TIMBER BILLIONS 
not over a single track. This great new empire of indus¬ 
try is endowed richly with every resource. 
And what does it mean to the home builder, to the 
farmer, to the business man, to the manufacturer in the 
Pacific Northwest to have the advantages of cheap lum¬ 
ber? Douglas fir vertical grain flooring sold at retail 
in the Pacific Northwest in August, 1922, for $60 a thou¬ 
sand. In the Middle West it cost $88 at the same time, 
and in New England the price was $100 a thousand. 
Likewise, wood fuel, both for home and industrial use, 
is plentiful and cheap from the forests and factory waste 
heaps. 
The Rising Tide of Prosperity 
The Pacific Northwest is advancing along every line 
of business with steadily increasing momentum. It is 
a permanent progress. It is over ground that can be 
held and consolidated because nature has provided the 
sure footing of a varied inherent wealth that insures 
balance and stability. The man who now makes him¬ 
self a part of this movement, who dedicates his energies 
and his capital to this country’s development, will shortly 
find himself carried forward by a force only partly of 
his own making to an inevitable prosperity. 
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