(jfrom the TT. S. Forest Service.) 



ALASKA. TIHB3R NOT RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION 



FOR PAP2R PULP OTTIL JULY 5> 1913- 



Washington, July 3 .Bids have just been received by 

 the Forest Service for 300 million feet of timber which has been 

 advertised for sale on the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, 

 and an additional 300 million feet from the same forest has been 

 applied for* A large part of this timber is Sitka spruce, which 

 will be made into paper pulp not only for the Pacific Coast and 

 the Orient, but for the general pulp mar/cet. 



The latest estimates availarle show that there is a 

 stand of approximately 70 billion feet on the Tongass National 

 Forest and approximately 28 billion feet on the Chugach National 

 Forest in Alaska-, Recent investigations have shown this amount 

 to be very much larger than was supposed. The Alaskan Forests 

 in fact contain approximately one-sixth of the total stand of 

 timber on the national forests. The annual cut on the Tongas s 

 Forest has increased gradually from zero at its creation in 

 1902 until it amounted to approximately 43 million feet in ^ the 

 year 1912. This entire amount has been cut for local uses, 

 largely for boxes to contain canned salmon. The latest large 

 sale is remarkable in that it indicates a beginning of the 

 utilization of Alaskan timber in the general markets. 



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