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Show XATIO.VAL WlltKST TIMIiKIt J FOK 8ALK i Oral bids will be received by the Forest' Supervisor at his office j at Cedar City, Utah, on May 31, j 1955, for all the live timber marked or designated for cutting' and all merchantable dead timber located on an area ot approximately 640 acres In Sec-, tlons 35 and 36, T 34 8, It 1V, and Sections 1' and 2. T 35 S, R 1 W, S.L.B.M., Water Canyon Bench Chance, Dixie National Forest,- estimated to be 960 M. ft. b.m. of ponderosa pine, including small amounts of douglas 'fir sawtlmber; log scale, more or less. Bidding will begin at 2:00 P.Mi and -will be kept open' for 'not less' than-30" minutes-, and' as much'-Ionger-as may -be necessary In the judgment ot the Forest Supervisor to give all Interested parties an opportunity to bid. Each bidder must have in his possession certified check, money order, or equivalent, payable to the Treasurer of the United States, In the amount of $1500.60 as deposit wit bid to be surrendered and apptled on the purchase price If his bid Is accepted, refunded or retained In part as liquidated damages according to the conditions of the sale. Each bidder who-has not previously operated on the Dixie National Forest, mutt, prior to bidding, furnish a financial statement showing possession Or availability of logging, equipment, cash and other unencumbered assets sufficient in the Judgment of the awarding officer to carry out the terms of the timber sale agreement. Sealed bids may be submitted In advance, accompanied by the required deposit with bid. Sealed bids will br opened and posted prior to the time oral bids are received. No bid of leas than $6.20 per M ft. b.m. for saw-Umber of all species will be. con. sldered. In addition to making payments for stumpage, the purchaser will be required to make an additional deposit of $1.00 per M". ft. b.m. for the total cut ot sawtlmber Included In the sale Into a cooperative, work fund to pay the cost bf Umber stand Improvement. Tho right to reject any and all bids Is reserved. Before bids are submitted, fuTT information concerning the timber, the conditions of sale and submission of sealed bids and financial statements should be obtained from the Forest "Supervisor at Cedar City, Utah. |