The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-10-03
National Forest Timber For Sale

Sealed bids, marked outside IBID
for Timber, on Sitgreaves-Apache
National Forest, Arizona, and address,
ed to Forester, Forest Service, Wash
ington, D. c., or IBID for Timber,
Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Ari-
zona," and addressed to Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. c.,
will be received until II o'clock noon,
Eastern Time, Wednesday. October Is,
1913, for the purchase and removal of
all merchantabe dead timber, standing
or fallen, and all the live timber that
may be marked for cutting by the Off
Ger in charge on designated area of
about 100000 acres located approx
r. % E.; rs. 8. 9 and 10 N, R. "a E.
Is. Z, 8, 9, and 10 N, K. z5 E.; rs. Z,
u, and NJ, R. &c E.; rs. and 9
N, R. 81 E.; ella and Salt River Me-
ridian; and bounded on the west by an
approximate north and south line ex-
tending from the northern limit of yell
low pine through Porter Mountain and
Blue Ridge to the rim of Corduroy Can
yon; thence southwest to Cooley Noun
tain and east along the rim of the north
fork of White River to a point about
one mile northwest of the junction of
Snake and Paradise Greeks; thence
southeasterly along the slope west of
Paradise Creek to north line of Engle-
mann Spruce type; thence in east and
northeasterly direction along line of
Spruce type to east line of Indian Res
ervation; thence easterly to the bound
airy of the Apache National Forest;
thence northeast, including the timber
west and north of Sheep Springs and
north of Apache Ranger Station and
Fish Creek to the top of the steep slope
facing northeast extending toward the
Little Colorado River; thence north
west along the top of this slope to the
Cerro Trigo Range, to the northern
limit of yellow pine and west to the
point of starting, within the Sitgreaves
and Apache National Forests and the
Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The
amount of timber is estimated to be
approximately 900, 900, 900 feet of west
ern yellow pine. 2O,OOO,0OO feet of
Douglas fir, 6.500,000 feet white fir,
l, 500, 900 feet Englemann spruce, ,000,-
900 feet Mexican white pine and ,000,-
900 feet blue spruce and corkbark fir,
board measure of saw and tie timber log
scale, OF this amount approximately
$50, 900, 900 feet mostly yellow pine. is
upon the Indian Reservation. Separ-
ate bids and contracts must be made
for the timber upon the National Forests
and that upon the Indian reservation.
The maximum period of each contract
will be ten years after the beginning
of the cutting period. No bid OF less
than two dollars and fifty cents per
thousand feet board measure for the
first five years of each contract, and
three dollars per thousand feet board
measure for the second five years of
each contract will be considered. Each
bid must be submitted in duplicate
With each bid for timber on National
Forests deposit of five thousand dol
lars must be made with the First Ma
tional Bank of Albuquerque, New Mex
leo, and with each bid for timber on
the Indian reservation certified check
on a solvent National bank in the sum
of five thousand dollars and drawn in
favor of the Superintendent of the Fort
Apache Indian School, must be sub
mitted. Timber upon valid claims is
exempted from sale. The right to
waive technical defects in advertise
ments and bids and to reject any and
all bids is reserved. The tim
Der must be cut and removed under
regulations, copies of which, with fur
Their information and blank bid forms,
may be obtained from the District For
ester, Albuquerque, New Mexico, the |
of the Fort Apache In
dian School, Whiteriver, Arizona, the |
Forester of the Forest Service or the |
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Wash
ington, D. c.
First Assistant Secretary of the /
(Sgd) B. T. GALLOWAY
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
First pub. Sept. 2; Last pub. Oct. 10y