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Show NATIONAL FOIIEST TIMI1EII VOl SALE Oral bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor at his office In Cedar City. Utah, on May 3. 1955, for all the live timber marked or designated for cutting and alt merchantable dead timber located on an area of Approximately 516 acres In Sec. lions 12 and 13, T 35 S, II i'w. and Sections 7 and 8, T 35 S, It 1 W, S.L.M.. Dry Creek Chance, Dixie National Forest, estimated to be 486 M ft. b.m. ot ponder-osa pine and 42 M ft. b.m. ot Douglas fir sawtlmber, log scale, more or less, The appraised value of the limber according to the long term normal market and operating conditions Is 16.00 per M feet b.m. for ponderosa pine and 83.00 per M ft. b.m. for Douglas fir. No bid Mil be considered which Is less than these rates applicable through the entire period of the sale contract, plus at least 82.85 per M It. b.m. for pine and $1.00 per M ft. b.m. for Douglas fir, which' additional amount shall be subject to quarterly calendar adjustment upward or downward by 0.6 of the .difference between the Western Pine" As. soclatlon base index price for ponderosa pine and Douglas fir for the period January 1, 1954, to December 31. 1954, determln-td as set forth, below, and the average ot Western Pine Association Index prltre as calculated at the end ot each quarter. Such adjustments In the additional amounts for stumpage-'shall be applicable to, timber cut and scaled, during the calendar quar-" ter fojj which the adjustment is computed.. In no eventhOwever, will the .adjusted Btumpagerate for each quarter be less than the baslc.rate. first stated above. Bidding. .will begin at 2:00, P.M. and will be kept open" for not less "than ;30 minutes, 'and as .much longer as may be neces. (sary In the Judgment ot. theFor-" est Supervisor to give all Interested parties, an. .opportunity tb bid. Each bidder) musthave In his possession a tertlfledcheck, money order, or equivalent, payable to the Treasu'rer of the Un. Ited Statiee, m the' amount or $2,000.00 as deposit with bid to be surrendered and applied i on the purchase pi Ice If his bid j Is accepted, refunded or retain- 1 ed In part as liquidated damag- es, according to the conditions J of the sale. Each bidder who jj has not previously operated on the Dixie National Forest, must, prior to bidding, furnish a fin- jj .anclal statement showing pos. session or availability of log- glng equipment, cash and other , unencumbered assets sufficient J In the Judgment of the awarding " officer to carry out the terms of a the .timber sale agreement. Seal- J ed bids may be submitted In ad- J vance, accompanied by the re. quired deposit with bid. Sealed a bids wilt be opened and posted jj prior to the time oral bids are j received. In addition to making 1 payments for stumpage, the pur- i chaser will be required to make an additional deposit of $1.50 per M ft. b.m. for the total cut ot ponderosa pine and $1.00 per M ft. b.m, for the total cut of Douglas fir saVtlmber included in the sale Into a cooperative work fund to pay the cost ot timber stand Improvement. The right to reject any and all bids Is reserved. Ilefore bids are submitted, full information concerning the timber, the conditions of sale and submission of sealed bids and financial statements should be. obtained from the For. est Supervisor at Cedar .City. Utah, or the Regional Forester, Ogden, Utah, |