The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-04-04
GROWTH OF TIMBER EXCEEDS CONSUMPTION.

state university timber experiment station the growth of tn
timber in the of Idaho several times greater than TIN
consumption and the professor has further evidence which
tends to show that the supply of timber in this state
the yearly cutting were greater than it at present. will
be exhausted in less than 14O years
The announcement of the professor naturally carries
than ordinary weight account of his being at this time
engaged the work of carrying experiments with the oh
ect in view of making that portion of timber which
the past has been regarded by the manufacturers
should be thoroughly posted the subject He recently
the prime in successful effort to Of
$4,000 to aid in carrying on this work.
This statement coming it does from closely as
ISOLATED with the industry and also with the lumber
Of the state would indicate that much Of the talk II
regard to the possibility Of the timber supply being exhausted
as is feared by forestry officials groundess And also that
much of the land held in national forest could
Just well be thrown open to settlement for the benefit Of
many of the settlers which each year being forced into
canada.
The farmers are by the only who complain
If what they term the Unjust regulations Of the department
out the prospecor we'll is hndered in many instances The
principal of complaint among the latter is that It they
enter forest ground and stake out claims they com
eed show proof that the land is mnerabearing. When
that forest rangers to the ground in question who
entirely ignorant Of mnerab bearing rock formations
md unless the prospecor show commercial guam
tiles practically the surface his hopes of becoming the
of the ground most instances doomed to dis
appointment.
The officials of the department when this phase of the
question brought up the fight waged the forest
policy by the people stated that the department had
esre and they would not admit that the regulations ntere
ed in any way with the opening up of mineral ground in for
Est by prospecors 1t probably true that the Of
cas Of the department have desire to place any further
restrictions burdens on the mining industry than
but the fact that they did not investigate these alleged
justices would lead many the conclusion that they not
greatly interested in whether the complaints not
true.
Another thing that brings dscredt the department and
nders whatever of good might be acompishedc by the
serve policy the many petty regulations that are supposed
be and closely adhered to by supervisors and rangers
which will be remembered by many in this district
red than year ago when the county commissioners
lad been peoned for wagon road Murray, which pc
on granted by the board The land which the road
to be built partly within the limits of the forest
and the officials of the Eagle Creek Pine Lumber
oany offered to clear the right of way in return they
given permission keep the timber which it might be
ary to cut in doing TO this the board agreed thinking
chat in this they would be able to the taxpayers
Of the county this expense But for the that the
book of rules of the forest service there clause which
that will be permitted to take timber from government
land the county forced to the lumber company
er and pay the wages of to clear the right of and
then leave the timber there rot 1t is hard for the ordinary
just wherein lies the conservation of in
of this kind The same condition also existed Pa
creek where there is about hreeuarters Of million
eet of fine timber grew lying rottng the ground
md no is allowed to make of it.
If the timber which it is necessary to cut i'll portions of
where wagon roads made OF by the de
'armen there would perhaps be less cause for complaint
his but the unreasonable and inconsistent rules of the
department. which demand that all such timber be left to
understanding and justly leads to universal condemna
ion of the department II,