TRAINLOAD HEMLOCK RAILROAD TIES
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have been surveyed to show their
capacities and cost of development.
The principal features of Forest
Service procedure in the sale of tim
ber and of the contracts being offer
ed prospective pulp and paper oper
ators are as follows:
1. The standing timber only is of
fered for sale, title to the land being
retained in the United States to in
sure renewal of the timoer supply.
2. All timber is sold to the highest
responsible bidder after a period of
advertisement of not less than 30
days.
3. Timber is paid for in install
ments as cutting proceeds and on the
basis of a scale made by a Forest
officer at the time of cutting.
4. All merchantable timber on the
sale area is to be taken with the
exception of not to exceed 5 per
cent of the volume, which may be
retained for reseeding purposes. The
timber retained ordinarily covers
small groups of trees in which no cut
ting is done, and not individual trees
scattered over the area logged. On
areas where it appears desirable the
operator may be required, to lop the
tops left on the area so that the
brush lies close to the ground.
5. Pulpwood contracts are being of
fered covehing a 30-year supply of
timber for a plant of the size con
templated. While unusually large
investments will be made this con*
tract will provide that an additional
15-year supply in the general local
ity of the plant will be withheld un
til the 30-year contract is completed,
and will then be offered for sale thru
Advertisement in the usual way.
The beginning of the 30-year period
may be delayed to permit of two
years for plant constructions.
Additional protection to establish
ed plants in the matter of timber
supplies is provided by the general
Forest Service policy of permitting
no more establishments to depend
on the National Forest lands of a
given locality for timber than can
be supplied indefinitely thru the for
est growth. The purpose of this
policy is to give stability to develop
ment in timber regions by preventing
future timber depletion.
6. The minimum rates named in the
advertisements that will be consider
ed for pulp timber are 60c per 100
cubic feet for spruce and 30c per 100
cubic feet for hemlock. This volume
unit roughly equals one cord of sol
id wood. In terms of board feet the
above rates are approximately equal
to $1.00 per M feet for spruce and 50c
per M feet for hemlock.
7. The stumpage rates are subject
to readjustment at 5-year intervals
to make them conform with the then
current prices being received for
similar timber in the region; with
the special provision that the rates
for the second five-year period of:
the contract shall not exceed double i
the rates received during the first j
five-year period.
Administration.
The National Forests are adminis-!
tered under a branch of the Forest
Service residents in Alaska. Only
matters involving important questions
of general policy are referred to
Washington, D. C., a procedure
which expedites action in dealing
with the public. The chief adminis
trative officer is the District Fores
ter with headquarters at Juneau. For
est Supervisors in charge of each of
the two Forests have offices in Cor
dova and Ketchikan, respectively.
Forest rangers or deputy supervisors
are stationed at Anchorage, Cordova,
Katalla, Sitka, Juneau, Petersburg,
Ketchikan and Craig to handle local
business with the public. Eight
launches are maintained for work
along the coast.
FIVE FOX FARMS
START THIS YEAR
TO THE WESTWARD
CANNERY SUPERINTENDENT EN
TERS FOX BUSINESS ON
EXTENSIVE SCALE
Practically all islands available for
fox propagation in Southwestern Alas
ka have been taken up but among
the new ranches established the
past year was the Kiupalik island
farm of John Brodekorb; Lars Han
sen on Metrofania island; O. Kraft
and son on Ugak island; Harry Ol
son on Dark island. Captain Louis
Lane has made arrangements to
stock the Aiktalik island, in the Trin
ity group.
C. W. Cummings has purchased a
half interest in the Nelson island fox
farm of Dick Richardson, and it is
the purpose of the partners to ex
tend the improvements and increase
for breeding stock.
Captain Osmond, superintendent of
the Columbia River Packers associa
tion cannery at Chignik, has install
ed a silver fox ranch. It is said
the cost of the ranch pens and
breeders run well over $20,000.
UNUSUAL WARM
WEATHER RESULT
OF ERUPTIONS
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 12, Phenomenal
high temperatures and summerlike
weather followed the eruption of Mt.
Shushaldin, during the first ten days
of November, the average minimum
temperature being thirty degrees. Cook
Inlet was affected by the phenomenon
all rivers remaining open and the land
scape verdant, due to lack of frost.
Reports from down the Inlet and
from other places north report many
peaks are still smoking. Many pros
pectors awaiting the freezing of the
rivers to make their way out, are held
prisoners in remote sections, some of
them running short of grub. Moun
tains, usually snowclad at this time of
the year, are still bare.
SAWMILL NEAR SEWARD
FOX ASSOCIATION
KODIAK REGION
IS THRIVING
—
$20,000 WORTH OF BREEDERS
SOLD PAST SEASON—INDUS.
TRY GROWING RAPIDLY
PRODUCTION BASIS, 1928
Average $2,250 Expended Annually
Each Ranch, Provisions
and Labor.
There are twenty large fox ranch
es in this district which are mem
bers of the Southwestern Alaska
Blue Fox and Fur Farmers Associa
tion, which organization has its
headquarters at Kodiak. Four of
these islands have been consistent
producers of blue foxes for forty
years. Five others have been raising
foxes for six or seven years. Six
of the ranches have been operating
for a period of from three to five
years, and the last five have been
operating from one to three years.
The present production of foxes
from these islands, in the associa
tion, is slightly better than a thou
sand pelts a year. The sale of live
stock for breeders was more than
$20,000 for the past year.
Approximately 800 tons of fox
feeds are either purchased direct or
obtained thru hired labor each year.
Of this feed ten per cent is cereal
and meat scraps, shipped up from
the States. An average of $2,250 is
expended annually by each ranch for
provisions and extra labor, other
than performed by the owners. It is
stated that all of these ranches
should be on a full production ba
sis by January, 1928, at which time
it is estimated the number of blue
fox pelts taken from these islands
and ranches should not be less than
4,000 annually.
It is stated that over 90 per cent
of fox ranches in Souhtwestern Alas
ka are in need of an equitable leas
ing law, that the investments made
upon islands may be secured by their
respective owners. The industry is
one initiated by resident Alaskans,
who have their homes on or near
the islands. Their entire future is
tied up in the enterprise, and for
this reason, according to facts pre
sented to the Gateway, lawmakers
should give this matter due consid
eration, that of not burdening the
Industry with excessive taxes and by
giving the business, which is neces
sarily hazardous at the best, every
protection possible. !
NINE MILLIONS
WILL BE SPENT
NEAR FAIRBANKS
SEATTLE, Nov. 10 (JP)—Our Alas
ka Development program calls for the
expenditure of more than nine million
dollars within the next five years, de
clared Norman C. Stinnes, manager
of the Fairbanks Exploration Com
pany, arriving here yesterday.
“The old timers simply scratched
the surface, and modern methods and
machinery will make our fortunes out
of what they left behind.”
Mr. Stinnes said his company had
already spent a million and a half dol
lars, but did not expect any return on
the investment until 1930.
An eighty mile ditch from Fair
banks to Chatanika will furnish water
for the development and will be con
structed next summer He said that
Alaska's development would stop im
mediately if the Alaska railroad is de
stroyed or abandoned.
He said, “Within the next three
years my company will ship 12,000
tons of building material over the road
to Fairbanks, and will later ship over
the road 18,000 tons of coal annually
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SOME TIMBER, SEVEN FEET THROUGH
This morning Merl La Voy, special
Fox Film company’s moving picture
man, completed exterior scenes of
the Brown & Hawkins Corporation
store, the largest store of its kind
in Southwestern Alaska. Yesterday,
Mr. La Voy shot a few hundred feet
of the various interior departments
of the big store. The film will be
sent to the New York office by Mr.
La Voy where in turn prints will be
made and distributed thruout the
hundreds of agencies in America.
The exterior scenes taken this
morning depicted a regular street
scene, pedestrians striding by, oth
rs gazing into the neatly trimmed
show window displays; with one of
the fleet of delivery autos taking
on a load of early morning merch
andise, other cars drove up or pass
ed by, including, fortunately, one of
the caterpillars and trucks of the
Bureau of Public Roads department.
Mr. LaVoy said, with respect to a
commercial picture, it was one of
the most active he had ever shot.
Everything broke just right
Mr. Hawkins said he anticipated
procuring one of the prints and
hoped to exhibit it here in the near
future.
STAND OF WESTERN HEMLOCK AND SPRUCE
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BROWN, HAWKINS
SEWARD STORE
FILMED BY FOX
PUBLICITY PAR EXCELLENT FOR
BIG LOCAL STORE THRU
OUT THE STATES.
Millions of citizens of the Unit
ed States will shortly see what a
real Alaskan mercantile establish
ment looks like and, it is taken for
granted, they will be considerably
surprised to note that modern stores,
surpassing many like establishments
in the States, exist in the reputed
land of ice and snow.
WM. SULZER TALKS
ON DEVELOPING
ALASKA
SEATTLE, Nov. 12. (/P)—Former
governor William Sulzer of New York
in addressing a mining club here, said
“The people of Seattle owe Alaska a
debt that can never be paid, and
should have a very friendly feeling to
ward Alaska, because Alaska in the
future can do more for Seattle than
ever before.”
Characterizing Alaska as the Goose
that lays the golden egg, the Gover
nor said:
“Take down the hurdles against de
velopment in the great Northland, and
when we operate to capacity.”
He advocated the creation of a Seat
tle mining exchange and said Seattle
was likely to grow faster during the
next fifteen years than the last thirty.
Mrs. C. V. Hoover of Uniontown,
Pa., accompanied by Mrs. C. A. Wag
ner, of Connellsville, Pa., were among
the prominent Eastern folk to have
visited in the territory this summer.
Alaska will be represented with
splendid exhibits at the Pacific North
west Commercial and Industrial Expo
sition to be held in New York, the
fore part of May, 1926. Preparations
have already been started in Seward
to be properly represented in the Al
aska exhibit.
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