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The Lumber Industry in ]\Iontana 



The importance and growth of the lumber industry in the State of 

 Montana, from its inception in 1864, when the first mill was put into 

 operation, down to the present time, when more than 100 mills are in 

 the State, is set forth in a recent issue of a trade journal. 



The first sawmill operated in Montana was located at St. Regis. This 

 was in 1864, and the mill had a rated annual capacity of 50,000. About 

 $1,000 was the capital invested. This mill had the field to itself until 

 the year 1880, when a second mill was started at Jefifers, Montana, with 

 an annual capacity of 90,000 feet. No competitors to these mills ap- 

 peared for 15 years. Then a mill was erected at Hamilton, with an 

 annual capacity of 115.000 feet and a capital investment of about 

 $300,000. The three mills employed a total of 107 men. 



The lumber industry continued its growth, and by 1914 there were 

 98 mills in operation, with an annual capacity of 532,000,000 feet and 

 a capital investment of more than $15,000,000, and employing 4,500 

 men. 



At present it is stated that there are 105 mills, of which some of the 

 largest have an annual capacity of from 60,000,000 to 80,000,000 feet. 

 In most instances planing mills are operated in conjunction with the 

 sawmill. 



With the growth of the sawmill output there has been a correspond- 

 ing development of the logging industry. The first real logging camp 

 was built at Bonner, and the second at St. Regis. All the latest devices 

 for efficient logging are in use and the logging industry is of the 

 utmost importance. 



Special Course oe Lectures 



The New York State College of Forestry, at Syracuse University, 

 announces a special course of evening lectures by men prominent in 

 forestry, paper and pulp manufacture, and chemistry of forest prod- 

 ucts. 



April 24 — Ernst G. Behrend, President, Hammermill Paper Co., 

 Erie, Pa. : "The Development of Paper Making in America." 



April 30 — James W. Tourney, Director, Forest School, Yale Uni- 

 versity : "Reconstruction and the Conservation of Natural Resources." 



May 7 — C. D. Howe, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto: 

 "Forest Conditions in Canada." 



May 8 — Filibert Roth, in Charge Forestry, University of Michigan : 

 "Forestrv Education." 



