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9. It is a common mistake on the part of applicants and 

 forest officers, to suppose that any kind of timber under any 

 circumstances must be sold whenever any one wishes to pur- 

 chase. Such is not the case. Timber will be sold only— 



{a) If it may be spared without injury to the resei-ve. 



(5) If it is really in demand to supply local needs, either by 

 being used in the vicinity or by maintaining local industries. 



(c) If the demand is such that applicant can afford to and 

 is willing to make clean work of his cutting, and thus leave 

 the forest in a satisfactory condition, and not merely to pick 

 out some particularly desirable material or to leave it a mere 

 "slash." 



RELINQUISHMENT OF CLAIMS. 



The law provides that where a tract within a forest reservation 

 is covered by an unperf ected bona fide claim, or by a patent, the 

 settler or owner may, if he so desires, relinquish the tract to 

 the United States and select in lieu thereof a tract of vacant 

 public land outside of the reservation, open to settlement, not 

 exceeding in area the tract relinquished. No charge is to be 

 made for placing the new entry of record. This is in con- 

 sideration of previous fees and commissions paid. Where the 

 entry is in lieu of an unperfected one, the necessary fees in 

 the making of final proof and issuance of certificate will be 

 required. Where the entry is based on an unsurveyed claim, 

 all fees and commissions attending entry must be paid, none 

 having been paid previously. 



Where an application is made for change of entry under the 

 above provision, it must be filed in the land office for the dis- 

 trict in which the lieu selection lies. The application must 

 describe the tract selected and the tract covered hj the unper- 

 fected entry, and must be accompanied by a formal relinquish- 

 ment to the United States of all right, title, and interest in 

 and to the tract embraced in said entry. There must also be 

 filed with the application an affidavit, corroborated by at least 

 two witnesses cognizant of the facts, showing the periods and 

 length of claimant's residence on his relinquished claim; as 

 credit for the time spent thereon will be allowed under the 

 new entrjr in computing the period of residence required by 

 law. Residence and improvements are requisite on the new 

 entry, the same as on the old, subject only, in respect to 



