PLANT TREES.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18569, 19 December 1925, Page 23

PLANT TREES.

♦ LUMBERMAN'S ADVICE. TIMBER TRADE IN B.C. "I left New Zealand in IW7 and went to Vancouver Island with the idea, of going into the lumuer trade, and 1 now ovrn .1 mill which is producing 7-5.000 fw>t per day." Air Frank j Beban told a. reporter of "'The Press ' Yesterday. Mr Bcinn is a brother of Mr .Tames Beban. head 01' (lie r-o-opcraiive £"iinelliug party at I>ake Coleridge, and bas returned to Ntw Zealand i'or_ah;'Ut six months, brmgini; with him his w' te and children. i\o arrived in Christchurrh on Wednesday. Prior to leaving New Zealand. Mr Beban was in mini up work on the West Coast. Ho explained that forestry conditions in British Columbia were entirely different from New Zealand conditions. No Planting Being Done. No planting was going on as there were thousands of square miles of timber yet uncut ,-uid in virgin condition. "But," he said, "you people here should plant trees as quickly as von can. The Government Forest iServlce is an excellent thing and should |>e encouraged as much as possible." Hecontinued that a* soon as the land was cleared of trees it was farmed and the soil was found to be excellent. "We build our lumber camps on the sea coast. the sTOe of a river, or a lake so that the sheet of water can be used lor storage puri>oses. We float the timber and leave it. there until inquired. It is then picked up by a giant graft and cut into lengths. Our own cars convey it to the nearest railroad' and then it "is shipped,' ex. the E. and V llailwav to New Zealand. Egypt. Japan. and all the American States. The timber consists eh if fly of Douglas fir. red_ cedar and hemlock, which is used for building bridges, houses, and railroad construction. Tn some eases, when a house is required near-by. the timber is cut into the required' lengths and and the component parts of the whole honse are packed onto a large railwav waesron and transported to the nearest point. Million Feet a Day. Mr Beban said that his own mill was a comparatively small one, but there were a great many mills in British Columbia which produced a million feet of timber in 24 hours. Mr Beban is keenly interested i" racing and spent the greater part of vesterday morning visiting Sir George Clifford's stables. Horse racing, he says, is very popular in British Columbia, and a great many men keep largo stables, breeding their own stock. He expects a big year in timber next year as the present year has been dull owing to the election. Many m'Us had to close down, but next year tliey would be in full swing again. Yesterday afternoon Mr Beban and his family left with Mr James Beban for Lake Coleridge, where they will stay for a few days.