Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-21
SALE OF RESERVE TIMBER.

: From several aspects striking in
+ rele-t attaches 10 The recent sale by
+ The : verument of abour 5o.o0Oo00
teet OF t.mber ON the Montana division
Il the Yellowstone Forest Reserve TO
( q contracting compuay which will con
/ vert mcsc of the timber into railroad
/ ties
{ This is one Il the largest sales even
/ made OF government timber. the price
+ is advantage us. and d large percent,
age OF The cut viii he of a species
which @ few years ago vas without
B market value namely. lodgepole pine.
I Further it may be said with assurance
rhaz had not the pFeservatiye treat
aleur Of rJes been sh own 70 be both
( pract. cal and economical. such sale
c0uld nos now have been made. for 81
/ per cen L -he Gus or approximately
f.oao, 600 ties. is 10 be treated with pre-
s5rr&rlves by a process which expert
F meH ami trial have placed on a sound
B5 uess basis.
The purchasers If the timber have
/ contracted To supply the Chicago,
/ Burlington and Quincy and the Nor
-hern Pac f. railway companies wIla
Ties for q peItJd covering three years.
/ The timber for which they applied %
I she government consists of Iodgepole
/ pine, red ar, and spruce. A large pro
( por-t5n Of the stand is lodgepole pine,
. which grows very densely. Conse-
. quentIy after all The specified timber
I has been removed, a plentiful stano
Of Young rrees will be left, which in a
( few wears viii again form a forest 81
I mercbantable dimensions.
Tae 9 vernment will receive a
( stumpage price Of $3.50 per thousand
/ feet Tor the red ar and 81 90 per thous
I and fee for The spruce and pine.
The =7G~r OF The entrance Of lodge
/ pole III INTO the timber market is an
interes ing chapter in the history Oh
the U.s. Of forest products. Five years
ago this tree vas classed among the
nearly worthless, inferior timbers
/ gr,Win@ in the northwestern states
! It had never come into extensive use
/ It's liability to attack by fungus and %
check in drying. it's softness and light
I ness, and the large percentage Of sap
wood In is structure were disadvan.
tages which seemed TO handicap it per
. maneatly Yet the possibility and the
. need ef finding substitutes for the
searcer woods had already led 10 the
/ closer udy Of a number OF uneXploit-
I'd species. and devices were being
sought bg which artificial treatment
might be made 20 take the place OF
natural adap;ability to a specific serv,
I Ice
Among saese devices wert improve
usent- lbs seasoning methods and the
Use Of p9eservariyeS was found
taat prs seryauye trean:- ms
greatly prolonged the lie OF certain
tim5efs. depends largely for its success
upon fGs psne-rability Of ,ae wo1d
hat permits the preservative TO enter
The wool subs ance easily. The lob.
lo)ly pt. was seem to be exceedingly
we'll adopted f.. pteseryatjye treat
meEr ana also he lodgep>le pine
. whose -o5tuess is combined with a
high decree If permeabilty. In 1862
The seasoning and preserving of lodge
pine was thoroughly taken up by the
Forest Service. iu cooperation with
/ jhe Chicago. Burlington and quincy
railroad sad with the present purchas-
erS of reserve timber in Montana.
/ The results established It's segyiceabtt
Wy and thus opened a new tield for the
supply Of ties apun which the rail
roads are brewing so heavily