inert ee gk eet het eat eet me caused by human carelessness, ~ BT , Light clearing, good soil, suitable for fruit, gardening, ood Particulars and information at a - Public meetings for the discussion of a: - . ~ THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1926 Prosperity | Is Affected By Forest Fires "Dating the hee years trorn |avate industrice is shown by the| - 1921 to 1925 inclusive the value|following figures compiled from of our local tie and cedar pro-! official returns: Ties Poles & Piling Total production, lineal feet ........... 8,957,000 8,863,000 Value, f.o.b. cars...........eececees ..§ 2,374,000 .. $1,152,000 Distributed in Payrollg................ 1,424,000 .. 691,000 ; Supplies and Equipment .............. 475,000 . 230,000 Revenue from Stumpage and Royalty.. - 277,000 115,000 s Between Terrace and ‘Endako| the ‘railway which would have } during the last twenty years it is produced the following quantities estimated that forest fires have|of ties and cedar products and destroyed timber on lands within | distributed the following amounts a five-mile hauling distance of ]of money in the country: Ties Poles & Piling 4 Total quantity destroyed, lineal feet... 38,400,000 .. 32,000,000 mm ‘Total probable value.................. $28,000,000 _ $4,260,000 Value of Payrolls lost................. 18,800,000 2,556, 000 m Amount which might have been dis- | tributed for Supplies and Equipment, 4,600,000 .. 853,000 mi Revenue lost ....,........... eeeeece 2,300,000 |.. 426,000 included the heavy cost of fight- ing the fires, a.cost which con- stitutes a heavy drain on the revenues which must be met by the taxpayers in other ways. ™