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4. Labor is fairly plentiful, and quite efhcient especially in 

 woods work. 



5. Timber trespass and carelessness with fire, in clearing, 

 road-building, etc., still prevails and is not properly restrained by 

 the authorities. 



6. Taxation is high ; twenty-one per Mill average for county. 

 Increased settlement calls for roads and schools and may increase 

 tax rate for near future. 



7. Agricultural Development is slow, only 11% of covmty now 

 improved land and only 3% has been added in ten years. 



8. Mills: Three sawmills, capacity about 50 M. ft. per day are 



located in city, , and , and employ 



men. Seventeen small "portables" also operate in county. Exploita- 

 tion of Cedar and Hemlock Bark amounted to $ in past 



year. 



Outlook: Two larger mills were moved away, and two small 

 villages abandoned in past five years. Generally the local industries 

 (except farming) are on the decline. Timber (as logs) goes out of 

 county to city where a closer utilization is pos.sible. 



9. Tourists, fishing and hunting parties come into this county 

 in considerable numbers. This afTects protection but may also be 

 made source of income. 



d. Markets and Transportation. 



1. Local Market. The mills, including the portables, then 

 also agents of distant concerns come here as buyers and take prac- 

 tically everything including Jack Pine, and Tamarack, and even 

 dead stubs of Pine and hardwood tops (cord wood cut in 4 ft. 



length.) The mills at city contract for logs of all kinds 



loaded on cars or delivered at track, and also contract for stumpa.ge. 



2. Prices at present are as follows : 



Pine logs $18.00 per M. ft. ; stumpage, $12.00. 

 ?Iemlock logs $10.00 per M. ft. ; stumpage, $6.00. Etc. 



3. Prices have advanced over 100% in fifteen years, and are 

 rapidly advancing for all kinds of material. This "price growth" 

 is estimated at 4% per year for Pine, Ash, ISasswood, Elm and 

 Cedar. 



5% for Hemlock and Maple. 

 8% for Beech and Tamarack, 

 and represents the most important growth on the property. 



