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Timber Sale Totals and Bidders at May BLM Auction 1940
The Bureau of Land Management reported 26,066 board feet of federal timber sold in the May Timber sale, fetching $778,770.24 across nine tracts. Eugene Stud and Veneer Co. bought 9,665,000 board feet of Douglas fir for $239,100.50 in Douglas County near Gardiner, with Barker Timber Co. and Larson Lumber Co. also among bidders. The sale listed multiple tracts along Smith River and Tom Fool Creek with bids from Barker, Larson, Conk & W Logging, Parker & Haskell, Cascades Plywood, Coos Bay Timber Co., and others, with the next sale scheduled June 17, 1940 for about 25,031,000 board feet across eight tracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Land Management
Eugene Stud and Veneer Company
Eugene
Douglas County
Johnson Creek
Smith River
Gardiner
Barker Timber Co
Eugene and International Paper Co
Barker Timber Company
West Fork
Larson Lumber Co
Philomath
Tom Fool Creek
Scot
Conk & W Logging Co
North Bend
Scottsburg
Parker & Haskell
Douglas Firood Co
McKinley
Oregon
Coos Bay Timber Co
Sitkum
Johnny Cawrse
Slater Creek
Remote
John F. Cawrse
Curtis Trent
Roseburg
Fairview
Coos Bay District