ADout Lot\tcr,\ruEu/

fui uvertisement by the ton$iew Compary -. Lon$iew, WashinSton

Peci6c Northwcrt Lo-bcr llduttry

1N a district not more than 500 I miles long and 150 miles wide.

^ extending from Northern California through Oregon and Washington and into southern British Columbia, and from the Pacific Ocean to the crest of the Cascade Mountains, there is contained nearly one-third of all standing timber of the United States t

Think of it I A territory but little larger in area than the $tate of Missouri containing one-third of the nation's timber. Douglas fir is the principal species of this region, forming about 70 per cent oI the stand, or about one-fourth of all the remaining tirnber in the United States.

The perfection of the Dougles fir trees in the comparatively limited areas west of the Cascade Mountains in Washington and western Oregon is due chiefly t climatic reasons. Temperature are generally mild and uniform. Whole forests are found in which