First Big Japanese order Placed In Pacific Northwest

The long delayed orders for lumber for the Japanese to replace the millions of buildings destroyed by the earthquake last summer, have begun. The Japanese Government has placed in the Pacific Northwest in the past ten days orders for 97,150,000 feet of sawn lumber. The DouglasFir Exploitation Co., which handles the foreign ex-, ports of 108 west coast'm.ills secured an order for 96,600,-

000 feet, and Bratlie Bros. Mill Company, of Ridgefield. received orders for 750,000 feet of Red Cedar strips.

The lumber is to be moved to Japan as fast as possible, since this first order is for temporary work to relieve the severe conditions in Japan, and will undoubte.dly be fol-. lowed by huge orders for permanent re-construction in the near future.