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Show 20 RBP~RT OF :THE 'COMMlS@.i€IN*R"OF INDIAN APFAXK6 'It.&rvtlti~~~O' kgi, duling!the .g&ttr.li&vin$ e-d . !i?O@QOO,WOfe et. The lrrw ,pi?@ ,ada! s u~taat i&1:~ou~lni e r i t~iSno~ukthhwe .e st, the $lake St~atks,:and w&m Washington until the .lsite:spring of 1926.. 1 i , . . , : : . . . . . , ' . I. , . . , . During the fiscrtl& ,e ar m :mb rn0ve~tha~,:l76;000,00f0e et.w as -made i n t he Ne& lam&. :w, ate. lsh edblbn, theM escelero .Reiema-tiom, N. Mex., at the rkte of 44 per! thousand :feet; Considering the chbracter of the timbei and .the. &&uftiee:ofi bxploittttion,, this wk a.very satisfactory price.. Operations thA uqit! began in. February, 1926. Lab in-thep anthree In~derkteisi~ezmd iks, namely, the Wac Point+ Weeks, and Ckookd Creek. units, were offered on .the Kla-math ,Reservabion, ,Q&g:,:'Therices received for yellow pine on L these respective un~ta.w & $7329,. $7.84, rend $8 per. thousand 'feet. These very high' prices illustrate strihinglythe eagerness with which lumbermen sedt the privilege of obtaining: stumpage :frohi .Indian lands. Th e service hss sought to rest~c~offeringosn the Klamath Reservation with a . view to the maintenance of a sustained yie&d unaer & comprehensive.plaa 6.f hmst management: To afford re%- enue for vanous Indian allottees,,,the We& Fork unit,. comprising a large, rough traet within' the Colv~lle r eservation^ Waih., containing approximately 85,000,000 feet,. wasrsoM.rit prices.of @.%6 for yellow ine and $1.05 for firand lurch. Thisis the sixth unit sold on the 8olville Reservation since 19.918. Thefe .have been informal inqui~ies ,from those interested in othertimber,on Che !reservation, but in view of existing contracts: it ,does not seem &visable for the service to encourage further development..bf i sales. in the immed~ate future. The units already sold will afford a substantial and constantrevenue for many years. . . . .' , . . , ; Extensive loggihg operations orikhe ~ d and N? ez Pe~rce Re ser-vations were' brought t0.a close4during' Che year: For the. timber removedfrom the Tulalip lteservhcm; during thepast 10 years the Indians have rekived approximately .$%,000,000. Operations con-tinued under ,pkior sales on thh, Coeur d'Alene, .Idaho, Flathead, Mont, and Spokane, Wash.; -Reserbatidns. : No extensive develop-ment has yet oecurred on. :the. Metolius unit of the-Warm Springs Wservation, 0reg.1; and. no llaqe:unit ,has yet beed off6md on the Yakima Reservation, Wash. It. 1s. hoped that extensive' operations on both the Warm Springs and Yakima Reservations may be as-sured during the'hext:year. : ! . , % : . $ . . . . . A domplete auditof the I'ecokdklmnd. a~eval'uirtmno f'the physical plant- at -the Menominee Indian Mills, :Wis., have been made during the year. The new stem of wuntmg outlined for' this project . . will corrett many o the &fficnlties ih 'managemeht which have existed for dome time, and if' the new @em be :faithfully applied the books should exhibit at all times the actual success that. is being achieved. It is hoped that the fiscal year 1927, may mark the realiza-tion of plans for a decided ihniprd%aiI&!it in silv~culturalp ract~ceo n the Menomiuee Reservation forest. An excellent forest,nursery has been developed during tkie past two years, .andwith systemat~cre gu- .lsOi~no f the cut, the artific~alr. e ~ k i ~ n~onoforfes ied land, and thepracticalapplieation of selechive cuttihg.principles the Menomi-nee; Reservition may afford a cb, nspi. euobs' example of-isucoessfui forest 'management. . . . , : ; ,:;: . . . ; .,, ,. . ,. . . . |