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price to such as may apply therefor, this to be done in order to induce 

 persons to assist in clearing the forest with all possible speed. 



(3) Removal from South Dakota. It has been pointed out that the 

 great mass of dead timber now in the Black Hills Forest Reserve can 

 not be used in South Dakota. It is therefore recommended (again as 

 a measure of protection for the living forest) that the forest-reserve 

 law be so amended as to permit the shipment of the dead and beetle- 

 infested timber from the State of South Dakota. 



In making such a change, it ought to be understood that shipping 

 timber from the State should in no way interfere with the industries 

 dependent upon such timber in the State where the timber is situated. 

 The case under consideration is an example in point. The mining 

 interests of the Black Hills are absolutely dependent for their timber 

 supply on the wood in the Black Hills, and if any timber is removed 

 from the region of the Black Hills, i. e., from the State of South 

 Dakota, it should be taken from regions in the Black Hills which are 

 no Tributary to the important mining interests in the Hills. In other 

 words, if any timber is removed from the Black Hills, it should come 

 from the region south and west of the Little Spearnsh River. 



(4) Timber which should be removed. The timber which should be 

 removed is the dead and beetle-infested timber. For the purposes of 

 inspection dead timber should be considered as timber which comes 

 from trees whose leaves are no longer green that is, the "sorrel tops," 

 the "red tops," and the "black tops." " Beetle -infested timber" has 

 been specified by Dr. Hopkins. 



This dead timber will be "blue timber," and 'much of it is now 

 decayed. Contractors should be required to cut and remove only such 

 timber as is perfectly sound, without any signs of decay. 



