IN A WASHINGTON FOREST 



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SOME BOARDS OF DOUGLAS FIR 



These are not of an exceptional size, but are samples of the daily run at many of the big mills on the Pacific Coast. 



toys which find most ready sale now are those of an the almost universal use to which this wood can be put, 



educative nature, such as building blocks, toy houses of the practically inexhaustible supply of this timber, the 



wood, and other objects which the child can build for comparatively rapid decrease in the stands of other 



himself. species, the Panama Canal making possible delivery in 



The innumerable uses to which wood is put, which eastern United States at reasonable rates, and a better 



are not classified according to special uses, but which, in knowledge of the merits of the wood by people generally, 



the aggregate, require millions of feet annually, are well undoubtedl will in the future give Douglas fir the just 



represented in species by Douglas fir. ^ q{ ..^ Ml _ vmty Wood . 



GRADES AND PRICES 



On December 1, 1915, the following prices were those 



prevailing for the general classes of lumber manufac- 



L, j * ?L r i c tu v * a t \ IN A WASHINGTON FOREST 



tured from Douglas fir. The prices listed are f. o. b. 



the car at the points of manufacture : By Donald A. Fraser 



Price per 

 Class and Grade. Size. M.ft.B.M. Huge pi i lar . nrs rise round me, straight, serene- 

 Vertical Flooring, No. 1 Clear 1x3 S26.50 T . , a i a h, r u . ~~.. 



No. 1 Clear.... 1x4 22.50 Brown pillars, mossed and flecked with lichens gray 



S- I ear J % ? ?H? So thick they throng their shadows dim the day 



No. 2 Clear 1x4 19.o0 . , r r l 



Flat grain Flooring, No. 2 Clear and That filters through the roof of somber green 



better *** 11^ Iu golden shafts, to shatter on the sheen 



Finish, Xo. 2 Clear and better... 1 x 6, 6'-16' 23.50 Of viney-maple leaves that spread their spray, 



Ceiling, No. 2 Clear and better iVJ WW 1350 So fairy-like, so flatteringly gay 



Drop Siding, No. 2 Clear and better... 1x6 18.00 Among the grim dark trunks they stand between. 



Silo Staves, No. 2 Clear and better 2x6,8-22' 15.00 , .... a c ^ j .J ; 



Common boards and shiplap, common 1 x 8, 6'-20' 9.50 The yielding floor of twigs and matted spines, 



Dimension, Common 2 x 3, 2 x 4, 12-14' 8.00 Dead memories of many a sunny ray 



2x12,12-14' 8 50 , , . , , : , . ... 



Is carpeted with ferns and trailing vines, 



While Douglas Fir today ranks second in the amount of So soft, my foot-fall's silent as I stray, 



timber cut annually, being outranked by a combination of Here Peace and Silence in their temple dwell, 



the three Southern Pines, longleaf, shortleaf and loblolly, And bows my heart beneath their magic spell. 



