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Show CONTROL AN EMPIRE. Lumber Barons Own Large Areas In Western States. Washington. That four men hold 50 per cent of the timber in north central Idaho is among the specifica-tions specifica-tions in the report of Commissioner of Corporation Joseph E. Davis to the president. Utah is not specifically mentioned. One thousand six hundred and ninety-four timber owners hold in fee over one-twentieth of the land area of the United States an area fourth-fifths the size of France continues con-tinues the report. Two men hold 49 per cent of the timber in southwestern Washington the report says; five men hold 36 per cent in western Oregon; six have 70 per cent in northeastern California; Califor-nia; ten have more than half in the red wood area, and in north central Idaho four holders have 50 per cent. |