Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-02-10

worth, Sergeant and Cooper, Winchel
and Nelson, Hastings and Turpin,
Edens and McManus-40.
The session then dissolved
Our Timber.
| The holiday edition of the Puget
Sound Lunabern,da is a Handsomely
illustrated and creditable number
but it is little mixed on Bellingham
Bay geography. The 5immense coal
bunkers" and the great Cornwall mill
are in New Whatcom instead of Fair
haven. In the paper is an engraving
"a Wisconsin Load of Logs" and
another "a Washington Load of
Logs" The former is made up OF 2I.
logs which scale 1890 feet; the latter
load is made of two logs 80 feet long,
which scale 1850 feet, the "twigs"
being about 10 feet in diameter.
The Lumberman says Ct our furni-
ture and interior woods:
Cottonwood is found in nearly every
county in Washington. l; is used for
berry boxes, for making wood pulp,
and is used in making imitation wal
nut.
Larch is beautiful wood and grows
IN abundance in the mountains. 1t
attains a height of $50 feet and from
three to six feet in diameter. 1t is
highly priced for interior finish and
makes very good sash and doors.
Cherry will be a valuable furniture
wood within the next ten years.
Washington Is fruit country, and
nowhere in the United States is found
larger or sweeter cherries than the ones
raised in the Evergreen State"
The trees grow rapidly and of large
size. The South Bend Herald of re-
cent issue mentions the fact that one
cherry tree in that vicinity measures
three feet in diameter. Washington
and Oregon are covered with cherry
orchards that are valuable to the lum-
bermand wood worker.
There is good deal Of oak in this
State, although it is scattered consid-
erably. 1t is as good as the eastern
product and is valuable for furniture.
The maple Of Washington is soft,
but is fully as handsome as that of the
east. 1t grows rapidly and attains a
large size. Like the oak, it is scat
tered.
Ash is plentiful and OF the best
kind. 1t is used every day in the year
by the woodworking factories of
Washington and Oregon, and consid-
able is being shipped to interior
points. 1t is as plentiful as larch, is
exceedingly strong and is most USE
full word.
There is but little birch in the State.
White birch, a very rare wood, is found
in Eastern Washington.
Pencil cedar is found in this State.
While not as common as the red ce-
dar of commerce, several tracts of it
have been found. So far there has
been no demand for it, because the
fact that it exists in this State is not
generally known. 1t is a valuable
wood. The writer knows of but one
State-Florida-that produces pencil
cedar, and the available supply has
been gobbled up by Faber, the pencil
manufacturer. The pencil cedar of
Washington will prove of great value
in a few years.
Alaska cedar is also found in West
ern Washington. 1t is highly
priced wood, but the supply is limited.
The only place where it exists in large
quantities is in the Olympic range of
mountains, and the location is inac.
cessible at present. Scattered tracts
are found in the counties bordering
on Puget Sound. Of very fine grain
it makes a beautiful interior finish.
1t can be used by engravers in making
wood cuts.
Alder exists in many localities in
the State, and is used for many pur-
poses. At Everett it is used for barrel
hoops.
White poplar has its uses, and grows
in many counties. 1t is used literally
in the manufacture of matches.
Madrone is an exceedingly hand
some wood that can, be used with profit
by the workers in wood. 1t is found
along the coast and in paying quanti-
ties.
Yellow pine is mountain wood in
this part OF the country. 1t is plenti-
full in Eastern Washington and Ore
gon. Specimens that have reached
the Lun,berman office show it to be
handsome wood, hard grained and
taxes beautiful finish. 1t has all
the characteristics of the southern
yellow pine.
Birds eye pine grows in Oregon. 1t
is a peculiar freak OF nature, and is
handsomer than maple. 1t is hard
and makes an exceedingly pretty
panel. 1t will be valuable product
in time.
Port Orford white cedar is an ex.
ceedingly handsome wood. 1t grows
in Oregon and is much sought after
for interior work.
OYSTER men say the cold weather is
death on oysters. When the tide goes
out they freezr, and after being re-
moved from the water and dumped
on flat boat they pop open, and are
thus made unfit for the market.
Hundreds of sacks of oysters have
been ruined by the cold weather.