One day prior, on April 19, prominent timber barons allegedly flew to the capital city by private plane and met with a senior government official.
In other words, because the Forestry Administration had been bribed, the timber barons were cleared of charges.
However, confiscations have only happened on a small scale, and the wood usually ends up back in the hands of the timber barons.
Teddy Roosevelt thundered against timber barons, and then created huge national forest reserves to keep industry from cutting the big trees down.
Kelly Spratt, the owner, told us that the timber baron who built the place has been known to make an appearance.
Virgin forests attracted the timber barons who demanded the forests.
The school shares its name with a timber baron that financially contributed to the construction of the school building.
The great-grandparents were timber barons here and land speculators in Florida.
Stephen Bowie, a timber baron who lived on West Broadway, donated the clock to the town at a cost of some $17,000.
The school is named for the city's founder, Robert A. Long, a wealthy timber baron from Missouri.