Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-12
TO TRY
FORESTRY
Northern Pacific and Meyer
haeuser Companies 70 Give
Mere Care to Forests
THE WORKING PLANS
Field Work 10 Begin Next SUM
mer. Lands Lie IN state q
Washington and Idaho

M. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, pfesi
dent Of tha weyerhaenser Timber com
pany. has signed an agreement with
tie bureau Ut forestry w which the
bureau agrees 70 prepare WORKING
plans for tae conservative manage
nant Of about 10000 900 acres Of the
companyss timber lands ID Washington
by the agreement, a copy " which Y
herewith given. the Weyerhaeuser
company agrees 10 defray the living
and travelling expenses Of agents q me
bureau engaged 10 the work,
The Northern Pacific Railway com
pany has also requested that the bu.
reau or forestry prepare working plans
for its enormous timber land holdings
In washington and Idaho.
The timber lands of The Weyerhasu.
III and the Northern Pacific conlpan.
ies are the most extensive privately
owned tracts of land for which the
bureau III forestry has eyer been ask
cd % prepare working plans. The
deid work viii begin next summer
How long Ii viii continue before az
ures enough are secured % which e
base plans iuielilgensly 4 u iirpossi
biz ii present u stale The task q
putting these lands under careful man
agement Ii Of great magnitude and on
~ one familiar With the nature q the
forests az The norihwes, 4 appreciate
IL ~dIfhculfies But great as these DIFF
iBcultles ara. the importance and value
on the work. once accomplished, far
outweigh them. ii Il another proof of
tho profound interest and confidence
which The west has come 20 feel 70 The
practical results Of forestry that the
fwo greatest land. holding companies
or The Pacific coast AMI Rocky noun.
iains states. The one representative o.
the lumber. The other Of the railroad
interests 81 that country, should have
called % the bureau 81 forestry FOR
expert advice In managing their lands
The main timber supply of the Unit.
Ell statcs Ii contained III the Moth
western states, and the great advances
which forestry has made in hat part
of the country must be regarded every
where as OF general benefit
In a letter % the chief OF the bureau
u forestry, Mr Howard Elliott. presi.
dent of the Northern Pacific Railway,
writes these significant words
aTha Northern Pacific RaiIwa, com
pany Is a large holder Of timber lands
In the northwestern states. which are
nov being logged from ID more Or less
irregular methods.
.aesitsIng the Increasing scarcity
Or timber. and The probability of q
more economical use 81 forest tracts
which We have. and understanding that
your furezters lend assistance 70 land
holders In the way of making surveys
and plans for economical forest man.
agemeni. | would ASK whether Il woull
De possible for the bureau ~ forestry
10 make surveys and plans for this
company. looking toward ms forrest
management &c itN tracts
The work for the weyerhaeaser Tim
Der company Il not the first under
taken hy the bureau for that concern
last summer a party OF foreaiers mad
i study " tho Norway pine ou the com
pauy's lands near cloquci, Mlnn, ans
a working plan Tor these lnnds II nov
Iii preparation.
The following Il the text of ih'
agreement unler which The bureau o
forestry " u prepare wofldnk PLAN
fof the Weyerhaeuser COMPANY:
The department u agriculture OF ii,
United states ana Wcycrhaenrcr Tin
Der company of ST Paul, County Q
Ramsey State 81 Minnesota mutual.
agree together as follow
i The Department 81 AgIicululr,
III pursuance 81 investigations ID fol
estry and IL order d disseminate
knowledge IA improved NAYS n hant
ling forest lands. shall. after porsoni
study Un ne ground by lHs agent j
agents. prepare a plan ior haFycstlp
the forest crop and reproducing II
forest on The land III The said weseI
haeuser Timber company situated an
described as follows: 100000 acre
more or less. State Or Washington
2 The said ban shall be prepare
for the purpose u promoting and il
~creasing the present saiue and a.
fuiness II the said land % IL owne
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