The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-12-30
ENORMOUS WEALTH
OF IDAHO TIMBER
TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSN. IS
SUES STATEMENT SHOWING
WHAT IDAHO HAS


timber in. northern, Idaho, is shown
by statement just issued by the Tim
Der Protective Association through 1T
secretary, j. C. H. Reynolds, OF Spo
kane, who give an estimate OF the
timber in northern Idaho and eastern
Washington Northern Idaho's tim
Der is placed OF $4,000, 100000 feet
while eastern Washington timber is
estimated at 1874, 100000 feet, making
grand total of merchantable timber
standing in the Inland Empire of Ga
900 100000.
The report shows that, at the pres
ent rate of exhaustion, 800,000,00O
feet, board measure, a year, the TIM
Der between the submits OF the Cas-
cade and Bitter Root mountains
would last 80 years, providing none
was held in reserve. This estimate,
however, is of no value except as 1t
indicates the vastness of the timber
resources, for the annual cut is in
creasing rapidly, while reproduction
is continually combating deforesta-
ton.
The timber product manufacturers
survey did not embrace values, and
Secretary Reynolds declined to spon-
sor any estimate of this kind. On
the basis of the internal revenues
stumpage value of So per thousand,
estimated for taxation purposes, the
value of the Inland Empire timber,
on the stump, would be approximate
ly 1892, 100000.
The report shows that an average
of nearly 5000 feet of sawed lumber
is available on the timbered lands of
this section. Upon the government
basis again, the average value of the
standing timber is $24 per acre.
The survey was started last June.
The figures were obtained upon re-
quest from the records of private
owners, the state of Idaho and the
forest service. The state and national
government estimate for eastern
Washington were not forthcoming,
so that the figures for that section
represent privately owned timber
only.
Report Of Reynolds.
Following is summary of the re-
port of Secretary Reynolds:
Inland Empire, all timber and
lands in 10 northern counties of Ida
no and all decided timber and lands
in Washington east of the summit of
the Cascades.
Timber and lands, GILL 100000
feet, board measure.
Timber Gland owned separately,
2,172,000,000 feet, board measure
Total standing timber, 63,S83,0 00,-
900 feet, board measure.
Timbered lands, S,024,460 acres.
Cut-over and barren lands in tim
Der sections, ,440,210 acres.
Total timber areas, 9,464,670 acres.
Ten northern counties of Idaho:
Total standing timber, 500 9,0OO,-
900 feet board measure.
Total timber area, 7,625,4o0.
Timber lands under U. S. forest
service, 6,235,400 acres.
Timber lands owned by state, lum
Der companies and railroads, 3,154,-
456 acres.
Timber lands of miscellaneous
owners, 1884 acres.
Washington, east of Cascades:
Standing timber privately owned |
1874 100000 feet B. M.
Timber lands (priyately owned
/ ,839,220 acres.
1t will be noted in the foregoing |
that in the segregation of the two
states and of the ownership in idaho |
there is no reference to cutover and
barren lands. In each case the term
climber lands" as here used, includes
both timbered lands and cutover and
barren lands.
Embraced in the figures for tim
Der lands are the following acreages
of cutover and barren lands: State
of Idaho, S93,210 acres; state of
$4,000 acres; forest
service Gdaho), 1,150,000 acres; state,
lumber companies and railroads (Ida-
ho), 290,210 acres; miscellaneous
owners Gdaho) none.
The survey of the timber product
is of particular inter
est because of statements made in
the annual report of the national for
ester, which a bulletin of the de-
partment of agriculture summarizes
as follows:
Is Fast Disappearing.
1.-THE rate of depletion of the forests
If this country is more than twice,
three times, which is actually
icing produced by growth in form {
erviceable for products other than
irewood Consequently high prices {
If lumber are not wholly due to in
reased costs of production.
IAN important factor is the ever-re-
reating sources of timber supply. AL a
eady the supplies of all the great
astern centers of production are APP T
roaching exhaustion, with the excep
ion of the south, and even there most A
t the mills have not over 10 to Is
ears supply of virgin timber.
ALREADY the southern pine is being
vithdrawn from many points as al
factor and its place ta-
en- by western timbers. This inevita- /,
ly result in added freight charges, y
hich the consumer must pay" y
According to recent statement u
y Forester Henry S. Graves the
rea of forest land in both New Eng .
nd and France is about 25,000,000 y
res, or approximately three times r
e area of the Inland Empire as III
scolsed by the survey. Neither New e.
ngland nor France is able to supply Pr
J own needs, Forester Graves de- s,
AIRED. Referring to the western sit &C
ltion, he said: u
MANY people are deluding them "a
Ives with the idea that we do not ef