The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-12-05
One tree, 200 feet 70 first limb wi
make u logs IL feet long. and 8 tesl e,.r.
Guaranteeing At the top Iog and neaser'
ing dewn and taking the nearest even d.
ameter Of smallest end: ysI1
10. % inchAs in diamA,sr IA fs.& la~s ~aks.' n

Total number Of # in the tree below hrst limb oAlx
80 sub tees to o.e acre make 7s2 geo # psr acre
10 acres =: 10 us evS
Or, the 3.CUO acres rel ur,4d by The Hon.
Mr.. Garfield will yield 2,258 e8O, 1000 feet,
which IT 81 er Nj feet s.ampsgs, make
them worth $45L,776; and 70 buy the land
u minimum government price. $l.25 Per
acre, will ,ost So, $50, and At double uiu, .
mum $500 lnaklne At The frss sseos.
price prof. Of $44s, 206. It second
price $444. 1856, on ,hs 5000. sores. ..-g
Lower dewL GA the, same page o. the
psuphiet: .'Our loggers work no berth Of
(fr) timber producing less than 80. ooo feet
per acre, from sixty To- one hu.drsd and
tvep'y .theusand fee. being the moro com;
mon yisld. =. Is At:this last e.tiDa.s the g.
900 acres would yield $50. 600 ss.a Of
lumber, making ito value At same prices Of
stumpsge $72,000. .s.,s @Di y, g..
Still farther on':' .'rhe en,irs product Of
the mills or Puse. Sound in 1870 VS. ever
l90, o09, o0v fest."'sl AT this rate il would
take Mr. Garfield quite twelve yssrs 70
clear bis 5000 acres. '5'-'-F'
On page 40 Of same pamphlets hs ssys:
Washington Terr:t,ry west Of the Casoad.
Mountains covers an area of shout q, 1000
square miles (excla.,ve Of Interior 'vstsr.).
three feurths Of which are timosred lands"
Assuming hat one.6hh Of these lande s.
900 square miles, 1920, 900 acres, - yield
according to theestimAte for the 8, 900 scrs
berth, it would take q. the rate Of manu-
taeturs as zRla.tai Sennd in 1870, 1915
years, Or A. the latter estimate Of l20, $50
fee, per acre, 1912 years to e1haus. th.
timber from = port ion Of Washington Ttrri-
tory. Now. is there any lumbvrman in
Minuesoia Who will swallow this whole i:
Lel W. make soue comparisons:
Her. in Minnesota Tree that will make
i've logs il considered ~ extra good tree
Al ewing the butt g Be SO inches and the
top y, aud measuring - IN The: above e.
time, from Mr.. clarified. repo t,:s.s.'. ~.
IOae tree will make 2 $50 feet aud d.
loving nv such ,ress TO 'od;e acre II good
,-lloAAtet), viii make:
! r. Il. scre,, :aas '''' IL ~ - II, $50 fe.te
1 1So< tf. !. n = ta4f. tsS; /;
! 5000 81. $4,000. {"
And taking ,hs' ( ;;.u,nB.is,F Il bsf,rs. Vi,
~ per thousand feses yill b. epf,h 4l1l,.
v66 AID ~ the Go.ssrs meat pf,ss i IT, iii
same. vif sosssrssped'ivslys assta WajAisg
ton Territory, $3.50 Or $500. and II,
p1san s$is7 .2iO o., $les. AGO. Il thss,S 8 /,
s,mat.s there il NO allowance Tor cost =
exploring, entering, taxes, t., but
'n,uk mos. men would be - i4asd, with III
M'nne>o ta profits.
In :uy: explorations aad 4 survey
iu Minnesota the Z hast ten years
: have seen o" one forty -asre lot On whiel &
. coula give m es' innate exceeding TOO, 90
feet, aud niitl' men u Minneapolis sstims.
, that where, Is, QUO fee: can - lad ire.
acres a, miuinlati prics Of $f..7s per aer
H. viii Pay 70 satsy, Yours truly 81, ~,
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