[For SEC Filing
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 31       Dated: August 25, 1994        Purposes Only:
(To Prospectus Dated January 9, 1991, and                     Rule 424(b)(3)
Prospectus Supplement dated January 31, 1991)             File No. 33-38216]

                              $421,000,000
                        BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
                       Medium-Term Notes, Series A
            Due from 9 Months to 30 Years from Date of Issue

Date of Issue:     August 31, 1994     Principal Amount: $ 20,000,000

Stated Maturity:   August 31, 1999     Issue Price (As a Percentage of
                                       Principal Amount):  100%

Form of Note:                          Interest Rate/Initial
                                         Interest Rate:  8.33%

  x   Global                           Redemption Provisions:  N/A

_____ Definitive


  x   Fixed Rate Note

_____ Floating Rate Note:

_____ Commercial Paper Rate Note      _____ LIBOR Note

_____ Federal Funds Effective Rate    _____ Treasury Rate Note
      Note

_____ Other

Spread: +/- _____________________ Maximum Interest Rate _______%

Spread Multiplier: _____________% Minimum Interest Rate _______%

Index Maturity: _________________

Interest Reset Period: _______________________________________________________
                    (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually, or
                     annually)

Interest Payment Dates:           Regular Record Dates:


Interest Reset Dates:             Interest Determination Dates:


Calculation Agent:        Calculation Dates:


Additional Terms:  Salomon Brothers has purchased the Notes as principal in
this transaction for resale to one or more investors at varying prices 
related to prevailing market conditions at the time or times of resale as
determined by Salomon Brothers.

                 GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.      SALOMON BROTHERS INC