Show State Offers Aid for Lumber Lumbe Seasoning Plant I I I That there always had been and andIs andis andis i Is now a need for a mW mill I for the finishing of the native lumber sawed In the Ashley Na- Na National National Na National Forest declared members of the State Advertising and Indus Indus- Industrial Indus Indus- Industrial Industrial trial Development commission when the matter was drawn to their attention for such develop develop- development development development ment for lumber users of the Uin- Uin tah tab tali Basin BasinI j I Me Meeting with Ora Bundy chair chair- man and S A Brown member of the commission Rev ROT J W V Hall Hail Hailwood Hallwood I wood states that the commission HaU 1 would guarantee to be 1 granted from the towards toward a mill not to cost over 50 50 aI I I They gave permission to pro pro- proceed pro proceed I with the raising of the de- de desired de desired sired ired from residents of the basin Vernal would be the logical lo- lo location lo location cation for such a mill to be sup sup- supplied supplied supplied plied from saw mills In the he Ash- Ash ley Forest There are re 16 saw mills In various sections Gs db o the forest 1111 which would supply the rough lumber lumberA A survey of the amount of 01 fin fin- finished fin finished I lumber annually brought into the basin shows approximate approximate- approximately ly of finished lumber is 15 used Earl Sanford supervisor of the Ashley National Forest U is su- su au for an estimate of one bill bID billion bill billion ion feet of native timber can be cut in the forest enough to last lut the Or people of the basin for tor 20 years yeat yea I It t Is estimated that finished lumber from tram such BUch a mOl mill could be sold rold to retail dealers for 45 per thousand and up for graded grad grad- graded ed finished material Present prices for the Imported finish led lumber Is from 60 CO to per thousand feet according to gradeI grade With a decreased retail cost coat for I finished lumber much rauch more be used by farmers and others other In I their general building purposes purpose which again would increase the of those Interested in the enterprise re Efforts will be made to interest saw mill owners and others for tor the securing of ot the necessary funds that the mill will wUl be ready probably probably probably ably this summer to turn out the finished product It Is la also esti- esti estimated estimated esti estimated mated that western Colorado points also will be b a possible mar market I ket for the lumber |