Show BURLINGTON BUYS TIMBER Pays for Fifty Million Feet of Wyoming Forest Reserve News of a sale by the govErnment forest servIce to tie con contractors contractors tractors of the Burlington railway systEm tern tEm was received in this city yesterday The Burlington by the erms of the sale paid over for the privilege of cut cutting cuttIng ting feet of timber fr frOm m the he gov governments forest reserve in the Yellow Yellowstone Yellowstone stone territory This timber will be con converted by the railway company into Ue ties which will be used in its extensiOns ns in inthe inV V the west The In the tract sold lodge polO pole pine red fir and The government is reported to have received per 1000 feet for red fir md and 2 per 1 for spruce and pine Experiments have been made upon these woods by both the gov and the 1 company for the past mst four yea years I tests demonstrated that these woods would be as railroad ties although at one time they were re regard regarded gard d as usel useless s for thIs purpose i 1 |