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Show i OYER ONE HUNDRED MILLION ,FEET OF WHITE PINE CUT Special to The Trlbuno. WASHINGTON. D. C. July 29. Statistics Sta-tistics for tho fiscal year .iuot closed bv the forest bureau show that 115.6SS.000 feci of white- pine were cut In Idaho, Montana and Washington. This Is not tho white pine of Eastern and Northern States, but so much like It In general appearance and commercial qualities that thoy are used Interchangeably. The Eastern white pine supply is low and rapidly disappearing. The nearest 'approach 'ap-proach to It Is the while pine of Idaho, which In most respects Is Its equal. The supply bf Idaho white pine. however, may bo expected to come mainly from Idaho and Montana. |