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Show Dixie National Forest to Sell Pine Timber Ponderosa pine timber in the amout of ll'-i mu'lion board feet is now being advertised for sale from the Dixie National Forest, according to Boyd Leonard, Timber Tim-ber staff officer. Bids will be received at the Cedar City Forest Service Office until Jan. 10, 195(), on which clay the sealed bids will be opened and oral bidding will be permitted permit-ted from those qualifying until all interested parties have had a chance to bid on the timber. The minimum price below which no bids wil.' be accepted is $13.45 per thousand board feet, according to Leonard. The timber lies in one block and is about an average of the general run of Dixie National Forest timber from the standpoint of quality. It is, however, one of the easier logging chances ever offered for sale from this forest, owing to the gently rolling terrain, Mr. Leonard said. Bid forms and notice of sales giving the requirements to be met by the bidders are available at the Forest Supervisor's office in Cedar City, Utah. |