Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-04
n. Fork Has Record Logging Months

vlO1IAsIS
Since last July, the most active
portion of Flathead National For
est, the Glacier View district, hast
produced 45,0OO,OO board feet OF
logs for Flathead valley mills.
The ranger station at Big creek,
II miles north of Columbia Falls,
for the first time continued to bel
a busy spot during the winter.
Ranger Robert Gillespie reported
that February timber hauling from
the North Fork totaled 4,5O0, 900
board feet. It was a better month
than last July with 1876, 900 board
feet.
JOBS FOR $50
This unusual heavy activity saw
about ESQ men logging and hauling
from the North Fork during peak
OF the season.
Log hauling by months also in
cludes: August, $4,000 board
feet; September, 7 1854, 900; October,
5,0O7 900; November, STAB, 900; De-
cember, 6,654,000; January, $685.
600.
Over half the current timber
yield is coming from the Flathead
rivers North Fork where salvage
and control of the spruce bark
beetle by the Forest Service is re-
sulting in logging that is six times
the best pre-War level, and triple
the previous sustained yield figure
| MORE JOBS
| In terms of jobs, Forest Servic,
| officials say 1t requires one mar
day in the woods and about on,
and a half man days in the mil
and planer to convert 1000 boart
| feet of log into finished lumber
AS a result the North Fork tim
Der cut in February reflects itsel
as providing 112,50O days Of EN-
ployment before the finished lum
Der leaves the Flathead. In wood
l and mills this timber before ship
). ping will provide jobs for abol
500 men.
Ranger Gillespie said that thel
is 48 inches of new snow at B.
0 creek in a week. This has settle
0 down to 81 inches making a tot,
: of A inches on the ground. Othel
wise it has been an open, mil
S winter.
S ROAD OPEN
VI Loggers have kept the Nor
Il Fork road open, but the deep sno
:. is making it narrow and, cautit
: is urged. -.
Il Still logging and hauling up Il
= North Fork is Will Warner al
s crew on Coal creek for Superb
e Buildings; Russell Warner al
crew on Hallowatt creek for Rocl
! Mountain Lumber Co. all of CO
e umbia Falls, and John Slack I
~ Moose creek for Koenig Brothe
e, of Kalispell. Rex Brown, Cora
mill owner, is bringing equipme
to out from Teepee creek. Plu
lie Creek mill of Columbia Falls sto
~ ped hauling month ago.
TX Gillespie says that there a
lr about ten logging trucks hauli
on the North Fork road now doy
from 35 two months ago.
ct Coolest weather at Big ere
es this winter has been three 7 belt
s. readings.
t. SLEEPING IN TENTS
~ Working five miles off the ma
c. North Fork road cruising timt
ly up Red Meadow creek are E
l. Chiffon, Robert Robertson, T.
f. Paullin and AL Overflow. They Z
P. sleeping in tents.
Work schedule for the r
I'd Meadow group is ten days on w
4 four days off when they come {
70 using small Forest Service sno
mobile.
all Next week David Scott of
MT Forest Service timber managem,
he staff, and Tom Terri1l Of the Fl
est Research staff, both from M
o. xoula, are scheduled to come
in the North Fork primarily to vi
I'd spruce bark beetle infestation
es Hay creek. About 10000, 900 DO;
feet was cruised in this drain;
&c last fall.
c-l Ranger Gillespie's staff at
he Creek includes Bert Morris, asst
ge ant ranger; Al Arvidson, altern
lis ranger; checking scalers; il
to LETTERS, dispatcher, and Bud Pc
lis ell in sales preparation.
act Three scalers assigned to
OPP district are warking in the Fl
Ige head valley. Jim Hutchens is sc
Ice ing at Rocky Mountain, and
all Darling at Superior Buildi1
m both in Columbia Falls, and .
in Seek is scaling at Koenig's n
lily Kalispell.
at The community at Big CT
on which is on the Flathead riv
eS- North Fork near the mouth
or- the creek includes Mrs. Gille:
n. and Larry, 4, and Gayle AnI
De months; Mrs. Powell with Jal
8, and David, ID months.