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Show REPORT OF 203 SAWMILLS IN THIS LOCALITY r About eighteen per cent of tho lumber used In Utah, Southern Idaho and Lincoln nnd Uinta Counties, Wyoming in 1915 wns cut from timber timb-er growing locally, according to data Just compiled by tho Forest Service. Two hundred and three snwmllls within this territory reported- a cut of 62,758,000 hoard feet ot lumber In 191G. In addition to tho lumber sawed saw-ed there wns about GO million' board feet of locnl material cut and used In other forms, such as posts, poles mining props anil hewed railroad ' ties. Tho best estimates available show that Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Lincoln nnd Ulntn Counties, Wyoming Wyom-ing use for nil purposes about 350 million' board feet of wood material annually. These figures Indicate that approximately SO per cent of the material used comes from timber lands outsido this region, although It Is estimated that there. Is over; 29 billion board feet of timber still standing within tho territory listed. Forest Service ofilclnls state that tho timber growing locally, If nccesslblo ' to transportation facilities, would bo j sufllclont; to supply iJm entire needs ot tho region for a porlod ot fifty , I years without reducing tho growing "J stand. ' Tho exccsslvo cost of mountain i logging as compared with cost of logging on tho coast, and the low-prices low-prices prevailing for Imported lumber lum-ber nt a minimum. The Indications ' i'ow, howover, point to a gradual but j steady Increase In the local produc- j tlon of lumber and wood material, with a corresponding decrease In Importations. Im-portations. I |