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

expenditure in road building or stream
improvement. since the tract lies with
Big creek and Lost creek 100 600. 900 feet
one-half or which Is white pine, can be
removed by an expenditure OF 900 TO
cover logging improvements,
On the st. Regis.
In the LoIo National forest the ST.
Regis river was the path Of the terrific
forest fire which destroyed several towns
their lives. About the town of Taft on
tho ST, Regis river, it is estimated that
there is ninety-nine million feet OF tim
ber, OF which twenty million feet Is west
ern white pine and the remainder spruce.
larch. fr. hemlock and Iodgepole pine.
This timber lies on both sides of the
ernment is now advertising II at the rate
OF 81 per thousand feet. Before the TIM
Der was swept by fire the stumpage rate
asked by the government was $3.50 per
thousand feet. Big Creek on the IoIo
forest contains 100000 400 feet 3. NJ. OF
iire-killed timber. OF this amount thirty
million feet is white pine and the rest
spruce. rcd fir, larch and lodgepole pine,
This creek contains both saw and tic tim
ber, and the stream is easily drivable
for Ties, silver creek and Packer creek
each contain more than ten million feet
OF timber, which is less than four miles
from the railroad There are numerous
other bodies Of fire killed timber scat
tered along the railroads. Most OF this
opportunities for the railroads 10 obta In
large number Of ties at a cheap stump
age,
Northwestern Montana.
In the northwestern part OF Montana
the forest fires were more scattered. but
large areas OF fne timber were burned
ovec on the Rackfeet. Flathad and Lewis
Clark National forests. On the Middle
FORK OF the saltwater river. tributary
Of the Flathead river, the supervisor re-
ports more than twenty million feet Of
timber killed by FIRE. This timber is 10
per cent western larch and forms a good
logging unit In that the cost of logging
and driving the logs to mills in and
around KalisPell Will not exceed Sc per
part OF the head of the North Fork Of
Flathead river was swept by FIRE which
DESTROYED at least seventy-Ave million
feet n6,as OF timber ,oT To remove this timber
siderable stream Improvement. since the
river, has never been driven. Big creek,
tributary OF the North Fork, contains
Approximately forty million feet r. NJ
OF hre-killed tamarack. spruce. red FIR and
cedar. which is much more accessible
than the burned timber al the head OF
the river, Its removal would likewise in
volver river driving and river improve
ment although Goyernmo7t officials
maintain. that the North Fork can be
driven with very little Improvement The
South Fork of the Flathead river In the
Flathead forest was the seat OF pumcr-
Gus large fires. each Of which burned 81
OF this timber is believed to be prac-
ticable. since the South Fork is a large
stream and can he driven with small
expenditure for stream imrrovemeut on
the South Fork Of Two Medicine creek
In the Lewis & Clark National forest
Twenty-Five million feet OF timber was
burned over. This timber is largely
spruce. lodgepole pine ana Douglas fir
and can be logged and driven 10 a point
within three fourths Of milo Of the
Great Northern railroad. Scattered along
tho Great Northern railroad between Md
vnle and Bonnors Ferry are numerous
small burns: containing tie timber suf- |
fcen. TO furnish the railroad with not
less than 500, 900 ties.
In Sweep of Flames.
"A fire front nifty miles IN width sweep. |
Ing westward under "A terrific wind was
the description of the forest fire which |
spread terror along The Clerks Fork |
river between Thompson and Lake Pend |
Oreille. and which destroyed millions OF |
feet OF timber along the river and its |
tributaries, Thirty five million feet of |
white pine saw timber and twenty tnou- |
sand fir and tamarack railroad ties were |