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Show LOGAN FOREST FOR-EST RESERVE Information for Those Who Desire to Cut Timber. Inasmuch as the mountain foicsts near us are now under government su-pcivlsonthc su-pcivlsonthc uilesand regulations as to the cutting of timber ate or considerable consider-able Interest to a great number or people, peo-ple, and a portion or the same is quoted as follows: Tim matter is a privilege, and not a right. It may be terused to any per-person. per-person. Who can get timber under Tree-use provisions or law: It Is usually granted grant-ed to settlers, farmers, prospectors, and others residing within or In tho neighborhood ot a forest reset vc. Who can not get It: It Is refused to corporations, companies, sawmill paitles, and owners or largo establishments, establish-ments, who require larger quantities and are expected to purchase, and to nonresidents or tho State In which tho reserve is located. How much Is given, and by whom: Penults for an amount not exceeding $20 in stumpage value may be granted by the forest supervisor. Permits for a larger amount, and within the stumpage value of $100, are granted only by the Secretary of the Interior. How often the same person can apply: Not oftener than once a year. How long a permit holds good: Six months from the date when It was Issued; or less time, In the discretion of the foiest supervisor. What can be obtained: All kinds or timber; generally dry thewood, dry poles and logs: also, R really needed, gieen timber. How obtained: Application must be made to the foiest supervisor. Blank form or application Is furnished furnish-ed by the rorest olllccrs, and Is filled out and signed by the applicant, (ir necessary, the forest oillcer will lend assistance in tilling out the -blank application.) The timber must be located by a forest oillcer befoie any cutting Is done. Terms ot this privilege: Only the timber applied for can be cut. For Instance, no green timber may be taken ir dry wood is applied for. Only so much can be cut as was applied for; and it must bo measured, either standing or in tho pile, before being hauled away. No unmarked live timber can be cut. There must be no cutting acioss the line of the area assigned. Cutting across the lino Is trespass. The rules about cleaning up tops and brush must be obeyed. The cutting cut-ting area must be left in good, clean condition. The rules, generally, governing forest for-est reserves must bo observed. The wood, timber, or material derived de-rived from it is to be used only at tho place stated In tho application. The use of it elsewhere, and especially tho salo of It, makes tho cutting a trespass, tres-pass, and the applicant becomes liable to suit and Is always debarred theic-arter theic-arter rrom the privilege or tree use. Tho cutting or tho timber by a local mill is pctmisslblc; but tho sawing saw-ing must be paid for In cash, and can not bo dono on shares. Moreover, the sawing and hauling or tho lumber must be done In a manner lequhcd by tho forest oillcer, and in such way as to enable him to determine whether or not tho timber and lumber aio really used In the place and manner piomlscd In the application. In placing a valuation on timber given under the "free-use" act, $1 per M for timber, gieen or dry. and 25 cents per cord for fuel wood will be the minimum price considered. Applications for "shakes." etc., Involving In-volving a wasteful use of thnhei, will bo tofused wherever a tnoie economical economi-cal utilisation and satisfactory cleaning clean-ing up of tho tops and lops is not gnat anteed. In case of emetgeney, wheie needy persons tequho immediate relief in tho foim of a load of dry Ihewood, tho supervisor has tauthotity to grant, such pilvilego without mat king or measuring tho mateilal beyond assigning as-signing to the applicant the piutlctilar aiea whcio to cut this mateilal; all cases or this kind to appear in the usual monthly icpoit. The "fieo-use" poimit being considered consid-ered a veiy impoitant one. forest, olllccis will not 'all to deal with thesn ciues piompth and lustly, and will at all times lend assistance In making out applications and otherwise assisting assist-ing desoiving applicants. |