Show 1 SAN LUMBER 1 1 PORT WASHINGTON March 21 21 The The The lumber lumber lumber lum lum- ber arrivals las las Vear as fir ar at the port of San Pedro Cal now non no V part of Los Angeles were suggestive the 0 the remarkably rapid development of ot them California and the inland south south st according to a statement which ju jus has been Issued bythe bythe by the United States West rest service San Pedro Is today the said one of the biggest lumber ports of ot the country as Indica indicated d by the figures of ot her collector of cus s. n s. s Last year over board fe fek cf pf f lumber entered en en- entered that port It was I gely redwood douglas fir and yellow pi pile e brought in by coast vessels from t t e te e e northwest The fruit growing section bf t f California I It was said consumed much umber most of which was cut a full tull thou nd miles to the north but Washington Idaho and Oregon lumber was also dl di distributed by rail rall from southern California to many inland points The lumber business of ot the atchless forests of ot the northwest has en n fightIng fighting fight fight- Ing a against great odds In the valley ind nd ar ets cause ause of the cost of transportation atlon aC to the statement which conclude with a quotation from the annual of the forester for last year stating at the opening of the Panama canal wi wil wi almost minimize the situation |