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Show NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER FOR SALE Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, or his authorized representative, In the office of the Forest Supervisor, Cedar City, Utah, up to and not later than 10:00 A. M., January 8, 19C2, for all live and recently dead (sound sapwood) timber marked or designated for cutting on an area of approximately 5(J0 acres in the North Creek Drainage, Township 33 and 21 South, Range 1 West, Salt Lake Base Meridian, Dixie National Forest, estimated to contain live and recently dead (sound sap-wood) sap-wood) sawtimber as follows: 1,-945 1,-945 M ft. 1. m. of Englemann spruce-Alpine fir, more or less. In addition there Is within the sale area an unestimated volume of merchantable older dead (unsound (un-sound sapwood) sawtimber of all species which will be paid for at $1.00 per M ft. b. m. The minimum acceptable bid per M ft. b. m. for live and recently re-cently dead (sound sapwood) timber is: For Englemann spruce-Alpine spruce-Alpine fir logs $5.25 which Includes In-cludes a base rate of $2.35 for stumpage and $2.90 for slash disposal. The term "stumpage" includes deposit for sale area betterment. The prices bid for stumpage for live and recently dead (sound sapwood timber shall be considered consi-dered as tentative rates which shall be reduced or increased by 0.5 of the difference between the contract base Indices and the quarterly average of the Western Pine Association index prices as calculated by the Forest Service at the end of each calendar quarter. In no event, however, shall the adjusted rates for each quarter be less than the base rates stated ahve. The stumpage stump-age rates for older dead (un- sound sapwood) will not be subject sub-ject to quarterly adjustment. For Englemann spruce-Alpine fir, which have two Indices, (1) the high base Index will be used when the average Index is high-er high-er than such high base index, (2) no adjustment will be made when the average index equals either of the base indices or falls between them, and (3) the low Vase Index will be used when v e average index is lower than such bse index. A certified check, cashier's check, bank draft, or money order, or-der, payable to the Forest Service, Ser-vice, USDA, in the amount of $3100.00 must accompany each bid to be applied on the purchase pur-chase price, refunded or retained in whole or in part as actual or liquidated damages according to the provisions of the bid. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Before bids are submitted, full information concerning the timber, the conditions con-ditions of the sale, and submission submis-sion of bids should be obtained from the District Hanger, Esca-lante, Esca-lante, Utah, or the Forest Supervisor, Super-visor, Cedar City, Utah. (Corrected Advertisement!. (Dec. 11, 19G1) |
