The S. S. Good e sawmill has been closed doan for the 
past month, due to the contrt+ct of Messrs. Decker and John- 
son ospiring recently. However, 1t. Goodge is e:pecting 
to resume operations in the near future, with al. the work 
performed under contract. t . Lawton of Antonito, Colorado, 
1v reportoe as one of the interested parties and will td:re 
af active part in nmzging this sale. 
Mr. Conklin who so successfully manaTed the mill end 
of the A. Phillip sale is nov in chbr-e of the sawing at 
the A. Wissmath & Son$ sale, dated October 20, 1910. 
The past twio months ohoiod, a slmp in the amount of 
timber cut on the Carson. Rather ercourbin' renorts are 
received, however, for more active operAtions on the dif- 
ferent sales, cfter the harvesting is over -rd more laborers 
and teams become available. 
The Cox and Morris timber sale aIplic: tion dated Llay 1, 
1912, has bean Lpvroved by the District Forester =6  the 
first notice of its advertisoent vppearod rccontly in "The 
Taos Valley News".  Immediately after the thirty day limit 
expires Cox and :orris, providing they cre the successful 
bidders, xi ll arrange their mill set on this sale area. 
The following tt.ble sumrnrizeo the work done by the 
Reconnaiostxce Party for the month of August, under the 
very ce'pable supervision of Porest Assistant Marsh: 
Total aro. cruised toSetomber 1. 
rea (ucres) 
Porest    a1ionutod           Total bse line run 054 miles. 
£07 Z40     6,400             Total cost $32 2.53 
Total C1Z,640              cost per avce (includin- b-so 
T l ,             line costs) 00.015 
For month of Axet. 
Area (acres) 
Forest    Alienated           Base line 5 miles. 
74,120      3$200             Total cost e11153.49 
Total 77,3PO               Cost per acre (Includin.' base 
line costs)  O.01s 
The country cruised during the month of August is very 
aptly described by Porest Lssaistn ut i4rsh as follo.s : 
"The area covered has in large part bern characterized by 
heavy or. brush, dense composite reproductien and aspen, 
conditions which have necessitated cutting much of tUe 
vor': to four miloo of line a day per man". 
Prom all reports received from czmp it voule appear 
that the oa  1rush will materiallM increase the bueiness