The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-04
VAST SUPPLY OF
TIMBER IN THE
NEW MEXICO
FORESTS
Forest Service Selling Pros
pectus Gives Astonishing
Figures Showing Mature
Timber Ready for Sale
FOR
BIG ABOUND

tiuDei Supply on national forests ~
the southwest. The forest service,
however. has TOT the past siX years
been cruising and mapping desirable
areas in order To- supply Information
rs to those who may be Interested
Practically an of the desirable tim
Der areas have been covered and the
forest service Is now In "a position To
make sales up tu any within
tho capacity Of "A forest.
The department OF timber sales of
the forest service district office. OF
which Assistant District Forester
Theodore :. Woulscy. Jr. h. the head.
has just ISSUED "a comprehensive gem
eral selling prospectus 81 the national
forest timber available for sale In the
national forests of New Mexico and
Arizona. Accompanying the pros
pectus IL "a large map showing the
three principal regions.
The forest service first began to sell
timber from national forests In Ari-
zona and New Moxico IN 1905. For
the fiscal year 1906 the receipts were
f4O,416.S4; 1905. SIO6,ti1.7s. 1910,
l23,f2i67. and for 1913. S227.550,S2.
A steady increase IN The business.
such az IL indicated by these figures,
clearly proves that the purchase of
national forest stumpago tx profitable
% the operator. The advantages to
the purchasers may be summarized as
follows
l. There are no heavy carrying
charges. heavy land taxes are clint
mated.
.. The investment is limited to
milling and logging equipment, since
the stumpagc In paid for IA small in
sediments.
8. The FIRE hazard Is borne by the
government.
g. There Is no logged-over land TO
hold and pay taxes on
3. The contracts are equitable and
cover q sufficient term of years to
Justify the Investment necessary tu
market the timber
q. The stumpage appraised al
lows the operator a reasonable protit.
Location. Amount ~ Kinds.
The thre" principal regions Of
prime commercial timber In the
southwest are:
Division l.. Northern Arizona or
the Colorado plateau region. which
includes the Co%conino. Sitgreaves
and Tusayan national forests.
Division .. The Rio Grande re-
giou tNew MeNicoJ. within which are
the Carson. Jemez and Pocus national
forests.
Division 3. Tho natil-Glla region.
which includes IA" Duul and the ella
national forests and also "a consider
able part OF the Apache national for
est. especially the timber tributary to
clifton. Arlz.
The approximate number of feet 81
saw imber available In New Mexico
and Arizona forests is as follows;
C|oConino. 3.9i6. O0O. 600. S~itgreaves.
2,5O2. 900. 0OO; Tusayan. LOGS. O00, 600;
Carson. Lice, 600. 900, Jemez. 290.
100000; pecos, 10000. 600, Datil,
5000, goo, GOO. ella. s,i6s, 200. 600;
Apache. 2.l52.OOO,oOo
There are opportunities for large
operators on the ella forest to supply
h mines and Tor export, on the
Apache tn supply the mines of Clif-
ton and Globe ms for export. on the
S~itgreaves FOR export: on the Jemcz
aud Carson FOR local ana export
trade.
In addition to these main saw tim
her areas smaller sales are being
made on the Prescott forest to supply
tho local needs of mines. on the
Crook 20 supply the ella valley. in
Guiding the mines at Globe: On the
Manzano, Lincoln, Alamo. Tonic. Corr
onado and Chiricahua chiefly for
local use.
Western Pine Tor Naval stores.
The constantly decreasing supply Of
southern pine timber available FOR
%turpentine operations. and the steady
demand for t%urpentine aud rosin,
suggest the utiiiaztion of western
pines for the production of naval
stores.
During 1911 the forest service con
Quoted experiments on western yell
low pine IN northern Arizona. the re-
suit showing o. yield Of rosin and tur-
pCntire about fuuT-hfths AZ great as
hat obtained from southern yellow
pines In average operations IN Flor
ida. II comparison were based on the
same working period 81 time for
both. Weather conditions in Arizona.
however will allow only a q Ca 90
weeks season as against % 90 or 80
weeks season In the southeast. So thai
when the yields FOR an entire season
are compared. western yellow pine
shows "a production OF about two
thirds that from southern yellow pine
The average proportions of rosin and
-turpentine In the gum are about the
Same M in gun from the southeast
ern pines. and the %turpentinc has "a
composition much like that from tho
southeast.
Care la Making sales.
The forest service desires 60 make
sales only 10 bona fido operators and
Arms who are prepared to operate IL
the timber h. secured and who have
adequate financial ability TO carry out
contracts made sales to Spectators
are not desired For this reason "a
specific statement of financial ability
Will be required in an sales of TO-.
00n, 600 feet or more aud in smaller
sales IN the discretion OF the APPROX
ing officer. such a statement may be
required when necessary in the iudg-
ment Of the a|pproVing officer before
the approval Of "a sale application,
either formal or tentative. and iu nny
event before the timber In awarded 90
ithe successful bidder.