The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-18
is 4 GREAT BIG INDUSTRY
SOME WHITE PINE SHIPMENTS
Peculiar castsEaa Las Makes u Iapera-
efe fiaat Nens shall BE- Eiansd- May
sticks are GonsiasFpa bua rev are
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tNN-ss@~-N Nfou AoobeAAt eountE's
timber industry, " folIows:
There 10 frequently seen passing
through Libby many carloads Of hewn
timber. This timber IL usually about
80 fest long and il squared with
hroadaKe. One percullar feature o.
u is that Il i squared with the taper
of the tFees, that is the biggest square
u wiil make At the small and 30 the
biggest square II viii make,
giving 81 the big end. the
heWn sides the same taper the tree
Possesses When round.
This timber comes from Kooteuai
county, across the line Ia Idaho.
II Ia white pine, one OF the most
yai0sbls 81 commercial timhars.
This timber ID fouad 10 great quan.
Titles Ia Idaho. which state nov con
snins tbs largest compact bodies Of
white pine AanoEn 10 exist IN the
United States. Ia Kootenal county
are Immense sFeas Of this timber and
fortunes have been made la the tim.
Der business 10 that country. How.
ever. the biggest tFarts are fond In
The central portions Of the state and
theae ara sell taken up and mneh has
passed into tbs hands Of the wsyer.
hanaar aud other syndleatsa os big
mili people. one would naturally
inquire What was being done 9Th
this gimhsF Nhieh q seen passing
through almost daily. II costa con-
siderable money 20 freight heavy
materials through the mountains. sud
when 0se ntoFm aud thinkn that tbe
nearest Market Whieb could stand such
. tariff ~ noe Eeaehed until the tim
Der IL carried e least . couple Of
Thousand miiea the question assumes
puzxlinE phase. And when Il IL
answered the wonder h neat 10 tBcre.
duiity.
The fact IL. this timber IL shipped
from Northern idaho 10 Liverpool.
England And good idea of the
value u white pine can be- gathered
from the method employed 70 set II
from the stump In Idaho 10 the mill
IN thu great commercial metropolis on
she nlhcr side q the Atlantic. II h
loaded on thr cars Ia Idaho. Prom
there 1, l. taken by tbs great Northern
20 naluth. Miau.. 81 tbs bead Of the
great lakes Prom that place Il Is
taken in steamboats, TO Kingston.
Ontario, ai the bead ~ tbe ~ Las:
eruuee river. Here Il IL unloaded
again and made into RATS These
are ti0atcd down the 81. I.awerence
20 Quebec. At which place they are
taken from the water and counter.
bowed by expert axomen. probably the
most expert In the world. and the
timber IL then loaded into saillng
vessels aud started across tie water
for lie destination at Liverpool
Another question which IL nainr.
ally asked Ia. Why do they hew the
logs instead o. running them through
tho uaw mill The answer Il shst Il
IL necessary 10 hew them 10 avoid the
payment % customs There Is some
thing in the custom laws which drass
liue between sticks Of timber that are
smootbcd eith an axe and those which
are run through a mill. and a. this
timhef goes into Canada and then 10.
TO England naturally TIE customs
feature will play a part.
That sounds like an impossibility.
Yet Il IL = fact. Not only are they
doing this, but they have been doing
this for The past ten years or 50. To
the knowledge Of this paper there h
hnt one Arm engaged in this industry.
that ie, shlpping to Liverpool. This
firm IL represented IN The pineries in
Idaho by the May brothers. who have
been with the industry since II was
frat started some time ago, In the early
nineties. They are expert timber men,
whose Judgment Of the quality Of
timber is rs near perfect AZ Il IL pos.
slble Tor a Truman ia got.
Their hnsiness IL TO Judge 81 the
quality Of tree after being cut down
by an aNeman. and In this eonnec.
tion Il Is said this business IL hard ON
forest, there being a friRhtful waste
Ia getting the perfect Timber. II is
said that la places as many as twenty
trees are cut down before the perfect
one lie found. OF course. that means
waste bordering on criminallty. HOY
ever, as can DO easily imagined only
the very best and perfect timber can
be shipped this immense distanCe.
The least Iiaw IN a stick would make
Il Of no value for thls purpose.
IN getting the simbers out d the
woods. only the best aNemen are
employed. They are 40, quite up TO
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