The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-02-03
Kelley Talks
On Sustained
Yield P|d ns
Says Aim of Forest Service
Is for All-Time Lumber
Industry.
PAY ROLLS FOR ALL
PARTS OF COUNTY

To place before the people of this
district further information in re-
gard to sustained yield from the
forests of Lincoln county. Forest SUI
pervisor Klehm of the Kootenai
forest called a meeting of a number
of men and women of the district,
which was held last Thursday night
in the community hall in the court
house.
Mr.. Klehm had made arrange
ments for three prominent officials
from the regional office at Mis-
soula to be present. They were
Major Evan Kelley, regional for
ester; Phillip Neff, logging engi-
neer of Region No. |, and c. X. Nc
Harg, assistant regional forester in
charge of cooperation with state and
private forests. Also present was
Frank Tompkins, in charge of the
timber holdings of the Northern
Pacific Railway company
Delegations Present
Supervisor Klehm had invited
delegations from Troy, Rexford and
Eureka. From Troy there were pres
ent Perry Wilson, J. f. Cole, Archie
and Jean Pattie, the Messrs, Carr,
Art Mcneil and A. A. Brooks. These
men were either present at the meet
ing or ait conference with forest
officials during the afternoon From
Rexford there were William FeWkes.
Oak Knapp and Mr.. Mcclure. No
one from Eureka was able to at
tend. A number of Libby men and
women sat in at this interesting
and highly important meeting
= Mr.. Klehm presided at the meet
ing, explained the purpose of the
gathering and asked Mr.. Kelley to
discuss the matter of sustained yield
and the harvesting of the timber
crop under plans now being worked
out by the forest service. MIR. KEEL
ley went into the matter quite ex-
tensively and held the close atten-
ton of his audience.
First, it should be understood, y
said Major Kelley, that the of
ficials of the forest service realize
they are merely the servants of the
public, trying to work out in the
most efficient manner possible the
best use and administration of the
forests The forests are yours, they
belong to you. Our only purpose is
I to administer them SO that the great
est good will come to the greatest
number"
Perpetual Lumber Industry
Major Kelley touched briefly on
the wrong practices of the lumber
industry in former years. He said
the object now is to get away from
those Wasteful practices and to de-
velop and conserve timber resources
SO that wherever possible. there may
be perpetual lumber industry.
Major Kelley went on to say
that one of the best places at which
to develop such perpetual lumber
industry is in Lincoln county. He
said under present plans of sus-
tanned yield, there will be no more
ghost towns, the industry will be
stabilized, fear of deprecated prop
erty values will be removed, and
judging the matter from the long
yieW-of the greatest good to the.
greatest number - everyone will
benefit from the plans now in mind.
subject further, said the service has
plans for the selling, in the near
future, of five bodies of timber in
different parts of the county, these
tracts being known as chances" or
units. One such unit is situated in
the Yak district, on Star and Mea-
dow creeks, one is on Quartz creek,
i'm the Libby district, one is on Jack
son creek, in the Warland district,
and the fifth unit ia on Sullivan and
Dodge creeks, near Rexford.
4 Under present tentative plans it
is estimated the merchantable tim
Der on these five units would be cut
off in about five years. The logging
will be done under approved for
estry. practices, the young timber
being left for reproduction or re-
cropping purposes After these five
units have been logged, the forest
service will put on the market tim
Der from additional units. This pro-
cess will be kept up, said Major
Kelley, plan of rotation estab-
lished, and timber thus provided
for perpetual lumber industry.
Much Timber Available
1t was brought out during the ev-
ening that under these plans the
forest officials estimate there will
be available from national forest
timber each year total Of about
100000 feet of pine and about
100000 feet of other species such
as larch and fir, That will make
available, from forest sources, a to-
tai OF 100000 feet of logs. II is
further estimated that there will be
available from private sources
about 100000 feet of logs an
nually, which would make an an
nuai cut of lumber of from 40
} TO SO million feet That would keep
: such mill as the one at Libby
supplied with perpetual supply vi