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the pioneers gradually advanced westward, the 

 sawmill usually followed the first houses in each 

 little settlement, and sometimes the mills came 



INTERIOR OF A SAWMILL WITH BAND SAW 



first. Then water power was succeeded by steam 

 power. 



These primitive ways of sawing, which seem 

 so slow to-day, lasted for many years. After a 

 time, improvements were made. Circular saws 



