. Canadian forest industries 1892-1893. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 12 THE CJLMJLDJL LUMBERMAN June, 1892 THE LUMBER TRADE ABROAD. —It is said that 30,000 wooden spoons are made in Russia from birch every year. —The sawmill men at Lacrosse, Wis., who were out on strike, have been defeated. —Forest fires are prevailing throughout Prussia and are causing an unusual amount of damage. —Over 10,000 sawlogs passed down in a flood on the Kentucky River, from the neigh- borhood of Frankfort. —Maine has lost one of its old lumbermen in th
. Canadian forest industries 1892-1893. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 12 THE CJLMJLDJL LUMBERMAN June, 1892 THE LUMBER TRADE ABROAD. —It is said that 30,000 wooden spoons are made in Russia from birch every year. —The sawmill men at Lacrosse, Wis., who were out on strike, have been defeated. —Forest fires are prevailing throughout Prussia and are causing an unusual amount of damage. —Over 10,000 sawlogs passed down in a flood on the Kentucky River, from the neigh- borhood of Frankfort. —Maine has lost one of its old lumbermen in the death of Mr. Justus Hathaway of Med- ford, at the age of eighty-four. —The Postmaster-General of England is inviting tenders for the supply of South of England oak for telegraph arms, —Lightning struck the Forestry Building at the World's Fair grounds May 2. It did little damage except splitting several timbers. —The Hatteburg veneering factory at Marsh- field, Wis., has orders ahead for 150,000 barrel heads and all the cheese boxes they can make. —A rich lumberman and a member of the Michigan Legislature has found out that his marriage with Brigham Young's nineteenth wife, Ann Eliza Young, who acquired celebrity as a lecturer, is a failure. —Juniper is becoming known as a substitute for cedar and cypress for nearly all the uses for which the latter woods have hitherto been utilized. In Mississippi, juniper telegraph poles, piles and large timber are in great demand. —The S. K. Martin Lumber Co. are by far the largest holders of dry shingles of all grades in Chicago to-day. Mr. Martin stated a few days since that he did not know a single con- cern manufacturing standard shingles at the present time; and that the great mistake most mills make is to allow the quality of their shingles to deteriorate after the wholesale dealer had gone to the trouble and expense of introducing their product to the trade. —Labor troubles are reported from Califor- nia. Isa
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