The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, July 03, 1907, Daily Edition, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Texti y ,Pp!f"i Jf ;'" w' 5WW"- ' ' '"""WFW""' fPlMI-'B. M-I.mw rmonnM frUPOnAY rnfc ry H V .."Hott ... .v M Iff y j y j 5' 1 H $1 I i TR" DAITiT 900s iur J tJllUi ipii CJ-JIUI1 times, AMiisnnELn m umunjujumm i."ncJmjAjii.miuajJ"PO OltF.UON) V.KDXICSD.W, JUIiV il, tOOT gmjiij jiaftj - SfCENSUS REPORT ON LUMBER INDUSTRY A Compilation on the Growth of the Various Branches of Lumbering and Timbering In the United states Pacific Coast Development country, though the values In this region show substantial Increases over 1900. Practically all suedes of merchant able timber have Increased in stump- ..... . ..... 1 nut- viiiuu. luiiuw nmu. which is inu .. .. siecIe-3 most used at both censuses, )rt; . , e ' ..i., inrrnBo,i in i ..... ti.,,cnn,i amship line cxciu nnd Port WANT ADS In Bulletin 77, just published by the Bureau of Census, contains a statis tical ronort on lumber nnil Mmlmr products by Jaspor E. Whelchel, ex pert chief of the division of manufac turers, and an article on the timber regions of the United States by Henry Gannett, geographer of tho United States deologlcal Survey. Tho bulle tin was prepared under the supervi sion of William M. Steuart, chief statistician for manufacturers. Lumber and timber products, as defined by tho Bureau of tho Census, are manufactured in three clabses of establishments logging or timber camps, sawmills, and planning mills. Tho raw material of the logging In dustry is standing timber, and its leading product is saw logs. Among tho other principal products nro shingle, stavo, and heading bolts, cooporngo and excelsior stock, fence posts, hop and hoop poles, handle stock, tan bark, piles, paving stock, railway tics, rived or split shingles, masts and spars, ship knees, tele graph and telephone poles, wheel stock, and charcoal. Logs and bolts, products of tho logging camps, con stitute tho raw materials of the saw mills, and rough lumber is their lead ing product. Tlio term "ronch lum bor" comprises all sawed products re ported In thousand feet, board meas ure, such as planks, boards, scant lings, furnlturo stock, enrriago and wagon stock, agricultural Implement stock, bobbin and spool stork, and di mension stock. Among tho other principal products of tho industry are shingles; cooporugo materials; ve noors, cut sawed and sliced, and laths. In tho planing mill industry rough lumber forms tho principal material, with hardware, glass, glue, etc., ns otlior materials; while chiof among its products are finished lum ber, such as celling, flooring, etc., and sacn, doors, blinds, and Interior fin ish. These throo industries arc so close ly connected that ofton a singlo es tablishment Includes a logging camp, a sawmill nnd a planing mill. Tho Bureau of tho Census recognizes this closo connection, mid, although It treats each branch an a soparato in dustry, it gives tho figures for tho lumber and timber industry as a wnoie. since, however, somo of tho products of tho lumber camp are tho rain materials of the sawmill, and Bonis of tho products of tho sawmill tho raw mnlori.il for tho pinning mill, n correct total for tho lumbor and timber Industry cannot bo obtained by adding tho figures of tho thrco branches. Special figures are thoroforo given for lumber nnd tlmbor products. In determining theso figures, moreover, planing mills not connected with sawmills havo boon omitted, becauso tho products of such mills aro not, accurately speak ing lumber nnd tlmbor. Planing mills connected with sawmills would also havo boon omitted had It been posslblo to distribute accurately tho costs of oporatlon botweon tho' nro- ducts of tho saw nnd tho products of tho planor. Lumber and Timber. Tho figures given for tho lumbor nnd timber Industry as n wholo show that 19,127 establishments, with a combined cnpital ?f 17,224.128. , wuio Jiiumunciuring lumber and tlm bor products nt tho consus of 1S9!": Theso establishments employed 1110 average -iiH,ii2G wage earne uuu muy paid $ISU,U21,210, aill manufactured products valued at $G80, 022,090. Tho ostitlillshinonts wore widely distributed, for in 190r lumber nnd timber products wore manufactured on a coinmorclnl scnlo in every state twelve It was second in importance. The six leading states in the Indus try, with tho value of products manu factured in each, were, in 1905: Washington, $49,572,G12; Wiscon sin, f44,39C, 7CG; Michigan, ?40,5C9, 335; Louisiana, $35,182,374: Minne sota, 833,183,309; and Pennsylvania, 131,042,390. Logging Camps. In 1905 returns were received from 12,494 logging camps with a com bined capital of $90,451,494. These camps employed on the average 14 C,- 590 wage earners, paid $00,989,795 in wages, consumed materials costing $80,412,828, and manufactured pro ducts valued at $23G,131,048. Of tho total number of logging camps, 11.G44, or 93.2 per cent, were conducted by milling establishments; and 850, or 0.8 per cent, were oper ated independently. Tho independ ent logging camps reported 78 per cent of tho wages, 90 per cent of tho cost of materials, and 8C per cent of tho value of products. While It Is thus apparent that tho bulk of tho logging Industry is carried on in con Junction with sawmills, tho Independ ent camps on an averaco aro much larger. These independent camps follow closely tho centers of heaviest lumber production. In the amount of production, which can most accurately bo measured bv the number of thousands of feet of saw logs produced, Washington ranked first, Louisiana second. Wis consin third, Pennsylvania fourth. and Arkansas fifth. In tho valuo of products, however, tho five leading states were Wisconsin, Washington, Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania. A comparison of tho figures for 1905 with those of 1900 shows that growth In tho Industry slnco 1900 has been most rapid in tho southwestern states, and in certain of tho Pacific coast states, while a substantial and, with respect to most of tho Items, uniform decline characterizes tho Lako states as a group. That log- Klntr is relatively rinnlliilnp In tua Contr.il stntes is also clearly indi cated, and this Is due, of course, to tho practical exhaustion in those states of merchantable timber in con tinuous bodlo3. Increased Cost of Timber. Throughout tho country tho valuo uf log stumpago is increasing. Tho average value per thousand foot. board measure, for tho United States, increased from S2.1S in 1900 to $2.59 in 1905, a rise of 41 cents, oi ls. S Per Cent. This nilvnnn. I.. M.r. cost of stumpago added $11,472,115 to the total cost of sawmill material and Increased the value of lumbor proportionately. The lncreaso is due not so much to a present shortago in tlio supply of lumber material In tho country ns n wholo as to tho fact that tho nvallahlo supply of Iok stumpago Is rapidly being boiiKht 1111 and withdrawn from tho market. Tho conditions in certain ot tho states nro noteworthy, in M-iinn New Hampshire, and Now York tho great demand for spruco to bo used as a raw material in the wood pulp industry has caused an lncreaso In inpago values far abovo tho aver- ncreaso reported for the eoim. as a wholo. In Illinois. Imlinnn. Ohio, whoro llttlo merchantable tlmbor remains, tho rlso In stmnnnim values Is duo directly to tho growing scarcity of sawmill material for Im mediate use. In Kentucky and Ten nessee, where tho supply is still relatively largo, tho sharp advances nro duo ill lnrcn imp) in n.-t. ,,.!.. Increased In value per thousand board feet from $1.12 to $1.08. White pine increased from $3.00 to $4.02; Douglas fir, tho chief species converted Into lumber In the states of Washington and Orecon. from 77 cents to $1.05; hemlock from $2.5G to $3.51; oak from $3.18 to $3.83; spruce from $2.02 to $3.70; and cy press, from $1.58 to $3.42. Red wood, found only In California, ad vanced in value from $1.0C to $1.55, or 40.2 per cent. Increased Value of Saw Logs. The Increased value of stumpago Is reflected in the Increased value -of the products of tho lumber camps. Saw logs, tho principal porduct of tho Industry, Increased In quantity from 25,279,702 thousand feet In 1900 to 27,980,708 in 1905. a gain of 10.7 per cent, but they increased in valuo from $158,8S0,G40 to $210,- 074, 4GS, a gain or 32.2 per cent. Tho number of railway ties reported increased from 22.52 1.G40 to 3G.- 445,308 or G1.8 per cent, while their value Increased from $0,277,439 to $12,413,793, or 97.8 per cent. The averago valuo of a tie rose from 28 cents in 1900 to 34 cents in 1905. In this connection it should bo noted that tho census figures do not Include ties cut by farmers during the winter months and sold directly to the rail roads. It should also bo noted that the figures aro for hewn tle3. Sawed ties aro forming an incraescd percentage of tho total production of rafhvnv tins In the country, and thoy are reported by mills in thousand feet under the heading of rough lumber. The other products of tho lumber camp gener ally show an increase both in quan tity and value. Hemlock bark, how ever. Increased In nunntltv frnm 471, S02 cords to 391,091 cords, but it increased in valuo from $1,940,- 057 to $2,347,403. Charcoal de creased both in quantity and valuo. os Bay ment, refuse to struction. Fire country it Is polnl TheC.B.,R.&LR.R. and Navigation Co. TRAIX SCHEDULE NO. 2. L nt M10 rnnl mines 'iDQ nxnnnmv 111 1 ikn f .... . ...3 GEM RESTAURANT.NOItTII BEND. Open day antWnight. Serves everything the nrarkel affords. FOR SALE A.farr of 80 acres on Daniels' CreeV Address E. R. Jones. Box 110Marshueld. 5-2G-1 In Effect January 1, 1007. All previous schedules aro void. Subject Xo change without notice. W. S. Chandler, manager; F. A. r Lalse, freight agent; general offices, Business Directory Doctors. E Marshflold. Orecon. i. No, V I' Trains. FOR SALE A imallmprovcd farm. This is a bargaW Apply at Hall & Hall's ofDc. 6-1-1 WANTED Bojpr gir, 1G years old or over, to leaHkUre cigar making Apply over Times Building, Coos V Daily I Except Sujiday.'j Stations. Leavo 9:00 a. ni.Marshflold. 9:3d. a. m.n. H. Junction. 9:45a.m. Coqulllo. ):30.m.Myrtl ,2- . E. STRAW, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SUnaEON Diseases of the Eve. Eur Nrun 1 r... . . .7 " arm uiront n specialty. Office in Lockhart's Building. Marshflold, Oregon DR. HAYDON fflc,PP'tc Union Fum'turo Storo. Hotiii 10 to lZntid 2 to S Special attention paid to diseases of tho kl uiiuury una uigcsuvo organs U. S? Pension oxaminoi Arrive 10: .Myrtle Point. No. 2. Bay Cigar Co. 1 WANTED Mpn to wofli in sawmill, wages $z per (ray and upward. Simpson LimberCoSv 8-241tf. L i'OU SALE FourVicreirof lnd In South Marsh field fWtlio next sixty days. Address B11. 413012m. Dally Except Sunday. Leave 10:45 a. ra.My-tlo Point 10:30 r in Coqnil't. 12:00 m. B. L. Junction. Arrive 12:30 p.m.Marshileld. Marsh field, Oregon DR. J. W. INGRAM. Physician nnf Burgeon. Offlc over Sengstackon's Drug Steve. Phones Office 1621; resldenco 783. Sawmills. NOTICE Pure se milk delivered at your door. TShst .Port Dairy. Eton Motljn, dellehyrhan. VC. Music. 1 " WANTED TO BOJtROWJ $500 for 1 year on 2 jots lnxblock 25, railroad addition, pn BrcjSidwdy. Address NG8, care Coos Bay Tmes. WANTED A houseSeener to e.nrn for 3 chlldreVApply to J. A. Hindi, North Brfiftl Extra trains will run on daily special orders. Trains to and from Beaver HUI daily. B. M. RICHARDSON, Physician and Surgeon. Diseases of eyo, ear, noso and throat a specialty. Office in Eldorado Block. eaK3ra.rrpm:9Tr:iizv&rxaLutuiwiijK . W. ATtJARING Dealer ifi Bure Cteam Milk ami lliittejimlk Free de livery to airpiiTts of fho city. North Bend, Ocegon isxssssasisa AMI iirHrryyTTiP'"" "' r- Lawyers. O. FAIIRIN. ' -H..M, lf , i NovT ReaHr" HOTEL OREGON New aJniL-ftlodern Sample Rodjifs in Connection northjbend. ore. a l. Attorney-nt-Irtw. City Attorne Depifty Diet Att'y. Lockhart Bulding. Marshneld, Ore, 'Phone 44. L. A. LILJHQVlSt, LAWYER, United (Stntei Commissioner, U.S. jJaid Matters. Pilings, EiiirJesrroofs, Contests, etc. m mTMi KUV3T riJRrffd uu luimury oxcopi .ortu Dakota, ""yihr for future uso. On tho Pa in nlno stntos tho production of lum- clflo slopo Is still to bo found tho bor was tho principal Indusrty and in 'cheapest high grado stumpago In tho SOUTHERN PACIFICC OMPANY Portland &' pposay S. S. Line S. S. BREAKWATER Sails for Portland Jul 3rdjL My with passengers and freight C. F. jWfcQoJIum, Agt. PfaoneMain34 .... A. St. Dock Jisa msiMnigiTmii 1 11-1- -Tmin tu.iu u ""minimil1-ui., 1 " jr- . I A .lace Jme of I oouvemr rostaJs An s&ield .f. - At tho census of 1905 the number of sawmills reported was IS, 277, and tuolr combined capital was $381, G21, 184. They furnished employment on tho averago to 223, 074 wage earners, paid $100,310,7S1,101. and manu factured pr ffl cud ottohtso9b factured products to tho valuo of $401,524,002. In tho industry Wisconsin ranked first according to tho valuo of por- ducts, Washington second, Michigan third, Louisiana fourth, and Penn sylvania fifth. In 1900 Wisconsin was second, Washington sixth, Michi gan first, Louisiana eleventh, and Pennsylvania third. A classification of the mills ac cording to tho quantity of lumber cut Indicates that between 1900 and 1905 tho capacity of the averago mill ma terially increased. Mills cutting 1,000,000 feet or more annuallv iormed J 3.3 per cent of tho total number In 1905, as contrasted with 30.0 per cent in 1900. Tlio principal products of tho saw mills, with their values, were as fol lows. Rough lumber. S435.70S.0S4: shingles, $21,009,010: boons. S3.- 159,973; staves, $19,082,041: head ings, $7,430,259; and laths. $5,435.- 9GS. All Kinds of Lumber Increase in Cost. Tho lncreaso in tho averaco valuo or an kinds of lumbor from $11.14 per thousand feet in 1900 to $12.70 nt tho census of 1905. or 14.5 per cent. Tho advance nvtrr1tin.l cent. Tho ndvannn nvlonrlnJ in oil species of both conifers and hard woods, and in tho case of sovoral of thorn was largo. Among the conifers yellow pino ndvanced from $8.59 per thousand feot to $10.10; whlto pine from $12.72 to $14,92; hemlock from $9.97 to $11.91; Douglas fir from $S.07 to $9.51; spruco from $11.29 to $11.03; and cypress from $13.34 tO 17.50. O.lk lllpronan.l f-,. $14.02 por thousand feet to $17.51; poplar from $14.22 to $1S.90; maplo from $11. S3 to $14.94. Cottonwood from $10.35 to $14.92: olm frnm $11.57 to $11.45; and Rum from $9.75 to $10.S7. Planing Mills. Tho number of planing mills re ported in 1905 was 9.4SG. and their combined capital was $222.294. 1S4 They employed 132,030 wago earners paid $CC.434,440 in wages, consume,! mntorlals costing $273,270,381, nnd nianufncturod products valued at $104.050,2S2. Ill tho ValUO Of lll'nilllnta r,f M.l I.. dustry Now York rankod first. WlR. cousin second, Pennsylvania third. Minnesota fourth, nnd Illinois nm. Tho high rank of Now York In thn pinning mill Industry is duo almost entirely to tho magnitude of tho opor ntlons of its independent nlnnim. mills. Illinois is also Imnnrt.nnt 1m- h bauso of i large number of inde-l fi pendont mills, as are also Ohio and In T WANTED. Tobuy, clean rags, ply Times Office I Ap- FOR SALE ment, direct mail route Times. J rloines ad rolinqulsh- owner, on daily 'AddresfcsXY. Z.,carc li- Bmili jrpmjmt a tiUuliBtiuHt full! Jtatfi up , sn.nrn. j graunartfi alnfttrrar Elaitltlitg HiwhtsBnl V DfariJy sihiV" rcgim j. W. IlENN Office oyo 7 Bank. Marshflold ITT, Flanagan & Bennett . Oregon. ra? 'W -"' -y PuUt RF'l C. t d n Wet YourWistleThen Blow J. KIJ1KKWN, Prop, front StrectTVJMarshfIcId, Oregon C. F. McICNIOHT. . Attorncy-nt-Law Upstairs, Bonnett & Walter- block. Marshflold, - - - Oregon. J. W. 6NOVER Attorncy-at-Law Offlco: Itogor building Marshfleld, Oregon ROOM FOR RENT, housokecplng and bingie; some choice office room. Enquire at 'ffqpm , Roger Build ing, conror Firsfandc streets, opened under yfiow managemont. J. L. French, manager. Nalson Iron Works P. n. NELSON, Prop COKE & COIUS, Attornoy-nt-Law. Marshflold, ... Oregoa n FOR S ond of SALE Cla'ihjho Broadway. SCc oils for Balo at por sack. WANTED-Girl toWgencral house work. Call at MX S. E. Painter's on So. Broadway. Wo repair (ill $W?1Z?$S$k 'WWwB "'I I a. klndH nt WnnUtt Slcam and Gasngincs, Guns and .', fjcics. lslQL.rtaUur,Br1ccIalty. ; ' T We mamirtct iro Ca.tlngs Iron and Biomo forlSaV Mjfl. and I,Kg(ng Camps. WoUketfio bc.t8nca, Koaa Spools farVLogers. . . vv TELEPHONE 521 MARSHF1ELD. . . OREGON PIXLEY & BIAYBEB, Attornoys-at-Law. Offlco over Myers' Storo. Phone 701 .. . NorthJBond,- Ore. lfkR Real Estate Agents. lNW OOMPAlT Real Estate Brokers North Bend, Orogon.i MR. ALBERT ABEL, Contractor for learning of all klnas. Phono 1884. $l& -ii -.J-'I ' J- i -'! ' WMsy.'vtaa; Sts&sgm r mm sties'. WW; ' MTlV PATAUdDlsos EittingTasses is no ft side lift 1? devote 10 it OU BEST SgRVTrp besqp6ds We are equiped to furnbh both F. J. HAYRS F. H. BRIQHAM Oil witR s we V Whblcfimn MOTO iz&s&mm&$8S!$?$ 1 mii Ttr-ir 1 1 1 1 imhj- . ARCHITECT MftSUPEIIlNTENDENT Plans ail Bpification3 "u ior.aiy classes buildinA. I J North Ben 0reg HONE 5(1 I iutriicisujLjnilser to. i I Wliolesarolifni dealers Cigars afidySallon aup- I I plies. l I I t& f7i1ifnitiia wKTT n ... m i Front St., Marshflold I tf&mJi EGGS-- can furnish tho following JUTHTiCRKg at 30 PerSetting iianu isct Is Plymouth Kor-L-a -egliorit icks hi tl STEAMER. FLYER T fSwE " LeaveMarshafeidi.-ao 9-nn and 4:0op m f' "' 2-30 Leaves Wdrtif t r. 8:lBandBn!Jr,an(ll!45' centar ,n ..."".?. w. IB ' ""u mu if cenih. M Coos Bay 0RTHBEND iDllC "" " , I eam ftye Works I hi Pj. A i aitum Laumiry g I MARsronw .J A 11 11 J All wdtk nbw h H theNorllwBendl Fl X I P V J 1 Mgai viauzev lone at Plant T - rvrrrT A mni V Mnssachusctt JOHN wN?fc&NAP.AN Marsfifield 1 1 Li Agent,