Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-06-26

Valley. Michigan, will run eleven
hours n day. as they did last season.
Ia some sections marked improve
ment. are noticeable in the facilities
Of southern sawmills, mainly in the
adoption of = better class Of machine
~
The largest match factory in Cali
fornla makes $50 900 gross year,
using a white cedar wood which
comes from Coos Bay. A match
made from this wood will not bul n
after striking the floor.
II 10 estimated that more than
tG0, 900 worth Of timber was de-
s,roysd by fires in tho woods OF Suf.
folk county. Long Island. during
March and April.
j. II. Lesh 4 Co., Goshen, Ind.
recently paid $500 for a single black
walnut tree. II 10 said to be the
largest svsr cut in Elkhart county,
aud scaled 5000 feet.
The German Government proposes
10 increase the duty on lumber i'm
ported into that empire. Sawed
lumber will 10 taxed higher than
hswsd lumber. A circular from O
German port hints that il timber
shaped with the saw 10 shipped,
Il sbould BE- disguised by the use of
the ads.
A Midland. Michigan, paper tells
about C.airs moonshintr who sold q
Saginaw man logs cut on the Saginaw
mas own land. and continued to
stsal and soil them over to the same
man. each time cutting of the end
that had the marks on, till the logu
we're reduced from 16 to IL feet long.
Then hs was mad because the
sag,naw man would not buy logs
shorter than IL feet.
The oldest living thing upon the
globe 10 ths Cypress OF Santa Maria
del Tuls. in the Mexican state OF
Oaxsca. THIS venerable monarch of
She forest, still instinct with appar.
rsntly stron. life. probably spans
the whole I,stiod oi written history.
Itis stili growing. Humboldt speaks
Of Il in 1861 - measuring ~ feet in
diameter. LAG feet in circumference
snd Se7 isss bsswsss the two ex-
trenies.
II Las bssn demonstrated that
has.l wood. or what 10 known ~
sweet gum 10 The South, II better
adapted fos staining in imitation Of
cherry. walnut. mahogany. ebony,
etc.. than any of our domestic woods.
besides. When finished in its nstursl
eoior. II has very pleasing effect.
Much VI u has . inottled figure
suitable Tor panels, msntlss, etc.
fos thsss vslssbls qualities II is
dsstissd 10 tsks important rank in
The woods of the future.
To-day black walnut ranks equal
With msbogany. In the fashionable
World, set 0sly IN furnilure. but for
house ornamsn,ation. Mahogany
sill hssps slightly In the lead in
price, but thsFv ere ten suits OF wal
sst farnisurs cold 70 one OF mahog.
aay, Il 10 estimated that IL oil the
bIset walna, trees oi forty years ago
we're st,ll standing. they would be
worth moss money than all the farms
asd farm lands in the particular
sections whsvs this timber grows.
The trade 10 hardwood lumber
Which In late years hiss reached .
much greater proportion Of the whole
thaa formerly. 10 estimated to
emeunt " over ten per cent. OF the
sstirs lumber receipts Of Chicago.
This svpply comes msinly by rail
ssoa Southsrp Michigan. Indians
and Ohio. spd includes . largo qusn.
NY ot Ans lumber suitable for the
manufacture Il furniture end for the
tssids Aaish Of The better class oi
eSsldiaGs; Il 10 used also largely in
ehs manafaesurs OF agricultural i'm.
plsmsa,s. carriages, wagons, etc.
ir 10 reported that when Mr.. Cleve'