11/21/13 



Eastern manuf acturers are looking to the north T ve:st 

 for hardv/oods for the- manufacture of clothes-pins. Birch is 

 par t i cul ar ly war. ted . 



The Panr.ma canal commission has requested the forr.st 

 service to inspect the timber being creosote-d at Seattle and 

 Tacorna for th^ commission. 



The net receipts from the national forests of Wash- 

 ington and Oregon durin-j the past four months amounted to 

 0115,620, an increase of 17 per cent over receipts for the same 

 period 1' st yor-.r* 



Of the two million trees to be planted on the national 

 forests of L'ontana and northern Idaho during the present fiscal 

 year, one- -half have- been set out this fall and the rest will bo 

 put in next spring* 



A thoroughly up-to-datb sawmill \vith a capacity of 

 60,000 board ft . et a day has boon erected, on the, south coast 

 of Mindanao island. It is of American make throughout, and uses 

 the modern band saw. This is only one of several such mills in 

 the Philippines, 



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