Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02

the west. Approximately To-
100000 acres, one-fifth of the
state, is timberland, most of which lies
in the highly elevated sections north
and east of line extending across the
state diagonally bisecting the opposite
northwestern and southeastern boun-
dairy corners.
Conifers or cone-bearing trees are
the predominant growths, the broad
leafed species being few in number
and of minor Importance The yellow
pine, the Arizona white pine. the linn
Der or Rocky mountain white pine, the
bristle cone pine, the Englemann
spruce, the Douglas fir, the red fir, the
white or silver fir, the pinyon, the red
cedar or juniper, the oak and the
aspen are the principal tree families
represented.
The ubiquitous yellow pine is by far
the most numerous and important eco
nomically, forming 95 per cent. of the
merchantable timber supply. It is by
nature cliff dweller. flourishing best
on the high mountain slopes between
$500 and $500 feet above sea level OF
Arizona's forest trees it is the noblest.
Viewed at full maturity in its native
haunts it is good to look upon; its
aawless cylindrical trunk towering $50
feet into the crystal blue, its out
spreading top tossing. dancing. signing
gleefully in the amber sunlight like a
thing intoxicated with the nectar Of
heaven.
Indigenous to about the same soil
conditions and altitudinal limitations
as the yellow pine, and ranking next
in Importance for their timber in the
order named, are the Douglas fir. En-
glemann spruce and white fir Their
scarcity, however, makes them unap
preciable factors in the trade in Ari
IONA. BY reason of the softness OF
their fiber or their desert or Alpine
characteristics the other trees named
excepting the timber or Rocky noun.
lain white pine and the oak, which are
utilized in some instances, are rela'
lively unimportant from the lumber
g1ans standpoint
Billions Of Feet.
An accurate estimate of the stand
ing timber In Arizona is very diff
cult matter to determine further than
the fact that 1t reaches formidable pro
portions, running into billions of feet
board measure, worth in the various
manners in which 1t may be turned to
account hundreds of millions OF dol
lars and constituting, in the aggre
gate, a resource that in the fullness
Of time win contribute to the welfare
of the state beyond the most roseate
dreams Of the times.
Title to this sylvan Golconda is
vested in the United States govern.
ment, which through the forest serv-
ice is proving wise landlord in that
its varied resources are being admin
lstered In manner that viii benefit
the largest number of users along all
lines where no serious or irreparable
injury is liable to result. Where
there is no danger of determination
or where no damage to streams OF
vegetation may follow, the ripe timber
is offered for sale to the highest
reputable bidder, under conditions de
signed to prevent monopoly of the
lumber supply and to maintain the
continuity of the forests. On account
of the lack of adequate transportation
facilities adjacent to the best tim
bered sections sales have not beer
practical to any great extent Mills al
Flagstaff and Williams, and two oil
three other places near at hand. have
been in operation for number d
years and have, except possibly in one
or two instances. depended largely OF
the national forests for their timber
supply.
There being no navigable streams
OF any consequence in the forests o.
Arizona where the logs can be fioateC
down to the mills at comparatively
small expense. the lumber concern,
must needs construct lines Of rail ans
operate trains of their own into til.
sections 10 be logged. the daily capac
tiles Of the mills being such that les,
substantial means OF transportation
are inadequate. As a rule these road,