Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-29

Alma to build cabin for me and io clear
TWO acres round il all bul ibc big luml or
trees. then went mp with ,leei non
stove tin dishc, etc and plenty of
grub aud .ta'd tNn week. THAT Wa
Ia OCtOb.r Shall 40 again iu spring and
again m fill. aHd + lucky. wit commute
aud prove mp aud gc nay ptnt That
viii take goo 90 b., br,i0,. witness fees.
etc may D.. pa more 10 ms east me
already about Sl2j tor was not able 10
DO any Il nc Wor. rcq ,Ic1 ysei
would like 10 gct "a timhc claim also.
hut that viii cost foes and al, al least Sj1p
1t can collect what cfi behind M Cali
tornm ] can make D. 1U + om' ! Wlli
have to give 70 up would then have
half "A section az \ so fir Ny claim
contains one hundred and sixty seven ai q
one lhiid acres ana from what know
and what Other, tell me. that know what
timber is, | viii cut twenty millions az
least. Fifteen millions 0i 80. and iye
millions of cedar hem.Ock and No . tir
lOicgon pine Those who were here
hrst have claims Thai will discount miuc
IN this belt, but those who located cn the
river farther no, their claim, arc not near
~ good, but they are closer 10 the river
and are valued on that accoult as tAcy
can be numbered easier
measured a tree that fell IA storm "a
year ago The top'bfoke oh across a log
in falling. II Is seventy four inches in
diameter at The butt. twenty -four inches
where II broke of and three hundred feet
/ long and Is a. straight a. -un barrel, en
you can get seconds out of The top beyond
the break besides How many feet could
you get out of that log aud how many
ould you have 10 have on an acre for
one hundred aud sixty acres TO cat twenty
million feet OF lumber GOu are an old
hand at TIE business and | want you 10 do
the figuring for yourself II Is the
,moothost and incest timber | have seen
on TINS coast OF course. have not seen
all 10y any means. not yet, but many that
know the coast well say the Mckenzie
! river timber takes the cake.
The tree measured is not an exception.
| They are plenty such and many seven or
! eight feet IN diameter and few nine feet.
but not many, aud none think much If
any taller. But the general or average
run OF the timber in our belt is from three
and "a half TO five and half feet and from
two hundred 10 three hundred feet tall
That is, will cut from one hundred and
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logs out Of each tree, according to size
This we know, for Clark worked three
years in the woods here and he told me
he never cut tree three feet through but
be took one hundred feet Of logs out of 1t,
and that they generally run from that up
TO two hundred and fifty feet, AMI some
more according to SIZE and the locality in
which they grew. The timber on the foot
hills are taller than on the river bottoms
and the bark is thinner Our claims are
10 the foothills three 10 four miles from the
stream, and are splendid.
The timber along the ocean west of thc
Coast range of mountains j. not as tall OF
smooth Il, that on the foothills OF the Cas-
cudcs But many go there because il is
nearer the ocean and they think il Will
come into market sooner bat II won't cut
only one third 10 one half a. much 10 the
claim as ours will and the lumber is
harder and tlinty Ours is soft like pine
Logs can be floated down the Mckenzie
any time of the year, except a few days of
Hood This timber of ours can be- run
To any or all points on the Mckenzie aud
TO any point on the Willamette river from
here to Portland, if person. wants 10 dc
So
If had few thousand dollars now
could lay the foundation for fortune
can buy claims of parties who are hard up
for money. this winter that will cut all the
way from three to eight millions each, for
from five TO twelve hundred dollars a
claim. according TO what they will cut.
| know Of one claim in the forks of the
Mckenzie River. one mile from one branch
and three-eighths of a mile from the other,
| l.. Mt n al
AS one may choose, that will cut eight mil
lions OF good aud two millions Of seconds,
or ten millions in all, that | can buy for
twelve hundred dollars. He wanted fiji
teen hundred last year but now he is hard
up and wants 10 get home in the spring.
know others that will cut from five tC
six millions, and may be little more,
that can get AT present for from six To-
eight hundred dollars; last year they asked
one thousand dollars. and if the Nicara
qua canal is settled or decided to he built
cannot be bought for less than from fifteen
hundred to two thousand five hundred dol
lars as soon as known. ThnK of buying
timber for an average Of twelve and one
half cents thousand right along th,
river.
There is a splendid water power in this
Ola ulIhpludltu NlllhgC tudt Ndu ne 20
cheap. | hear. and good saw mill also
The man that owns the mill has no money
to run it, lie wants 10 sell and think
will sell cheap. The race is three miles
long and they run the logs into this from
the river for boomage and nothing car
disturb the logs The head is eighteer
feet fall on TIE Lafell wheel in the mill
Lumber, shlnglc and fruit boxes could b,
manufactured here to advantage.
This winter is not as wet as last. II
to now it rained nineteen inches. Las
year at this time twenty four inches
} Last winter altogether fifty one and one
half inches. The weather at present i
, pleasant with occasional showers and sun
r shine and cold. frosty nights Showed {
: little twice this winter but did not sta.
long. 1t freezes hard enough u hold team
and wagon up at times here they tell me
but it has not done so this winter yet.
am stopping with Sam Brewbakcr, a
you see from letter head. Wei, | hav
written more than | intended and vii
quit. Give my best wishes TO your family
Would like TO hear from you