. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. IV. Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition August 30, 1905 BRITISH COLUMBIA OPERATIONS. The Bowman Lumber Company, of Revelstoke, have two logging camps and two logging engines at work on Fish Creek, delivering 120,000 to 150,000 feet a day. Some Duluth capitalists, represented by Dr. Cook and others, were at Grand Forks, , recently negotiating for the purchase of some 25 square miles of timber limits up the North Fork of the Kettle River. They have a cruiser with t
. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. IV. Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition August 30, 1905 BRITISH COLUMBIA OPERATIONS. The Bowman Lumber Company, of Revelstoke, have two logging camps and two logging engines at work on Fish Creek, delivering 120,000 to 150,000 feet a day. Some Duluth capitalists, represented by Dr. Cook and others, were at Grand Forks, , recently negotiating for the purchase of some 25 square miles of timber limits up the North Fork of the Kettle River. They have a cruiser with them for the purpose of cruising the timber. Should the deal go through, Dr. Cook and his associates will erect a large mill and find a market in the new places that are opening along the Kettle River in Nicola Valley. The Kendall Logging Company, which has been working at Comox, has sus- pended operations. The men who were working for the company have put in their claims, which amount to $1,900, the logs seized being worth approximately $2,100. The engine, which was only partially paid for, has been taken back by the Chemai .us Lumber Company, who had a lien on it, and the E. K. Wood Company, of Belling- ham, are said to have a chattel mortgage on the rest of the logging outfit. The company operated on limits owned by the E. K. Wood Company. There are other creditors, but for what amounts has not been learned. A Vancouver paper recently contained an announcement concerning the taxation of timber lands. It read : "Notices are being issued calling upon the holders of all timber under license to furnish returns as to the value set upon their timber to the tax collectors and assessors. Failing such re- turns the tax collectors are empowered to assess the values themselves and levy the tax accordingly. It is estimated that there will be raised by this means a revenue of $400,; The above notice was somewhat misleading, and was further explained by the publication of the
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