Holbrook argus., 1911-11-21

Washington. D. C., September 5, 1911. Sealed bids marked
 outside "bid for timber on Sit
 greaves Apache National Forest
 Arizona" and addressed to For
 ester, Forest Service, Washing ron. D. C., or Bid for timber Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona" ana addressed to
 COmmissio CT of Indian affairs,
 Washington, D (. wll! be l%-
 ceived until 12 o'clock, noon
 Eastern time January 25, 1912,
 for the purchase and removal ot
 all merchantable dead timber
 standing or fallen and all the
 live timber that may be marked
 for cutting by the officer in
 charge on a designated area of
 about 200, ,OOO acres, located ap- | proxlmately within Is. 8, 9 and ION R. 23 E; Is. 8, g and 10, N., R. 24 E.; Is. ', 8, 9 and 10 N., R. 25 E; Is. ', 8 and 9 N., R. 26 E; Ts. s and 9 N. K.
 7E., Gila and Salt River me
 ridian; and bounded on the west
 by an approximate north and
 south line extending from the northern limit of yellow pine through Porter Mountain and Blue Ridge to the rim of Cordu-
 roy Canyon; thence SEE toCooley
 Mountain and east along the
 rim of the North Fork ot
 White River and Snake Creek
 Canyon to the boundary ot the
 Apache National Forest; thence
 NE including the timber west
 and north of Sheep Springs and
 north of Apache Ranger Station
 and Fish Creek to the top ot the
 steep slope facing northeast, ex
 tending toward the Little Colo
 rado river; thence northwest
 along the top of this slope tothe IF Cerro Trigo range, to the north l. ern limit of yellow pine and west 'r d to the point ot starting, within ,r the Sitgreaves and Apache Ma g tional Forests, hereinafter Called e National Forests, and portions " of that part of the Fort Apache y Indian Reservation within the lg Sitgreaves National Forest, in IF dicated in the Presidents Proc le lamations of March 2, 1909, and ,o August 24, 1910, hereinafter I called Indian Reservation, estl .I mated to be approximately .I 575, 100000 feet of western vel .I low pine, 15,OOO,OOO feet Doug }. las fir, 6,5OO,OOO feet white fir sI 100000 feet of Engelmanr . Spruce, 100000 feet Mexican s white pine, and 100000 feel blue spruce and cork bark fir board measure of saw and tt q timber log scale more or less, II @I approximately equal amount T on the National Forests and tn @l Indian Reservation. Separat s bids and contracts must b
 made for the timber upon tn
 National Forests and that upo
 the Indian Reservation. Tn m max1mum period of each cor lat tract shall he ten years after tn 1le beginning of the cutting per1ot m on as provided for Tn the regulf to tions. No bid of less than tw ge- dollars and fifty cents per thou .sa n and feet board measure for tf
 first five years of each contra' nto and three dollars per tEOusan . IeS f.et board measure for the SC ac- ond five years of each contra' on will be considered. Each b ,ho 1n, must be submitted in duplicat his With each bid for timber on N the tional Forests a deposit of fl 'an thousand dollars must be ma' DOT, with the First National Bank all Albuquerque, New Mexico, al
 with each bid for timber on t
 Indian Reservation a certlh
 check on solvent National Ba1 $ a in the sum of five thousand dt
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