The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-19
NOTICE OF application TOCUTTlMBER.

| OF APPLICATION ToCUTT1MBER.
~. Notice is hereby given that in accordance
with the provisions OF the rules and regulations
prescribed by the honorable secretary Of the in.
terror. on May 9Th. 1881, at the expiration Of
twenty-one days from the first publication OF this
notice, the undersigned. Charles W. Toole. whose
post-otSce address il Wallace, Shoshone county.
Idaho, will make written application 10 the
hon secretary Of the interior for authority
to out and remove ii mber for merchandise and
propfisted public land Of the United States sit
uated il Missoula county. Montana, and de-
scribed as follows:
Tract No. /, beginning at a point on the north
bank 81 the kootensi river one nile below the
Big Bend" OF tn same, md the same distance
ming west along said north bank following the
bends and curves Of same for about four miles TO
the month of Rainy creek; thence north one-half
tho top of the first hills or bluffs four miles:
thence south one-half mile ~ to the place of
beginninr, comprising about, twelve, hundred
l,.OO) acres. and containing five hundred thou
sand (aO0,6L feet Of pine timber. and one nun
dred Thousand lOo,0%) f.et Of fir and talnarack
broken: tie sell rocky and sandy. unfit for cult
vation or grazing purpo'es.
Tract No. 2. bes inning at II point GU the north
bank of the Kootenai river one-half. G5) milo
below, Or west. of the mouth of Rainy creek,
which IL abo 1T four miles below or west of the
mouth Of Fisher creek, which is at the big bend
of the kootenai river; thence from said initial
point west along the north bank of the kootenai
river a dist snce OF two and one-half (2H) miles
W q DOiHi OU0-luATUtEO IL y lNHe NeEU U L WnEfG
the point of the mountain rms south to the river
hank: thence NORTH one-Guartar of q mile G4);
thence west one half a mile; thance north one
quarter of a mile; thenca west three 49, miles 10
. point one. half "a mile east of PHI 9 creek and
one-half mil. north of the mouth or the same;
thence north one a. mlle. thence east SIX and
Koetsnsi river and two miles (2) north of the
same to ftainy creek; themes south to tho south
about dix Thousand 600 acres, and containing
about tive million (5.0OO. 000l feet of pine timber;
about one million Q,0CO, COO feet of tamarack
timbsr. and about one hundred Thousand QOO.-
900 feet of fir timber. The land in this tract
No. 2. is rocky, sandy and sterile, unfit for Guilt
walton or for grazing purposes.
tract No. 3. beginning at a point on the north
bank of the kootenai river one-half % mile be-
low or west If the month of iipe creek; thence
ing the banda and curves Of tho same for q dis
lance of eight miles to The head Of or east end
Of the Keotenai, falls, thence north, one-quarter
Ck) OF a mi e; thence ca t eight miles on a line
parallel with the kootenai river and one-quarter
of a mile north OF same 10 the northeast corner;
thence south one-quarter (A) ct q mile to the
priaing about thirteen hundred q 300 acres: and
containing about one miliion l,voo. ooO) feet of
Of tamarack timber, and one hundred Thousand
100000 feet of fir timber. The land in this
tract is rocky. broken and mountainous; the soil
is rocky and sandy, and unfit for cultivation or
grazing.
Reference is hereby made 70 plat, filed in the
nni,sd States es, land sRdu Office : Miss Missoala. M9nta ma.
%scription Of the locality Of the land upon which
this privilege is sought to be obtained
about 800 acres, and it is estimated that there
j. growing thereon about 6, 500.000 feot of pine
timber, about 100000 feet of t.marack and
about 200. 600 feet of fir, which it is desired to
cut.
The character of the lands upon which all of
the above, named timber is growing is rough,
broken and mountainous: the soil is rocky. sandy
and broken, unfit for cultivation or grazing pur-
poses, and non-lmineral in character.
and used is for ths manufacture of lumber,
shingles and other understandable lumber, to ba
used for mining. building and ether usual and
beneficial purposes.
C w. TOOLE.