Officemax 10-Q 2004 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 12.2

Boise Cascade Corporation and Subsidiaries
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges
and Preferred Dividend Requirements

																Six Months Ended
	Year Ended December 31															June 30
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	1999			2000			2001			2002			2003			2003			2004
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	(thousands)
Interest costs	$	146,124		$	152,322		$	129,917		$	133,762		$	134,930		$	64,340		$	82,984
Interest capitalized during the period		238			1,458			1,945			3,937			391			319			28
Interest factor related to noncapitalized leases (a)		13,065			13,394			11,729			11,128			15,974			5,631			56,818
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Total fixed charges		159,427			167,174			143,591			148,827			151,295			70,290			139,830
Preferred stock dividend requirements - pretax		17,129			16,019			15,180			14,548			13,864			7,006			6,773
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Combined fixed charges and preferred
dividend requirements	$	176,556		$	183,193		$	158,771		$	163,375		$	165,159		$	77,296		$	146,603
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Income (loss) before income taxes,    minority interest, and cumulative effect of    accounting changes	$	355,940		$	298,331		$	(48,558	)	$	(12,214	)	$	19,297		$	(35,602	)	$	181,250
Undistributed (earnings) losses of less than 50%-    owned entities, net of distributions received		(6,115	)		(2,061	)		8,039			2,435			(8,695	)		(340	)		(6,291	)
Total fixed charges		159,427			167,174			143,591			148,827			151,295			70,290			139,830
Less interest capitalized		(238	)		(1,458	)		(1,945	)		(3,937	)		(391	)		(319	)		(28	)
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Total earnings before fixed charges	$	509,014		$	461,986		$	101,127		$	135,111		$	161,506		$	34,029		$	314,761
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Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and    preferred dividend requirements		2.88			2.52			- -			- -			- -			- -			2.15
Excess of combined fixed charges and preferred    dividend requirements over total earnings before    fixed charges	$	- -		$	-		$	57,644		$	28,264		$	3,653		$	43,267		$	- -

(a) Interest expense for operating leases with terms of one year or longer is based on an imputed interest rate.