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Show Yukon Timber In Demand. For all tho timber produced In tho Yukon there Is a local demnnd, so that thero Is no export. During tho great rush of mines In 1808 thero wus n pressing demand for lumber for the building of houses, slulco boxes and tho other equipment of mining camps. Snwmllls wero established at Dawson, Selkirk nnd Whltehorse. Largo quantities quan-tities of wood wero required for fuel, and that demand continues. MJnlug also still calls for. largo quantities ol timber for shafts and tunnels. |