Douglas Fir Exports to Peru Historic Home Solid After During 1929 Show Gain

Seattle, Wash., May 25.-A substantial gain in the amount of Douglas fir exported by Northwest mills to Peru during t9D is rdported by the United States Department of Commerce, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. Peru's imports of Douglas fir last year totaled more than 84,50O,000 feet.

Douglas fir is being imported in incieasing quantities by various South American countries, according to the Association, where it is used for a wide variety of purposes. Whereas this wood was practically unknown in the Argentine ten years ago, this country imported more than 70,0W,000 feet last year.

At least 90 per cent of the lumber brought into Peru is Douglas fir. It is conspicuously employed in competition with tropical woods for ornamental finish of furniture, fixtures, interior trim, general construction purposes and in vehicle and freight car building. It is the chief material for sash, doors and blinds, and has become indispensable in mining operations. It has many uses on farms and plantatrons.

L63 Years

Taunton, Mass., May 15.-The Edward Phillips lfouse, built in 1767 at.Taunton, Mass., has been removed to Springfield where it will be erected along with other old houses and buildings as part of the Better Homes Movement colony on the Eastern States Exposition grounds. Resting for 163 years on the original foundations this wood house is a fine example of good workmanship and rugged, yet artistic design. Each board in this house is hand h-ewn, each nail hand forged, each window sill hand cut and the bricks in the chimney and fireplaces hand molded. No studding appears. Planking, with hand hewn boards, from foundation to roof, without braces, has withstood the wear and tear of over a century and a half. All the panels are pine, some of the boards being over three feet wide. All the partitions of plank are lathed with hand split laths, with plaster on either side. The sills and beams are oak. A hand-carved corner cupboard, according to dealers, is one of the few which can be found in this section. The huge panels over the fireplaces are of pine, some over four feet wide, of perfect grain and are entirely free of knots.

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