The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-15

Northern Idaho ...."...S, 700, 900, 900 I'D. IT.
Southern Idaho .......1 ,143O, 900, 900 I'D. 1T.
Divided as follows:
White pine-25 per cent, 2,539,5 500
600 feet board measure.
Yellow pine-20 per cent 100000,
600 feet board measure
Red flr-21 per cent 2,127, 300 900
board fet measure,
Other mixed woods-34 per cent g.
444200,000 feet board measure.
In the above figures no account Is
taken of growth increment, nor of
posts, piling. poles, stumpage ana
cord wood,
Timber Worth Immense Sum.
The timber alone on the states hold :
ings, If marketed at an average price
of SO per thousand would bring to the
state, the immense sum of 100000
10000, with the land upon which the
timber stands still belonging to the
state In addition to the revenue to
iliNlliullpllS VI lllt Sldlt were lIle UNI
her sold, it is estimated that if SIS
per thousand feet represents wages,
and So per thousand supplies used in
logging and manufacturing this tim
Der into lumber, the state would have
$lS2S4O,000 within its borders.
If the states 10 billion feet of dunn
Der were sent out OF the state by rail-
road, the freight would amount to $751;
0G0,00000 This means that the rail-
roads will compete for this tonnage all
Of which insures railroad develop
ment increased population and more
revenue from taxation.
If all the standing saw timber in
Idaho, belonging to the state could be
made into lumber at one plant and
placed in a lumber yard in piles of
customary size, it would require a
yard of 1915 acres or over nine square
miles.
A large part of the states timber
was acquired under congressional
grants above referred to for the bene-
fit of our educational, charitable and
penal institutions. A large share of the
endowments, belonging to these insti-
tutions is in the form of standing
timber. If this timber is destroyed by
forest fires, or other causes, the en-
dowments are almost total losses, since
very little of this timber land can be
sold for the minimum of SO per acre,
below which figure 1t cannot be APP
praised under the terms Of the grants,
OF the estimated 25 billion feet of
standing white pine saw timber in
Idaho, the state owns over ten per
cent.
Only second to white pine in quality
DIS our western yellow pine. of which
lion feet, and of this total the state
owns about nine per cent.
Consolidate Isolated Tracts.
One of the most important parts of
the work now before us is the pro-
posed consolidation of the states isol-
ated tracts within the national forest
into compact bodies. This will make
the states lands more accessible and
more easily administered and will
result in greatly increased revenues
from grazing fees and land and tim
Der sales.
There Is great advantage to be
gained by this exchange. Lands that
are not now saleable or rent produc-
ing, and which probably would not DE
for generations will be exchanged for
lands which can be sold Immediately
or within a few years, and can be
leased at once. The state now has
approximately 222,267 acres of such
lands, scattered through the various
forest reserves OF the state. which
bring but very small revenue
We are making every effort to eff
feet this exchange, and to wisely sell
ect the lieu lands, The advice and
help Of the agricultural, stock raising
and timber interests, county officials
and all others interested in the well
fare of Idaho will be appreciated
Appropriations Too Small.
Our greatest handicap in the prose-
cution of this work Is the lack of
!, funds for fling and advertising fees
: in making selections. The legislat-