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National Forest in California. The company was 

 going to use some of the timber, but most of it was 

 to be destroyed or disposed of in the easiest manner. 

 Scaling was impossible, so the company paid for 

 the timber about $10,000 on the basis of a care- 

 ful estimate made by the writer, then Forest 

 Examiner. 



The charge for all such timber is made on the 

 basis of the current stump age rates for timber of 

 like quality and accessibility included in sales for 

 all classes of material which have to be cut or de- 

 stroyed and which are commonly salable on the 

 Forest. 



Timber is often used by the Forest Service itself 

 in the administration of the National Forests. 

 The Forester, District Foresters, and the Super- 

 visors are authorized to sell or dispose of under 

 free use or otherwise, within the amount each one 

 is authorized to sell, any timber upon the National 

 Forests when such removal is actually necessary to 

 protect the Forest from ravages or destruction, or 

 when the use or removal of the timber is necessary 

 in the construction of roads, trails, cabins, and 

 other improvements on the National Forests or in 

 experiments conducted by the Forest Service. 



