3 10 13359 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/103eb38a213e59c528714786c3a6ae86.pdf a5738183f1a21c5066754e68df033f8e PDF Text Text Jopou~ anb ~,-· ·.,.,•.•·., J'-:\r~~ -rt 11?:i; :, l rt, a PPP ~~::;::,, ~ttu - Jtar to ~II Q.. ...· · .. :::=,:<· __, -:'~ :.._;. ~t · .,,,," • <•:·•: '.•· • �PAGE 2 LOG NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 19 BOOK ,.,._.,,,....,H11a-<>....,,>...,.c>....,<~<.._.<,.....,>._,,,....,c,~c>411ao,1~c1.-.c>...,c>...-.<>.-.<.._.,~,....,,,....,,,.,_.u-..-,,.-.c~c>.-.c>....,,,~ cm.<>cm,,.1,...,,,.-,,,....,,,~,,_.,,,._.,,~,..a.t~1,~,,_,.,,.._..,,,._..,, I i I I i I I TWIN CITY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD. LOGGING- INDUSTRIAL- CO·NSTRUCTIO N OFFICES AND SHOPS - 915 MEMORIAL AVE. ADAMS Roaid Graders i I I I e e DROTT Pulp Wood Loaders I I I I I e INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Diesel Power and Allied Equipmen·~ e IOWA MANUFACTURING CO. Crushing, Washing, Screening Equipment I e I i • I i I AVELING-BARFORD Road Rollers MALO Overhead Loaders BUCYRUS-ERIE Shovels, Cranes, Drag lines HEIL Dump Boxes and FRINK Snow Plows MICHELIN Metalic Tires I II I i I I I I I I • PROMPT Dial 5-5495 Port Arthur ~ WRITE OR WIRE FOR INFORMATIO·N NI INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER SERVICE • I I i I I I I I i I I I I I -PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO Distributors for: e e e e II MUNICIPAL and MINING EQUIPMENT •:•.-.c,.-.«>....C)4119-(J. . . .( ......().-.<J..-,,(). . . . . () . . . . f) . . . . .,,. . . . .,,. . . . .,,. . . .,,. . . . . . )41119-(,c:a,, . _ . , ,. . . .,,. . .,, • • • • • •• • • CARCO Winches CLEVELAND Trenchers CONSTRUCTION MACH IN ERY CO. Pumps and Concrete Equipment PIONEER Super '54 and Super Twin Power Chain Saws PERKINS Marine Diesel Engines PALMER Electric Generators PRENCO Hydraulic Hose SCHRAMM Stationary, Portable, Self-Propelled Air Equipment. �OVEMBER - DECEMBER 1 954 LOG BO O K PAGE 3 ECEMBER 191--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ . : __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ .TD. ------;-_-:;,r----- -- ,.~~~-- , - .... t•, ~- l5 NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO TIMBER OPERATORS ASSOCIATION TB X-ray Mobile Unit Completes Tour The second swing around companies in the Hearst area succeeded in X-raying 585 persons in camps of the H. H. STYFFE ....... .. .. .... ............................ ........................... President Henry Selin Forest Products Limited Arrow Timber P. V. LEMAY .............. .. ................. . Vice-President Company Limited, J. D. Levesque Saw-;,,i 11, Upper CanEXECUTI~ ada Lumber Company Limited, Driftwood Lands & TimA F BUELL M. COCHR~ ET U R JOlJfh imited . This is in addition to the 706 persons • s. MOSHER [C'>nff~L' M. MACLAG@-~ G-ra ~ d in camps earlier this year, and makes a total • Secret ry.Ea~ ~ f c D c l l of l i 91 persons X-rayed in camps in the Hearst area Published by r s ear. Northwestern ntario Timbe~ eratorf Assoc_iation fter completing the Hearst area the mobile x-ray Edited by O O a S DI vis; 0 n . roceeded to the Western area to camps of OntarioM ara t,fi~ Co Min esota Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Patricia and da Lt .J.,ak of the ~oods area; Dryden Paper Company LimPo rt Arthur O t . '11-~d , Chukun, Lumber Company Limited and Colenso ' n a r Io Lu ber Company. With this issue we see th e passing O a . So far in 1954, 267 4 employees have been x-rayed it is perhaps worthwhile to reflect on how th e Opin the camps. Co-operation of the companies concerting Industry fared during th e year a nd on how we ned, supervisory staff which include foremen and clerks nk we are going to fare during 1955 in the camps, Union stewards, etc., is gratefully ackOn a Northwestern Ontario basis it is safe to say nowledged by the Medical Superintendent, Dr. G. S. t the Woods Industry, while definitely not as robust Jeffrey of the Fort William Sanatorium. ---o--it was several years ago, at least kept employment to a good average figure in comparison with other M. Maclaggan Addresses Ouebec Association stries. As a matter of fact the woods operating ram of domestic paper mills, with odd exceptions, Mr. Max MacLaggan, Woods Manager, Lakehead Division, Abitibi Power & Paper Company Limited, was held a reasonably good level. Most of the slack guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Quebec been created by the decreasing operations of the rt Companies and a lessening of volume output Pulp and Paper Safety Association held in Sherbrooke, P.Q. recently. gging and lumbering companies. The production --oes, particularly, was down over previous years. OFFICERS n -, lfBRA R The combination of features such as higher freight higher dues and wage levels have made it iningly difficult for Northwestern Ontario to comwith far Western producers and far Eastern prod. If some relief can be expected from the railroads e Department of Lands and Forests, it is possible e can regain lost markets and perhaps step up ipment of lumber, pulpwood, ties, poles and products. any operators are wondering what the New Yea r ng . Have we seen the bottom of the dip or are e a further dropping in the overall volume proer year? This is one time we do not hesitate out on a limb." flatly predict that 1955 can and will be a lid year but will not reach boom proportions. e a few things we can do to help the recovery ess. We must reduce our costs and eliminate e must collectively show the Government where try is already suffering from the imposition hdues ~nd other costs, direct and indirect. The ave increased rates to the point where rail t of wood products have been discouraged. Ve a reasonable reduction i n freight rates much to regain some of our former markets and pulpwood . r to all this we believe our Industry must seek newer and more economical ways cf nd producing timber products. In this ree ~nly scratched the surface. We believe nta,n and continue a high and fair return worker but our methods of operating must :e efficient. isth b rie • f comment we wish one and all the e Season and successful operating durH. H. "Bert" STYFFE Helicopter Company Changes firm Name Canadian Helicopters Limited is the new name for Ambank Airlift Limited . The Head Office of Canadian Helicopters is at the Island Airport, Toronto and there are branch offices at the Lakehead airport and Sudbury, Ontario. A Sikorsky 5-55 and a Bell helicopter are now ~tationed at the Lakehead Airport and are ready to undertake projects for timber, mining operators, etc. It is expected that these helicopters will be used by companies constructing the Trans-Canada pipe-line. ---<>--- field Worh Completed The monthly summary of the Forest Insect Survey for Ontario reported that a total of 593 collections were received in the month of September. These collections contained a total of 685 insect samples. Officials of the Forest Insect Survey wish to express their sincere appreciation to all those who in anv way assisted members of their staff during the past season. · ·-·- - - - 0 - ·· ECONOMIC REVIEW Of ONTARIO The Ontario Bureau of Statistics and Research is now publishing monthly an Economic Review of Ontario. The September 1954 issue included a very comprehensive review of the Pulp and Paper Industry in Canada and in Ontario. If anyone is interested in reading th,s review, they may receive c! copy of "Economic Review of Ontario'' by writing to ·the Department of the Provincial Treasurer, East Block, Tower Queens Park, Toronto 2, Ontario. 1 1 j �PAGE 4 LOG BOOK NOVEMBER - DECEMBER The Study of Jaekpine Regeneration on the KVP Coneession Area Since 1945 the KVP Company cut has consisted of 65-75 per cent jackpine for their kraft mill at Espanola. In the mc311aged development of the area a period of up to ten years is allowed for recovery" of the cut stand under an area allotment system of regulation. In the normal course many relatively pure, evenaged jackpine stands are harvested. Early there was indication that adequate recovery of these stands could be viewed with pessimism, particularly on the dry flats common to the area. Unless economic modifications in operating techniques and/or supplementary practices could be brought to bear successfully on this condition, the long-term management of the area would be seriously upset. Attention has been focussed on the problem. In 1948 a comprehenisve research study was undertaken in co-operation with the Federal Forestry Branch and the Pulp and Paper Research Institute. The project has been carried to a conclusion. A report describing the study will be published soon. The findings, though not providing a panacea, are being acted upon through extended studies over the three administrative districts the Company maintains in the development of the Concession. Oversimplified and in common with many of our species, the conditions which give rise to jackpine regeneration are: mineral soil plus seed-in direct combination. The rub comes in dealing with the first and third criteria mentioned. Due to jackpine's norma! habit of storing its seed on the tree the second is usually primarily favourable. Studies in the Lake States show that there may be in the neighbourhood of two million seeds for potential distribution on an acre. The initial research project tested a range of practicable operating methods, with and without supplementary treatment in the clear cutting of a pure jackpine stand. From this study and observations throughout the operations, it became evident that the degree of success in creating a desirable seedbed varied directly with the CONCENTRATION of effort in advancing the wood to the main road. The old-time strip with hand-loaded sleighs and winter haul yielded virtually no preparation. The modern bundle or tree-length yarding and mechanical skidding yields relatively intensive preparation on up to 20 per cent of the area -with distribution being a resultant problem . In ali cases the presence of seed on these receptive micro areas is left to chance without further heedful treatment. Three major stimulii to the advancement of the program have taken place. First was the devoting of one district in 1951 to specialized mechanical logging, with emphasis on experimentation and analysis. From this, adaptable techniques which are viewed optimistically are introduced elsewhere on the Concession. Secondly, in 1950 a Demonstration Management Plan was undertaken for a major watershed in co-operation with the Federal Forestry Branch, by which advisory and assessment services are provided by the Branch, and most significant, it is Company policy that all operational plans must provide for inclusion of steps required to establish an adequate second crop. Where non-merchantable potential is indicated a vital area (either cutover, or naturally so) effort been made to study under a system of applied ex ment, variations on the theme "mineral soil plus s in direct combination." In chronological sequence fr 1949 the studies under way which are pointed to problem, are as fol lows: * ( 1) Orchard-type second growth jackpine, burn on a dry site. (2) Post-cut scarification in weathered slash in wood operation, with Athens plough (parallel strips) followed by broadcast seeding (5 ou per acre, bulked). (3) Post-cut scarification without broadcast se immediately following cut (parallel to strip (4) Bull-dozing slash and debris back i n to roads alone (scalped for direct strip forwa with hystaway loader). (5) Bull-dozing slash and debris back into roads with extended bulldozing of inter strip areas. (6) Two-stage cutting of stand. .,. (7) Seed-probe treatment o f scalped strip roads. x (8) Scarification in open heath land wit tool plus broadcast seeding-intensive (9) r( 10) Scarification in open heath land wi tool plus broadcast seeding-extensiv Scattering of cone-bearing strip roads. -,( 11) . Scalping with grader blade with broadcast seeding (extensive). r( 12) Prescarification in bundle-yarded t( 13) Bundle yarding with piles random of on strip roads. Seed spotting on prepared seal bearing branches or seed. i·( 14) ( l 5) t( 16) ( 17) Prescribed burning (fall) in old ed by broadcast seeding to va (6 ounces, 8, l 0, 12 and 16 bulked). Early indications a_re e progressively heavier seed int Chemical treatment of jackp, seed. Seed tree bwning in bundl (planned for this fall). Results to date are promising ~ffixed with * and fair for those_ later efforts still are lacking quali These results are not treated nee final for treatment or st a nd co used as an indication. • d , an As confidence is gaine 1 ific treatments with this probe and extend to eventually recov cerned. �:CEMBER 195 OVEMBER - DECEMBER 1954 LOG PAGE 5 BOOK indicated • o) effort h ,plied expe )ii plus se iquence fr inted to t :pine, A Survey of Seasonal Unemployment in Canada • Seasonal unemployment is a growing social and economic problem in Canada. Since World War 11, the volume of seasonal unemployment has been increasing year by year, as the pressures on our manpower resources for abnormally high production levels eased off after the war's end. At the same time, the distance from peak to trough in employment has widened as the number of workers employed by the seasonal industries increased. Seasonal unemployment is costly. In addition to a tremendous loss in productivity, it has been estimated that as much as 150 million dollars are lost each year in wages and purchasing power, while more than 93 million dollars were paid out in unemployment insurance benefits from December 1952, to April 1953, mostly to people seaonally unemployed. The National Advisory Council on Manpower in 1952 asked the National Employment Committee (advisory body to the National Employment Service) to institute a foll investigation. As a first step, the committee drew up a questionnaire which was sent to more than one thousand employers in nine-just for the pleasure of getting a job teen seasonal industries. The replies were done? analysed by -the Economics and ·Research (7) Do you keep plugging away at a job in Branch of the Department of Labour and a spite of temporary setbacks? report was prepared, based on the analysis (8) To turn in a top performance, have you and on earlier studies undertaken by the Deabsorbed all training available from your partment of Labour superior; from your fellow workmen; As might be expected, this, the first comfrom Company training facilities? prehensive survey on seasonci I unemployment ( 9) Do you like to discuss your job probin Canada, has not found any simple solutions lems with your superiors? to this complex and widespread problem, b'.Jt (l 0) If there is a tough assignment that no it has uncovered a very large number of apone has been able to lick, do you take proaches to solutions whic~ are now beif'g it on gladly; wish that someone else applied in varying degrees '"• the twenty-one would take it; or not take it because (Continued on Page 19) others failed? ( 1 1) "Newfangled" is apt to be a mental label you pin on an untested method, but do you like to try new methods? ( 12) In a pinch, can you do any job well i11 your field? (13) Your superiors give you some orders. Are you able to spot in advance the points where trouble might develop in carrying them ont? ( 14) Do you feel free to disagree with yo1_1r boss when you feel he is wrong? (15) Are you likely to back up your boss in discussions or arguments with colleague:;? If you can honestly answer in the affirmative to these questions, then you are heading in the right direction. If not, a slight change in attitude and a new focusing on the problem can make a substantial difference. Analyze the questions and answers and you will find your job is measured by a simple rule of thumb; just how much are you helping management run your outfit more smoothly, more productively, and at lower cost? The more you can help, the more you are need ed. Sounds simple - but it's true. I ~l~►Jt:~J53~ with ive. adays we often hear some pessim!stic t busir,ess and you may feel a little t things. But you shouldn'~- For ividuals, this will be a period of . You can be amongst those to ncement, pay increases, and at the , iob security. Here's why: ment will have to depend more on ience and abilities to help the Comthe bumps. You will find manager to get your job improvement and you will be complimented that will help lop off some of g costs. YOU go about building up your the present situation? The startan analysis of the danger spots the average job; the things that lance "for" or "against" you in your employer. A survey which ers which qualities were most employees brought out some s and you might well check our attitude : you real satisfaction to comahead of schedule? rush job to be completed but a personal situation to face. Sregard the personal date? nk of yourself as having an pply of physical energy? e an "eye for deta iI" which f?r you to analyze a job t 1s blocked by a hidden Ve l~h a tough assignment and , rather than delay? lend a co-worker a hand -•- �PAGE 6 LOG ,u,..(JM. ,,q BOOK NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1 <J,,,,. to R~ • Husky, white-haired Aaron Mosher, 73, a veteran union leader (Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees) and president of the Canadian Congress of labor, has fought most of his life for improved working conditions, better security and higher wages. Last week, at the C.C.l.'s annual convention in Toronto, labor's elder statesman showed why he has also earned the respect of Canadians outside the ' labor movement for his common-sense grasp of the economic facts of life. "We must face certain realities." Mosher told the 950 union delegates. "The need for aggressiveness and courage is apparent to every thoughtful member of the labor movement, but blind and reckless adventure cannot properly be placed in either of the:;e categories . . . We must anticipate that in some instances situations will occur where competition for markets will result in workers being faced with the unhappy choice of either foregoing further wage increases . . . or having their industry go out of business . . . In an economy where private profits are the dominating factor in industtry, we have no alternative but to ensure sufficient profit to keep industry in motion, or be faced with unemployment.'' . Such words of caution, coming from a top labor leader, emphasized the troubles some of Canada's industries face. The textile industry is hard-pressed by foreign competition. Overproduction plagues the farm-implement industry. Increased use of oil and natural gas threatens the coal industry. Indiscriminate wage increases in such fields would be disastrous. Mosher's listeners were impressed. They included in their statement of economic policy a sentence recognizing that wages in depressed industry need not always be increased. They also re-elected Mosher president of ~he C.C.L for another year. (Excerpts from the Monthly Letter of The Royal Bank of Canada) STANDARDIZATION - The great value of standardization is that it relegates to the field of routine the problems that have al. ready been solved, thus leaving our faculties free for problems that are still unsolved. SIMPLIFICATION When we use our talent, resources, skill and time in the best possible way, then we may say that our task has been simplified. To simplify is to organize common sense to find better and easier ways of doing a job without waste of time, energy and materials. . .. However, to make all wcrk, people and jobs standard would rob life of its diversity, make it uninteresting, and infringe upon its freedom. DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY - • Delegation of responsibility is an important function. It shouid be done in such a way that the duty and authority of every subordinate is clearly understood by him and those who work with him. EFFICIENCY Efficiency is the expenditure of a given amount of energy so wisely directed that a task is completed in the lea5t possible space and after the least possible lapse of time. There are many who have found their whole day made easier by tackling their most unpleasant or most difficult task first, and disposing of it. Others have learned to change direction frequently, moving from one area of their responsibility to another. Still others have no p.:1rticular order but do mal-:.~ it a rule to work steadily and relax period• ically. CONCENTRATION Ability to concentrate is a great help in attaining efficiency '' Best • and " <I'-', aMJ -•- 'kle,, Ever hear a cohort say "THEY" to run the job this way Ever wonder who are "THEY" who the brunt the livelong day. "THEY" are the ones some call a cl who plan the work so things will tick. "THEY" fix the machinery and a lot "THEY" handle every needed chore. "THEY" keep the buildings up to "THEY" worry about safety and s "THEY" line up the work, look after and provide a job without fail. Safety meetings "THEY" attend and jobs without end. "THEY" take new people into ha "THEY" run instruction sessions, a "THEY" must manage all the work other people like to shirk. Some help a little and think that permits them to stand by and hiss "THEY help a lot and it is true, ' gain no more than you, and you. Is doing your duty your work's e do you a helping hand lend? As true as God can make a tree, ought to change the "THEY" to -•- NOMINATIONS FOR WOODLANDS SECTION, C.P.P.A. MUST BE IN BC DECEMBER 31st. Nominations for the seven an for the Woodlands Section, Cana Paper Association , must be sen lands Section .by December 31st, FORD Genuine PARTS It is developed by getting down to work once, without the wasteful "warming up'' iod some people profess to believe is ne ary. Tackling one job at a time, de to it whatever time is necessary is the of concentration. ACCESSORI • • in the Long Run Gibson Motors limited carry the_ I Genuine Ford Parts and Accessories and Winnipeg. For your convenience, Gibson Mo tain a speedy shipping departmen given prompt attention so that you :ect to costly lay-up. Y~u ca~lus Motors Limited for Service- PORT ARTHUR GIBSON MOTORS LIMITED Authorized Ford Dea1P1" - Thunder Bay District �1ECEMBER 19 OVEMBER - DECEMBER 1954 lown to work ,arming up" ,elieve is nece 1 time, devoti ;ary is the ac -IEY" ought iEY" who get PAGE 7 LOG BOOK • Why Borden's Trumilk is the Ideal Milk for your Camp (. ,e call a cliq ;is will tick. and a lot mor ded chore. JS up to snu ty and stuff; look after fail. ttend and k that this and hiss, ;. true, "TH nd you. ark's end, d? a tree, Y Y" to " 1. All the food value of fresh whole milk! 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. 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! 2. Costs as low as 55( a gallon ! 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! .P.A. 31st. m-sealed for camp use! 5. Easy handling-less weightno freezing ! 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-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 indefi.nitely I Also has inner friction-top cover to protect contents after seal is broken. . THE BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED. DRY MILK DEPARTMENT, Spadina Crescent, Toronto 4, Ontario. THE BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED, 407 McGill Street, Montreal, Quebec. IRKLAND & ROSE, LTD. 130 Water Street, Yancoull'er, a.c. A.H. BRADBURY 13 North Wharf, Saint 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. �PAGE 8 LOG Canadian Institute of Forestry Holds Annual Meeting The 46th Annual General and Professional meeting of the Canadian Institute of Forestry was held at the Empress Hotel in Vancouver, B.C., October 13th, 14th and 15th, 1954. President W. A. E. Pepler presided at the meetings and all arrangements were in the hands of the A.B.C. C. I. F. Commhtee. The theme paper "Sustained Yield Forestry as a Business Enterprise" was given by F. D. Mulholland, Chief Forester, Elk Falls Company Limited. There were two panels: 1. Markets (a) Worldwide (b) Domestic 2. Business Management (a) Integrated Utilization (b) Stable Labour Force. The Foresters' Obi igations: Panel 1. To ensure a Continuous Wood Supply (a) By Establishing the Crop (b) By Protecting the Crop Panel 2. To improve the Quality and Quantity of Production (a) East Viewpoint (b) West Viewpoint The Government's Obligations: Panel 1. Enabling Legislation Panel 2. To provide Essential Services (a) Surveys (b) Research The meeting was preceded by a field trip to Alberni, Parksville and Harmac. ----o---- BOOK NOVEMBER - DECEMBER C. I. F. NEWS J. A. Mathieu Sawmill Toured by Foresters. Lake of the Woods Section, Canadian Institute Forestry held a meeting in Fort Frances in Septen, The J. A. Mathieu sawmill was toured in the mor and the meeting took place in the afternoon. Reports were heard from committees set up survey the situation in regard to the Certification Tree Farms in the Kenora, Dryden and Fort Fra areas. The Canadian Institute of Forestry, Lake of Woods Section held a general meeting at Manda L-314, near Kenora The program for the day included a tour of tial cutting operations in the area. After the field trip, th egroup met in Keno take part in a panel discussion on the topic "Th generation Problem." Members from Fort Frances, Dryden, and Kenora were in attendance. ----o--- Report Irom Technical fores try Course By J. C. Campbell. Because field practices are so important training of Technical Foresters it is felt that outline of work accomplished to date would be terest to readers of the LOG BOOK. At the Lakehead Technical Institute For main porjects are just being completed. On struction in stand improvement, the other in cruising techniques. Stand improvement work to date has fined to brushing out and cutting out trees building site on Island Lake. Now that a been roughed through to join our camp site Island Lake Road we are hoping that the con of necessary buildings will begin very shortly. To give practise in cruising techniques w ducting two established types of cruises: th uous line cruise and the controlled plot cruise The second-year students act as crui ft rst-year students act as compass- and tallyparty of three men complete the survey of a 20 chains. The information gathered is late in the classroom. In this way, proper te~ measurement and recording data are practi More and more spare time is being roaming around the bush observing differe sociations regeneration soi I conditions, et portant that every for~ster develops a Why does Black Spruce occur on uplan The second-year Technical Forester: the pulpwood scaling course which was P Department of Lands and Forests. We ar the Department of Lands and Forest~ this course to coincide with our Fall f,e Staff and Forest Advisory Committe~ of Technical Institute consider the scaling important part of the Technical Fore 5t le1bus. I have been told by the For~s!~{ Feden presented a very well organtz course . I always consider it a gref; student tel Is me that he found a Thanks Jim for · your valuable a ju �DECEMBER VEMBER - DECEMBER l 954 LOG PAGE 9 BOOK dium Arsenite Treatment of Poplar VP Ramsay District 1954 were taken. In one case of accidental splashing, minor blisters appeared about the face of the man concerned. Results of the success of the treatment wil not be apparent until next spring. sters. a_n In st itute A total of approximately 12,000 trees were girdin hSeptem and treated with sodium arsenite in the sap-peeling n t e morn ason, 1954. It is estimated that the volume of these ,oon. es wi II total about 1,800 cords. Two types of stand were treated. The first was pop!ar of 65-70 years of age on which the bark was atively thin and smooth. Treating crew in this type stand consisted of five girdlers, two applying chemI and one foreman, for a total of eight. Production raged 20 cords per man day in this type .of stand. mical consumption was one gallon of sodium arsenfor each 50 cords. a tour of In the second area the poplar was about 120 years age. The trees were large and_the bark was up to -half inch thickness. Ordinary girdling tools were nd ineffective in this heavy-barked stand. Best res were obtained by blazing off a piece of the bark ake an opening and then breaking the bark around an ordinary peeling spud . It was necessary in this to increase the number of girdlers from five to n. Production was about 22 cords per man day in stand, and chemical consumption one gallon for ords. Men were equipped with rubber gauntlets and fly nets to avoid irritating fly bites, with gauntarrying chemical solution. While there was some tion of fly bites, apparently caused by the chemthere did not appear to be any particular hazard the material if reasonable precautions were Project RC 17 •Inspected Project RC-17 which started in May 1953 with an announcement by the Premier of Ontario was inspected by the Forestry Sub..!Committee of the Ontario Research Council recently. The purpose of RC-17 is to increase and to create conditions favouring the natural reproduction of spruce for pulpwood on the mixed wood slopes in the Lakehead region where, in some instances, the valuable softwoods have failed to re-establish themselves. This project is on the limits of the Ontario Paper Company near Heron Bay, Ontario, and taking part in the experiment are the following organizations: The Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, Research Counci I of Ontario, University of Toronto, Federal Department of Northern Affairs and Resources, Pulp and Paper Research Institute, Abitibi Power and Paper Company Limited, Ontario Paper.Company Limited. The group were conducted through cut-over territories to see the results and hear explanations of work in hand. THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED CANADA ONTARIO U.S. PATENT-41135-6 CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR TREE-LENGTH Sl_ASHER AND LOADER Nesco Equipment Ensures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous Operation �LOG PAGE 10 0-M Holds Foremen's Meeting "You men are management and management means, more than anything else, the development of people.'' G. N. Williams, Minneapolis, Director of Industrial Relations for the Minnesota & Ontario Paper Company stressed the necessity of the supervisor's ability to work effectively with others when he addressed the annual logging foremen's banquet held in the ballroom of the Rainy Lake Hotel on Friday, September l 0th. The banquet brought to a close the annual conference of logging foremen of the Fort Frances and Kenora logging divisions of The Ontario - Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company Limited. George A. Potts, general logging superintendent of the Canadian division, presided at the banquet and welcomed the guests. Invocation was given by Fred Morrish. Bob Binger, forest management, introduced Mr. Williams. Mayor J. T. Livingstone welcomed the visitors to Fort Frances. Forest management officers G. B. Amidon, C. R. Binger and W. D. Start each presented interesting papers relative to their department and logging generally. Mr. Amidon compared present annual forest growth with what can be done through long-range planning and forest management. The part that forest management plays in the field in the cut-over areas in taking inventory of new growth and classifying regeneration i.n those areas was also presented. Members of the Operating Department, C. W. Roark, S. N. Golder, J. T. Sniezek, R. Potts, and R. Mac- <Jiu,, BOOK Millan outlined operating policies. All speakers str sed SAFETY. It was pointed out that it was an Q _ condition of employment for all employees handli wood to wear hard hats and safety toe footwear. D. D. McRae, E. L. Carter and W. A. Johnston e spoke briefly on accounting problems in logging 0 ations. A. E. Minor and F. T. Morrish, safety represe atives spoke of progress that has been made in we ing safety clothing in the woods and the value job instruction as a factor toward greater safety in woods. Representatives of the Mechanical Department H. Langtry and J. McLaughlin also spoke. The annual Foremen's Meetings of the Ont Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company Limited are I forward to by the foremen and there were many ments that this year's meeting was the best yet would appear that the attitude the supervisors are ing towards these meetings is that they are an 0 unity for an exchange of ideas and methods. Th trtude is an indication of the change which is so ra developing in modern woods operations. It was a very successful meeting. FORT FRANCES SAWMILL CLOSES Lack of readily accessible timber has fore closing down of the Fort" Frances sawmill of the Mathieu Limited. The planing mill at this si continue to operate as well as Mathieu Sapawe J. A. Mathieu achieved something which any, lumbermen have done sawn lumber secutive years without a break, depression years fire notwithstanding. • ~GCtt -S<UJ: "Gas Is Best By Tes • • For Timber Camps -- large or s11 A Size for Every Need PROPANE GAS side-arm water heaters have pro themselves as a sure and economical water for cookeries and bunkhouses. See us also re conversion burners for camp steam b USE PROPANE INSTEAD OF WOOD. WRITE, PHONE or WIRE NORTHERN PROPANE GAS CO. L BOX 325 FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO �------ ECEMBER 19 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER l 954 uccessful Safety Meeting LOG BOOK PAGE 11 at Longlac peakers str was an O 1ees handli The Northwestern Ontario (Woods) Branch of the )twear. ntario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association held lohnston ea logging op joint meeting with the Class One Northwestern Ontoperators at LongLac in September. ety represe Highlights of the meeting were: nade in we the value A paper on Power Saws and Safety safety in t iews by John Hager; A Cutter's Power Saws - Their effect on Accident Expernces by G. Binette of the Ontario Paper Company d a discussion on the Safe Use of Power Saws led by en Eoll. The Woods Safety Code worked on several meets previously by the Class 11 operators was adopted d Class 11 operators were requested to advise the rent association, through Mr. D. B. Chant, Secretarygineer, of the quantities required. Presentation of "Certificate of Achievement" to Mr. A. Buell of the LongLac Pulp and Paper Company Limited. F. Mr. F. L. Flatt, Woods Manager, Spruce Falls Power & Paper Company gave a very interesting talk on safety on the Spruce Fal Is operations and a report on what the Northern Ontario Woods Branch of the Ontario Pulp and Paper Makers' Safety Association are doing . In the afternoon after lunch at Camp 35, the toling cperations were observed: Power saws in operation at Camp 35; Carry-Life Log Loading at Camp 35; Unloading operation at Picnic Point; Tour of the Sawmill. After visiting these operations, the group assembat the Recreation Hall and discussed hazards obd during the afternoon. Contractors! Highlight of the dinner was a presentation to Mr. Michaud, a cutter at Camp 43, of membership in Turtle Club." • •••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •• .f You can depend on our Service Department for •: • fast, efficient repair service. • • factory-trained mechanics cut maintenance costs to a minimum. • : • • pillar-Hyster parts on hand for immediate installation ... prevent expensive "down time". • • : : Call us for prompt, efficient service • •• .f S fChant Secretary-Engineer, Ontario Pulp and Paper a ety Association presenting the lapel button and 0 ~ Membership in the Turtle Club to Paul Michaud, an,p 43, LongLac P-~lp and Paper Company Ltd. • B. Chant also presented a certificate to uell, LongLac Pulp and Paper Company Lim9 the following citation: CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT an~i~g . performance in reducing the frequency \;"Juness during the year 1953 in the operoodlands Department". •• .f We keep an extensive stock of genuine Cater- •••••••••••••••••••••••••e••••••• POWELL EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. 115 N. Cumberland St. Port Arthur, Ontario l 060 Arlington St. Winnipeg, Manitoba �LOG PAGE 12 Directory of Key Personnel BOOK • • • • The woods industry is a large one- the largest in Northwestern Ontario. Because of its geog·raphical size, the necessity to either battle or use the weather and' other factors, 's upervision 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 & PAPER COMPANY LIMITED KENQRA LOGGING DIVISION General Sup't, Woods-- C. W. Roark Supervisr-r, Lumber Sales- H. W. Forstrom Towing & Storage Supervisor- F. Elders Sluice Foreman- K. Roos Pulpwood Buyer- R. C. MacDonnell Stores Supervisor- C. W. Clark Camp Auditor- D. McDaid Camp Clerk Supervisor- P. E. Rush Patricia Area: Headquarters, Camp Robinson, Ontario Camp P-200 Legging Supt.- J. T. Sniezek Ass't Legging Supt.- G. K. Seed Camp Clerk- A. McMahon Shop Fcrema11- J. Tairney Ass't !afety Supervisor- H. J. Bennett Ass't Foreman, Sawmill- H. Kemp Camp Foreman- K. Thinglestad Camp Clerk- A. Adam Camp P-206 Camp Foreman- A. Carlson Camp For2man- F. Black Check Scaler- A. Livingstone Camp P,207 Cam5> Foreman- N. 0. Laroche Ass't Camp Foreman- S. Gadus Scaler- E. H. Berglund Camp Clerk- J. Pearson Camp P-208 Camp Foreman- A. Fortin Ass't Camp Foreman- J. Shiska Ass't Camp Foreman- W. Rigey Camp Clerk- H. Luby Camp P-209 Scaler, Stcrage Yard- J. H. Allen Scaler- G. Ellis Lake of the Woods Area: Cam:, L-311 Ass't Logging Supt.- R. A. McMillan Ass't Foreman- F. Kozel Camp Clerk- J. W. Hogg Scaler- B. J. Dengler Camp L-314 Camp Foreman- A. E. Coak Camp Clerk- J. H. Gordon Str. Mather--Captain, H. Hickey Str. J. A. Ryan- Captain, A. E. Henley FORT FRANCES DIVISION: Woob Ma~ager- George A. Potts Genera! ~•11pt., Woods- S: N. Golder Logging Supt.- R. J. Potts Ass't. Logging Supt.- B. E. Seppala Legging Engineer- R. W. Mclennan Ass't Forester- G. J. Gar:.:or Ass't Forester- L. S. Paterson Storage Yard Supt.- W. H. Kirk Master Mechanic, Logging- J. H. Laangtry Stores Supervisor, LoggingW. E. Shelfantook Camp IForernan, Construction.,,..C. W. Anderson Tug Boat Captain- Wm. Martin Ca,np Cl~rk Supervisor- R. J. Hukins 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 Francet, Ontario: C21mp M-402 Foreman- J. Moore Clerk- D. McKelvie Scaler- E. Engstrom Ca,mp M-403 Foreman- Wm. Lanigan Ass't Foreman- F. Martin Clerk- L. Arason Scaler- W. D. MacMillan Seine River Area, Atikokan, Ontario Cc:mp S-105 foreman- M. Haslestad Clerk- L. Woodbury Scaler- P. Tutkaluk Camp S-109 Foreman- I. Salgren Camp S-110 Foreman- M. Haslestad Camp S-112 Foreman- Joe Gor!,.!p Clerk- R. Tighe Scaler- J. Plumridge J. A. MATHIEU LIMITED Fort Frances, Ontario Legging Supt.- Harry Cain Fc,reman- E. P. Thorson Foreman- Earl Cain Camp Auditor- El Clement W 21rehouseMan- R. Kerr PATRICIA LUMBER COMPANY Sioux Lookout, Ontario Woods Manager- E. Farlinger Fcremai,- F. Watson Foreman- R. Burstahler Scaler- J. Goyman Clerk- R. Stewart PAPER COMPANY LIMITED DRYDEN, ONTARIO Woo-ds Manager- Norman McMillan General Logging Supt.-W. E. Cuff Superintendent- Fred Morton ~uperintendent- George Franklin A'is't Supt-. Archie Sherrard Chief Forester- R. S. M. Bunney calers- C. Latimer, W. Faulkner Camp 34 Foreman- Martin Hampe Clerk- Walter Fecho Cami> 26 Foreman- M. Boomhower Clerk- R. K. Neale Camp 33 Foreman- Brian Barber Clerk- W. F. Beatty Camp 43 Foreman- Alex Kozowy Clerk- Don McArthur Ass't Foreman- Len Hampe Landing Camp C!erk- Len Moline Camp 27 Foreman- George Barber Clerk- Maurice Davi~s Camp ST Foreman- John McArthur Clerk- Bob Taylor Trucking Foreman- C. Hodgkinson Garage Foreman, Trucks- Tom Sanderson Garage Foreman, Tractors- E. Hampe DRYDEN NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 195 CHIKUNI LUMBER COMPANY LIMITED RED LAKE, ONT ARIO President- Dr. C. F. Galway Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr.-Hugh McCallu Secretary-Treasurer- E. F. Scott .!AN TIMBER & CONTRACTING DRYDEN, ONT ARIO Manager- Allan Shaw PEARSON & ENGBLOM GLENORCHY, ONT ARIO EMO LUMBER COMPANY LIMITED EMO, ONT ARIO COLENSO LUMBER COMPANY LIMITE RED LAKE ROAD, ONTARIO .J. F. THOMSON, TIMBER CONTRACT PORT ARTHUR Woods Manager- K. T. Ehn P. Eng.- R. M. Thomson Y. W. NELSON PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO HIGH FALLS TIMBER CO. FORT WILLIAM Manager- John Anderson HAMME'RMILL PAPER Woods Manager- R. I. Young Logging Supt.- Fred Alexander Forest Engineer- D. L. Hagar Pulpwood Buyer and Scaler- Vern Depot Clerk, Ycliff- John Lukacin Marine Supt.- George Neill Dock Foreman- William Russell OSCAR STYFFE LIMJTED Port Arthur District Operations: President- John Styffe Vice-President- Hobart H. Styffe Secretary- Roy Styffe Superintendent, Silver Islet and A River Operations- D. M. Heal Superintendent, Lumber Yard and Mill--• T. P. Pickering Scale and Purchase DepartmentMilenko and Allan Bishop Mechanical Supt.- William Hall Loading Supt.- Ray Koivu Rafting Supt.- James Gerow Foreman, Camp 1, Silver lsletM. Leppaniemi Clerk, Camp l, Silver Islet- H Umfreville and Hudson Operation Supt., Umfreville and Hudson Pettersen Foreman, ·rrack Camp, Umfre Norman Pederson Clerk, ·,rack Camp Umfrevill Spooner Travelling Wods AuditorABITIBI POWER & PAPER LAKEHEAD WOODLANDS Woods Manager- M. Mac Ass't Woods Manager- f, Office Manager- C. Sou th General Logging Supt.Cl>ntrol Supt.- F. S. Hie C~•nstruction Supt.- T. C Forester- K. W. Hearn Mechanical Supt.- O. Marine Transport Supt.~upply s~pt.- W. G. D Warehouse ForernanPersonnel and Labour �There's a 1,000-Hour Difference ... ) OM l.10 LIMITED And that difference doesn't just happen! It is built into all genuine Cat parts in order that you have more going time and less down time. As your Caterpillar Dealer it's our job to help you get more out of each piece of Caterpillar equipment you own. And that's why we will tell you to replace original parts with genuine Caterpillar Parts. 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Cumberland Street PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO co., 1060 Arlington St WINNIPEG, MANI �NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1954 Millpond Supt.- G. Miller Chief Scaler- W. J. Hughes Check Scalers- G. Hubbard, W. Koski, L. Malmborg Clerk Supervisors- R. Halme, J. Moran R. Munsie uden District: District Logging Supt.- A. V. Pingree Ass't Supts·. - K. Crowhurst, B. Vickers Road Foreman- A. Reid Depot Foreman- A. Wragg Depot Clerk- A. Dufresne Warehouse Foreman- J. Andrews Paymaster- C. Hogan Master Mechanic- J. Mcleod Foreman or Clerk Scaler Contractor A. Sohlman W . Dykstra W. Fayle G. Calhoun J. Brisa rd B. Nelson W. Salo F. Sinclair E. McKinnon G. Nordstrom K. Lahti E. Rotmark E. Hadley T. Atchie M. Lanktree L. Tuomi W. Fayle L. Tuomi E. Bergstrom A. Borkowski W. Aylward L. Eyolfson D. McRae W. Emack C. Kellogg R. Portwood R. Sikkila H. Kolhonen E. Bergstrom W. Oaks C. Kellogg N. Daly G. McClelland incial District: ·strict Logging Supt.- J. A. McLeod s't Supt.- E. Ayer ster Mec:hanic- T. Hertz mp Foreman-E. Bertelsen mp Clerks- R. Cameron, E. Peterson lers- G. Pesheau, R. Gray ern District: rict Logging Supt.- H. W. Davidson 't Supt.- T. M. Lockhart ster Mechanic- I. Manners Foreman or Clerk Scaler Contractor F. Bowman C. Olsen G. Sellers J. Heinonen J. Savas M. Sutton 0. Salo J. Bolton F. Westerberg G. Hayes nds Laboratory, Raith: intendent- G. Breckenridge ter- L. Vidlak - K. Campbell River Drive, Cameron Falls: in Charge- I. Mutch Foremen- G. Flett, H. Hill, G. Calhoun, R. Matchett M. J. Grace I POWER & PAPER CO. LIMITED AULT STE. MARIE DIVISION al Woods Manager- E. E. Grainger Divisional Woods ManagerJ. S. Foulds Logging Supt.- R. A. Kenshol a1 Forester- B. J. Smith Supt.- Capt. J. W. Alexander Accountant- B. S. Blanchard upt.- F. Niemi otogrammetrist- S. T. B. Losee echnician- D. W. McRae Ind Scaling-- G. L. Fletcher ~- L. Oliphant usdtrial Relations- F. W. Steven-. s Accountant- G. H. Pitt er- P. N. Charlebois bitibi"- Capt. Gilbert Harris I agpie"- Capt. Fred Harrison Supt.- W. C. Fleming t.- 0. A. Waluk c: Siipt.-1. S. Palmer Supt.- W. R. Boville tF 0Supt.- G. E• Ball S rerna~- Joseph Dutli upWrv,sor- J. L. Baskerville D • A. Koski • J. Steele LOG BOOK Warehouseman- J. E. Hall Parts Clerk- Edwin Townsend Camp Foremen- Evert Aho, Lauri Tahti Felix Larocque Harold Hayward Foremen- William Beer, Lorne Johnson J. S. Boville, J. W. Beatty T. Lefebvre Clerks- F. R. Hathaway, T. N. Lyon 0. Rajala, C. W. Coulter D. A. -Leith Check Scaler- J. B. Kelly Scalers- H. S. Tweedle, Bruce Campbell Thomas Buller, Fred Morriss THE GREAT LAKES PAPER COMPANY LTD. Woodlands Division, Fort William, Ontario Acting Woodlands Mgr.- D. E. Graham Acting Ass't Woodlands Mgr.-R. S. Young Chief of Surveys- P. J. Ward Chief of Scaling and Purchase Wood Supervisor- W. J. L. Murphy Chief Mechanic- Albert Sideen Tug Shore Captain- Andrew Van Matto District Supt., Black SturgeonCharlie Dolan District Supt., Cameron FallsJohn P. Healey District Supt., Dog River and MartinKenneth Porter Woodlands Accountant- W. E. Madge Chief Field Auditor- M. A. Harnden Personnel Supt.- John Currie Warehouse Supt.- Jalmar Stenback Employment Supervisor- W. S. Delaney Ass't District Supt., Black SturgeonMaurice Helie District Logging Engineer, Black SturgeonMorris R. McKay Ass't Dist. Legging Engineer, Black Sturgeon- G. Cameron Bell Supervising Clerk, Black SturgeonW. J. Bouchey District Mechanic, Black SturgeonAlfred Hamm Depot Payroll Clerk, Black SturgeonE. R. Plater Depot Clerk- Arvo Matson Black Sturgeon District: Camp 18 Lakeheal Timber CompanyForeman- W. G. Simpson Clerks- George S. Prout, Bernard Shanahan Camp 19 C. E. McDevitt Foreman- J. A. Sellers Clerk- T. 0. Olmstead Camp 23 Contractor, Eugene Lasn Clerk- Arvid Jaako Camp 29 Contractor, Phillip Elder Clerk- Emile Lemire Camp 30 Contractor, Aug-~1st Erickson Clerk- Carl Mossa Camp 16 and Camp 22 Contractor, Y. W. Nelson Clerks- C. A. McClelland Sulo Hakala Martin District: Camp 412 and Camp 417 Contractor, Lorne Buckle Clerks- E. R. Dubeau J. C. Michels Deg River District: Camp 226 Foreman- Hans Maki Clerk- Howard Garbutt NEWAYGO TIMBER COMPANY, LIMITED Port Arthur, Ontario THUNDER BAY DISTRICT: Port Arthur Division: Vice-President & Manager- H. S. Mosher Secretary and Office Mgr.- H. W. Mutch Purchasing Agent- M. R. Coghlan Chief Forester and Cutting SupervisorJens Finstad Cost Accountant- W. E. Esse Camp Auditor---- D. W. Gillies PAGE 13 Accountant- R. B. Donald Supervisor of Land Records'-- G. T. Harvie Purchasing Dept.- W. T. McNiell Employment Dept.- W. R. Johnston Forester- Stan White Cruise and, Layout Dept.- Frank Moran Captain "Tug Rocket"- Arthur Harpell Engineer "Tug Rocket"- Roy Hedman Ra~ing Foreman- Bert Krouse Clarkdon Logging Division, Clarkdon, Ont.: Divisional Supt.- Louis Johnson Prince and Jarvis Location, R. R. #3, Fort William, Ontario Lessee- H. 0. Kantola ALGOMA AND COCHRANE DISTRICTS: Hearst, Ontario General District Logging SuperintendentHearst, Ont.- Ken Moland Mead Logging Division, Mead, Ontario: Divisional Supt.- A. R. Wiley Chief Clerk- M. A. Cameron Payroll Clerk- W. Sachowsky Clerk- Waino Halme Camp Foremen- Tom Kaarianen Max Phair Divisional Mechanic- George Litke Hearst Logging Division, Hearst, Ontario: Divisional Superintendert- Harry Tapper Chief Clerk- Herb Wade Clerk- Mauno Johnson Mosher Logging Division, Mosher, Ontario: Divisional Supt.- Wally Olafson Chief Clerk- N. Melnychuk Payroll Clerk- E. G. Holm Foreman- John Vukelich Clerk- Louis Souter Scaler- Gordon Achilles Divisional Mechanic- Hector Innes NIPIGON LAKE TIMBER COMPANY LTD. PORT ARTHUR, ONT ARIO Port Arthur Office: Woods Manager- P. J, Ukrainec Office Manager- H. Kamo Personnel Manager- J. A. M. Whaley Check Scaler- P. J. Lalonde Cruiser- P. Sachartzcenko Nipigon Depot: Superintendent- R. B. Grogan Clerk- H. E. Taisey Scaler- W. J. Briveau Kcwkash Division: Superintendent-W. S. Collins Clerk- A. E. Turja Warehouseman- J. M. Palm Scaler- W. J. Ingram Beardmore Division: Foreman- A. Watkus Clerk- W. MacKenlie Scaler- W. Morden Gull Bay: Foreman- John Bruce Clerk-Scaler -W. A. Cheetham NORTHERN FOREST PRODUCTS, LTD. Head Office: Woods Manager- F. Hedley Accountant- R. E. Johnson Purchasing- N. W. Antrobus Chief Mechanic--' Geo. Schan Mechanic- H. Baker Garage Attendant- J. C~.irrie Forestry- P. Densham Camp 1 0A, Armstrong: Foreman- J., Sippola Scaler- P. K'arlson Clerk- C. Davey· Camp 36, Black Sturgeon: Foreman- Wm. McCabe Ass't Foreman- O1iver Laine Strip Boss- G. Nichols, Albert Sturgeon Scalers- Oliver Kuusela, W. Sinnemaki Clerk- Neil Maki �LOG PAGE 14 THE ONTARIO PAPER COMPANY LTD. Heron Bay South, Ontario Manager- W. I. Turner General Supt.- T. Summers Plant Accountant- F. E. Doyle Logging Engineer- D. C. Horncastle Logging Engineer- D. L. Carter Plant Forester- R. W. B. Thomson Chief Scaler- F. R. M. Smitth Chief Electrician- L. Hogue Master Mechanic- J. Lemoyne Chief Fire Ranger- E. C. Little Chief Woods Clerk- S. L. Lord Industrial Relations Supt.- G. G. Binette Doctor- W. N. Turpel, M. D. Safety & Recreation Supt.- R. MacKinnon Chief Clerk- L. J. Tremblay Engineer- R. S. B. Miller Senior Clerk- M. J. Campbell Paymaster- J. Makarchuk Black River District: Superintendent- G. A. Genge Forester- J. D. Bird General Foreman- M. Thibault Ass't Chief Woods Clerk- A. Roy Camp 44 - Foreman- J. Antoniuk Clerk- A. K,1.1rvits Camp 50 - Foreman- W. C. Schure Clerk- S. J. Juniper Clerk- M. Faubert Camp 51 - Foreman- G. lhnatto Clerk- G. C. Wilson Camp 53 - Foreman- J. Bul·a t Clerk- Y. Hiramatsu Camp 57 - Contractor- A. Omichinski Clerk- P. C. Fraser ARROW TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED Calstock, Ontario via Hearst General Manager- R. V. Perry Office Manager- 0. J. Korpela Camp Accountant- A. Groulx General Supt.- A. Lehoux Store Manager- A. Bois Contractor- P. Re kola Contractor- L. Gagne DRIFTWOOD LANDS AND TIMBER LTD. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Delray, A. C. R.: Depot: Woods Supt.- Alfred Allin Chief Clerk, Paymaster- G. A. Hamborg Scaler- Clifford Davidson Mechanic- T. Suni Camp 1 9 - Foreman- Gerald King Clerk- Ed Dupre Camp 22 - Contractor- M. Lapointe 1 Detsul, C. N. R.: Depot: Forest Ranger-- Ernest Lindgren BOOK NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1954 RIPCO TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED Ripco, Ontario Vice-Pres.- A. Provencher Accountant- J. M. Boutin Ass't Accountant- L. Leivo General Foreman- Li,icien Riopel Camp Foreman- Bertrand Diamond Clerk- Lionel Bastarache MARATHON PAPER MILLS OF CANADA LIMITED Woodlands Division, Port Arthur, Ont. Port Arthur Offices: Woods Manager- P. V. LeMay Manager of lnd•ustrial RelationsWm. Forrester Controller- C. E. Lee Purchasing Agent- B. Midgley Chief Forester- G. R. Sonley Employment Supervisor- G. Pipher Costs Control- H. 0. White Woods Accountant- D. F. Friday Personnel Officer- H. K. Campbell Cara mat Offices, Divisional: Ass't Woods Manager- W. E. Mair Divisional Engineer- A. H. C. Carson Resident Physician- Dr. S. J. Navin Divisional Forester- W. D. Harkness Master Mechanic- 0. E. Olson Ass't Field· Supervisor- G. P. Tuffy Fire Marshal- Sol Cowan Catering Supt.- J. Mair Chief Warehouseman- J. A. Christie Caramat District: District Supt.- J. Jamieson Depot Clerk- A. A. Mantyla Ass't Depot Clerk- D. J. Molloy Costs Accountant- G. Powell District Mechanic- Fred Brady Depot Foreman- H. Hopkins Caramat Operations: Camp 53: Compartment Supervisor- T. Bosvick Production Foreman- J. Essery Senior Clerk- R. RiOJ1x Camp 51: Compartment Supervisor-- E. Kauhanen Production Foreman- M. Tateishi Senior Clerk- I. Pelot Stevens District: Field Supervisor - Acctg. & Admin.J. A. Clairmont Dist. Supt.- E. A. Lunam Ass't District Supt.- N. Husak Depot Clerk- G. 0. Adams Ass't Depot Clerk- D. C. Sword Costs Accorntant- Doug. Davidson Costs Accountant- S. Shewchuk District Mechanic- Art Karlstedt Depot Foreman- E. Lafave Supt. Communications- Chas. Christie ORDER YOUR REQUIREMENTS NOW Stevens Operations: Camp 5: Compartment Supervisor- J. Gowan Production Foreman- V. Mepham Production Foreman- R. Eady Senior Clerk- M. Going Camp 12: j Compartment Supervisor- R. Brown Production Foreman- G. Richards Production Foreman- P. Rodwick Senior Clerk- R. White Camp 24: Compartment S,:Jpervisor- J. Larson Production Foreman- E. Martin Production Foreman- D. Mason Senior Clerk- R. J. Mousseau Marathon District: Superintendent- Martin Johnson Ass't Supt.- D. Graham Depot Clerk- H. B. Lawson Ass't Fire Marshal- W. Eden Hillsport Operations: Camp 25 : Compartment Supervisor- K. E. Lynch Production Foreman- M. Hoshino Senior Clerk- A. A. Patterson NAGAGAMI DIVISION, Heart, Ontario: Operations Manager- G. D. McNab Supt., Hornepayne- P. P. Turcotte Controller- E. J. LaJambe Chief Clerk- J. Sorokan Depot Clerk- R. Selin Paymaster- G. Bissonnette Scaler - Grader- K. Schwantz: Warehouseman- J. H. Eaton NORTHERN DIVISION: Superintendent- Howard Hicks Accountant- Eino Jarvi General Foreman- Laurent Camp Depot Clerk- Pat Lagrange Forester- Lorne Dell Warehouseman- Kurt Sorensen Mechanic- Ed Campeau Canteen Manager- Joseph Camp 2: Foreman- Helge Nelson Clerk- E. Webster Tilson Strip Boss- Leonard Erickson Camp 14: Foreman- Lauri Niemi Clerk- Vifjo Niemi Strip Boss- Vaino Lindquist Hearst: Woodbuyer- Phil Farley Clerk- Armand Michaud Michipicoten Harbour: Loading Supt.- A. R. Mort Clerk- Mrs. M. Fulcher. • • • Our new Wholesale Hardware warehouse i1 moclemly equipped to se"e the Lumbering and Mining Industries; the Retail Stores; Plumbing, Heating and Contractors in Northwestern Ontario. COCHRANE HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LIMIT 105 North Cumberland Street, Port Arthur - Dial 5-7 NOVE Wooc Shop Scali, Fcren Senio1 Warel Ass't Mainl Scalin Hirinc Acco~ Clerk, Sawmi Sawmi Scalin, Headq Statist Acting forest. Plant �:MBER 1954 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1954 LOG ------ iowan ham Brown 1ards vick .arson in on son E. Lynch :hino Ontario: \cNab cotte LONGLAC PULP & PAPER COMPANY LTD. Woodlands Department LONGLAC, ONT ARIO, CANADA Woodlands Manager- A. F. Buell Shop Clerk- Walter Ahlgren Scaling Dept.- Patrick P. Auguer foreman, Camp 43- Tom Ballantyne Senior Draftsman, Eng. Office-Ralph Beach Warehouse Stockman- Roy Bird Ass't Camp Foreman- Albert Braumanus Maintenance Supt.- Ernest Bredin Scaling Dept.- Trian Brenzen Hiring Clerk- George Broder Accounting Office- John Bulger Clerk, Camp 46- William Cameron Sawmill Supt.- W. S. Carlson Sawmill Yard Foreman- Roland Caron Scaling Foreman- W. L. Chapman Headquarters Clerk- John Cervenak Statistics Clerk- Jack Clark Acting Fire Protection Supt.- W. R. Cooke Forester- G. E. Curry Plant Supt.- J. C. Day Hiring Clerk- Rudy Desaulniers Camp Foreman- Stan Dodds Forester- J. T. Dorland Warehouse Foreman- Mike Dusk Townsite Serviceman- Walter Dutka Accounting Office- Kenneth Eaton Personnel Dept.- Max Ezewski Paymaster- Bernard Felbruegge Sawmill Clerk- Robert Ferguson ffice Manager- A. G. Galloway lerk, Camp 2, Terrace Bay- Leo Godin tock Clerk- Keith Graham ccounHng Office- R. G. Gree:n amp Auditor- Howard Gregoire BOOK PAGE 15 Ass't Camp Foreman- Cliff Hartley Camp Foreman- Eino Heino Lumber Grader- Hoshino Akira Regeneration Forestter- E. R. Uim) Humphreys Warehcuse Stockman- George Jones Hiring Clerk- Roscoe Kaulback 201 South Empire Avenue, Port Arthur Clerk, Camp 47- Harry Kireto Forester- Arne Kristoffersen Foreman, Camp 38- Robert Lavoie Clerk, Camp 46- Jean Leclerc Safety Supervisor- Walter Lockhart S-caling Records Clerk- Fred Lemieux Drive Foreman- Tauno Loponen Shop Foreman- William Loponen Water Delivery Supt.- Robt. Loughlan Clerk, Camp 5S- Colin MacDonald Scaling Dept.- Harold Machida Fo,reman, Camp 54- Isaac Mackie Camp Foreman- Lucien Massicotte Clerk, Camp 43- Reino Matson Scaling Dept.- Malcolm McEachern Small Stores Supt.- W. B. Mills Ass't Foreman, Camp 38- Robert Morison Electrician- A. G. Munro Sawyer, Camp SO Sawmill- Joseph McCoy Ass't Foreman, Camp 3S- John McMahon .foreman, Camp 48- Angus McPherson Accounting Office- John Noble Scaling Dept.- Nick Nakano Scaling Dept.- Mervin Pennock foreman, Camp 46- Cecil Nurse Read Construction Eng.- Donald Penna Scaling Dept.- Alexander Pavlik General Drive Foreman- William Olson Foreman, Camp 55- Leon Pond Ass't Paymaster- Maurice H. Peet Sa;wmill Foreman- Clifford Poole Personnel Department- J. E. C. Pringle Legging S•1pt.- Grant L. Puttock Foreman, Camp 3S- James W. Reeves District Supt.- Hugh Renaud Surveyor Forester- Donald Royce District Supt.- Austin Ste. Croix Chief Forester- E. R. Sexsmith Clerk, Camp 38- Charles Shulist Ass't Foreman, Camp 34- R. Schumacher Yard Foreman- Norman Skinner Engineering Office- Harry Stanley Ass't Woodlands Manager-A. L. K. Switzer Foreman, Camp 47- Paul Thors Headquarters Clerk- Endel Tooming Tie Mill Foreman- Mike Tracey Accounting Office- Tom Tweedie Camp Cost Accountant- Ted Velanoff Scaling Dept.- G. W. Weedmark Scaling Dept.- H. A. Wichern Clerk, Camp 35- Nicol Williamson Townsite Supt.- Donald C. Yule GERALDTON: District Supt.- Kenneth McCron Camp Auditor- John Oja Foreman, Camp 2, Box 308-Malc. Spidell Foreman, Camp ".19- Walter Drews · Foreman, Camp 48- Angus McPh~rson Ass't Camp Foreman- James J. M;urphy Clerk, Camp 49- Donald G. Thompson (Continued on Page 17) - .· :- s n There have been many changes in Department of Lands and· Forests personnel in the last year. The LOG BOOK here records the present holders of offices in the Northwestern Ontario Regions and Districts. WESTERN REGION Regional Forester - R. Boultbee, Fort Frances. Western Region Di~t"ricts DISTRICT FORESTER F'RANCES LOOKOUT FOREST PROTECTION P. J. Harrison H. E. Pearson F .R. Parmeter J. R. Keddie H. E. Deeds J. Rorke R. A. Balkwill C. L. Perrie W. T. Foster W. F. Darby L. Ringham H. Middleton Forester - FISH AND WILDLIFE TIMBER MANAGEMENT M. Sa,uerbrei S. J. Patterson R. D. Windsor J. Taylor G. D. MacAdam R. A. Lockhart C. E. Perrie S. V. Ryan, Fort Franc~s A. F. Parker, Quetico D. G. Turner, Dryden J. Mackay, Kenora F. Nicoll, Ignace A. Cleavely, Mirtaki W. Kitt, Sioux Lookout F. M. Dodds, Red Lake H. S. And,erson, Armstrong F. Guertin, Pickle Lake T. Guerard, Port Arthur H. J. Reynolds, Macdiarmid J. H. Stirrett, Shebandowan E. T. Dunne, Black Sturgeon A. J. McGoey, Pays Plat J. A. Murphy, Nakina R. V. Brady (Act.), LongLac J. E. Anderson, Geraldton NORTHERN REGION Q. F. Hess, Cochrane. Northern Region Districts F. E. Sider G. J. Wood R. C. Connor 0. D. Lewis er Districts not included in territory served by the N.W.O.T.0.A.). nal Forester - CHIEF FOREST RANGERS MID-WESTERN REGION J. Barron, Port Arthur. Mid-Western Region Districts R. Hyslop Forester - .I J. Clavelle, Kapuskasing J. W. Colley, Hearst B. Wilson, Oba CENTRAL REGION K. Acheson, Sudbury. Central Region Distrkts R. H. Hambly J. F. Flowers . C. W. Douglas r Districts not included in territory served by the N.W.O.T.O.A.). D. R. Williams, Mobert C. MacDonald, Jamestown (Vacant), Franz. II! �PAGE 16 LOG NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1954 BOOK Huggard Equipment Company LIMITED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR CONTRACTORS, INDUSTRY, MINES and MUNICIPALITIES Your Northwestern Ontario Representative of "ESCO LTD." for th•e following: Dragline Buckets Hoe Dippers Dipper Buckets Dozer Rooters Alloy End Bits Alloy Steel Ferrules Material Handling Buckets Universal Scarifiers Weld-on Grousers Tips Sectional Scraper Blades Arch or Tractor Logging Hooks Esco End Loading Hooks Esco Manganese Steel Bardon Hooks Esco Manganese Steel Chocker Eye Sockets Esco Manganese Steel Key Pin Shackles Esco Manganese Skidding Pans Esco Manganese Sling Hooks Another Life Saued by a f:l·ar~ Hat On August 2, 1954, Frank Rupnik, while cutt1 at Camp 226, was struck on the ~ead by a falling ti, Rupnik has been employed by Abitibi for n four years. He is firmly convinced that, without head protection, he never would have survived. This story, well illustrated, was reported rec in "Bush News." ---o--- HUGGARD EQUIPMENT CO. LIMITED Office and Warehouse 1010 Memorial Ave., PORT A:RTHUR, ONT. Phone 59405 BUCK-SAW CHAMPIONSHIPS The Canadian Buck-saw Championships wil place March 23rd and 24th, 1955 in the Sh Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal during the annual ing of the Woodlands Section, Canadian Pulp Association. Entries to the contest must be in the o the Canadian Pulp & Paper Association by Janu 1955. C.o mplete DRUM CLEANER SERVICE at McEWEN'S All Drums receive a thorough and complete internal cleansing. High turbulence solvent cleaning under pressure removes all particles from inside. USE OF OUR GILBARCO DRUM CLEANER INSURES YOUR DRUMS OF COMPLETE CLEANLINESS. For the safest, most economical snow tire on the market today ask us about the C. W. McEWEN LIMITED SEIBERLING COMMUTER TIRE Solid Grip No Drone Long Mileage "Your Warmest Friend" PORT ARTHUR ONTARIO �1954 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1954 LOG WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT • • • Key Personnel ' (Continued from Page 15) ST. LAWRENCE CORPORATION LIMITED Woodlands Department Head Office, Nipigon, Ontario: Woodlands Manager- A. M. Jones Ass't Woodlands Manager- D. R. Stevens t Chief Accountant- W. H. McKinley Ass't Chief Accountant- F. H. Polnicky Chief Forester- E. A. Smith Operations Forester- W. E. Moore Cut Inspector- F. J. Walker Employment Supervisor- R. A. Hallonquist Stat. Control Clerk- W. Schulz Towing & Rafting Supervisor- T. Peterson epot Office, Beardmore, Ontario: General Logging Supt.- L. M. Lein Ass't Gen. Logging Supt.- W. D. Sainsbury District Logging Supt.- M. E. Wilson District Logging Supt.- J. A. Usher District Logging Supt.- R. J. McLeod Ass't Dist. Logging S•upt.- R. Nelson Local Purchasing Agent and Chief Storekeeper- W. T. Baker Warehouse Supervisor- V. May Chief Scaler- C. E. Mcinnis Clerical Supervisor- J. Katajamaki amp Clerk Supervisor- N. Kozak ield Paymaster- E. Doyle mployment Clerk- J. G. Poirier hief Fire Ranger- N. Nylund achine Shop Foreman- R. Clerihew owing and Rafting Supervisor- J. Ahl ntractor Ernie Kivi; Clerk J. Hutchison 51: tractor R. L. Tansley & Sons Ltd. <Tom Tansley) Harding; Ass't Clerk P. Poirier ctor Oia & Korkola Ltd. (Elmer Korkola) V. Koogardal 88: tor Oja & Korkola Ltd. (Elmer Korkola) E. Mekkonen 89: Clerk A. Miks or E. M. (Sam) Hughes; Charles Hewitt 3: KINKS RUIN WIRE ROPES! UNREEL THEM CORRECTLY RIGHT WAY TIPS . . . unload reels carefully- don't "dump" them . . . keep the rope taut and do not allow the ends to rotate . . . do not disturb the seizings on the ends of the rope. Here's why Wrights' ropes are better. Heavy duty, long - lasting lubricants between the strands make them last longer. Preforming of the wire strands allows them to lie naturally giving a stronger rcpe. The best grade of high strength English steel provides integral strength and lasting qualities. Call the Wrights' representative listed below. Kenna nk on this awhile try another tack: a rnan a smileII likely get one back ! Once a k:nk has been made in a wire rope the damage is permanent. Nothing will take it out. The main thing to remember in avoiding kinks is to prevent small loops from forming. The wire rope reel should be set up on an axle, as shown, and the rope pulled off by hand or power. Care taken in unreeling will lengthen the life of your ropes many times. WRONG WAY "BE RIGHT r John Moschuk; • Starratt; Ass't Clerk J. McCarthy BY WRIGHTS' When James Watt was inventing the Steam Engine, the Wrights' were making rope in Birmingham. More than 180 years' experience guarantee that the Wrights' rope that you buy is the best there is. tractors and Camp Clerks--Beardmore: 17: Henri Pcirier; Clerk C. Labbe -•- PAGE 17 BOOK BUY WRIGHTS'" British Columbia Saskatchewan IIABSHALL-WELLS COllllP ANIES W. ::P. ::PlJLLEB MACEll'EBT Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, Prince George CO., L".l'D. Regina Alberta Northwestern Ontario 'W%LKINSON & McLEAN L".l'D, :Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge NOB".l'HLANJ> MACHINERY CO, 'LTD. 430 WATERLOO ST. FORT WILLIAM �PAGE 18 LOG ~TEELCRAFT BOATS WITH A PURPOSE BOOK NOVEMBER - DECEMBER Longlac tWoods' Mahes Progress in Traffic Accident Campaign Several severe traffic accidents have occurred i the Longlac area this year. In order to bring this t the attention of all Longlac employees and to do every thing possible to prevent more accidents, particular on logging roads, the Longlac Pulp & Paper Compan produced a traffic poster, as shown below. This paste was drawn by Ralph Beach . The Longlac Pulp & Pap Company Limited are having a supply of these up to be put in all their _camps and offices. ALL No. 9 - SHALLOW DRAFT LOGGING TUG Designed to tow logs 35 miles in Bay of Chaleur waters near Bathurst, N.B., the Greta V is 46 feet overall with 12' beam. Twin shallow tunnel drive allows a 42" draft and twin Cummins diesels furnishing 212 shaft horsepower, make this tug a p:::>werful one for her size. -------0--- ADVERTISERS' NEWS New Booklet No. 10 - SECTIONAL RAMP DECK SCOW Bui It in four water-tight sections for easy truck haulage to an inland lake, this 20-ton capacity scow can be assembled or disassembled at short notice. Steelcraft build many sizes and types of scows, barges, hopper barges, wanagans, dredge hulls, monitor barges, etc. Write for a bulletin. LEADERS IN BUILDING RUGGED STEEL BOATS The Caterpillar Tractor Company has r new booklet "Cutting Logging Costs with Machines." Qyer a dozen action pictures track-type tractors, winches, and logging moving logs, in addition to wheel tractors, sc bulldozers for maintaining haul-roads, and tric sets for power. This booklet may be obtained from P ment Company Limited, Port Arthur, Onta - - O - -·~ # # # # # # # # # _ , , ,~ _ , , , ~, This Booklet is printed on "Thrift-Coat Enam:f the Port Arthur mill of Provincial Paper Lim~te produced in Northwestern Ontario: printed b~ 1'37 South May Street, Fort William, Ontario. �--- - -- - --- - -~~~-~- OVEMBER - DECEMBER 1954 LOG - PAGE 19 BOOK CHRISTMAS SEAL CAMPAIGN Pulp and paper mills have financed and irnulated the growth of modern communities round them. Carefully planned and soundly occurred ; uilt, these towns are here to stay. Neither ills nor towns can be moved to tap new ,ring this t oodlands; they depend for their existence to do every perpetual yield from their forests. . I I So, pulp and paper harvests its forests particu ar ientifically; spends more on conservation ,er Compan fire prevention than all the provinces Th' t bined; operates the best managed comIS pose rcial forests in the nation; and is increas>ulp & Pape the growth in its woodlands to meet its th se mad reasing needs. e Such measures maintain the pulp and ;. per forests as an everlasting source of alth for Canada. They also support pernent communities that are bases for the her development of the country. -•- The annual Christmas Seal Campaaign is underway across Northwestern Ontario. Woods personnel are requested to support this campaign as the funds raised in the various localiteis will help, in part, to pay for the mobile TB programs which are carried out in the camps by the mobile x-ray equipment of the Fort William Sanatorium. -•- RECENT PUBLICATIONS e The Annual Research Progress Report 1952-53 has been issued by the Department of Lands and Forests, Division of Research. Copies of this pamphlet, one of the technical series issued, are now available from the Department of Lands and Forests. -•- eo,uu1Hpiuu,, The following paragraph is taken from New York World-Telegram and Sun of rsday, September 23: "Prediction: World and for newsprint will rise to more than 00,000 metric tons by 1965 compared the 1951 consumption of 9,465,000 , a United Nations report indicates. In her decade, the U.S. and Canada are exto require 7,760,000 tons; Latin Am' 897,000 tons; Europe, 3,9'4,000; Rust 000,000; Oceania, 382,000; Africa, 000 and Asia, 1,408,000." APA News Letter -•- en there's the yarn about the girl who she'd do anything to get a fur coat, ow she can't get it buttoned. Take D'RYDEN PAPER MILL TO BE DOUBLED • The construction of mill additions at the paper mill of the Dryden Paper Company Limited, Dryden, Ontario have been approved. The new addition will approximately double the mill's present capacity. The estimated cost of the new development program is eleven million, six-hundred thousand dollars and while complete in itself for the purposes as stated is considered by the comfany to be a part of a larger plan now in contemplation for the substantial expansion of the company operations. It is planned to proceed with the program immediately and present plans contemplate its completion by the latter half of 1958. -•- A SURVEY OF SEASONAL UNEMPLOYM_ENT IN CANADA (Continued from Page 5) 3easonal industries which it covers. - The Employment Committee in examining the report concluded that seasonal unemployment, in some industries at least, could be greatly eased, if not eliminated, by an extension of these methods. In some industries, seasonal unemployment is caused by the direct effect of the . climate. Farming is an obvious example, as are inland shipping, logging and the construction of roads and bridges. In other industries, the ups and downs of employment are caused largely by custom and the habits of the consumer associated with the changing seasons. The weather cannot be changed, but habits can, and it is in this second group of industries where the most fruitful field for further efforts is to be found. The report entitled "Seasonal Unemployment in Canada" is now available from the Department of Labour. If you wish to get a copy of this report, request same from your nearest National Employment Service Office. Editor's Note: There are many factors affecting seaosnal unemployment in the woods industry. Operators spend a great deal of time studying this problem and steps have been taken to partially overcome the seasonal unemployment problem. This subject is receiving constant study from the industry as a whole and there certainly has been a levelling off of the peaks and valleys of unemployment in the last few years. -•- Sawn lumber production (nation-wide) fell 19% in the first six months of this year. BC output fell 4%. The half-year's output of sawn lumber and ties in BC totalled 1,899,327,000 f.b.m. as compared with 1953's l, 986,227 ,$00. The Truck Logger "Outlook". ;:::;:;::-·~;::;.:-;~--lI WOOD-BURNING STOV·ES 'Jotul" Brand Stoves are made in Norway, ientifically designed, providing uniformity f heat with minimum attention. <JI,,. !JJ.al, Siooe eGIHP, I Ii I i I '°" eaJtru;e II 04 Fuel saving of at least 35%. Improved heating of about 62 %. Superior heat control. dreds of "Jotul" Stoves are in use this er in Canadian camps. FOR SALE IN PORT ARTHUR: ANGILA HARDWARE ALBY & CO. II i I I I I I Limited ETER STREET MONTREAL 1, QUE. ,..,n_a_n_C,411111,( _ a _ n _ b _ D _ t _ D _ r • : • e Do■inion Wire Rope We stock all types of wire rope for immediate service. Nylon rope on special order. e P. M. Chain Saws The Kl Rocket is proving the most efficient saw made. e Brantford Hoists and Trailers ''Tops'' for pulpwood haul under any conditions. POTTER & KERR LIMITED AUTOMOTIVE - INDUSTRIAL Port Arthur, Ontario Box 506 �LOG PAGE 20 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 195 OVE BOOK Osmose Wood Preserving Company of Canada Ltd. (Industrial Adv. Agency) Potter & Kerr Limited Powell Equipment Company Limited Rollo Awning Russel-Hipwell Engines Ltd. Timberland Machines Ltd. (Wm. Orr Limited) Twin City Industrial Eq-uipment Co. Ltd. Vulcan Machinery & Equipment Limited Walby & Company Limited Watson Jack & Company Limited (Harry E. Foster Adv. Agency) Wrights' Canadian Ropes Limited (McKim Adv. Agency Our Aduertisers COST O.F LIVING • As of October 1, 1954, the Consumer Price Index remained steady at 116.8. Slight increases in the shelter, household operation and other commodities factors offset a 1.1 decline in the clothing factor which .took place during ·September. The food index remained stationary at 113.8. Comparative figures show the Index at 116.8 as of September 1, 1954, and at 116.7 as of October 1, 1953. UNEMPLOYMENT • The National Employment Service offices reported some 243,500 applications for employment on file as of September 16, 1954. This was a decrease of 11,300 from the 254,800 reported on August 19, 1954, but still exceeded the corresponding month last year by 81,500. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION • The trend in industrial production-that of lagging somewhat behind last year, month by month-continued during August, 1954. The Industrial Production Index (1935-1939 = 100) stood at 244.2 in August, 1954. Comparative figures show this index at 248.6 during August, 1953. These figures compare with a 1952 annual average of 232. 9 and a 1 953 annual average of 248.4. LABOUR INCOME • During the month of August, 1954, labour income again exceeded the 1 billion dollar mark. The monthly figure of $1,014 mi II ions exceeded the August, 1953, figure by some $20 millions. The cumulative total to date this year shows labour income running ahead of last year. The first 8 months of 1954 totalled $7,791 millions against $7,651 millions for the first 8 months last year. This issue of the LOG BOOK completes the eighth year of publication. Advertising in the LOG BOOK accomplishes a two-fold purpoes: 1. Permits the circulation of the LOG BOOK to key personnel in the woods industry in Northwestern Ontario. 2. Brings the advertisers' products or equipment to the attention of the men in the field who use that equipment and who request the type and kind of equipment they wa'1t through their purchasing agents. Woods operaton are asked to bear in mind the desirability of patronizing Log Book advertisers wherever_ possible. To those firms who advertised in our 1954 LOG BOOK we say "Thank you for your patronage" and in turn are glad to be able to say that we he•lped you to bring your products to the attention of woods supervisory personnel. The 1 954 advertisers were: The Borden Company Limited. (Young & Rubicam Limited) Canadian General Electric (Maclaren Advertising Co. Ltd.) Cochrane Hardware (Port Arthur) Ltd. Consolidated Press Gibson Motors Limited G. H. Godsall Equipment Ltd. S. J. Hill & Sons Ltd. Huggard Equipment Co. Ltd. Levitt-Safety Limited Marshall-Wells Company Ltd. Northern Engineering & Supply Co. Ltd. Mine Safety Applances Co. of Canada Ltd. -•- A. F. Buell. Woods Manager of Pulp and Paper Company Limited is Woods Manager for the E. B. Eddy Co effective January, 19S5. Mr. Buell wilt be replaced at Long Mr. W. Thom, formerly assistant Woods ager, Spruce Falls Power and Paper Limited. -•- The blushing bride timidly store clerk about the baby tonic wh advertised, "Does it really make bi stronger babies." "Certainly does," replied the cler sold lots of it and never had any c She bought a bottle, but came few minutes and whispered to the takes it, me or my husband?" Northland Machinery Suppl "SERVING THE TIMBER AID PULP INDUSTRY" 3-7407 FORT WILLIAM, ONT. 3-740 Mal. If"'"" Hed 8elii,,u; a,J; 'll-8eiu DUNLO V-Belts Belting Bulldog Flexco and Leather Lacing �CEMBER 195 VEMBER - DECEMBER J 954 LOG BOOK ompany of l\dv. Agency) Limited Orr Limited) ,ent Co. Ltd. 1ent Limited Limited Adv. Agency) imited l\dv. Agency) YARDER T im berland proudly presents the all-new 6-wheel drive Mobile Yarder. It's designed to lengthen your loggi ng season . . . while increasing productio n a nd effici ency. Here' s why the T imberla nd Mobile Ya rder can ma ke your logging operations MO RE PROFIT ABLE. designed and built to make your logging operations more profitable Ii, • Reduces year 'round ope ration. e Reduces ove rhead throu gh redlfction in ope ratin g staff. • Reduces ca pital expe nditures reduct ion in c;am p size . • Inc reases p ro duction per ma n day. throu g h Stabilizes la bour due t o longer ope rating seas.>n a nd better work ing cond itions. ly The Timberland Mobile Yarder has a lin pull of 15,000 lbs. on t he main drum and li ne speed of 800' per min~ ute. Bu ilt for yarding cord bundles of pu wood up to 600' distance or tree lengths. Timberla nd electric clutches give the operator fast handling wit hou t tatigue clutch maintenance is practically e liminated. Tlie cab is desig ned for complete op'eutor comfort with cushioned seat, heater, defroste r and windshield wiper. Mou nted on a 6 x 6 Crane Carrier T ruck, t his Ti mberland Mobile Yarder can be moved quickly and easily to its next location. Write or phone today fo r f ull in formation on the new Timberland Mobile Yarde r. Manufacturers of Construction, Logging aud Mining Equipment Head Office and Factory: Woodstock, Ont. Branch Office: Port Arth ur, Ontario �LOG PAGE 22 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 19 BOOK Fortunately Joe was wearing a hard hat and suffered no ill effects other than a dizzy spell for few minutes. The hard hat was cracked and bruised in sever places, as is shown in the -acompanying picture. We have no doubt the wearing of the hat sav this man from a serious if not fatal injury. --0- Local Committee Reports To Industrial Relations Section, C.P.P.A. The Committee composed of: F. Buell, LongLac Pulp & Paper Company, Ltd., LongLac, Ont Currie, Great Lakes Paper Company Ltd., Fort William, Ont. G. Binette, Ontario Paper Company Ltd., HerQn Bay South, K. foll, Marathon Paper Mills of Can. Ltd., Port Arthur, On C. ~ w. Roark, Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., Kenora K. E: Smith, Abitibi Power & Paper Gompar,y J-td., Port Arthur C. C. Wright, Spruce Falls Power & Paper Co. Ltd., Kapuskasi A. J. G. G. HAT SAVES LIFE! In June of this year, Mr. Joseph Synak, a pulpwood cutter at 0-M Camp P-206 in the Patricia limits, was carrying on his routine duties of cuttrng pulpwood . He had felled a large spruce tree and when the tree dropped, it struck a birch tree causing it to sway. Mr. Synak watched .all this and it did not appear to him that the top of the birch tree had been broken off He, therefore, went about his duties and as he moved in to start limbing and bucking the spruce tree, the broken top of the birch tree fell and struck him on the head. The top was ·about 12 feet long and about 5 to 6 inches in diameter at the large end. prepared a report on the "USE OF RECORDS PERSONNEL PURPOSES IN WOODS OPERATION This report formed the basis of a panel discu at the Industrial Relations Section Fall . meeting Montreal in October. This paper should be of int to all administrative persons and a copy may be tained by writing to the Editor. LONGLAC SAWMILL TO BE RE-BUILT The Longlac Sawmill which burned down o tember 23rd is to be rebuilt and construction plant has already started. It is hoped to have t in operation next Summer. Pulp~ood Loading PMCO CARY·LIFT - .e;Ju - Readuu. 13' 11" lift Height - 4' forward reach at all heights Approximately 1!~ cords of 8' pulpwood carried each Iii 4-WHEEL BOOSTER STEERING 4-WHEEL DRIV No Transportation Problems Adaptation for Specialized Operations are easy to mak _ SOLD AND SERVICED BY Vulcan Machinery & Equipment LI NORTH CUMBERLAND ST. at McVicar Creek. TEL. 42-483 PORT ARTHUR, �:CEMBER 19 ----,t.,1QVEMBER - DECEMBER 1954 hat and i - - -..... , spell for ?d in sever ,icture. ,e hat sav .;. ••• A New Film on Highway Safety I i i I I I A new film on highway safety, "The Perfect Crime" has just been released by Caterpillar Tractor Company through its local dealers. The 20½ minute, sound-colour film is presented by Caterpillar with the co-operation of the National Safety Council's Construction Section and members of the Associated General Contractors of America. The film follows the "Gamblers" which has been !::hown widely throughout this district. Anyone desiring to borrow "The Perfect Crime " please contact Powell Equipment Company Limited, Port Arthur, Ontario. For Sale I Lumber Planer, 4 x 12 "Saginau. 11 Made by Schenck Machine Works, Matteawon, New York, U.S.A. Allis-Chalmers tractor 20 x 35 as power unit. For information contact weekends D. C. McGIVERIN Grand Marais, Minnesota, U.S.A. I .....,,~,,.....,,.....,,.....,,....,,....,.....,,~,,.....,.....,.....,....,.,.....,,.....,,.....,.._.,.:.i MARATHON PAPER MILLS OF CANADA LIMITED NORTHERN PAPER MILLS LIMITED Announeement ,el discussi . meeting 1 ,e of inter may be PAGE 23 BOOK C).....~ C >.....<>,,_.(.,.._.C>,._.<)._,C>.-.c~'411a>O._,C.._,C~C)__,..,.-.~C>..._. • ,,....,..._.,, .onglac, Ont. ✓ illiam, Ont. 3ay South, Ont Arthur, Ont. _td ., Kenora 'ort Arthur Kapuskasing, LOG Effective November I st, 1954 the above firms amalgamated (under Section 96 of the Ontarro Corporation Act (1953) ) and will hereafter continue as one company under the name : MARATHON CORPORATION OF CANADA LIMITED ----o--- SAFETY FILMS NOW AVAILABLE Four (home-made safety films are now available. Class I produced the 16mm coloured talkie "Hazards of the Log Haul." Class 11 have produced the following films: "Safe Cutting and Piling" "Spring Drive" "First Season". These films are available and may be borrowed from either the Class I or Class 11 Safety Association. There's A New INTERNATIONAL OF EVERY SIZE FOR EVERY PURPOSE Wherever the Work Is Heaviest and Lumbering Operations Construction Work S. J. DILL & SONS LTD. Member of Canada's Largest Exclusive Truck Service Organization DISTRIBUTORS FOR FRUEHAUF POLE, SEMI, LOGGING, VAN, AND CARRY-ALL TRAILERS FIRESTONE TIRES PORT ARTHUR Red River Road Phone 5-5488 FORT WILLIAM North May at Cameron - Phone 3-6457 �ONE CAT• DIESEL TRACTOR KEEPS A TRUCK FLEET on the MOYE! You can skid logs out of the woods fast with a Caterpillar Logging Tractor. One man, on the deep-cushioned seat, can keep a steady stream of logs moving to the landing or haul road. Cat Diesel Tractors ignore the mudholes, jagged rocks and tireripping stumps that halt ordinary tractors_... broad tracks and deepbiting grousers give them traction in any ground condition. They spin on a dime to maneuver through dense stands. They tread in high gear even with a .load. Reduce idle truck time to a new low. Ask for real proof that Caterpillar Logging Tractors can keep truck fleets on the move by skidding logs out in a hurry. Ask for a demonstration-on your show! POWELL EQUIPME .-----------------------, COMPANY LIMIT : I I I I II I Gentlemen: I want proof of the Cat Diesel Tractor's logging ability. O Send me literature. O Have a representative call. O Show me one. ~me~-----------Company _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ : Address,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ I I City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __..,/ate_ __ : I 11 S N. Cumberland St. I PORT ARTHUR I I I L-----------------------~ � 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 1954NovDecLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - November December 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. November December 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 1954-11 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/ac41aa2493eec3962e21be0483756d5e.pdf 67cae15f2b9d94b839c65d21b4113609 PDF Text Text SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1954 PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO Mr. p. V. L8l~~, Marathon PaPer 1-'!i.lla of can., Public Utilities Building, R>RT ARTHO'R., OLturio. �PAGE 2 LOG BOOK irwiiclTYII II I LOGGING- INDUSTRIAL - OFFICES AND SHOPS - CONSTRUCTION - iiMENTUD. MUNICIPAL and MINING EQUIPMENT 91S MEMORIAL AVE. PORT ARTHUR, O_~TARI0 Distributors for: II e ADAMS Road Graders .~ AVELING-BARFORD Road Rollers ffi:~~ . MALO Overhead Loaders ..,. BUCYRUS-ERIE Scrapers and Dozers . DROTT Pulp Wood Loaders ~t·· I e e I e ! INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Diesel Power e LON DON Pumps and Concrete Mixers e MICHELIN Metalic Tires SMITH Dozers I II I I I i I I I i e e e • • I i ~- ' .,. ' . .cl ~~ _...._._._ ,_r,: -~ ~ ·, ... - -a. Dial 5-5495 Port Arthur ~ WRITE OR . Ht WIRE FOR INFORMATION INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER • I I I I i I I I i .I I ~~~- ~ M✓ A _ t i-'·;.~ - ~ 1·""~~\. ~ HEIL Dump Boxes and FRINK Snow Plows II -PROMPT SERVICE I \ ~..,------------ • • • • • • •e PIONEER Super '54 and Super Twin Power Chain Saws CARCO Winches SOREL STEEL FOUNDRIES LTD • Dragline Buckets PULMAN - STANDARD Dozers ancl PERKINS Marine Diesel Engines PALMER Electric Generators PRENCO Hydraulic Hose WARNER & SWASEY Gradall . . • ! • ~ ~o~ ~·..,<....,~o....,~>--.O~,.....,~~ . . - . . . , ~ ~ ~ . . . - o ~ > . . - o . . . , . , , _ . . ~• �1954 resident's Message ID. r ~TARIO Red Feather Flies Once More Recently ~here have been some changes in top ersonnel. w1t_hrn the ran_ks of member companies of r organization. From time to time we like to review ese changes and make note of them here. Dave Graham has succeeded Jack Godden as Dave 0 ods Manager at Great Lakes Paper Company. 5 been wit~ Great ~akes Paper Company a good many ars and brings a wide range of experience to his new st. Mr .. Graham has also been appointed to your rd of Directors of the Northwestern Ontario Timber erators' Association. Mr. Max MacLaggan replaces Mr. Jack Auden of Lakehead Division of Abitibi. Max, as he is poprly called, also brings a very wide range of experie and knowledge to his new post and we hope that ing the coures of time we will have ample oppor·ty to hear a good many of his "bear stories" for h he is very famous. Max has also been appointed e Board of Directors and will be a welcome asset r group. To both of .these men, Mr. MacLaggan and Mr. am we extend the co-operation of our association wrsh them well in their new tasks. We would like to mention also that Mr. P. V. LeWoodlands Manager of Marathon has been ap d to the office of Vice-President of your organ. "Peavie" is an old-timer with our group now e are pleased to have him with us in this new ty. sending-off party was held for Mr. Jack Auden ill be on a or.1e year leave of absence from th~ company. We understand that Jack will be in during the course of his travels and we expect will have an opportunity to brush up on his Italian, Greek and other languages. We surely some great yarns for our group from Jack upon rn. We wish him 'bon voyage'. k Godden, formerly of Great Lakes, at the -ti me g had not indicated his new work but this ion would like to wish him well in future rs. 4 5 r PAGE 3 LOG BOOK H. H. "Bert" STYFFE --0--- · Koroleff, first manager of the Woodlands the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association 1946, Director of Research at the Pulp and rch Institute of Canada, retired from actiye July 1st. He will remain in emeritus status I consultant in woodlands research. H. S. D. e acting supervisor of Woodlands Research . ----o--- TERN ONTARIO TIMBER OPERATORS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS .. .................. .............. ......... ............ ............. President ........ ......... . Vice-President With the Fall weather and the coloring in the forests turning to yellow, gold and red, the annual Red Feather campaigns of Community Chests across Canada take place. Local needs are set forth and the logic of consolida.ting appeals for the support of welfare activity is generally well recognized. In the Lakehead area the campaign will take place from October 4th to 22nd. The President of the Comunity Chest for Port Arthur is Mr. Robert J. Prettie, President of Northern Wood Preservers Limited. Mr. T. S. Jones of the Northwestern Timber Operators' Association is again in charge of the woods canvass. In Port Arthur this year there are 11 agencies sponsored by the Community Chest. Special interest to woods workers are the Sailors' Institute and the Salvation Army. The Community Chest is endorsed by Presidents of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada, the Canadian Congress of Labour and, leading business men and citizens generally. Woods workers right across Northwestern Ontario have demonstrated in the past that they do support such drives. Volunteer work by camp foremen, clerks, union stewards, etc. makes this campaign in the camps possible and Community Chest officials are asking once again for the spl~ndid support received in other years. TECHNICAL FORESTRY COURSE STARTS The 7th course in Technical Forestry began at the Lakehead Technical Institute, Port Arthur, on September_ 15th. A decided increase in the number of applications for enrollment were received and the class this year wi II be the largest to enrol. The employment history of the technical forestry graduates has been excellent and all graduates have had no difficulty in securing employment in the woods industry. Mr. C. John Campbell, Master in Forestry and his assistant, Mr. J. W. Haggerty, B.Sc.F., are the forestry instructors. Abitibi Appointments Mr. A. J. Auden, Lakehead Woodlands Manager has been granted a year's leave of absence by the Company. Mr. Auden has been replaced by Mr. Max MacLaggan, Divisional Woods Manager at Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. E. E. Grainger, formerly assistant Divisional Woods Manager at Sault Ste. Marie has been appointed manager of that Division. ---o----- COVER PICTURE The cover illustration is composed of three pictures taken at the Industry - Department of Lands and Forests training course near Jellicoe, Ontario. There have been tremendous advances in the use of machinery to fight forest fires and the last two were water-bombing and dropping equipment by parachute. Both are tremendous improvements but the fire, in the final analysis, is put out by men on the ground using hand-tools and pumps. The ground fire fighters are like the infantry of the Army and to have efficient fighters of any type, training is necessary. The 1954 fire season will' soon be over. The labour force in the woods has been built ,up from the Spring cut. Make sure men are trained to use the equipment that is available in the camp and, above all, ensure that they are Fire Prevention conscious. �PAGE 4 LOG BOOK SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER Preparation of Annual Operating Plans By E. A. SMITH Articles appearing in the LOG BOOK since 1949 have discussed many topics dealing with the growing of trees and the various techniques of estimating, measuring, producing and utilizing the products of the forest, but insofar as the writer can determine, no attempt has been made to describe the system under which forest operations are permitted to be carried out on Crown lands within this province. It is therefor the writer's intention to outline, in his limited capacity, the work involved in the preparation of annual operating plans. In order to do so, it seems advisable to first review conditions which gave to us our present system of forest management, and the relationship which exists between the Department of Lands and Forests and the operating companies. Generally speaking, the forests of Northwestern Ontario are owned by the Public and administered by public servants in the employ of the Department of Lands and Forests. During the course of the years it became apparent that great expenditures in plant and equipment would - be necessary in order to develop industries which would be capable of utilizing the natural growth of timber on Crown lands within this province. It was recognized that private enterprise offered 1he best means toward this end and in order that private enterprise might be encouraged to invest huge sums of money in plant construction and development, it was essential that a continuous and perpetual supply of raw material should be available. Thus it was that the great pulp and paper mills were established at strategic points throughout Northwestern Ontario only after the respective timber companies secured a lease of what they believed to be sufficient woodlands to yield the raw material required to keep their mills operating in perpetuity. These woodlands, however, are still publicly owned, and must be managed by the companies in a manner which meets with the approval of the Department of Lands and Forests. The requirements of the Department of Lands and Forests with respect to all Crown timber under license are set forth in ·the Crown Timber Act, 1952. Under the section of this Act, dealing with Forest Management, every licensee is required to furnish to the Minister of Lands and Forests of Ontario within a specified period, the following information: (a) An estimated inventory of the timber on the licensed area, classifying the timber as to age, species, size and type. (b) A proposed master plan for managing ,t he licensed area and producing timber therefrom. (c) A map, which shall form part of the master plan, dividing the licensed area into proposed operational units. (d) A statement of the purposes for which the timber is to be utilized. Assuming that all the above information has been compiled and presented to the Minister, it is further required that every licensee shall furnish to the Minister an annual plan for cutting operations. This section of the Act reads as follows: "Every licensee shall furnish to the Minister of Lands and Forests of Ontario at least sixty days before cutting operations commence in each year, but not lc:1ter than the l 5th day of June, an annual pla cutting operations to be conducted by him during twelve-month period commencing the l st day of in that year." All annual plans must follow in general, the ciples and procedures which have been outlined in master management plan or approved alterations t to, and must be so designed that they fit in wit ficient long term planning. Essentially, however, an annual plan is based ari ly on the quantity of wood, by species, that i quired to keep the wood inventory at the mill sufficiently high level to guarantee continuous ation of that mill. The quantity of wood required vary from year to year due to several factors, chi which is variation in the market for products prod by the mill in question. The first requirement of an annual operating is therefor the determination of the quantity of by species to be delivered to the mi II during th suing twelve-month period, commencing April l The second requirement involves the selecti management of the camps or general areas from the total quantity of wood shall be cut and a mination of the quantity of wood to be cut from camp or general area. It is then necessary to select the particul or areas to be operated from each camp, with t ject in view of operating the entire camp area i a manner that each operation may be carried o nomically and at the same time lend itself to a st lvicultural practices. The selection of annual cutting areas is, of improved by a prior knowledge of the topogra timber types within the entire camp area, a study of aerial photographs of the area, at a approximately 1,320 feet to l inch. Having selected the approximate annual areas it is then necessary to gain a sufficie ledge of the timber types within each area the preparation of: ( l) stand tables, which number of trees of each merchantable speci l" diameter class per acre, for each sub-t the area, and (2) total volume of merchanta within the area. Knowledge of this nature is secured the sub-types within each area by one or methods commonly known as cruising. The final step in connection with a~ ting plan is the preparation of an Appli Work Permit to operate within each area s application must include the following: l. Two type maps showing the definite which operations are to be carried o 2. Stand tables showing number of tre by species and diameter classes for 3. Volume estimate showing acreage a species of each sub-type within the These applications should be forwa propriate District offices of the Depa cmd Forests at least 60 days prior ~o commencement of operations so t field men may have an oppor_tuni.·tY to plication, verify the information in~ 11 advise re any modifications or spect connection with the proposed opera 1 One of a series of a of Northwestern On �XTOBER PAGE 5 LOG BOOK is based pri ~s, that is the mill a 1tinuous o required :tors, chief ucts prod )perating ntity of uring th April 1 e selecti :1s from and a :ut fro 'JUDM& Ji NeceU<Vuf 't .eet Jt P;l.e 'Up le supervisor must, among other repared to handle a daily volume rk. Daily reports, time sheets, epair orders, Union business, and er paper work must be taken ay's business methods demand ET IT PILE UP ! A supervisor a person who is in the know s between upper management ees. He is a clear'ing house ti_?n both ways and a lot of 1s transmitted by paper wori<. Informed people are co-operetter understanding and reII levels when everyone does essing their paper work with doesn't send out memos k:es without a good reason'. reaching the supervisor and, _employees. They would in person, but this is not t behooves the supervisor en? by reading all matnd1 ing it carefully, and r_ly. The time for the his paper work is NOW. PILE UP ! Piling it, no or in how many piles, • Nothing can be so ~~ paper work piled up at you can't tell how can kick so much dirt long, then the error of your ways starts piling up. The best eraser in the world will not rub out the mis-management, misinformation, and mistakes hiding behind that pile. -•- • let there be no mistake about it, things which are paid for out of taxes are still paid for by the taxpayer. l hough the price may be concealed, such things are never free and it is well for the people who must pay for them to take note of the fact. Pembroke (Ont.) Standard-Observer. -•- J ~ Cmplo,,eett ,411,e eo-ope11-aUtMJ c,,,,pt°'f'Be4 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 the industry, some ideas for employer-employee relations, etc., etc. Supervisors are invited to submit questions, problems, etc., involving the woods industry to the column and we will give our answer. Something troubling you? Ask us! • A foreman is a part of management representing the boss or owner. He must be a leader and, at the same time, get along with people. The word "management" as used here has two meanings and the foreman must keep both of them in mind. First of all it means a group of people who actually are "running" the company as distinguished from the rank and file employees. As part of this group the foreman definitely shares responsibility for company's problems, laws and for the livelihood and well-being of hundreds - perhaps thousands of employees. Obviously he should make it his business to know and understand company policy as it effects his department. Secondly, "management" is a way of getting things done. One definition is "management is the art and science of preparing, organizing, and directing human effort applied to control the forces and utilize the materials of nature for the benefit of man." Thus when a man, by becoming a foreman, has entered the ranks of management, his efforts from then on will be directed not towards doing things himself, but towards getting OTHERS to do them. He is a leader. Under any system of management, orders flow downward from the top man. Information reaches the top man by passing upwards through proper channels. .Any foreman or contractor who gets in the habit of running to head · office without permission from his immediate boss, not only causes trouble for himself, but will find himself thoroughly disliked by the men with whom he has to work. To work with people, one must be a leader. This leadership part of the foreman's job is doubly important: not only must the foreman do all his work through people, he must also remember at all times that he and his fellow foremen are usually the ONLY men in the operating organization who have direct executive authority over· the rank-and-file employees. The foreman is the first contact management has through which to sense the attitudes and reactions of the employees. That is why management must always fall back on the foreman in controlling problems that in- • volve the human element such problems as too many accidents, excessive labor turnover, poor forestry practices, poor worker attitudes, and the like. To be a better leader, the foreman must make it his business to learn about peoplewhy they act the way they do, what things they will respond to, how to put them at ease, how to "get a man told" without antagonizing him, how best to make a new man a "paying member" of his working group, and the like. The major duties and responsibilities which call for leadership are as follows: 1. Maintaining quality standards. 2. Getting the work done on time. 3. Improving methods. 4. Keeping down costs. 5. Dealing with personal problems. �LOG B(?.OK PAGE 6 HOW WOULD YOU RATE THEM? • 'vVhat do you think a worker wants most on his job? Foremen and workers in 24 industrial plants were asked to rank the following factors in order of their importance to workers. a. Full appreciation of work done ............ [ b. Feeling "in on things" ............................ [ ] c. Sympathetic help on personal problems [ ] d. Job security ................................................ [ ] e. Good wages ......................................,._. ...... [ , l f. "Work that keeps yot..i intere·sted" .... [ J g. Promotion and growth in company .... [ ] h.- Personal loyalty to workers .................... [ ] i. Good working conditions ........................ [ ] j. Tactful disciplining .................................... [ ] Try numbering them in the order you think they are important to workers. Then, turn to Page 26 and check your answers against the survey findings. 8 Canadian pulp production during July was 789,659 tons as compared with 744,699 tons a year ago. June production was 790,933 tons. For the first 7 months of this year production was 5,468,956 tons as against 5,142,441 tons in 1953 and 5,192,539 tons in 1952. July exports were 17 3, 977 tons as compared with 166, 189 tons in July 1953. Exports for the first 7 months were 1,244,732 tons in 1954, 1,096,966 tons in 1953, and 1,137,771 tons in 1952. As in 1952 and 1953, for the year to date, exports accounted for some 22 per cent of the total production. Pulp used in Canada in July totalled 612,112 tons. In the same month last year, 590,239 tons were used. Consumption to the end of July was 4,196,551 tons in 1954, 4,034,972 tons in 1953, and 4,009,283 tons in 1952. -•- -•- e ~ Mdu NEW OUTPUT RECO'RD SET AT DRYDEN MILL • Production records at Dryden Paper Company Limited continue to be shattered. Production took a decided swing upward when new recovery room equipment went into operation earlier this year and ever since, output has been climbing to even greater heights. Over the past two months, for instance, total daily production has averaged just under 260 tons. During July, old records tumbled in the pulp mill as 6,705 tons were turned out. July also saw the greatest usage of wood at Dryden Paper Company: 11,730 cords. Number 4 and Number 2 machines set new marks in July. Number 4, the largest, rolled out 2,920 tons of paper during the month and Number 2, an average of 37.4 tons a day. While production records have been climbing, the quantity of coal used at the mill has been decreasing. During July the mill used less coal than it has in any previous month. 0 - M OPENS NEW GRINDER ROOM • Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company's new five-million dollar grinder room has produced its first ton of pulp, climaxing a two-year building project at Fort Frances. The grinder room is part of O - M's longrange modernization and improvement program that has cost nearly 40 million dollars since 1945. When in full production, the new grinder room will have a combined daily output of 455 tons of lnsulite, groundwood, specialty and newsprint pulp. This will mean an increase of 25 tons of paper pulp and 50 tons of lnsulite pulp daily. WORLD RECORD SET BY B.C. PAPER MACHINE • Powell River Company Limited states its new No. 8 newsprint machine operated at a speed of 2,00 l ½ feet of paper per minute, wrich the company says is a world record for newsprint making. FUTURE WORLD PULP MARKET • Highlights of Reed Porter's survey of the future world pulp market, as reported in PULP & PAPER interview, following his trip abroad: 1. North America will have to supply an increasing proportion of world pulp needs due to limited Scandinavian expansion and increased consumption in Great Britain, France and West Germany. 2. Despite cur increased market pulp capacity, we could very easily have had a pulp shortage last Fall. However, large Scandinavian pulp inventories plus currency restrictions in pulp consuming countries prevented this. 3. World pulp consumption and production will hit new highs in 1954. 4. Regardless of world market developments, Scandinavian mills will definitely try to keep their position in U. S. pulp market. 5. Swedish production in 1954 will have some increase due to conversion to 7-dayweek operations and modernization. 6. World production of bleached pulp, especially kraft, is on the increase. --Pulp & Paper. U.S. HARDWOODS FOR NEWSPRINT MAY BE USED • The U. S. commerce department reported "highly encouraging" prospects that nativegrown hardwoods will provide a new source of newsprint to meet increasing needs of U.S. newspapers. About four-fifths of all newsprint consumed in the U. S. is supplied by Canada. The department reported that U.S. publishers used approximately 6, 100,000 tons of newsprint in 1953, and that the American Newspaper Publishers Association expects consumption will increase to 7,500,000 tons by 1960. The report said techniques for pulping hardwoods like poplar, birch and maple, are nearing commercial realization, and experimental pilot operations have proved economical. Softwoods now provide about 90% of the world's total pulp production. A relatively small quantity of newsprint also comes from bagasse, or sugarcane. SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 19 • Mr. J. C. Whitelaw, Q.C., general ager of the Canadian Manufacturers' iation, speaking at a recent meeting set what he described as the eight pillars progress. He pointed out that the benefits accrue to a country with the growth of dustry are obvious. Wages go up. are more freely available. lncreaased ductivity and increased production i living standards. "But," said Mr. Whitelaw. "with the efits come problems and, if industrial is to attain its full stature, there are it, eight principal respo-nsibilities a ~ uring plant must bear towards the which it is located. Mr. Whitelaw developed eight responsibilities: First, is to make a profit. Second, is to grow. Third, to promote and maintain ployee relations. Fourth, to foster an awareness a iation of industry. Fifth, is to sell the itive enterprise system. Sixth, to be a real part of the c Seventh, to take an active inte ucation. Eighth, industry has to be and friend. -•-- • Possibly the most misunder this day and age is profits . . . can be stated in simple terms: excess of income over costs. A nouncements of many persons have completely misunderstood ded by it. The man in the street pi profits as representing money pany after ... all ... costs ha This may not be the case at ual survey ... undertaken by shows that, in 1952, for ev tributed as dividends or reta pany, 5. 1 cents were paid I for every 5.2 cents distrib cents were paid in taxes. Obviously. it is quite preponderant an item. But in the street is right or W point. The fact is that t the cash kept by the c of fact, there is a lo~ man's attitude. If profits excess of income over talk about profits bef after taxes ? If the generally a word profits has come t a company retains, we it for that purpose a nd The baby sitter widow and she arri bag to take care week-end. As th e Donnie's mother had she asked her srna would you like to stead of in th e n Donnie knit then turned t~,hi would you do· �JCTOBER 19 e benefits wh 1e growth of go up. G lncreaased 1duction impr ,. "with the industrial Ca 1ere are, as I ities a manuf rds the town SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 LOG BOOK ROLLS-ROYCE DIESEL GENERATING SETS • POWER PLANTS G. H. GODSALL EQUIPMENT LTD. re very proud to announce their appointment as Distributing Agents for this world-famous product through ANILO-DIESEL ENGINES LTD. FOR FULL INFORMATION, TELEPHONE, WIRE OR WRITE TO H. Godsall Equipment Ltd. AY STREET PORT ARTHIR, ONTARIO �LOG BOOK PAGE 8 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 19 Forest Pathology in Ontario 6. HYPOXYLON CAN KER OF POPLAR By Denis A. Quirke Forest Pathology Laboratory, Maple, Ontario INTRODUCTION A canker disease causes the death of definite and relatively localized areas of bark on branches or stems of trees. Both conifers and hardwoods may be affected, the latter generally more seriously. Cankers are most commonly of fungus origin; howevet, frost, sun scald, and many physiogenic agents may also be responsible for canker-formation. Death of the bark and cambium is followed by the death of the underlying wood. Cankers may be annual or perennial, the latter usually being most destructive and conspicuous. With annual cankers, the causal agency functions for only one season, after which the wound heals provided the host has not been girdled. In perennial cankers, the causal agency functions for more than one year. Canker-forming fungi which penetrate living tissues of the host during the growing season cause little or no callus-formation, and finally girdle a stem, no matter how large. Those which grow when the host is dormant, but are checked during its growing season by active callus-formation, produce perennial cankers of long standing that may persist indefinitely on a stem without girdling it. Cankers with repeated, more or less regular, concentric ridges of callous tissue around the point of first infection are termed "target'' cankers, and often result in an eccentric or even a crooked bole owing to the death and cessation of growth of the diseased region and the continued growth of the healthy portion of the trunk. Trees with one or more persistent cankers frequently break at the region of the canker, or decay fungi may enter the open wound. The section of the bcle occupied by a canker is worthless because of malformation of the stem and discoloration of the wood. Generally, no matter how old a cankered stem may be, the infection that caused the canker occurred when the stem was young. Consequently, if trees with trunk infections are removed early, a mature stand reasonably free from trunk cankers can be expected. Branch cankers are not serious unless so many branches are cankered and ki Iled that the crown size is much reduced. THE FOREST DISEASE SURVEY Cankers may occur on all species of trees. In the case of some species canker-formation is of little consequence, either because the amount of damage resulting does not greatly diminish final yields or because the hosts attacked are not commercially important tree species. However canker-forming fungi do attack certain major tree species generally and severely throughout their range in Canada. It was decided in November, 1952, to concentrate attention annually on a limited number of diseases of national distribution and importance. One of our serious canker diseases, viz., Hypoxylon canker of poplar, was one of the two diseases on which emphasis was placed in ·1953. To ensure that the records on this disease in Canada are as complete as possible, emphasis is again being placed on Hypoxylon canker of poplar in 1954. HYPOXYLON CANKER OF POPLAR This disease is caused by the fungus, Hypoxylon pruinatum (Klotsche) Cke. It is widely distributed from Alberta east to Nova Scotia, and south Minnesota Hypoxylon canker in a 22 year old stand of trembling aspen. An advanced trunk canker on a living tree. season. -Photos by Dr. and Massachusetts. Aspen and largetooth most commonly attacked, and balsam popla quently. The disease has also been recorde growing in association with poplar. It ap more prevalent on poor than on good sites. than 30 years old are more severely at older trees. Dominant trees may be attac quently than those of other crown classe The data on Hypoxylon canker of P lated in the Forest Disease Survey to that this canker is present throughout aspen in Ontario. Its prevalence here_ governed by climatic rather than by s, most severe outbreaks being recorde~ southern portion of the province wh,1.,, ere were noted in northern regions. loides Michx. was predominantly t~e f cies, and trees of 3 to 6 inches in di height were most frequently attacke The parasite causes conspicuou .trunk, which generally ~ttain a ledn feet before the tree is girdled an evidence of disease is small yello slightly sunken areas with irregula margins centred around some w increase' in size until they joiA u delimited by vertical cracks. tt~ the affected bark becomes mo h ish colour in which black pate outer bark flaking o ff to . e blackened cortex. A br~w;•s occurs at the canker margin • �. OCTOBER l EPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 LOG BOOK REST PATHOLOGY IN ONTARIO PAGE 9 Conseruation Rail Car -- Addition To forest Association Program (Continued from Page 8) and wavy, and yellow to reddish-brown in The Canadian National Railways donated a passens,1er car to the Canadian Forestry Association in the Spring. The CNR renovated this car so that it is suitable for showing movies, giving lectures to groups. of people, etc. During the Summer this car made a tour across Northwestern Ontario stopping at all the smaller centers of population. Mr. Paul Pageau, the conservation lecturer travel! ing with the car, reports an excellent reception right across the province. Mr. Pageau stated, "In this part of the country co-operation is much more evident than in any other places that I have visited. I am not just being polite and diplomatic," he pointed out. "The Great Lakes logging companies are doing a grand job in protecting resources and I can compare the differences as I have already been through the Maritimes, Quebec and many other districts." Cankered trees are ultimately girdled and killed, the trunk may break off at the canker before girdng is completed. Cankers have been found on trees f all ages up to 65 years. In older trees the trunk nkers are located in the upper part of the bole where bark is smooth and thin. The cankers occur comrtly on the healthy, fast-growing members of the nd, and are not in any way confined to suppressed otherwise weakened trees. Infection occurs through nds, particularly those made by insects, but also ugh axe cuts, breakages caused by wind and ice, through dead branches. Infected trees should be removed in thinning. moderate thinnings, the second five years after first, should suffice to remove all cankered trees out interfering with adequate stocking of a stand. e the fungus may live as a saprophyte on diseased and slash, such material should be destroyed. ----o---- This Booklet is printed on "Thrift-Coat Enamel" produced at the Port Arthur mill of Provincial Paper Limited out of wood produced in Northwestern Ontario: printed by Consolidated Press, 137 South May Street, Fort William, Ontario. - - - - - 0 - - - -· THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED CANADA ONTARIO ooth as ,oplar I orded o appears tes. Tr attack ·acked I ;ses. CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR TREE-LENGTH Sl_ASHER AND LOADER Nesco Equipment E"sures - Economical, Speedy, Continuous Operation �PAGE 10 SEPT EMBER - OCTOBER 195 LOG BOOK NEW SERIES OF TECHNICAL NOTES NEWSERIES OF TECHNICAL NOTES The Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Forestry Branch, announced recently that the series of publications entitled "Silvicultural Leaflets" is being discontinued following the issue of Leaflet No. l 00. This series commenced with the issue of Leaflet l'Jo. l in September, 1941, and has provided a useful medium of reporting upon many of the smaller experiments undertaken by the Forest Research Division . During the last few years, however, it has been found that the 4-page limit, which it has been necessary to establish in order to maintain the leaflet format, has too often been insufficient for the full development of the material at hand. A new series, to be known as "Technical Notes", is being established and will provide for publication of reports similar to those previously either as Silvicultural Leaflets or as Forest Research Notes. This series WLII include publications on research in silviculture and forest management, forest inventory methods, and forest fire protection, numbered in a single sequence. More comprehensive reports issued by the Forest Research Division will be published in future as Forestry Branch Bulletins. SILVICULTURAL LEALETS RECEIVED BY THE ASSOCIATION The following leaflets have been received from the Forestry Branch, Department of Resources and Deveopment, Ottawa. Silvicultural Leaflet No. 80- Mountain Maple, Project M-424 by A. B. Vincent. No. 81- Reproduction After an Improvement Cutting in a Mixedwood Stand, Project P-31 4 by K. T. Logan. No. 82-- A Sectional Magnesium Height-Pole by W. M. Stiell and H. D. Heaney. No. 83-- Browsing Damage by Deer in a Pine Plantation by W. M . Stiell and J. L. Farrar. No. 84--- Delayed Germination of White Spruce Seed on Burned Ground, Project MS-159 by J. S. Rowe. No. 85-- Accuracy of Ring Counts on Poplar by C. L. Kirby. FIRST QUALITY Swedish Made PULPWOOD SAWS THE JOHANSSON NO. 60 "Un~onditionally Guaranteed" ~ ONE INCH WIDE In lengths 30" - 36" - 42" 48" IT'S THE STEEL ! THE EVEN TEMPER THE EXTRA THIN . BACKS STRAIGHT AND TRUE That stands out in every saw and provides "SMOOTH AND EASY CUTTING" DISTRI BUTO'RS WALBY & CO. LIMITED 141 ST. PETER STREET MONTREAL, QUE. No. 86- Melting Point of the Bonding Material in Lodgepole Pine and Jack Pine Cones by Hugh Camero No. 87- Preliminary Observations on the Mortality of Pine Seedlings in Frost Pockets, Project P-372 by J. W. Fraser. ' No. 88- Effect of Shade on Jack Pine Germination by J. W. Fraser and J. L. Farrar No. 89- Thinning Aspen, Duck Mountai~ Forest Reserve, ~anitoba, Proje MS-5 by R. T. Pike. No. 90- Effect of Watering, Shading Se Bed Medium, and Depth of Sowi on Jack Pine Germination Proj P-366 by J. W. Fraser a~d J. L. Farrar. No. 91- Germination of Jack Pine Seeds on Humus by J. W. Fraser and J. L. Farrar. No. 92- Forest Growth in the Upper Li River Valley, 1930 to 1951 Project H-80 by R. J. McCo~ No. 93- Chemical Control of Sprouting from Hardwood Sapling Stu Project M-61 by M. H. Drink No. 94- Poisoning with 'Ammate" to Eliminate Aspen, Project A-1 by J. Quaite. No. 95 •·- Causes of Variation in the S of Lodgepole Pine Regener Following Fire, Project K-7 by K. W. Horton. No. 96-- A Provenance Experiment i Pine (Pinus Sylvestris) by Mark J. Holst. No. 97- Direct Seeding of White a Controlled Burn in Sout New Brunswick, Project by J. W . McLeod. No. 98- Covering Nursery Seed-B Encourage Germination erous Seed, Project M-31 by J. W. McLeod. No. 99- Viable Seed on White in Midsummer by J. S No. 100- Release of Balsam Fir Spruce Reproduction f Competition, Project by A. B. Vincent. 1 -0--- TECHNICAL NOTES RECEIVED FROM LAKE STA EXPERIMENT STATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF FOREST SERVICE No. 414-The Jack-Pine Budworm in Michigan, No. 415-Production Indexes for Rough Forest P States. No. 4 1'6-'-Mortality from Fire in Jack Pine Sta No. 417-Cull in Sugar Maple Increased by Br of Large Limbs during Logging. No. 4 18-Aspen Makes Up Nearly One-Half of wood Cut in Lake States. No. 419-Fire Occurrence: Periodicity of G Also received was Station Paper No. 30, Janu "Tests of a Portable Wood Chipper" by J. L. and R. A. Ralston. ----0--- SUGGESTION NOTES RECEIVED FROM TH PULP & PAPER ASSOCIATION, WOODLAM W.S.I. No. 1389 (B-8-e) Suggestion Note No. 128 _ W.S.I. No. 1390 (B-9-0 Suggestion Note No. 12~ W.S.I. No. 1394 (B-7-c) Mechanization Note No. 1 0 W.S.I. No .. 1391 <B-10) Suggestion Note No . 130 W.S.I. No. 1392 (F-3) Suggestion Note No. 131 Ice Spur for Tracks. by C. "Universal" Drive Shaft Brush Clea~• by G. L. K, Unloading P by P. D. R Red by D. �)CTOBER 195 EPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 the Bonding pole Pine an , Hugh Carner ,ations on the Seedlings in ject P-372, ree Planting Programmes Northwestern Ontario n Jack Pine 1d J. L. Farrar. )uck Mountain ~anitoba, Proje ke. J, Shading, S Depth of Sowi mination, Proj =raser and ngLac Pulp and Paper Company Limited In the Spring of 1954, there were 367, 350 black, hite and Norway spruce planted in camp cut-overs. 1,043,000 black and white 2-0 spruce were translanted to the nursery. This Fall there will be 350,000 black, white and Jorway 2-2 spruce planted in camp cut-overs. (2/3 ill be black spruce and the rest will be white and a ttle Norway.) reat Lakes Paper Company Limited About 70,000 trees, mostly Spruce, were planted the Spring of 1954. ewaygo Timber Company Limited 130,000 white spruce 2-2 seedlings planted at ince & Jarvis Division spring of 1954; 50,000 white d black spruce 2-2 seedlings to be planted Nipigon nship this Fall; 20,000 white and black spruce 2-2 dlings to be planted at Mosher Division this Fall. 1,400 cigarette type seed cartridges developed by Cowan planted in 1 ½ acres of barren land, NipiTownship, this Spring. ,eriment in istris) ario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company Limited During the Spring 10,000 Red Pine, 20,000 White ce and 11,000 Jack Pine trees were planted, and White Spruce will be planted this Fall between Kenora and Fort Frances Divisions. wrence Corporation Limited 1954 tree planting programme confined to about trees in connection with an experimental project. i Power & Paper Company, Limited Port Arthur 0,000 2-0 White Spruce were planted last ; 5,000 2-0 and 5,000 2-2 White Spruce are to nted this Fal I. on Paper Mills of Canada Ltd. 1,000 trees planted including 47,000 birch, hite spruce, 5,000 jack pine. NATIONAL E PREVENTION WEEK PAGE 11 LOG BOOK Chemical Treatment Of Trees Increases The Journal of Forestry, August 1953, featured an article on "Chemi-Peeling Pulpwood in New York" I\ by David B. Cook and Lawrence S. Hamilton. Peeling the bark off pulpwood in preparation for its use in paper making is an old endeavour in which the industry has recently taken a renewed interest and which foresters currently are making substantial prog- I ress. The article reviewed the history of chemi-peeling of pulpwood and covered the materials used today, the operation and the response to chemi-peeling by the various species of trees. . The Neko0sa Edwards Paper Company is conducting experiments believed to be the first commercial scale trial in Wisconsin. It is boped to make extensive stands of scrub oak in central Wisconsin available for , pulpwood. As explained by company forester B. L. Berklund, if the experiment works out successfully, farmers and wood-lot owners c a n treat considerable cordage by chemical methods during a short period in the months of June and July. Their timber can then stand until the idle months of the late winter when the farmer has extra time for removing his wood product. Demonstrations are being held to acquaint land owners of central Wisconsin with the chemical debarking of oak by the Nekoosa-Edwards Company. I I I EDITOR'S NOTE: It is interesting to note that the work and experiments ca~ried on by the former Northwestern Ontario inspector of the Lumbermen's Safety Association, Alex R. White, particularly during the war years, are now bearing fruit. •:••---~,,_.<Mlllll9<~c>.-.,,.._.1,~,,...,,~,,_.,,.-:::.-,~o,._.,,...,,,....,,,..,,....c,.-.~•:• i 1 I = a note of the above date and also Ure that during that week you have rnade of all your camps and build. ensure that adequate fire prevention 0 ns have been taken and that sufficfighting equipment is available to th e fire if it starts. Prepared! --------------! 'i 1 i-I I i C ! i , •- -~ ="""! i i i ~- NEW 1954 I i ~~- Ii i i -·." Ii IP.M.Rdt'KP:K/ I I = CTOBER 3 - 9 Built With Perfect Balance i I e I e I I! I I i • e Positive and controlled chain oiler. Exclusive air filter location. New Diaphragm Carburetor-for work in any position-without adjustment. Cuts any timber, at any angle. O Sizes up to 32" • Priced from $285 • Phone or write your Dealer f i i i I Ii i I I 0 i POTTER Ii I 8c KERR LIMITED DISTRIBUTORS 1= - 1021 MEMORIAL AVE. PORT ARTHUR, ONT. •:•--<>..-.<>...,,l._,,,...,,,._,,,.-.<1._,,,._..,,.-.<,.-.c,..-c,.-.c...-.c,._,,,~.....,.,~>.-.c.~c•:• I �LOG BOOK PAGE 12 MUSKEG EXPRESS RIPCO TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED To operate in the summertime, companies operating along the Algoma Central Raailway must travel over miles of muskeg to get to their back camps. The Ripco Timber Company Limited, Driftwood Lands & Timber Limited, Northern Paper Mills Limited and the Upper Canada Lumber Company Limited all have a "MUSKEG EXPRESS". ' Here is a brief description of four of these transportation systems. NORTHERN PAPER MILLS LIMITED In the early days of Northern Paper Mills at Coppell, Ontario, they had a railway to their camps on which they ran their own locomotive, taking the rai 1'-Nay cars back to the woods to be loaded. In 1937 the use of the locomotive being discontinued, the problem of delivering men and supplies to the camps arose. It was at that time special steel wheels were purchased for a half-ton truck which proved very satisfactory through operating it on the company tracks. In 1941 Northern moved from Coppell to Hansen The Hansen area being muskeg lands presented a still greater problem and it was at that time they decided to build a steel track to the camps and continue the use of the trucks. The track is made by laying good poles on the ground for stringers with round ties placed across the stringers. The use of 25 or 30 pound steel makes a very substantial track with no ballast being necessary. At present we have 2 half-ton trucks on our fifteen miles of steel. One of these trucks has a plywood cab over the box to supply seats for men and protect them from various weather conditions. Trailers may also be towed behind the trucks in the hauling of supplies. We have taken a D2 Caterpillar tractor to our camps on a trailer over 30 pound rails. At the depot we have a circle for turning the trucks, but in the back camps they are turned on a turn-table. These trucks are used from spring 'til fall on tracks and when our winter ice road is passable then exchange the steel wheels of our trucks for regular wheels which gives us the standard pick-up the winter months. SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER Back in 1946 this Company decided to build lig~t steel railway, standard gauge, for the transp tat,on of men and provisions to and from camps. Th railway was built with 20-16. steel and is 16 miles Ion . Reminiscing back to those days, when constr t,on wa~ in progress (which in itself was somewhat ~n engineering feat, due to the conditibns of t ground, which is mostly muskeg to a marked degr some very interesting anecdotes can be recalled. As a means of conveyance, rai Iway motor cars used and when the need arises a trailer is attached the the motor car. To this date, we have moved from the depot c to our last camp, located 16 miles in the forest all material that is generally needed for the oper~tion our camps during the summer months. Referenc made to the picture attached in which instance a h is being moved to the camp. At one time a tea horses was taken to camp in the same manner wit ill-effect to any of the horses. As a security measure, all our motor cars equipped with safety guards. The guards are atta under the motor car and are riding about one in !:>O over the rails. Should a derailment occur t cupants are not thrown off due to a sudden jerk protecting guards slide smoothly on the rails until time as the car has spent its momentum. To date, after eight years of summer operati sti II have a perfect record insofar as accidents ar cerned . the we the for Lead cf Hay Being Transported by Muskeg UPPER CANADA LUMBER COMPANY Horses and Men Being Transported by . Muskeg Express. The system in use varies considerabl of the other local companies. Instead of u steel rail, S"xS"xl 6' timbers are used. T be laid on good stringers and are spaced. intervals. The rails are nailed to the ti spikes being used at each end and l O inch die. Various methods of spicing the rails t been tried but we have found this to if the tra~k is carefully laid. In all 0 track the rails are butted up to each othe possible and the adjoining ends spiked to A present we have 12 miles of this For transportation we use ½-ton trucks ed trailers. The normal rubber-tired whe a special flange bolted to the inside, to on the track. A full load is 1500 pou In our operating area we ar_e taki higher ground to extend our toting sy (Continued on Page l J) �)CTOBER 195 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 LOG 800K ITED id to build (Continued from Page 12) the transpo camps. Th NEWAYGO TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED o miles Ion dozed d",rt roa d s. ·Th ese are .dI eal for use with . a fourien constru vheel drive tractor and rubber tired wagon. somewhat tibns of th Our muskeg express is a tote railroad of light rked degree eel running from our Mead (Newaygo Timber Co. ecal led. td.) headquarters to our back camps. The farthest mp this year being a distance of 17 miles. The rail , for the most part, 20 pound steel in lengths of 20 et. (Twenty-lb. steel means the weight is 20 pounds e depot ca a yard.) We have no road bed but lay our ties right forest, all t the muskeg sometimes using stringers under the tie:; operation ere necessary due to uneven nature or wetness of Reference tance a ho ground. )tor cars are attac t one inch )Ccur the den jerk, ils until Our means of transportation on this line are speedand trailers made in our own shops. The speeders powered by Chrysler T-120 engines taken out of snowmobiles which are not used during the sumThere is a set of double trucks in the front end single drive wheels on the back. Our trailers are up of 2 sets of double trucks, a wooden bunk ned to each set, on which the trailer box rests, held means of a loose pin through the floor of the box 'nto each bunk. The trailers are covered with a cant and canvas sides which can be rolled up in fair er. The average load for the trailers is about two ut if necessary they can take three tons. It isn't ct that we lack power for a heavier load but it to the type of muskeg swamp on which the s laid. e have a fleet of two large speeders and trailers e covered above), three small 4 h.p. Sylvesters, e 1-cylinder Sheffield speeder. In order to turn ders around on the single track, they carry a turn-table. r average speed on the track is about fourteen r hour. Some, of course, with a little more n others take it faster but, after the speeders track into the muskeg just once, their hands lot lighter on the throttle. ---0----- PAGE 13 Insect Collections The Forest Insest Laboratory at Sault Ste. Marie send to interested parties monthly summaries of the forest insect survey being conducted in Ontario's for• ctss. • In June, 1950 collections were received and in July, 3010 were received. The total number of collections received in 1954 by the Forest Insect Survey up to the end of July is approximately 800 less than for the same period in ·1953. The. co-operation of all people who use the woods is requested in this important work. Send samples of inescts to Forest Insect Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Reporting on the Spruce budworm infestation, the survey stattes: "It is evident from aerial and ground surveys thus far conducted in 1954 that the total area infested by the spruce budworm in Northern Ontario was greater 1han in 1953. With but one exception, all infestations have expanded, and at numerous points, even within old infestations, larval population levels have increased. "The extensive infestation in the Western region has continued to spread easterly in the Sioux Lookout District, to the south and west in the Kenora District and , to the south in the Fort Frances District. In addition, new pockets of heavy infestation were reported in the Sioux Lookout District south of Lake St. Joseph to Armit Lake on the boundary between divisions 25 and 27. Heavy infestation also occurred on several islands in Attwood Lake south of the Albany River north of Armstrong. "In the Mid-western region larval counts in 1954 indicated generally a higher level of intensity than in i 953. The single change from the areas infested in 1953 was an extension of heavy infestation from Pays Plat northeast for approximately ten miles to Greenhedge Lake in the Geraldton District. "In the Northern region, two infestations have continued, one centered in Rodgers and Studholme townships west of Hearst and another in Syderre Township ~outh of Smooth Rock Falls. The affected areas increased in 1954, particularly the Syderre infestation. Spruce budworm populations have persisted in parts of these infested areas since 1947 resulting in heavy mortality of balsam fir. Consequently, defoliation in 1954 was restricted to residual overstory and to understory." ER YOUR REQUIREMENTS NOW • • • 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. OC_HRANE HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LIMITED S North Cumberland Street, Port Arthur - Dial 5-7345 �PAGE 14 LOG BOOK SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1 Prove to yourself that this LOW COST Schield BANTAM Rig loads pulp wood FASTER and CHEAPER. ~(;jlrf.~~,, r :. , ,,_w?iii NEW BANTAM C-35 CRAWLER. 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Write for free literature today. Huggard Equipment Co. Ltd., Port �)CTOBER 195 EPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 PAGE 15 LOG BOOK ST For further information or demonstrations, write or call Huggard _Equipment Co. .Ltd. DISTRIAL, CONTRACTORS, MINES & PULP-HANDLING Supplies 1010 Memorial Avenue rt Arthur - Phone 59405 1421 Whyte Avenue Winnipeg - Phone 729591 c-Jlt. P ~ eomtunatuus VERMILLION BAY DRYDEN EMO BEARDMORE LONGLAC MARATHON HERON BAY vii Coverage to Northwestern Ontario For Sales and Service FOR ANY WOOD SAWING JOB Gasoline powered reciprocating blades �LOG BOOK PAGE 16 0 Barber-Pole" Fire Cache Used by 0-M on Patricia limits SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 19 forest library of Northwestern Ontario Some recent additions to the library are gi below. We welcome inquiries about books reports, periodicals in any field of forestry. Loans are m by mail, for two weeks, renewable by post-card. Allen, D. A. OUR WILDLIFE LEGACY N. Y., Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 An outline of wildlife problems with arguments and opinions on what policies should be used to solve them American Pulpwood Association PULPWOOD ANNUAL, 1954 N.Y., Pulp and Paper Magazine, 1954 Thorough review of economics, statistics, and develop in ihe fields of pulpwood procurement and use. Best, A. L. ECONOMICS OF FOREST Ottawa, Forestry Branch, A study of the costs of on the Sault au Cochon Quebec. UNLOADING FIRE CACHE FROM HALF-TON PICK-UP. As cutting operations progress, it is necessary to move fire suppression materials kept in the cutting areas for immediate fire action. The Ontario - Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company Ltd., Patricia Division, have adopted a "barber-pole" fire cache. All their fire caches are equipped with this barber-pole so that when anyone sees the red and white pole standing out in the forest they know it is a fire cache. A portable stand which can be lifted by two men and easily placed on a half-ton was constructed. The stand holds enough tools for a 12-man crew and boss including five pack-pumps, four shovels, three grub-hoes or mattocks, three double-bitted axes, one ~ingle-bitted axe. Twp men can easily move this cache. , A special forest - fire poster was made up and is in use on the Patricia limits. This portable cache idea was explained at both fire schools and seemed to meet with general approval. It is proposed to develop this idea so that next year more of this type of cache are used in camps in Northwestern Ontario. MANAGEMENT 1954 sustained yield forest manage Management Unit, at Forestvil Bruns, Paul APPLIED FOREST MANAGEMENT Missoula, Montana, The Author, 1954 Deals with more practical matters, and at a less ad level, than most forest management texts. Includes chapter on road location. Calder, L. C. FOREST ROAD ENGINEERING TABLES Eugene, Ore., The Author, 1954 Designed, computed, arranged and adequate field use of the forest road engineer. Champion, H. G. FORESTRY Oxford, Home University Press, 1954 An introductory survey to world forestry methods and problems. Feree, M. METHOD OF ESTIMATING TIMBER VOLUME FROM AERIAL OBSERVATION Syracuse, N. Y. State College of Forestry, 19 Forest Soil's Committee of the Douglas Fir Region SAMPLING PROCEDURES AND METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR FOREST SOILS Seattle, University of Washington College of f This attempt to standardize work on fores~ West Coast has many possibilities for _apph area. Greeley, W. FOREST POLICY N. Y., McGraw-Hill, 1953 An outline of national and throughout the world. Meyer, H. A. FOREST MANAGEMENT N. Y., Wiley, 1952 A standard text in this field. Moroney, M. J. FACTS FROM FIGURES London, Pelican Books, 1954 . . A layman's introduction to stat• st1 account the difficulties of th e n • t"•0 n CouncilU Northeastern Wood Uti•11z:a USE OF WOOD CHIPS IN AGRIC ouncil, 1 New Haven, Conn., Th e C . Includes papers on portable ~•~ chipper· and handling 8nd ryi f 0 II (Continued on th e I FIRE CACHE IN THE WOODS AREA. �>CTOBER 1954 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 )ntario ::iry are give ; reports, an ns are mad -card. nents and ) solve them. PAGE 17 LOG BOOK FOREST LIBRARY OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO U. S. Senate NEWSPRINT FOR TOMORROW Washington, / U. S. Government Printing Office, 1952 Interesting study of present prospects and future trends in th!:! North American newsprint industry. U. S. Soil Conservation Bmeau MANUAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1954 A very handy introduction to soil problems, with much practical information of use to the forester interested in soil analysis. Society of American Foresters FOREST COVER TYPES OF NORTH AMERICA (EXCLUDING MEXICO) Washington, The Society, 1954. Unesco PAPER FOR PRINTING, TODAY AND TOMORROW Paris, Uneco, 1952 Studies the world trends in paper manufacture and use, assessing the likelihood of new sources of paper material. Wilkes, G. C. T.(XATION OF THE FOREST INDUSTRY IN ONTARIO Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1954 Traces the history of forest taxation in Ontario, relating to other areas, tenure problems, and both governmental and company policy. U. S. Forest Service SMALL SAWMILL OPERATOR'S MANUAL Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1952 use. High Strength, Long Service Assured ... (1~ M•S•A GLASS FIBER HAT Made Entirely in Mine Safoty Appliances' Mod,ern and Complete Quality -Control Plant. TWO SHELL SIZES FOR GREATER COMFORT AND SAFETY -The Glass Fiber Hat is available with small shell for head sizes 6½ to 71/a inclusive . . . and with a large shell for 71/a to 7¾ . . . adjustable in Ya units. M.S.A. standard chin straps of leather or web may be worn with this hat; also the M.S.A. 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WOODMAN'S SAFETY CLOTHING e M.S.A. Self Buoyant Belts Cat. No. CF-200699 e M.S.A. "Wocdlands" Nylon Lined High Top Boots, • Cat. No. CK-200700 M.S.A. Edmont Grab-It Knit Wrist Gloves, Cat. No. CF-660W AFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED TORONTO Tel. Midway 8454 �PAGE LOG BOOK 18 Abitibi Woodlands Laboratory Opened at Raith Attended by a host of distinguished visitors and with Mr. C. B. Davis, Vice-President, Woodlands, Abitibi Power & Paper Company Lim ited and Mr. J. B. Mat1hews, Chief Forester, Abitibi, central figures in the arrangements and ceremony, the Abitibi Woodlands Laboratory was officially opened recently. Representatives from Lakehead Chambers of Commerce, City Councils, local business men and foresters attending the Woodlands Section, C. P. P.A. Forestry Field Meeting in Port Arthur attended the ceremonies. Among those present were Mr. J. G. Somers, Manitoba Provincial Forester; C. R. Mills, Manager of Ontario Forest Industries Association, Toronto ; Dean J. W. 8. Sisam, Faculty of Forestry, University· of Toronto; and Mr. W. A. E. ·Pepler, Manager, Woodlands Section, Canadian Pulp & Paper Association, Montreal. The Abitibi Laboratory is a 40,000 acre tract of land near Raith, Ontario on which various types ot experiments are being carried on. Types of cutting practises are being experimented with and will be followed through until results are obtained. H. H. Styffe, President of Northwestern Ontario Timber Operators' Association, speaking on behalf of the timber operators in Northwestern Ontario, congratulated Abitibi and stated that "It was a red letter day in the forty-two year history of Abitibi and was a strong step in the direction of perpetual yield." The Minister of Lands and Forests, the Honourable Clare E. Mapledoram said the Laboratory was "another assist" towards his Department's over-riding objective of perpetual harvests from perpetual forests. SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 195 WOODLANDS SECTION, C. P. P. A. FORESTRY FIELD MEETING HELD AT LAKEHEAD Attended by more than 60 foresters from N Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, the Forest Field Meeting of the Woodlands Section of the Cana i~n Pulp & Paper Association held at Port Arthur August was declared a very successful one. On the first day of the meeting, the group insp ted the Thunder Bay Nursery of the Department Lands and Forests and later inspected the tree farm Dr. W. P. Hogarth, the Boy Scout Tree farm of t Great Lakes Paper Company, and the tree farm of E Ayer. • During the visit to the Dr. Hogarth farm, Dr. P. Hogarth, Fort William physician was presented his Tree Farm Certificate by Mr. W. A. E. Pepler. On the second day of the conference~ the fore visited and took part in the inauguration of the Ab Woodlands Laboratory at Raith, Ontario. The meeting concluded with a discussion pe the next morning. Papers were: "Nursery Management" by M. Cressman, D ment of Lands and Forests. ''Silvicultural Research in Planting and Se by N. F. Lyon, Department of Lands and Forest "Abitibi Woodlands Laboratory" by Geo. enridge, Abitibi Power & Paper Company, Limit "A Site Classification for Abitibi Wood Ian oratory", by S. T. B. Losee, Abitibi Power & Pa pany, Limited . EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 1954 THEW SHOVEL CO . .,q,,,,,,,0-IUl,Ced, tJ.e .Jlppa~ o/, Vulcan Machinery &Equipment Ltd Port Arthur, Ontario Lorain Distributor for Northwestern Ontario Pa11,U - SaJ.ei - Se11,utce �CTOBER 195 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 LOG BOOK PAGE 19 • fRY s from Ne the Forestr f the Canad. rt Arthur 1 ,e. 1roup inspec ~partment c tree farm o farm of t, farm of E. B 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! 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! nd Se Fore 2. Costs as low as 55( a gallon! 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! 3. Double-vacuum-sealed for camp use I ~ 5. Easy handling-less weight• no freezing ! tti[-!,";:;;:::::==::: 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 iifly ! 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. THE BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED. DRY MILK DEPARTMENT, Spadina Crescent, Toronto 4, Ontario. THE BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED, 407 McGill Street, Montreal, Quebec. A.H. BRADBURY 13 North Wharf, Saint John, N.B. McKENZIE, STEPHENSON LIMITED T. A. MacNAB & CO. llMlnD, 345 Higgins Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba City Club Bldg., P.O. Box 7851 St. John's, Nfld. �Page 20 LOG BOOK Lumbermen's Safety Association Holds Sioux Loohout-Kenora Meetings SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 Mobile TB X-ray Unit Visits Hearst Area Well-attended meetings were held in the Siou:< Lookout area and in the Kenora-Dryden area by the Lumbermen's Safety Association recently. At the Kenora meeting which was attended by operators in that area, Mr. R. Paradias, assistant resident manager of Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company presided at a dinner meeting. Mr. E. H. Reeves, General Manager of the Lumbermen's Safety Association was the principal speaker znd gave a general survey of safety problems. Mr. Reeves stated that the accident rate in the woods has been altogether too high during the past few year5 and gave figures to back up his statements. More safety measures practised by a larger number of people would result in a great saving of pain and suffering as well as money, he pointed out. Other speakers who addressed the meeting were: Mr. G. R. Potts, Northwestern Ontario Inspector, • Lumbermen's Safety Association. Mr. C. W. Roark, Woods Manager, Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Kenora, Ontario. Mr. D. C. George, Chief Inspector for the Lumbermen's Safety Association. Mr. A. E. Minor, Safety Supervisor of the O-M at Kenora. Mr. Frank Thomson who represented the Northwestern Ontario Safety Committee at the meeting . Many examples of progress in safety were given by the speakers who gave credit for progress to the hard hat, compulsory for Mando employees, and the new safety shoes which became a condition of employment September l st. ---o---- Camp Picnic In July, employet=>s of the Longlac Pulp and Paper Company Limited Camp 49, and the Geraldton commuter camp enjoyed a picnic at Wild Goose Lake resort. Funds for the picnic came largely from camp safety awards and recreation funds. About 300 persons turned out in threatening weather to take part in the fun and contests. Company officials congratulated the men of Camp 49 for their recent safety record of 7,177 man-days without a lost-time accident. IF The mobile TB X-ray unit visited the Hearst for the secona time this year in late August and September. On the first trip late in May and early June ployees of the Newaygo Timber Company Limi Mead and Mosher were x-rayed and also at the em Paper Mills Limited. A total of 706 perso x-rayed. On this second trip not only include the remaining larger com that area but also the smaller operators, inclu mills. To date in 1954, 1,880 woods emplo been x-rayed in the camps. Co-operation of the companies cancer supervisory staffs which include foremen an the camps, union stewards, etc. is acknowl The Medical Superintendent of the F Sanatorium, Dr. G. S. Jeffrey and Mr. A Division of Tuberculosis Prevention, De Health have written to this Associatio t heir appreciation of the co-operation of th in arranging the x-ray tours. YOU WANT FAST, DEPENDABLE HEAT INSIST ON COLEMAN! The most famous, dependable name in heating ! Coleman leads the field in Space Heaters, Floor Furnaces and' the new revolutionary Coleman "Blend-Air heating. There's a size and price to meet your particular needs. Insist on the finest heating available. Get Full Particulars Today From MARSHALL-WELLS PORT ARTHUR �SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 ER 1954 Area lOG BOOK PAGE 21 Here's the Score on Our Ontario forests A large balance of jack pine is available for the development of future industry in Ontario, according to a summary of the resources of the accessible forest area of the province issued by the Department of Lands and Forest~. A preliminary balance sheet of actual utilization f resources as compared with allowable cuts on a susained yield basis followed completion of the forest esources inventory comprising 172,000 square miles. Here is the balance sheet: For commercially valule coniferous species, the allowable cut is 956 million bic feet gross total cubic volume. Of this, 438 miln cubic feet, on an average, was utilized, using the ur-year period 1946-49 as the basis for the actual ilization. Red and white pine, the most important lumber cies, with an allowable cut of 46 mi II ion cubic feet an actual annual cut of 52 million cubic feet, is ng overcut at present, the report shows. Jack pine, h an allowable cut of 333 million cubic feet and an al cut of 118 million cubic feet, is being greatly ercut. Black and white spruce, with an allowable cut of million cubic feet and an actual cut of 230 million c feet, shows a safe balance in the overall picture. ever, the bulk of the surplus of spruce is in the veloped northern area, 57 million cubic feet of urplus being in the Sioux Lookout district alone. The balance of the allowable cut for conifers, 138 n cubic feet, is made up of minor species, balsam mlock, white cedar and larch. he allowable cut for broadleaved or hardwood s is 908 million cubic feet of which 48 million feet is being utilized. The most important hardy volume is poplar with 601 million cubic feet le cut. Next is white birch with 229 million et, hard maple 30 million cubic feet and yellow 8 million cubic feet allowable cut. The balance illion cubic feet allowable cut is made up of neous broadleaved species. report continues: "The allowable cut represgrowth capacity of the accessible forest area rovince. The actual utilization is the annual amount cut for the four-year period 1946-49. on to the amount of wood products utilized forests each year, forest fires continue to annual toll from the allowable cut. Insect , such as the recent outbreaks of the spruce have destroyed extensive areas. of these losses, extremely difficult to estit be provided for to obtain more precise the relationship of allowable cut to actual Y forest industry. ~ition, the presently allowable cuts wi II be 1 n the future only if we obtain adequate e regeneration on cut-over areas. Taking r depletion factors into consideration, we eneral conclusion that white and red pine, abl·e· saw-log species, are being rapidly deutilization of jack pine can probably be d white spruce is being locally over-utils quantities in the more northerly parts e, when opened up, will provide for a ase over present utilization. Generally surpluses of broadleaved species, -esand white birch, awaiting industrial concludes. Head Protection Cuts COSTS Davis Plastiglas HATS and CAPS Recent practical experience in many large woods operations shows that costly and serious head injuries can be reduced very substantially by practical Head Protection Programs. Reduced severity and frequency result in lower compensation contribution costs. Davis Plastiglas Hats and Caps are proving constantly more popular to both woodsmen and management. CONSULT US ON ANY SAFETY OR FIRE PROTECTION PROBLEM. LEVITT-SAFETY LlffilTED MONTREAL 4205 Courtrai Ave. TORONTO WINNIPEG 747 Vaughan 889 Westminster Road Ave. �SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER ' l 95 LOG BOOK PAGE 22 - Inspiring fire Protection Courses l Held at Webbwood and Jellitoe Three demonstrations were of great interest those attending: C For the second time, the Department of Lands and Forests in co-operation with Industry, held fire protection courses in July. Last year the first course of this kind was held at Jellicoe, Ontario but it was decided to stage two courses this year, one on the KVP limits north of Espanola, Ontario at Camp l l, and one in the Northwestern section of the Province at Camp 63,. , St. Lawrence Corporation Limited, Jellicoe, Ontario. (2) • (3) ( l) Attendance was excellent at both courses and at the eastern course representatives from Pakistan, India and Quebec were present in addition to the Department and Industry representatives. At the Jellicoe course representatives from Manitoba were in attendance. The following subjects ~ere covered at both courses: Forest Fire Laws and Their Relaii;n to Industry by M. Sauerbrei. Industry's Responsibility in Forest Fire Protection by J. B. Matthews and George Son!ey. Forest Fire Prevention by 0 . K. Welsh. Back-Firing as a Means of Fire Suppression by B. Land. Explanati~JI• c,.f F;re Co-ord~nation by G. D. MacAdam. Fir~ -Co;11tri 1-iorg}njzation -- Company by W. R. Cooke. Ffre Co~trol Organization -- Department by J. E. Barnes. Fire :.Weather Forecasting -- Camps by L. Affleck. Fire-~Behavior and Fire Fighting Tactics by G. D. MacAdam. Responsibility for the Detection and Initial Action on Fires, Relationship between Company and Department Personnel• on Fires -- Company by J. B. Matthews and George Sonley: -- Department by j . B. Rorke. Care, Storage and Distribution of Fire Fighting Equipment Field Demonstration of Fire Crew Organization Field Demonstration of Fire Fighting Tactics Demonstration of Aerial Operation: Helicopter Water Bombing, Cargo Dropping, New Equiprn and Techniques. Fire fighting films were shown each evening a there were frequent question and discussion peri during the course. These question and discussion iods were conducted by Mr. J. C. Dillon, F. M. Mill and A. J. Herridge. Mr. T. E. Mackey, Chief, Division of Forest p tection, Department of Lands and Forests, Toronto in attendance at both courses as were senior ind u officials. 1 The Committee which arranged the courses as follows: J. C. Dillon, Supervisor of Forest Fire Control Department Lands and Forests. T. S. Jones, Manager, Northwestern Ontario Timber Opera Association. T. E. Mackey, Chief, Division of Forest of Lands and Forests. J. B. Matthews, Chief Forester, Abitibi Company, Limited. C. R. Mills, Manager, Ontario Forest Industries Associat J. Ruxton, District Forester, Department of Lands and Tweed, Ontario. Mr. J. Ruxton was Chairman of both meeh by W. Armstrong . <ft.e dJ.acU StUf: "Gas Is Best By Tes For Timber Camps -- large or s A Size for Every Need PROPANE GAS side-arm water heaters have P themselves as a sure and economical way of h water for cookeries and bunkhouses. See us also re conversion burners for camp stea USE PROPANE INSTEAD OF WOO WRITE, PHONE or WIRE NORTHERN PROPANE GAS CO. BOX 325 FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO �CTOBER •• 1954 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 t interest t rganization Tactics evening an ssion period scussion per F. M. Mill & Paper LOG BOOK PAGE 23 Mueh Improvement Work Undertaken This Year In addition to the normal work of ·producing pulpwood (peeled and rough), logs, ties, poles, lumber, etc., cruising, mapping, genera.I maintenance of camps, dams, roads, etc., considerable improvement work has been undertaken by the majority of companies in Northwestern Ontario in preparation for woods operations this fall and in the years to come. LOG BOOK made a brief spot check on work carried out by a number of companies in Northwes,tern Ontario and' reports as follows: MTARIO-MINNESOTA PULP & PAPER COMPANY LIMITED NEWAYGO TIMBER COMPANY LIMITED, rt Frances Division-- ( l) Camp L-309 Lake of the Woods Concession: 3 mlies of road bull-dozed. 2½ miles of road graded and gravelled. is road when finished will complete a loop from Camp L-309 the Kenora-Fort Frances highway and join up with district ds north of North Branch. Manitou Concession: 18 miles of winter tote road bull-dozed and graded to join up with Dryden Paper Company roads. s road gives acc~ss from Camps M-402 and M-403 during ze-up and break-up periods, to hospital facilities, etc. in den. Seine Concession: 14 miles of road regravelled - culverts and bridges repaired. 3 miles of road bull-dozed, graded and gravelled. 6 family houses built. ra DivisionLake of the Woods Concession: rn½ miles road bull-dozed. 7½ miles road graded and gravelled. ne school house built at Camp L-314, Dryberry Lake. atricia Concession: 5 miles road bull-dozed. miles road graded and gravelled. 210: robus Lake under construction a family camp of 20 units. mp PAPER COMPANY LIMITED, Dryden, Ontario Camps: Three new camps of frame construction have n completed. s: Eight miles of new all-weather road is nearing comIn vicinity of Lac Seul. Nine miles of new all-weather Vicinity of Eagle Lake is nearing completion. An access miles long in this area is being converted to an allroad. Five miles of access road east of Dinorwic, Ontbeen converted to an all-weather road. N FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED, PORT ARTHUR miles of new road plus a bridge were constructed at which opens up a new area. ck Sturgeon, gravelling has been going on for the last on a road leading to the 1954-55 cut. Some of this led early this Spring or prior to the snow and frost LTD., Nipigon al accommodation was provided at "hardwood" camp. tors were installed in three of the older camps. sterns were extended and improved in two camps. ~nt_s to Beardmore Depot- A fire-proof vault built • linoleum has been laid on the main offic:e floor; cable supply shed is to be built in the new depot the Beardmore houses has been moved to a new proved. nent roads to be built will total 12 miles with 8 ~ improved. In addition, access roads in the camp miles and truck haul roads some 70 miles. ncre~e dam will be constructed and repairs made ensive river improvements will be carried out on •n rivers consisting of side-piers. holding booms, a~ne_l clearing, etc., pile driving in connection n installations. d at Red Rock has been considerably enlarged _cut this year for use in new holding grounds igon Bay and Lake Nipigon in the near future. (2) (3) (4) Cement block and concrete fire-proof machine and welding shop 34' x 46' under construction at the Mead Division. Central heating system at the Mosher Division being thoroughly renovated and improved. 26 miles of all-weather gravel road maintained and improved, culverts installed, etc. 15 miles of new winter truck roads constructed in the Algoma District. · ABITIBI POWER & PAPER COMPANY LTD., Sault Ste. Marie New Camps: One built, portable, capacity 140 men. Improvements made on camps: 2 camps equipped with Walk-in refrigerators. l camp equipped with central wash-room, including showers, and toilets. Roads Built: 12 miles of all-weather access truck road. River Improvements: Improved 15 miles of White River above White Lake. GREAT LAKES PAPER COMPANY LTD., Fort William Camps Built: l. Camp 9 Drive, Black Sturgeon- permanent frame camp for l 00 men. 2. Portable Barns-12 barns, each for 8 horses, frame, on skids, Black Sturgeon District. 3. Portable Garages-6 garages, frame on skids, Black Sturgeon District. 4. Portable Barnboss Shacks-2 built, frame, on skids, Black Sturgeon District. Roads Built: l. Access roads to cutting areas, gravel, one lane only, 4 miles. • z 2. All purpose road-clear, build and gravel, 2 ½ miles, gravel only (built 1953) 2 ½ miles. LONGLAC PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED New Camps Built: Camp 55 in the McKay-McLeod area-this .is an 80-man camp, permanently constructed to serve the area for at least 3() years. A two-storey dormitory designed to accommodate 64 men features double rooms, flush toilets and showers. Camp 34 in the Chipman Lake area - this is a community camp consisting of accommodation for 14 families in attractive individual homes. Improvements to Depots or Camps: Camp 38 - has been enlarged with the addition of a 40-man dormitory of panel construction. Several buildings in existing camps throughout the operations have been painted. Roads: 22 miles of all-weather, gravel LSurfaced roads have been. b~ilt or are under construction. 16 ½ miles of existing road hape been brought up to specification through ditching and gravelling. River and Dam Improvements: 1100 cedar booms being used to make two piece built-up !Jooms to replaace old single spruce glance booms in the Kenogami River. Four sail booms under construction for Kenogami River. Rock bolts and deadmen installed for two new storages on Long Lake at Camp 52 and at Blackwater Creek. New dormitory at 3G completed and new cookery under construction and water system installed throughout this camp. (Continued on Page 29) �LOG BOOK PAGE 24 POWELL EQUIPMENT APPOINTMENTS SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER Can You Tie This 7 'Tis often said that a small outfit can't Program. QUENTIN C. POWELL GEORGE AN DISON Mr. Quentin C. Powell has been appointed Man- · ager of the Port Arthur Branch of Powell Equipment Company. Mr. Powell, who joined the company in 1945, has been Assistant Branch Manager at Port Arthur since 1949. He succeeds Mr. George Andison who will reside in Winnipeg, headquartering at the firm's main office. Other administrative appointments include that of Mr. Gordon Brown as the firm's Director of Engine Sales. Peter Thomson & Sons Limited, members of t Lumbermen's Safety Association, have an accide clean record of which they are justly proud. In their sawmill operations at Kearney, Ontar they have not had one lost-time accident during 19 and 1953 and this record is being maintained so in 1954. During the sawmill operating season (from ?0th to September 15th approximately) they em .35 to 40 men and produce about 2½ million feet annually. In conjunction with the mill operations this pany ships over 150 cars of veneer logs each year. loading of veneer logs (admittedly a hazardous ation) also shares the accident-free record. The question immediately arises how done ? There are three sound answers to this. lent supervision, experienced and well trained wo and a sound accident prevention philosophy pr by all. Mr. E. S. (Ernie) Stamp is the mill mana Peter Thomson & Sons Limited at Kearney. no better criterion of the efficiency of the under Ernie's supervision than this splendid free record. Ernie Stamp is ably assisted by an ex group of workmen and their accident-free r dicates they know their jobs thoroughly, means they know how to prevent accidents these men have an average of thirteen ye with Peter Thomson & Sons Limited, the average in excess of four years service with The offcers of this company, Mr. Gr son, Mr. Peter Thomson and Mr. Wilm are wel I pleased with the record set and tained by their mill. The Lumbermen's iation take this opportunity to congratul '"'n accident prevention job that is well being sustained with enthusiasm. Woods Orchestra Entertai GORDON BROWN ----o--- Helicopters B~sed at Lahehead for Winter The Ambank Airlift Limited have announced that they intend to base the Sikorsky S55 and a small Bell helicopter in the Lakehead area. It is hoped to develop work amongst the timber operators for such operatim1s as timber cruising, road location, etc. The Sikorsky is especially built for the carriage of freight into difficult areas. The representative of the Ambank Airlift Limited at the Lakehead is Mr. Bob Gillies, pilot of the Bell helicopter. He may be contacted at the Airport, Fort William. For the second time, the "Lower Musical Culture Appreciation Soci~ty performers at the evening entertain ized the industry-Department of ~and Fighting School at Jellicoe, Ontario. Under the capable direction of Woods Superintendent of the St. La at Beardmore Ontario the orchestra usual manne; with a' varied proQr classical music. With one except, the orchestra are all employees Corporation Limited and their r The members of the orchestra ar Neil Nylund -Trumpet; Dun Buzz Lein- Trombone; Ray Barney Maley -Guitar; Gen Murray Wilson -Gut Bucket Anyone wishing to have_ Lower Blackwater River Musi_ perform at any of their functt with Mr. Buzz Lein, Bea rd �:TOBER 195 an :I. ns this co :h year. ardous SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1954 t In the area of pulpwood, more industry ·nterest lies in future supplies of pulpwoud irnber than in any current procurement prolerns. Recognizing that wood will continue be the fundamental source of fibrous raw aterial for the industry, practically all comnies are continuing active in the acquisition additional timberlands either under their n purchase or through contract arrangents so as to meet the needs of rapidly ing pulpwood requirements in the decades ead. Latest data assembled by the Amero Paper and Pulp Association show that i·ndustry now owns 25.8 million acres of berland,. with an additional 2 million acres er lease. Furthermore, the industry has n a leader in applying extensive forestry tices in their own woodlands as well as rivately-owned woodlands, in terms of susd yield, fire and insect control, cutting utilization practices. In this connection, especially noteworthy that the industry ntly employs 1,234 trained foresters and pervising the planting of about 75 million ings trees a year. Consumption of pulpwood in the first er of 1954 totalled 7,051,000 cords, ing a gain of nearly 2 percent over the period a year ago. Increases in the and on the West Coast offset moderate s in the other major regions. For the art, expansion in pulp capacity in the w years has been largely in the South the West, accounting for this relatlpwood receipts also showed an upturn first quarter of this year, compared year ago, amounting 1 .4 percent, with me of receipts being almost equal to tion. The Lake States region showed t prominent gain in receipts, which ted for by a return to a more norme of procurement following the inrestrictions on acquisition of pulping the past year or more when efmade to reduce unwieldy, pulpwood acquired in the early stages of n conflict. major problems are not envisioned curement of adequate supplies of the industry as a whole has seen ce inventories to more moderate e to consumption. Of course, in t and Lake States regions, it reant for the mills to carry stocks amounting to about 2 to 3 ly because of the seasonal natHowever, the introduction of mechanized logging equipment, ely dispensed with the need for tual logging camps throughout ortheast, Lake States and Minnsuited in greater productivity ker, as well as greater year- Operations. Of course, a large PWood needs of the New EngStates, which originate in Cann the normal fall and winter ns, coupled with the spring lp~ood with later deliveries Un1ted States. In this conno~ed that receipts of Cane first quarter of this year Cent larger than those of a [gely accounted for by the n pulpwood buying by the ~y availability of woods ~h farmer-cut pulpwood, oderate easing of pulpe~arts of the Lake States th at current prices on PAGE LOG BOOK pulpwood in that region have declined from about $0.50 to a dollar per cord, while open contracts for delivered peeled wood for summer delivery are $2.00 less. In the West Coast, tidewater log stocks for pulp mills are substantially below a year ago so that there is a need for renewed logging activities, especially in the higher elevations not accessible during winter months. For the most part, West Coast mills feel that they can normally depend upon a steady supply of pulpwood logs without the need for large inventories. However, a possible CIC wood-workers and AFL lumber and sawmiil workers strike pending as of the middle of May might possibly close most logging operations as well as hamper the use of existing logs now in water booms. Experience with sawmill wood chips for pulp has proved very successful as well as economical cost-wise, on the West Coast. This use of wood chips from sawmi~ls ,and, other types of wood-wctrking plants is spreading rapidly to other parts of the country. -•- • Total area of the Provi•nce of Ontario, second largest of the Canadian provinces, is 412,582 square miles of which 223,212 is forested and 64,441 is water, according to statistics recently issued by the federal De ... partment of Northern Affairs and National Resources. Nearly two-thirds of the Province's area is under administration of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests which supervises Crown lands for the people of the Province. Non-forested land, mainly in Southern Ontario, covers 124,929 square miles. Ontario has 159,812 square miles of accessible productive land and 63,400 square miles which are regarded as non-productive of timber. The federal figures indicate 87,007 sq. miles leased under pulpwopd iicenses :and 10,802 under saw timbe~ licenses. Privately owned forest lands total 18,908 square miles of which 6,020 are farm woodlots and 12,888 other private lands. Total occupied forest land is 116,717 square miles. -•- • "The business man should be wary of statisti-cal averages. Let him keep in mind the fate of the statistician who was drowned while attempting to wade across a stream which had an average depth of three and a half feet from shore to shore." It is not only the business man who needs to be wary and it is not only statistical averages which can be misleading. Statistical percentages can be every bit as dangerous. If a fruitman sells 50% of his oranges and 80% of his lemons, there in no guarantee whatever that he sells more lemons than oranges, • nor that he has more oranges remaining in his stock than he has lemons. Even ,statistics pure and simple have seemed to prove some strange things at times. Perhaps the best course for statisticians who cannot swim and who need to cross streams is to walk along the bank until they come to a ferry or a bridge. -•- 25 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS REPORT • Ontario's Department of Lands and Forests had the greatest financial year in its history in the year ending March 31, 1953, according to its annual report issued recently. Receipts totalled $23,147,875. Cash disbursements were $13,141,062. "This financial return from our renewable natural resources is approximately four times that of a,~Y year prior to 1943", the report stated. This revenue was obtained largely from the sale of t'imber on the stump, the sale of hunting and fishing licenses and the rental of water power. It reflects the enviable position of this Province with regard to its renewable natural resources. Through careful management over many years, we have fully met and sharply increased raw mater'ial needs of our huge pulp, paper and water power industries. We have also serviced our large tourist trade without any over-all diminishment of these resources." The report shows water power rentals cf $1,293,570, fish & wildlife $3,409,915 and timber management returns $15,117,701. The Department received $2,315,958 from the Mississagi salvage project where lumber was salvaged following the great forest fire5. of 1948. Reforestation brought in $128,000 as compared with $60 in 1951. The change was brought about by the relatively new policy whereby trees from provi1ncial nurseries are sold at nominai sums. Previously there had been no charge for these trees and the Department found that many were wasted. Fishing licenses, sold mainly to visitors from the U.S., brought in nearly $2,000,000 and almost $350,000 was realized from deer licenses. -•- THE BUYER~ INFLUENCE • Unless our products can be sold, no one connected with producing these products can know security. It is the buyer who has the final say when they are being sold. Unless the buyer is willing to buy there can be no sale. Quality is important when selling a product to other countries. The price tag counts too. More and more countries buying Canadian products are shopping around for more attractive prices. Buyers from other countries are finding that price tags for similar products from elsewhere are more attractive. We all want to see the Canadian worker enjoy a high ~tandard of li,ving. When it comes to the products, which in our case is pulp, paper and lumber being exported to other countries then that high standard of living has to be paid for by the foreign customer. Most of our foreign customers are under no obligation to buy our forest products since they can buy them elsewhere. • Export sales are important to our country's economy. This fact should not be overlooked. Not only do the people in our communities depend upon the sale of our forest products for their livelihood, but also a great number of people employed in other industries which supply materials in our operations. The whole Canadian economy depends upon export markets. One third of the Canadian income is derived from sales to other ~ountries. This one-third is a very important segment of the Canadian economy and wellbeing of all Canadians and especially so fo, those employed by our companies where a large portion of their production is sold outside of Canada. Let's watch our costs. -•- �LOG BOOK PAG~ 26 Safety Guide-posts Here are 11 "guide-post's' a foreman can use tc prevent accidents: 1. Inspect his department every day to discover accident hazards. Eliminate all hazards BEFORE they cause accidents. 3. Study each job in the department to make sure it is being done efficiently and safely. 4 . Make sure each worker thoroughly understands how to do his job efficiently and safely. 5. Pay particular attention to each new employeeespecially during the first few days of his employment. 6. Supervise each worker to make sure he is working safely and efficiently. 7. Discipline workers who won't follow the work procedures laid down by the foreman. 8. Set a good example himself. 9. Hold a short safety meeting with his workers from time to time-at least once a month. 10. Encourage workers to suggest ways of getting bet-• ter production and better safety. 11. Be sure all injured workers receive prompt first-aid attention. National Safety Council Open Letter. ♦::4J~~~J----()~()._.C)CB9-() . . . . CJ<t!a-C).-:l>Cl<aD-C) . . . . . (J,a:aCJCll9'~)---CJ . . . . t J 4 1 a - ( ) ~ ~ t ) . _ , ( t. . . . .-.. i- ' I I ! RESULTS OF SURVEY ON JOB I FACTORS As ranked by workers: a-1; b-2; c-3; d-4; e-5; f-6; g-7, h-8; i-9; j-10. = II I-,· = I" As ranked by foremen: a-8; b-1 0; c-9; d-2; e-1; f-5; g-3; h-6; i-4; j-7. •!•~1,_.,,...,,,....,,,...,,~,1~,.aa-,,ea-,,...,,,._.,,,,_.,,._.,,,....,,...,,,...,,,._.,,.....,,,...,,,cm,,1,c:es.c•:• I Timber Operators . . . . Sawmill Operators . . . . Pulp and Paper . . . . CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY The Vancouver Island Section of the Canadian Institute of Forestry will be the host section at the 46th Annual Meeting of the C. I. F. The meeting will be held in the Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C., from October 13th to 15th, 1954. RESULTS C. F. A. of ONTARIO FOREST FIRE PREVENTION LECTURE TOUR 1954 Mr. Murray Dixo~, Conservation Lecturer Canadian Forestry Association of Ontario c Northwestern Ontario and gave lectures at the in the centres of population across the area. From May 3rd until June 25th, Mr. Dixon sed 2,004 adults, 14,346 children and gave the est fire prevention and general conservation Mr. Dixon received excel lent co-operati the School Boards, teachers, etc., and their and co-operation attests the value which edu Northwestern Ontario attach to Forest Con education. ARE YOU IN NEED OF PARAMOUNT AND CHIEF FORESTRY PUMPS DUNLOP FIRE HOSE NEW CABLE BOOM SLASHER WE CARRY A V- BELTS AND BELTING LINCOLN WELDING EQUIPMENT 0 ANNUAL · MEETING COMPLETE LINE OF WRIGHT CANADIAN WIRE • Seruing Industry" Northland Machinery Supply Co. FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO �TOBER iTRY 1954 LOG BOOK SEPTEMBER - OC1 OBER 1954 PAGE 27 ack.Trucks try now distributed in the Lakehead area by . I. F. .c., .i. Illustrated is Mack Truck Model EQSW- In service for Kodama & Kroehling of Geraldton since January, 1948 - and still going strong. Hauling 10 to 12 cords over istances up to 40 miles through ush roads and highway. Many imilar models have gone into service the same area since 1948 roof positive that Mack Trucks ve dependable and economical ck's new "B" series trucks odying greater payload capaand other engineering ncements are now available with r Gasoline or Diesel power and- illustrated Ure on Mack Trucks write to: MANLIFACTURERS OF CONSTRUCTION, LOGGING AND MINING EQUIPMENT PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO • �LOG BOOK PAGE 28 STEELCRAFT BOATS WITH A PURPOSE SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER Members of Parliament To~r Longlac Woods Operations The Woodlands Department, LongLac Pulp Paper Company Ltd., were hcsts to the visiting of members of the Legislative Assembly on We day, August 18th. This visit to the woods was the only one sche in their trip across Northwestern Ontario and for of the members it was their first trip to see a operaton. Mr. A. F. Buell, Woods Manager for LongLac ed as general chairman for the event and the vi legislators enjoyed a boat trip from the Govern Dock at LongLac to the LongLac sawmill, viewin townsite on the way. After going through the sa (the only one visited in Northwestern Ontario an many of the legislators their first time in a sa the visitors were taken to the woods where they vi a cutting operation, a cut and skid operation, I operations of 8' and 16' wood. They then toure LongLac Nursery, and saw some plantations start the last few years. Brush scattering operations to jackpine regeneration were also observed. No. 9 - SHALLOW DRAFT LOGGING TUG Designed to tow logs 35 miles in Bay of Chaleur waters near Bathurst, N.B., the Greta V is 46 feet overall with 12' beam. Twin shallow tunnel drive allows a 42" draft and twin Cummins diesels furnishing 212 shaft horsepower, make this tug a powerful one for her size. The evening dinner was presided over by Mr. Mr. G. W. Phipps represented the Kimberly-Clar poration and spoke of the general woods situa the United States and Canada. Mr. Buell review events leading to the formation of the LongL and Paper Company Limited from the -old P Supply Company and the diversion created to flow of Long Lake to Lake· Superior instead o Arctic watershed. Mr. Ralph Sexsmith gave a very interes informative explanation of the LongLac Pulp management plan. Mr. T. S. Jones, representing the No Ontario Timber Operators' Association r: important part that the woods indutsry has 1 omy of Northwestern Ontario. The Honourable Clare E. Mapledora of Lands and Forests gave an inte~esting viewing many of the problen:s ~h1ch h confronting the industry at this time. the industry was presented with a gre~t that the industry had been challenged in and had overcome all the obstacles. He that the cha Ilenge would again be met. 0 ----0--- No. 10 - SECTIONAL RAMP DECK SCOW Bui It in four water-tight sections for easy truck haulage to an inland lake, this 20-ton capacity scow can be assembled or disassembled at short notice. Steelcraft build many sizes and types of scows, barges, hopper barges, wanagans, dredge hulls, monitor barges, etc. Write for a bulletin. LEADERS IN BUILDING RUGGED STEEL BOATS THRILL CONTESTS FEATURE Of TIMB Danny Sailor British Colum~ia' climber set a new' record at the Tim in Oregon. He climbed l 00 fee~ u fir tree, rang the bell and was 0 again in 37. l seconds. Phi I Whittaker of Duncan P bucking, sawing his way through 47.5 seconds. d The other outstanding recoW, by Harold Johnson of Morton, 100-foot tree cut off the top n ground in on; minute, 57. 5 seco In addition to _win_ning t~~ Whittaker placed third in log _-o-- �1954 . - OCTOBER CH IMPROVEMENT WORK .... (Continued from Page 23) er Improvements: Two new houses were built on the Company townsite and one car garage. . 600 feet of pressure sewer line installed on townsite. ITIBI POWER & PAPER COMPANY, LIMITED ehead Woodlands Division, Port Arthur h d provements made to Depots or Camps: one SC e U Addition to Camp 226 shop . 0 and for m Propane Gas cooking ranges installed to see a w f l • by Mr. 8 ,erly-Clark ds situati II reviewed Longlac -old Pulp ed to tur tead of t 3. 4. New office constructed at Camp 12. Two new residences to Central Mortgage & Housing specifications constructed at Caramat. 5 . Additional staff accommodation constructed at Caramat. 6. New root ·cellar built at Camp 12. 7 . Caramat Butcher Shop capacity doubled . Roads Improved, New Roads Built: 4 ½ miles of new Class II road built from Caramat to Pie River. Also 19½ miles of Main operating haul road, built in all Camps. MRS. DOROTHY COTE, CAMP COOK WINS OPERATORS' SHIELD in Camp 226. ads Improved: >r Longlac, a ind the visiti lie Govern ill, viewing Agh the saw )ntario and i in a saw 3re they vie ~ration, load hen toured "ions started 1tions to se Page 29 LOG BOOK 2.2 miles on Camp 226 - Wolfe Lake Haul Road. Revision to reduce grades and shorten haul. Roads Built: 8.4 miles in Block 8. 4.5 miles in Block 2. 4.0 miles Camp 227 to Lasseter Lake. 2.5 miles Camp 37 to Willett Lake. 4.0 miles Camp 33 to Camp 38. Dams Built: Wolf Lake Dam replaced with new structure. ATHON PAPER MILLS OF CANADA LTD, Caramat, Ontario ovements made to Depots or Camps: 45 residences at Stevens and Caramat were improved. One half were completely paintet. New staff quarters constructed at Camp 5 for Scalers, Cooks, Cookees and Clerks. The Longlac Fall Fair Association held a special contest for camp cooks in connection with the Fal I Fair on August 27th and 28th. Mrs. Dorothy Cote of Camp 55, Longlac Pulp and Paper Company, LongLac, Ontario, won the Northwes~ern Ontario Timber Operators' Association shield. Mrs. Cote had 3 firsts - cup cakes, raisin pie, doughnuts; seconds - butter tarts; and a third for her bread. Mr. Angus MacBride took second place. Mr. MacBride was an entry from Marathon Paper Mills of Canada Limited, Hillsport, Ontario. The best bread was entered by Mr. Leo Forget of Camp 46, Longlac Pulp and Paper Company Limited, Longlac,, Ontario. ---o--- There's A New INTERNATIONAL OF EVERY SIZE FOR EVERY PURPOSE and Lumbering Operations Construction Work Wherever the Work Is Heaviest j J. DILL & SONS LTD. Member of Canada's Largest Exclusive Truck Service Organization DISTRIBUTORS FOR FRUEHAUF POLE, SEMI, LOGGING, VAN, AND CARRY-ALL TRAILERS FIRESTONE TIRES PORT ARTHUR River Road - Phone 5-5488 FORT WILLIAM North May at Cameron - Phone 3-6457 �,,_,,_,,_,,_o_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_.,_.,_,,_,,__,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_ - • - • > -••-11 It's business as usual during the winter months with a CaterpiUar Diesel logging Tractor in front of your sleigh trains. Broad tracks keep Cat Logging Tractors on top of the deepest snow ••. deep-biting grousers dig into ice to get traction for work. The same big loads you haul during the summer can be hauled in the winter to keep your sawmills humming and your profits rolling. Cat-built Tractors start quickly in sub-zero weather ... the independent starting engine pre-conditions the diesel for cold weather starting. And when snow drifts, a Cat Dozer Blade can be quickly attached to open truck roads. This winter put profit into your logging operationmail the coupon today for full information. POWELL EQUIPMENT COMPANY 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/. 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 1954SeptOctLogBook Title A name given to the resource Log Book - September October 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. September October 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 1954-09 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/ee4c3ee36481ba66835705dda5688356.pdf 0a70312fe4e2e3ad141f31d4c1511c0f PDF Text Text 11r.. G~ R"' Sonl.ey, Max a.t.hon Paper ~.3 0£ Cm.i., 1 Publtc -Ut:O.itiGS Buil.uing, PORT ARTit1JR, Ontario. �LOG BOOK PAGE 2 I.E. L. PIONEER POWER -SAWS - The Famous 1954 Lightweight H B Model High Speed Chain through Automatic Clutch. Bar Lengths - 16", 20" and 24". Only 24 lbs. Cuts tw'ice as fast as any other Cha.in Saw. New Low Price. e e Has same motor as the Super Pioneer for 'S4. Most Parts Interchangeable with other I. E. L. Models. The Dependable Super Pioneer for '54 A rugged dependable one-man saw for falling and bucking in medium timber. One of the most all-round efficient power saws ever built. Maximum bar size, 36". Stwe tk:d /,o,,.ed! with an I.E. L. High Pressure Fire Pum THE TOPS IN FIGHTING FOREST FIRES The new I. E. L. Fire Pump is the result of a grea,t deal of engineering design and experimental W! order to achieve the high pressure necessary on long hose lays or high lifts, which are almo!t ah, countered when fighting forest fires. Whereas a pump having a 100 p.s.i. cut-o.ff cannot dehver ~ amount of water over 200', and whereas a pump of 17S p.s.i. shutdown pressure will be equally 1 ive on a lift of 450', the 1.E.L. Fire Pump will deliver 35 p.s.i. pressure at 450' and still develop reserve pressure. DEALERS THROUGHOUT NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO Distributed· by TWIN CITY·INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 91 S MEMORIAL AVENUE �RETURN TO BOOK ~ .. I _.:;;;:;~!!!~i~i.~;P,ktd, . el tch. '54. E. L. .......... ............................................ ~ ~resident EX . F. BUELL M. JONES M. COCHRAN P. V. LEMAY H. S. MOSHER Secretary-Manager - T. S. JONES Published by Northwestern Ontario Timber Operators' Edited by T. S. JONES Association The sudden death of the Honourable Wei land S. mell shortly after addressing a foresters' meeting orth Bay was a great shock. In a relatively short in office, he became known to members of the s industry throughout Ontario as a hard worker, re and most co-op·e rative at all times. It is with re regret that the LOG BOOK records his passing. Time marches on. e are now half-way through the fire season. The tuation is reported elsewhere in this issue and I ask all woods managers, supervisors and honoure wardens to review the fires that have been to date and redouble their efforts to prevent om occurring from such causes for the remainthe season. H. H. "Bert" Styffe. lnuentory Reports est Inventory Reports have been received as Report Report eport eport eport eport #11 # 12 #13 #14 #15 #16 - Sault Ste. Marie District Chapleau District Gogama District Fort Frances District Kenora District • Sioux Lookout District. es ?f these Forest Resources Inventory Reports tarned through the Division of Timber ManDepartment of Lands and Forests Toronto I I -·---0---- X-ray Unit in Hearst Area ~bile T.B. X-Ray Unit from the Fort Wi' rrum toured the Newaygo Timber Company ~rst, Mead and Mosher and also the Northills camps at Hansen, Ontario, recently. 0 .woods workers were x-rayed. It is planned rt back to the Hearst c1rea in due course, Lands and Forests Appointed ~pledoram of Fort William has been 1ster of Lands and Forests in the Ontario e succeeds the Hon. Welland S. Gemmell curred recently. - -o---- E - An airview of the Town of Nipigon 9~ 0 .und can be seen a raft of pulpwood 'PNQon area being held prior to towing d . ear the mouth of the river is a tug rn the background can be seen the PAGE 3 First-Aid Training Recommended in Schools At the Northwestern Ontario (Woods) Branch meeting there was considerable discussion about first aid training. The experience of the Workmen's Compensation Board and the cost of injuries in t•he Province of Ontario was pointed out and after considerable discussion it was duly moved, seconded and carried that this Branch recommend that "our Parent Association (the Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association) along with all other safety Associations in the Province, appeal to the Minister of Education requesting that first aid training be made compulsory in schools." If first aid training was made a subject in the schools then graduates would come into industry (not only the woods industry but all industries) with some first aid training. It has been pretty well agreed that anyone trained in first aid is a more safety conscious person than one not trained and it is felt that if this resolution is adopted by the Minister of Education, it will help to cut down accidents in the future. To repeat, a person trained in first-aid is safety conscious and is less likely to become an accident victim. Should an accident happen, he is able to render immediate first-aid, thus relieving suffering and reducing accident severity. Tree Farms Certified in Northwestern Ontario The first three tree farms in Northwestern Ontario were certified in a ceremony arranged by the Port Arthur Chamber o Commerce Forestry Committee in co-operation with the Northwestern Ontario Section Canadian nstitute of Forestry. The National Tree Farm Program is under the auspices of the Canadian Forestry association with a special Tree Farm Committee set up. The properties of E. B. Ayer, Dr. W. P. Hogarth and T. S. Jones were certified. It is planned to certify more private lands which are devoted to the growing of trees in Northwestern Ontario. It is hoped that private property in the Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Kenora and Fort Frances areas will be certified this year. Committee on Co-ordinated Research Holds Meeting in Port Arthur The Northwestern Ontario Committe on Co-ordinated Research held a meeting in Port Arthur on April 29th. • The annual project summary was discussed and also individual research project reports. There was considerable discussion led by Mr. H. 0. Kantola on regeneration surveys. A paper by Mr. George R. Sonley entitled "What Do Regeneration Survey Results Mean ?" is reprinted elsewhere in this issue of the LOG BOOK. ·,··-·-·-·-·-·--··-·-·-·'.-·'--'·-·-·-·-·---·!· i ANNUAL MEETING i: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY • The Vancouver Island Section of the Canadian Institute of Forestry will be the host section at the 46th Annual Meeting of the C. I. F. I ! i i i I The meeting will be held in the Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C., from October 13th to 15th, 1954. ! I ! ! I I I II (•,._,c,..-.c~,~.._.c,,_..,....,~~,....,~..-.c..-.c,.....c.....C J - ~ > ~ , ~ - c • : • �PAGE 4 LOG BOOK JULY - AUGUST AN EASY WAY TO MANAGE SMALL WOOD-LOTS By E. M. Cressman Woodlots are important to the economy of our country. This is proven by the fact that at least 25 % of Canada's pulpwood comes from privately-owned woodlots. And pulpwood is not the most important product of our woodlots. Other products such a:; lumber and fuel wood exceed the , value of pulpwood taken from Canada's woodlots. But the cash value of a woodlot is not its greatest value. If all the woodlots were removed from our Agricultural land, farming would deterioriate. Soil erosion by wind and water would soon ruin our life-giving soil and food production would decrease. In my opinion the moisture-holding and soil protection ability of a woodlot is its greatest value to man. That is the key to any management plan. Clear cutting is entirely out of the question. Some form of selective cutting must be used because this method will preserve the woodlot as a soi I protector at a II ti mes. Just how many and which trees to cut is the problem. It is the main purpose of this article to explain a method I have used for several years to quickly mark a woodlot and also to convince the owner that the marked trees should be cut for his own interests. Basically the method amounts to this - if a tree is growing fast and is well formed leave it grow, because it is earning the owner money. If a tree is growing slowly, it should be cut, unless by releasing it you could make it grow faster. To see how fast a tree is growing I use an increment hammer and count the annual rings in the last radial inch. How fast does a tree have to grow to justify leaving it grow more? Consider each tree individually as an investment in dollars and cents. Its value is the owner's investment and its rate of growth can be thought of as the interest received on that investment. What percent interest do you demand on money you have loaned or invested? Perhaps you may want at least 5 %- . Well, that is fine for money investments. But, if you consider that trees give you many other benefits other than financial ones maybe you would be willing to lower the interest demanded on your tree investment. I believe that 2 or 3 % is about the right amount to expect from a tree. To relate the percent interest earned by a tree to the growth rings in the last inch I use the table listed here. This table was taken from the book "Forestry in the Farm Woodlot": For good sites the values would be higher; for poor sites somewhat lower. The curved graph-like line in the chart I pu indicate the point below which I think trees sh cut. Above this line a tree is apparently growi enough to justify not cutting it. Now this cha no means accurate and no doubt a great deal o etical fault could be found with it - if not t idea I have expressed here. But I have used thi for four years in my woodlot extenstion work found it works quite well. It should be pointed out here that this i my own but was developed by Professor J Cornell University. I mentioned before that this method wa convince the woodlot owner that certain tree cut. This statement may seem peculiar to have lived only in the North where to butch~ is the accepted thing among settlers. But Ontario due to Conservation Education and By-laws: many woodlot owners are very relu any of their trees other than dead ones. The other big consideration in woodlot is protection. Everyone knows how dan~e~ a woodlot so I will not go into that subJeC ever, there is another enemy of trees that fO mention briefly. Tht: worst ene,:,,y of s is, in my opinion, livestock. I believe t grazing by cattle is more dangerous to a a fire. Catt Ie eat a II the young trees, theyj trees, and they tramp and comp~ct th~. it no longer has its moisture holdrnQ a~,h pasturing of a woodlot will destroy ,t ~I fire. In fact turning cattle into a wo just as bad as start.ing a ground fire j big difference is that fires are spectac_u a~e noticed but cattle go about thei; slowly and unnoticed until the woodlo 1 One of a series of article~ Northwestern Ontario Sect•t Canadian Institute of Fores �PAGE 5 LOG SOOK r\_ .. or- • Do you remember that, in the last issue of r the LOG BOOK, the Supervisor's Strip discussed "What Is a Problem?". To refresh your memory "A PROBLEM is anything that a supervisor ha~ to do something about." It was stated that to deal with a problem effectively a supervisor needs , ~ ~ is employed as a strip boss at a mp, Mike was a cutter for quite f _years before he became a strip has had a lot of experience in is still eager to learn. When as his boss he replied "Why, Joe eman, of course". His answer does it give us all the picture, of it? many cords are to be at Mike's camp, what areas ked out, what method of proe used (cut and pile; cut and etc.) what type of haul? Does an make these decisions enn or is he acting on instrucdistrict superintendent who Joe's camp as only one unit area and regulate it accor- a little further. Would the ent have the final say-so, ays be subject to general boss, the woodlands manathe production actviity for ration must be given to as mill pulpwood require• nd machine-power availe protection; safety (mannd product}; transportateam, lake, railroad); towdates. This planning one activity with ananother. What governs the pulp and paper mH!s in determining their pulpwood r.eqoirements for a safe period ahead? Here Top Manage• ment (the stockholders) make decisions which may mean that Mike the strip-boss may assist . in producing more pulpwood, or less pulpwood, at his camp, as a result of in• creased or decreased mill acttivity. These top management decisions are governed by the re-actions of that n1ari in front of the counter, THE CUSTOMER-, who represents buying power and -wbo sometimes is very temperamental and exacting. He is choosey about price, quality, design, etc., and if he does not like our product he shops elsewhere. • if our product does not suit him what is the result -at the mill, - a t the Woods Dept., -at the pulpwood camp? -· We asls you, Mike, who is your boss? -•....,,...,..,.,.,..,.,,.,,,,,,.,,,,,,,~.-,,,,, J ~ e,,,p,to,,ee4 /111,e e o . - ~ e,,,,p./~eed, 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 Boo~ is publiahing this 11STRIP11 with the idea of p-,tting in one place 1 some information about tlte industry, some ideas for employer-employee relations, etc., etc. Supervisors are invited to submit Cl'lest• ions, problems, etc., involving the woods industry to the column and we will give our answer. Something troubling you 1 Ask us f • SKILL KNOWLEDGE I The skill of instructing was discussed as applicable to experienced and inexperienc~d workers. In addition to the skill in in.,structing, there are two . other skills that supervisors need: '· SKILL IN PLANNING SKILL IN HANDLING PEOPLE. It is assumed of course, that the supervisors reading this column have the "KNOWLEDGE" required to do their jobs. Supervisors must know the Company Rules and Regulations and, in addition, must have a working knowledge of all the jobs that men at~- expected to do on the operation. Most supervisors have this knowledge and, therefore, one of the most important problems is getting along with and getting results from the people who work for and Y(ith them. Here are a few tips which are called • _, ... FOUNDATIONS . FOR GOOD RELATIONS LET EACH WORKER KNOW HOW HE IS ' 'GETTING ALONG. • Figure out what you expect of him. Point out ways to improve. c;rvE CREDIT WHEN DUE. Look for extra or unusual performance. Teti him while ~'it's hot11 • TELL PEOPLE IN ADVANCE ABOUT CHANGES THAT WILL AFFECT THEM. Tell them WHY if possible. :; Get them to accept the change. MAKE BEST USE OF EACH PERSc5N'S ABILIT'(. Look for ability not now being used. Never stand in a man's way. PEOPLE MUST BE TREATED AS INDIVIDUALS. -•- THREE NEW PULP MILLS -Three new pulp mills started operations recently - Ketchikan Pulp Co., at Ketchikan, Alaska; Rayonier Incorporated at Jesup, Ga. and Bukeye Cellulose Corporation, Foley, Florida. �PAGE 6 LOG BOOK JULY - AUGUST • The Financial Post reports "that the second half of 1954 has been slated as the business pick-up after the decline which started last fall." "How do the forecasts look now we've reached the second half? Is the pick-up on schedule ?" UNION MEMBERSHIP INCREASES IN 1953 • Membership in labour unions increased by some 48,200 in 1953. As of January 1, 1 954, according to Department of labour's annual survey of labour organizations in Canada, the aggregate union membership stood at 1,267,911. This compares with a figure of 1,21 9, 71 4 from the same source as of January 1, 1953. "The economic experts rather guardedly answer something like this: ' 'We're pretty well on schedule so far as timing goes. Business is picking up. EmThe breakdown of union affiliation acployment is much better. Construction is cording to this 1 954 survey shows that the strong. Capital investment has not faltered, "big three' in Canadian organized labour are in total, since the beginning of the year. the Trades and labour Congress of Cal'}ada "But the extent · of the pick-up in this. (TLC) with 596,004 members, The Canadian third quarter may not match some of the Congress of labour (CCU with 360,782 memmore optimistic forecasts. Offsetting the featbers and the Canadian and Catholic Confedures of strength are some continui•ng weakeration of labour CCCL) with 100,312 memnesses - notably in the farm sector and in bers. secondary manufacturing." WAGE RATES EASE UPWARD On the plus side, construction and capital investment, exports, except grain, govern• Between October 1952 and October 1953 ment spending and consumer spending all are the index wage rates in Canada rose 3.6%. a little higher than last year. This was slightly less than half of the 8% On the minus side, lower farm incomes rise recorded in the year ending October, and slackness in secondary manufacturing will 1952. certainly have an effect on the plus side. In 1954 the general levelling-off trend continued, preliminary figures showing a rise The sharp market pulp demands should of only 1.2% in the six-month period from continue in 1954 reports the Financial Post. October, 1953 to April, 1954. This is good news and, if it keeps up or increases, should mean that more wood will The six major divisions covered by the be ;:ut than last year. Department's survey were logging, mining, manufacturing, construction, transportation and communication, and services 0aundries). The average wage rate indexes (1939= l 00) for the six industries surveyed, were October J 952, 263.3; October 1953, 272.7; COST OF LIVING April 1954, 275. 9. -•- <11,,. eru.adia,, cCO#JOM,, • A sudden, sharp jump in food prices combined with higher rents boosted the consumer to 116.1 from 115.5. It was the biggest price index by three-fifths of a point in May, rise in 30 months. The increase was due almost entirely to higher prices for meats, coffee, fresh vegetables and fresh and canned fruit, the bureau of statistids reported Butter and chicken prices were lower. Rents also climbed along with such other items as cleaning supplies and furniture. UNEMPLOYMENT • The National Employment Services offices reported 549,000 applications for employment on file as of April 15, 1954. This was a decrease of 20,900 from the figure a month previously but was still 176,500 higher than at the corresponding date tn 1 953. WAGES IN MANUFACTURING • As of March 1, '54, the average weekly earnings in manufacturing were 57.69. This figure was an increase of 1 % over the previous month and an increase f 2% over the corresponding date in 1953. LABOUR FORCE • In the week ending April 17, 1954, the labour force in Canada totalled 5,257,000. This was a slight increase over · the March figure of 5,236,000. Of these 5,257,000, 2,890,000 (55%) worked full time (35 hour.s or more); 1,955,000 (37.2%) workeo••·1ess than 35 • hours· (Good Friday and faster accounted for a big part of this · short time group); 109,000 (2.1 %) • had jobs. btit did no work during the surv.e y week; M:ld i-.303,000 (5.8%) had no jobs. -•- • The following are excerpts from a paper given at the Annual Meeting of the American Pulpwood Association by B. G. Buell, Northern Paper Mills, Green Bay, Wisconsin. • "For the most part developments In industrial forestry during the past few years have followed well-known principles rather than anything very new and startling. Briefly we will point out the progress we have made in the Lake States. "The pulp and paper industry has in the past decade increased its timberland ownership from 700,000 acres to 2,000,000 acres, with continJ1ed expansion indicated. The number of technical foresters in their employ has risen from 50 to 150. 'Of course this means that the industry is now well awakened to the fact that from now on we must grow the wood that we need for the future, and must do alt we can to grow it in our own back yard, not in some foreign country. • "In the '· matter of utilization we are making rapid progress. First of all our mills are shifting th,eir r~quirements so as to use the abundant so-called "inferior" species such as poplar ,and ,.fnardwoods, which is relieving the pressure on the .softwoods, · particularly spruce. Usf c,f poplar by l:ake States·' mills has ju.inped from 400,000 cords to ·over 1,000,900 • cords i•~-~ .P.ast ten years." • The old saying that "Cleanliness to Godliness" applies equally to Ii working in the woods as i-t does in a working in a factory. Our very jobs a clean and orderly operation. In our woods operations eve sible is being done to have a cle derly cutting operation. In our ca dards kept are generally higher tha by the Department of Health. Supervisors, being part of t ment team, are, or should be a steps being taken to correct sa by clearing or keeping work are safe, thus reducing possibility of. No employee has ever been inju debris or other obstruction that his path or work area! Then, and orderly work area boosts makes for more pleasant worki No one likes to work or live i place amid littered surroundi The bull-cook can do a if he doesn't have to keep pi everybody else all the time. help by checking up on me receptacles for papers, ash tra used. "Good Housekeeping", t "Everybody's Job" and is o,f portance to our work. Let ponsibility and get everyb -•- o The Department of_ Annua I Report has been ' Part I _ The Statistf contains tables, cha which depict and det activities engaged in year 1952 - 53. Part 11 - High.lig - Report - presents rative and pictogr: standing Divisional ing the period. Forests, Toronto. �PAGE 7 LOG BOOK 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 5 0 tons. Designed especially by Euclid for G. H. Godsall Equipment Ltd. in an effort to obtain a unit suitable for the pulp and Paper indu&try in Canada on long hauling on all-weather road direct from bush operations to mill site. Call, write or wire H. Godsall -Equipment Ltd. PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO �PAGE 8 LOG BOOK WHAT DO REGENERATION SURVEY RESULTS MEAN? By G. Sonley, Marathon Paper Mills The purpose of this talk is to open the discussion on some questions, most of which I think Mr. Hosie mentioned in his book. I am going to limit my thinking to Sections B8 and B9 of 'the Northern Boreal or Pulpwood Forest Region, because I am more familiar with conditions in these sections than in any other. Now for stocking. I believe the ideal stockin be the minimum number necessary to develop 9 product of required specification. This is rather ge terms, but I do not know how to express it differe" I do believe that none of us appreciate the ability piece of cutover land to regenerate. Regeneration surveys are made with the purpose of determining the degree to which areas are restocked in an effort to try to forecast the future yield from the area. Yield is considered in terms of species, quantity, and quality. Case I: The Forestry Branch have establi P.S.P. in a mixed forest after a commercial cut of sp and balsam pulpwood. At least one forester judgment was beyond question said the forest ruined, and there would never be another cut of ifers. However, Mr. Mulloy had displayed grap the growth on those plots and after 30 years ther as I remember, enough to justify another cut. seedlings from 2" to 2' high are not very imp but give them a few years and the appearance is; different. The big job the forester has to do now is: ( l) estimate the relative value of species 75 to l 00 years hence, (2) determine the minimum number of seedlings per acre which will yield the required volume and quality at maturity. Let us consider species. As stated previously, in my judgment we are considering a pulpwood forest, and when we speak of future markets we are referring to markets for pulpwood. The pulp from the areas which are regenerating now may be used 75 to l 00 year5 hence. What will be the demand then? l 00 years ago no paper was made from wood pulp. Is it unreasonable to believe that industry will not make greater advances in the future than have been made in the past? When I consider this together with the present trends toward the utilization of all species for pulp, I am forced to come to the conclusion that there will be a demand for all species in 75 to l 00 years, and as far as utilization is concerned we need have no concern about species. In fact, I would be surprised if hardwood were not the preferred species in 50 years from now. ( l) (2) (3) Costs less to grow - higher volume/acre in a shorter rotation. Costs less to operate. % cellulose to lignin is greater than conifers. Species should be considered forestry-wise, however, and we should be concerned that each site is regenerated to the species which will yield the greatest amount of wood fibre per acre per year. From Future Wood Markets and Forest Management by John A ZiY,nuska, Journal of Forestry, May 1951, we read . . . Moreover, the pulp and paper industry cannot be considered as an outlet for high priced stumpage. The technological history of the industry is one of escape from rising raw materials. This is exemplified by the shifts from New England spruce to Lake States spruce, then on to southern pine and western hemlock and fir, and now on to aspen and other scrub hardwoods as well as to tops, slabs, edgings, and other forest and mill waste." ... "If this is correct, and the market of the future wi II be a low price market, then the forest manager must keep his costs per unit volume dow~. This means c~:mcentrating on quantity, not quality. For example, in considering reproduction the percent of stocking, not the species composition should be the prime consideration." ' Case 11: They have been cutting out of t Depot on the Gatineau for over l 00 years, and I heard they were still cutting. Tables Since the purpose of the discussion is to d "What Regeneration Survey Results Mean," I tributing some results of last year's regenerati After distribution and discussing Table I, it closed that it was a summary of quadrats stumps and not seedlings. This was the co the virgin forest. Our management assum regenerated forest should at least equal question before us is what stocking of necessary to do this? Table 11 corroborates the regeneratio stumps. Table 111 is a comparison of stump tall eration tally computed from the same survey. This shows that the regeneration twice as great as the stump tally, but is t Table IV shows the results of the a ation of permanently established quadra year pE-dod. Table V shows the results of the regener~tion survey correlated with site on the better sites, there is better rege the plots were placed mechanically, th plots by sites should be proportional to site. It will be noted that approximate has 44. l % stocked quad rats, 12.3 % of stocked quadrats and that 52 % of the stocked quadrat;, or 90% of area ha stocked quadrats. Anyone interested in the tables may obtain copies from the Editor 0 Summary ( l) All species should be tallie value and also for their effect on (2) Regeneration should be type and site. f3) We are badly in need. tables to determine minimum st �AUGUST 1 fety footwear - Hard Hats ogant Vests - WHY? ·al stocking , develop rather gen it differe ,e ability ,e establi I cut of sp orester w ,e forest ~r cut of ed graphi ?ars there er cut. ery impr ranee is PAGE 9 LOG BOOK Several companies have announced their policy of ting the use of protective footwear and hard hats heir operations. One of the first questions to be answered is: Why? In the case of Protective Footwear, a survey o-f injuries was carried out in 1952 - 53. Dealing with disabling injuries to the feet, of which 305 or Clo were axe wounds, it was stated that 1/ 3 of them t have been materially reduced in seriouness if not ly eliminated by the wearing of footwear with toe cases. Safety footwear is now being manufactwith additional protection to the instep as well as side and outside of the foot. This type of shoe probably have reduced the number of accidents rther. ased on the experience of this survey and of men ve worn safety footwear in the bush for the past season, the safety associations and operators are convinced that the wearing of protective footthe woods will certainly cut down the number of , and lessen the seriousness of the injuries that HARD HATS ny companies have experimented with the use hats for the last few years and there have been where it can be safely claimed that fatal ave actually been prevented through their use. Possibly some other mishaps have occurred with no result in injury. Head injuries when they occur are generally of a very serious nature and quite often fatal. The Lumbermen's Safety Association reports that in 1953 there were 19 fractures to the skull, 8 of which resulted in death. In addit(on, there were 40 cuts and 58 bruises or a totai of 98 injuries to the scalp. There seems to be no doubt that the use of hard hats would have lessened the number of head injuries and certainly would have cut down on the seriousness of such injuries. BUOYANT VESTS In 1953 the Lumbermen's Safety Association reports six deaths from drowning. The type of buoyant vest on the market today wi 11 keep a man afloat face up for a con•siderable period of time and there seems I ittie doubt that the use of such protective equipment will again cut down on the number of drownings and deaths. Chemical Treatment Operations The Northern Paper Mills Limited, Hansen, Ontario, are conducting the only chemical treatment tree operation in Northwestern Ontario so far as is known. The late spring was a hold up in getting approximately 1000 cords cut which was treated last summer. Reports state that peeling of this last year's treated wood is very good. It is planned to treat approximately 3 000 - 4 000 cords of wood this summer and a special c~mp ha~ been set up for the duration of the peeling season. THE NORTHERN ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED ONTARIO CANADA CANADIAN PATENT APPLIED FOR TREE-LENGTH SLASHER AND LOADER Nesco Equipment Ensu-res - Economical, Speedy, Continuous Operation �LOG BOOK PAGE 10 Industry supervisors took part in last year's North Bay tires. Here are the observations of one supervisor. The Gladman Township Fire By S. B. Brackenbury Towards the. end of August 1953, little or no rain had fallen and the humidity had been below normal for some time. Drying winds coupled with high temperatures induced a serious fire hazard. In Gladman township an unextinguished camper's fire was spread rapidly by strong winds. Upon our ~rrival by air, spot firec; and established fires could be seen along either side of a chain of lakes. Promptly, the Provincial Air Service Beavers began flying in men, provisions and supplies. Fire crews were dispatched to the most hazardous areas. Soon an organized force wyas fighting the fire with hand tools, power tools and aircraft. A Bell helicopter and a Tavlorcraft wer~ used for mapping purposes, but the helicopter proved especially useful for landing crews and equipment in normally inaccessible potholes. The Taylor craft was also used for the free dropping of hose to crews placed by helicopter. With the Beaver aircraft using the larger lakes and the helicopter relaying to the more inaccessible camps, the fire crews were serviced efficiently. The mobility displayed by the Department of Lands and Forests was impressive and definitely reduced the total acreage burned. When the fire was finally brought under control more than 5000 acres had been destroyed. The main precautions of actual fire fighting, that were most important can be listed as follows: ( 1) Upor arrival, scout the fire, noting, particularly the wind speed and direction, fuel types and ter- FIRST QUALITY Swedish Made PULPWOOD SAWS THE JOHANSSON NO. 60 "Unconditionally Guaranteed" ONE INCH WIDE 36" - 42" - 48" IT'S THE STEEL ! THE EVEN TEMPER THE EXTRA THIN BACKS STRAIGHT AND TRUE That stands out in every saw and provides "SMOOTH AND EASY CUTTING" In lengths 30" - DISTRIBUTO'RS WALBY & CO. LIMITED 141 ST. PETER STREET MONTREAL, QUE. rain. It is customary to hit the head of a fire fir only when the head is the most dangerous part. arm of inflammable fuel exists that can carry t to a dangerous fuer type beside or behind the fire, it is incorrect to hit any other part of the fir (2) Com~ct nozzle openings must be used efficient stream. Start with a large opening pressure fal Is off reduce the nozzle tip open increase the pressure. This is important as a directed at the base of the flame, has a cooling and tends to remove fuel. (3) On the first pass, the nozzleman sho to knock down the flame and cut off the advancin If too much time is spent on the line, it is possi be left behind by the fire. Hand tool men can the hose crew, checking the spread until their r ~4) Back fires ~re. advan~ageous in emerg especially when the fire 1s backing up against the A good barrier, natural or artificial is essential. (5) The treatment and feeding of fire figh very important. In the initial excitement men wil long, hard hours without excessive complaining. good food and regular rest periods in a quiet pl essential. The men should not be too far fro fire line. (6) Accounting is an important factor. If t on the fire Ii ne know that their accounts are bei accurately, many troubles are avoided. During this fire, some of the successful taken were a direct result of the Department and Forests' Fi re Protection Course held at J 1953. Honourary Fire Wardens Are Keg Fi In Forest Fire Preuention Honourary Fi re Wardens are key figur fire prevention. In addition to their regular receiving the appointment of honourary have undertaken additional responsibility a due these men for carrying out this hono Fire wardens are appointed by the Minist and Forests in the Province of Ontario an of the LOG BOOK is in possession of a Ii dustry personnel appointed honourary fire has been customary for the last few years BOOK to print the names of these men i However, it is impossible to do so at this Northwestern Ontario Timber Operator 1s sending a personal letter to each indu showing that their appointment is rec J\ssociation and req~ests their utmost be on Jhe alert and do everything pos fires. FIRE ORGANIZATION PROGRAM DIS The fire administration program Pulp and Paper Company Limited was member companies of the Northwe 5f ber Operators' Association. f Any company desiring a copy 0 secure one by writing to the editor �AUGUST 1 JULY - AUGUST 1954 fire first, s part. It :arry the f nd the the fire fir e used for ming and > LOG 100K l!l_6,•ordinail your operations ·• ~ opening as a str :ooling ef ~•ggoo ; m should I 2WAYIADI0 dvancing is possible :m can fol their retu emerge -··· •a-,-~ 2-Way Radio used in police cruisers is a vital factor in highway or metropolitan police operations. inst the ;sential. ire fighte -nen will laining. uiet pla far fro Small aircraft, equipped with 2-Way Radio, are in direct, Instant touch with control towers. blic Utilities, with widespread mobile ts, rely on 2-Way Radio for instant munications. 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. ......, ~ ~ (\ 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. 731 W-2S4 GENERAL• ELECTRIC COMPANY• L'IMITED �.i.,_,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,_,,_,,_ _ _ _ •:• I i ~ ! 1 I I I I I I j i i i i If ev,e ryone who has a job could lie in bed, With broken bones and stitched-up wounds or fractures in the head, And there endure the agonies that many people do, They'd never preach safety any more to me and you. If erery one could meet the wife and child·r en left behind, And step into the darkened home where no sunlight shines, And' look upon the vacant chair where Daddy used to sit, I'm sure e~ch car!less worker would be forced to think a bit. All the Miners Wear 'Em . . . . I !1 " ! I I i i i i i i i i " ! How Was Safety Clothing Made Compulsory in the Mines l By E. E. Pine, New Dickenson Mines, Red Lake, Ont, I wish to thank your executive for this opportun1 cf bringing to this safety group some of the proble and solutions, we, in the mining industry have had making the wearing of safety clothing compulsory and around the mines. Any remarks or suggestions that I may make h today are based on discussions I have had with i iduals closely associated with the industry and uonfficial in all respects. -The lnco Triangle t •!•...,,,...,,,._,.c,~>.-.1~,...-.c>..-.•>._.c,,._.,,...,,,~.._.,,~,...,,.....,,,....,,,._..,,_..,,_,.,,..., 1.:• Generally speaking safety clothing and its pulsory use in the mines began about the year 1 The mines in the Sudbury basin issued hard hats sinking crews and made it a condition of employ At the time it did not go beyond the use in the and the crews were allowed to turn the hats ba after the sinking was completed. It was neverthel major step and provided management with a nucleus around which a safety program could be The men had objected strenuously at first to w the hard hats but found after a few shifts that m their objections were unfounded and accepted th eral use. Head injuries were greatly reduced a men could reacjily see the hat's advantages. Ontario Pulp and Paper Mahers' Safety Association Holds Meeting A well attended meeting took place in Kenora recently of the Northwestern Ontario (Woods) Branch, Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association. Mr. A. L. K. Switzer, Chairman, conducted the meeting and Mr. A. Walterson, Secretary, took the minutes. The host Company, the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Kenora Division, made all the arrangements. Mr. J. T. Sniezek gave an interesting talk on his experiences in introducing hard hats to the OntarioMinnesota Pulp & Paper Company Umited, Patricia area and Mr. E. Pine of the New Dickenson Mines gave a very informative address re the problems in the introduction of Hard Hats to the mines. Both of these addresses are printed elsewhere in this Log Book. There was considerable discussion on safety footwear in the woods. Mr. F. Morrish gave an interesting address on this subject. Mr. Roy Potts of the Lumbermen's Safety Association gave an address on what Class I had accomplished so far in First Aid Training. film production "Safe Also shown was the the Caterpillar Tractor the National Safety In the last afternoon of the two-day meeting, the group visited the O-M Family Camp L-314. With this step behind, the mines gradua together with each other and made it condi employment to use safety hats. Industry also f Mines Accident Prevention Association and the progress safety has made in the mining ind be credited to this association who have inv accidents, feretted out the reasons for them an mended the proper steps to be taken to co practice. It went into the design of clothing of its program and made suitable recommen manufacturers. With every change in the type clothing the men were compelled to wear, ~ objections. First the cost, secondly the feelt wasn't necessary and thirdly the clothing comfortable as what was presently being use a The proposed Safety Code for the Northwestern Ontario (Woods) Branch was finalized and a committee appointed to arrange for its circulation to woods managers. The branch's initial effort in Cutting and Piling" was shown. film "The Gamblers" produced by Company in conjunction with Council. JULY - AUGUST 19 LOG· BOOK PAGE 12 ' The mines by insisting that this clothi on the job formed a market for the manufa in turn sought out better products and be It was realized that in order to obtain the all clothing must have, firstly, comfort; reasonable cost; thirdly, provide the grea protection, and fourthly, give durability. b made to provide these, less and less 0 raised by the employees. It was found that a small exhibit of had · saved an accident brought g0od res (Continued on the following Pa �} LOG BOOK W WAS SAFETY CLOTHING (HARD HATS, FETY F·OOTWEAR, ETC.) MADE MPULSORY IN THE MINES (Continued from Page 12) Lake, Ont. opportuni he proble have had >mpulsory men safety conscious and led to a better underding between !he employees and management. The began to realize that. many accidents were not just luck but usually bad Judgment on either their part heir partners' and that prorection was a sound stment. Through experience the mines have come to realize each particular piece of safety clothing must be ca~le !o the job it. is i_ntended for and follow up pl1cat1on. As a point in hand, one of the mines a ruling that every employee underground must safety spectacles. After their issue it was found ome of the crews working on the bottom leveis heir glasses fogging up and were increasing the s instead of reducing them. As no satisfactory y could be found, the practice in this particular ad to be stopped. can readily be seen that rulings for the use of clothing must .be changed. from time to time to breast of the changing conditions. Also where a design or a new one is available, it must be y investigated and placed in operation. has also been found that any safety program is good and as effective as it's supervisory staff to be. Thus we have selected shifters mine straw bosses and others who come in c~nstant ith the men, working as a nucleus for putting am over. These selected men are instructed in r use of the equipment and are compelled to proper clothing at all times. Thus when they the workmen there is no reason to have them to their being made to wear hard hats shoes . bosses aren't doing so. It would appear t~ 1s practice could be used in your woods preach c~mp selected individuals could be given clo!hing ~s was thought necessary for gratis ted in their proper application. After a stated lance of the crews could be made to accept safety clothing as a condition of employnucleous could educate the crews in the o accept the ruling and see that it was fole today industrial psychologists who can be go over a safety program and make sug- PAGE 13 gestions on how best to phrase a ruling, apply it and have the employees accept it. The compulsory use of safety clothing in the mines ~as made general throughout the industry and thusly, 1f a man wanted to work at. any particular mine or area he knew that certain clothing must be purchased or obtained before he would be allowed employment. By the industry banding together it did not allow one camp to enforce safety clothing and another not to do so. I would feel that the same thing could be done in your woods operations and after a short while all workmen would accept the particular piece of clothing as a condition of employment. It has been brought to my attention that a great deal of progress has been made in the lumbering industry on the west coast in the use of hard hats. Mr. Harry Mabson, Chief Inspector of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, U.S.A., has been credited with being the motivating factor for itse general acceptance and use in this area. In order to have the safety program go over and maintain its effectiveness any article of safety clothing must meet the job for which it is intended, and we have found that after the particular article has been put in service for some timE: it is advisable to bring the subject up at the group safety meetings held in the local camps explaining verbally and with exhibits, the results obtained to date and what future results can be expected. Also if there can be some further improvement that can be incorporated in the article. We have taken up with the manufacturers from time to time these suggestions and where it has stood up to the test have had them corrected. With all clothing the initial cost is a part of the overall picture but it does ont pay to cheapen a product in order to reduce the cost to the employee. It is sometimes better for the company tc subsidize a portion to obtain the best results. The company has much at stake in accident prevention and if the accident frequency can be reduced lower costs of operation are a direct benefit. Ski Iled men in any trade are one of industries' chief assets and any lost time by these ski Iled men can and does raise the cost of operation. The cost of training men today is at an all time high due to the high wages that have to be paid, higher costs for equipment, better housing, better workin!J conditions and transportation. Thus it is a definite asset to the company to have its employees protected as best it can from injuries and see that the program is maintained continuously through its supervisors. YOUR REQIIREMENTS NOW -0-- • • • ur ne~ Wholesale Hardware warehouse is modernly equipped to serve the Logging. ';.berrng and Mining Industries; the Retail Stores; Plumbing, Heating and Building ractors in Northwestern Ontario. CHRANE HARDWARE (PORT ARTHUR) LIMITED North Cumberland Street, Port Arthur - Dial 5-7345 �LOG BOOK PAGE 14 APPLICATION OF HARD HAT POLICY IN THE WOODS By J. T. SNIEZEK ,t/1. his saw or lunch-kit. In closing I might again mention that if you contemplating the introduction of hard hats into y, operation that it will not be as difficult a task as might expect. A paper given at the recent meeting of The Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Association, Northwestern Ontaro (Woods) Branch. i Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., Patricia Logging Division Early in March we received an executive order stating that the wearing of hard hats was to become a condition of employment effective April l st, 1954. We immediately posted copies of the order and contacted each of the men individually informing them of the decision and soliciting their co-operation. We received the hats - all round brim fibre glass type, yellow in colour (a very good choice of colour I believe, as every cutter in range is immediately visible, which is certainly something which will contribute to greater safety) . The hats, shell and cradle, were issued to the men on April 1st (on the same basis as tools). We issued hats to all men actually working in the woods; Cutters, Skidders, Choker-men, Tractor and Bulldozer men, Top Loaders, Scalers, Foremen, and we saved a few fo.visitors. I must admit that I was apprehensive about putting the order into force. I felt that we would have some difficulty especially with the old time pieceworkers. However I am happy to report that with the exception of a few caustic comments the co-operation was l OO o/c . What helped our program a good deal was a very fortunate accident, if you can call any accident fortunate, on the first day of issue; one man, a choker man, left his hard hat in the bus and during the day was hit on the head and knocked unconscious by a falling limb. Naturally we made quite a lot of this and advertised it widely and we feel that it was a very important factor in the success of our hard hat policy. To date there has been one serious accident prevented by the hard hat. Thrs occurred at Camp P208 on Apri I 15th when E. Anderosn was hit on the hat by a large limb. Some of the complaints we have encountered are as follows: (l) Too heavy - We will have no hair left in a month, is a typical comment. This was prevalent for a few days but this complaint has disappeared. (2) Too hot - We have tried drilling small holes above the brim to provide additional ventilation. (3) Too cold - We stocked two types of liners in our commissary, a rather complicated affair with a ' zipper and a sock type skull cap. It is our feeling now that a light type of toque will be the answer to the liner. (4) Difficulty keeping hats on - especially while piling. We feel that we have too many small sized hats on our operation and that they do not sit down far enough on the head. However I must admit that these complaints are only scattered and not too serious. By continual checking we have now got the hard hat on every man actually in the woods and I feel that in 6 month's time it will be as much a part of a man's equipment as MECHANICAL SCHOOL AT ABITIBI Organized by Ernie Zepik, Mechanical Su tendent of the Abitibi Lakehead Woodlands Divisi school was held at Abitibi Camp 226 with Mech representatives from the Provincial District, the W District and the Auden District of the Lakehead lands Division and the Regan depot of the Saul Marie Division. Coloured slides, movie films and · conve black boards were used by industrial instructors t the mechanical people the "how" and the "why" right way to do things with Abitibi's gas and powered engines. Among the lecturers were: Len Woolsey (B_ A. Oil) A. Long, C. Carter and H. R. Corne·liusen (International Harvester) A. H. Conway and Bill Walker (Dunlop Tire) George Tines and Don Dow (Dow's Auto Electric Bob Simmons (Timberland Machines Jim Stuart (Globe lite Battery) Mark Sauerbrei (Department of Lands and Fores Reg . Treleaven and Quentin Powell (Powell Equ ,·--•--1-- 1 I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I Call 3-8323 CONSOLIDAT PRESS 137 SOUTH MAY STREET WE ARE ANXIOUS TO HEi WITH YOUR PRINTING p -~ I · • - - . - - , - -...... · �PAGE 15 LOG BOOK UYERS' GUIDE meeting of :ikers' Safety aro (Woods) ical Supe :Is Division h Meehan , the We .ehead W he Sault At the present time Canada is dependent upon ports for the sale of about one-fifth of our producon. In order to have the dollars to buy Canadian oducts, other countries must be able to sell their oducts to Canada. Yet, the present sizeable unemyment in Canada is due, in part, to the importation many kinds of goods which Canadian factories are ipped to make in quantity and quality, and to rantee prompt delivery. What, then, is the answer? Clearly, the first thing o is to build up our domestic market. The bearing h this has upon exports and imports is this: with a e home market, dependence upon selling abroad mes correspondingly less. At the same time, many articles become economically sound to manture for ourselves. Imports become of less necessity, which in turn greater flexibility of choice for the money we abroad. There becomes less compulsion in the ing sort ot reasoning: we've simply got to export standard of living is to be maintained, and we've import it we're going to export, so we must things regardless of whether we can make the111 I or better ourselves. second thing to do is to use every available means ce the costs of our products to a minimum. At oke, this helps us sell in export markets and it harder for foreign goods to compete with n goods in the domestic market. One last thing shouid be noted. This source of our imports has an important effect on our national economy. In 1953, Canada bought considerably more goods from the United States than that country bought from Canada. Conversely, the United Kingdom bought more gooos from Canada than Canada bought from her. Goods produced in Canada should be given preference, but if the goods required must be imported, we should lean more heavily towards British sources than we presently do. It has been estimated that if we could transfer just seven per cent of our present imports from the United States to the United Kingdom, it would put the latter in a much better position to buy our products, whether foodstuffs, raw materials; or manufactured goods. Buying goods produced in Canada means dollars in the pockets of Canadian workers who buy the things which we ourselves make and sell. A strong domestic market is of greatest importance to all Canadians. Then, where Canadian goods are not available, we can gain for ourselves an indirect benefit by buying goods produced in countries which want to buy more from us. With this order of preference, we do most good to our national economy. Should we Canadians not re-assess our purchasing habits? This Booklet is printed on "Thift-Coat Enamel" produced at the Port Arthur mill of Provincial Paper limited out of wood produced in Northwestern Ontario: printed by Consolidated Press, 137 South May Sitreet, Fort William, Ontario. d}.ru;U, galf .. "Gas Is Best By Test" For Timber Camps -- large or small. A Size for Every Need PROPANE GAS side-arm water heaters have proved themselves as a sure ~and economical way of heating water for cookeries and bunkhouses. See us also re conversion burners for camp steam baths. USE PROPANE INSTEAD OF WOOD. WRITE, PHONE or WI RE THERN PROPANE GAS CO. LTD. FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO PHONE 2-5318 �LOG BOOK PAGE 16 SUGGESTION NOTES RECEIVED FROM THE CANADIAN PULP & PAPER ASSOCIATION, WOODLANDS SECTION W.S.I. No. 1357 (B-8-b) Suggestion Note No. 1 l 3 W.S.I. No. 1358 (B-8-d) Suggestion Note No. l 14 W.S.I. No. 1360 (B-9-d) Suggestion Note No. l 16 W.S.I. No. 1361 (B-3) Suggestion Note No. l 17 W .S.I. No. 1362 (B-8-e) Suggestion Note No. l l 8 W.S. I. No. 1363 (B-6-b) Suggestion Note No. 1 l 9 W.S.1. No. 1364 (F-3) Suggestion Note No. 120 W.S.I. No. 1365 (B-11) Suggestion Note No. 121 W.S.I. No. 1381 (B-7-c) Mechanization Note No. 8 W.S.I. No. 1382 (8-1) Mechanization Note No. 9 W.S.I. No. 1383 (B-8-e) Suggestion Note No. l 22 W .S.I. No. 1384 (B-11) Suggestion Note No. l 23 W .S.I. No. 1385 (B-3) Suggestion Note No. l 24 W.S.I. No . 1386 (B-8-d) Suggestion Note No. 125 W.S.1. No. 1387 (B-3) Suggestion Note No. 126 W.S.I. No. 1388 (A-2-b) Suggestion Note No. 127 A Method of Layout Out Curves in Motor Road Construction by L. R. Burrell. Beam and Runner Connection by W. W. Moore . ' Portable Flume Repair Gear, by Raoul Canuel. Foot Scraper, by J. C. Anspach. JULY - AUGUST 1954 FOREST BIOLOGY RANGER POSTINGS Forest Biology Forest District Address Ranger Bowser, R. Bricault, F. A. Chapleau Cochrane Buchan, P. E. Sioux Lookout Box 400, Chapleau, Ont. c/o Provincial Air Servi South Porcupine, Ont. Box 714, Siuox Lookout, Ont. Clinton, E. 0. Danard, A. s. Sncwmobi le Escape Hatch, by Angus Seed. Axe Handle Fastened in Axe Head. by Norbert Hynes. Methods of Winding Fire Hose, by Don Mealey. Detonator Container, by Jacques Desjardins. Power Saw Groove Grinder, by G. L. Kingston. Full Tree Brancher and Barker, by G. L. Kingston. New Type Snowmobile Coupling, by G. Lavoie. Home Made Wheelbarrow, by R. P. Lavoie. Spark Arrester, by R. I. Clarke. Sleigh for Farm Tractor, by A. Legault. Door Latch, by L. Lacroix. Table Mounting for Morganoscope, by H. J. irving . Sudbury Box 72, Sudbury, Ont. Rideau & E. Tweed c/o Dept. Lands & For Mountain Grove, Ont. Davidson, E. Geraldton Box 495, Geraldton, Ont Forest Insect Lab Sault Ste. Marie Foster, H. R. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Parry Sound Grisdale, D. c/o Dept. Lands & Fo Dorset, Ont. Hall, K. C. Port Arthur R.R. 1, Fort William Box 122, T emagami, Harnden, A. A. North Bay Hildebrand, M. J. Pembroke Dom . Forest Exp. Stati Chalk River, Ont. Lake Erie c./o Dept. Lands & F Jago, L. G. St. Williams, Ont. R.R. 2, Chatsworth, Lynn, D. F. Lake Huron MacDonald, J. E. (Chief Ranger) Forest Insect Lab., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont Lindsay & W. Tweed c/o Dept. Lands & Macleod, L. S. Minden, Ont. Lake Simcoe Seed Extraction Plan McPhee, H. G. Angus, Ont. Fort Frances 21 0 Butler Avenue McPhee, J. R. Fort Frances, Ont. Vermilion Bay, On Miller, W. J. Kenora Box 6 9, Moonbea Robinson, J. i "':...:skasing c/o Dept. Lands Timisk'.aming Thompson, M. Swastika, Ont. c./o Dept. Lands Gogama Vaillancourt, C. Gogama, Ont. Bex 119, White White River Weir, H. 1 Vulcan Machinery & Equipment Ltd. Cumberland St. at Mclicar Creek Port Arthur, On We are GM GENERAL MOTORS DIESEL POWER Over-stocked with ENGINES. The Time To Buy Is NOW. If you have an engine requirement in the near fut LET'S TALK IT OVER �GUST 195,4 JULY - AUGUST 1954 PAGE 17 LOG BOOK • GS •ess Jleau, Ont. Air Service ,e, Ont. ' Ont. Jry, Ont. ids & Fores 1e, Ont. ildton, Ont. lab., ie, Ont. ids & Fores Why Borden's Trumilk is the Ideal Milk for your Camp 1. All the food value of fresh whole milk! 4. For drinking, c:ooking and every other milk use! 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! 2. Costs as low as 55( a gallon I Yes, here's delicious whole milk, ready to use anytime for as low as 5Sc a gallon ... a real saving on your milk bill, especially where large quantities are used. Further saving: there's waste . .. you make up only as much as you need when you need it I 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. no m-sealed for c:amp use! 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-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 indeti.nitely! Also has inner friction-top cover to protect contents after seal is broken. THE BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED. y MILK DEPARTMENT, Spadina Crescent, Toronto 4, Ontario. THE BORDEN COMPANY, LIMITED, 407 McGill Street, Montreal, Quebec. A.H. BRADBURY 13 North Wharf, Saint John, N.B. MtKENZIE, STEPHENSON LIMITED 345 Higgins Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba T. A. MacNAB & CO. LIMITED, City Club Bldg., P.O. Box 7851 St. John's, Nfld. I I I 1' �PAGE LOG BOOK 18 BUGS IN THE WOODS I I There certainly are bugs in our woods. The reports of the Forest Biology Rangers for 1953 have now been issued and a copy of the reports covering the Department of Lands and Forests Districts in Northwestern Ontario are on file with the Forestry Library at the Lakehead Technical Institute. Anyone wishing to loan any of these reports may do so by requesting same from the Forestry Librarian, D. M. Fisher. In 1952 Forest Insect Survey work was the chief function of the Ranger staff. However, in 1952, when the Forest Biology Division was formed, the Ranger's responsibility was increased to include Forest Tree Disease Surveys. Here's a list of insects that were found in the majority of area in Northwestern Ontario last year. Forest Tent Caterpillar Larch Sawfly Spruce Budworm European Sawfly Black headed budworm Yellow headed spruce sawfly Red Pine Sawfly Red-headed Jackpine Sawfly Western tent Caterpillar Balsam fir Sawfly Pine web worm Spotted Wi Ilow Leaf Beetle Swaine's Jackpine Sawfly Jackpine Sawfly Jackpine Budworm Aspen Blotch Miner Blacl<.-headed Jackpine Sawfly Spiny Elm Caterpillar American Poplar Leaf Beetle White Pine Weevil Eastern Spruce Bark Beetle Spear-marked Black Moth Rice Cutworm Bark Beetle Green-headed Spruce Sawfly Poplar Leaf Miner The work of the Forest Biology Rangers is helped very much by individuals who send insect samples to the Forest Insect Laboratory at Sault Ste. Marie. Last year insect samples were sent in by the Forest Biology Rangers, Forestry personnel and other co-operators (including woods operators) as follows: F0rt Frances 314 Kenora 516 Sioux Lookout 435 Port Arthur 50 l Geraldton 243 Kapuskasing 322 White River 236. In addition to the insect samples sent in, manv samples of forest tree diseases were sent to the Forest ;:'athology Laboratory. The most important was t:"\s Hypoxylon canker of poplar. Many other tree diseases were also sent in. Industry personnel can help by sending in insects collected. Just collect a few in a small box and put in with it some of the leaf or moss and send to the Forest Insect Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Special cartons may be obtained either from the Laboratory or the Forest Biology Ranger. HELP IN THIS WORK. JULY - AUGUST Haue You Any White Spruce Of Outstanding Quality? Tree Breeding Study To Be Made A research project (P-133) has been set up by t Forestry Branch of the Department of Northern Affa, and Natural Resources in co-operation with the W lands Section Canadian Pulp & Paper Association wi the title, "The location" recording, testing, and pre ervation for the future of superior phenotypes of wha spruce in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest Regi Improvement by means of breeding can only expected if carefully selected material is available the outset. The procedure to be taken is as foll single trees of outstanding qualities are selected cribed, marked, mapped, and reported to an infor~ pool. Seed is collected from these superior pheno for comparison with progenies of other selected tre determine whether those superior characteristics transmissable to their progeny. Scions are collecte grafted, partly for perpetuating and ~valuating the able phenotypes in protected areas, and partly for seal@ propagation to produce plants for experi seed orchards. The final selection of those tree superior genetic composition is then made, and are planted side by side and allowed to inter-pol Seed of superior quality is eventually harvested t in planting or seeding programs. To get this work under way it is necessary t where stands of white spruce of outstanding qua If you have a stand of outstanding white s your area, will you please advise Superintendent Petawawa Forest Experiment Station Chalk River, Ontario Attention: M. J. Holst and the letter should indicate: (A) (B) Approximate location of ,stands and iduai white spruce of superior quab Whom to contact when arra11gement for a visit to the stands. If sufficient information is re.corded, M of the Forestry Branch will examine as m areas as possible during September and Oct When you want a "LIFT" -- Have a WALKER handy! --SERIES "900" WALKER HYDRAULIC JAUK WITH LIFTS FROM 1½ TONS to 50 TONS Whether you desire a lightweight jack or a heavy duty SO-ton jack enquire and· get full particulars about the WALKER "900" Series Exclusive features, new strength, new performance and depe nd make Walker Jacks leaders in the Hydraulic Jack line. MARSHALL-WELLS Port Art �PAGE 19 LOG BOOK :iation wit . and pre ,es of whi ·st Region an onl availab as f lecte info phe ted ·erist ~llec 19th ly A very interesting booklet "Facts, Fiction Forestry," one of a forest conservation re series by George S. Allen, Dean, Faeof Forestry, University of British Columbia, been published by the Canadian Forestry iation of British Columbia. One portion of Dean Allen's address deals "What the Public Thinks." This portion printed here because the same misconns apply equally as well to Northwestern hat are we doihg to inform the pubThe Canadian Forestry Association of is doing a grand jop ih co-operation e B. C. Forest Service but its efforts II in relation to the task. In the long constructive work with our children vide a nucleus of informed people, is a slow process. Publ:c talks by of the forestry profession are of value but rather insignificant in efd, off-setting these constructive efthe steady flow of one-sided reports papers and magazines that confuse r and nullify the factual representAre we, in forestry, doing enough e public understanding and support y activities? The answer, based on opular opinions and expressions, ''no". For example, has any popnt emphasized that logging and are essential to forestry practice:> has the impression that the logger and then the forester moves in and - according to many accounts. every tree cut". Many people "know" from what they have read that in Europe things are quite different - as indeed they are physically and economically. But how many realize that in Sweden areas as large as 250 acres are clear cut, and slashburned in order to encourage natural growth? Or that some of our companies clear cut considerably smaller areas in an effort to reduce fire hazard and improve regeneration? Here, with much the same intent as in Sweden, we are "denuding" the country; they are practising forestry. Another popular opinion among those interested in conservation is that we should set the European forest as our goal. Were we to do this we would cut over the coast old growth during the next 50 years and the interior old growth during the next 75 years in order to create the proper succession of age classes. In doing this we would probably have to double our present rate of cutting. I have been asked many times whether or not it is true that we will be all out of timber in another 20 or 30 years. And why shouldn't such a question be asked when we read: "I have watched this Province for 50 years or more being denuded with next to nctthing being done in reforestcttion'l - a statement made by a distinguished and respected gentleman. To the best of our knowledge we have today 42 million acres of virgin timber, much of it overmature and stagnant, and another 38 million acres of younger timber of various ages. A neighbor of mine asked me last year whether or not Vancouver Island is almost completely logged over. Yet, Forest Service figures show that we have 3 h million acres of virgin old growth on the Island today. I wonder how many people have read what Royal Commissioner Sloan said of sustained yield in the forests of British Colum- bia: "That desired end can not be reached until our mature timber on th9 Coast is cut and the area now covered by that old growth - which might just as well be . in piles in a lumber yard as in the forest, so far as increment is concerned - is growing a new forest." Another misconception is that in Europe every bit of wood is used whereas we waste vast amounts unnecessarily. To begin with, one of the serious problems in most European countries is how to utilize the slabs, edgings, and sawdust from the thousands of small sawmills scattered about the continent. Close utilization is the rule in the well integrated operation and in the large wood-using centres. And this ic; becoming the case here where sawmill, pulpmill hardboard plant, and other wood-using plants are closely integrated to use everything of value. These are but a few examples to illustrate my point that somehow our people have been given very one-sided viewpoints on a matter of grave importance to them. How are they to judge and separate the "good" from the "bad" when they have absolutely no basis for judgement. The Dean gives suggested remedies to these misconceptions: ( 1) The press must have a basic understanding of forestry and supplied with facts of news value and interest. (2) That school teachers are weU informed in forestry. (3) Forest Warden movement must be supported enthusiastically. (4) All forestry interests -- the profession, the government, the industry and universities must make themselves responsible for public education in forestry. Anyone wishing a copy of this booklet, please write the editor of the Log Book. ISSTON SAWS AND SAWS and LANER BLADES AVAILABLE AT NORTHLAND MACHINERY SUPPLY CO. LTD. FORT WILLIAM, ONT. • Paramount ._Cub and ·Ch.ief -~forestry P~m.ps with ~«tse always in stack. . ): �Page 20 LOG BOOK Shantyman's Message Dear Mr. Jones: Just a Ii ne to say how sorry I am that I was not able to carry on with my Missionary work in the camps last winter, as I have, by Doctor's orders, had to take one year's rest as the only cure for my condition, which has been brought on -by the work in the North country, with so many miles of walking, cold weather and severe winds, along with heavy pack-sacks, and literature, etc. to carry, I have found myself with Coronary Artery Sclerosis with Angina, which takes time and rest to recover from. I have been resting and taking pills for the past year, and do feel a great deal better, which I do thank God for. Hoping the mission will give me their permission to return for a few months ~his summer. · lnclosed you will find a short message, I would be happy if you would use it in your Log Book. Luke 19: l 0. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. This was the very purpose for which He came to earth. He was ever on the lookout for sinners. It is His gracious mission still. In this short sentence we are told what Christ came into the world for. He came for a purpose. He came to do a work, and in this verse the whole story is told. He came not to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved. God sent Him, and He came to do the will of His Father, and that was to seek and to save that which was lost. John 3: 16. - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. The Gospe-1 means good news, the Gospel is good tidings of great Joy, no better news ever fell upon the ears of the family of man than the Gospel. Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people, for unto yo·u is born this day in the city ot David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Salvation is deliverance from the penalty of sin. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, Rom. 6:23. Christ on the cross delivered us from the penalty of sin. Salvation is deliverance from the power of sin. Because Christ rose from the dead, and ever lives to make intercession for us, wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost tliat come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. To believe in Christ then is to come to Him for rest from guilt and reign of sin, to take His yoke in the obedience of Faith, and to learn of Him with a view to bec:ome like Him in faith, and follow Him daily no matter what the cost may be. Heb. 11 :6. But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, 3nd that he is a re . warder ot them that diligently seek Him. You have heard at the end of the Rainbow, There is hidden a kettle of gold; If you find it, by long perseverence, Twill repay for adventure, you're told. Let me caution vou, friend, while your'e striving To reach that great treasure afar, If you search well the way as you travel, You may find it, right where you are. Hoping this finds you enjoying good health arid God's richest Blessing. Sincerely, In Christian Fellowship, James H. Allen. 23 Wilson St. N., Ancaster, Ont., C. I. F. Holds Regional Meeting , The Central Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ott Va_lley, Pembroke and Southern Ontario sections of Canadian Institute of Forestry held a Regional me at North Bay in June. General Chairman of the meeting was D. M. Pineland Timber Company, Sudbury, and Mr. B Avery, Presid~nt of the KV P Company Ltd., Espa spoke on the theme of the meeting which was "F Access Roads - Now!" Mr. Murray Morrison, Department of Lands Forests, Toronto, was Chairman of a discussion on' and Pattern of Access Road Required for the Pr of Ontario." The late Honourable Welland S. Gemmell w guest speaker at the Luncheon and Mr. F. N. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Kapuskasing, was Ch of a discussion on "Road and Bridge Const Costs.'' A tree farm was certified in an evening ce and on Saturday, June 19th, there were two di periods: "Role of Canada Forestry Act in the C tion of Access Roads" with Mr. W. Delahey a man. "Means of Inaugurating Construction Access Roads Now - Methods of Paym Amortization" with Mr. C. B. Davis, Abitibi Paner Company Ltd.; Toronto, acting as Chai Mr. W . A. E. Pepler, Canadian Pulp & Pa ciation, Montreal, and President of the C. I. F. speaker after the banquet and told the fores was up t6 them to educate the general publi about Canadian forestry. He also stressed th foresters to see that the pub Iic gets accur standable information~ ----o--- ·• ··~~.-..c.-..c~.-.c~~ and prices on Brantford Coach & Bo i I I I' 'II I I Semi-Traile . LOW-BED for EQUIPMENT HA OPEN UNITS for PULPWOOD H Hoists and .8 -:~•> I .. ALL· SliES and TYP t ANY' CAPACW!'Y Policy: New ~oists1 Dump Box;es mdlf your truck distributor. •Parts of any can be purchased_ di"rect. POTTER & 1021 MEM • : • - - - - - - - - - - -...-i �• _ AUGUST 19 Y - AUGUST 1954 LOG BOOK ' vas D. M. md Mr. B Ltd., Espa~ ch was "Fo ~mmell r. F. N. , was e Con ming cer two dis the C ahey as tion of Paym bitibi Chair & Pa I. F. THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR PAGE 21 �PAGE 22 LOG BOOK WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT by WRIGHTS' Wrights' make a wire rope for every purpose. When it was decid_ed to lay the first Atlantic cable, Wrights' were called in. They not only designed this tremendous cable, but supplied all the wire rope that was used in it. Take your wire rope problems to Wrights'. 4 Fires Attributed To Logging Operations in Northwestern Ontario Two fires in the Kapuskasing trict and two in the Geraldton Di were attributed to logging operat, so far this year. THE CAUSES- LUBRICATION MAKES WIRE ROPE LAST 3 TIMES AS LONG! Some do it hot Some do it cold But do it! Spark from exhaust speeder; Believed to be caused by smok, material dropped by cutters by road from work area to camp; Believed to be caused by cu smoking in the woods area. Total acreage2 fires Kapuskasing District2 fires Geraldton District- PAINT IT! SWAB IT! DRIP IT! POUR IT! All Wrights' ropes are properly lubricated at the factory. Once in use, however, they should be lubricated regularly, using the methods shown above. And remember . . . "idle rope is even more subject to corrosion" . . . keep it lubricated too ... preferably with a heavier grade of oil. High tensile strength - finest English steel, acid grade - steel strands formed into a spiral so they lie naturally in place with a minimum amount of internal stress - heavy, long lasting lubricants between the strands. These factors give a rope that costs less on the job than any other. Call the Wrights' representative listed below. "BE RIGHT - BUY WRIGHTS'" British Columbia Saskatchewan KAJr,SKALL-WELLS CO'MPANt:ES Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, Prince George W. JI'. ll'lJ'LLEB :r.tA..CKINEBT CO., LTD. Alberta Northwestern Ontario WILKINSON & McLEAN LTD. Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge Begina NO&TKLAND MACKINEBY CO. LTD. 430 WATERLOO ST. FORT WILLIAM The small acreage would indicate that the fires wer "jumped" as soon as discover these fires could have been pr It is a difficult task to contl'! ands of men but every effort made to ensure that not 0 the rules or is careless. It job. A good job is being TO ALL SUPERVISORS: Keep up • 481 Woodswork Fires in White District Four lightning fires White River District in fire ) :>lJfning 17,000 ac~ recruited from nearby ti follows: Abitibi Ontario Marathon Paper Newaygo Timber Austin Lumber , Fine co-operatio fire-fighters was res degree in putting th loss of more burne �the Longlac Pulp & Paper Company Limited. esters Hold :Annual Meeting id To ,ns 1n 1tario ■ area. PAGE 23 LOG BOOK .UGUST 1 The annual meeting of the Lake of the Woods ion of the Canadian Institute of Forestry was held Saturday, June 12th, in Kenora. Foresters from en, Fort Frances and Kenora met and discussed us subjects ·in connection with their work. One topic highlighting the meeting was the discus• on the recent request from the Northwestern rio directors of the Canadian Forestry Association vestigate the possibility of extending the Tree Certification Program being carried out at the ead at present. Committees were appointed to the Fort Frances, Dryden and Kenora areas to in if any person in these areas are eligible to is property certified as a Tree Farm under the I program ot the Canadia;, Forestry Association he Longlac Sub-Section of the Northwestern Section of the Canadian Institute of Forestry meeting at Longlac on Saturday, June 26th. field trip took place in the morning which ina visit to the logging and nursery operations of Mr. Norman Kissick, Chairman of the Northwestern Ontario Section, gave a talk on "Typing by Land Form and Soil Type." Aduertisers News A recent Caterpillar Tractor Co. publication titled "Sawmill Savings" urges sawmill operators to match the power to their needs. The eight page booklet, complete with vivid photographs of Caterpillar Diesel Engines at work in logging camps all over the country, discusses methods for getting "more profits out of less pay." According to the booklet, logging operators will find many advantages in the quality of design, materials and workmanship bui It into Caterpillar products. Also found in the booklet is a complete list of Caterpillar Diesel Engines with hp and kw rating included. For copies of this informative booklet, Form D425, contact Powell Equipment Ltd. or write Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Ill. There's A New INTERNATIONAL OF EVERY SIZE FOR EVERY PURPOSE and Lumbering Construction Work Wherever the Work Is Heaviest ' f J. DILL & SONS LTD. Member of Canada's Largest Exclusive Truck Se"ice Organization STRIBUTORS FOR FRUEHAUF POLE, SEMI, LOGGING, VAN, AND CARRY-ALL TRAILERS FIRESTONE TIRES PORT ARTHUR River Road Phone 5-5488 FORT WILLIAM North May at Cameron - Phone 3-6457 �When your ·sawmill's powered by a Cat® Diesel Engine: •·., .- : up g~es •pr-eduction ~AT DIESEL ENGINES -designed for the job-12 models-up to 500 HP . CAT DIESEL ENGINES -honest horsepower-conservatively rated-delivers the HP promised CAT DIESEL ENGINES -steady sawing -diesel governor responds to saw bite changes CAT DIESEL ENGINES -steady operation-independent starting engine preconditions diesel for allweather operation. So naturallyCat Diesel Engines are designed for the iob-designed to make your profits shoot up! See us soon about powering your sawmill with a Cat Diesel Engine. We'll gladly estimate your power requirements. down .goes expense LARGE CAPACITY -stamina to handle heavy loads MINIMUM WEAR -air, lube oils, fuel carefully filtered-protects engine· parts LOW FUEL COST -No. 2 furnace oil-com-.. . plete combustion-uses small amounts LOW MAINTENANCE -no opera ting adjustments --needs little attention POWELL EQUIPMENT C POI~ ARTHUR � 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 1954-07 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/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. 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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. A new 150-horsepower 4 - wheel tractor has been announced by Caterpi Ilar Tractor Company. The new tractor, the DWl 5, is powered by a Cat 6 - cylinder D326 Diesel Engine, producing 150 hp at 1800 rpm with 51/a" bore and stroke. For further information see the Powell Equipment Company Limited of Port Arthur. r of Camp L-309 operations conducted by an, K. Conlon, showing skidding and loadques proved to be of great interest to ail mittee consisting of Lou Ringham of Ken- Genuine ·RTS • and F_QRD 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 subiect to costly lay-up. You can depend on Gibson Motors Limited for Service-Plus! 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. 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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. 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Title A name given to the resource Ken Armson fonds Subject The topic of the resource Forestry Description An account of the resource A collection of thousands of photographic slides depicting Ken Armson's work in the field of forestry, 1952-1995. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ken Armson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images have been digitized and shared on this site with permission. Most are still under copyright. 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 Trout L., Bear Trap Bay - View of ground surface Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Photograph of ground surface in burned forest stand near Trout Lake, Ontario. Small patches of regrowth can be seen on the ash covered surface. 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Title A name given to the resource Ken Armson fonds Subject The topic of the resource Forestry Description An account of the resource A collection of thousands of photographic slides depicting Ken Armson's work in the field of forestry, 1952-1995. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ken Armson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images have been digitized and shared on this site with permission. Most are still under copyright. 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 Trout L., Bear Trap Bay - General view of area - 1962 fire Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Photographs of an area of burned down forest near Trout Lake, Ontario. The beginnings of regrowth can be seen scattered below the dead burnt trees. 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Title A name given to the resource Ken Armson fonds Subject The topic of the resource Forestry Description An account of the resource A collection of thousands of photographic slides depicting Ken Armson's work in the field of forestry, 1952-1995. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ken Armson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images have been digitized and shared on this site with permission. Most are still under copyright. 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 Trout Lake, Bear Trap Bay - Showing F-H (13 cm) and moss Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Photograph A: Photograph of a cross section of soil near Trout Lake, Ontario. The organic layer and topsoil can be clearly seen. A pencil can be seen stuck into the soil. Soil type: #28 Photograph B: Photograph of a cross section of soil near Trout Lake, Ontario. The organic layer, topsoil and subsoil can be clearly seen. Soil type: #28 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ken Armson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Armson-FDAS-066a Armson-FDAS-066b Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Canada - Ontario - Trout Lake https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/0489f88d92a176dc3c4ec7865bac150b.jpg 59064ae9345328ab2168215029be1d15 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 Ken Armson fonds Subject The topic of the resource Forestry Description An account of the resource A collection of thousands of photographic slides depicting Ken Armson's work in the field of forestry, 1952-1995. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ken Armson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images have been digitized and shared on this site with permission. Most are still under copyright. 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 Trout Lake, Bear Trap Bay - Ground view of unburned area from burned Area - 1962 fire Subject The topic of the resource Forest Products Industry Description An account of the resource Photograph of the unburned forest stand from the burned forest stand near Trout Lake, Ontario. The burned stand is separated from the unburned stand by a river. Two men can be seen on a boat in the river. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ken Armson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Armson-FDAS-065 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Canada - Ontario - Trout Lake