The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11
LARGE COMPANIES
TO TRY FORESTRY
Northern Pacific and Weyer-
haeuser viii Cooperate With
Government Bureau.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. TO-
Frederick Weyerhaeuser, president of
the Weyerhaeuser Timber COMPANY.
has signed an agreement with the bn-
reau OF forestry by which the bureau
agrees 70 prepare working plans for
the conservative management Of about
t''oV'oOV acres Of the company's tim
Der lands in Washington. Bv the
dsreenent copy Of which is herewith
given, the Weyerhaeuser connpany
agrees TO defray the living and travel
ing expenses of agents of the bureau
engaged in the work
The Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany has also requested that the bu-
reau Of forestry prepare working plans
Tor It's enormous timber land holdings
IN Washington and Idaho.
The timber lands Of the Viewer
haeuser and the Northern Pacific COM
panles are the most extensive private
~ own tracts of land for which the bu-
reau OF forestry has ever been asked to
prepare working plans. The field work
VIII begin next summer How long il
VIII continue before figures enough are
secured on which to base plans intelIi-
gently 1t is impossible at present to
state. The task of putting all these
lands under careful management is of
great magnitude and only one familiar
with the nature of the forests Of the
Northwest can appreciate it's Difficult
ties
Value Outweighs Difficulties.
But great as these difficulties are.
the importance and value of the work,
once accomplished, far outweigh them.
1t is another proof of the profound in
terest and confidence which the West
has come to feel in the practical re-
suits of forestry that the two greatest
Iand-holding companies of the Pacific
coast and Rocky Mountain states, the
one representative of the lumber the
other of the railroad interests of that
country should have. called on the bu-
reau of forestry for expert advice in
managing their lands. The main tim
Der supply of the United States is
contained in the Northwestern states.
and the great advances which forestry
has made in that part Of the country
must be regarded everywhere as of
general benefit
In letter to the chief of the bureau
Of forestry, Howard Elliott, president
of the Northern Pacific railway, writes
these significant words:
THE Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany is a large holder Of lands in the
Northwestern states, which are now be
ing logged from in more or less irregular
, methods.
Realizing the increasing scarcity of
timber and the probability of a more econ
omical use of forest tracts which we
have, and understanding that your for
esters lend assistance to Iandholders in
tI1A ~ L
economical forest management, 1 would
ask whether it would be possible for tho
bureau Of forestry to make surveys and
plans for this company. looking toward
the forest management of its tracts"
The work Of the Weyerheuser Timber
company is not the first undertaken by
the bureau for that concern. Last sum
mer party Of foresters made a study
Of the Norway pine on the companY's
lands near Cloquet Mimi, and a work.
ing plan for these lands is now in prep
aration.
Details of the Agreement.
The following is the text Of the agree
meut under which the bureau Of forestry
Is to prepare working plans for the
WeyerhaeuSer company:
The department of agriculture of the
United States and the Weyerhaeuser Tim
Der company of st. Paul, county Of Ram
sey. state Of Minnesota, mutually agree
together as follows:
Il The department of agriculture, in
pursuance of Investigations in forestry,
a
of improved ways Of handling forest lands,
shall, after personal study on the ground
by its agent or agents, prepare a plan for
harvesting the forest crop and reprOduc-
ing the forest on the land of the said
WeyerhaeuSer Timber company, situat-
ed and described as follows: 1900. 900
acres. more or less, state Of Washington.
80 The said plan shall be prepared for
the purpose of promoting and increasing
the present value and usefulness Of the
said land to its owner. and 10 perpetu-
qt and INN 10 nr1
80 Upon the completion of the said
plan and it's acceptance by the said Wey-
erhaeuser Timber company, the depart
ment of agriculture shall supervise the
execution thereof as far as may be nee
essary.
"a. The cost of executing the provisions
Of this agreement shall be paid as follows:
(a) The salaries of all the employees of
the department of agriculture engaged in
/ fulfilling this agreement shall be paid
by the department. OBJ A preliminary
visit of inspection if required. shall be
wholly at the charge of the department.
(2) Actual and necessary expenses for
travelling and subsistence Of the agent or
agents of the department working under
this agreement, except as provided IN the
foregoing paragraph (b), shall be paid
by the said WeyerhaeuSer Timber Com
pany. What are actual and necessary
expenses shall be determined by the
printed regulations OF the department
Expenses under this paragraph (c) are
estimated for the preparation of this work.
ing plan, at five thousand $4,000 dollars.
(d) Necessary assistants shall be fur
nished by the said WeyeThaeuser Timber
company without cost to the department.
Gel The department shall not participate
in any degree in the receipts and expenses
arising from said land, except as above
provided.
g. The department of agriculture shall
have the right to publish and distribute
the said plan and it's results for the in
formation of lumbeTmen, forest owners
and others whom 1t may concern.
20. This agreement may be dissolved
by either party upon ten days notice,
given to the other.
willis L. Moore,
Acting Secretary.
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co..
by +, WeyerhaeuSer, President"