. Canadian forest industries July-December 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 46 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER August 15, 1915 Bucking Up Contest Winners An interesting cross-cut sawing contest was held during the Shriners' convention in Seattle, Wash., in July. Forty-one inch hard fir logs were selected on which the con- testants might try their skill. Mr. Chas. A. Newton heat the world's record and won a purse of $75 in gold by making the quickest cut, time 8 minutes, 10 3/5 seconds. Mr. C. H. Maynard won second place and a pu
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 46 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER August 15, 1915 Bucking Up Contest Winners An interesting cross-cut sawing contest was held during the Shriners' convention in Seattle, Wash., in July. Forty-one inch hard fir logs were selected on which the con- testants might try their skill. Mr. Chas. A. Newton heat the world's record and won a purse of $75 in gold by making the quickest cut, time 8 minutes, 10 3/5 seconds. Mr. C. H. Maynard won second place and a purse of $25 in gold, time 8 minutes, 34 3/5 seconds. The judges and time-keepers for the contest were four of the most promi- nent loggers on the coast. Both the winners used 7j/> ft. Simonds Crescent Ground Cross- cut Saws and attribute their success in part to the easy-running, fast- cutting saws used. Mr. Newton is a student at the University of Washington. He is captain of the rowing crew and one of the lcad-. The Winners, the Saws, and the Logs. ing athletes at the Mr. Maynard is foreman in the logging camp of the High Rock Logging Company, Monroe, Wash- ington, and is a good sample of the active, well-educated, athletic young men who may be found in the logging camps and lumber mills in many places on the Pacific Coast. Batts Limited Exhibit at the C. N. E. Batts Limited of Toronto, manufacturers of veneered and pine doors, staved columns, newels, greenhouse material and rough and dressed lumber, will again have attractive exhibits at this year's Canadian National Exhibition, showing all the latest designs in these materials. Every dealer and contractor should make it a point to visit this exhibit. A feature of the exhibit will be the giving away of thousands of new and handsomely illustrated catalogues of all their lines, brim full of valuable data, a copy of which no one interested should miss. In their modern factory in West Toronto this progressive firm
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