The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-04

rsti,ion r. now being prepared by
n6stern lumbernen 70 the idaho state
sssS commissioner asking that the APP
S<sisement of state timber lands be re-
E,c~d 10 4 basis Of 81 per 1000 feet. The
..Sent advertisement IL yl.8 10 $.15 per
~ feet ana at these figures II r. said
&~ lands are too high for present use.
- matter II TO come up at the next
Sssttnx OF the board and It is thought
ssS, reilef Will be had that will open up
: v1st body Of timber In that section OF
~ Northwest.
1lnre year ago. when Eastern ium-
ksvn6n began to look toward Washing
~ ~ timber lands on which to con-
- their business. there has been a
7c1.end for stumpage In this state that
= C1lhout an equal in the history OF the
Northwest With this demand becoming
ssoersl. large companies began TO come
= 1fth the result that before a year had
1o66od there was not a sufficient amount
n available timber land In Washington
i supply tho demand. During all this
trrio1 there has been a large number Of
fatfem millmen who have visited tits
Sseljon thst have had 10 20 away with
~ so6ttjng what they wanted. M they
ee6a111red the prices asked too high. A.
result the other Northwestern states
Ssvs bsen secured and no section. 1t II
~ H. been moro thoroughly gone over
tta1 the state Of Idaho
EeskiaG for Tfmbcr Lands.
Alsw months ago ex-Gov, schofeid, Of
Nsioe1nsin, had representatives in all
parts Of this state looking for a large
Nxct Of timber land on which he pro-
16sod to<ercct mills and develop at once.
1fsef sone time spent In search, what he
wanted could not be found and he was
toree4 % ~ 70 IDAHO. where, II Is re-
SsFte1 ~ has acquired 10000 acres. be-
t0eeq IN north fork OF the Clearwater
q. ~ vii At once begin the erection Of
y Io lnmber and sfiingle mill, which
T. ~ - operation by next spring.
Ameng the Eastern lumbermen now In
IN ~ ID Henry O. Gamble, OF Sheboy-
~ M. His mission IL TO md tract
u (lnber land that can be purchased Mt
9t001oaAhle fGure. In which event II In
~ Wlpose 70 construct q mill OF about
IL capacity and also shfnsle plant.
1lng IN Washington timber lands" he
1 F. "A interview 1t the Diller yes
- year ago. In company with
~ Cher gentlemen from my town,
e, month nj d dryins e ma s what 10
IN M have now been here a week and
~ eptlons on two or three tracts that
01o - = prospect Of my getting hold Of.
NMN Two Weeke in Idaho before
A here and while found many
A1 ~ very fine timber owned by the
nWine to the fact that at the last
nent they were placed ut too
Aoeure I. with many others. could
~ var clear % buy. the state
ncyea Of timber land In LAtah
~V for sale, The tract n covered
I'M : very heavy growth Of white and
law pine cedar, FIR and tamarack. In
&fs~S1. ~. ~. 4.r
$500 W r. 9. Gates. OF Arkansas. who
~ EMPLOYED by the government for
AAt purpose. He appraised all the tim
III ~ from 81 rs 20 u.7b per 1000 feet.
Aaien y too high for present conditions
H. l&ls country.
what They Can ray.
Lumhermen cannot pay more than 81
IT lm feet for timber and m con-
&Qnence there WAS not bidder NJ the
ale although there were large num-
ot iumhsrmen present who wanted
lmetr lands and wanted them badly. A
~ dAys later H.Mo acres Of the same
1(rd q land was offered Tor sale In Sho-
mone county. but the same conditions
lfevAiied az at the l<stah sale. Tho APP
sAieHment ir too high and until II has
80 sedneed lnmbermen will not DO able
There In a large amount Of timber
iand " Idaho that IN at the present time
HInf idle and is owned by the state, In
washington this class OF land IL Trawin.
very seArce and ~ has now come. to a
fsss when Eastern lnmhermen must look
V IdAho % secure timber land that Ii
eat owned nv large corporations and held
ser speculation
few days axo a meeting az Eastern
mmhefmen WAS held az Madison and a
fsti!ian was drawn up 10 be presented
Y The state land board Of fdaao asking
that The state price az timber hand 10
reduced Ia 81 per 900 feet should this
petition be granted there will be a rush
Tor Idaho thinker lands that will fully
t1nal the rush for Washington lands
mat has been going on for the past
tweive monthS. Eastern iumharmen
must have timber and Within the presen;
war We have been going on a short
allowance for twn yeNrs past and II has
nNw act Dawn to bedrock We arc not.
aaWssSr. N . position tn paw such high
rrisss A. are being asked In this state ard
z IDAHO ~ the present conditions and