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St. Paul & Tacoma Lurnber Co. Saws Huge Log

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'fhe St. Paul & 'l'acont:r Lut.nber C'o.. 'l'acoma. Wash., recentll' sarvecl one of the largest logs the nrill l-ras e\-cr cut. and the largest in manl' \:ears. It producecl 10,390 feet, enough lumber to buil<l a good sizecl horrse.

Thc log u'as 9 feet 2 irrches across the ltutt encl ancl 2.1 feet long. It rvas originalll' .12 feet long llut u'hen an attempt rvas first made to pull it otrt of the pond up to the 1og slip to the sau's the big steel lrrrll chain of the carrier n.as broken. Iiight fect r:rrere cut otT the log to allou' the mill to handle it rvhich then rveighed 25 tons.

Wholesale to Lumber Yards

$ASH, ll00R$ and PAllEtS

Complete stock on hand of

DOORSLanr.iner guorantee

Los Angeles Phone-REpublic 0802

It rvas cut frorn a Douglas fir tree on the companv's tirnlrer holdings alrout l2 miles alror-c ltapon,sin, 35 miles from 'l'acoma. It rvas estimated the trec u'as 70O ycars olrl. The lxrtt log n hich n'as sarvecl \\'as part of the full 200 feet of rusable timber olrtainecl from the tree. The full log r,vas scaled to producc alrcut 70,000 feet, cnough lurnber to lrrrilcl :rlrout five average houses.

'l'acoma l-unrlrer Sales, I,os r\ngeles, is exclusive Southcrrr California represcntatir-e for tl.rc St. Paul & Tacorla l,umlter Co.

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