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commonly been grants of thousands of acres issued to one paten- 

 tee. Hence their history is easy to trace. Claims of title are, 

 however, sometimes obscure from the fact that the tracts of 



.$66 PER M 



$25 PER M BOARD FEET 



1910 1911 1912 1913 191.4 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 

 Fig. 3. Wholesale Prices of Spruce Frames, 1910-1920, Boston, Mass. 



mountain land upon which spruce grows have only recently had 

 a merchantable value and their early owners were lax in recording 

 transfers and alienation?. Breaks in the chain of title are not 

 uncommon either due to simple failure to record sales and 



