The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-29
AN INTER MOUNTAIN YELL.

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over 100000 acres, a little figuring will show tina
under Mr.. Carter's timber regulations all tn
G timber in the state may be owned by twenty-si
!, men. How does that strike the consumer!-Mis
soula Gazette.
What would strike the consumer Thu
hardest would be the idea that the Ga
: zette is away off and either does no
know what it is talking about or els'
. purposely misstates the facts in the be
! lief that the people are fools. Under tho
new law no n man can obtain exclusive
/ privilege to cut over G,OOO,UOO acres %
=, timber land or 600 acres or sixty acres Of
six acres or one acre. All timber is oper
, to application from all and no appli
, cant has the slightest advantage ovel
any other applicant. A dozen men car
cut timber if they so desire from the
same acre of ground.-Inter Mountain.
The excerpt credited to the: Missoula
Gazette by the Inter Mountain should be
credited to the TRIBUNE, hence the crit.
cism aimed at our Missoula contempt.
rary should be directed to this journal
With this little explanation the TRIBUNE
will proceed to say that the Inter Mount
ain sis away off and either does not
know what it is talking about or else
~purposely misstates the facts in the be-
lief that the people are FOOLS" The Inter
Mountain, as usual, whenever the official
acts of any of its pets are questioned,
strikes blindly right and left in his de-
Tense. This time it is Carter who is
pinched and true to its record the Butte
%apologizcr for any and every oppressive
measure which its party may formulate
or enact, ventilatcs its spleen and ac-
emulation Of ignorance against those
who may question the wisdom of the
land commissioners acts.
Now the TRIBUNE does not believe
that the Inter Mountain editor has ever
read Mr.. Carriers rules and regulations
governing the cutting of timber upon the
public domain. If he has read them he
certainly has forgotten their meaning
or else ~purposely misstates it. Nowhere
in Mr.. Carriers rules and regulations is
it intimated that two or more persons
can obtain permission to cut timber up
on the same ground. 1t is a most absurd
assumption to assume that such is the
case. Such a disposition of the timber
lands of the state would lead to continu-
Gus broils and fights and litigation.
Now let us see what Mr.. Carter says
about it:
Rule 6 of the regulations provides
among other things that the applicants
must "detine the character of the land
and the kind Of trees or timber growing
thereon. giving an estimate as to the
quantity of each kind. stating what par
ticular kind or kinds they desire author
lty to Gu or remove and the specific
purpose for which the timber or the
product thereof is required" Nothing
is said in the rules as to the number of
acres one may apply for, nor is any lin
ltation given as to the time he shall be
allowed in which to cut and remove the
timber. Nor do they anywhere state
two or more persons may obtain
permission to cut and emove timber
-Ioil the same piece Oh ground.
But the inference is very plain that
out one man or company or corporation
ian obtain permission to cut upon the
'ame section or sections. or the same
ownships of land. AS may be seen by
he portion of rule 6 above quoted, the
applicant must give an estimate as to the
of each kind of timber, etc. he
wishes to cut. All applications to cut
imber upon the public domain state in
just what is wanted. We have
'efore us an application wherein the APP
'licant wants to cut 100000 feet of
lumber. Does any man suppose that if
'ermission be given the applicant to cut
hat quantity of timber that another
or any number of men can gain per-
from the interior department
0 cut a foot of timber from the same
and until the prior applicant has cut
nd removed his GO,OOO,OGO feet? Not =,
ven the laundering Inter Mountain can
such Il thing.
When the interior department grants
n applicant the right to cut a certain {
uantity of timber upon ii given guam !
lty of land it must protect him in his -.
right. Otherwise the whole q,
natter of granting permits would be a
tupendous farce in which the govern ,
lent would play the clown and the ap- .
licants the fools. Once let an appli- :
ant gain permission to cut 100000, Or =
100000 or G00,0OO,OO0 feet of lumber
nd mining and other timber upon the .
ublic domain and he will see to it that :
o one else puts an axe to a tree until ,
is quota is cut and removed and that ,
ill be accomplished when there is =.
left to be cut. The TRIBUNE .
laintains that it is possible under Mr.. :
rules and regulations for even a
oxen or half dozen men to be-
ONE possessed of every acre of
valuable timber land in Montana and c