PART n. TIMBEE SALES, TIMBER SETTLEMENT, FREE USE. 



TIMBER SALES. 



NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER FOR SALE, 



All mature timber on the National Forests which may be cut with benefit, in 

 accordance with the principles of forestry, is for sale, and will be offered as 

 demand arise;-. Only stumpage is sold, the title to the land remaining with the 

 Government. Timber may be sold in amounts ranging from a few thousand 

 feet up to whatever amount may be necessary to warrant the investment re- 

 quired for constructing a railroad or other means of transportation into com- 

 paratively inaccessible regions. 



PURCHASER'S FIRST STEP. 



The first step for anyone desiring- to purchase Government timber is to com- 

 municate with an officer of the Forest on which the timber is located. If the 

 amount desired is small, the local ranger can arrange the sale without delay. 

 Amounts valued at more than $50 can be sold only by the supervisor or by the 

 district forester or the Forester, according to the size of the sale. (See Keg. 

 S-3. This and other regulations relating to timber sales are grouped on pages 

 25-20. ) 



Many remote timber areas have been cruised, and supervisors are in posses- 

 sion of reports showing the location, amount of timber, and the other facts 

 upon which on opinion of the chance is usually based. Information with 

 regard to available areas or the sale of National Forest timber may be secured 

 by addressing the Forester, Forest Service, Washington, D. C. ; the district 

 forester at either Missoula. Mont; Denver, Colo.; Albuquerque, N. Mex. ; 

 Ogden, Utah : San Francisco. Cal. ; or Portland. Oreg. ; or the Forest Service, 

 Federal Building, Chicago, 111. 



FOUR CLASSES OF SALES. 



ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE. 



All sales exceeding $100 in amount must be advertised, except those made 

 to homestead 'settlers and farmers under the terms of Regulation S 9. Pro- 

 cedure in an advertised sale is as follows : After the applicant has selected 

 the body of timber which he wishes to purchase, he will be furnished by the 

 supervisor with a sample application stating the area, etimated amount, mini- 

 mum stumpage price, period allowed for cutting and removing the timber, and 

 oilier conditions to be complied with, following as closely as possible the form 

 of the final sale agreement. If the applicant accepts these conditions, he is 

 required to deposit an amount exceeding the total estimated cost of advertising 

 by approximately 25 per cent. The minimum deposit is $10. A notice of the 

 sale of the timber is then published, the choice of mediums and number of 

 insertions depending upon whether the sale is of local, regional, or general 

 interest. This notice describes the timber, gives the minimum sturnpage prices 

 that will be accepted, and specifies the date upon which sealed bids will be 



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