Bisbee daily review., 1906-03-04
WHAT GOVERNMENT IS DOING
 ON CHIRCAHUA RESERVE

Douglas. Ariz., Mar. (SpeciaD-
 The Chiricahua forest reserve dates It's history from January, 1902, when a69,5O acres were set aside by the government for the preservation of the wood and timber.
 The reserve is entirely within the eastern portion of Cochise county. Its greatest length is 40 miles and it's greatest width is 12 miles. At the time that the reserve was authorized. gov ernment specialists estimated the tim bered area at 50,000 acres. The -Chiri- cahua forester, however, states that there are at least 10000 acres covered with timber, mostly pine and spruce. In the timbered area there are SUD- posed to be in the neighborhood of l5O,- OO0,o 900 feet of the best quality of saw timber especially adapted for use in mines. By experts this lumber is said to be much superior to Texas pine.
 Among the different kinds of wood in the saw timber area are Douglas fir, blue spruce, long leaf yellow pine, Arizona long leaf pine, Arizona bull pine, Mexican white pine and the com. mon ball pine or black jack.
 Or all of the foothills there is a plentiful supply of oak, cedar, cypress and juniper, suitable for fuel There are also sycamore, walnut and noun tain mahogany. The latter is very similar in appearance to the mahog- any found in the tropics and when dry is very hard. It will thus be seen that there are found in this reserve woods common both in dry and vet areas-the cedar, cypress and juniper Of the dry countries, growing side by side with the oak and mahogany of the | rain belts. The cypress is called the American evergreen. Among the diff | ferent kinds of juniper may be men tioned the Rocky Mountain. the Ari- rona, the alligator and the she! bark.
 Wood for fuel may be purchased from the forester at any time, by or. dinary sale, in any amount not to ex. ceed sl00, stumpage value. Class A refers to purchase from a forest rang CT who is allowed to sell to any one not more than s20 worth of wood | Class B comes under the supervision of the forester or supervisor. who is permitted by ordinary sale to dispose of any quantity of wood not to exceed s100. Whenever a purchase is made of over s100 the sale is designated ss Class C and can be attended tc only by the forester. who in this cas& must advertise for bids The highes
 bidder is awarded the sale. no sale iQ this class to be made for less thar
 25 cents per cord. The regular sal' prices in the other two classes at thu present time is 40 cents.
 During the past year 30,O09 cords Q
 wood were sold from the Cbiricahui
 reserve. At an estimated average sal' , price of 35 cents this quantity of woo'
 would have brought the governmen
 SIC 800. The Chiricahuas reserve i
 thus easily elf-supporting-the onI.
 reserve in the United States that cal
 boast Of this distinction.
 Chas. T. McGione, the supervisor o the Chiricahua reserve, who, by tn
 way, is a very efficient and agreeabl
 gentleman for the position. Is thus t
 be congratulated upon the showing. H has been in the forestry service fo eight years. coming to take charge 0
 this park January 20. 1902. Previou to that time he had been in charge o reserves ip New Mexico. Usually a su
 pervisor Is allowed an assistant. bu
 NIT. McGlone has not yet asked fo one, he doing all of the work regularl
 required of forester and assistant
 However. on account of the large are
 to be inspected. MT. McGlope is allowe two rangers. whom the goverumen . has detailed 10 relieve him of the onel ous duties connected with riding owe
 the reserve on inspection trips. Rans CT Neil Erickson is stationed at Para