Douglas Island news., 1920-08-06
BIRCHWOOD WILL
 BE SHIPPED OUT
And Pulp and Paper Win Be Man u.octmei m Alaska on Large
 Scale I Prediction

 |uncurol into furniture and hard- wood flooring Whn two ycau |ua. only Naaku bu. Washington .sutc wW be manufacturing ncvs- |nrmt naDcr oa largo salo writes h. J. Underwood Wohne,on D. c. correspondent ol tho Seattle Times
 Tbcc predictions arc based on statements nude by John Barton payrc Secretary ol lhe Interior and by samuel r. Weston. who s ntor- .atcI In hc development ot Che pulp Industry
 Through O.a B. Kont hcr Waah- mr.o1 representative sea.ue capI- uIas have made application Tor the right To .u. and export thc birch timber from laree arca eoarneu a1s Go -he federal railroad In Alaska.
 Bort L. Tnuu. managing director oE tne Na.,a Ga.Uncu Mining Com- mny s now I'm h. Noub with a group O. engineers looking or.r ,1c m'n-nood situation u.lh a view to using m. n'a. power generated at Che mine to operate. n pulp m.l
 "Thc enactment oI tbc water rou~ Iea.nr a.." a.d Mr wetou .hs r-our stimulated ntre.. m ho pulp industry in he Northwest Eastern Humr.H m. Figuring on tuo b.e n.ar.. Tho fut which vu haro capacity o0 a0 toms day. uu be muUl .t sultan. and che
 e.ouI. which win ha,ea capacity of .U0 .or. U.t u"H h. Installed Iu Na.Eu n. u non. which am mo. n. Uhru m mI..a.. Nueh howe et.- viu IanerI upon the kind or regulation. u.t nm. formulated by m. WHrnon. Comm .m or fhr enforcement o Uhe nW
 H.o.. leaving s.l,ue Secretary rayH. d Inc h.d looked carefully Into ne timber uauu in che North n. nr n. rhe limited ume at t dnuu would permit and that or, ol h.. 0r.. t.l. on returning .o. Wuhnrm would be to see what could he done about developing thc forests lat .-c outside m, forest ra.-.. and under Che Jurisdiction ol his department
 Most ol hla.Eas uu.n-uooi It Is conceded embraced m tao forest reu. V.rm. estimate. as to thr. wmc and .z..a. ol tae Hmber have boon mad. mt since .he eountr, h. mol booa orm..l taoe estimates arc me hotter thm ao man, ere...
 Uoa.ror .H.r. |. good roason for believing .h.t m. value ol ttc wood. pulp umb. n. Inc ura. -oser,o. aIm. . moro ohm ssNmU0Noo0 equivalent to tde sum expended In constructing lu. during Che war; rH m. .nmn.ec value. or Che
 mor. which tlc government vu re..t. in ouIHo. provided tho nr..r. low m.. O. umaare are maintained Tlcacua, yaIue of this
 lumber u m. market would run into 0m. uomm.hm.h'. to Che aycr- age mind
 Tho u.e r.srs. stretch along Che cu mc a distance of more chan I.0.n mHc. u thc micu,a- uou. and shore. ol islands arc meas. ureI mr u... i. also am euormou. .ro. al umb.- land outside Che lor c.t r..rcs. and in hs area are a number ol hir.ISooa forests hat aro mIu m. jurisdiction ol ube n- .orm Department rnlo a law -aa by ne last corrrca t1s rr..noaI now invaluable for oN poor. and plans are under way for fhc .uhH hmcnt ol plant that win. bring .a wood to Seattle and Ta- .oma hardwood flooring and In One manufacture ol furniture The mum investment win hc sl0nUoo
 WHm fhr job To siGe thc iovoI. .ame.t ul AIusa timber was pulled ar a law prohibiting thc ozporta-
 Iou %. birch wood from chose parts ol NHn nat arc not under cone roI ol he Pores. Service was slipped hroaeh This timber may loo sold oa aru.aI by hc secretary of che interior and t0 make it certain that none over would bc sold. iu addition to prohibiting esrortauon Of ho wood by law. ar.r'aaoH was framed which provided chat timber sold must be cnt and removed within a year from Che date of salc.
 ThH r.-uIaHon s auU n cGcct ri. eustcu.a uas mot discovered m- u aucr Secretary ravuc went to
 Na.Ea rhc Interior Department had received m application .o pur- r0..c a large area of birch timber which win furnish tonnage for tho Nass mIaI and Secretary Payne
 a not a. au likely to put anything