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The Clark Lumber Mills at Bonner. 



In addition to the lumber there were laths, shingles, stulls, lagging, poles, 

 cordwood, ties, posts and piling produced to bring the total forest products to 

 595,000,000 feet. The total value of these products at their destination, as given by 

 the United States Forestry Service, was $20,800,000. This does not include any of the 

 by-products of the forest that could be utilized such as, fuel, saw dust, pulp for 

 paper, creosote, wood alcohol, turpentine, paving blocks and tanbark. The 

 by-products at present are wasted, but the day is not far distant when all will 

 be saved. 



Many Mills in the State. 



Taking into account only the active mills producing an annual cut of 50,000 

 board feet or more there were 122 mills in 1917. The following table shows the 

 different mills grouped according to output: 



Annual Cut No. of Mills 



10,000 M or more 7 



5,000 M to 9,999 M 5 



1,000 M to 4,999 M 17 



500 M to 999 M 14 



50 M to 499 M 79 



122 



In addition to these mills there were from 30 to 40 smaller mills cutting less 

 than 50,000 feet per year. Their total production was from 500,000 feet to 3,000,000 

 feet. 



