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News print paper has been made by the forest service labora- 

 tory from 24 different woods, and a number compare favorably 

 with standard spruce pulp paper. 



The forest service is cooperating with 54 railroads, mining 

 companies, pole companies, and cities in making tests of wooden 

 ties, timbers, poles, piling, and paving blocks which have been 

 given preservative treatment. 



Recent sales by the government totaling 126,000,000 feet of 

 sawtimber in the Olymric national forest, in western Washing- 

 ton, mark the opening oi this hitherto inaccessible storchoase of 

 timber, estimated to contain a stand of 33 billion board feet. 



