FOREST NOTES 1/8/15 



Lodgepole pine, one of the principal trees of the 

 Rocky Mountains, makes good strong wrapping paper and pulp 

 board. 



Osagc orange wood is a source of dye and can be used 

 to supplement the imported fustic wood, as a permanent yellow 

 for textiles. 



News print paper has been made by the forest service 

 laboratory from 24 different woods, and a number compare favor- 

 ably with standard spruce pulp paper, 



The forest service is cooperating with 54 railroads, 

 mining companies, pole companies, c.ncl cities in making tests 

 of wooden ties, timbers, poles, piling, and paving blocks 

 which have been given preservative treatments, 



Recent sales by the government totaling 126,000,000 

 feet of sawtimber in thi Olympic national forest, in western 

 Washington, mark the opening of this hitherto inaccessible 

 storehouse of timber, estimated to contain a stand of 33 

 billion board feet. 



