Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-06-16

where its removal makes second
crop doubtful, reduces the timber sup
plv below the point of safety, or in
iures the streams. All dead timber is
for sale. The cutting of this timber
| is done under the local supervision OF
the forest service and in accordance
with certain clearly defined and prac-
tical rules.
Speculation Prevented.
The restrictions governing the tim
Der sales, while effective, are simple.
Application is made to the local officer
in charge of the reserve from which
the timber is desired, who executes
small sales on the ground. In case of
large sales, the application is forward
ed to the forest service, from which
the advertisement of the sale is made.
Applicants for timber are required to
send sealed bids to the forest service.
Small bids enjoy exactly equal op.
portunities with large, and monopoli-
zation is effectually forestalled. The
highest bid fixes the price. Should
the first applicant desire to begin
cutting Immediately he may Except
do so, on condition that he
pay in advance at price already
fixed by the forest service, and that
he obligate himself to pay the full
amount named in the highest bid. Thus
delay is avoided and the government is
protected. Speculation in reserve tim
Der is made impossible by the provision |
hat the timber must be removed with
n a specified time and that when a
contract extenIls over several years
proportionate amount of timber must
oe removed each year. Five years is
he extreme limit of a sales contract.
That these restrictions are not oner-
us is shown by the numerous sales
made under them. A single sale Of
100000 feet of lodgepole pine for
abroad ties is pending on the Mon.
ana division of the Yellowstone forest
eserve. 1t is estimated that 1875, ,OOO,.
90 feet B. NJ. of lodgepole pine can
e taken fiom one watershed in the
ledicine Bow forest reserve, still
'aving large percentage for future
tops. Much timber is sold in small
IT'S; fifty applications for such sales
ie made to each single application for
100000 board feet or more; the
romfpt, business like consideration ac.
,rded such applications standing in
arked contrast with the slow meth.
Is once prevailing, when all applica.
ons had to be made through Wash.
gton.
Forests as Revenue.
During the year 1905 the sales of
mber from the national reserves
ere as follows:
The largest sales so far made are
,466,537 board feet from South Da.
'ta; 6s,255,9l6 from Wyoming; and
oSi ,445 from Utah.
In sales of wood for fuel South Da
'ta led with 29.s441a cords; Arizona
ilowed with l6,649; and Colorado
ith 10,7951a. The total number of
rds sold was 74,120.
In sales of posts and poles Montana
d with 1l9,5O0, followed by Wyoming
th 30,750, and Colorado with 1898.
lie total number sold was 1ss,74o.
The largest timber sales were made
Wyoming, where they ceachedt
4S,s94.sl. South Dakota's sales
nked second in value, amounting to
s s,95S.24, and Colorado's to $23, ,937..
The total sales for 1905 reached
73,659.s2.
Nor are the receipts from these sales
allowed up by the cost of admins
alton. The entire property of the
rest reserves, worth $3.50, 100000 in
sh, Is now being administered at q
st of less than one-third Of i per
Mt of its value. while increase In
At value of not less than 10 per cent
year is taking place. AS the use of
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