Philippine Mahogany Imports

The importation of Philippine lumber into the United States during April was 3,858,052 bd. ft., May 3,3&[,361 bd' ft. and for June 3;948,315 bd. ft., so that the total t999iP!: during the iecond quarter of. 1929 aggregated to ll,l{),728 bd. ft. exclusive ol 2,584,529 superficial feet of plywood. The average monthly receipts for the second quarter of the current year amounted to 3,730,0m bd. ft. as against 2,400,000 6a. it. for the first quarter, which represent an increase of approximately 5O per cent. The average monthly receipts duiing the second quarter represent an increase of about 24 pet cent over the monthly rating estahlished by the Philippine shippers during January and also about 24 per cent bver the monthly average for 1928.

- The lumber imports from the Philippines during the second quarter of. 1929, as compiled from the Custom House records in Manila, Iloilo, Le Gaspi, Zamboanga and Cebu, were as follows:

Lumbermen Visit Northwest

Ralph P. Duncan, of the Merced Lumber Co., _Mer_ced, and Wlrren S. Tillson, of the Modesto Lumber Co., Modesto, returned recently from an automobile trip to Portland. They traveled North by the Redwood Highway, calling on a number of Redwood mills, and returned by the Pacific Highway after having visited some of the Willamette Valley mills.

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" " Total ..II,19O,728 bd. ft.

It is of interest tr "oil'irr;i'e,iiodzd ia. t. were entered through the Pacific coast ports and, 2,459,749 bd. ft., or aboat 22 per cent of the total, which consisted only of the dark and light mahoganies, through the Atlantic coast ports. All the lesser-known kinds were entered on the Pacific coast.

The following' quantities of plywood ing the second quarter ol 1929: were imported dur-

There was approxirirately l0 per cent more plywood received during the second quarter of. 1929 than during the first quarter. All plywood stocks which consisted of tanguile; red lauan, palosapis, apitong, manicnic and banate, were entered through the Pacific coast ports.

The total quantity of Philippine lumber received during the first half of L9A by United States importers amounted to 18,336,233 bd. ft. and of plywood 4,9n,2W superficial feet.

Clear Lake Mill To Start Soon

The Clear Lake sawmill at Clear Lake, Wash., will start up again within the next two months, it is announced by its new owners, the Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Co., and will employ between 4O0 and 500 men in the woods and in the sawmill. This mill, which has been shut down for four years, is one of the largest inland sawmills in Washington.