IN A WASHINGTON FOREST 



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SOME BOARDS 01-' DOUGLAS FIR 



These are not of an exceptional size, but are samples of the daily run at many of tiie big mills on the Pacific Coast. 



toys wliich find most ready sale now are those of an the ahnost universal use to which this wood can be put, 



educative nature, such as building blocks, toy houses of the practically inexhaustible supply of this timber, the 



wood, and other objects which the child can Iniild for comparatively rapid decrease in the stands of other 



himself. species, the Panama Canal making possible delivery in 



The innumerable uses to which wood is put, which eastern United States at reasonable rates, and a better 



are not classified according to special uses, but which, in ,,„o,,,ie,igg of tl,e „,„its of the wood by people generally, 



the aggregate, require millions of feet annually, are well ^,„d„^,,^j,di,, ^^.j,! „, ^i,, f,,t„,e give Douglas fir the just 



represented in species by Douglas fir. ■ , r ..m , ,i tt -i- -nr i .. 



^ 1 J' t. jjjjg of "The All-Utihty Wood. 



GRADES A\D PRICKS 



On December 1, ll)I."i. the following prices were those 

 prevailing for the general classes of lumber manufac- 



tured from Douglas fir. The prices listed are f. o. b. ^^ A WASHINGTON FOREST 



the car at the points of manufacture: By Donald A. Fraser 



Class ond Grade Sice. M^'ftB^L ^ p,ilar-firs rise round me, straight, serene- 



Vertical Flooring, No. 1 Clear 1x3 .$26.50 ° ' ,.,,., 



No. 1 Clear .. 1x4 22.50 Brown pillars, mossed and flecked with lichens gray — ■ 



No. 2 Clear 1x3 21.50 g^ j].,jj.], ^j.,gy throng their shadows dim the dav 



No. 2 Clear 1x4 19.oU ' "^ 



Flat grain Flooring, No. 2 Clear and That filters through the roof of somber green 



''''"'''" \'^\ ^^ ?° Ii. golden shafts, to shatter on the sheen 



1x6 ly.oO = 



Finish, \o. 2 Clear and better 1x6,6-16' 23.50 Of vinev-maple leaves that spread their sprav, 



Ix 12, 6'-16' 26.50 c r ■ ' n n ^. • i 



Ceiling, No. 2 Clear and better % x 4, 10'-16' 13.50 ^^ fairy-like, SO fluttenngly gay 



Drop Siding, No. 2 Clear and better... 1x6 18.00 .\mone: the grim dark trunks thev stand between. 



Silo Staves. No. 2 Clear and better 2 x 6, S'-22' lo.OO „, , ,. , , . , " , . 



Common boards and shiplap, common 1 x 8, 6'-20' 9.50 The yielding floor of twigs and matted spines. 



Dimension, Common 2x3,2x4,12-14' 8.00 Dead memories of manv a sunny ray— 



2x12,12-14' 8.50 ., , ■ , r ,' . -t- • 



Is carpeted with ferns and trailing vines, 



While Douglas Fir today ranks second in the amount of So soft, my foot-fall's silent as I stray, 



timber cut annually, being outranked by a combination of Here Peace and Silence in their temple dwell, 



the three Southern Pines, longleaf, shortleaf and loblolly, And bows my heart beneath their magic spell. 



