, 1909-10-21
FOREST
REGULATION
Plenty Of Grounds for Lumber
mems Complaint on Dead
Timber

81. W. SOuelu WHO 10 running
the Spring creek saw mill, came
in from that place Friday for a
load of supplies. Mr. Cofield
says that saw mill men are greatly
hampered by forest rules concern
ing the cutting Of ''dead and down
understandable timber" PERHAPS
it would put the matter more
clearly in the light in which Mr..
Cofi.ld and his associates see it,, if
WE were to say: that 10y reason of
the lack oil knowledge concerning
''merchantable dead timber"
among forest rangers compels the
saw mill e to cut timber that
is not marketable. Mr.. Cuield
says, hat if the mill men refuse
to take all of the timber marked
for cutting, whether good or bad.
that the rangers will mark no
more until all the objectionable
timber is used up, thus compell-
ing them to take what they can
not sell, even after it is made up
into lumber.
IL these charges are true, and
Mr.. Coefield's statements are back
ed up by +. w, Devine, the man.
ager of the Saratoga Lumber Il
Supply Company, then there is
certainly something radically
wrong in the forest regulations, or
with the men who are enforcing
them. Mr.. Cotield says that un-
less there is more ~leniency shown
in regard 10 this matter of dead
timber that he will be compelled
to move his mill out of the timber.
Supervisor James Blackhall
met Mr.. Coti+ld and Mr.. Devine al
the Spring creek saw mill on Mon
day, and together they went over
the question thoroughly. MIR.
Blackhall made all the conces-
sions possible under his instrnc-
tions from the forest Office, yet
these concessions did not very
materially relieve the situation.
Dead timber, rilher standing o,
down, is deceptive iii appearance
and u~lne-i.nihs of the timber
which appears sound is not "m r
chantnLl-." Iint til" timber hns
to be- cut, hsueu 80 the mill ana
saved b fore its untiru' - bee NEE
appnIeul. TINS rutali- n great
deal Of rNJrnst. g." tn utli men.
They have off cI % even pay
double stuuupaur IN nll doubtful
timber huI let II iemmin in the
forest, rather thau ne ,mprl-d 10
g To the eXprnSe 1T ruiliuG, hHul-
in@ tu the uni aud saving it up.
But the instructions 1T the For
est Ollie" viii nol permit such IA
concession.
The injustice Of this ruling is
made apparent 1" amy one who
will take the pans to visit the
lumber yard al this place and note
the poor aud almost worthless
lumber that lumber dealers aie
compelled, und,r these Forest
regulations, to offer TO their Gus
toners, to say nothing of the large
amount of stuff that has to be dis
darded at the mill as absolutely
worthless. We ale unable TO say
how this rule of cutting ''merch-
antable dead timber, standing aud
down." works in forests where
they have a different class of pine.
But We do know that the rule
should be greatly modified when
applied to the timber in the Re.
serves in both the Hayden and
Cheyenne National Forests. Any
with knowledge of lumber
can see at II glance that such re.
strictions as are now operating IL
the forests here are going to drive
the saw mills out of business anG
COMPEL lumber dealers to ship il
lumber from the outside, thus DIES
troying a local business and send
ing out of the country money tina