. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 48 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER November ir,, I'jl'j When President Beatty was an Urchin There was taken at Thorold, Ont., some thirty-four years ago on the occasion of a Trades Celebration, an interesting picture, show- ing some timber which formed a feature of the procession. This timber was exhibited by McCleary & McLean, who conducted a saw- mill and yard at Thorold for many years. In connection with the illustration presented one can never fo
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 48 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER November ir,, I'jl'j When President Beatty was an Urchin There was taken at Thorold, Ont., some thirty-four years ago on the occasion of a Trades Celebration, an interesting picture, show- ing some timber which formed a feature of the procession. This timber was exhibited by McCleary & McLean, who conducted a saw- mill and yard at Thorold for many years. In connection with the illustration presented one can never foretell to what height the small boy, ever present when anything unusual is going on, will rise in the esteem of his fellows and the service of his country. In the photograph are noticed three lads, standing near the front and to the rear of the log. There is one little chap scarcely. A parade in Thorold which Mr. E. W. Beatty saw in 1885 noticeable, his head just appearing over the side of the obstruction. He was of miniature proportions physically in 1885 but to-day he is a nationally-known figure and leader. His name is Edward Went- vvorth Beatty, , President of the Canadian Pacific Railway. L. B. E. McCleary, to whom the "Canada Lumberman" is in- debted for the picture, showed it to T. L. 'Church, Mayor of Toronto, not long ago. Toronto's Chief Magistrate is a personal friend of the C. P. R. magnate, and when told who the boy was, said "Oh yes, Eddie, as usual, trying to get out of sight! He always did hide his light under a ; The lad in the centre of the group of the three boys is A. A. Ewart, Secretary and General Manager of the Prince Rupert Spruce Mills Co., Ltd., of Prince Rupert, B. C, and the boy to the reader's left is Dr. Harry Beatty, now of Toronto, Chief Surgeon of the Canadian Pacific Railway and brother of the C. P. R. President. West Keenly Alive to Forest Problems Taking advantage of the growing interest in public afifairs throu
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