The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-12
FUTURE LUMBER INDUSTRY.
Mr. Whlpple Thinks Therein Lies Inn
mediate Great Wealth for
This Country.

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Mr. w. w. Whipple In here from
Buc0da. Wash. He In now In the
sawrnllI business with other Astoriang
on large scale AT Bucoda. He re-
ports the mill running on full time
with a crew Of 102 men In the mill
and 10 men in the woods getting out
logs. The mill In At present getting
out car sills, timbers and siding ma
terial This II being shipped 10 the
Middle West II fs impossible for
the mill 10 supply the demand made
upon them and although the company
VIII double Its force In the next few
days. II viii not then be able to sup
ply the demand Nr. whipple gays
that other mills viii be built in that
section at no distant day.
Speaking Of the benefits 10 be de-
rived to this section froin the I,uc0da
mills, Mr. Whippe sald that already
considerable supplies were being ship
~" tfHih NhAF PpibNs ttNNtbf9 hfhttai
supplies, meats and vegetables were
also shipped from Astoria and these
shipments would Increase with the
growth of Bucoda When the present
company went into business al Blu
coda last April there were only 300
inhabitants at Buc0da. Now the pop
ulation IL over 500. He expects quite
a town at Bucoda.
Lumber fs the coming immediate
industry Of this country" said Mr.
Whippie The demand for our ium-
Der Is increasing from every dlrec-
tion Astoria ought to have three
large mills The demand will justify
H. The Eastern and Middle West
country ~ building up rapidly and 1t
must have material. Oregon and
Washington viii have to supply the
demand The great forests here look
ns II they could supply the world, bul
they will melt as snow before the
great building growth Of the West
and Middle West. II Is just begin
ming. In n few years the prices OF
lumber will increase and the demand
win increase with IL. There win be
mad rush for our building material
right at home. And the demand will
incrcass from abroad Men with cap
ital should prepare for IL. they should
be reapIng a harvest from the pres
ent demand Build mills. start the
wheels 10 moving. II IL money TO do
II and big money at that.
THE timber about Astoria is the
beet In the country. and there IL an
advantage here over our Bucoda mill.
All Of the slabs can be sold here at a
good price for fuel. while II Is prac-
ticnily waste with us.
We need not look around" con-
tinued Mr.. Whipple, " for something
good to invest in. or engage In We
have IL In our resources. They are
all around US and only have 10 be de-
veloped In order to reap rich harry
est There Is nothing better than the
lumber business. II Is already good
and II growing. | can think OF 10th
ing more beneficial to Astoria than the
building Of sawmlls. 1t is not an ex-
pertinent. but sure winner.
" In my work at Bucoda, never for
get Astoria. Men are coming from
the East constantly seeking homes,
farms and dairy locations, and whenev-
er can | land them In clatsop county,
The opening is here, the future is
here, and no one need hesitate TO rm-
bark in business here. l see more
forlbly very day the great future in
store for Astoria and Clatsop coua.y,
and the two great sister states, so far
as that Is concerned. But the great
est immediate resource to this sec
tion, not yet properly developed, is
the lumber Industry"
Mr.. Whipple will return TO his mill
tonight or tomorrow.