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LOGGING AND LU3VIBERING PRODUCE WEALTH OF 0110,000,000 IN OREGON ;-THISi.YEARr HOW Oregon forests are transformed into lumber 11 Falling a giant spruce. 2 Cable incline of 662 degrees; used in logging , operations. -Jureat sawmuis.ax 1 Bencypical of the mills in: the, lumber section. i; 4TFrom tree .to logi S--Sea-goinglog raft. V 6 Preparing tree for high line. . 7 :Log boom in the Willamette at Portland. 8 Into the water.' 9 The finished product. 10 In an Oregon forest. ' .f . ward" la Oregon and Southern "Wash ington as far as the crest of the Cas cade mountains. In Northern Wash ington and Southern "British Columbia It rang extends from the coast to the Western spurs of the Rocky moun tains in Northern Idaho : and North western Montana. The best stands are found in the coast region and on the i west slope of the Cascade mountains I tip to an elevation of J 5 00 feet. Tim present stand of Umber in Wash ington. Oregon and California is about 1141 billion feet, or practically half of the remaining: -saw timber In the United States. - Oregon leada with a total stand of ,494 billion feet; that of Washington is J24' billion, and that of California SIS billion.'. Six. hundred and eighty billion feet, or one-half of the total, .occurs in Western Washington and Oregon. ' 1 i ft BXLLlfrV FEET - - v - 1 Of -' tha ; above.' Western hemlock, largely- in Western Washington and ' Oregon, comprises 94 billion feet. There are about 60 billion feet of -Western hemlock in Alaska, and large stands In British Columbia. The existing stand of Western hemlock In Califor nia, Oregon, Washington ana AiasKa. la. large enough tto supply, the United States with lumber for nearly five years ; it would supply one of the larg est sawmills with saw logs for 1400 I years. Cut with regard -to forestry principles, or in men - manner mm to .. . . 1 : : . r" ' ' ' ""' 1 " 1 i '.. 1 "- ' i 1 . 1 - - - !' " ". . 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In se curing a new' crop Vf trees on cut over Douglas J fir areas of Western Oregon, according to federal forest officers. . They point out that the public interest should require the lum bermen to make these provisions for a future crop as one of the- conditions under which he is permitted to oper ate in one of the state's basic re sources. v .. --. ' " . f KEFORESTATIOJT MOVEMENT -t The reforestation movement in the United States needs exactly the same kind of industrial leadership as that which has built our -railroads, devel r aifanwctr. and established Lour new industries, according to a re cent statement or uoionei w. r. urw ley, in charge of the forest service, United States department of agricul ture. . - - - - Don't Be a Gliff Dweller Beware of ; the Kitchenette. .Own a fack ;of j your own, A yard, green grass, a branching tree, happy kids and contented wife means a ; -1 man with a future. 'Have the desire and the rest will come. Cut the bunk and the bunkers. : Get in the game. - " . - . Copeland Lumber Go - LENTS. ORE. '"" MULTNOMAH. ORE. -HILLSBORO. ORE. HUBBARD. ORE. . ' YAMHILL ORE. : FOREST GROVE. ORE. Yards Covering CKa'i" and Smith Rioer Valley in Montana Quality Yards-Complete Stock-Lumber &. Budding Material. aiiiiiiiiiHiiiirfiiiimiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiHioHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiis Trade - in Hemlock . Looms V ' ' St H Oregon Is Rich in f-,- st ' Timber By W. H. Gibbons ihii. IT. 8. ; - - - , - -. JLariealtaie ; Western hemlock is one of the "most abundant and least-appreciated' soft wood trees. While opinions differ as to the true rank of its wood. It can not be denied; that the wood of this Pa clfte coast tree is exceptionally suitable for many Important . purposes. .' That Western hemlock has a very promising future is certain , :. . - '.' : It la true that Western hemlock has been unpopular, not only with lumber merchants in-the east but with lum- . bermen of the Pacific coast. Although there may be a number of reasons; we are Justified In saying that its unpopu larity wa largely due to a prejudice. Western lumbermen , tried, to get around this prejudice against hemlock by a change of name, with the result . that Western hemlock has been mar keted cinder different ' trade names, such as "silver fir, ."gray flr.i"jU- aska fir," "hemlock spruce," and more, recently, "Olympic; pine. - ' Few. if any. were fooled ' by ttls practice, -and the camouflage tondoabt- r PH02TB WAiarTJT MS . ft WILIONSON Lumber Co. Lumber and Other BuiMing Material. Cement. 'aila. -. Screens , and M itl Work to -4 Order ; ;: Right Prioee and Prompt Delivery. rOKTXaXS KEXTOX) OrnK3T - VS DESTIB ATE.' edly tended, through aetting up doubt and confusion In the minda of pureh aaers, to prolong ' rather than end the prejudice against-this perfectly ... good wood.7;.,? ;:H- . '-A . ' RecenUy ' Western ; lumbermen de cided to market Western hemlock under the trade name of "West Coast hem lock." Thlaputs the wood under its true name anjd on the basis of its true worth. . ' ;. . Mature Western hemlock reaches" a diameter otf from two to five feet, and attains a height of from 125 to 150 feet. Exceptional trees have meas ured elht feet In diameter and 250 feet in' height. The heartwood is al most white in color, the yllwish white sapwood forming a vrey small percent age of the trunk generally ' not over one inch in thickness.; - -- The wood is moderately strong and hard, straight-grained, rather light in weight; practically non-resinous, free from odor; when dry, - and : works smoothly. : ; J , t r ; WOOll DECAYS EASfliT -'K -It Is .considered to-be less resistant to decay than that of most cone-bearing; tretoev and 'for this reason the wood should not be, used in a service where decay is likely stf take place. In thU respect , it i in a class- with Sitka spruce. .Jt hit not as durable as Doug Is fir. and by no- means as durable as Western red cedar. . -.' - . . It is not so. strong aa Douglas fir and somewhat stronger than Western larch. As a' beam," in a green condi tion. Western ' hemlock is tS per eent a strong as DouglM flr, and seven per cent stronger than Westera jarch. Western - hemlock la manufactured into all th principal planing mill prod ucts, such as flooring, interior finish ing; lumber, case, baae. ceiling and aid ing. For Interior work it Is especially suitable. It is "soft enoug-b to take nails and machine -easily, yet hard enougti to finish araoodly an4 wear wtU. It makes as good flooring as any of the softwoods 'and better than. most. ' .LAtest available 'statUtice, or those for 1920, chow- that one-fourth -of the total lumber cut-of the entltje -United States" is produced in Oregon and Washington; In that year lumber pro duction In these two states, amounting to 8142 million board feet,, was larger than any preceding year. iThe out of hemlock amounted to 675 million, an Increase-over preceding" years. .In 191S the cat of Western hemlock in Oregon and Washington ". was , 288 million ; - in 1910 167 mUllon. , ' Western hemlock is the most import ant pulpwbod On the ' Pacific North west.. In 1920, 312,204 cords of spruce, white fir and Westerni hemlock were used, In. the, manufacture of paper, in Oregon and. Washington, of which 203, 224 cords were Western hemlock. Brit ish Columbia pulp mills .also utilize large quantities of this species. Thai it will be more largely used for, pulp on the Pacific coast in the near future, with the exhaustion of Eastern pulp woods,. Is most likely. . - At present less than five per cent of the newsprint manufacturing industry of the country is on the Pacific boast; Geographically, the 'industry has re mained r stationary In the Northeast, while the lumber industry on its hunt for 'timber moved successively to : the lake states, 1 the jsouth, , and r the, west. i The east of necessity ultimately must draw', on the west for large amounts of paper :;;That - this : paper will havato be transported long distances des not change the situation. . Western hemlock grows " in the Pa cific . coast forests from Alaska- to Northern California, and extends - east. ' Motor Trucks for ' :f -:" n: " , ' Pianos and ' Furniture ; Local and Long ') 'J J ' ; Moied, Packed and BRoadway 2156 308 V Everett :v:Streefp: 'REDUCED Frdzhi Rcics in ThcL-Ji Cm To aid Frbxi All Extern Penis' Doty Lumber & Shingle :-Co. :-.:? . Manufacturers ' Mills at Dots, Wash, r Salts Office 907 Gasco Bldg. 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