Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company Collection, 1893-1954

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Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company Collection, 1893-1954

NAU.MS.84


Descriptive Summary

Creator: Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company
Collection Name Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company Collection,
Inclusive Dates: 1893-1954.
Physical Description14.5 linear feet, 521 folders
Abstract The Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company Collection pertains to the company's business in Northern Arizona, specifically Williams and Flagstaff. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence during the 1940's. However, the collection also includes financial, employee, legal, tax, insurance, and motor vehicle records from 1893 to 1954. There are also maps of the lumber company's logging activities between 1924 and 1949.
Collection NumberNAU.MS.84
Language English.
Repository Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Northern Arizona University
Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022
Phone: 928 523 5551
Fax: 928 523 3770
Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu

Historical Note

The Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company was founded circa 1870 in the state of Michigan. In 1893 the company opened a lumber mill in Williams, Arizona Territory. The company virtually built the town of Williams and supplied the town with both power and water for nearly the entire first half of the twentieth century. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad (earlier known as the Atlantic and Pacific) also depended on the company to provide their trains with water.

Saginaw and Manistee incorporated in 1899. Much of the early success of Saginaw and Manistee in Arizona can be attributed to the acquisition of large tracts of land from Edward Perrin in 1903. The railroads of the Saginaw and Manistee quickly branched north and south of the mill to log these newly acquired regions.

The lumber mill in Williams was under the ownership of Saginaw and Manistee which appears to have moved to Delaware and eventually to Chicago. H.F. Chaney was the president of the organization in Chicago for much of the time period that this collection covers (1893-1954). The Chicago company was in turn owned by Baker and Fentress, a holding company in Chicago. Baker and Fentress also owned lumber yards in Loyalton, California and Coos Bay, Oregon. William F. Dermont and William Wente were each managers between 1905 and 1916. R.A. Nickerson became manager of the Williams operation from 1917 to 1930 when J.M. Bedford took over. Jack Bedford in Williams was the son of J.M. Bedford, the manager at the Loyalton yard (Clover Valley Lumber Company).

In 1941 Saginaw and Manistee leased the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company's mill from Joseph Dolan in Flagstaff and soon moved their entire operations to Flagstaff while selling the Williams plant to Klammath Iron Works for salvage. During the Second World War, Saginaw and Manistee worked closely with the government to make war supplies. The company also worked with the National War Labor Board to solve employment and union problems. Other important individuals during the 1940's were Blaine Shimmel, who was their lawyer, and the company of Marsh and Mclennan, who was their principal insurer.

In 1949 Jack Bedford was killed in an automobile accident on Ash Fork Hill. Enfred Johnson began running the mill in Bedford's place until 1953 when Southwest Lumber Mills Inc. absorbed Saginaw and Manistee.

For further information on Saginaw and Manistee's operations in Northern Arizona see: Kenneth J. LaBoone, The Arizona Lumber and Timber Company 1881-1981 (1981) and Robert L. Matheny, The History of Lumbering in Arizona before World War Two (1975). Both books are available in the Special Collections and Archives Department, Cline Library at Northern Arizona University.


Scope and Content Note

The Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company Collection pertains to the company's business in Northern Arizona, specifically Williams and Flagstaff. The collection consists of fourteen and one-half boxes of archival material, mainly correspondence during the 1940's. However, the collection also includes financial, employee, legal, tax, insurance, and motor vehicle records from 1893 to 1954. There are also maps of the lumber company's logging activities between 1924 and 1949.

Approximately two-thirds of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1940's. This part of the collection is valuable because of the role that the company played with the federal government as a war industry. The company appears to have worked very closely with the National War Labor Board and other government agencies to help with the war effort. There also appears to be considerable correspondence with other lumber companies in the Southwest and the Saginaw and Manistee parent company in Chicago. These correspondence could reflect the nature of business relationships between large corporations in the 1940's. The balance of the material is made up of more specific papers dealing with operations between 1893 and 1941, and 1950 to 1954. This section can be useful in that it documents the relationships that Saginaw and Manistee had with its employees and contractors. Especially interesting are the documents in the subseries Contracts and Agreements dealing with the purchase of land from Edward Perrin around 1900.

The original order of the collection has been retained whenever possible. However, some anomalies still exist. For example, items of interest from the 1940's may be stored in either the Correspondence Series or in another appropriate series and vice-versa. Items can also be stored in either the specific folder or general folder for that topic (e.g. EBY machinery papers could be in a file labeled as EBY in the Contracts and Agreement Series or in the General Contracts and Agreements Subseries). It is recommended that the user look under all possible titles and subjects for a particular name. For example, in the Correspondence series tax information has been found under 'T', 'I' (for Internal Revenue Service), or 'C' (for Collector of taxes). Usually, government offices will be listed under 'O' for "Office of."


Organization

Organized in 9 series.

Restrictions

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs,legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.


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Separated Material

Twenty-one maps from the Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company Collection have been removed to the Special Collections and Archives Department map collection. Following are a listing of the maps and their SCA Map number.

NAU.MAP.519, Happy Jack Campsite,1949.
NAU.MAP.512, Navajo Nation Map by Navajo Curriculum Center.
NAU.MAP.513, Street Map of Phoenix and Vicinity, 1929.
NAU.MAP.515, Part of North Central New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, and Southern Colorado. Atlas Sheets. June 30, 1881.
NAU.MAP.516 Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Mill,1945.
NAU.MAP.517 Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company, 1948.
NAU.MAP.518 Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company, 1948.
NAU.MAP.519 Happy Jack Campsite. October 1949.
NAU.MAP.520, Barney Pasture Unit base map. Coconico, Gila and Salt River Meridian. 1912.
NAU.MAP.521 South Rogers Lake Unit.
NAU.MAP.524 (missing) Kaibab Timber cut. 1935.
NAU.MAP.525 S-sales Tusayan. Grand Canyon Unit (proposed). Cutover 1930.
NAU.MAP.526 S-sales Tusayan. Grand Canyon Unit (proposed). Cutover 1931.
NAU.MAP.527 S-sales Tusayan. Grand Canyon Unit (proposed). Cutover 1933.
NAU.MAP.528 S-sales Tusayan. Grand Canyon Unit (proposed). Cutover 1934.
NAU.MAP.529 S-sales Tusayan. Grand Canyon Unit (proposed). Cutover 1935.
NAU.MAP.522 and 523 Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1935.
NAU.MAP.525 Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1930.
NAU.MAP.530 Map to Accompany Forest Industries Schedule 1924.
NAU.MAP.531 Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1925.
NAU.MAP.532 Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1926.
NAU.MAP.533(missing) Timber Cut Forest Industries Schedule 1927.
NAU.MAP.534, Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1928.
NAU.MAP.536, Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1929.


Access Points

Personal Name(s)
Perrin, E. B. (Edward Burt), 1838-1932.
Bedford, J. M.
Bedford, Jack
Chaney, H.
Dermont, William F.
Johnson, Enfred.
Nickerson, R. A.
Wente, William.

Corporate Name(s)
United States. Forest Service.
United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)
United States. West Coast Lumber Commission.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company.
Baker and Fentress (Firm)
California Sugar (Firm)
Clover Valley Lumber Company
Foxworth and Galbraith (Firm)
Klammath Iron Works
Marsh and McLennan
Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company.
Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc
Union Oil Company of California
Valley Lumber and Feed
White Pine Copper Company

Subject(s)
Logging--Arizona--History.
Lumber trade--Arizona--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects.


Administrative Information

Credit Line

Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company Collection, NAU.MS.84 , Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Dept.


Container List

Series one, boxes 1-11, correspondence, 1942-1947,1949.
This series consists of 91 folders, of correspondence, arranged chronologically and alphabetically within each year. The documents are general incoming and outgoing correspondence and other important papers (contracts, employee records, tax information, etc.) that pertain to the years within this series. Unfortunately the record is not complete. S-Z of 1944, A-S of 1945, S-Z of 1946, A-L of 1947, and all of 1948 are missing from the collection. Many subjects and companies are important enough to have their own folders. Some of these include: Applications for employment, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad (dealt with Saginaw and Manistee for railroad ties, water, and shipping of products), Baker and Fentress (the holding company), Clover Valley Lumber Co., Foxworth and Galbraith, Klammath Iron Works, Marsh and Mclennan (insurers), Saginaw and Manistee - Chicago, Taxes, Wood Sales, National War Labor Board (described in more detail in the Scope and Content Note), Telegrams, and Bids.
Box-folder
1.1 Collection information. ,
Box-folder
1.2-7 Correspondence "A," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.8-14 Correspondence "B," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.15-18 Correspondence "C," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.19-1.22 Correspondence "D," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.23-24 Correspondence "E," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.25-30 Correspondence "F," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.31-34 Correspondence "G," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.35-38 Correspondence "H," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.39-41 Correspondence "I," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.42-43 Correspondence "J," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.44-46 Correspondence "K," , 1942.
Box-folder
1.47-49 Correspondence "L," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.50-54 Correspondence with Marsh and Mclennan, 1942.
Box-folder
2.55-62 Correspondence "M," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.63-66 Correspondence "N," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.67-68 Correspondence "O," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.69-75 Correspondence "P," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.76-81 Correspondence "R," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.82-84 Correspondence with S and M Chicago, 1942.
Box-folder
2.85-91 Correspondence "S," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.92-96 Correspondence "T," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.97 Correspondence "U," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.98 Correspondence with Valley Lumber and Feed, 1942.
Box-folder
2.99-105 Correspondence "W," , 1942.
Box-folder
2.106 Correspondence "X, Y, and Z," , 1942.
Box-folder
3.107-111 Correspondence "A," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.112-114 Correspondence "B," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.115-117 Correspondence "C," , 1943
Box-folder
3.118 Correspondence "D," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.119 Correspondence "E," , 1943
Box-folder
3.120-122 Correspondence "F," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.123 Correspondence "G," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.124 Correspondence "H," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.125-126 Correspondence "I," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.127 Correspondence "J," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.128-130 Correspondence "K," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.131 Correspondence "L," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.132-134 Correspondence "M," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.135-136 Correspondence "N," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.137 Correspondence "O," , 1943.
Box-folder
3.138-139 Correspondence with Office of Price Admn., 1943.
Box-folder
3.140 Correspondence "P," , 1943.
Box-folder
4.141-143 Correspondence "R," , 1943.
Box-folder
4.144-147 Correspondence with S and M Chicago, 1943.
Box-folder
4.148-154 Correspondence "S," , 1943.
Box-folder
4.155 Correspondence "T," , 1943.
Box-folder
4.156-157 Correspondence "U," , 1943.
Box-folder
4.158 Correspondence "V," , 1943.
Box-folder
4.159-170 Correspondence "W," , 1943.
Box-folder
4.171 Correspondence "X,Y,Z," , 1943.
Box-folder
4.172-179 Correspondence "A." , 1944.
Box-folder
4.180-181 Correspondence "B," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.182 Correspondence "C," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.183-184 Correspondence "D," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.185 Correspondence "E," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.186-188 Correspondence "F," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.189 Correspondence "G," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.190 Correspondence "H," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.191-194 Correspondence "I," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.195 Correspondence "J," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.196-197 Correspondence "K," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.198 Correspondence "L," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.199-203 Correspondence "M," , 1944.
Box-folder
5.204-210 Correspondence with National War Labor Board, 1944.
Box-folder
5.211-213 Correspondence "N," , 1944.
Box-folder
6.214-216 Correspondence "O," , 1944.
Box-folder
6.217 Correspondence "P," , 1944.
Box-folder
6.218-220 Correspondence "R," , 1944.
Box-folder
6.221-229 Correspondence "A," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.230-231 Correspondence "B," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.232-234 Correspondence "C," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.235 Correspondence "D," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.236-237 Correspondence "E," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.238-240 Correspondence "F," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.241 Correspondence "G," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.242 Correspondence "H," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.243-244 Correspondence "I," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.245 Correspondence "J," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.246-247 Correspondence "K," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.248 Correspondence "L," , 1945.
Box-folder
6.249-250 Correspondence "M," , 1945.
Box-folder
7.251-258 Correspondence with National War Labor Board, 1945.
Box-folder
7.259-261 Correspondence "N," , 1945.
Box-folder
7.262 Correspondence "P," , 1945.
Box-folder
7.263 Correspondence "R," , 1945.
Box-folder
7.264-7-266 Correspondence "S," , 1945.
Box-folder
7.267-275 Correspondence "A," , 1946.
Box-folder
7.276 Correspondence "B," , 1946.
Box-folder
7.277-278 Correspondence "C," , 1946.
Box-folder
7.279 Correspondence "D," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.280-281 Correspondence "E," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.282-286 Correspondence "F," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.287 Correspondence "G," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.288 Correspondence "H," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.289-291 Correspondence "I," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.292 Correspondence "J," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.293 Correspondence "K," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.294-295 Correpondence "L," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.296-298 Correspondence with Marsh and Mclennan, 1946.
Box-folder
8.299-300 Correspondence "M," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.301-303 Correspondence "N," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.304 Correspondence "O," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.305 Correspondence "P," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.306-308 Correspondence "R," , 1946.
Box-folder
8.309-313 Correspondence "S," , 1946.
Box-folder
9.314-319 Correspondence "M," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.320 Correspondence "N," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.321 Correspondence "O," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.322 Correspondence "P," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.323-324 Correspondence "R," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.325-329 Correspondence "S," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.330-331 Correspondence "T," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.332-333 Correspondence "U," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.334-335 Correspondence "V," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.336-337 Correspondence "W," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.338 Correspondence "Z," , 1947.
Box-folder
9.339-345 Correspondence "A," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.346-352 Correspondence "B," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.353-355 Correspondence "C," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.356 Correspondence "D," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.357 Correspondence "E," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.358-359 Correspondence "F," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.360 Correspondence "G," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.361 Correspondence "H," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.362-364 Correspondence "I," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.365 Correspondence "J," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.366 Correspondence "K," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.367 Correspondence "L," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.368-374 Correspondence "M," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.375 Correspondence "O," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.376 Correspondence "P," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.377-378 Correspondence "R," , 1949.
Box-folder
10.379-381 Correspondence with S and M Chicago, 1949.
Box-folder
10.382-385 Correspondence "S," , 1949.
Box-folder
11.386-387 Correspondence "T," , 1949.
Box-folder
11.388 Correspondence "U," , 1949.
Box-folder
11.389 Correspondence "V," , 1949.
Box-folder
11.390 Correspondence "W," , 1949.
Box-folder
11.391 Correspondence "Z," , 1949.
Series two, box 11, Oversized correspondence, 1942-1947,1949.
These items have been removed from Series One due to their size (8 1/2" x 14"). This series has many monthly, quarterly, and annual balance sheets and statistical information.
Box-folder
11.392 Oversized correspondence, 1942.
Box-folder
11.393-394 Oversized correspondence, 1943.
Box-folder
11.395 Oversized correspondence, 1944.
Box-folder
11.396 Oversized correspondence, 1945.
Box-folder
11.397 Oversized correspondence, 1946.
Box-folder
11.398 Oversized correspondence, 1947.
Box-folder
11.399 Oversized correspondence, 1948.
Series Three, boxes 11-12, 1893-1954.
Series Three consists of 35 folders in four subseries: Balance Sheets and Monthly Statements, Board of Directors, Power Plant, and Census, each arranged chronologically within their subseries. Papers in Series Three document the company's financial situation very clearly between 1919-1940.
Subseries one, Balance Sheets and Monthly Statements, 1901-1941.
Various balance sheets and monthly statements for the years 1901-1941 with a systematic series of annual reports between 1919 and 1941.
Box-folder
11.400 Balance sheets, 1901-1924.
Box-folder
11.401-412 Balance sheets, 1919-1930.
Box-folder
12.413-422 Balance sheets, 1931-1940.
Box-folder
12.423-426 Balance sheets, 1941-1942.
Subseries two, Board of Directors records, 1894-1941.
Box-folder
12.427 Board of directors meeting minutes, bylaws and incorporation papers, 1894-1941.
Subseries three, Power Plant records, 1916-1941.
General information about the company's power generating operations from 1916 to 1941 and balance sheets from 1930-1934.
Box-folder
12.428 Power plant, 1916, 1924, 1929, 1930.
Box-folder
12.429 Power plant, 1931-1941.
Box-folder
12.430 Power plant, 1930-1933.
Box-folder
12.431 Power plant, 1934.
Subseries four, Census of Manufacturers, 1925-1941.
Correspondence and documents detailing the wood products produced by the Saginaw and Manistee mill in a given year. The census was conducted by the Commerce Department.
Box-folder
12.432-434 Census, 1925-1941.
Series four, box 12, four subseries containing employee records, 1893-1954.
Subseries one, Scale of Wages, comparative wage scales for other Arizona lumber companies and those of surrounding states, 1915-1930.
Records that document the comparative wage scales for other Arizona lumber companies and those of surrounding states
Box-folder
12.435-446 Scale of wages, 1915-1930.
Subseries two, employee records, 1901-1939.
Box-folder
12.447 Various documents related to employee insurance, employment and accidents, 1901-1939.
Subseries three, Time Records, 1905 and 1954.
Box-folder
12.428-450 Time records, 1905 and 1954.
Subseries four, labor, one thin folder concerning labor issues, 1918-1922.
The labor subseries contains information from the League for Industrial Workers.
Box-folder
12.151 Labor, 1918-1922.
Series five, boxes 13-14, two subseries of Legal Documents, 1893-1952.
Subseries one, box 13, Bank Checks and Loan Receipts, 1893-1929.
Box-folder
13.452-454 Bank checks, and loan receipts, 1893-1929.
Subseries two, boxes 13-14, Contracts and Agreements, 1893-1952.
This subseries contains contracts and agreements with specific companies and government agencies. Of special interest are the contracts with the railroads and oil companies. It also contains contracts concerning land acquisitions, primarily from Edward Perrin at the turn of the 20th century. These contracts are file in a folder called "Land." A section called Estates Sales documents items that the company was selling to the public in 1950. The last section in this subseries is general contracts and agreements for all other companies and individuals that did business with Saginaw and Manistee between 1893-1952. Logging Contracts are kept in this general section.
Box-folder
13.455-467 Contracts and agreements (specific), 1893-1950.
Box-folder
13.468-470 Contracts and agreements (general), 1893-1918.
Box-folder
14.471-476 Contracts and agreements (general), 1918-1952.
Series Six, boxes 14-16, Taxes, 1920-1941.
This series consists of 38 folders in five subseries, each arranged chronologically.
Subseries one, box 14,tax information and returns, 1920-1939.
Box-folder
14.497-501 Tax records, 1937-1941.
Subseries two, box 14, Social Security records, 1937-1941.
Box-folder
14.497-501 Social security records, 1937-1941.
Subseries three, box 14, Unemployment records, 1937-1941.
Box-folder
14.502-507 Unemployment records, 1937-1941.
Subseries four, box 14, Forest Industries Schedules, 1925-1937.
This subseries contains supplementary documents for annual tax returns (see subseries one). One can find inventories of equipment, and information related to lands logged and how much timber was taken.
Box-folder
14.507-510 Forest industries and schedules, 1925-1937.
Timber Cut maps that coincide with the Forest Industries Schedule reports have been removed and placed into the SCA map collection. The Numbers are as follows:
NAU.MAP.522 and 523 Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1935
NAU.MAP.525 Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule,1930
NAU.MAP.530 Map to Accompany Forest Industries Schedule 1924.
NAU.MAP.531 Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1925
NAU.MAP.532 Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1926
NAU.MAP.533(missing) Timber Cut Forest Industries Schedule 1927.
NAU.MAP.534, Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1928
NAU.MAP.536, Timber Cut, Forest Industries Schedule, 1929
Subseries four, box 15, Audits, 1926-1939.
Box-folder
15.511-515 Audits, 1926-1939.
Series Seven, box 15, Insurance, 1904-1941.
This series consists of two folders and is arranged chronologically. Records do not exist for every year in the range of inclusive dates.
Box-folder
15.516-517 Insurance, 1904-1941.
Series eight, box 15, Motor Vehicle Records, 1913-1937.
This series consists of three folders arranged chronologically. Most of the records in this series concern purchasing and registration of automobiles, trucks, and heavy equipment for the company.
Box-folder
15.518-520 Motor vehicle records, 1913-1937.
Series nine, Land and Timber Record. Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company, 1919-1926.
This volume contains a series of maps followed by ledger pages describing company land holdings, timber harvesting, and annual summaries related to logging. Each section is arranged by township and range and covers from T19W R2E - T24W R7E.