OCR Text |
Show GONE IMO A FOREST IN ' IDAHO Forester A. F,. Sherman. Assistant Forester L. L. While of the timber department and W. T. Cox of the sll-I sll-I viculturo department are reconuolter-i reconuolter-i lug in the Targhee National forest ' of Idaho for the purpose of determln-j determln-j ing how much timber can be dlspos i ed of for commercial purposes, there I being a great demand for the timber i In the Gem state The Tarihee forest is among the largest forests of the United States, there having ieeu sold annually, heretofore, here-tofore, about G.OnO.OOii feet of saw timber. That quantity already has been disposed of this year, but there Is a demand for more and the foresters fores-ters are to find out whether more can be relea.sed. The timber of that seetlon is of fine quality and It is easily handled. This season a number of additional sawmills saw-mills have been established in different differ-ent eeet.ons of Targhee forest and tho companies are all clamoring for something with which to feed their saws Just what will be done is as yet problematical, as it cannot be said whet nor more timber will be sold, until un-til after a careful Investigation and measurement of the timber belt by the men engaged in taking care of the national forests can be made. The headquarters for the Targhee j forest Is at St. Anthony and it is said that the forest is one of the most picturesque pic-turesque In the entire natlou. It embraces em-braces the great continental divide of Idaho, the beautiful Teton mountains, and borders closely upon the Yellowstone Yellow-stone National park in Wyoming The country is comparatively level, so that travel In the forest is easy and pleasant, and the streams are alive with speckled beauties that tempt tho man with the rod. Some of the foresters for-esters state that fish are so plentiful plenti-ful that one almost tiros watching the finny tribe dart hither and thither i through the clear sparkling waters of the mountain streams. |