The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-17
idaho PLANS SALE
STATE Pine BELT
HOLDINGS AP-
PRAISED AT 100000 TO $5O0,O00
NEW FOREST KING.

| NGU LVhL0l hlNUs
| BOiSe-In state house circles, de-
velopments of the winter in the Clear
water white pine belt in northern Ida
| no, where timber companies are start
ing large operations, have been made
the subject of renewed discussion this
week.
The state land department is ar
ranging big white pine sale in that
district this spring, probably as early
as March. The offering will apply
| to timber appraised at between $400,-
900 and 100000 in the Reed creek
district between Pierce City and the
North Fork Of the Clearwater river
These sales are never arranged un-
less prospective buyers are in the
field and indicate that they will pur-
chase Report is to the effect that
the Clearwater Timber company will
be among the bidders.
State Owns 100000 Acres.
The states timber holdings in the
10 northern counties embrace about
100000 acres. About 100000 acres are
in Clearwater county and it is largely
white pine, running from 10000 to
10000 feet an acre or total of about
4,000,000,000 feet. This is all virgin
timber.
Recently a section white pine tim
Der In one of the northern counties
was sold by the state for $12 40 a
1000 feet in the stump This tract
was conveniently located to a MILL
but the value of the timber is thus
illustrated On such a basis the
states timber stand in Clearwater
county alone is worth $44S, 100000 in
the stump.
Retail Value Is S35O,O0O,OOO.
In the common markets, $85 1000
feet for finished lumber is generally
accepted as the retail value of white
pine That would give the states
Clearwater county stand retail value
of $350,000,000, yet when European
market quotations on the finished pin
ranging from $130 to $160 a 1000
feet for the select grades is con-
sidered, the value reaches an incom
figure. The facts cited re-
veal the exclusive position that white
pine among the soft woods has at
tanned.
Lumbermen say that with modern
and working from a body
Of timber where the location may be
cIassed as favorable average" tie
milling cost, for labor alone, from
tree to plank, would reach s10 a 1000
feet, independent of plant investment
Or wear On that basis, the stote's
stand in Clearwater county would ie-
present an ultimate outlay for labor
in utilizing it of $40,000,000 These
facts suggest the important factor of
the timber operations in the COM
merce Of country.
Attracts Nationwide Attention.
The decision of the Weyerhaeuser
interests, classed as the most exten-
,ive lumber operators in the world, |
@ begin milling their Clearwater
holdings has brought to the
,elt the attention of numbering cir
,Ies throughout the United States
Facts published in relation to the |
development show that this belt re-
PRESENTS the largest contiguous stand |
# white pine in the world and repre- /
;enting also a superior quality.
There is now standing in these
orests a tree known as the White
Pine King the largest white pine
rec in the world. Previous to its
discovery the distinction was held by /
Tree IUdl Was lS1lCu ny CuO OIloISu
lumber company Weyerhaeuser
on December 12, 1911, at
point about five miles northwest of
3ovill The tree had length of 207
eet and scaled 28,900 feet. The aver
ge diameter of the butt was six feet
nd nine inches. It's age was 425 f
ears. Three cuts from this tree made
load for a 41-foot flatcar. In lum-
er on retail market at the present
ime the tree would represent value
f $2,465.
w. D. Humiston, of the Potlatch
lumber company reports that the
ompany later found the new king, 4
yhich is much larger than the de-
osed monarch 1t is standing at a
oint about five miles southwest of
Tx River in Clearwater county This
rec is seven feet and four inches in
iameter breast high.