The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-03
TIMBER SALES INCREASE.
Receipts From Sales Of Cut
Timber in District No. /
Exceed Previous Marks.

The receipts from the sales of cut
timber IN district No. 1 of the forest
service for the present fiscal year I'M
tt November /. 1916, were s223,142,
which is approximately the equiva-
lent Of the receipts for the same time
last year. 1t is expected that the total
amount OF receipts until January /.
1917, will be about $275,000, and that
the grand total for the whole fiscal
year which ends June 30. will be
about 100000.
While the receipts for this year and
last year for the period from the be-
ginning of the fiscal year until No
vember l, are about equal. q great in
crease is shown over the two preced-
ing years, the total receipts for the
fiscal year Of 1914 being $4,000 and
for the previous year $4,000. The
receipts from cut timber sales in the
national forests of the country dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80,
1915, was s1,412,592, which was over Il
tiIiu Va VIC totdI ItCeIDtS uciltGu DN
the government from the national re-
serves. Grazing in the national forests
was the second best revenue bringer
for Uncle Sam, about $l,210,0OO COM
ing in from this source.
Cut Is Heavier.
Up to December l, lo0,6S3,OO feet Of
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ing this fiscal year, which began July
l. During the same time last year, 9S,-
| $4,000 feet were cut, while in 1914,
100000 feet We're cut and in 1918,
100000 feet. The output has been
more than doubled since 1908, when
only 44.743,O00 feet were cut.
| In the timber sales are included
every variety such as saw timber,
mining timbers, tagging, posts, poles,
and railroad ties. Generally only the
| mature timber is cut for sales pur-
poses, though on agricultural land
everything is cut at times. There is n
great demand for the small class Of
timber and consequently part of the
time the small timber is sold and the
larger left standing, though ordinarily
the big timber is cut and the seed
trees are left. The forest service al
ways makes provision for the repro
| duction of the forests wherever the
timber is cut.
The price of the timber cut for sales
varies from $3.50 to $500 per thous-
and feet for the white pine, to SO cents
to $l.25 for fir and larch. The cut tim
Of less than 500 worth, but if over
a 800 worth of timber is sold, it must
be advertised and sold wto the highest
bidder.
Jobbers and small contractors who
sell to the larger concerns. as well as
the larger companies themselves, are
the buyers of the cut timber from the
national forests, and there is always
a heavy demand from the market.
Cutting Schedule.
There are 25 forests in district No
l, and they have various schedules fol
their timber cutting, according to the
best opportunity in each forest fol
logging operations. Some are cut in
the fall and summer, and others dc
most of their work in the winter when
the weather permits. but as a genera
thing, the work after the first of the
year until May is very light. In the
Flathead and kaniksu forests the mos,
of the work is done in the winter
while in the Occur dAlene, st. Joe anC
Lolo forests the heaviest timber cut
ting operations are during the sum.
mer months.
The Occur d'Alene forest is the
heaviest producer of cut timber fol
sales purposes, as the average GU
here is from 1000 900 to 10000, 900 fee
monthly. From now on till in Ma,
there will be little cutting in this fores
on account of the snow and colo
weather interfering with the logginl
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