Show GOVERNOR BREWER Mississippi Executive Whose Political Political Po Po- Enemies Seek Impeachment s sY sr sy Y y r 3 r mow P I r 1913 b by American Amei lean Press Preas Association VAST RESOURCES OF V STATE TO BE TAPPED TAPPED Y Railroad t to Kaibab National Forest Will Develop Southern Utah y J y Washington Washing Jan 5 Secretary 5 of Agriculture Houston last week approved approved ap ap- proved the disposal of on one billion n. n w feet fett of western yellow pine timber from the Kaibab national forest in northern nothern Arizona In order to get et Y this thi timber Umber out it will be be- necessary to build a railroad approximately f 1 miles long Such a railroad will connect connect con con- c Colorado and Utah with tho the N wo world famous ld Grand Canyon of the 7 J Colorado which hitherto has been f. f accessible only from the south For several years the construction t of a railroad has been considered consider consider- r. r 1 ed by various capitalists but it has hasen has been en stated that the lack of assured assurEd I Z immediate traffic was an effectual i. i barrier barrir It is pointed out however that a contract for a billion feet of I timber will overcome this difficulty t by providing a commodity for transportation transportation trans trans- which together with tourist tourist tour tour- f. f and local traffic will place the i project on a paying aying basis practically from the outset Chief hief fore forester ter Henry S. S Graves rl made madd a personal examination on the v f ground and this examination supplemented supplemented supple supple- r j by the reports of his forest j engineers induced him to recommend mend the sale of such a large bo body of t timber in order that hat the country at a- might be developed through the supplying supplying sup sup- N. N plying of this resource Mr Graves says however that the Kaibab forest is one of the most beautiful in America Amer Amer- t. t if ica lea and gives assurance that the i marketing of the mature crop crop of of timber timber tim tim- ber will not be allowed to mar the 4 scenic beauty of the region In ln accordance with the timber sale pulley policy of the tho government the the stumpage will be disposed of to the highest bidder In order to attract a fit sufficient investment rr to assur the building of the of the of-the the railroad railroad railroad-aud-of aud of the s. s necessary lum lumber er mills nulls at le least st a billion bill bill- x ion feet of timber had to be offered The investment necessary to make I this timber ac accessible will amount to more m more re than By placing this I r quantity of timber before the lumbermen lumber lumber- l 1 r R men of tho the country the officials of the forest service believe that the development devel level of oj e extensive areas in southern southe r Utah pta may be looked for tor because the i necessary railway wilt will render accessible L ble relo resources which have hitherto been The fhe whole undeveloped region i is rich in agricultural land Jand in cattle and sheep range r an and in in coal and r copper deposits as as well ellas as in tim timber er Bids for tho the timber will be he received i a aup j up to ho tho middle of June Jun-e 1914 and F three y years ears ars will be allowed for the I building of the railroad and acid twenty-five twenty years ea ears for fur the cutting of the timber The he stumpage rates however r will be readjusted at the end of each five of the he five year year r period contract the readjustments being r based on the then current lumber f Continued on Page 4 1 t r Nyry y Vast Re Resources to Be Tapped Continued from Page 1 prices By the end ot of the contract period d r the forest officers say the young trees left on the area first cut over will be ready for cutting so that by bythe I Ithe the system of lumbering which ther the tho i r govern government ent will require operations can continue permanently in this lumber lumber lumber lum lum- ber belt The annual cut will be not less lees than forty million feet teet most of which will be readily sold in inthe the large consuming lumber markets in Utah z t and Colorado Q The Kaibab forest is one of the most heavily timbered in the southwest south south- S west the thEl stand of timber being broken brok broken brok- brok en only occa occasionally by beautiful meadows or openings locally known as parks Lumbermen who have visited visited visit- visit ed it consider the country ideally r adapted to logging There are altogether alto alto- Bother gether two billion feet of timber of which more than one billion feet are mature matere and ready for cutting |