d lunch for Paul Bunyan had so far to travel
and so many to feed they hauled a complete kitchen on the lunch sled,
cooks and all.

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OVER thirty years ago The Red River Lumber Company, foreseeing the end
of their White Pine which was reached in 1915, set out to find the pine
that would supply a trade that demands the qualities found in White
Pine. All the forests of North America were examined and exhaustively
studied and the selection was Sugar Pine and California White
Pine,--"the largest pines that ever grew" and production started at
Westwood in 1914.

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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 6