The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-01-30
NEED SHOWN
FOR HIGHWAY
VIA DISAUTEI.
Biles! Coleman Executive SAYS
Payroll Maintained There
J Warrants Road
Estimate Low Cost
Could Complete Road Between
Omak and Nespelem For
$4,000 Laycock Says

$4,000 Laycock Says
More than six and one-han mil
lion dollars in wages and timber
purchases have been paid out during
the nine year period between April
l, 1925 and March 81, 1894. by the
Biles-Coleman Lumber company, r.
L. McNett, president, revealed.
In addition, the company has paid
more than a million dollars for
supplies and repairs and heavy
tax bill.
At Disautel, where the company
maintains headquarters for it's log
ling operations, $l,229,4 76 has been
paid in wages during the nine yeas
covered in the report. Indians
were paid $613,846 for stumpage,
less 10 per cent retained by the In
dian department for expenses in
.yolyed in handling the Indians
timber affairs. +
0AAOWo ANVCA XVA AAVE4W
The figures We're disclosed by Mr.,
McNett to illustrate the Importance
of Disautel from the standpoint of
trade available to local merchants
and the need for adequate road ia
cilities between Omak and that
community. He pointed out that
under present road conditions 1t is
extremely difficult for residents VI
the Disautel vicinity to trade in
Okanogan valley towns. y
The figures also revealed the
county wide influence on trade re-
sulting from Biles-C Coleman Lum-
her company's operations. Opera
tors of smaller mills through
out the county have received $780,
522 for lumber purchased by the
local firm. Loggers and timber
owners received over two and one
half million, which found its way
into trading points scattered over
the entire county.
In Omak a total of $3,829, 191 was
paid in wages to the hundreds Of
employees listed on the payroll
here.
Don't Realize Need
II don't believe the merchants Of
Omak and Okanogan realize just
how important it is that good
road be extended to Disautel," M.
McNett said. There has beea
practically no work done on he
route at all until the last year and
the need for a continuation Of this
improvement is acute"
Need for the road also was ex-
pressed by j. r. Laycock, former
county commissioner, who declared
that the Biles- Coleman Lumber
company, second largest taxpayer
in the county and exceeded only ny
the Great Northern railway. has re-
ceived nothing in the way Of road
work to its. chief logging center.
1.-THE Biles-C Coleman company
should receive the support Of local
merchants in fight to secure some
benefit from the thousands Of dol
lars it pays into the county every
year in tax money" he declared.
1.-THE road Is badly needed and the
company and the Disautel commun-
ity are certainly entitled to it,"
Cost Estimate Small
Mr.. Laycock pointed out that at
small cost, approximately $4,000, a
good graveled road could be extern
ded all the way to Nespelem.
I'VE don't have any objection to
other sections Of the county work.
ing for their roads and we know
that the more road improvement
completed the better it will be for
the entire county. We do know
that this Disautel road is absolutely
required, and that we're going to
fight for It,"
C. F. Pentz said that he had driv-
en- over the Moses Meadow summit
several miles northeast of Disautel
Sunday and that the trip was easily
made without chains. He declared
that snow grader had made one
trip along the road, and had quickly
put the route in first class condi-
ton.
The road reaches an altitude Of
1902 feet, several hbTdred feet
higher than the propSsd road to
Nespelem which would be routed
through Coyote creek canyon. Less
than q foot of snow covered the
road at the sulnmis, he said.
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