| Show Seasoning Plant Needed To Boost Lumber Sales By fly Earl C Sanford Supervisor r Ashley National Forest First It Is frequently stated that the sources of the Uinta mountains mountaiN are the greatest a assets sets of th the Bin Uin I tan tah h Basin Basin- The Tha problems problem of con converting converting thes these assets to the benefit of the people of the basin has I been much talked about but only solved The recent discussion of methods meth methods of making the timber resources resources es eJ of our mountains mountain contribute more to the welfare of the people lis is one of these problems It i is one I which ha has been under considers I I tion for many years without very T substantial progress having beast made Former Forest Supervisor A G 1 Nord of the A A Ashley hley National for For- forest Forest Forest est took a great Interest In In Increasing in- in increasing increasing creasing the use of native timber In 1 1929 2 U S Swartz Sweets a practical woodsman who followed the lum lumbering lum- lum lumbering lumbering bering business from rom the L Lake ak states s tes to Montana and who wasat was waa wasat at the tile time Logging Engineer for forthe forthe forI I forI the U S forest service at Ogden made a study of the lumber In Industry in- in industry In Uintah Basin and made recommendations similar to those now under consideration Briefly 1 his recommendation was that onor one or more remanufacturing or finishing re-finishing re- re refinishing refinishing finishing plants be established In Uintah Basin to take the output of tile the local mills paying cash forIt for forit forit it put the lumber In shape for forI I use of carpenters and builders and sell the products to dealers dealer or users Wiers He was confident confidant that comparable grades or better grades than those usually Imported can canI I be manufactured from the native Continued on Page Four I I I I Seasoning Plant Ne Needed d For Increased Use of Native Lumber j Contin led from page one timber and be tom sola to consumers at lower prices than umber lumber shipp shipped shipped Id I'd in which must necessarily car carry carry ry rv large freight and trucking charges The local benefits of carrying out such a plan are obvious The lo- lo local lo local cal mills would employ more men for longer periods and would be beable beable abl able to pay cash for hay oats and labor there theft would be a place at which any kind of an order for lumber could be filled Users of lumber r would pay PRY less s for such material and the mont money y which Is now set t ll elsewhere for forthe forthe forthe the purchase sp p of I 1 imber ber would rf re remain remain main here to build ip lp the pros prosPerity of the ba basin ln |
