Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-16

price of $500 per thousand would
bring to the State, the immense
sum of S30,000,000.O0, with the
land upon which the timber stands
still belonging to the state In
addition to the revenues to the in
stitutions of the State were the tim
Der sold, it is estimated that if
$500 per thousand feet represents
wages, and $500 per thousand sup
plies used in logging and manufac-
turing this timber into lumber, the
State would have $1s2,34O,0 600. 90
within its borders.
/ If the States 10 billion feet of
lumber were sent out of the state
by railroad the freight would
amount to over $S1, 900, 5000
This means that the railroads wild
compete for this tonnage, all of
which insures railroad development,
I increased population and more
revenue from taxation.
If all the standing saw timber
in Idaho, belonging to the State
could be made into lumber al one
plant and placed in a lumber yard
in piles of customary size, it would
require yard of 5,S15 acres or
over nine square miles.
| A large part of the States tim
Der was acquired under congression-
al grants above referred to for the
benefit of our educational. char
liable and penal institutions. A
large share of the endowments, be
longing to these institutions is in
the form of standing timber. If
this timber is destroyed by forest
fires, or other causes, the endow-
ments are almost total losses, since
very little of this timber land can
! be sold for the minimum of $1,000
! per acre, below which figure it
cannot be appraised under the terms
of the grants.
! Every time a thousand feet of
merchantable timber is destroyed
by forest fires, the working men of
Idaho lose $500 in wages and the
farmers lose $500. that otherwise
would have been spent for camp
supplies, etc. And the farmers and
business men lose $500 worth of
business. which the wage Garner
would have been able to do with
them. The lumber business always
! is great factor in the growth and
development of community, for
the reason that much or the cost
! of transacting business Is for labor
and supplies, and the market for
the manufactured product is usual
ly at a distance.
We are urging the support of our
Congressional delegation for the APP
preparation being asked for aero
plane fire patrol, feeling that the
assistance of this branch of the ser
vice will minimize the losses to the
State through forest fires. If sue
cessful in securing this appropria-
ton, sub bases will be established
in various points in Idaho. one of
which will be in Boise.
The largest body of white pine
timber in the world is in Northern
Idaho. and in this tract stands the
only mature white pine forest of
any size now in existance In all
the older white pine states there is
small quality of first-growth tim
Der left. but the greater part of the
white pine in these sections con-
sists of small second growth.
The largest white pine tree in
the world was found in Latah
County. Idaho. This tree produced
over $500 feet of lumber. large
proportion of which was of the
highest quality.
OF the estimated 25 billion feet
of standing white pine saw timber
in Idaho. the State owns over 10
per cent.
Only second to white pine in quail
ity is our western yellow pine, of
which there is now standing in Ida
no 80 billion feet, and of this total
the state owns about 9 per cent.
One of the most important parts |
of the work now bebfore us Is the
proposed consolidation of the States
isolated tracts within the Naional
rest into compact bodies. This
will make the States lands more |
accessible and more easily admin
istered and will result in greatly In
creased revenues from grazing fees
and land and timber sales.
There is a great advantage to be |
gained by this exchange Lands |
which are not now salable or rent
producing and which PROBABLY would
not be for generations. will be ex-
changed for lands which can be |
sold immediately or within a few
years. and can be leased at once
The State now has approximately