Increase In Last Year Lumber Cut and the Why of It
Washington reports 1908 lumber production at a record high driven by more mills reporting and regional shifts. South leads in yellow pine production while Lake States and Northwest show declines. Washington, Oregon remain top producers. rising mill counts affect totals, with overall year marked by higher prices and transport costs.
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Washington
Bureau of the Census
The
Forest Service
United States
Lake States
Northwest
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South
Atlantic
Carolinas
Texas
Oregon
How Forest Fires Start
D Whittaker notes fires are usually started by careless matches or pipe ashes. He recalls a blaze near Champion to L Anse spreading sixty miles, destroying ties and timber. He contrasts ancient Native prevention with modern campers, warning fires threaten vast timber and possible deaths.
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Saye D. Whittaker
Champion
L’ Anse
British Columbia
Wood consumption rises with industrial progress
The text notes per person wood use climbing from 250 feet in 1850 to 460 feet in 1900 and 480 feet in 1907, illustrating a global pattern: industrial progress drives growing demand for wood.
Meat prices set to drop nationwide October first
Reports from Chicago indicate a general cut in pork beef and mutton prices by one half to one and a half cents per pound starting October 1. A Chicago Stockyards and Transit company backed by western grazers is entering wholesale meat to pass savings to retailers. A local observer cites new competition as the real cause, not cattle volumes.
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Chicago
Chicago Stockyarda and Transit Company
Western Grazers
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the First National Bank
Ssemer, Michigan
William S. Prince
Geo. L. Loope
Walter F. Truetzner
H.olin
Twelfth District
Albert v. Suenston
Segre County
Louis H. Truettner
Illiam
Prince
Bessemer Lumber Company
Tel
Edwin Bayliss
Heath & Milligan
United States Health Bulletin
Bessemer Brewing
H. Truettner
Bessemer Cement Works
Peter Bob
Northwestern Hotel
Lead Street
Bessemer, Mich
Pvotty
John J. Frick
WM. Waters & CO
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