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Show Hyde- C 651 were working, and the handiest, nicest timber on the flats was the first that fell. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q You are familiar with the date when Utah was admitted to the Union? A No, I am not. Q Assume it was 1896, has the cutting been mostly before 1896. That is thirty years ago, or mostly since? A I would say it was before; but this is not in Utah. Q No, but I am talking about the date when Utah was admitted as a state. Has the cutting been mostly withing the last thirty years, or before that? A It was before that. Q Before that? A The heaviest outs of the low timber was before that. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q The big saw mills all went in after that, didn't they, within the last thirty years? A There was mills there, Jakemen & Company at Durango had mills that turned of fan awful lot of stuff, all in through there. Q You know that big mills have been operated there constantly during the last thirty years, don't you? A Yes, I do. Q Aren't those plants much larger than they were prior to thirty years ago? A I haven't been to many of them, but I don't imagine they have a great deal larger; the conditions are such there, great many 2619 |
