Show WHITE ANTS OF philippines DO NOT INJURE YELLOW PINE washington july 23 reports have reached the war department that excellent progress i making on the manila post congress appropriated early in the year and 1800 acres of land on the paig river haa been acquired for the post the tract is about three miles long and one niilo vide boad have been graded and macadamized from the river to the new buildings and work on the latter ii i i being pushed rapidly alie lumber for the quarter is sent from the columbia river and puget sound it boits coits about 1 per t liou band and r about 10 per thousand more por tation but the total cost n cheaper than it can bo purchased for in manila it is said the white ant which ia so destructive tive to most wood in the philippines does not injure the yellow pine of alie pacio coast there was appropriated for other posts in the nn d general chance will mako report and recommendations to secretary boot as to their lot aaion it h understood a lare post is lo 10 be erected at iloilo ii to be the headquarters of the southern |