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Show Finds Giant Redwood Tree, Sells Lumber for $5,250 Portland, Ore. Finding a California redwood log is hardly less lucky than finding a gold mine. George Walker of Cannon Beach, Ore., has proved this t his own satisfaction. Walker recently re-cently dug up a redwood log which was partially burled by the sand of Cannon Beach. He worked two days with a team- and scraper and then he began sawing It in lumber lengths. He estimates that he has taken $3,000 worth of lumber out of the log and has cut 30 circular dining-room table tops worth $75 each. A remarkable fact Is that the log has lain in the same place for many years and no one realized Its value. The lug was olsht feet through and 50 feet long. The rings showed that It was five hundred twenty-seven years old. t |