The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan: As Told in the Camps of the White Pine Lumbermen for Generations During Which Time the Loggers Have Pioneered the Way Through the North Woods from Maine to California; Collected from Various Sources and Embellished for PublicationLaughead, William B.
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The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan: As Told in the Camps of the White Pine Lumbermen for Generations During Which Time the Loggers Have Pioneered the Way Through the North Woods from Maine to California; Collected from Various Sources and Embellished for Publication
Laughead, William B.
Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character)
SUGAR PINE,--"cork pine's big brother," is botanically a White Pine with
all the family virtues that have made White Pine the standard from the
days of the Pilgrim Fathers to the period of "cork" White Pine in the
Lake States. It is light, soft, even-textured, easy-to-work, durable and
will not warp or check.
CALIFORNIA WHITE PINE ranks second only to Sugar Pine in size and is
close to it in White Pine qualities. Botanically a Yellow Pine, its
texture has been so changed by climate and altitude that it in no way
resembles the Yellow Pines and is so much like White Pine that its trade
name is necessary to prevent confusion on the part of the consumer.
WHITE FIR is light, straight grained and easily worked. A smaller
percentage of upper grades than the big pines, but with knots so small
that the commons offer exceptional values and advantages. It is used for
concrete forms, sheathing, studding and for dairy containers and
packages that must be odorless and tasteless. It also makes a handsome
interior finish.
INCENSE CEDAR is used chiefly for pencils and chests--a soft,
straight-grained red cedar.
The Red River people strive for a quality of manufacture worthy of such
magnificent trees. The Westwood plant, electrically operated throughout,
is a new departure in its field, with a capacity of 200 million feet a
year. Planned by our own engineers, much of the machinery and equipment
is of our own design and new standards of efficiency, economy and
precision of cutting have been set. Modern dry-kilns handle a large
part of the output and yield perfectly seasoned lumber, free from drying
defects, in a few days instead of the months required for air drying.
[Illustration: _One of the Westwood Crane Crews Piling Lumber for
Air-drying. One board at a Time is Too Slow. The Record for One
Crane--10 Hours is 678,900 Feet, Board Measure._]
The plant operates the year 'round, logging, sawing, manufacturing and
shipping. Handicaps of a severe winter climate are overcome and frozen
logs are thawed in a steam-heated pond. Continuous operation gives
steady employment to skilled and experienced men and a rapid replacement
of stocks that makes Westwood a dependable source of supply for the
trade.
The large Red River factories at Westwood are equipped to supply every
known need of the trade and made-to-order specialties are quickly turned
out. The most modern machinery is used for cutting, finishing, glueing
and other operations.
Our moldings, sash and doors and similar products are superior in their
clean-cut workmanship as well as the texture of the wood. Box shooks,
sash and door cuttings, boards for winding fine textiles or making organ
pipes, piano keys and key-beds, curtain poles and shade rollers are some
of our products. Cutting out the knots and waste at the source of supply
affords economies that are profitable to all wood consuming industries.
[Illustration: _One of the Edgers, Westwood Mill, California._]
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