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Show WAR TO INCREASE PRICES OF LUMBER MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 10. The European war will send lumber prices to almost prohibitive prices, George A. .Tewett of De' Moines, la., declared before be-fore the Northwestern Lumbermen's association, as-sociation, which opened its annual convention con-vention here today. - Practical'y all of the lumber to be used in Europe during the rebuilding era after the war will come' from the forests of the western part of the United States, he said. The war is teaching the younger generation a lesson in saving and as a result more persons are building their own homes this year than ever before, he added. |