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Show National Forest Timber Cut Rises An increase in the cut of timber from the 19 national forests of the Intermountain Region was reported today by W. L. Robb, Chief of Timber Management for the Forest Service Ser-vice at Ogden, Utah. A report showed 147.7 million board feet of timber harvested for the fiscal year 1953 as compared com-pared with 131.3 million board feet cut the preceeding year. Robb said that the annual 'national forest timber crop harvested har-vested mostly by private sawmill saw-mill operators, contractors and ranchers provides considerable lumber, posts, mine props and other wood products as well as employment for the people in local communities. There are about 450 sawmills operating in the Intermountain Region this year. i |