The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26

yarict@ which turn out ropgh, lumber
only The big mills arc those OF the
Ingham Lumber company at Bokhoma,
Meyers and Crum Creek, the DcrkS
Lumber and Coal >company'f mills at
Rismark and Broken Bow and the
Consolidated Sawmills company'S plant
at Fort TowSon.
All OF them have been running at full
capacity and turning out all the lumber
they could get cars to carry to market
More Mills to Be Built.
But a number OF new mills are to be
built in the state within another year.
At least two of the companies opcrai-
ing the Larger mills are said to be plan
ming new loc z.jons and it is understood
that other companies are being formed
to establish finishing plants
The McAlcster Real Estate exchange
OF McAleSter, which controls 2SDWO
acres of timber lands IN McCurtaln,
Haskell. Pushmataha, leFlore. Latimcr
and Pittsburg counties, has had eng-
necrs busy for the past several months,
seeking out locations, while another de.
partment of the same company has been
busy III the east, enlisting new capital
L ocstablish mills. Clients OF this Nc
! lAlestcr company have recently built a
small mill at IeFlore and another at
Talihina and representatives OF the ex-
change announce that by January J.
companies which il has organized will
have twenty-five mills IN operation III
sourhcas,srn Oklahoma. Two or three
of the plants, it is said, will he hard
wood factories,
Oil Fields Increase Demand.
The demand for lumber for local con
sumption is exceptionally large at this
time. because of the unusual activity
IN Oklahoma oil fields More buildings
are in progress IN the state than for
many years, and on top of this market,
for ordinary building materials, orders
are piling higher every day. for tim
bcrs with which to erect oil dcrrlokS.
There is also large demand for ties
and piling in lead and zinc and coal
mines, for which Oklahoma lumber is
used
With tho almos, total withdrawal of
southern mills from the Oklahoma mar
ket. it is gong to he up to the mills
in Oklahom and Arkansas, largely to
supply the demand.
Oklahoma Timber Best Left.
The Oklahoma timber is the best that
lis lJt in the country Yellow pine
trees in the best timber sections
average in thickness between thirty
and thirty.Si inches. MANY OF IN,
giants reach five fee, in thickness anC
some SIX The highest stand 10 fee
or more tall There is much gooC
cypress timber in this country and ther,
{ arc also large quantities OF hardwoo,
I scattered through the t,mbered areas o
the southeastern counties.
Fred W. Ravburn chief estimator y
the government forest reserve, said II
} 1910 when he vas placing the valu
Y on the timber lands OF this section, TIA
$ the forests here we're the most valuable
t to be found IN The United States a
I this time The timber belt has bcer
I worked very little since Mr. Rayburi
made that assertion
. Supply for a Hundred Years.
I Practically all the tirber in Okla
!, homa that is available for the manu-
), facturc OF lumber grows in the area
h formerly comprised IN the Choc,aw ma
.. ,iuns. in the counties ~ Met urtair
Z pittshurgh, Latincr, LcFlorc and Push
mataha
Il According - departmental figure
e comuiled when timber surveys wer
Y made 10000 acres in the Choc,a,
il and ChickaSaw nations were designate
s as timber land Upon this ACREAGE va
e an estimated growth of l04jS57 on
y fee, Of pine and ~ 10000 feet Of hard
e wood timber. or enough. in the ord
y nary course oi dcyelSpment 10 suppl
the demands OF hundred years
~ Indians No Longer Own Timber
il Most NJ the timber land is now hcl
j hv individuals AMI private corporation
Is As originally propoScd for sale III
- area was divided into hut few tract
making it possible for only large an