Show TIMBER SALES SO INCREASE CRAS ON FORESTS WASHINGTON D D. C C. Feb Fei A 7 A statement just received at the lie department department depart depart- ment of oC agriculture from front the forest servIce ice lee office at Portland Or shows that the time timber sale business on national foreStS forests for for- I ests In the l Pacific northwest is ia ing very rapidly This increase is regarded regarded re reo re- re as an aim index of ot the revival of business business business busi busi- ness in the time lumber Industry rally grime and shows also alsol the growing use of national national na na- na- na I forest resources by tIme the public Time Tho contrast between the time qua quantity and value of ot timber sold cold during the tIme last six months of 1103 and that sold during the time corresponding period In 1908 Is ver very mar marked TIme The figures just received are for Cor em most of ot the national forests In tn Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon goim and Washington and amid they show timber tim tim- ber her sales of ot more than feet for foi nearly during the lest last six months month of 1909 This compares om pares with whIm sales salts of about feet feel Co for a total of ot 27 17 flea during donna the tho same amo in 1908 The local officers of ot the time dep department rt nent are are- very much pleased with the fact that the demand for tor national forest timber is Increasing so decidedly Tile The prospects for tor the time coming six are regarded as promising even better than what has been realized In l time the period rl just past tl rl This Increasing ln timber b sub sale business opens the time way to management of ot the national na national us- us forests along the tho best lines IInes by per- per the thc of ot mature over and decadent timber which has practically code conie to a standstill in fn growth and amid nl- nl lowing replacement of these trees with a fully tully stocked stand of oC rapidly growing I young trees I |