. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN 67 The pump is used both to fill the tanks and to discharge them. The pump will draw 25 to 50 gals, per minute against 85 lb. pressure. The tank car is hitched on just behind the engine, so that it is avail- able anytime on short notice. A. S. Boyer, who for the past nine years has been with the William Shirton Lumber Co., Dunnville, Ont., has formed a part- nership with E. Honsberger. They are launching a retail lumber business in Water
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN 67 The pump is used both to fill the tanks and to discharge them. The pump will draw 25 to 50 gals, per minute against 85 lb. pressure. The tank car is hitched on just behind the engine, so that it is avail- able anytime on short notice. A. S. Boyer, who for the past nine years has been with the William Shirton Lumber Co., Dunnville, Ont., has formed a part- nership with E. Honsberger. They are launching a retail lumber business in Waterloo and have been busy erecting sheds, office, etc. Lf'i \UiitS At the annual meeting of the Board of Trade of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., which was held recently Mr. Lyons, president of that organ- ization, predicted for the Soo in the near future the greatest indus- trial activity that it has ever known. Mr. Lyons urged, among other things, that the export of hardwoods should be prohibited. All the lumber mills of the Campbellton, , district closed down recently while the crews of men were fighting forest fires along the New Brunswick and Quebec border. The last of the Campbell- ton mills to shut down was the Shives Lumber Co. who sent 200 men to fight a menacing blaze across the interprovincial boundary in Que- bec for which assistance had been asked. One hundred and four thousand Canadian school boys have been banded into an army of guards to watch for and prevent forest fires in the Dominion this year, according to an announcement made by the Canadian Forestry Association. The new organization, which is known as the Young Canadians' Forest League will, it is ex- pected save several million dollars' worth of timber from fire ravages. The boom in timber in British Columbia continues to gain in momentum, according to government returns of the industry for the month of May. During that period the Government revenue from timber licenses, hand loggers' fees, sales, scale and roy
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