and trucks ? 5 . Which is the larger, Lake Winnipeg or Lake Ontario? 6. In value of pelts taken annually, which is Canada's most important animal ? (Answers on Page 12) �PAGE 4 LOG BOOK Recommended Reading For All . . . Re-Appraisal of the LoD1her Barons Extracts from an article by D. C. Everest, Chairman of the Boar4, Marathon Corp., as reported in the Timber Producers' When one attempts to upset a belief which has been present in the minds of people for several generations, he has a real job cut out for himself. This is the job with which I am confronted 'today. The sub-· ject assigned to me, "A Re-appraisal of the Lumber Barons," carries with it the inference that at one time "lumber barons" did exist, that they were evil people, and that all of our present-day difficulties with our timber supply may be charged directly to them. I think it is about time that some of these stories about the timber operators of the past be carefully analyzed and that their actions be measured by the economic situation which existed in this country at the time they were carrying on their operations. To do this, one must go back to the early l 600's, as it was then that many persons became engaged in lumbering as a means of livelihood. Some may have been engaged in the same business in the countries from which they migrated, so it was only natural they pursued the same line of endeavor in this country. From the beginning of the settlement of the country, the first thing the settlers had to do was to cut the trees necessary to build a home, and the next thing was to clear land rm which to grow their food. These things were essential to their very existence. In clearing the land much of the timber was burned, but there was nothing else they could do with it. These early settlers learned through experience that they could not afford to use timber of inferior quality in building anything which had to do with farm buildings, their churches or the fortifications which they were compelled to bui Id for their protection from the Indians. This idea of the necessity for quality in timber became so· firmly fixed in the minds of succeeding generations that it had much to do with the practice employed in cutting timber in other sections of the country in later years, particularly in the Lake States. Through sheer force of necessity, the country developed along the waterways. The so-cal led roads were mere trails which were followed on foot or horseback. As the population increased, the hardy settlers pushed westward across the New England country and into what is now New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Better farming lands were found there and, as the desire to becomB independent and self-sustaining land-owners became uppermost in the minds of the pioneers, they continued to seek locations further west. As this movement con- ti·nued, the ~awmiller, with his usual foresight the settlers ;md established small towns, man are our prominent cities today. The growth of Wisconsin as part of th territory, later as the Wisconsin territory an a state in 1 8 3 8, was remarkable, as co many others which stemmed from the early land settlements. This growth of a new territory brought only those interested in agriculture, but al had been engaged in lumbering in that country east of Lake Michigan and in stands of white pine which covered much ern part of the state were naturally the on experienced lumbermen who had long that clear white pine was the only specie cepted by all who had anything to do with erials. White pine and the early lumber" are commented on in Increase A. Lapha titled "Lapham's Wisconsin," copyrighted writes, "The eastern portion of the territ 'hardwood' timber, the northern in fore the central and western portions are co titute of trees, constituting the 'oak o fording sufficient wood and timber for the first settlers." Later more sawmills were establi state and instead of driving logs to the lumber in rafts was sent down the ri This was a hazardous business for the in getting the rafts to destination and a product. Unless he had been in busi to have established a customer relati concern wt"ich could take his outpu after year, he took the chance of deli a glutted and consequently depressed ing forced to sell at auction. This m than he had figured on during the ti the logs and manufacturing his lum People in commenting on "lu think of thos~ who were able to we incident t0 doing business at that ti conditions. and give scant consider were not so fortunate. 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Just what employees regard as essential in a good boss has been found out by conducting polls in different industries. Here are fourteen points compiled from a number of these pol ls. The good boss1. Knows his own job thoroughly, is a good workman and understands all the jobs he supervises. 2. Has leadership ability rather than "drivership". Explains not only how but also why things should be done. 3. Gives orders clearly and in a friendly fashion. Makes sure his instructions are understood but does not shout. ' 4. Possesses the foresight to plan and delegate work in advance. Assigns work fairly. 5. Maintains consistent standards of conduct, performance and quality. 6. Keeps up with each man's work. Judges him honestly and on merit only. Lets each one kriow "where he stands." 7. Appreciates and acknowledges honest effort and above average work. Gives credit where credit is d~e. In case of bad work or rejections, investigates and holds the right person responsible. 8. Main~air:is ?iscipline farrly and consistently. Does not d1sc1pline a worker in front of others. Gives the worker a chance to explain his side of the story. Keeps his temper. 9. Believes in and practises safety. Provides full and proper safety instructions. 10. Makes sure that new or transferred employee:.i know how to do their work correctly. Sees that they have all necessary t o o l.s and materials. Makes new workers feel at home. 11. Is liberal but consistent in his interpretation of the contract plant r u I es and company policy. Does not appease the griper, nor chisel on just -complaints. Listens sympathetically to all grievances. 12. Takes a personal interest in his employees. Is loyal to the men above and below .. him and is willing to go all the way "up the line" for his men when necessary. Is willing to take responsibility and does not pass the buck. 13. Keeps his promises. Does not ·p romise things he cannot deliver, and delivers as pro possible on all promises he does make 14. Is 0pen-minded, welcomes suggestions· willing to discuss them. ' There you have it. The supervisor or fore measures u p to these points o n e hundred likely doesn't exist, but apparently he is what age worker wants and dreams about. Good e employee relations depend on a large degree closely those in Supervisory positions in any resemble this supervisor. SUCCESSFUL JOINT MEETING OF THE C INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY AND THE SOCI AMERICAN FORESTERS HELD IN MONT Since 1950 the Canadian Institute of ~ been the national professional body of forest ada. Before that time, since 1908, it was k Canadian Society of Forest Engineers. It as "an organization of professional forester for the discussion of technical subjects rel theory and practice of forestry, and to esprit de corps among members of the p The C. I. F. has now over 1200 mem joint meeting with the Society of America Montreal was well attended with over 8 and Canadians being present. • From Northwestern Ontario the fol attended: A. F. Buell, LongLac Pulp and Paper Com Longlac, Ontario. P. V. LeMay, Marathon Paper Mills of Can Port Arthur, Ont. D. Start, Minnesota - Ontario Pulp and Pa G. L. Logan, Marathon Paper Mills of Ca Hearst, Ontario Mr. N. F. Lyon, Department of Lands and Port Arthur, Ont. J . A. McPherson, Long Lac Pulp and Paper Longlac, Ontario. J. M . McMahon, Long Lac Pulp and Paper Longlac, Ontario. D. Penna, LongLac Pulp and Paper Com Longlac, Ontario. H. Renaud, LongLac Pulp and Paper Co Longlac, Ontario. E. R. Sexsmith, LongLc1c Pulp and Paper Longlac, Ontario. G. R. Sonley, Marathon Paper Mills of Port Arthur, Ont. A. L. K. •Switzer, Long Lac Pulp and Pa W. W. Wahl, Arrow Timber Company Longlac, Ontario. One · of meeting was and Ontario port on his of the LOG the outstandi-ng paper one by Mr. G. B. Amid Pulp & Paper Compan paper is reprinted else BOOK. WEST GATE PACKERS .LIMITE PORT ARTHUR'S ONLY MEAT WHOLESALE and THUNDER BAY INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED MEAT PACKING PLANT. COMPLETE FACILITIES FOR SUPPLYING ALL TIMBER CAMPS. 185 Court Street, South PHONE 5-6546 �PAGE 7 LOG BOOK spend two .weeks, with first year men acting as their compass men, correcting and sampling these types in preparation to drawing a type map of the area and com• piling a volume estimate of the standing timber. This information is also necessary to write up their management plan for the area at a later date. Their course in Forest Utilization at the Institute is confined to sharpening a buck-saw, cutting pulpwood: and skidding the product to a main road for delivery after freeze-up. The students try to cut, skid and pile on the average , a cord of p u I p wood per man day. They hav~ always been very close to their objective. The objPct of the week's surveying at Boulevard Lake is to give practice in using surveying instruments under no r ma I outdoor conditions, and also to give training in measuring and recording data systematically so that it may be reproduced on paper with meaning at a later date. The field trips to company operations are always much enjoyed and very beneficial. This year we are grateful to Abitibi Power and Paper Company, Great Lakes Paper Company and Northern Wood Preservers for in,viting us to observe their operations in the Black Sturgeon area. On this trip the students were able to observe many details of camp layout, camp organization, cut layout for pulpwood, poles and sawlogs, hauling and loading operations, etc. Even though it isn't possible for the students to take in every point involved in these different operations, yet by observing, they are able to grasp many important ideas. On behalf of Mr. Braun and the students I wish to thank everyone who has helped us with this work. We wish to thank Mr. T. S. Jones, especially, for this opportunity to make l<.nown the nature of training given in the field. estry Students Field Work Campbell, Instructor in Forestry ,r or fore hundred : is what t Goode : degree u rs. foresters ~cts rela nd to the pr 0 mem e again I have been given the opportunity to in your LOG BOOK, the field training which nical Foresters have received to date this year. who have followed our field training schedL1le t the past two years this account will be sometitious; however, for those who haven't, it some idea of the nature of the training that ing. Very briefly the field work has been as Second Year Technical Foresters 16 - 27- Department of Lands and Forests Cullers' Course. 25- Field exercises on the Institute Forest - Trout Lake Camp. v. 1- Field Surveying at Boulevard Lake. Visiting Logging Operations in the Black Sturgeon area. resent time- Lectures at Lakehead Technical Institute. echnical Foresters Field exercises on the Institute Forest, Trout Lake Camp. ost readers are familiar with the Departs nd Forests Cullers' Course, it does not ation. exercises referred to fit into two prinof Forestry: Forest Mensuration and ForFrom the aerial photographs, of which ets covering the Institute Forest area, students practice type classification of they have completed this work, they Genuine and FQ RD ACCESSORIES • in the Long Run!" Gibson Motors Limited carry the largest stock of Genuine Ford Parts and Accessories 'twixt Toronto and Winnipeg. For your convenience, Gibson Motors Limited maintain a speedy shipping department. All orders are given prompt attention so that you will not be sub;ect to costly lay-up. You can depend on Gibson Motors Limited for Service-Plus! IBSON MOTORS LIMITED Authorized Ford Dealer - Thunder Bay District FORT WILLIAM �PAGE 8 JANUARY - FEBRUAR LOG BOOK An outstanding paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Canadian Institute of Fore and the American Forestry Association M-0 Forestry Program Outlined The Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company's forestry program, based on the intensive management of of individual a re as, was outlined November 19 by George Amidon, M and O's director of forest management, at the forest management session of the joint convention of the Canadian Institute of Forestry and the Society of American Foresters in Montreal. In a paper presented to the foresters of both nations, Mr. Amidon said that the size of the unit is the key to the problem of growing the most wood and really intensive management requires sustained yield cut-ting pl-a ns for each individual operation. Mr. Amidon feels this type of management can increase present U.S. and Canadian growth rates by 3 times or more and that the sustained growth for large areas of productive forest land, even in the comparatively slow growing timber types in Minnesota and Ontario can reach one-half cord an acre annually, as compar~d with .15 cords on many lands now. Small woodlots are readily adaptable to intensive management for two reasons, according to Mr. Amidor.: 1. Perma"'ency of operation 2. Development of a network of roads "It is tbe thinking of M and O," Mr. Amidon said, "that if small woodlots can be managed for maximum sustained yiPld, the same principles can be applied to larger operations with the same success." Because of this thinking, M and O's forestry operations are being patterned as nearly as possible after the woodlot type of operation, he said. For some time now M and O has been dividing its management district; into smaller sustained yield units. The size of these cutting units deperids upon existing transportation facilities, type, age and condition o-f the timber and available labour supply. As the company has presently worked this out, the cutting units vary from 500 acres for a small settler operation to about 60,000 acres for larger camp operations. At the same time, Mr. Amidon suggests the term "sustained yield" has been misused. He re-defined the term as fol lows: "Maximum sustained yield implies continuous production with the aim .of achieving at the ~arliest practicable time an approximate balance by species and management uni1t, between net growth and harvest, either by annual or somewhat longer periods." He further suggested the factors, balance by cut and growth by tree species or management units, are not taken into consideration under the more common definition of "sustained yield." Consequently, he sa:d, you can still have sustained yield even though_ t~e more valuable wood is being cut much faster than 1t 1s growing and the less valuable wood correspondingly slower. A cutting plan, Mr. Amidon said, that permits overcutting of one species or one area and under-cutting of other species or other_ a~eas is not ~ood management, even though the c_ut 1s in balance with growth for all species over the ent1 re area. Such a plan means trouble in the years ahead for the forest nianager, Mr. Amidon added. The 0bjective of M and O's forestry program is to concentrate the company's management efforts on forest lands close to the firm's mills located at International Falls, Minn. and Fort Frances and Kenora, Ont. Thus, M and O's future needs can be grown on the smallest possible acreage, in the closest proximity to these mills. These mi I I s consist of both groundwood and chemical plants and manufacture a wide variety of products as well as lnsulite, an insulation structural board. These mills used more than 566,000 cords 195 l, cons•sting mainly of spruce, balsa and poplar or aspen. At present growth rates, M and O requ ;innual growth on a gross forest area of 5,0 There are several problems regardin situation in the area where the company o have an important bearing on the type of eloped. First of all, Mr. Amidon said, 75 pe forest land in M and O's immediate Mi ating area is in public ownership (state, c eral) and more than 90 per cent of the the Canadian operating area is owned b "It is evident," he added, " the c endent to a large extent, upon public supply' of wood; there are certain defi upon what M and O can and cannot do ment of a forestry program, and the fir must be closely co-ordinated with the programs. In Canada the company has rights and is required by the govern cutting plans, although the exact type In Minnesota, the company owns of timberland, but more than one-hal lands within the firm's cutting areas control and the company can obtain cutting rights on these lands. Co-operation with the state's pla by the fact that the state sell~ most auction sales on two-year permits, M "Conseq• 1ently," he added, "it 1 company to make definite lo~g_-ter where it does r0t control suff1cien development of these areas. "Because of the limited contra timber many timbered areas of M, ' ing develop_ed as f_ast a~ t hey ~dho obtain maximum yields, he sa • In spite of this handicap, M_ a with its planning in Minnesota_ in obtain cutting rights on state !1mb • • t t1m areas where it has su ff 1c,en ify the major part of the deve 1.0 Another problem confrontilg shortage of spruce and th e surp (Continued OJ1 th e N �RY - FEBRUARY, • and milt the entire p legislation J le of for -- in the the enti re ng their I eS . 1953 ------------------- -LOG - -BOOK - - - - - ·- - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --PAGE FORESTRY PROGRAM OUTLINED nd the present surplus of poplar and jack pine Canadian division's operating areas. hi~ means that either M and O's mill needs,'' "must eventually be changed to conform to the es of the different woods available in our perw-ood supply area or the lands now growing that are in surplus supply converted to the kind that are in short supply." overabundance of mature wood is another In the company's Canadian areas, a large • e of the forest area contains mature and over-ood and, therefore, Mr. Amidon said, the presus ic; for the most part of a temporary nature . ters' problem here is to gradually convert the es into a more balanced distribution of age his is also a problem in Minnesota, but to a rP.e, he added. facts concerning timberlands in M and O's reas were brought out in an inventory survey e various management districts, in 1944, in with the different governmental agencies management districts were established bevey, the survey provided the basic informato start sustained yield management of whole. The survey indicated the areas in d of attention, how much timber should be e first stage of management, how the arer1 ken down into cutting units and the cut by the entire area could possibly sustain. t, however, Mr. Amidon said, provide suffor the development of detailed operating for intensive woodlot type management. cruises we re necessary for this more ing. Cruises were made of each of the its established from the initial survey. each cutting unit was established and ing plans were developed. Each cutting as a permanent cutting area for a specration. ble cut was based on the productive rea. Even if the unit has a surplus of ature trees, the original cut was kept at there will always be sufficient timjustify an economical and contimtous d yield unit size depends upon the that seems most adaptable to the area determined by existing roads, water close to main roads are usually best pe operations, while more inaccess-• arger camp type operations. agement districts established (five u_r in Canada), M and O began divinto sustained yield cutting units. complete, Mr. Amidon said, but a made. bout 30 sustained yield units have about 30 more such units are yet ese units vary in size from about acres, Mr. Amidon said. The rst period of management varies cords. About half of the units nd the remainder is handled by rage annual cut for the sett• cords and for the contractor cords. ~0 \.led on Page l 6) ~TEELCRAFT GIVE GOOD SERVICE The Steelcraft logging boat of today is the strongest steel boat bui It. Material now used is about twice as heavy as used in the Steelcraft boats of 1926-1930 . .. yet many of these earlier models are giving good service. Given reasonable care, a Steelcraft should give 20 seasons of useful work despite the daily pounding by logs. Russel gasoline engines and Cummins d iesels continue to be today's choice for dependable and economical power. 9 �LOG BOOK PAGE 10 Woodsworkers and Savings By G. M. McKeown Once again the lumbering operations are underway. It has been estimated that some 7,000 men will be working in the woods in Northwestern Ontario this winter. Some for the first time, but the great majority will be men with previous experience. Men, who by their efforts in the past have shown management that they are prepared to do a good days work for a fair days pay. • As an indication of the calibre of men employed this season, their response to the Community Chest appeal and the current Canada Savings Bond drive is most revealing. . In each case the record subscriptions of last year have been substantially bettered, notwithstanding the fact that there are less men employed. These achiev~ments and achievements they are, could stem from several sources; but in the opinion of those best qualified ·to judge it clearly shows that the average woodsw0rker has a greater awareness of the part he must play in the community, of the necessity of helping the less fortunate, and a sincere desire to save. Your contribution to the Community Chest and its implications will be dealt with in another article, from hereon this will be confined to savings. But first of all. what is saving? One dictionary describes the word a3 fcllow3: "Preserving: frugal: parsimonious: rcaserv exception or reservation: money saved: with e in favor of. Redeeming, economical, qualifying pre redemption, economy, sums laid away".' Some people save stamps; others string papers, and on and on, but the object sa~ greatest number of Canadians is money. Now there are advocates of various for who claim that saving is something of a soci But in this writer's opinion, the urge to s ages individual responsibility and reinfor man's hi'ghest motives - the desire to pro future of himself and his family. It is g on one's own feet - good for the man a nation. Mfnd you, certain social securi have their place in our way of life and sh ported zealously by each and every one of they are to supplant the personal integri hand in hand with providing for one's own te·n dency wi 11 be for us to become soft so our incentive to enterprise and capacity f be undermined. Canadians are a thrifty people. (Continued on the THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY FORT WILLIAM ONTARIO ., MODEL HS 2000 1948 U.S. PATENT-41135-6 TREE-LENGTH SLASHER AND L Nesco Equipment Ensures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous �RY_ FEBRLJARY, 1953 LOG BOOK sWORKERS AND SAVINGS ) p is 1an ecu d s ,e teg but to protect the result of our thrift we h~ve what is generally conceded the best Banking in the world. A chartered bank in Canada is ercial bank operating under the limitations e,f k Act which is revised every ten years. Each banks is competing with nine others for your and while the scope of a bank's operations is e fact remains that savings dep_osits are its life thout which it could not function . business can stand still and this is no less true bank. All are constantly on the ale·rt for new and to attract your account practically every dvertising media is used. ake banking more readily available, in some ight depositories have been installed. These the lines of a mail box where deposits can after hours. These are particularly helpful n areas. In several of the larger cities where s become a real problem, Drive-In banks are n these the customer drives up to the teller's ducts his business and drives off without of his car. ricts such as ours, most banks have emphasing by Mai I." This method en_ables p~ople as to carry on a normal banking business need of ever going near the bank. Forms ereby the customer can o p e n accounts, ~- withdrawals, direct the payment of bills, ts collected, arrange for the purchaes ofds, or in short make full use of the bank's rkers are particularly fortunate when it gs. Wages are good, and the nature of kes the worker away from the occasions oney enables them to accumulate a subtage of their wages by the time the final in the spring. This offers an excellent get that account started and it is surn a tidy stake would be built up, if say at final payoff were put away each thod of saving that has proven highly tterned on the assigned pay used by rder is give'n the Camp Clerk instructa month be forwarded to the worker's o his account. All such deposits ar'e the bank direct to the depositor and k can be mailed in for posting peris surprising the number of ambitions PAGE l l which now seem beyond the realm of possibility that could be achieved by d i n t of systematic saving. A worthwhile down-payment on a house, or farm, a new car, the chance to start a business any one of. a thousand things is within our grasp. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote one line which stands out as a guide post for us: "The fault of the age is a mad endeavour to leap to heights that were made to climb". We urgently need to realize that every step forward requires energy and careful planning and it is ~tep by st~p- and not on magic carpets that we shall attain our amb1t1ons. Men of the woods, in this day of closer employeeemployer relationship the management of your companies are most anxious to see you embark on a planned savings progr~mme. Their motives are not altogether altruistic, they realize that a "nest egg" will give you a stronger sense of security, a greater stability, and this in turn will result in a better worker and a more efficient operation. Your company is now going thru' a period of the keenest competition in the industry's history. Not only from Canadian competitors but from foreign lands where a lower standard of living makes for cheaper production. The only way th~t this type of opposition can be successfully overcome 1s by greater production through better operational methods. You, the producer, hold the key. As has been said previously "savings accounts are the Iife blood of banks", so you can rest assured that everyone of thefr branches are ready and anxious to serve you. Give them a chance. POWER. SAW OWNERS TO BENEFIT BY RULING DOMINION INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT As a result of representations made by woods industry associations, the Dominion Department of National Revenue, Taxation Division, agreed, after giving cognizance to the wear and tear to power saw equipment, cost of gasoline, lubricants, maintenance and depreciation occurred in using their power saws, that an allowance will be made covering the expense involved in operating employee-owned one-man power saws when computing tax deductions at the source. The allowance in respect of wood cut by such saws will be as follows: .SOc per cord. .60c per cunit $1.25 per thousand board feet. depending on the basis on which the employee's remuneration is computed. Keep your money safe in the "Royal 11 by using our Banking by Mail service . as easy as mailing a letter. Write and ask your nearest Royal Bank branch for Banking by Mail forms. The Royal Bank of Canada Convenient branches at William, Geraldton, Nipigon, West Fort William, Kenora and Keewatin. �--~ -- -- -- -- ~ - PAGE 12 LOG BOOK SAFETY NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO WOODS BRANCH, ONTARIO PULP & PAPER MAKERS' SAFETY ASSOCIATION HOLD MEETING A quarterly meeting of the Northwestern Ontario (Woods) Branch, O.P. & P.M.S.A. was held in Port Arthur late in November. Mr. John Currie, Chairman conducted the meeting assisted by Mr. G. K. Eoll Secretary. Several interesting reports were heard including a report on the research and development committee and the foot accident survey by Mr. D. B. Chant. Reports were heard on Drybak clothing and the Turtle Club. Member company accident statistics were reviewed. • The meeting received an invitation to hold a joint meeting with the Lumbermen's Sa f et y Association (Northwestern Ontario District). This meeting was held January 30th and will be reported in the next issue. Mr. A. F Buell gave a very interesting paper which is printed elsewhere in the LOG BOOK. OTHER AREAS CONCERNED WITH SAFETY CLOTH ES AND SAFETY GUARDS Extracts from reports on a meeting of the Northeast Pulpwood Research Center, Northwestern Technical Committee, AP.A., held at Randolph, New Hampshire: "One member remarked that the wearing of hard hats by woodsworkers has helped to minimize accidents and that he was pleased at its acceptance by workers in the Northeast. He further stated that safety posters on the proper use of power saws, along with posters on safe truck loads, were sorely needed. With respect to the use of safety shoes, another member informed the group that these shoes are carried as regular stock in their camps. With no other type shoe available the workers have no alternative but to purchase this safety shoe. Another member informed the group that all workers on their Maine operations are wearing safety shoes. It was stated that all tractors of one company were to be equipped with safety canopies. Another member informed the group that inexpensive tractor canopies, constructed from wire rope, were being used on the West Coast. This type of guard is made of l ½ inch wire rope welded into pipe sockets that are bolted to a ¾inch plate br.acket, which in tum is welded to the side of the tractor unde·rneath the running boards. The cables are spaced about 24 inches apart from the rear of the tractor to the front of the runnin9 board. They are then tied together with galvanized sheet iron which acts as an umbrella, or with ·v2inch wire rope to eliminate sway and give additional support. They are reported to work better than a rigid guard due to the vibration over rough ground." ANSWERS TO QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. By rivers. flowir,g north to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean. 2. England, Ireland, Scotland and France. 3. Of the 652 700 over seventy, 329,500 are women and 323,200 c?re men. 4. Brazil. 5. Lake Winnipeg. 6. Th~ mink. NEWS PROGRESS REPORT ON FOOT INJURY SURV By D. B. Chant, Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Tr'e survey of foot injuries carried out du pasf several months in woods operations of companies has now covered 232 reported inju addition, 81 reports were turned in- by mern Lumbermen's Safety Association in the Lake The total breaks down in main - classificati lows: Pulp & Paper Companies Axe wounds . . 143 Strains ard Sprains . . 13 Other Foot Injuries 76 232 81 Eliminating the strains and sprains on that such injuries are not likely to be pr means of improved footwear, there remai 300 i n j u r i e s 190 of which, or 63 wounds. The nther 37.7% forms the basis of ered in Table 2 in which the following lumped together:Bruises Crushes Fractures . . Puncture wounds Cuts (other than by axe) Burns Blisters Total The great majority of the brui fractures resulted from falling or roll! of wood. Three were caused by ho the workers' feet. Vehicles, or parts in a few cases. Puncture wounds h J)oks, pic;:aroons, pike... poles, peavie nails. Grub-hoes, adzes, broken glas snags accounted for the cuts. One ~ spi Iled hot Iiquid, one from contact wt rope. There would seem to be little the right and left foot as far as the 1 is concerned: 157 of the 300 cases mer with 14 fewer for the latter. ( were divided as evenly as possibl Axe wounds to the right foot occu 1 1 (Continued on Page 2 SUPERVISORS, FOREMEN Set an example. •... Wear safety safety boots or other hard ha are sold in the van in your cam by using these articles of sa Leadership in this effort to workers to use this type of : accidents, you cannot expec: on their own.... Leadership all needed. YOU Give the Leadership a �LOG BOOK PAGE 13 A Woods Manager Looks At Safety By A. F. Buell layman is in a rat~er embarrassing situat!on e finds himself speaking to a group of specialtheir own sub j e ct, but nevertheless, I must r Eoll for inviting me to speak on the topic d~ Manager Looks at Safety", because when I to dig into the matter, I learned that a more iate theme would have been "It's time that ds Managers did a lot MORE than LOOK at this I do not wish to infer that a good job is d~ne by our industry at large, and that prior ing asked to speak on Safety, my Company ve a Safety program. On the contrary, great ve been made in the last few years in emaccident prevention in the bush. In our own n a Safety Supervisor was appointed some 0 and a comprehensive Safety program is ~ct. However, the accident frequency figr operation attest to the inadequacy of our speak eloquently for the necessity of more rk than has been done in the past. year ending December 31, 1949, lost_ time the operations of member companies a68.3 per l 00,000 man days worked. The 950 was 70.4 and for 1951 - 87. The ime and medical aid in 1951 in Woodlands f member companies in O n t a r i o was ut of much more importance than mere nts was the fact that fourteen men lost d 3352 men suffered disabling injuries. ally inclined to ask "Where do we go and "What's wrong with Woods Safety question, by the way, was a topic for our meeting at Caramat on August 20, over the record of that gathering to ggested. Here are the points brought me most forcibly. st the points to be stressed in Safety''. ds, have a plan. ive our supervisors more training in IIIas the know how of passing on Safety ck of Safety education at the workers' statement alone covers many other out. k through foremen". ram must be kept alive". of Union participation in accident " brought out in that order, but I m into what appeals to me as being r on the FIRST POINT brought meeting, Mr. Chant said, and I rating person should sit down and d in Safety." What Mr. Chant a good plan is the first requisite lanning. We have the Marshal I an, Blue Cross Plans Pension forestry divisions we have Mang plans, and Operating plans, r who does not plan his opera -- tions well in advance. If a Safety program is to succeed, it must also be wel I planned, so that every move made ties into a general program. I am convinced, for instance, that propaganda in the form of posters, moving pictures and articles in periodicals is of little value unless it is a part of a planned Safety program. In other words, unless it is fol lowed up with personal contacts by the foreman and actual demonstrations in the field, this kind of propaganda alone wi II not save men from accidents, any more than it will save forests from forest fires. Where should we start with our plan? I would suggest t'iat it should be based on our own peculiar problems. In order to plan intelligently to avoid accidents, we must first know where accidents occur, if possible why they occur, when they occur and to what group of workers. A good deal of this information can be obtained from our own personnel department files. It was interesting to learn, for instance, that on our own operations, we are experiencing twice as many lost time accidents per l 00,000 man days among men who have worked for us from 6 months to one year than among those men who have worked one year or longer, and 6 ti mes as many among the men who have worked less than 6 months. We have eliminated staff from these figures in order that the low hazard occupations, a large percentage of which fall in the 1-year and over group, would not unduly distort the figures. Doesn't this indicate that our plan should call for emphasis on educating new and short term employees? Above all, I think it points out that all companies should plan to carry on all-season operations insofar as topographic and climatic conditions will allow, and thus be in a position to offer continuous employment to i.ts workers. Long term employees tend to be more responsible and prone to adopt safe methods. An assurance of steady work encourages bush workers to marry and settle d~wn. When they do this they may, by means of pers1sten~ Safety education be made Safety minded. Do you think that Safety re~ords of our pulp and pape~ mills would be as good as they are if the average period of employment were between 50 and 60 days? One could talk for hours on good planning but time does not allow it, and I must therefor pass on. THE SECOND POINT brought out at Caramat was that "we must give our spervisors training in Safety, ~s well as the know how of passing on Safety to their men". This point is basic and I therefor feel that it requires no enlarging. Different cor:npanies ':lay adopt different methods of educating their supervisors, but probably the staff meeting is the rY!Ost effective med-ium. It is my opinion that in Safety, as in other phases of woods operating, belief in the program an? a cooperative spirit on the part of the field staff 1s even more important than a complete knowledge of the _subject. Therefor, we must sell Safety to the supervisors as wel I as educate them in Safety methods. You and I must believe in what we are doing ! THE THIRD AND FOURTH POINTS at Caramat were that "there is a lack of Safety education at the workers' level" and that we should "work through the foreman". ' <Continued on Page 16) �PAGE 14 LOG BOOK ACCIDENTS CAN BE PREVENTED 11 One often hears someone say, *#!!?@!?*-they can't be prevented, they' re bound to happen. BUT this is not so. Careful supervision, training of new employees and accident prevention consciousness wi 11 pay off. For instance, the M - 0 camp at the Little Turtle Drive in charge of Mr. Fred McKay has gone 643 days without a lost-time accident. The last accident was on March 3, 1951. Another outstanding example is Camp S-108 of the Minnesota-Ontario company under Mr. Josef Poronto which has gone 425 days withour a lost-time accident. The last accident occurred on November 2, 1951. Compare your record to this ! 11 LONGLAC AND MARATHON WOODS WORKERS PURCHASE CANADA SAVINGS BONDS ·258 empJoyees of the Woodlands Division, Long .. Lac Pulp & Paper Company Limited purchased on an average of $508.90 each of Canada Savings Bonds and led the Supe·rior Division payroll of the Canada Savings Loan. Close behind and in fifth position were 180 employees of Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited, Woodlands Division, w h o purchased a n average of $366. 11 each of the Bonds. Mr. Ralph Bird, Divisional Organizer of the Superior Division, Canada Savings Loan was high in his praise of this evidence that woods workers are taking their place in the Canadian way of life. WORKERS LAUDED FOR SUPPORT OF PORT ARTHUR COMMUNITY CHEST Mr. George H. Burke, Chairman of the ~ thur Community Chest, paid tribute to the woodsworkers gave to the recent Port Arthur ity Chest Campaign and thanked one and all tributors and volunteer workers for their gen~r Final results of the timber camp Port Arthur area is as follows: St. Lawrence Corporation Limited .... . Ontario Paper Company Limited ........ Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited Abitibi Power & Paper Company Limited .. Northern Forest Products Limited ........... . Newaygo Timber Company Limited . .. ... . Hammermill Paper Company ......................... . Nipigon Lake Timber Company limited ....... . Oscar Styffe Liimted ... ... . .. ............ . Miscellaneous ..... ........... .................................. ......... .......... .. .. TOTAL ........ .......... ...... ............. ... ............... WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD C The Workmen's Compensation Bo a r nounced that employees of the logging in one or morP. employees, either full time o are required to file payrolls with the Wor pensation B o a rd not later than January Previously, emplyoers with less than six e not have to report. Boarcl Rate Effective January l st, cases where board is supplied the value ed in the payroll statement is $1.50 per This new rate is increased from a $ allowance that has been charged for a nu ALLIS-CHALMERS The Most Versatil Tract Ever H.D.S. 2 Cycle Diesel Drawbar H.P. 40.26 Belt H.P. 50.25 Weight - 11,250 lbs. · SALES PARTS SERVICE 1000 HOUR TRUCK FRONT IDLER LUBRI 5 FORWARD SPEEDS 1.46 to 5.47 M.P.H. (a FULL LINE OF MA EQUIPMENT. Vulcan Machinery &Equipment 171 SUTHERLAND AVE., WINNIPEG, MAN. _ PHONE 594316 145 N. CUMBERLAND ST., PORT �LOG BOOK F from Page 3) Savanne, Dog River, Black Sturgeon, Auden, Kowkash, Stevens, Hillsport, Neys, Savant Lake, Umfreville, Clark'1ora, Reba, Linko, Martin, Heron Bay, Hemlo, Regan, Mead, Hansen, Ripc.o, Calstock, Palmquist are all common mes to the Post Office., wholesale distributors and other r ~ developrnent of these permanent depots, the improvecamp living conditions, the development of road systems ny limits, are ali factors which are making the life of worker a better one. every phase of woods ope•r ations transportation comes planning and the development of a road system throL1gh lands of Ontario is a very great problem which should up to and plans made to develop a s y ~ t e m which n up the forests of Ontario. I am not referring to ds for the purpose of extracting forest products. Thes~ ponsibility and we are building these roads as we progver, the forests of Ontario should be opened up so forest management could be practitSed if some of the reas were accessible. Roads would be of inestimable hting forest fires. Forest fires are still the greatest e woods and loss from fires not only destruction mber but loss of young growth and of soil fertility -which, while it may never be stopped altogether, (we I lightning) 1it can certainly be cut down . This Assocperation with the Department of Lands & Forests off ken the lead in preaching fire prevention to the eme industry and in urging all operators to get camps men trained to fight forest fires. 2, out of 412 fires 9 were as a result of woods cps would indicate that the prevention work carried rs is not in vain . In addition, the fires that did Id to a very small acreage and this speaks highly of and training of the Department of Lands and Foroperators in getting the fires out while they were he fact is becoming apparent that excluding lightot a man-made cause, woods operations and woodsonsible for only a very small percentage of fires t they live in forested areas day in and day out, The majority of fires are set by visitors to the s, fishermen, tourists, berry-pickers, etc ., etc. In of years we have had in effect so-called Woodshich our employees are required to observe on These woodsworkers' rules are doing their part t fires and it is time we all took a definite stand isitors to the forests of Ontario also observe the We will be discussing the full and complete st Fire Protection Committee in a few minutes nd every operator to observe one recomm€ndour staffs in the year 1953 be instructed to ration of all visitors to the wooded areas and the Woodswarkers' Forest Fire Safety Rules. ther hazard that must be coped with and in and their employees co-operated by sending the Insect Laboratory in Sault Ste . Marie. two wage increases in 1951, that is, the volse of 7%, effective April l st, 1951 and the e September 1st, 1951, along with the infreight rates and costs of equipment, lodg1952 operations. Production costs took anmuch so in fact that at the annual wage r 1952 the Union recognized the fact that the line at this time and the negotiations remaining the same for the period Septemst 31st, 1953. The Union however did nt concession~: ion shop clause, and holidays with pay Labour Day and been dealing with unions since 1946 and ress has been made to tne benefit of all e l~adership now attained by our woods ontr1bution to our Canadian way of live st products farther and farther back rw?Y, the railways are being used more rn,ng should be issued to the railways. P_r~duct in competition with other secthe United States. Freight costs a~. ~ew years and they are getting so 1t 1ve and many companies are turnto move pulpwood. This whole quest- t PAGE 15 ion of moving. the raw product should be examined very closely by the railways so that they do not price themselves out of the market and as a result perhaps pride forest products out of the market. Surely the principles used to establish railway transportation costs for such raw products as wheat, coal, iron ore, etc., should also be applied to logs and pulwood. All comoanies are continuously experimenting,. searching for better ways to move the tree from the stump to the main road and these experiments are being watched with interest. This year we hope again to organize field trips so that members will have the opportunity of viewing one another's operations. Such co-operation in this industry ls indicative of the fact that the days of the ''timber barons" are over. We all have a lot to learn and we can all learn from each other. The use of one-man power chain saws is increasing and power saw companies are now establishing repair depots in the main centers in Northwestern Ontario. These saws are all employeeowned and result in higher production and therefore higher wages for the individual concerned. The recent announcement that the Dominion Income Tax Department recognizes the fact that these saws cost money to operate and is making an allowance when computing income tax deductions for owners of these pow e r saws should encourage more cutters to purchase saws. Besides the production from Crown Lands, many thousands of cords of farmers', settlers' wood and a great deal of lumber a re purchased annually from farmers a n d settlers throughout Northwestern Ontario. The production of forest products by these people today is a vital part of their living . Combined with produce from their farms the production of forest products in many cases means a year round occupation for farmers and settlers. In addition of course, many farmers and their horses and, in some cases, tractors and trucks work in the camps during the winter or in their "off season" . The attention of these farmers and settlers was again drawn to the fact that they may apply to the Department of Lands and Forests Thunder Bay Nursery for trees for reforestation, windbreaks and other projects . These trees were formerly supplied FREE but since October 1 952 the Government has placed a nominal charge and all species except ScotC'h Pine now cost $10.00 per thousand Every encouragement should be given to farmers to start plantations on their non-productive or marginal land. Company forest(Continued on Page 22) Many of Canada's largest timber operators are reducing costs and increasing safety with Rogers Majestic M obile Radiophone. A small investment in radio telephone equipment returns big dividends in increased production. Built to withstand the most rugged treatment it has been test-proven in the toughest terrain for reliability, efficiency, economy and simplicity. RMT-2-52 write or phone ROGERS MAIESTIC ELECTRONICS LIMITED TORONTO HALIFAX• MONTREAL WINNIPEG• VANCOUVl!R �LOG BOOK PAGE 16 M - 0 FORESTRY PROGR.AM OUTLINED (Continued from Page 9) "These sustained units, made up of both companyowned and r.ompany-controlled lands, supply at the present time, about 50,000 cords a year or about 20 per cent of the company's needs in Minnesota." In Canada the firm's Limit wood, Mr. Amidon said, is cut by small contractors and company camps. Five-year operating plans have been completed or are nearly complete for about two-thirds of the concession areas. To date, the Canadian division has 22 sustained yield cutting units; these vary in size from 20,000 acres to 60,000 acres. The average size is about 36,000 acres. The annual cut for the first period varies from 2,500 cords to 20,000 cords and the average is 7,800 cords. A total of about 170,000 cords of wood annually or about 50 per cent of the firm's Canadian production comes from these sustained yield units. About 40 per cent of M and O's total needs in both Minnesota and Canada comes from the 52 sustained yield units. "When the company completes its present cutting plans, it is estimated that it will obtain about 50 per , cent of its total needs from areas established on a sustained yield basis," Mr. Amidon said. The main advantave of this type of planning is ' lower cost ¥ ood, Mr. Amidon said. . "It may take some time," he said, "before the potential value of sustained yield cutting is fully re.:31ized, but on the premise that ·wood will be more valuable in the future, and all trends support this view, the eventual advantage to those mills starting now to grow maximum volume of high quality wood close to their mills carinot be doubted." Mr. Amidon said that the major reason why there has been such a spurt in industrial forestry within the last few years is because of the recogniton that high cost pulpwood manufacturing facilities cannot be moved when the supply of raw material gives out, and therefore, a sustained supply of wood is essential to sound financing. There are five major factors that tend to lower the cost of wocxt under sustained yield planning; according to Mr. Amidon they are: l. The cost per cord of major development items such a~ camps, roads and river improvements wi II be less if these facilities will be of permanent use and, in the long run, service a larger volume of wood. 2. Better planning is possible in an area established as a continua.us cutting unit. The complete road system r.an be laid out so that each piece of road will serve the maximum volume of wood. 3. After major development work is complete, annual expenditures for extensions, maintenance and improvement of these facilities will be much lower and more uniform. 4. A more stable and dependable labor force can be developed on this type of operation . 5 . . Higher q1Jality wood and much greater yields per acre will be obtained in the long run. Eventually each Ol"'e of these units will have a balanced distribution of age classes and trees can be harvested when they ream their peak in growth, but before they start to deteriorate. 1 A WOODS MANAGER LOOKS AT SAFETY (Continued from Page 13) During our field Safety meeting at Longlac in the l 951 , Nick Bond, the cutter who demonstrated safe cu ods, told us that he felt the best means of selling Safe to bush workers was through the foreman. The forema up to by the men as an experienced leader, with a wea ticat knowledge. His advice,_ part(cularly to new men ill goes a lot further than moving pictures, posters and vice fr:)m the company's Safety Engineer. I feel that portant part of every company's Safety program should talk on Safety to every new employee first . if possible of hiring and again by the camp clerk when he arrives' The foreman and strip boss should not pass up an when checking the work of the men on operations, to •safe methods . Only through persistent reoetitious a worker level can we expect to get results. A pat on the man who works safely will go further than puni breach of Safety rules. In general, the foreman has a tremendous a many Safety specialistc; and supervisors, in that he s er's language and has a thorough understanding of under which he works. Safety means nothing by itself. It isn't so but the safe way is the only right way. Therefor bette,r position to take responsibility for Safety th and his assistants. Our operating departments must produce and mills wood of certain specifications. The quality a must come up to company standards. We have fo company, and I imagine that our experience is only way to attain the proper standards is for the foremen to check wood quality and length every ti cutters. This is the only way we know of producing - a result which never could be produced by alone. There is reason to believe that the same Safety training. THE FIFTH IMPORT ANT POINT brought was that the Safety program must be kept alive. the planning which was covered in point number responsibility of the company Safety Engineer. H studies rhe Safety needs, suggests policies, for -viises supervisors and last, but not least, keeps alive. All I can say is that from the evidence a can afford to do anything but maintain our Saf doesn't mean that we have to do spectacular t than not, the most effective Safety programs tacular. ANOTHER POINT emphasized at Caram Union partic;ipation in accident prevention w The agreement effective September 1st, Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union and our this clause: "It is agreed that the company co-operate collectively in improving safety and To this end the company and the local Union maintain a joint committee for the purpose frequency ." In the case of our own company, the f preparation for setting up this committee is ber 6th . I feel confident tha joint action on ployees as representetl by our Safety Engi staffs can be an important factor in reducin fectiveness of this joint action will depend o ation of both pdrties. I have high hopes of Not long ago, I read the report of a ta stein at the IAPA meeting in Toronto in Se would like to quote. "Let us not throw away that wh ich_ we thing d person does has a cause. Nothing nothing just happens. Everything that ha and is the end product of that cause. And - so with Human BehaviorThere is a cause for what you do an you do things. Whatever you think or feel . Ycur attitudes of being for or agai Your desire to co-operate . re Feelings of loyalty, antagonism, admiration, anger, hate, fear , re love, faith, mistrust. d Everything you think, f~ 71 andnd 0 result of the prior cond1t1ons a iConti~ued on Page 1 �LOG BOOK rY n the su fe cutting Safety p ·oreman is a wealth -nen in the and ever, I that a should be ;sible, at rives at p an o 1s, to :)US atta CAN ONE MAN 10,000 LBS.? NE-MACHINE OPERATION UNLOADS TRUCKS IN A SINGLE PUSH PMCO Cary-lift is the only machine with a multiple fork and arm action for sorting, reaching, lifting, and placing of loads. Unloads trucks in a single push-eliminates costly truck waiting time. FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TRACTION Four-wheel drive provides positive traction under all yard surface conditions . . . in all types of weather. Maximum height • .. 14' under fork. Fork can be extended 48" at any height. UNEQUALLED CAPACITY AND MOBILITY Pulpwood Loader of the woods easily handles a cord and a half of ' in 8' or 16' lengths. The Cary-Lift with its high lent flotation power steering and short wheel base inbility and mobility when loading from skidways. The e reach, up to 4 ft. thrust forward at any height, 9 or placing wood. Cary-Lift transports loads at better than 20 M.P.H. It's the only machine basically designed to carry big loads over almost any terrain. Lifting capacities: extended6000 lbs., retracted-10,000 lbs. IMBERLAND MACHINES LTD. ALGOMA STREET PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �t'AGE LOG BOOK 18 REAPPRAISAL OF THE LUMBER BARONS (Continued from Page 4) gushers which get the publicity. All I have said about "quality consciousness," which was pounded into the heads of every American from the early l 600's to the establishment of the lumber industry in Wisconsin about 1830 is but the buildup of my idea as to why there should be a re-appraisal of the actions of the early timber operators. People who criticize these early operators do so in the light of today's economic situation. They do not go back to survey what the conditions were when these fellows were doing business. The one point I want to stress more forcibly than any other is the fact that the ultimate user of these timber products, through long indoctrination which came down from generation to generation, knew good lumber when he saw it. He usually had but little money and insisted on getting full value for every dollar he spent. No one could afford to produce ~ marginal grade of lumber. With such discerning customers who would not buy it if at all defective, and with all the cost of getting it to market with little or no salvage if rejected, it was simply commercial suicide to cut anything except the best the forest produced. No lumberman ever missed the opportunity to use and sell anything from the forest which would yield a profit. We hear people rant about what these' men left in the forest, the wasteful practices they employed and a general criticism of everything they did, including gouging the lumberjacks in the company stores and cutting rounr:1 forties. The necessity for quality of product explain~ why they were compelled to leave much of the tree in the woods. We also hear frequent reference to "virgin for-ests." From this one would think that the forests the early settlPrs found here were the first trees which ever grew up from that soil. Such reasoning is falacious, as there were trees growing on the same lands for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years before the settlers ·moved into the territory. Many of these trees in the so-called virgin forests had reached maturity and many hacl long since lost their value in making prime lumber. This accounted for much that was left in the woods. The evi Is of the old company store or wanigan business have been aired by critics for years, but if the truth were known, the lumberjacks bought their clothing, tobacco and other necessities at a much lower cost than they could have bought them in some store in town. There may have been exceptions as there are in every iridustry, but lumbermen knew then, as they do now, that they must have a following of satisfied men in the woods; 0therwise they could not maintain a crew and carry on business. Time was when men would drive logs or rafts down to St. Louis and walk back 500 or 600 miles to work for the same company and then repeat the same down-river performance the next spring and summer. Many had records of 25 or more years with the same company, which indicates to me that there were some good employers who were evidentlv well liked by their men. , Of course, in the lumbering as in all other businesses, there were those who, being primarily lazy, missed their opportunities to duplicate the performance of those who were willing to work. Anyone engaged in business during the 18th and 19th centuries had to work or they fell by the wayside. It was a hard life compared to present-day standards and was a good example of "the survival of the fittest." While men were created "free and equal," they were not endo the same abHity to think for themselves and t gumption to work for the attainment of their was the indolPnt ones who always gossiped abo who went ahead and made a place for thern business or profession. As in all industries, th a few operators who did not measure up to t dards of tbe vast majority of employers. This ion has always existed and probably always wil there be a complete change in all human natu The cutting of timber on government Ian the lands of othe·r owners did not exist exce instances. A few instances, however, were for the critics to use in their criticism of the dustry. The price of land was relatively low urally those who were most alert purchased t the lands available. Again, this gave the la opportunity to gripe about their competitors. Assuming there were things done which be done today, what did these lumbermen development of a new country? They risk cumulated savings to establish an industry it possible for the building up of towns, citi opening up of vast farming areas to the we they provided all the building materials for of construction. With the great agricultural developm plains states, the demand for lumber inc mendously and shortly after the turn of th 1904 to be ~xact, the production of lumber States reached its peak. Concurrent with was a movement inaugurated by some for to get people really interested in good for and the renewal of our timber resources. a few sporadic efforts had been made to i with the idea of reforestation. The Amer Association was organized in 1876 by a fe it was not until around 1900 that a few really went to work on a forestry program Taxatior, was the factor which det men from embarking on reforestation pr were relatively few species of wood in g all of it took a long time to reach mat arly for sawmi 11 purposes. As people in the various taxing u trees disappearing, they boosted the ta lands so that with the time element invo uneconomic to grow timber as a crop. known that the value of timebr would present level, the situation would hav different. Had they known of the dev later came about in the utilization of timber in the pulp and plywood indust also have affected their thinking. With the enactment of the forest recognized the unbearable taxation sit forcing the return of tax delinquent la ies and with the results obtained fro pulp and paper industry and the de_v veneer, plywood, and other wood u~ 1 whole picture changed . Taxing unit sighted policy as to taxation of cut_-0 real culprits in delaying the adopt 1? programs and the renewal of our ti I cannot see any sense in cont the lumbermen of previous yearf fo did not do under an entirely dif ere factors. We al I know that with .~ ur ledge of wood utilization there WI.1 (Continued on the. Follow• �,e ones ng sin 1ecie ge with bu1 nbering .apham' 1hted in ~rritory crests compa . openi :or the Y - FEBRUARY, 1953 LOG BOOK BARONS (Continued from the Previous Page plaint about the wastage of wood There may some situations where further utilization of foructs may be effected, but the subject is one of portance that we ';'ay well trust those in indusu rs u e to the l1m1t the complete utilization their research departments. Transportation has such an element in costs that industry must major part of its wood requirements at home. ay be interesting to you to know that during five years the chemical pulp industry has made trides in new processes for the utilization of unused species of wood that in any previous eriod. This has helped to b r i d g e the gap e of us anticipated in our home grown wood all that is going on in forestry at the present my firm belief that the Lake States reg10n renew its forest resources. While these trees of the same size or of the same species ere 80 to l 00 years ago, yet, with the chanvelopments in building materials and the inof a variety of species of wood as the basis PAGE 19 of supply for ce·llulose and lignin products, the amount of cubic feet of usable wood grown annually on these lands will exceed that of the forests which were here when the Lake States were settled. It behooves us to back every effort being made to grow more trees, as trees are the foundation of any conservation program either for recreation or industry. You have- seen and heard of what can be accomplished by a few concerns working together to spread the gospel of planting trees for tomorrow. These concerns will not realize any direct benefits from their efforts for years to come, but they realize that trees grown anywhere, by anyone, at any time, add to the over-ali national supply which eventually will provide for industrial use and all the multitude of recreational activities so necessary to the well-being of all people. I have not attempted to defend individual companies in my re-appraisal of those engaged in the lumber industry, but have simply tried to give you something to think about as to what these people had to cope with when these so-called "depredations" occurred. What was actually wasted was but the price we had to pay for the development of the greatest nation on earth in (Continued on the Following Page) ediate Shipment from Our Warehouse for Camp and Mill PLIES MANUFACTURED BY THE FOLLOWING FIRMS: CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD. (Apparatus Division) CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED HENRY DISSTON & SONS LTD. DOMINION OXYGEN COMPANY LTD. ~U~LOP TIRE & RUBBER GOODS COMPANY LTD. LAFRANCE FIRE ENGINE & FOAMITE LTD. LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD. LINK BELT LTD. MATHEWS CONVEYOR COMPANY LTD. PACKARD ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD. PLYMOUTH CORDAGE COMPANY LTD. G. F. STERNE & SONS LTD. SOLEX LAMP COMPANY LTD. UNITED STEEL CORPORATION LTD. WESTEEL PRODUCTS LTD. WRIGHTS' CANADIAN WI RE ROPES LTD. land Machinery Supply Co. Lid. Fort William, Ontario Phone: 3-7407 �LOG BOOK Page 20 RE-APPRAISAL OF THE LUMBER BARONS (Continued from the Previous Page) such a comparatibely short time. I susper:t that the term "lumber barons" originated about the turn of the century when all muck rakers and magazine publishers in the country were capitalizing on their favorite sport of lambasting everyone of any consequence in industry. Realizing the political advantage of stirring up the non-drinking public through attacks on the people who had vision and courage and who, through their efforts, developed the highest standard of living known to mankind, it was only a short time ago that the then president of the United States classified all industrialists as "economic royalists," whatever that catch phrase means. At any rate, it is one not supposed to be helpful in any letter of recommendation. We, in the Lake States, may well discard the continuous carping about the pioneer lumbermen and realize that present day practice is not comparabJe with any past performance. Let us get on with the business of really maintaining our renewable natural resources which are the very basis of our existence. On soil, water and trees depends the future of this country. -Timber Producers Bulletin. WORKING TOGETHER GETS THE An old-as-the-hills cartoon that needs ever so often because the and up-to-d·ate as ever. This Is Work . . . 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With Borden's TRUMILK, you can have really delicious, full-bodied milk all the time. TRUMILK is whole r.nilk in handy powder form. Just add it to water ( 4 to 1), mix, and there's the rich, nourishing milk you need for cooking and drinking. Economical! Weighs only ½ th as much as fluid milkcosts less to ship. Keeps indefinitely without refrigeration. When reliquefied, costs as low as 55 ¢ a gallon. TRUMILK ·s vacuum-packed (with perfect reseal to protect contents) SO lb. containers. "Get this handy 3 in 1 mixer at cost!" Mixes-stores-dispenses Supplied in two sizes-2 ½ and 5 gals. They have cut bronze gears for long wear-heavily tin-plated steel container -sanitary outlet. Measuring scoop and mixing charts supplied free. Order TRUMILK mixer from your nearest distributor. ---------------~----------------- BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED. RY MILK DEPARTMENT, Spadina Crescent, Toronto 4, Ontario ORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED, 407 McGill Street, Montreal, Quebec McKENZIE, STEPHEN LIMITED 345 Higgins Ave. Winnipeg, Manitoba A. H. BRADBURY 13 North Wharf Saint John, N.B. T. A. MacNAB & CO. LIMITED City Club Bldg., P.O. Box 785 St. John's, Nfld. �LOG BOOK PAGE 22 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE (Continued from Page 15) ers should be encouraged to advise farmers on their problems and I am quite sure that all foresters will be glad to co-operate in this great work . I would at this time like to pay tribute to our woodsworkers as individual citizens. Each year they are more and more tak ing their place in the social as well as the economic life of Northwestern Ontario. Their support to the Community Chest and ot'1er charity drives, purchase of Canadian G~vern_ment Bonds, etc ., are all indicative of the type of men working in the woods tod3y . Ministers of the Gospel , Shantymen's Christian Association representatives visit the camps 2nd are well received, . In some of the depot areas community clubs have been organized and sports and other recreations are taking their place in the development of the life in the woods. While referring to our employees, I would just like to ment ion in pa~sing the great emphasis being µlaced on safety in tl,c woods. Our slogan is "QUALITY PRODUCTION WITH SAFET(". Our products have to be cut to specifictions and we want quality products but we want quality products with no accidents._ The number of accidents in 1he wocds must be cut down and with the co-operation of the employees, the union, management and the safety association I feel that the accident rate can be cut down . This Association and member companies support the LakeTechnical Institute and we are happy to co-operate with the Forestry Instructors in arranging visits to operations by students, supplying guest lecturers and, in addition, we have, for each of the past four years, given a two hundred dollar oursary to a selertcd student. Our Association also co-operates with the F-ort William Sanatorium and arranges tours for the mobile X-ray vehicle . Th is service is on the go pretty well the year round and is good insurance . During the past year 3,355 employees were x-rayed. Manv men are told of chest conditions whicb they did not know they had and were advised to see their own doctors . Discovering other chest conditions in these surveys 1s possible because large 35mm. x-ray olates are used. During the past year a Northwestern Ontario Committee on Research was organized under the auspices of the Ontario Researc.h Council. Mr . Jack Godden, Woodlands Manager of the Great Lakes Paper Company Limited was appointed the Ontario Research Counci I representative on this Committee and member companies appointed three representatives: Mr. K. W. Hearnden, Mr . H. 0 . Kantola and Mr. G. R. Sonley as representatives of the industry on this Committee. Research is very necessary. We must know more about the trees, soil conditions, growing cycles, etc ., etc ., and I know that the co-operation of member companies and their personnel is assured to the research agencies . do to accelerate research should be done . I should like to take the liberty of extending a word ot helpful caution to the Department of Lands and Forests. During the past few years many changes have taken place in forest legislation. No fair minded person would deny that many of these change:; were necessary and perhaps overdue . However, forest management, whether on Crown or private lands, is a business ancJ, just like all other businesses, must follow the principles of economics . This is particularly true on Crown Forests since not only must practically all Departmental revenue be cerived tram the marketing of forest products, but even more importantly the enormous expenditures necessary for development of roads and facilitiC's have to be financed from the sale of forest products. There must be a margin between productive cost c1nd market price and this margin must be big enough to provide for development expense as well as to maintain the tremendous forest and rn which .;1re the real backbone to th ➔ economy of the enti -especially in this region . if regulations or legislati plied in a manner that injures the basic principle of agement - the essentiality of adequate returns -- in the our whole economy w:11 be impaired and thus the e lation will be harmed , not just the people earning the within the industry. There has been up until now a boom in the for inc:lustrv - but costs have crept up dangerously high wi;;e we will realize that while demand for forest pr be· stable the boom aspects are over . In many ca costs are already too high . In the case of Jacpine would suggest that every encouragement be given the use of this species . Many parts of Northwestern Ontario volumes of mature and over mature Jackpine. Mu~ ber is already unsuit.:ible for producing ties, ooles is still good for pulpwood . Everything should be as much of this spec ies as p8ssible . The costs of species are already toe high in relation to the mar end product~ . Any increase in c~sts will be detr encouragement of the utili,:ation ot this species. In closing, I would like to again this year s towards our industry. l stated in my Annual Repo a NEW ERA in woods operations had been born now growing up in that new era . We have progr year -- management plans and operating plans ar a long term basis; gradually more species are b employees are receiving good wages negotiated a wocds union ; our depots are becomin 8 more per have more and more facilit ies for better living, dams and other improvements are being extend industry is the backbone of this part- of Ontari to bo= a part of it and to be President of this I would like to re-iterate -- we have by perfection but substantial progress has been m as a group we can be proud of our operations on today. l n ordEr to improve such opera ti istration thereof is :he reason v-te are gathe this Annual Meeting of th_e Thunder Bay Ti ociation. - -- -o----- HOW LONG DOES A CIGARETTE STUB BURN? The me'1ace of a lighted cigarett away on a woodland trail has been s ured by the U.S . Bureau of Stand smoker, sav=> the Bureau, consumeslength of l ¼ inches. The discarded from 8 to 12 minutes and six out of length. When tossed on a pad of di' c:garette stubs ignited the grass. In outdoor c0nditions, 20 discarded smo in places where the ground was cov WHEM YOU ARE FINISHED WITH THI PASS IT ON TO SOMEONE ELSE. DE AMD YOU Will ASSIST BY PASSING ORDER YOUR SPRING REQUIREMENTS NOW • • • Our new Wholesale Hardware warehouse is modernly equipped to serve Lumbering and Mining Industries; the Retail Stores; Plumbing, Heating Contractors in Northwestern Ontario. COCHRANE HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LI 105 Nortll Cumberland Street, Port lrtllur • Dial �PAGE 23 LOG BOOK PROGRESS REPORT ON FOOT INJURY SURVEY, 1952 ••• By (Continued from Page 12) "SCALER" iend nf mine, who is retired and so watches the scene from a chair tilted back on its hind legs h it~ back comfortably to the w~II, holds the hat the lumber industry just never . will be appand better get used to being a whipping boy. 1 pessimist, but here's the way he me: u take the lumber business in B.C. Withcut ovince would go flat on its face. But it seems ly everyone has an idea he wants to take a t. You'd think it was something illicit or to raged. t makes money, it's robbing the people. If it ake money it is inefficiently run. pays high wages, it is injuring the other bas·es of the province. If it doesn't pay high s gypping its workmen. * * * burns slash in the woods, it is starting forIf it doesn't burn the slash, it is imperi II ing of the woods with the dangerous material ng around. loses its operations to fishermen and huntging the whole country. If it lets them it is encouraging forest fires. oesn't bui Id its own roads, it can't log. if e roads to private users, it is a so-and-so. close its truck roads to private traffic fie accidents. lls lumber at low prices, it can't pay high arges for lumber accordingly, it is raisf housing. * * * with people in government, it is exertsure on pub Iic servants. If it doern't in government, it is arrogant and unublic responsibilities. es a clean sweep of the ripe, mature it is t:ausing ruin and destruction. if e same thing, he is an upright sysrer-1 ounty of Nature. the public about itself, it is wasting to curry public favor. If it tells the it is reactionary, old-fashioned and en for not working safely, it is rutha high accident rate, it is a monster flesh in its greed for gain. th_ its employees, it is trying to win e1r unions. If it doesn't talk with Careless of what they think and doesm anything. aw, what's the use? No one has em and they've been through so 9 out of the game that they don't t when they' re taking it." fford _to sit and watch the passing n retirement from a lumber corned for 40 years. Maybe, after some_thing that long, you have e cynicism. :i -Forest & Mill. than to the left, while other types of injury involved the right foot 4.4% more frequently. It shdlild be emphasized that this survey has not by any means provided complete data with regard to foot injuries in woods operations. It is felt, however, that it does support certain tentative conclusions which may serve as guides to the manufacturers of footwear in trying to produce better foot protection for woods workers. The need for such improvement seems to be proportioned approxim.1tely as follows: INJURIES TO Inner side Outer side Top Sole . RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT 17.3 % 30.6~() 21.7 5.0 13.3 % 7.0 23.7 3.7 52.3 % 47.7 % l 00.0~~ 8.3 TOTAL 15.3 45.4 8.7 From careful study of injuries to that part of the feet normally protected by safety-toed footwear presently available, it is estimated that at least 75 of the 300 injudies (255f) would have been avoided, or certainly much reduced in severity, had that type of foot protection been worn by the men concerned. In view of this fact, it appears that more general use of safetytoed rubbers, or leather shoes, in the woods can very definitely help in reducing the number of foot injuries, even in the present imperfect state of development of such footwear. While endeavoring to secure a higher degree of foot protection for woods workers, we should not fai I to take fuller advantage of what is al ready to be had in that respect. A 25 % betterment is worth going after, pending more effective means of obtaining relief from some of the other injuries to the feet of woods workers. In conclusion, our thankful appreciation is hereby express€d to all who co-operated in this project by submitting reports of foot injuries for analysis. It is hoped that the result as reported herein will be thought valuable enough to repay the effort involved. The survey wi II be continued unti I a full calendar year has been covered and a further and final report will then be prepared. • --0--- NEWSPRINT IN GOOD SUPPLY "Based on estimates available a year ago, the 1951 world shortage of newsprint appeared to be down to less than 3 percent of demand, and a similar situation was forecast for 1952. Latest figures indicate that supply was actually short l percent in 1951 and the 1952 shortage now appears negligible:" From a report by the Newsprint Association of Canada entitled "Newsprint Data: 1952." CANADIAN BUCKSAW CHAMPIONSHIPS The Canadian Bucksaw Championships will again be held in Montreal at the Annual Meeting of the Can• adian Pulp & Paper Association, Woodlands Section, Annual Meeting March 25 and 26, 1953. Rules and Regulations are the same as in past years and Woodlands Section officials are hoping that even more companies than in previous years will have entries in the 1953 finals. �PAGE 24 LOG BOOK Shantyman's Message Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I am thankful for the opportunities we had in visiting the men in the camps these past summer months and the welcome received. Also I would like to give out some thoughts to the readers of your LOG BOOK. Who is God? Genesis l: l In the beginning God Some generations ago when that great body of eminent Christian leaders came together to give a defination of God, they made it a special prayer for guidance. One man in his prayer addressed God thus "Oh God, Thou art a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in Thy being wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth." The assembly agreed that this spontaneous outburst of prayer was the best definition that could be found, which was adopted . Also, Dr. A. Strong in his systematic theology says, "God is the infinite and perfect Spirit in whom all things have their source, support and end." Although the Bible gives no formal definition ot c;;od, neither does it offer any proof of His existencee. We lawfully conclude from this fact that no proof is needed, only the fool denies it. Psalm 14: l - 3, "The fool in his heart hath said there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good . The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become fi Ithy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one." The word fool in the Hebrew is nabal, according to its root meaning, suggests destitution. Only the one who is out of touch with the life of God denies the existence of the Divine Being. The word fool implies moral difficulty rather than intellectual. In every case it reveals spiritual bankruptcy. Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle, who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to '1is neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach ag .. ainst his neighbor, and as Nicodemus sought the Lord Jesus by night, also must we all do likewise, seek the Savior of men for eternal Salvation, which is only found in the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus answered and said Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 5:24. Verily, Verily, I say unto you, he that heareth My word, .and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, .and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. And in the words of Psalm 139:23 and 24 - Search me, 0 God and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. May the Lord's richest blessing be upon you all, as you seek to serve Him. Sincerely in His Service, James H. Allen, Shantyman's Missionary Note: Mr. Allen will be visiting camps in Northwestern Ontario this winter. A NEW BOOK - "Logging Mechanization in the U by ALEXANDER KOROLEFF M.F. (St. Petersburgi, M.S.F. (Wash.), M.F. (Ya Directer of Woodlands Research, PPRIC Since 1946 the USSR has been spending of millions of dollars for the purpose of 1 efficiency and total production of Russian w ations. ThP result has been a rapid convers logging practices from a rather haphazard manual occupation to a mechanized, organ;' try. Moreover in the last few years the ann cut in Russia has been growing very rapid! exceeds 20 bi II ion cubic feet. All of those concerned with woods pr find in this book far-reaching implications f timber and pulp trade. The author, who early years in the Russian Imperial Forest has worked since 1919 chiefly in Canada the United States, has assembled from upces a wealtr of information contained in articles which he translated f r o m Russ, journals. The impact of the intensive Russian I anization or basic forestry concepts, a dependence 1..Jpon research, should be o interest to thnse concerned with forestr where. In the early stages the Russians b f ram American and Canadian sources niques in logging mechanization, and these new developments of their own. vi des an cpportunity to reduce their V + 158 pages of text and 46 illu $5.00 per Copy Obtainable from McGILL UNIVERSITY BOOK S 3480 UNIVERSITY STREET, MONTRE GOOD NEWS FROM INDIA Good news for the paper A report from New Delhi says its literacy rate from 13.5% to 18c of its independence) and expendit have doubled. 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He says, "It's not people" It's their behavior that bothers you -- AND if you control the causes you will control behavior which is really what you want." One cannot help but be impressed by these truths, so well summarized by Dr. Rosenstein. If we could only absorb and act upon a few of 'them, the success of our Safety program would be assured. In r::onclusion, I wish to thank you for your invitation to speak to the Northwestern Ontario Branch on such an important subject, and to onnounce to all concerned that Longlac has every intention of winning the Annual Accident Prevention contest in 1953. -----0----- ntrol of people and their actions, most of us have overtruly important aspects of control and understandin;;i. en calling people dirty names- lazy, dumb, unco-opident-proneHAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON PEOPLE INSTEAD ACTIONS. 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POWELL EQUIPMENT PORT ARTHUR WINN � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Log Book - Timber Operators' Association Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1953JanFebLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - January February 1953 Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Log Book, published by the Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association. January February 1953. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thunder Bay Timber Operators' Association Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953-01 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared with permission of the Ontario Forest Industries Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text