Show DANGEROUS TRAILS I TAKEN BY TIMBER CRUISER Roy E. E Huffman Tells of E Experiences in Wilds of Idaho Roy E. E Huffman timber cruiser for forthe forthe forthe the government in southern Idaho Utah and Arizona has returned from froman an inspection tour of ot southern and western Idaho where he collected several hundred dollars in fines for unlawful use of timber In n many of the isolated districts of Idaho he says timber cutters claim Ignorance of the law to escape punishment punishment punish punish- ment meat although often they can relate what happened to their neighbors in a similar situation some time previous For the most part Huffman states th the he timber cutters are sensible and pay the fine rather than run the risk of criminal proceedings Two trespassers within the last year were fined tined while the total amount of timber cut and recovered by bythe bythe bythe the government amounted to more than PERMITS REQUIRED The government does not want the theline fine line according to Huffman so much asit as asit ast it t wants the trespassers to leave the timber alone The timber is to be used by the settler for his dally daily use and In some districts wood Is worth 20 a acord acord acord cord because the timber has been Unlawfully unlawfully un- un un Un- J lawfully cleared for twenty miles around According to the law no one may cut timber without a permit from the government government government gov gov- and then not more than 50 50 worth stumpage value Where large tracts of timber are cut the government seizes and sells sens it at public publio auction Some of the settlers receive a permit permit permit per per- mit to cut the maxIm maximum m quantity and th then n go go goon on and cut for two or three years u until til halted by the officials DANGEROUS TRAILS Huffmans Huffman's investigations take him into many sections of wild country In all sorts of conveyances from a a. twelve twelve cylinder motorcar to a pack mule which convey him over narrow and ind dangerous mountain trails In isolated iso iso- tracts the distance covered Be Between between between be- be tween camps ranges from 50 to miles he says I In his career as a timber cruiser only once has he been attacked he says and ind that time two murders were done by the trespassers before they were captured The days of romance romance ro- ro mance nance and danger have gone now In Inthis inthis inthis this part of the country he says and even even In isolated districts the settlers are quite often open well Informed accordIng accordIng according accord- accord I Ing to Huffman |