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of the mature crop of timber will not bo allowed to mar the 

 scenic beauty of the region. 



In accordance with the timber sale policy of the govern- 

 ment the stumpage will bo disposed of to the highest bidder 

 In order to attract a sufficient investment to assure the build- 

 ing of the railroad and of the necessary lumber mills at least 

 a billion feet of timber had to be offered. The investment nec- 

 essary to make this timber accessible will amount to riirre than 

 $3,000,000. By placing this quantity of timber before the lum- 

 bermen of the country the officials of the forest service believe 

 that the development of extensive areas in southern Utah may be 

 looked for, because the necessary railway will render accessible 

 resources which have heretofore been undeveloped. The whole re- 

 gion is rich in agricultural land, in cattle and. sheep range, and 

 in coal and copper deposits, as well as in timber. 



Bids for the timber will be received up to the middle of 

 June, 1914, and three years will be allowed for the building of 

 the railroad and mills, and twenty-five years for the cutting of 

 the timber. The stumpage rates, however, will be readjusted at 

 the end of each five-year period of the contract, the readjust- 

 ments being based on the then current lumber prices. 



By the end of the contract period, the forest officers 

 , the young trees left on the area first cut over will be 

 ready for cutting, so that by the system of lumbering which the 

 oye. lament will recjuire, operations can continue permanently in 



