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able species repsodiice frooly in spite of marking and out- 

 ting rules a:_id can easily bo replaced after cutting "by- 

 natural methods, also urges that studios covering their 

 utilization bs carried on as rapidly as possible. 



The so-oalloc. inferior timbers with wliioli this 

 district has to doal nost largely aro Incense Cedar, TThite 

 and Rod Fir and Lodgopolo Pine. Prejudices against these 

 spocios have to some ortont "beon ovorcomo end they aro 

 beginning to find wider uso anc. to command bettor prices, 



Incenso GocLar Possible uses of. 



Invosti Cation started several years ago to find 

 substitute for rapidly disappearing Bod Couar or Juniper 

 which has boon uood almost entirely for tho manufacture of 

 pencils. Aft or "brief study of requirements a number of 

 western woods woro shipped to eastern inanuf&cturors for 

 trial. Those sent from California wore wostorn Hod Juniper^ 

 Incenso Co,.c.r, Bigtroe, Coast Rodwood, Only one, Bigtreo, 

 uas roportod upon favorably and this by only one manufac- 

 turer. Later it was loaraod that Inconso Coder logs were 

 bo ins purchased from lumbormon and upon investigation it 

 was found that those wore being manufactured into pencils 

 slats by tho Hudson lumber Company of San loendro, Cal, 

 The slats were used mostly by tho Eaglo Pencil Company, al- 

 though some wore being shi-ned to European points, Tho 



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