REAL ESTATE AND TIMBER 



7,000,000 FEET 



NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER 



FOR SALE 



Location and Amount. — All the inei- 

 cliantablr dead timber, standing or 

 down, and all the live timber marked 

 or designated for cutting on an area 

 embracing about 3400 acres in Town- 

 ships 1 and 3, R. 4 E., of the Basis 

 Line, Smith Creek and Hopper Camp 

 Branch watersheds, Cherokee-Geor- 

 gia National Forest, Tennessee, es- 

 timated to be 4,800,000 feet B. M., 

 more or less, of saw timber of pop- 

 lar, wliite pine, shortleaf pine, white 

 oak, red oak, black oak, scarlet oak, 

 cliestnut oak, hickory, basswood, 

 ash, beech, and other species, 2,.")00 

 cords of chestnut acidwood, IJOO 

 chestnut oak ties, 460 cords of hem- 

 lock, poplar and basswood pulp, 

 13,000 locust posts, .340 chestnut 

 poles, and .560 tons of hemlock and 

 chestnut oak bark. 



Stumpage Prices. — Lowest rates consid- 

 ered: Sliortleaf "ine, and chestnut 

 oak saw timber, $3 per M; poplar saw 

 timber, $8 per M; white pine saw 

 timber, $7 per M; basswood and ash 

 saw timber, $6 per M; red oak and 

 white oak saw timber, $.5 per M; 

 black oak, scarlet oak, beech, hick- 

 ory, birch, gum, and other species, 

 $1 per M; hemlock, basswood. and 

 poplar pulpwood. $1.35 per cord; 

 hemlock and chestnut oak bark, $3 

 per ton of 2340 lbs.; chestnut acid- 

 wood, $1..50 per cord: chestnut oak 

 hewn ties, 15 cents each; locust 

 posts, 5 cents each; chestnut poles, 

 30 ft. long, 30 cents each; 35 ft. long, 

 50 cents each; 40 ft. long, 75 cents 

 each; 45 ft. Ion- $1 each; 50 ft. 

 long, $1.35 each; 55 ft. long, $1.50 

 each; 60 ft. long, $1.75 each. 



Deposit. — With bid $500 to apply on 

 purchase price if bid is accepted, or 

 refunded if rejected. Ten per cent 

 may be retained as forfeit if the con- 

 tract and bond are not executed 

 within the required time. 



Final Date for Bids. — Sealed bids will 

 be received by the District Forester, 

 Washington, D. C, up to and includ- 

 ing September 10, 1917. The right 

 to reject any and all bids is reserved. 

 Before bids are submitted full in- 

 formation concerning the character 

 of the timber, conditions of sale, de- 

 posits, and the submission of bids 

 should be obtained from the District 

 Forester, Washington, D. C., or the 

 Forest Examiner in Charge, Blue 

 Ridge, Ga. 



TIMBER CRUISING 



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 in tonr-li with owners of timber lands whoso 

 properties are adaptable to conomercial or sport- 

 ing purposes. 



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 Timber Cruiser, Timber Owner, and Lumbernian, 

 gn ing details of method and cost of Timber 

 Estimating based on aetnal experience on over 

 1(10 timber tracts. 



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 properties exist. 



REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT 

 2 West 45th St. New York City 



SALE OF TI.MBER. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE 

 INDIAN RESERVATION. 



SEALED BIDS, MARKED OUTSIDE "BID. 

 White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation IMm- 

 lier" and addressed to "The Cammisaioner of Indian 

 Affairs, Washington, D. C," will be received nntil 

 12:00 o'clock noon, Eastern Time. Wednesday, Octobei 

 24. 1917. for the purchase of timber upon alx>ut (iS.OCO 

 acres within To^vnshiiJts 8 and S"* North. Ranges 'J3, 24. 

 25 and 26, and ToA\nships 9 North, Ranges U ^nd 25 

 East, G. & S. B. P. M., Arizona. The sale embraces 

 approximately 400.000,000 feet of timber (about 'J5/, 

 Westcfl-n Yellow Pine and 3 to 5% Douglas Fir :-nd 

 other si>ecies). Each bid must state the amount i>tr 

 thousand feet, Scribner decimal C. leg scale, that will 

 be paid for timber of all species cut prior to October 1, 

 li;24. Prices suljsequent to that date are to be fixed by 

 tile Commissioner of Indian Affairs by thi-ee year oeriods. 

 in accordance with operating and market conditions. No 

 bid of less than Three Dollars p?r tliousand teet for all 

 sixcie-s within the sale area for the first period will be 

 considered. Each bid must be subraittul in triplicate 

 and be accompanied by a certified ch::ck on a xjlvent 

 National Bank, in favor of the Superinteu.lent of ihe 

 Fort Apache Indian School, in the amount of Fifteen 

 ■"niousand Dollars. The deposit will be returned it the 

 bid is rej::cted. but ten ver cent, of it will be retained 

 if the bid is accepted and the required contract and 

 bond are not executed and presented for approval witliin 

 tliirty days from such acceptance. If the bid is ac- 

 cepted and tlie contract and bond executed, the deposit 

 will h-e applied as an advance pa>Tnent on the imrchasi) 

 price. The nght to reject any and all bids is i-esM-ved. 

 For copies of bid and contract forms and for other in- 

 formation regarding the offering, application should be 

 made to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 



The Department of Agriculture has advertised a tract 

 adjacent to the Indian Reservation containing iiDm'osi- 

 mattly 235.000.C03 feet of timber. The Indian timber and 

 the National Forest. Timber are being advertised at tii" 

 same time with the understanding that the purchaser 

 of tiies3 tracts may log them together. Inftn-mation as 

 lo the National Forest Timber may be obtained from the 

 District Forester. Albuquerque, New Mexico 



Washington. D. C., August 27, 1917 

 Commissioner of Indian Affaire. 



CATO SELLS, 



235,000,000 FEET 



NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER 



FOR SALE 



LOCATION AND AMOUNT. — All tlit- 

 merchantable dead timber standing or 

 down, and all the live timber marked 

 or otherwise designated for cutting on 

 an area embracing about 55,200 acres in 

 T. 10 N., Rs. 23 and 24 E. ; T. 9 N , 

 Rs. 23, 24, and 25 E. ; T. 8 N., R. 23 

 E ; and the unsurveyed land in ap- 

 proximately T. 8 N.. R. 24 E., G. & 

 S. R. P. M., within the Sitgreaves Na- 

 tional Forest, Arizona, estimated to be 

 235,000,000 feet B.M.. more or less, of 

 western yellow pine, Douglas fir, Mexi- 

 can white pine, cork bark fir, and Engel- 

 mann and Colorado blue spruce. Ap- 

 proximately 95% western yellow pine. 



STUMPAGE PRICES.— Lowest rate con- 

 sidered $2.25 per M feet for all species, 

 rate to be readjusted October 1, 1924, 

 and every three years thereafter nntil 

 end of sale. 



DEPOSIT.— With bid, $10.0()(), to apply on 

 purchase price if bid is accepted, or 

 refunded if rejected. Ten per cent, 

 may be retained as forfeit if the con- 

 tract and bond are not executed within 

 the required time. 



FINAL DATE FOR BIDS.— Sealed bids 

 will be received by the District For- 

 ester, Albuquerque, New Mexico, up to 

 and including October 24, 1917. 



The right to reject any and all bids is 

 reserved. 



Before bids are submitted lull in- 

 formation concerning the character of 

 the timber, conditions of sale, deposits, 

 and the submission of bids should be 

 obtained from the District Forester, 

 Albuquerque, New Mexico, or the For- 

 est Supervisor. Snowflake, Arizona. 



The Commissioner of Indian Affairs 

 is advertising a body of timber on the 

 White Mountain Indian Reservation es- 

 timated at 400,000 feet more or less 

 adjoining the above advertised area on 

 the Sitgreaves National Forest. The 

 conditions of contract and conditions 

 on the ground permit the logging of 

 both areas as one operation aggregating 

 over 600,000 feet. Full information 

 concerning the character of timber on 

 the Indian Reservation, conditions of 

 sale, deposits, and the submission of 

 bids can be obtained from the Com- 

 missioner of Indian Affairs. Depart- 

 ment of the Interior, Washington. D. C. 



