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the national forests of Montana there have been built 2,800 miles of trails. 

 119 miles of road and i,Soo miles of telephone lines. Mudi has been done 

 in cleaning up old slashes, the rights of way of railroads and in assisting 

 the rancher to safeguard the surrounding timber when clearing his home- 

 stead of debris. A close-knit co-operative association of private owners 

 work with the forest service in northwestern ^Montana to insure the pro- 

 tection of 964,160 acres of tim^berland. This association collects a certain 

 tax per acre from all of its members, hires patrolmen, keeps a reserve supply 

 of tools and extends to private holdings practically the same system of fire 

 protection as is effective on the national forests. This is of vital importance 

 to prospective investors in timber land whether large or small. 



Last year the cut of timber on the national forests of jNIontana was 

 82,757 AI. feet B. ]\I. The average stumpage price received for this timber 

 was $2.25, or a total value of $185,036. 



Timber is sold when it is ripe and readv for cutting. All dead timber 

 and ripe green timber is for sale. ?\lost of the timber purchased goes to 

 .^mall operators. 91% of the sales made being for less than $100 in value. 



Sales exceedmg $100 in value must be advertised. Sales below 

 Selling the ^his can be made without advertisement. This makes it 

 Ripe Timber possible to meet the demanrl for small sales very promptly, 

 on the Res- Rangers are authorized to sell up to S50 in value and most of 

 ervations. the supervisors up to $100 in value. All timber ii- scaled 



rather than ^old on estimate. There are many attractive small 

 chances in the national forests for small operators who can secure 



Typical Country Included in National Forests, Slwicing High Ruckey Mountain tops and 



Open Grazing Parks Mixed With Timber. 



