Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-12-24

ton as it is today can be summarixeo
as follows:
Red cedar siding is oversold, there
are no logs in the water, mills that
have no logs are hard pressed for
material, the market is higher in COM
mon lumber. drop siding and flooring.
and many logging camps Of Western
Washington closed down for months
are preparing to resume operations
January l.
Common lumber has been advanced
SO cents per thousand, drop siding 81
and flooring 81. These advances.
made several days ago on new printed
quotations, have stuck. Red cedar
siding is heavily oversold. and 1t n
stated that comparatively little cedar
timber is ready for milling in the en-
tire Northwest.
A number of the heaviest logging
operators in the Northwest, includ-
ing the Weyerhaeuser company. are
preparing to get to work at placing
logs in the water for transportation
to the mills Immediately after the
holidays.
Door Mills Busy.
"Prices have advanced - or IS In
the past two months" said President
Snyder of the Tacoma Fir Door COM
pany. land all the door mills OF tho
Northwest are working at top speed.
In the East, especially in the New
England states, the demand for mr.
doors is exceptionally heavy and W
cannot begin to supply all the orders
that are pouring in on Us at the pres
emit time"
Another indication Of the improve
lment il to be seen In the fact thae
mills long closed are re-opening ana
,others, destroyed BY nre during the
past year or two. are being rebuilt.
The mill of the Blumauer Lumber
Ccompsny at Tenino. which has bean
lin the hands of . receiver for moro
than 4 year, will be opened some time
during February. according to IN
announcement made BY =. v. Win
lt4rmote, the receiver. and will be op-
Grated at its full capacity. employing
$50 men.
two large mills In Southwest
Washington. which were destroyed
1by nre during the past year. have A.
nounced plans for the immediate con-
struction Of new plants to replaee
those burned. The mills in question
are those Of the Observation-Disclosures
Lumber company. which has min
1t Rainier and its headquarters n
Tacoma. and the J. A. veness Lumber
company Of winlock.
The Liudstrom-H andfofth mill WIN
be . circular cav plant with capao-
|ity OF $4,000 feet daily and eQuippe4
with all the latest improvements. Il
will be finished In about.tw0 months.
To Advertise Shingles.
Encouraged by market conditioass
Western Warrington single manu-
facturers viii soon launch : new ana
aggressive selling campaign. feat
ure Of which will be the expenditure
OF approximately $4,000 for natioa-
a advertising. About $4,000 a.
this fund already has been raised ana
the start In what promises to b .
strenuous effort to bring the selling
end OF the single industry. which
plays 20 vital = part in business o.
Puget Sound. up to the manufactur-
ing standard. will be made the hrst
Of the year.
The purposes Of the campaign are
|hve-fold. It represents Z carefully
thought-out EFFORT. at time when
the lumber busines4 Is in better shape
than in several years. to regain Lost
prestige. It means further striying
for new territory and also the crear
ton OF new markets for the Washing
ton single and an endeavor to inter-
est new customers.
Other features Of the plan include
the stabilising Of grades In shingles,
the inspection Of the product, trader
marking and assisting the retailer IN
his selling campaign. The project
also involves the building mp Of .
legal organization for maintaining
staple prices at legitimate profit.
80
Thurston county now owns another
auto, having paid $3.50 for the one
formorlv owned and used by County