The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-07-18
Z, OOO,OOOACRESOF TIMBER
WILL MANUFACTURE LUMBER
The Wsy erha1s.r TiisbeF Company the
Largest Holder La the World latter
sst..d in tdaha- Visited Here aud Make
Inspection Trip ap 81 doe.

The Weyerhauser party visited
this place Saturday, in MIR Weyer
hauser's private ear Dakota This
was their arsi visit 10 coeur d AIene
and while here they were shown around
by r 4 Blackwell Of the VIM Howard
IAnd sud Lumber comps ny. who
placed the steamer st Joe at their
disposal for trip up the lake The
Meyerhauser syndicate owns large
tgacts " timber on the 81 Joe and ST
Matles and H. interested in the 81 Joe
Boom and St Joe Improvement comp
anies The Rntledge Timber comp.
any, Ahich Is "A Weyerhsuser institut
ion. owns a mill site on the old Lash
brook place aud the party inspected
thai while here 4, il given out on
good authority thut the company will
build large mill on the site within
the neat two years
The Wsyerhauser Timber company
proper. owns shout 200. 600 acres
Of timber land IN Washington aud
idaho When you take into con
sideratiun the land owned boy the
corporations identified with the
WeyethFuser Timber company the
whole amount ~ about 2.oU0, 600
acres The investment la Washington
H. Hbout 10. GOO. coo sud ia Idaho
J about "a. 600. coo
In this fashion X l. Mccormick
- Hayward. VIE. summed up the
operations in the northwest ~ the
Weyefhausrr syndicate Heading the
i@Fsy is ? Weyerhauser, the bead Of
the syndicate Mr. Meyerhaueer lives
, al 81 Paul, MINI. the headquarters
Of the syndicate lie IT, German born
and IL 6s YEAR, Of age.
Mr. weycrhAuser IL accompanied
by bis Sife aud hoy thr-c II biz fonr
sons J p. r. NJ aud + r Meyer
hau@eT lie Is also accompanied 10y
HE two suns ia Law and their ifes,
The snus In law arv $ $ nsTis of ~
> Paul aud " Il Hill of Pouahkecpsie.
= ny Mr Mccormick, secretary OF
The syndicate. aud his wife aud sou
complete the party
In Wis sansip Mt Mccormick H.
4 known AZ = big lumber maguste. but
q out a~si hr ls known AZ secretary u
/ the Mry.rbaurcr syndicate.
, The WeycrhanAef people. '' said
i NJ Mccormick IA answer TO quest
I ions. 'tir-i hegan buying out in this
; country al'oui trhec Year, ago They
. secured goo. auo acres 81 Northern
+ Pacific timber land in one bunch in
\ 1900, and IN large measure their deals
have tcen confined Ia Northern
@ Pacific land Since tha; time they
4 have gradually bssen icrearing their
y holdings until they own 1000. ooC
acres -
g Mr. Mccormick : statement ia thin
/, connection IL interesting. Ar showing
- the value which he places on tbs
Y rtumpaae owned by the Meyerhausel
h people i'm the northwest His state
mont that the campany's investment
4 Is worth els, 600. GOO In Idaho ant
/. Washington. aud that IL owns 5000
il 00O. 600 feet Of timber. would ,mear
y that the timber II worth a. thous
4 aud. practically that, oven when tn,
n syndicate Investments in mills Il
il considered II IL we'll known. how
4 ever, that the company secured tn,
/ bulk Of It's timber for from - cent
u TO Al 90 thousand,
Il Thus far, continued MIR. Nc
A Cnrmick. the work Of the syndicat,
here in the northwest has been devot
ed to securing the timber Event
ually. of course. we will commenc,
the work of manufacturing Tn,
4. Weyerhsuser people are intereste,
now in a mill at Standpoint. Idaho.
10 I'm the east, Of course, tn
p Weyerhausers are manufacturers
/, They are heavily interested In mill
a tn northern Michigan, Wisconsin an,
10 Minnesota, They also have EXTENSIVE
a timber holdings and some mills il
). Arkansas, Louisiana and California;
X I'VE also have considerable timhe
ip land in Oregon, much of which W
10 secured from the Northern Pacific
ys OF course, the company has not reach
n ed the stage whore IL is ready to 8
rs extensively into manufacturing on
"A here That however. will come h
n degrees II il the intention Of tn
he company to manufacture its ow
Is lumber, and hot to dispose Of IL
timber to others. p"
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