Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-06-29
Ashland in Heart
OF Vast Timber

The vast Inland Empire of which
Ashland is the geographical center
bids fair to show up in the next year
or so with as much activity as any
like section in the country. Ashland
herself is in the midst Of hundreds
Of thousands OF dollars worth of
highway building and will develop
her mineral springs with a $175, 900
bond issue and has high hopes of re-
gaining the Southern Oregon Normal.
Grants Pass is buildin.; a railroad to
the coast that will tap a big timber
and mining country en- route. Crater
Lake and Josephine Caves are being
prepared for tourists. Crescent City
and the Coos Bay country are on the
eve Of great Improvements. Irriga-
ton in the Rogue Valley and North
ern California are moving forward.
And now comes word that the way
for the development of vast timber,
agricultural and mining resources in
the klamath river section of Siskiyou
county and the securing OF q railroad
has been paved by the Forest Service
in offering for sale in three logging
chances 2,015, ,353 600 board measure
Of government timber in the Klamath
national forest
The sale area is known as the
North klamath unit ana lies north Of
the klamath river, whose valley is
unrivsled on the Pacific coast for its
grandeur. climatic conditions. pro-
ductiveaess OF soil and deposits Of
ores To open and develop this eoun-
try common carrier railroad Is
needed 70 tap the main line Of the
Southern Pacific Company at Horn
brook
The plan for placing this timber
cn the market provides for dividing
II into three main units. known as the
upper, middle and lower, and adver-
tizements for sale, with the stipuIa-
ton that any given concern Will be
allowed 20 purchase but one OF the
chances 4 common carrier railroad
must be constructed down the north
side OF the klamath river as far a.
the proposed mill site Of any unit
purchased
The proposed favorable mill sites
for the units are 20 be had az the
mouths Of Beaver Thompson and In
dian creeks. respectiyeIy-the dis
tances from HoFnbrook being twenty
two. fifry-eight and seveury-tEo
miles.
The upper Unit contains 3S5.574,-
900 feet. made up OF siXty-sight Per
cent OF Douglas fir, twenty-five Der
cent OF yellow pine, twenty-five Per
cent OF sugar pine. thirteen Per cent
Of white fir, and the rest OF red fir
set per thousand az s3-75, s1gzr
pine; S2-75. yellow pine; sI-25,
Douglas fir; - cents, other Species
The middle unit contains SIS .St5.-
0O0 feet. made up OF siTry-tive per
cent OF Douglas fir. nineteen Per cent
OF sugar pine. eleven Per cent OF yel-
low pine, and the remainder Of white
fir and incense cedar. The sIumpazE
rates are. Per thousand. 81 for sugar
pine. 81 for yellow pine and so cents
for other species
The lower unit contains I .95I ,001,-
900 feet. made up Of siIty-eight per
cent Of Douglas fir, twenty-ons Per
cent OF sugar pine, four Per cent OF
yellow pine, and the rest OF white
and red fir. incense and Port Oxford
Ce1aEs- me sAuHp6zz EGLrS arc IL
same as for the middle unit The
Forest Service assumes that the pri-
vate timber in the upper unit IS equal
in volume 10 the government timber,
and that the lower unit contains very
little privately owned timber.
All merehzntzbls dead timber
upon the area Is included IN the sale
and live timber that Is 10 be cut viii
be plainly marked approximately
sevenry-tvo Der cent OF the stand on
each unit viii BE- marked FOR cutting
Upon every five-Eear period from
the date OF sale OF this timber there
will be a readiustment Of stumpage
rates
The Forest Service estimates the
original cost OF plant and working
capital for the three units as fol-
lows Cpper. s639. 400: middle
s465. 700; lover. Ss7s.309- The cut
ting period extends from twenty 20
twenty-five years The rate OF profit
allowed IS seventeen per cent The
operating cost Der thousand board
measure is Upper unit sll--s,
middle, S12-G3. lower. $I3-2S