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Northern Advocate, 12 June 1913, Page 3

The town of Elma, Washington, in the midst of the great fir-timber belt on the west slope of the Cascade Mountains, presents a unique feature in the form of a two-storey house, containing fourteen rooms, built entirely of the timber from a single fir. This tree was a giant Douglas fir, and was felled west of Elma. It was wonderfully straight, and when scaled was found to contain 40,000 ft. of serviceable timber. The tree was cut into — six logs, the first, or butt, being 28ft. in length. Inside the bark the stump measured 7ft. 9in. in diameter. The distance to the first limb of this tree was 100 ft., and the total height of the tree was over 300 ft. At the standard price then prevailing the timber in this wonderful tree was worth considerably over £200.