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rn? " - 4 T t" : " v UiJ. ..... t ...i-, 4 UJLiii- FORESTS OF OREGON HA VE 20 PER CENT OF 'STANDMO TIMBER STAND OF WESTERN HEMLOCK - r "1 Tl i Ui A7' ILiOJJ s Oregon Forests at a Glance ' ' One-flflll of ths nation's standtar'ttribr -450.000,000,00 "feet. 1922 cut,' About S.100.000.000 feet;, has Increased trom 1.900.000, 00 feet ftiqct. 'V'- ' ' At 4,000.000.000 feet a year, 100 years' supply Is still available. ' V Resource brlags to stats $109,000,000 a year. ' . . , ; ,' Forty-OTe thousand people employed, with $70,000,000 payroll Four hundred and ninety lorglnff operations, 490 mills, 1000 miles of loccins railroad, $00 locomotives, 1000 donkey enfflnea, - - Forty-five per. cent of lumber output moved by water; lumber loads 17 per cent of cars sent from Oregon. w One million eifht hundred thousand dollars spent in 1922 for for st protection. - - ";"'" Oregon forests contain., 20 percent f the standing; timber In ' the United States..- i ". . This Umber, comprising? 450,000.000.- ' 000 feet, is pe cent prt vately owned ; Oregon and federal government hold 44 per cent of it Stat and federal ' timber In Oregon comprises per cant of all timber in the United States. i Tie principal , species are : Douglas fir, West Coast hemlock. Western red cedar. Sitka spruce. Noble fir, White fir. Western yellow pine. Western larch. Westers white pine. Port . Or ford cedar. -. - Oregon forest products are diversi fied; Some of them ' are : Lumber, lath, shingles, boxes, -' barrels. tubs, doors. - windows, furniture sod store furniture, pulp and paper and veneer. strryoBT .Bit aiix' The industries support a large pay roll which In turn supports ether in dustries, About 45.000 people sre em ployed in Oregon la plants' producing 'forest products.' W- - Lumber Is, of course, ths -major product of ths forest and Its produc tion constitutes Oregon's largest in dustry.' ' The latest complete data available for the lumber cut of Oregon Is for the year 1930, wbea S.S10.000.000 feet of lumber was produced by the sawmills of Oregon. ' In the same year 2M.721.pO0 shingles were produced , by ths shingle mills in the state. The lumber cut this year Is estimated at $.100,000,000 feet. - I. - Planing mills are not producers in ths same sens that Sawmills sre, but they ars necessary : adjuncts to the sawmills. , Planing, mills are, operated in connection with sawmills and a!so as Independent plants, obtaining the raw material from the sawmills and remanufacturlng it into mouldings, in terior furnishing and door and window frames. v ;;,-- 'T:. IirDTJSTBT OBOWS The manufacture of doors and r!n- ' dewa Is becoming a large Industry and several plants ere engaged In the ex clusive manufacture of these products. Each year sees mors and more of Oregon lumber 4 manufactured and shipped to the Eastern markets m the form of finished products,, where for merly the lumber was shipped rough and remanufactured in-the East This change means that ths payroll is being ' transferred from the East to Oregon, more industries, more people. ' . The products pf rotary cut Or, cedar ' and spruce- veneer are on the increase, partly used locally for door panels and furniture- and ; much ; shipped East, tn built-up panels.' Some are -worked up into berry boxes and crates and some Into storage battery separators. . Box factories utilise , the lower grades of lumber, manufacturing a high class of products by cutting out the poor portions of the boards.,. This utilisation is conservation, as some of the lumber 1 used ; is of too poor a :. quality to stand ths cost of transpor tation to market in the form of lum ber. ; i-.;;V-r nm KABX HXSB The development of the cooperage industry is rather interesting. At first it was thousht that hardwood -timber was the only cooperage stock. but tests demonstrated that Northwest Dousias fir. sprue, and- hemlock an swered ths purpose Just as well. Sev eral plant sre engaged In ths produc tion of barrels, tubs and casks In Ore gon, some using log and others tim ber as their raw materials, Fapsr manufacture la taking more and more material " from Oregon ' for ests, " Spruce," hemlock : and ". white fir are the species most used." AH classes of paper are made, ranging from news, ffult and wrapping paper to the trans parent paper 7 Used 14 : "window"" .en velopes. ;' '.. r ; ' i.v v. " ., -v. .. The '. forest products Industry an anally brines $110,000,000 into Orec-on directly" and an additional sum ,; indi rectly - :;'r-. '": V . Ths annual pay roll for these indus tries total' $70,000,000. ; ; bvttiy bill. BiQ I yf:t : .These industries : har erected other industries dependent in whole or In part on them.', It requires a kreat deal of food and clothing ' for '45,000 men ajid those dependent on them : a' great deal of machinery : and supplies to keep the camps and mills operating. Just what the supply bill amounts to Is not known, but it mus be enor mous.' -' ; - - . - . The lumber produced In Oregon each day will build 1000 'homes of five rooms each, a fair sised town. Forest products furnish $7 per cent of all east-bound tonae for the rall- Forest protection In the Pacific coast states has become an enormous project. Aside from the national forests, where cost of work Is borne" by the federal government, states and private owners yearly expend hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep fire out of the tim ber. - t , i TQUS FACTOR Data for 192$ Is not vet Comolete. Figures available, however, indicate n expenditure of over $1,170,000 for pro tection of state and privately owned lands In Montana, Idaho, Washington. Oregon and ; California. In ' Oregon alone it will exceed $400,000. Ot this amount private owners contributed over $1,600,000 as against $270,000 by u avna xeaerai government. " la. regular forcxf over 1000 war dens and lookout men', was emnloved throughout the summer months in addi- uyn vu auca ur ugaiecs as lae occa sion demanded. Trails and telephone Upes are maintained for protection pur poses - and hundreds of lookout points have been equipped at comnf&nding points from which to discover fires at the earnest possible ' . moment " The greatest element in fire protection is time. If a fire can be .attacked dur ing Its early stages it Is usually ex tinguished at small expense' and with out loss of property. Allowed to burn for a day or more unchecked, a hun dred men may be needed to fight it, EMPHASIZE pMYEJTIOJf Protection agencies.1 while organised to fight firs It this becomes necessary. Place first emphasis on prevention. Be fore large numbers of ' people" yearly went into the mountains, where opera tions were few in number and settlers In the foothill country less numerous than at present, protection was a com paratively simple matter. ; In fact, it Two-third of the pulprvood cut In the Paciflq Northwest for paper .' T manufacture tn yestern hemlock. ' " ' " was only practiced by 9. few of the mors prudent timber 'owners and the state took little -or no Interest. - :;, As population has increased, the fire hazard has likewise increased. Hence the effort of federal government,' states and timber, owners to teach care with fire in' the woods as one of the prin cipal means for reducing loss. -' Of late years the public generally has taken added. Interest In forest matters. This has beeiy stimulated by the cut ting' out of timber in ths northeastern states and predictions of the early fall ing off of production In the pine forests of ' the southeast.' YES TUBE UHCZBTAiar.- - It Is realised as never before that In the United States are vast areas of land best i suited " to forest growing ; that falling tq keep such land produc tive it becomes'' a publlo liability. , In the past, responsibility of government, states and private owners properly to managj . these lands has 'not been clearly defined. 1 ' , " Forest growing, which In older coun tries Is a stable business, conducted for profit. Is hers In no such enviable, con ditions. ,..,'.- L ' . , V,' " Hazards, unsatisfactory " tax- Jaws, high rates'1 of interest and ' Unstable stumpage values, together with the long time required to grow a crop,, all tend to maa a private venture in forest grow ing uncertain.".. Hence, it ,is generally conceded that federal government Vnd states should, through 'adequate, tax laws assist In forest torotactlon'-and in Other ways encourage, 'the growing of timber by Individuals and, corpora tions,' to the extent-that the 'pubUc is interested -In timber 'production. But as yet no stable national forest policy is m euecu , - , Attempt through the so-called Snell bill to outline a Policy -for coo Deration between government and states was not!' successful. Another bill leaving out of ' its provisions those things tn the- Snell 'bill 'objected to 'by certain people is now being considered, and if enacted into law will be the first step In the direction of a. national forest policy. ; . - T - SEED KOT JILETJ Possibly the paost favored region as regards cllmUo conditions, rapidity of tres growth and ease of securing' rr production Is the Xougias fir belt of tb Pacific poast ; Contrary' to the ideas of many people there is no seed in this area, nor In fact in most other parts of the West, to resort to artifi cial seeding or planting in order - to staVt nevf forests 1 , Firs .prevention constitutes the bulk of the -task necessary to securing young growth following logging. - Even; seed trees fre not required.' since reproduc tion comes from seed "' stored 1 la - the ground. ,-.'----- -' - , - - to reduce, fire risk and this ' burning does ' not" kill" the' seed " ptored In the forest ; litter. -, A new crop starts -and If' thereafter fires are "kept 'out 7 fat ture forest ' Is assured.' If, however, fire runs over) the area after, .the seed has . germinated . It requires 'a long period for the area" to re-seed from adjoining ' uncut forests. , . - J ' Areas on ' which nq valuable "growth is replacing the" old f forest ' are . ex amples ot repeated burning, To keep fire, put of cut-over and burned-over areas : Is , not. however: as simple as might be supposed. ; Such areas dry out rapidly In early summer, are covered with weeds and- ferns, and ' fires once started are extremely- difficult to con trol until such time as the young trees reach a height sufficientto shade the ground.' kill out the undergrowth; and retain a certain amount o moisture in ths solL It- is true.1 however, that' thousands Of acres of second growtn forest from seedling lo piling size are growing ip Western Oregon - and Washington and will go far toward '.supplying lumber needs once r the mature timber If rer m 1 nn MHIHIHIHIHIIIUM DANT . ' . ' . ;. J . R TT - - K - "" UesJEiisXisie; ISTprth western1 fiac ; Blinding Portltond, Oregon ? v i ' ' . I 1 , "-1 t TIMBER-PRODUCTS i V WholesahiRail and Cargo Shippers to " . Any Part of the World -of. DOUGLAS FIR (Oregon Pine) Lumber, Piling, Poles, Yard Slosk ' '.: HEMLOCK (Western) i ' Lumber, Box Shook , PORT ORFORD CEDAR Bailery SeparalorSf Bolts, Logs, Laaiber. RED CEDAR . Bolts, Logs, Lumber Shingle SPRUCE; (Sitka, Silver) ! Box Shooh,Logs, Lumber V if. ' " t .7HTTE PINE (Western) J BoxShooILumberi Code A.ltlreSS Codes Used A. U. C 5th and ih Eenfleys, Excel- - dor, Kee'ans, Scotts, Yfeslcrn Union and yestsnx Dantrus Portland ' Oregon uin suffer Eduwn.: ; ; ; T3he IiniclTUiotnry ' of tine , pacific . BIpiIivGC3'l: IV-: -4he mark of perfection for your protection when baying lumber, lath, shingles, mouldings, sash, doors, glass ' frames, general mill work or A f-oxesi box shpoks and crates -" V - "' Our 'Whtfand Hov I Built a Home booklet sent po$tfai4 upotf, TcqutiL , - It 1) ORTLAND commands a position of li ,-. . immense importance in the r Pacific ; : "Lr; Northwest, because she is 'endowed with '.a.wealtfi gf natural resources which lie at her. : very door.: v - . 7' It wHl ffoubtless be generally acknowledsed -"that cond pf her industries are more vital to the v ; - prosperity" of the1 commonwealth f than . is ths : -. Lumber mdustry and affiliated interests- - " -V; fa the immediate vicinity f tortlanc ; are -; . many billion feet of standing ; timber.: Over J. J half of it Is Douglas fir, !The Supreme Wood v . for puddings and Dwellings. . -, ' W t - , i. -: .'I Extensive development proects under lyray rt - in this ecncn' and the constant dwindling sup; ply of timber in the Southern States, should ; , N double ie production of lumber and payrolls1, , ia lhi ect;oij within the next tive years. ; ' This concern, from its inception, has been, closely identified with die development of the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest' r. ffOTE? ft is also; the sole manufacturer "and clitiputpr ' f or The Miller. Ga$ ILumber (Carriir, jt6ncefning which we' will fee glad to -V send descriptive literature upon recjuest. - East Side Mill Jbuffl mr Ju omp Fppt Spokane yenue Sellwdgd 0597 any Portland, Oregon . OREGOJI DOOR COMPATfY Foot Spokane Aveaua . - EAST SlPP BOX COMPANY ... ?okaxe Avenue . :t J in hi; i r.ir- fir .r ; "Ii.-ti LUMBER CO. ; ESTABLISHED 1859 . . ; . 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