Show TIMBER RULING secretary teller has just promulgated an important ruling in regard to the taking of timber from the public domain which has been restricted by previous to a hoenes that made stump afi ants in mining as obnoxious aid lords ia ireland in his circular he says in most mining regions the timber is of out little value for use outside ont side of the neighborhood in which it arrows A comparatively small amount would bear transportation out of the state or territory and it cannot be used more advantageously to the people and the government than in the production of precious metals it the timber is cut having reference to the rule establish ed by the department as to size etc no to be made it has been suggested that the use of wood in the quartz mills and redaction works in the mineral regions is not a use for mining purposes I 1 do not think there is anything in that suggestion quartz mills and reduction mills are to a a mining community and such use is clearly within the provisions of the law and the consumer as fulla protected by it as if he had consumed it in bis own dwelling you will therefore instruct the special agents now in the states and lern named in the act of june ad 1878 to conform to the suggestions herein the gi eat object of tha governmental supervision of of cutting timber in those and territories ought not to be compelled to make payment for so cut but to prevent an unnecessary waste by cutting the small trees under the size prescribed by the department and to prevent a waste by fires and other means the decision is regarded as the most important over rendered on the question it involves in olves |