Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
YELLOW PINE TIMBER
BILLION FEET SOLD FROM kAE
aAa NATIONAL FOREST.
10 Order 10 Get Timber Out n viii DC
Necessary d aatld Railroad
200 Miles Lona.

wssfttH Ssreaae-F aiav Ne*s srstts
Washington Secretary ii Agrtcul
tnrc Houston has approved the lt&
poH8I ~ uHo hilton tsut Of western
yellow ptua ttmbcr from the SSthab
national furrHf iii northern Arizona
III order to Kel thiH timber nut il viii
H. necessary To haiId 4 railroad ap.
preximatcls sua Miles Ions such
railroad @lil ranWsrf Colorado and
Utah NTH the World tanIpbA Grand
ranyou II che Colorado, which htther
81 haa h...sts accessible egly frassl t,a
south
For several years the construction
oF such railroad hAA heen con 4idpred
hs various capitalists, hns Il has beeA
stated that the lack 1T assured imme-
dtAte traffic waa an etgpctuAi barrier
Il Il pointed cat heWeyag, that eats
tract fuf billion feet 1T timber Wtii
overcome this difficulty by prov tdlnx
d commodity tor transportation which.
together With tourist and local traffic,
Nill place Tho project GA paving
basis rrartieatly tfum the outset
hiaf Forester Henry 4 Graves
mrdr persunat examination IN tho
ground ard thie examination supple.
meHtnd hN ihc reports III nia forest
engineers induced him to recommend
the sole III such 4 tarKr hndy of tim
bvr lit order that the country might
be developed through thp supplying ~
this rnanurcn Mr. Graves. sayA how.
ever. thar thN knthAh forest 10 Unr If
the most beautiful IN America and
gives assurance TINT the marketing of
the mature crop 1T timber VIII not ba
allowed 70 mar the scenic beauty nE
the region
iii accordance with the timber Aale
policy Of toe government the stump
age Will he disposed III ~ the hleheNt
bidder In order 10 attract HuFfg
| ciNut investment 10 assure the build
/ Ing % the railroad and u the nucws.
| nary lumber mills nc least billion
feet III timber had to b. offered The
Investment necessary 10 maks this
| timber accessible viii amount 10 m0fW
than sa.non.n0n. Nv placing this GUAM
| tilY ot timber before the lunbeFmeu
/ of the country the officials of this for.
/ eat service believe that tha develop
| mrnt uf extensive areas ln annthmrn
/ Utah may he locked for. because tbs
necessary railway will render arrwsa
/ tbIa resources which have heFutuf0Fs
been undeseloped This whole region
| III rich In agricultural land. 10 cattle
and nhep range. and III eeat ami cop
per deposits. M well aa In timber.
ntda FOR the timber will he raeeived
up % the middle " Jane. 1914. and
three years viii be- allowed for tha
building III the railroad and MILLS. and
| twenty-five years for tina cutting o.
iha timber Ths atumpaKs rates. haw
| ever, Will b. FeadIuBtHd ~ the Wnd -
enGh ftYeytar period IT the fuhifaet.
the establishments tein6 tHaad ~ tha
/ then current lumber prices
~ the ena Ut the contract period.
tha forest offlreFa asY. The Y6ana IfRea
Iegt on the afeh firHt cut 0vef viii
he feads for cutting 80 that by the
HyHtnin III numbering which the K1f
eminent win require. operations can
continue permanently hi thls lHnter
belt The annual cat viii b. NOT leHs
than fnfty million fret most - which
viii BE- readily cold III this tafKe con
summing lumber MARKETS In Ntah and
Colorado
Thr Raihah fUffEt Il one u the
most heavily tlmbsted ID the South
vest, tha stand If timber heluE hreksn
only occasionally hY beautiful ms#d
uWa or openings locally known -
parks I.nmhsfmen wha have visited
If consider The country ideally adapt
I'd 10 logging Thafs are. altogether
tsn billion fasl ii timber. u which
tnoFa thnn une billion faal arr mature
aud ready for cutting