REAL ESTATE AND TIMBER 



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7,000,000 FEET 



NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER 



FOR SALE 



Location and Amount. All the mer- 

 chantable 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 2, 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, white pine, shortleaf pine, white 

 oak, red oak, black oak, scarlet oak, 

 chestnut oak, hickory, basswood, 

 ash, beech, and other species, 2,500 

 cords of chestnut acidwood. 600 

 chestnut oak ties, 460 cords of hem- 

 lock, poplar and basswood pulp, 

 12,000 locust posts, 340 chestnut 

 poles, and 560 tons of hemlock and 

 chestnut oak bark. 



Stumpage Prices. Lowest rates consid- 

 ered: Shortleaf "ine, and chestnut 

 oak saw timber, $2 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, $1.25 per cord; 

 hemlock and chestnut oak bark, $3 

 per ton of 2240 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. lonr^ $1 each; 50 ft. 

 long, $1.25 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 

 Kidge, Ga. 



TIMBER CRUISING 



of all kinds, in all sections, brings me constantly 

 in touch with owners of timber lands whose 

 properties are adaptable to commercial or sport- 

 iiiii; pvirposes. 



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154 Fifth Avenue New York 



READY JULY 1st NEW BOOKLET 



TIMBER ESTIMATING METHODS 



Original and Practical Information for the 

 Timber Cruiser, Timber Owner, and Lumberman, 

 giving details of method and cost of Timber 

 Estimating based on actual experience on over 

 100 timber tracts. 



Postpaid, 50 cents each. 



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FOREST ENGINEER NEWBERN, N. C. 



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IF YOU WANT TO BUY 



Timberlands, Preserves, 

 Estates, Farms, Camps, 

 etc., then we can assist 

 in getting exactly what 

 you want, provided such 

 properties exist. 



REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT 

 2 West 45th St. New York City 



SALE OF TIMBER. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE 

 INDIAN KBSKKVATION. 



8 BALED BIDS, MARKED OUTSIDE 'BID, 

 White Mountain Apaclie Inciian Reservation Tini- 

 her" and addreasecl to "The Commi.sfiioner of Indian 

 Affairs, Wasliington, D. C." will be received until 

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

 24, 1917. for the purchase of timber upon abont 68.000 

 arre-s within Townshitis 8 and 8'^ North. Ranges 13. 24. 

 25 and 26, and Townsliiiir, 9 North, Rangea 24 i.nd 25 

 East. O. & 8. B. P. M.. Arizona. The sale embraces 

 api)roxiniately 400.000.000 feet of timber (about y5% 

 Western Yellow Pine and 3 to 5% Douglas F:r vnd 

 other speciefl). Each bid must state the amount per 

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

 l)e paid for timber of all species cut prior to October 1. 

 Pj24. IMces Hubfieqiient to that date are to be llxed by 

 the Commiasioner of Intiian Affairs by three year xjeriods. 

 in accordance with operating and market conditions. No 

 bid of less than Three Dollars p?r thousand feet for all 

 spccieji within the sale area for the first period will be 

 (ronsidere<I. Each bid must be submitted in triplicate 

 and Ije accompanied by a certified check on a solvent 

 .National Bank, in favor of the Superintendent of the 

 Fort Apache Indian School, iu the amount of Fift.een 

 Thousand Dollars. The deposit will be returned it the 

 bid is rejected, but ten l>er cent, of it will l)e retained 

 if the bid i.s accepted and the required contract and 

 bond are not executed and presented for approval within 

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

 cepted and the contract and bond executed, the deposit 

 will ue applied as an advance payment on the purchase 

 pnce. The right to reject anv and all bids U ;s^rvod. 

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

 fritmation regarding the offering, application should be 

 made to the Commissionrr of Indian Affairs 



The Department of Agriculture has advei-tised a tract 

 adjacent to the Indian Reservation containing apiwoxi- 

 iiiatilj- 235.000.t00 feet of timlxr. 'llie Indian timber and 

 the .National Forest Timlwr are being advertised at the 

 same time with the undersliiuding that the purchaser 

 i>r these tracts may log them together. Infoiniation as 

 lo the National Foreat Timb .r may bo obtained from the 

 "iSK'?, Polyester, Albuqiieniue. Now Mexico 



Washington, D. C, August 27, 1017. CATO SELLS. 

 Comimssioner of Indian Affairs. 



235,000,000 FEET 



NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER 



FOR SALE 



LOCATION AND AMOUNT. All thf 

 merchantable dead tiinbcr .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., Ks, 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 until 

 end of sale. 



DEPOSIT. With bid, $10,000, 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 full 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. 



