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main bulk of these forests is composed of 

 so few species that they can, from a lumber- 

 man 's standpoint, be regarded as pure 

 stands. The usual stand per acre runs from 

 5,000 to 40,000 board feet with an esti- 

 mated average of 10,000 board feet for the 

 ontire area. It is roughly estimated that 75 

 per cent of the forest area of the island 

 is found in the dipterocarp forests, in which 

 the bulk of timber handled for export must 

 iiaturally come. These forests produce 

 woods of all grades, from the hard and dur- 

 able Yacal, through the hard but less dur- 

 able Apitong and Guijo, to the soft grades 

 of Canguila and Lauan. 



The remaining 25 per cent of the forest 

 area is covered with mixed hardwood 

 growth, mangrove swamps and pine forests. 

 The mixed hardwood tj'pe furnishes, among 

 others, the hard and durable Molave and 

 Ipil and the highly prized Marra Tindalo, 

 Acle and Banu^'o. The forests that eon- 

 tain these are poorly adapted to lumbering 

 ■on a large scale as the trees are scattered 

 over extensive areas. Within limited sec- 

 tions stands of 5,000 feet per acre are occa- 

 sionally found. Owing to the great local 

 demand for these sections and the high cost 

 of lumbering, it is not expected that they 

 will produce anj" great amount for export 

 trade. 



The educational work accomplished by the 

 bureau has been along the lines of instruc- 

 tion and propagandist work. A number of 

 native Philippines have been taken into the 

 bureau as student assistants, with the title 

 of temporary rangers. At the ranger's 

 school, conducted during the month of Au- 

 gust on the forest tract of the Cadwallader 

 Lumber Company, at Limay, instruction was 

 given in connection with the making of 

 working plans for logging operations. The 

 work was of as practical a nature as pos- 

 sible. During the year fourteen temporary 

 rangers were carried on the payroll, nine of 

 whom were given permanent employment, 

 as they seemed best adapted to the work. 

 Besides the work done by these men in con- 

 nection with inspection and running trails, 

 etc., considerable office work has been done 

 and a large number of Herbarium and wood 

 specimens collected. With a view to fur- 

 ther educating the natives a good course has 

 been established in the new Agricultural 

 College. Good positions are open for the 

 natives as well as for American foresters 

 and they will be encouraged and as- 

 sisted in obtaining sufficient technical train- 

 ing, either in American forest schools or in 

 similar schools on the islands. 



The propagandist work has consisted of a 

 series of illustrated lectures delivered by a 

 Philippine forest officer, a graduate of the 

 Yale Forest School, by which it is esti- 

 mated that 50,000 people have been reached. 

 -tlS a result widespread interest is apparent. 



At the timber testing ground of Lamano, 

 Bataan province, 577 additional tests have 

 been started. The data on many of the 

 tests begun in previous years is now avail- 



able. There have been marked by forest 

 officers in various parts of the island, a num- 

 ber of timbers actually employed in con- 

 struction, with a purpose of inspecting them 

 periodically and recording the data there 

 obtained. 



As no manager could be obtained for the 

 laboratory at the beginning of the year no 

 work has been done except the preparation 

 of museum specimens, hand specimens and 

 test species. A manager was secured in 

 November, and has since had charge of 

 the laboratory and museum work, and it 

 is«expected that a large amount of experi- 

 mentations will be carried on during the 

 coming year along these lines. 



The financial report for the year shows a 

 total amount available of $58,723 and total 

 expenditure of .$57,294, leaving a balance 

 on hand of $1,428. 



Hardwood 1K.ecord Mail "Bag 



Seeks Oak Dimension Stock 



Philadelphia, I'a., March 24. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : Do you know of any parties who 

 manufacture quartered red and white oak in 

 short stocks from 16 to 34 inches long in %, %, 

 %, 4/4 5/4 and G/4 inches thick, and from 3 to 

 10 inches wide? We are constantly in the mar- 

 ket for the above stocks and could handle any- 

 where from 200 to 300 cars per year at satisfac- 

 tory prices, delivered on a Philadelphia rate of 

 freight, for cash. These stocks are usually cut 

 on heading and other mills, and do you know 

 of any parties who wish to manufacture any of 

 this class of stock? If so, we should be pleased 

 to have their names. We thank you in advance 

 for the above information. 



The Eecord is in receipt oi the foregoing 

 letter, and anyone who would like the com- 

 pany 's address can have it on application. — 

 Editok, 



Who Wants Red Cedar Logs? 



BnRN'siDE, Ky.. March 31. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Uecord : We would like the names of 

 concerns who are in the market for choice cedar 

 logs suitable for export. An associate of ours 

 owns a nice tract of ver.v choice cedar, well lo- 

 cated, and we would like to find a market for 

 the timber. 



Anyone interested in the above offer can 

 have the address by writing this office. — 

 Editor. 



Who Wants Oak Squares? 



LonnoNviLLE, O., March 31. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : Can you give us the names 

 of any concerns that are iu the market for IVi, 

 2, 2% and 2Vj inch square dimension oak, all 12 

 feet long? 



The address of the above writer will be fur- 

 nished upon application to anyone interested 

 in the foregoing material. — Editor. 



Fort Smith, a Commercial Center of the 

 Southwest 



Fort Smith, Ark., strategically situated In 

 the heart of the Industrial and mercantile In- 

 dustries of the great Southwest, is the logical 

 center about which the business of that section 

 rotates, being almost four hundred miles from 

 Kansas City, the nearest city of any importance. 



This thriving municipality is located on the 

 Arkansas side of the state line between Arkan- 

 sas and Oklahoma and from there extends a 

 potent influence over the financial and commer- 



cial Interest of that vast trade empire bounded 

 by the Missouri on the north, the Mississippi on 

 the east, the Gulf and Rio Grande on the south, 

 and extending west Into New Mexico and Ari- 

 zona. 



Of vast importance to successful development 

 is the perfect network of railroads which make 

 Fort Smith a center of operation. This has 

 justly been reckoned the railroad center of the 

 Southwest, there being nine distinct systems ra- 

 diating from it as an axis, besides the additional 

 tran?portation facilities afforded by two branch 

 lines and the two great rivers to which it has 

 easy access. This perfect system of communica- 

 tion with all points makes it not only a great 

 producing center in itself, but also the dis- 

 tributing center for the extensive domain sur- 

 rounding It. 



In a beautifully illustrated descriptive pam- 

 phlet recently issued by the Fort Smith Commercial 

 Club, the advantages of that place as a point of 

 commercial and industrial development as well 

 as for a place of residence are succinctly set 

 forth. The climate, so the book states, is superb, 

 severe winter conditions being an unusual occur- 

 rence, the temperature maintaining an average 

 of sixty degrees. This, coupled with the ideal 

 conditions of humidity and rainfall, make the 

 territory adjacent to this city of vast importance 

 for farming and market gardening purposes. As 

 a distributing point for this class of goods Fort 

 Smith has become justly famous. 



At the very gates of the city is located the 

 largest timber reserve in the world, the esti- 

 mated stumpage being twenty billion feet. It is 

 popular knowledge that the state of Arkansas 

 stands in fourth place as a lumber producing 

 state, and a large percentage of this enormous 

 timber supply of hard and soft woods is con- 

 tiguous to Fort Smith and has been a factor of 

 vast moment in the past development of that 

 community and will continue, for a long time 

 to come, to occupy the same position. Immense 

 industries allied to the lumber trade have been 

 a natural consequence of the availability of such 

 an excellent source of supply. The largest 

 wagon works west of the Mississippi, baving a 

 yearly output of 15,000 wagons, has been estal>- 

 lished in the city, as have numerous and flour- 

 ishing furniture factories and similar enter- 

 prises. 



Having touched on the transportation and 

 supply conditions, it might be in keeping to say 

 a word as to the financial and business side of 

 the outlook. There are seven banking institu- 

 tions of recognized high standing and unques- 

 tioned stability, whose aggregate deposits are 

 $5,000,000 and who have at their command 

 $.S. 000,000 iu assets. 



The selling market needs no comment, it i.s 

 too obviously excellent, as is also the buying 

 market or source of supply, a preeminent virtue 

 helng the reasonable cost of all forms of raw 

 material. Further inducements are offered in 

 the plentiful supply of skilled labor, the excel- 

 lent wafer supply, the low tax and insurance 

 rates and the splendid local transportation facil- 

 ities, there being a million dollar belt line en- 

 circling the entire city. 



In summing up it seems pertinent to mention 

 the city as a jobbing center, it being contended 

 that in proportion to its population this is the 

 largest jobbing .;ity In the world, an annual 

 business of $40,000,000 being transacted. To 

 say Fort Smith is destined to grow means too 

 little; it is destined to be one of the greatest 

 communities in the West and is constantly af- 

 fording new opportunities for various industrial 

 enterprises, such as cotton, paper, hosiery and 

 rolling mills, shoe, wire fence, metallic bed, 

 sash and door, finished handle, fruit crate, box, 

 buggy and agricultural implement plants ; for pot- 

 teries, building and paving brick, tUe, truck, wagon 

 nail and screw and glass plants ; paper box. 

 match, structural iron, shovel, furniture, spe- 

 cialties and veneer and wooden novelty plants 

 and for a horseshoe factory and a lime kiln. 



