Show IMMENSE RAFT Contains live Million Feet of Oregon I Sawed Lumber Portland Ore Dec 27 Within the next few months a raft containing 5 000000 feet of lumber will be constructed construct-ed in this city and towed to San Francisco Fran-cisco John Toutsen of the firm of In man Poulsen owners of a large sawmill saw-mill here designed the raft and the firm will in a few days begin construction con-struction of the raft I will be 396 feet long 53 feet wide and will be so constructed that only a small portion i i of the raft will be above the surface of I the water I I Several rafts of piling have been successfully towed from the Columbia river to San Francisco but the rafting of sawed lumber is a new undertaking undertak-ing Pa1 f |