Show UiNTAH TIMBER f HAS ITS VALUE I i I I Lodgepole Pine One of the Features i of the Reservation I USED FOR RAILROAD TIES lES j BUREAU OF FORESTRY ENDEAVORS ORS TO 10 FOSTER THE TH E GROWTH The opening of the tt Uintah Indian reser reservation to settlement next fall fAU will throw upon the market one valuable product of that region that has Bas ha as yet et received but scant consideration This is the lodge lodgepole lodgepole lodgepole pole pine that grows extensively in the mountains of the reservation This hardy little tree is known under uDder different names in different places Some call it tho the lodgepole pine because it was extensive extensively ly used by the Indians for wigwam Others call it the tile tamarack pine the white pine jack pine pinyon pine and scrub pine This hardy mountaineer of the vegetable kingdom is to be found in the Rocky mountains all aU the way wa from front Alaska to New Mexico and westward to the Pacific coast in this country it is i found In merchantable quantities and dimensions on spurs and eastern slopes of the Rocky mountains in southern Montana Wyoming Colorado In the Bitter r Root mountains in Idaho the Uintah range in Utah and the Big Horn mountains in Wyoming It thrives in altitudes ranging from to feet The best use of the lodgepole I pine at this time 1 m and the one to which it is most mo t largely put pat is for Cor railroad ties and mine props In iii order to be utilized to the best advantage for these purposes the timber must first be subjected to pre preservative pr treatment During the season of between and lJ lodgepole ties were cut and most of those so were treated with preservatives The cut of present season sason Is expected to togo too togo go o far beyond b ond the figures given above and the theu use e of the lodgepole for tor railroad ties js expected to increase yearly as th the forests are cared for under the direction of the s government Used For Mine Props Great quantities of the lodgepole pine are also alliO used u d for props in mines in th the region where the tree grows The timber r is i cheap cheal and in lit its ts natural state answers for temporary te mine development When well seasoned or r treated with preservatives tives thes it may be he used to advantage in permanent mine development Miners Min rs u use p poles as small as five Inches In diameter at the top and this title demand for small timber works to the advantage of ot the tho I 1 forest in that it offers a means of util Izing the tops of tho the trees which other otherwise otherwise otherwise I wise might be left to dry out and burn The use of the small timbers is also aJ o val valuable valuable al J in that It thins out forests that would otherwise ba bl badly crowded r The of the Uintah Indian res rca reservation is expected to throw large larg quan titie tiU of lodgepole timber on the market It will win be found valuable in the mines all over the eastern part art of Utah and be in big bis demand The local rail railroad railroad road companies will also be on the ground to secure cure a share of the timber to be utilized us s ties Has Too Many any Knots The wood of the lodgepole lo pine is light yellow to nearly nearl white with a coarse e but straight grain It is more resinous than the eastern white pine It is soft sort and easily e worked It would make excel lent finishing lumber were it not for the abundance of small tough knots knob and for its tendency to check and warp when not properly treated The bureau of forestry of the general government is making extensive experiments experiments experiments ments with the lodgepole pine The bu r is orth th Jt off 6 a nt to save sae sa e the tree from extinction e by It including In Including eluding it in reserves wherever i possible It is considered especially valuable al bre be because because cause it is so hardy haroy that it will thrive on impoverished soil on th t sides of at the mountains where no other tree tsee will vill STOW grow It also survives 1 In forest fires ft e all i other oUter trees are swept out of existence This te le because the seed cones Dt s are so 86 hard that they lie He in III the ground grou 1 for foe years en before they burst and allow the seed to germinate |