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NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER J I, 1948
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IMPROVED UTILIZATION
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company announces a new type of
hydraulic barker which removes the bark from logs before
they are run through the saws at its Longview, Washington,
mill. Because the log has been entirely cleaned of all bark
when it reaches the saws, a considerable saving results. The
sawyer, it is stated, can judge his cutting procedure more
efficiently, saving wood which otherwise would be wasted;
slabs and edgings can be sent to the sulphate pulp mill in
stead of being burned, debris accumulation in the mill is
reduced, mill operation is speeded up and conveyor jams are
minimized, wear and tear on band saws are reduced due to
removal of gravel and dirt imbedded in bark, and bark is
removed cheaply enough to permit diversion into various
products.
Weyerhaeuser has spent a large sum of money to develop
this new operation. Much engineering and experimentation
have been required. But, with installation completed, Weyer
haeuser will utilize more of each log and send less waste
material to burners, and at the same time reduce operating
costs.
Weyerhaeuser is able to finance a research and engineer
ing staff only because it has a big operation. No small op
erator could afford experimentation of this type. Conse
quently small mills go on wasting a high percentage of the
resource.
If smaller operators, either individually or cooperatively,
were to be placed on a sustained-yield cooperative contract
basis, as has been proposed, they, too, having an assured
supply of raw material for perpetual operation, would be
in a position to do at least limited research and engineer
ing, and would have incentive to install waste utilization
processes. But they have no incentive to improve practices
while continuing to operate without security as to future
supply of logs.
Opponents of the proposed cooperative contract program
of sustained-yield forest management protest invasion of
the rights of free enterprise, equal opportunity and open
competition. They claim the plan promotes monopoly by a
favored few.
Few sawmills, aside from the very large concerns able to
' purchase timber outright in large enough supply to assure
continued future operation, could continue if they were shut
off from buying publicly-owned timber. This public timber
is the property of every man, woman and child, and should,
if properly managed, be a national asset for generations still
unborn. The public, therefore, has a right to demand that
the resource be utilized as fully as invention and economics
will permit. If fuller utilization would follow cooperative
contract management, as it obviously would, the public
should demand a management policy protecting its own
interests.
Heretofore bark removal has been practiced chiefly on
logs going into plywood manufacture. Logs sent through a
sawmill were not de-barked. Plywood plants largely use a
mechanical barker which rotates a toothed wheel against
the log, tearing away the bark. The mechanical barker does
a rough job and leaves the surface uneven. Considerable
waste comes from the lathe until the first layer has been
trimmed away.
The Weyerhaeuser process uses two streams of water
under 1300 pounds of pressure. Oscillating jets drive a small
stream of water against the log with such force that the
bark is cut away as if by a sharp knife. The log is rotated
and advanced by means of trunion wheels and chain con
veyors. Its movements must be kept carefully controlled be
cause the streams of water are so powerful they will cut
into good fibre if the log is left too long in one position.
Bark removed from the log is carried away by conveyors,
while the water is returned to the pumps to be used over
and over again.
The hydraulic method of bark removal is not new, but the
procedure has been greatly improved in the installation
completed by Weyerhaeuser and it is the first application,
so far as is known, in preparing logs for sawmills. It is an
other forward step in the trend toward more complete utili
zation of the log and recovery of more of the values from
the timber resource.
The general public has a big stake in the utilization pro
gram and should give it every encouragement Here in Doug
las County w have mora than 70 billion board feet of
standing timber. Tresent utilization is about one-third of
the resource. If utilization could be advanced to as much as
60 per cent, we would have at least three times as many
jobs, because the number of man hours per thousand feet
of raw material is much higher in the utilization field than
in manufacture of rough lumber.
i
By Viahnett S. Martin p-fZJ
Good morning, ladles and gen
tlemen. Here we are, back at the
Bitwum', quaint old barn in
which they are so unselfishly
letting their guests play around.
Geraldine, tired of tossing chim
ney rocks at Reginald and never
hitting him, had picked another
stunt off the blackboard. With
this one went a dainty little paint
brush, not over four Inches wide,
o she wouldn't break her wrist
before quitting time, and a pall
of paint.
Up the long stairs she floated,
all atlngle with expectancy, and
there on the mezzanine where the
haymow used to be, we find her
swiping the paint on to the rails
all around the balcony overlook
ing the huge buggy section of the
barn (I mean the beautiful living-room-to-be.)
when she spies Reg
inald below gallanty helping
Ermlntrude yank oft old wall
paper.
What, "No wallpaper In a bamr
Um-m, let's see. Oh yes, somebody
else had taken a flier at the old
barn but had wearied and gone
to Alaska where he hoped
there would be no old barns to re
model. Do you have to be so
persnickety? Whose barn Is this,
anyway? Yes, yes, of course, It's
the Bltwuns', Just what I was
going to say.
Now wjiere was we? Oh, yes,
Geraldine goes down the stairs,
first dropping the paintbrush on
the top step, and starts using
her scarlet birdsclaws on the wall
paper downstairs . . .
Henrietta, who has been in the
loft all this time, rummaging in
the hope of finding treasures
left by former occupants, has
found guess what? Yes, some old
horseblankets, genuinely moth
eaten. Excitedly she hauls th?n;
onto the balcony and drapes them
on the rail (s s h, it will Just help
them stay In place) and calls:
"Yoo-hoo, down there. Aren't
these too divine?" Feeling she
must study the effect from below
she starts down the stairs, poises
gracefully with one foot on the
paint brush, and descends Inform
ally, making a .three-point land
ing. ' thrilling the rest of the
houscparty. Henrietta has been
entrusted with the 'decor,' tome-
thing that turns an old barn Into
a period house oh, let's put that
period where It belongs. She
decides that rare old wallpaper
never should have come off, so
everybody starts pasting It back
on . . . but, ladles and gentlemen.
the studio clock warns us that
we must leave the Bltwuns and
find another topic for tomorrow's
Mending Basket, and stay out of
KRNR.
In the Day's Hews
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we dreamed up notions to account
for It.
In the neighborhood In which
this writer grew up an Intriguing
theory prevailed. It was firmly
believed, at least by all small
boys, that these Insects burrowed
downward Into the ground for I
eight and a half years and then,
at some signal which they all un
derstood, they turned around and
burrowed upward for another
eight and a half years.
We used to hold heated argu
ments over how they could know,
away down there In the bowels of
the earth, when the eight and a
half years had elapsed and It was
time to turn around and start up
again. And how could they time
their burrowing so that at the
end of 17 years they would
emerge at Just the right time?
Bluebirds Advance
At Ceremony To
Camp Fire Girls
Forty six Bluebirds participat
ed in the fly-up ceremony at the
Methodist Church Thursday aft
ernoon when they were advanced
to members of the Camp Fire
Girls of Roseburg. Many parents
and friends were In attendance
at this impressive ceremony, the
first of Its kind to be held locally.
The girls, led by their leaders,
marched Into the church base
ment double file, and each placed
a flower in an arrangement on
the floor which formed the Camp
Fire Insignia, the crossed logs
and flame, when completed.
Mrs. Sidney Domenico gave
each girl a certificate, and after
the presentation eight Camp Fire
Girls entered, singing "Wo-helo,"
and Instructed the new girls In
singing the cheer. In the hand-
sign. Camp Fire laws and re
quirements for first rank.
A welcoming Camp Fire talk
was given by Mrs. Domenico,
executive director lor the Camp
Fire organization in Douglas
county. After the ceremony
the girls sang a Camp Fire song
in unison. Taking part in the ,
instruction ceremony were Ann I
Powers, Sue Wlssing, Mary Mar
garet Cobb, Bernice Rieheson,
Dixie Lee Bell. Janete Sherwood.
Amarylis Gladwell and Patricia
Greer. I
New Camp Fire Girls Include
Karen Arkell, Marietta Adams,
Muriel Ellison, Marjorie Glad- i
well, Evelyn Hartman, Janet and
Joan Kuykendall, Pat Mentzer,
Arvilla Montgomery. Rose Sella
Paulson, Carolyn Pargeter, Pa-1
tricia Riley. Betty Roach. Beverly
Rand, Ellnora Rose, Linda Shay. I
Also Delberta Simonson, Mary j
Ann Stubbs, Janet Urbanek, Bar-1
bara Vang, Patty Spinas, Mary !
Jane Switzer, Rosemary Forrest,
mary jee uaugnman. Mary Ann
Backen, Sylvia Sweem. Charlene
Boyles, Nancy Cooper, Sharlene :
Stratton, Ruth West.
Also Mary Freeman. Barbara ;
Wilson, Sandra Hayes, Marlene
Sommers, Adele Gibson. Susan
Snyder, Gayle Groshong, Char
lene Smith, Patricia Elliott,
Norma Thlele. Helen Joiner.
Joan Swopes, Elsie Bridgers, Sally i
smitn, i,aii ixu'enzen and Joan
Wllkerson.
Anti-Red Leader In
Burma Killed by Bomb
RANGOON, Burma, Sept. 20.
(.TV A state of emergency exist
ed throughout Burma today as a
result of the slaying of Brig. U
Tin Tut, Inspector general of the
Burmese auxiliary force and a
leader in the country's anti-Communist
campaign.
Tin Tut died Saturday at a
hospital without ever regaining
consciousness after a bomb ex
ploded in his automobile Thurs
day. Police reported no success
thus far in tracking down the
persons who placed the bomb be
neath the floorboard of the car.
Light Polio Hits Six
Children in One Family
DEERFIELD, 111., Sept. 21.
WP The mother of six children
suffering from Polio said today
"all of the cases are light. We're
a very lucky family."
Two of the youngsters remain
In a hospital. The other four are
LUMBER
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$19.00 per thousand.
WHITE'S LUMBER YARD
5 miles South of Roseburg
on Highway 99
at home with their parents, Ed
gar and Luella Huff.
rif tha. two mnat seriously af.
fected. Mrs. Huff said, "Michael,
our five-year-old, is responding f
very well to treatment. His left ,
arm and both legs are Improved.
We can't be sure of the baby's '.
response for a few days."
The baby, whose shoulders ;
were affected by the disease, la
Elizabeth, one year old.
The mother said the other four,
Joanna, eight: Edgar, Jr., seven;
John, four, and Patricia, two, are !
recovering from earlier muscular ;
stiffness. !
SPREE JAILS WOMAN
Arlene R. Passno, Sutherlln, ;
was committed to the county Jail .
for 30 days on a charge of being ;
drunk on a public highway, when .
she appeared in Justice Hart- -fiel'a
court Monday.
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Fine Art of Quitting One of Man's
Hardest Things in Life to Master
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK-(.n-One of the hardest things In life for any
man to master Is the fine art of quitting.
This 24 karat truth Is pointed up anew by the decision of Joseph
Louis, the eminent pugilist, to resume his former calling.
At tne ripe om age of 34, hav-
to opening of the 74th national
convention Wednesday, Mrs. I).
Leigh Colvln, of Evanston, III.,
reported the amount of alcohol In
beer consumed In the nation ex
ceeds the combined total of hard
liquor and wine.
'The beer evil Is made greater
because of the myth that It Is
non intoxicating." she said.
U. S. Troops In Germany
Urged to Extend Service
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany,
Sept. 21. lA" J he v. s. Army
appealed to its fighting men In
Germany yesterday to exirnd
their enlistments because of the
International situation.
The appeal was Issued through
Lt. On. Clarence K. lluehner,
commander of U. S, ground
forces In Europe.
Beer Major Threat,
V. C. T. U. Head Claims
PORTLAND, Sept 20 T
The Women's Christian Temer
ance Union national president be
lieves beer Is a greater threat to
temperance than hard liquor and
wine.
Speaking to-dlrector here prior Wlmberly, now at Toledo.
SUIT DISMISSED
The suit of Clyde E. Todd vs.
k". K. Cnluhrn. Allen Cnlhurn and
.lohn Doe Colburn. doing busi-ni-ss
as Colburn and Sons, upon
motion of the attorney for plain
tiff, has been dismissed follow
ing a settlement for a sum of
Sl.Uft S.I. according to an order
Issued hv I'treiilf .lutiam rt1 Kf
King, acting for Judge Carl II
ing amassed enough gelt to cush
ion his declining years. Joe an
nounred he was through with his
precision fistic bomblne. He de-
ci rted to trade In his gloves on a
typewriter ana launch a new ca
reer aa. a columnist-commentator
tor a Harlem newspaper.
Trvlnff a new loh was no men.
tal hurdle to Joe. He was a news
boy, shlned shoes, ran errands, de
livered ice and worked ,n an auto
mobile factory before He found
how easy he could qulmuple his
Income merely by doubling his
fists.
'Just Ona Mora'
But now Joe has changed his
mind again as have many cham
pions who wanted to quit at the
top and he's going to try one
more fight next June, when he'll
be 35.
"Just one more, Joe."
It's hard to resist that plea.
Sometimes the plea comes from
within a champion's own heart.
More often It comes from hl re
tainers and the men around him
who want to keep him in action
to finish feathering their own
nests.
It's true of politicians, business
men and warriors as well aa ath
letes. There's alwavs a group
that wants them to atav In there
pitching after their own minds
tell them It time to step down.
"Just once more," they're told.
"We need you. We can't win this
time without you. Just once
more."
It la hard to resist such flat
tering pressure, the "You'rethe
only one w hooando-lt" flattery.
And so the aching muscle or the
weary mind goes nack "Just onee
more" Into the fray. And too
often what happens 1 hat hap
pened to Jim Jeffries when he
emerged from retirement for a
flabby rendezvous with Jack
Johnson at Reno In 1910, to Jack
Pempscy when he took on Gene
Tunney a econd time, and to
Napoleon when he met a fellow
called "The Iron Duke" at a wide
place in the road called Waterloo.
But quitting at the right time
at the peak is even more diffi
cult for the common man than it
is for the champion In any field.
Churchill Ideal 'Quitter'
To the ordinary man an en
forced retirement Isn't just a
blow to his ego It's usually a
catastrophe caused by Illness or
accident. And planned retirement
Is to him a goal near the end of
his llte's run a short dreamy
Interlude before death grabs him.
It's hard to quit. Perhaps the
most graclotrs "quitter" of our
day is Winston Churchill. Ho
quits every time the voters toss
him out. and goes off and writes
some best selling memoirs and
paints some pictures.
Then, refreshed in spirits.
Churchill rides back again Into
high public office on the chang
ing title, smiling and eloquent as
ever and holding no resentment
against the voter.
He's ' made more comebacks
than Yo-Yo.
Oregon Payrolls In
August Show Big Gain
SAI.KM.I.TV Oregon Indust
rial payroll durlne Aucust total-
ed $m.ut;.V)02. a gain of SU.iaXl.
000 over August. 1IM7. the State
Industrial Accident Commission
said. The figure was $14,000,000
more than in Julv.
HERE wa another strange
thing about these creatures.
Their appearance waa supposed
to herald the coming of another
war, and when their wierd, shrill
buzzing began to fill the air
people grew solemn and afraid
and talked In hushed whispers of
the war that was on the way.
Why did we all know that war
wa coming when the 17-year lo
cust arrived?
There wa EVIDENCE. The
evidence wa clear and plain. If
you caught one of these Insects
and examined It, you would find
in each of its wing the letter W.
There It was, as plain as the nose
on your faoe. It was formed by
the veinglng of the wing. You
could see It with your own eye
and you couldn't be mistaken.
With a portent like that, how
could you doubt that war was
coming?
S A matter of fact, war WAS
coming. At the time when
this now aging scribe wa a cal
low youngster, we had to wait a
long time for lt to arrive. But It
DID arrive. When lt came, people
shook their heads and muttered:
"It had to be. We told you so. We
knew lt was coming when we saw
the war locusts.")
a a
WHAT these things prove. If
they prove anything, Is that
theie are CYCLES.
The oekeye salmon run on a
cycle. When the fourth year
come around, the cockeye de
part from where It I and head
back for the place where lt wa
spawned.
If there IS such a thing as the
seven-year Itch (or ever was) you
Just start scratching when the
seventh year arrives. You keep
scratching until the cycle passes.
Out here in the West, the tree
tings tell us that the weather
tend to run In cycles. Over the
h indrd of year that can be
tiaced In the rings of a big tree
when Its butt Is cross-cut by a
saw, it appear that the cycles
fall into something like a 15-
year pattern. That Is to say
there will be 15 year of dry
weather, followed by something
like 15 year of wet weather,
a a a
'11IHAT of it?" you may ask.
if Well, maybe it s like this: j
If the sockeye salmon run
Government For
Palestine Set Up
By Arab League
AMMAN, Trans-Jordan, Sept.
20 UP Over the strong protests
of Trans-Jordan and Iraq, the
Arab League announced forma
tion today of an Arab government
for Palestine.
Ahmed Pasha, military gover
nor of the Arab-held section of
Jerusalem, was appointed prime
minister of the new government,
an official announcement here
said, despite a declaration from
King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan
that such a government would
amount to partitioning Palestine.
The Arabs have fought against
partition ever since the begin
ning, he said. King Abdullah re
fused to permit formation of the
government "within the security
zone of the Trans-Jordan that
such a government would amount
to partitioning Palestine.
He added:
"Creation of such a government
Is an arbitrary act without the
consent of the Palestinian people,
a thing I will not agree to and
will oppose."
Abdullah's declaration thu
brought to a head long-simmering
differences over the forma
tion of an Arab government for
Palestine. Abdullah has been pic
tured as seeing In such a govern
ment an effort by the Mufti of
Jerusalem to carve out a base of
power for himself in Palestine.
In Cairo Saturdav. Abdel At.
ram Pasha, secretary-general of
the seven-national Arab Learue.
announced that every possible
material aid, Including an army
of volunteers, would be placed at
the disposal of the new govern
ment. .
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Deer Repellant May
Reduce Crop Damage
SEATTLE I.P) An encourag
ing experiment which may ma
terially reduce the damage done
by deer to growing crops fa be
ing conducted by the Washington
State (Jame Department.
O. L. Resner. chief of fur re
sources and damage control, said
the department for the past year
has had a chemist workinff on a i
deer repellent, adding, "It ap
pears that he has hit on a con
coction that will keep the deer
away from fruit trees, strawber
ries, berry plants and shrub."
Widower Wants Mate
With Plenty of Heft
LONDON, Sept. 20. (.P) In
rationed England. Widower Philip
Edward would feast himself In
his declining year upon the sight
of a wife who wears the old look
of the days when Britain was a
land of plenty.
And thus did he advertise today
for a bride with specifications:
"A very stout, short partner . . .
14 stone (196 pounds) or over."
"There don t aeem to be anv
stout ladles left." mourned Et
wards. M. "But I won't take a
pound under 14 (tone."
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every four year. If the locust
with a W In their wing appear
every 17th year, If" people sus
ceptible to the itch begin to
cratch every seventh year
Well, then It appear reason
able that the SILLY SEASON IN"
OCR POLITICS might arrive
every fourth year.
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Storm Sash pay for them.
elve out of what they save,
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