The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1904-01-01
BIDDERS FOR Pine
LEARN Their FATE.
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Land Commissioner 4! 1! Announces Awards
Under the Bids at Cass Lake.

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| WASHINGTON, u. c., Dec. "a.
Commissioner Richards, Of the
general land office, today announc-
edlhis awards under the sealed bids
received from timber on the coded
! Chippewa Indian lands in Mime
sofa, in the vicinity of Cass Lake,
the sale for which was held Dec.
5. The total amount covered by
the accepted bids is 81, 432, 772.
The bids we're accepted subject to
the state s selection recently filed
on some of these lands.
The total award in group l, ~
ing around Round lake and Bow
string Lake, near Deer river, in
townships 145, 146 and 147, ranges
IS and rs, and townships 14S
north, ranges rs, 81 and 38, is
$4O4, 21O. This included 19 sec
tions awarded to the North Land
Pine company.St. Paul, for $1OS,-
100; 30 sections to the Burlington
Lumber company, Burlington,
Iowa, $50, 595, and 10 sections to
the Standard Lumber company,
Dubuque, Iowa, 1913, 294 worth Of
timber unsold. which will be re-
offered.
The North Land Pine company
is awarded the timber in group 2,
embracing timber south and east
of Leech lake, covering sections
in townships III and LAP north,
ranges 81 to 81, and 143 north,
ranges ~ and %. for $S42, 055.
Group 3 embraces the timber ~
ling north Of Walker. in townships
142, 143 and 145, ranges 81 and
ttD2, and is.aWarded tethe srainera1
the Standard, the Pine Tree and
the. Mueller Lumber companies
for S163, 900. Group 4 embraces
19 contiguous sections lying west
of Cass Lake, in townships 145
and l46, ranges 81 and 30, and
was awarded to the j.. Neils Lum-
Der company on it's separate see
ton bids for 1913, f55.
The bids given were for t h c
amounts of timber shown by the
government estimate at a price
per thousand feet, and may be in
creased when paid for on the bank
scale as the land requires.
There was considerable conflict
among the bidders, the law allow
ing them to group their sections
to suit their convenience, and it
was very hard in some cases to
compare the bids because of this
conflict as to groups. The local
officers had made recommendation
differing somewhat. By close
comparison of the bids the com
mission found that $40, $50 more
money could be realized by accept
ing the above bids for fifty-seven
sections, or less timber than that
recommended by the local officers.
The value of this timber, accord
ing to government estimate, is
s29. 019.
In all cases the highest bids
were accepted for timber sold.
The unsuccessful bidders have
been notified by wire of the rejec-
ton of their bids and that the GER
titled checks deposited Herewith
will toe returned Or held to cover
any bid made at the sale at Cass
Lake, to take place Dec. 70, as
they may elect, and notify this
office. st Paul Globe.
AS anticipated by the IONA
HAWK, the price Of Chippewa tim
Der, which interested parties SO
widely heralded as having brought
eleven and twelve d o lars per
thousand feet, has dwindled down
to something like six dollars per
thousand according to the forego-
ing statement.
There was about 225, 100000
feet sold. and this brought total