The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-31

end OF their present supply OF timber.
II would appear "a be an excellent op-
portunlty to relocate In q well-timbered.
rapidly developing country, SINCE the
stumpase rates on tho dead timber are
attractive and the supply OF green TIM
Der available after tho fire. killed timber
has been removed Is tremendous.
Some Is Inaccessible.
or course. much of the fire killed tim
Der can never be logged. because II is
inaccessible and cannot be removed at a
profit. but the amount Of accessible tim
Der is immense. and tho government is
putting II on the 9Tket At a rate which
II will probably never again offer AS a
rule. the stumpage is being set at about
ore half the rate that was asked for the
timber when green. Added to the at
Effectiveness of this rate is the fact that
the government contracts for fire-klled
timber will not require the piline Of brush
and that the fires cleared away many of
the areas of dense underground, thereby
decreasing the cost OF logging. These
two items mean a saving OF about so
cents per thousand i'm cost OF logging
operations. As q rule, tho stumpage prices
vary from 81 to IS per thousand feet:
The bulk OF the fire killed climber which
offers opportunities for large and small
operations is on the water sheds Of five
large rivers-the ST. Joe and Coeur
tIonal forest, Idaho: the ST. Regis drain
age in the Lolo national forest, Forests;
the drainage OF the Flathead river in
the Biackleet; Flathcad and Lewis &
Clark natioral forests Montana. and the
tributaries OF Clarks Fork in the Cabinet
national forest. Montana.
Fine Timber to Be Had.
The greatest destruction. both in life
and timber. was the two rivers first
mentioned in the Occur d'AIene forest
1t is estimated by Supervisor Weigle
that there is approximately 900. 600. 900
feet OF accessible fire-killed timber on the
ST Joe water shed. so per cent OF which
is excellent western white pine. The re-
spruce. larch. red flr. herlock and codar
This timber lies In five large logging
units, four Of which contain more than
100 100000 feet OF timber each. Prac-
profitabiy. although there Will be some
expense involved In constructing roads
ard improving streams for driving The
average, drive for the ST, Joe timber to
miles Over l0o. 900 900 feet OF this tim
Der is adjacent TO the right-of-way OF
the Chicago. Milwaukee & Puget Sound
railroad.
On the Coeur d'Alene river the govern
ment estimate OF the accessible re-killed
timber is $50, 900 900 feet 3. NJ, oaf which
30 per cent is white pine and the re-
mainder spruce. larch fir, hcnilock and
cedar. This timber likewise lies in log
ging units. each Of which contains sur
fcient timber TO justify logging opera
tlOn5 on n large SGalP, lHklnS the WSItT-
shed as whole. the average drive. in
order TO get the logs to the railroad,
will be not greater than twenty miles
Expenditures for stream improvements
and roads would also be necessary In
logging the timber on this river, but the
amount OF timber involved easily just
files expenditures OF this nature, In some
cases very little expenditure is necessary.
For instance. on Fritchard creek.
tributary OF the Coeur d'Alene It, is est-
mated there is 20. 900 400 feet OF rcd fir
which can be removed simply by the
construction of a wagon road. On Ora
ham creek, another tributary. 20 900 900
feet, 30 per cent OF which is white pine,
gan be removed practically without any