Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-06

logging units, -four of which contain
more than 100, 000, 900 feet of timber
each. Practically all of this timber
can be logged profitably, although
there will be some expense involved
in constructing roads and improving
streams for driving. The average
drive for the st. Joe timber TO the
railroad will be less han twelve
miles. Over 100, 900, 600 feet of this
timber is adjacent to the right of way
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound railroad.
on the Occur d'Alene river the
government estimate of the accessible
fire-killed timber is $4,000, 900 feet
b. M, of which 80 per cent is
white pine, and the remainder spruce,
larch, fir, hemlock and cedar. This
time likewise lies in logging units,
each of which contains sufficient
timber to justify logging operations
on a large scale. Taking the water
shed as a.whOle, the average drive in
order to get the logs to the railroad
will be O greater than twenty miles.
Expenditures for stream improve
ments and roads would also be neces-
safy in logging the timber on this
river, but the amount OF timber in
volved easily iustifies expenditures Of
llilC iAtAh1t f III EhAAAt NhH'o ~ 2 AAANAR
expenditure is necessary. Coz in
stance, on Pritchard creek, a tribu-
tary of the Occur d'Alene, il is esti-
mated there is 20, 900, 600 feet of red
fir which can be removed simply by
the construction of a wagon road. on
Graham creek, another tributary,
20, 200, 600 feet, 30 per cent of which
is white pine, can be removed prac-
tieally without any expenditure in
road building or stream improvement,
since the tract lies within four or five
miles of the railroad. on Big creek
and Lost creek 100, 600, 900 feet, one
half Of which is white pine, can he
removed by an expenditure of St0,-
600 to logging improvements.
In the LolO National forest the st.
Regis river was the path of the ter
rifle forest fire which destroyed sew
eral towns and sent hundreds Of peo-
pie fleeing for their lives. Above the
town of Taft, on the st. Regis river,
it is estimated thai there is 80 mill
lion rect of timber. of which 20 mil
lion feet is western White pine and
the remainder spruce. larch, red fir.
hemlock and lodgepole pine. This
timber lies on both sides Of n
Northern Pacific railroad, and the
government is now advertising It at
the rate OF 81 per thousand feet. Be-
fore the timber vas swept by fire.
the stumpage rate asked by the gov
eminent was $3.50 per thousand feet.
Big creek on the LolO forest con-
tains 100 million feet broad measure
of fire-killed timber. or this AMOUNT
80 million feet is white pine and the
rest spruce. red fir, larch and lodge
pole pine. This creek contains 10Th
saw n tie timber. and the stream
is easily drivable for ties. Silver
cree kand Packer creek each contain
than 10 million feet Of timber
is less than four miles from
the railroad. There are numerous
other bodies OF fire-killed timber
along the railroads. Most
Of thistimber Is Of the tie size and
offers unexcelled opportunities for
railroads 10 obtain 2 large number |
Of ties at a cheap stumpagc.
Tn the northwest part OF Montana
the forest fires were more scattered. /
but large areas Of fine timber were
over on tho Blackfoot. Flat
head and Lewis and Claik National
forests. on the middle fork or the
river. q tributary Of the
Flathead river. the supervisor reports
more than 20 million feet Of timber
killed by fire. This timber ls 20 per
western lareh. and forms 81 good
unit. va thai the cost ct log
sing and driving the logs y mills ia !