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Show 33 Lumber , Ooerations, ,. i How.Timber P is Used, by the Indians nay be stated, sonservativsly, at -5165,000.00 \ . At the various stations in the Basin, four stallions ; t • aro kept for the serving of Indian's mares. Thoy are good animals and are v/e 11 maintained. A pasture of about thirty acres recently was oeeded at tho Agency and another pasture lot!', is In use at Eandlett. Ro farm operations, of any con--' sequence, are conducted. "\'t Tha Agency sawmill, under the immediate supervision of Alva L'. Hardinger,- Sawyer and Engineer, is located in the timber belt on tho mountains, about forty milo3 from Fort Duchosne, During the first half of the ficcal year of 1916, the mill was operated under contract. During that period, 432,030 ft. of roui'h lumber and 54,000 laths wero cut, which, with the planing, cost £4,641.17. Daring the last half of the year, the mill was ran on a day basis, the cut amounting to 202,973 ft. of lumber and 36,840 laths, which,with the planing, cost §2,124.59. ( The total cut for ths year was 635,003 ft. of lumber and 90,340 lathsj while the total solas for the vear i were 387,997 faot of lumber- and 67,040 laths. Of i'•-'-. 7P'W> '»'. fl//.. 1 0--. ';;'' : 3-. .: 03, ' '•"' • ' 3yf Of Tha timber is used for JLgancy purposes, by tho irrigation projoct, and in buildings for Indians. Hone of it is sold te whites, except that which is for buildings on Indian allotments. Superintendent Kneale soya that more lumber 7/ould have been used on the allotments had it been available* The logging for the ' |
