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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 53 Logs sold in spnng of 1834: 20,000,0Ml feet, at $8.35 per 1,000 ....................... $167, COO Logs sold in spring of 1895: 6,990,500 feet, at $11.55 perl,0 00.. ...................... 80,740.28 10,009,500feet,at$7.75per1,000 ........................ 77,573.63 -- Or 17,000,000 feet, at an average of $9.31 par 1,000 .... 158,313.91 This gives an average of 96 cents per 1,000, increase over the price of previous year. April 19,1895, the Department, in view of the above recommendations, accepted the bid of S. W. Hollister and Tom Wall, I and the sale to them of 10,009,600 feet more or less on the Wolf River and tributaries was confirmed. In addition to the 17,000,000 feet of logs Agent Savage cut and banked shingle bolts as follows: I On Wolf River and tributaries ........................f eet.. 1,291,610 On South Branch of Ooonto River ..................... do. .. 1,424,840 As directed in Department letter of March 27, 1895, said shingle bolts were advertised for sale, and on receipt of bids from Agent Sav- I age an abstract of sa,me was submitted to the Department May 1,1895, and it was recommended that the bid of Meiklejohn & Hatton, of $2.77 per 1,000 feet for shiugle bolts on Wolf River and tribntaries, and that of William M. Underhill, of $3.30 per 1,000 for those on the South Branch of the Oconto River, being the highest bids received, be accepted. From the agent's statenlent it appeared that tlie average price of the two highest bidders was about 5 cents per 1,000 feet less than the pre-vious year, but the agent stated that the shingle market was dull and I he did not think a better price could be realized by readvertising, and I did not deem it advisable to pursue that course under any circum-stances. In accordauce with the above reconlmendations the Department, May . 2,1895, accepted these bids and confirmed the sale to Meiklejohn Q; Hat,ton of the shingle bolts on Wolf River and tributaries, 1,291,610 feet, at $2.77 per 1,000 feet, and the sale to W. M. Underhill of the shingle bolts on the South Branch of the Ocouto River, 1,424,840 feet, at $3.30 per 1,000 feet. White Earth and Red Lake reservations, Him.-The extensive forest fires in the northwest during the summer of 189P killed large bodies of timber on the Chippewa reservations in Minnesota. In reports of October 25 and November 1,1894, Agent Allen, of the White Earth Agency, furnished estimates which indicated that on the White Earth and diminished Red Lake reservations about 29,000,000 feet of timber had been killed by these fires. Previously to these reports he had transmitted a petition from thc Indians for authority to engage in log-ging this dead timber during the season then approaching, with the recommendation that, it, receive favorable consideration. ' November 14, |
