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4 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Or. Tua., July 12, 1949 9bo 3ku$ltetaew Published Dilly Except Sunday by the News-Review Company, Inc. EnUrtt lecvnd elm mUr Mar "!. suit title at Baaaburf, Oregon noder act ( March t, lilt CHARLE8 V. 8TANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor flj Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations Bt presented by WEST-HOLLIDAV CO., INC., f Ncea la Ntw York, Chlcift, San Fraud tea. Lot AngoUt, flaattla, Portland, St. Laali. SUBSCBfPTlON BATFB In Oregon- Br Mail rar Tear fS.M, its moothi H.M. thrao moolha tt.50. Br City Carrier fer year iiu.nn no aovancej, ien nn ana rear, per month 11.00. Outilda Oregon Br Mall Par year S0.OO. sis monlba SI. 75, tnrea monine n.ia REMOVE THE HANDCUFFS The Main Event By CHARLES V. STANTON Two Roseburg men are entitled to a lot more credit than they are receiving. In fact, few people know or appreciate the work they are doing. But future generations will have occasion to be very grateful. M. M. "Red" Nelson, supervisor of the Umpqua National Forest, and James E. Slattery, district forester for the Bureau of Land Management, in our opinion are outstanding among federal forest officials in the field of conservation Their management of public domain has been conducted with full consideration to the future and this principle has guided them in preservation of scenic and recreational re- sources, protection of watersheds,, reforestation and other conservation practices. We're going out on a limb with the declaration that no other section of public domain in this country is more effi ciently managed along sound conservation lines, within the limits of federal regulations, than right here in Douglas County. ' Timber removal is being managed with a minimum of damage to either scenic or recreational values. Logged-off areas adjacent to public highways, for instance, are kept screened by a forest fringe. Land bordering fishing streams is set aside for public recreational use. Watershed protection is considered in connection with every timber sale. Slattery has prepared the first timber sale which, insofar as we have been able to learn, requires as a part of the contract that the operator must prevent siltation in any of the streams leading from the logging show. Both Slattery and Nelson are, with cooperation from loggers, experimenting in con trolling erosion. Operators are assisted by both men in locat ing logging roads in such manner that the roads, when no longer needed for logging purposes, will fit into a public use program. Nelson and Slattery are undertaking much more work in the field of conservation than required from them by the respective agencies they serve. But they would go a great deal further if given opportunity. Neither the Department of Agriculture nor the Depart ment of Interior has adequate regulations to afford com plete protection for natural resources. Considerable progress has been made in this direction in recent years, but much remains to be done before fully adequate management of the public domain becomes possible. An important step in the direction of better conservation was taken several years ago through passage by Congress of the Knutson-Vandenberg Act. This law was aimed at im proving policies of reforestation. It permits withholding a small amount of money from each timber sale to be used for rehabilitation of land, planting, stand improvement, such as pruning and thinning, etc. Application of authority granted by this act has resulted in much improvement in forest management. The K-V Law, however, in our opinion, could be made far more effective with a few simple amendments. There should, we believe, be created the office of Con servation Engineer for each National Forest and each Bu reau of Land Management Master Unit. This engineer should be a man trained in watershed pro tection, erosion control, water retention, flood control, cover crorts. reforestation, etc. As timber was sold from the public domain the engineer would write into the contract specifications for construction of siltation basins, filter dams, upland ponds, anti-erosion factors, land rehabilitation and other essentials. The cost of doing this work could then be considered in bidding for the timber. The logger would be required to do the necessary work before leaving the show, but, as he perhaps would not have equipment for some types of work, would be permitted to obtain cooperation from the federal agency which he would pay for its labor. The operator would have no addi tional expense, as he would deduct his costs from the price bid for the timber. Thus the land would pay for its own protection and restoration. When a farmer removes a crop from his land, he im mediately puts the land back in shape for another crop. We should be doing the same with our forests. By building water retention into logged-off lands, we would be speeding the growth of a new crop, while protect ing the water table on the lowlands. Furthermore, contrary to current policies of the Army Engineers in trying to control floods by lowland reservoirs, we would be properly handling flood control by slowing the progress of runoff water in the uplands, before it comes down to the valley floors with its load of silt. iflilif TRUMAN, V ffllpr By ViaJmett S. Martin jJJ While our own forest supervisors have made outstanding records in conservation practices, we believe they are typical of virtually all men in like positions and that supervisors everywhere would welcome laws permitting more complete conservation management Certainly congressional stewardship of the public domain is totally inadequate at present. Congress displays vast ig norance of the needs of our western forests, particularly in the matter of access roads, waste utilization, experimen tation, water management, wildlife protection and conser vation in general. Until Congress gains better understanding of public do main management and passes comprehensive conservation laws, our forestry officials, no matter how much they may desire to do tho Job properly, are definitely handcuffed. i God is at the organ! I can hear A mighty music Echoing, far and near. God is at the organ! And Its keys Are rolling waters, storm-strewn moorlands Trees! God is at the organ! I can hear A mighty music Echoing, far and near. (Egbert T. Sanford) When the breeze comes down the canyon It Is sometimes cold, bringing with It the breath of The Three Sisters, and their neighboring peaks. But when it comes up the canyon it may be warm and lovely, as it Is today. It brings music with its sephyr song, I went out for the mall a while ago, and despite cherries waiting to be tucked Into a pie, the drop ped rose-petals on the living room rug, (and dust from logging trucks!) I paused a lew minutes on the porch to listen. The music comes first very softly, as if far away, then grows louder until it tosses the leathery leaves of the three walnuts and the great branches of the maple over the house, and the tall firs all around. Then, as the breeze rushes on up the canyon the air around us is quieted again. But only for a moment, on a day like this such a glorious summer day! One to remember! Up the canyon again, the wave of sound comes; the rushing. pushing breeze tussles again with all the trees as It passes . . , how gracefully the firs bend the slen der tips before it. How the maple rustles Its branches, not to be shaken out of its dignity; as Pretty, the white cat, allows her self to be the "prey" of the leap ing, frolicking kittens, but stays unruffled through the play. Sometimes when the wind from the west is strong I stand at the back door, listening to the wind come over the hill with a rush that grows to a roar In the firs on the hill crest above us a great crescendo. I love the music made by wind and trees. Don't you? Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press Wood Wasto Industry Astorian Budget Th Oregon postwar readjust ment and development com mission goes out of business this week as the new .fiscal year opens. The commission In its final re port just made public has some nterestine discussion, under the heading "Oregon Opportunities,'' of the possibilities of wood waste utilization to provide new indust ry for the slate. product ion ol wood by-products is a logical industrial develop ment for the stale, since we have the raw material in abundant quantity. i nis is ine sort or industry mat seems most logical for such a community as Astoria, the cent er of a timber producing region which suffers too greatly from the "tree farm" conditions Im posed upon our county by major timber owners. We have sawmills and a spruce veneer plant but there is no plant tor conversion ol waste Into anv useful product. We need such a plant to round out our industrial setup. Here Is the postwar develop ment commission's comment on tills subject: t'ossitiilltics for developing re sources are almost limitless. As an example a $750,000,000 Indust ry employing 150.(100 additional workers can be Initiated with $'-', 000,000 capital. This Industry would be based upon the wood waste. From this waste can be manufactured rayon, sugar, syn- luetic runner, acids, aiconoi, dves. hakinp nowder. toothoaste. charcoal, pulp and paper, lac quers and explosives. Krom the waste can tie obtained essential oils for perfumes, plastics, films, glues, yeast and ink. Ten per cent oi the available sawdust will yield sufficient acetic acid to make hundreds of thousands pairs of women's stockings and wood waste would supply cellul ose needed In the process: One acre of trees will produce more sugar than an acre of sugar beets, and 25 pounds of chips converted into fuel equals a gall on of gasoline. Consider that one ton of saw dust can yield 1,000 pounds of valuable plastics Ingredient, 120 pounds of acetic acid, 60 pounds of furfural, 500 pounds of sugar. Plastics from wood waste could furnish 10,000,000 door knobs. The forest service reports 1,000, 000 tons of sawmill waste going Into burners from Eugene soutli to the southwest section of the state and costing mill operators from .05 cents to 85 cents a ton to dispose of It. A small portion, treated chemically, will soon be used for sulfate plants, but there are odds and ends that can be used for wooden toys, ironing ooaros, ladders, nandles, base ball bals and radio cabinets. These latter Items are now being manufactured but on a small scale. Wood waste represents a gold mine in Oregon that has scarce ly been scratched. Experiment ation, know-how and venture capital are opportunities for de velopment by free enterprise. In this connection, the postwar commission received this month, an inquiry from an eastern con cern considering locating a ray on plant in Oregon. The require ments cited were: site, 250 acres, employment 2.000; water. 20 mil lion gallons of good quality, low color dailv. power wanted, "10,000, 000 kwh with demand 4.000 kwh; steam requirements, one billion pounds annually (1,000 htu per pound), 500 tons of chemicals by rail weekly etc. Seasonal Decline In Unemployment Shown In Report Seasonal declines In unemploy ment, after continuing unin terruptedly since the February cold spell, were halted during late June by a lull in farm ac tivity, temporary letdowns in lumbering, and additions of many students, migrants and house wives to the labor force. The number of those actively seeking work July 1, as reported to the State Unemployment Com pensation Commission Jrom 26 local offices, increased to 42,400 as compared with 39,600 a month before and 30,500 a year ago. For the first time in more than eight years at this season, labor surpluses were reported from every agricultural area. Bean picking in the Willamette Valley will gain headway later in July, grain harvests are picking up in Eastern Oregon, while gathering and processing of hops and late fruit and vegetables will absorb thousands of in-migrants, families and students during August and September, but it seems doubtful whether summer employment will reach the 1948 peak. Industrial Jobs also were ex pected to Increase during the summer, but the number ol un filled openings reported by local offices fell off again indicat ing a quick acceptance ot offers from employers. Local office placements for June reached 46, 394, of which 5,844 were in non farm activities. The Portland trl-county area continued to account for more than half of the unemployed with 22,300, but Salem with 3,700 and Eugene with 3,300 both reported increases. Astoria with 1,500 and Toledo with 610 had more out of work than for 60 days past. With a new benefit year just Betting under way, 17,318 new claims were on file at the com mission's central offices 55.4 percent more than a year ago. Meanwhile compensable claims the last week of June were 13,715 as compared with 7.587 last year an increase of 80.8 percent. Opposition To Access Roads Comes From Large Timber Firms, Sen. Morse Charges WASHINGTON, July 12. UP) Senator Morse (R-Ore), unsuc cessful in his effort to win Senate approval of an appripriation of $30,000,000 a year for access roads to timber tracts, asserted in the Senate the only opposition was from large timber companies. Morse's bill was called up when the Senate was considering bills to which, there was no opposition He said he was willing to accept a committee amendment cutting the amount to $12,500,000 this year which would be added to i7,5uu,uuu provided lor in legis lation previously passed. Morse told the Senate that If the timber companies build the proposed roads to timber tracts it would be necessary to permit bids on large tracts 'vhich in effect would freeze out the small timber companies. Senator Cain (R-Wash) ob jected to the bill on the grounds that it Is more than the govern ment departments have estimated is needed per year and because he wanted to know where the roads are to be constructed before the money is appropriated. He raised a number of other questions. "i Know wnere the opposition to my bill is comine from in mv state," Morse said. "It is coming from some of the large timber operators, because they know I stand for real conservation of the national forests. They know that I know the difference between their talk about sustained yield and their actual cutting prac tices. He said It was unfortunate that some of the operators "have raped our national forests to the deva stating extent that has occurred in the Pacific Northwest." He said his proposal would help check such operators. Lt tnose who ODDOse me in my state on this bill get ready for a fight," Morse said. "Because I will take It to them In the cam paign of 1950." The bill finally was laid aside on motion of Senator Thye (R-Minn.) VITAL STATISTICS MARRIAGE LICENSES . JACKSONMETTAUER Ed ward Winter Jackson, Roseburg, and Harriet Jean Mettauer, Sutherlin. Mount Rainier, Washington, is an extinct volcano 14,408 feet high. JUSTICE COURT CASES Three Douelas Conntv men nr. rpstprt hv StatA PnHa it,aM charged in Justice Court with and WPra I-Plpacpri nn hoil juoge a. j. ueaaes reported Monday. unenaers were listed as Roy Kenneth Collins, 27, Rose- Durg, ana uan uuiord Collins, 32, also of Roseburg. Merlp Hunt Dnan Art nitrmni Wash., was charged with vag- lauuy ana iinea $ju. Phone 100 If you da not recelva your News-Review by 6:15 P.M. call Harold Mjbley before 7 P.M. 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Ihe Injured passenger, hit by a stray bullet, was T. M. Cona way, 36. Court Denies Union Plea To Oust $2,250,000 Suit SEATTLE, July XI. OF) Fed eral Judge John C. Bowden de nied yesterday an Aero-Mechanics Union motion to dismiss a $2, 250,000 suit brought against the union by Boeing Airplane Com pany. The judge granted a union mo lion, however, to make the Boe ing Company complaint "more definite and certain." The Boeing suit named the un ion's Local 751 and the Interna tional Association of Machinists as defendants. The company ask pd a judgment for asserted viola tions of the union's contract In a Boeing strike that began on April 22, 1918. Because of Its tropical situa tion and reliance on monsoon rains, India is more vulnerable to crop failures and famines than any other country in the world. 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