Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-02
INDIAN LANDS
ARE DISCUSSED
Assessor Wiley Talks Quin-
iault Timber with the
Indian Commissioner
SUGGESTS A SALE PLAN
To Encourage Sale in Small
Tracts and Make Logging
Roads Common Carriers

County Assessor R. A. Wiley return
ed Saturday night from Washington
d. c., where he attended the Con
servation Congress as a delegate from
this state. Mr.. Wiley returned with
a disgust for the Pinchot brand o!
conservation. and it theoretical ad
vocates. whose policy would lock W
resources Of the Northwest-of which
they are densely ignorant-indefinite
ly. Nor is he enthusiastic over the
visible capacity Of some Of the divis
ion chiefs in the Departmental, which
he does not hesitate to pronounce
mediocre 30 far AZ he could Judge
Olympic Timber Discussed
He spent six days at the national
capital and was introduced In the de-
partments by Congressman johnson
and Senator Poindexter. The latter
took him to Cato Sells, Commissioner
Of Indian Affairs, with whom he had
a lengthy conference. The commits
sioner discussed the Quiniault Indian
reservation with Senator Poindextel
and Mr.. Wiley for an hour in the af
ternoon and was 10 interested that
he made an appointment for an even
ing consultation, at which were all
his subordinates in the Indian depart
ment.
This conference lasted from eight
to eleven o'clock p. M, and was de
voted largely to the best method ol
securing maximum returns to the
Indians for the timber ON their lands
Wiley suggested that this would bes,
be accomplished by providing for ths
sale Of the timber in the manner fol
lowed by this state. That 10, to sell
in tracts not exceeding 100 acres tc
the highest bidder. giving stated
period for the removal Of the timber
which becomes taxable as persona
property. This, he claimed would en-
courage parties Of comparatively small
means to bid on such tracts as they
could handle, and prevent combina
tions of large concerns TO hold dowr
the price. To secure the full succesa
of this plan. It wouldsbe netessar,
to provide in the contracts that any
and all roads built ON the reserve fol
numbering purposes be common car
riers. and subject to the regulations
Of the state commission. This woult
enable the small purchaser to log hii
timber, or erect small saw and shingle
mills without the heavy outlay nee
essary to build individual roads, and
insure a competition for the timber
that would yield the maximum returne
for the Indians.
Mr.. Wiley urged the importance o1
the early allotting Of the Indian lands
and the adoption Of such q policy AZ
he outlined for the sale Of timber
calling attention to the absolute nee
essity for roads through the reserve
to permit the proper and speedy de
velopment Of the western part Of Che
halls county, 80 much Of which is nov
conserved" In the Indian reservation
the Olympic Forest reserve and t,at
National Monument as to pateriall,
retard the development Of a section o,
country wonderfully rich in HRtajhl
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