Whito IPir usually occurs where tlioro is abundant 

 water supply for operating nills and manufacturing paper. 

 T7h.it o Fir is also r. valuable wood for tio purposes. Both 

 the Santa 5*e and Denver Bio Grand o Railroads aro using 

 crop sot ocl r/hito Fir ties with satisfactory results, Whon 

 properly troatod it is also valuable for poles and inino 

 timbers. It can bo treatod with croocoto by tho open or 

 oloood tank process and with soluble saltc such as zino 

 chloride, coppor sulphide or bichloride of mercury, by the 

 Boucherio process. 



TThito Pir is also valuable for interior finish, 

 for which it is now coning into use and for srac.ll cooperage, 

 buttor firkins, candy and olive peils , etc. 



Rod Mr. Bod Pir io also a cood pulp and paper 

 wood and can "bo used for tios and polos and for interior 

 finish and clior/p furnituro. 



Iodr-:opolo Pino. Lodc'optlc Pino is very valuable 

 as a pole timber . Can bo troatod roadily with croosoto or 

 soluble antiseptic oalts. Is 1E^ stronger than -Testcrn Red 

 Codar, the standard polo tinbor, has a more desirable taper 

 and can bo chipped for loss monoy. Piro liillod timber deter- 

 iorates vory slowly and after 10 or 12 yoars is practically 

 as strong as Codar. Experiments in Montana in cooperation 

 with Anaconda Copper Mininc Co. showed that 30 f -6" Lodge- 

 pole Pino Dolos treated with 5# to 7$ of creosote per cubic 



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