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INEFFICIENT STEWARDSHIP
By CHARLES V. STANTON
We can never expect proper management of our public
domain, particularly our western forests, until public lands
are removed from the insecurity of pork barrel financing.
When such essentials as wood waste utilization, erosion con
trol, water retention, access roads, sustained yield, recrea.
tiort,' wildlife management and experimentation are left to
a Congress which has little intimate knowledge of the public
domain, making appropriations without basic understanding
of need, efficient management is impossible.
. . Congress has established an RFC fund to aid industry
It has set up production credit funds and other financial
aids for agriculture. But our timber industry, in which
the public has a 50-50 interest on the Pacific coast, still
is subject to political pressures, pork barrel manipulations,
and the whims of men and committees having only a vague
conception of what actually is involved in discharging con
gressional stewardship over the public domain.
Offhand it is possible to point to the unrealistic attitude
toward the alcohol-from-wood waste plant at Springfield,
Ore., cuts in appropriations for access roads (slightly in
creased through pressure from the Oregon delegation),
elimination of Forest Service funds for wildlife manage
ment, inadequate funds for the Madison, Wisconsin, Forest
Research luboratory, subsidiary stations and field activities,
while cutting funds for Bureau of Land Management admini
stration, yet requiring maximum sales involving more field
work than is possible with the existing staff.
Here in the Umpqua Basin our timber industry last year
produced approximately $26,000,000 income. One-half our
timber resource is in the public domain. In producing $26,
000,000 income last year we utilized only about one-fourth the
potential value of the timber we took from our forests.
It would be a simple matter, given utilization plants, to
raise our recovery rate to at least 50 per cent. Utilization
processes would employ about twice as many workers as an
equivalent volume of timber entering into rough manufac
ture. Therefore by boosting the recovery rate to 50 percent
we would triple jobs and income.
Is there anything wrong with the assumption that the
federal government, acting as trustee for the general public
in management of the 'public domain, owes to the people
i the responsibility of recovering as high percentage of values
from the public domain as possible? And, further, should
it not be the responsibility of the federal government, con
trolling one-half the resource, to cooperate as a partner
with private industry in setting up facilities to permit a
higher percentage of recovery?
Here in the Umpqua Basin we are cutting out our privately-owned
timber faster than we are removing timber from
the public domain. If we were to have proper timber manage
ment we would be cutting from the uplands during the sum
mer months and logging lowlands during the winter, thus
balancing the operation. But we are effectively estopped
from reaching this desirable condition because of the lack of
access roads.
Yet, if Congress would set up a revolving fund to build
access roads, the cost would be repaid within a very few
years through better stumpnge prices, and, under a sus
tained yield program, the government, after a few years,
would be making an annual profit. At the same time, access
roads would allow better fire protection, improved manage
ment, more selectivity in forest removal and many other
general benefits.
The history of the timber industry shows that the most
wasteful period is when an area is first opened, an is now
the case here in the Umpqua Basin. During the first few
years of cutting, the best timber is removed with only a
small percentage of utilization. As the resource is depleted
the manufacturing process becomes more highly refined,
with an increase in both jobs and income.
Klamath county, for instance, has depleted its resources
until the-remaining available timber is only a small fraction
of the original supply.
In 1912 Klamath mills cut 850 million board feet of timber
with a payroll of $20,000,000. During 1918, Klamath,
mills cut 400 million board feet less than one-half as much
as in 1942 but the resultant payroll was $29,000,000. Con
sidering that wage increases between 1942 and 1948 would
absorb $9,000,000, the 1948 income on a comparative basis
was equal to that of 1942 although less than half as much
raw, material was used. That is the condition normally to
be expected following the first wasteful period.
T3i4- ii-ln. liOvn a .1 f, .1 9 ft- : 1 1
could be avoided if Congress would faithfully and efficiently
discharge its stewardship responsibilities.
Here in the Umpqua Basin we have waste materials to
supply four or five molasses plants, two Kraft paper mills,
one white paper mill, at least two alcohol plants, and numer
ous specialized manufacturing plants without cutting one
mora tree than at present except pulping species. Such is
the volume of waste.
"Look, One Finger!"
ST
By Viahnett S. Martin
Who can estimate the influ
ence of a newspaper, radiating
outward. Into the community, per
haps a county a great city, maybe
the whole country, even the
world! Even the so-called 'small'
newspaper has a powerful Influ
ence for civic growth and well-being.
I was thinking of this as I read
in a newspaper that comes to our
mailbox each week, that the pub
lisher of It had passed on to fur
ther service in the Next Experi
ence (I can't -Imagine a .newspa
perman Inactive, passive, can
you?) Besides his 50 years of
service in his own community,
he had built up a chain of week
lies in the area.
"He was always fighting for
a better community. He wanted
a library, a hospital, paved
streets, a better water system, a
railroad switch Into the valley
with a freight office on Main St.,
an industrial growth with diversi
fied interests, better schools, a
park . . ."
He lived to see these things
materialize, I think, although it
is a long, long time since I was
In that lovely town In Western
New York. It lies In a steep-
sided valley; there is a railroad
at the top of each hill! Imagine
what a freight house In the town
meant In the days when teams
hauled loads up the long, steep
sides of that valley!
(My father, who was a boy
there, used to tell of the Icy roads
down which the town boys slid
in spite of everything! But one
maiden lady scattered ashes In
front of her place. When a sled
struck that spot there was a bad
spill. In return for this service
the boys hung a snapping turtle
on her door-handle In place of
the usual May-basket. Oh dear
me, boys!)
"Shortly after he (L. A. Cass)
came to Warsaw, one of the older
residents who was satisfied with
things as they were, told him If
he did not like the place that he
should go elsewhere. He was dis
couraged, time and time again,
fighting the normal and natural
lethargy of a community, but he
always came back fighting again,
for a better place to live In.
"He was proud of his town, its
people and Its institutions. He
lived a full and glorious life. He
often said he had lived through
the Golden Age of America." .
Editorial Comment
From The Oregon Press
Television Service Will Have 42 More Channels
WASHINGTON, July 12. (JP)
The Federal Communications
Commission yesterday announced
that It proposes to add 42 new
channels to the nation's television
service.
The action does not mean the
end of the present "freeze" on
new itation applications, FCC
aid.
The new bands are In the "ul
tra high frequencies." They
would be out of reach of television
receivers now In the public hands,
unless converters are attached to
sets.
The commission said the pres
ent 12 television channels, In
that section of the siectrtim
known as the "very high fre
quencies," will be cotnlnued.
Yesterday's action is the first
formal step looking to the end
of the freeze which the commls.
Ion declared on new television
station permits last October L
PURGES, THEN AND NOW
(The Bend Bullein)
A few months more than three
centuries ago a colonel of the
commonwealth army stood at
the entrance of the House of
Commons. Checking from a writ
ten list, he denied entrance to
Ihose members of parliament
whose political belief clashed
with his own, even causing the
arrest of some of the more dif
ficult ones. When all this had
been done, It was a simple mat
ter for what was left of the Eng
lish legislative body to bring their
king, Charles I, to trial. The same
soldier who had revamped the
House of Commons to his own
ends, was one of the judges who.
presently, signed the king's death
warrant. The Incident is known
In history as "Pride's purge" from,
the name of the officer who thus
made a travesty of representative
government.
It Is an episode which natural
ly comes to mind In connection
with the directed action taken bv
the state Grange convention at
Coos Hay In seeking the removal
irom oinee ot it Oregon legis
lators who dared to vote con
trary to the wishes of the Grange
policy makers. There are differ
ences, naturally. Col. Pride, in
effect, removed an approximate
hundred from the House of Com
mons; Mort Tompkins would kick
out only 22 Oregon lawmakers.
Nor is the matter of royalty In
volved here; only the fact that
the 22, Incidentally some of the
best of the state's representatives
including Deschutes county's own
Jim Short, favored a measure
which would have placed certain
restrictions on the operation of
the Initiative and referendum.
But there is enough similarity to
Invite the comparison.
Happily, it is to be doubted that
Master Tompkins will get as far
with Ills project as the soldier
politician of Cromwell's time.
There is more to it than the is
suance of an order or the stand
ing at the door of the state cap
Itol with a list of the proscribed
and forbidding those In disfavor
to enter. The people at large have
something to say about this and
they will say It with ballots, not
with enforceable threats of armd
force. The election In 1950 will
give the answer ot the voters to
the Tompkins dictum.
When it Is given, we believe
that there will be cause to real
ize that neither the people In gen
eral nor the Grange membership
as a whole are ready to carry out
such high handed tactics as those
ordered from the governing level
of the convention. Americans, we
still like to think, farmers in par
ticular, prefer to vote as they be
lieve rather than as they are told
to vote. They will need no pat
tern of three centuries ago to
guide their conduct as citizens or
to direct their divisions.
Supplemental Housing Bill Sent To President
WASHINGTON. July 12.-Pt
The House yesterday passed
and sent to the President Truman
a measure designed to maintain
a high level of private home con.
struetlon through expansion of
the market for mortgages.
This put the second housing
bill on the President's desk, await
ing his signature.
Last week Congress passed the
multi-billion dollar measure call
ing for construction of 810.000
publicly-owned dwelling units,
with the government obligated to
pay annual rent subsidies up to
$308,000,000 lor low-Income ten
ants occupying these dwellings.
The bill passed by the House
without a dissenting voice, puts
emphasis on private home con
struction, as against public hous
ing In the big bill.
It Increases from SI ,000.000.000
to SUVKUXKUKH) the authorization
for government purchases of
mortgages from private lenders
on homos costing up to 510,000.
Banking Chairman Spence (D.
Ky.) said this will facilitate the
construction of at least 50,000 ad
ditional privately-owned dwell
ings. Many GI homes are In this
category.
In the Day's News
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which threatened to upset our
apple cart. Also, he wa3 consider
ably set up by his generally un
expected landslide election. So,
like Canute, he said (in effect):
"I'll fix this inflation business.
I'LL ORDER IT TO STOP. I'll
tell it that If It doesn-t stop I'll
jack up taxes and I'll crack down
on prices and wages. That'll lix
its clock."
SO he made his pitch.
He called for the higher
taxes. He demanded his price and
wage controls. But the inflation
ary tide wasn't bluffed. It: kept
right on creeping up the beach
until it reached the stage of flood
and then it began to recede
acting just as the tide did in the
case of Canute.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN has act
ed precisely as King Canute
did. He has retired back up the
economic beach to keep from
getting his feet wet.
He says in his economic mes
sage: "No major Increase in taxes
should be undertaken at this
time."
He adds:
"We can not expect to achieve
a budget surplus In a declining
national economy."
UNFORTUNATELY, legend falls
to tell us what King Canute
did after he retired up the beach
from getting wet. Privately, I
suspect he shrugged the situation
off and changed the subject. May
be he started another war to take
his followers' minds off his boner
in the case of the tide. Canute
didn't have to face the voters at
some inevitable future election.
Kings had a lot of leeway In those
days.
OUR President Truman Is In a
tougher spit. He does have to
face the voters or at least his
party has to, which amounts to
the same thing. '
But he does in substance what
Canute probably did. He changes
the subject so as to get people's
minds off onto plearanter things.
He says no crisis action Is needed
because our economy Is STRONG
AND HEALTHY.
He adds:
"Our economy CAN HIT A
SOARING ANNUAL OUTPUT
OF WELL ABOVE 300 BILLION
DOLLARS IN A FEW YEARS."
THINKING of the 300 billion
dollar income we're going to
have in the golden future, we can
be expected to forget about the
troubles of the Immediate present.
I'd say his strategy is good,
everything considered.
Sutherlin
By MRS. BRITTAIN SLACK
Mr. and Mrs. Marian Heaton
and children spent the 4th of
July holidays at Antloch, Calif.,
visiting with Mrs. Heaton's
mother, Mrs. Duda. Mr. and Mrs.
Heaton returned home Tuesday.
Buch and Bobbie remained with
their grandmother for a lew
weeks' vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. William Davies of
Port Orford were over night
guests one night last week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peter
son. Mr. and Mrs. Davies are
aunt and uncle of Mrs. Poterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buffum, for
mer residents of Sutherlin now
of Coos Bay, were weekend
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Peterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Britain Slack,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Slack and
two sons, Marvin and Michael,
enjoyed a motor trip to Crater
Lake and Diamond Lake last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hempeni
ous and children of Roseburg
spent the 4th of July in Sutherlin.
Mrs. Joe Hille of Freeport, 111.,
Is visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Prentiss Card. Mrs. Hille
and Mrs. Card were schoolmates
many years ago at Freeport.
During her visit here a number
of activities have been planned,
such as fishing trips and sightsee
ing. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Weber, who
enjoyed several weeks vacation
in Nebraska and other points, re
turned home recently and report
an enjoyable trip but they state
they were glad to get back home
again.
joe Denny or the Armed
Forces stationed at Tucson, Ariz.,
arrived home last week to spend
a two weeks' furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Denny.
Mr. ana nirs. Kooert tsratton
and Mrs. Lillian Bratton left last
week for - Vermont, where they
will spend a month visiting rela
tives ana irienas.
Frank Norton of Roseburg
made several business calls in
Sutherlin Wednesday.
Howard Mickeisen was a busi
ness visitor in Portland Wednesday.
L,arranee parson matte a busi
ness trip to Roseburg Thursday.
Randall Cook, representing the
Leo Feed Company of Portland,
made a business call in Sutherlin
Friday.
Jesse Himelwright and Muriel
Olsen shopped and transacted
business in Roseburg Thursday.
Mrs. Jack Young is visiting
with her brother and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Comstock in
Seattle, Wash.
Ed Varrell of Roseburg was a
business caller in Sutherlin Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barker
left Saturday for Chehalis,
Wash., where they will visit with
Mrs. Barker's mother, Mrs. Mary
Urquhart, and other relatives and
friends for a week.
Mrs. Rachel Edmonds of Salt
Lake City, Utah, is spending a
lew weeks in butnerlin visiting
with her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Jonn cnase.
Mrs. Oma Butler and children
of Winston visited at the. home
of the former's sister, Mrs. Edgar
black, lnursday.
Garbage Can Prowler
Carries $1,000 Check
SEATTLE, July 13 P) Po
lice reported a man arrested for
prowling garbage cans was found
to be carrying more than a thou
sand dollars when searched at
the city jail here.
He gave nls name as teorge
Nash, but an old-age assistance
card he carried showed the name
William F. Neill.
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Moose Candidates To
Be Initiated Tonight
Approximately 50 candidates
will be Initiated Into membership
of the Roseburg Moose Lodge to
night at 8 o'clock, according to
Secretary R. L. Rains.
A six-man degree team from
Eugene will officiate at the in
itiation proceedings. Jerry Willis,
local governor of the organiza
tion, will preside over the meet
ing. Roseburg Moose are urged to
attend. Refreshments will be I
served following thi ceremonies.
Exception Registered
To Prizefight Write-Up
ROSEBURG The write-up of
the Ball-Collev bout, which took I
place at the Armory July 8, is
rather disgusting and certainly
not accurate, as printed in your 1
paper.
Davy Ball made the remark,
after the bout, "How tough Col
ley was." The sports writer
states that Ball played around ,
with Colley. Anyone who has '
seen Colley box or has boxed
with him knows his ability to i
hit and be able to take it. Ans
boxer who states his opponent
is tough and can stand up and ,
slug with him isn't eoine to
play around with him.
As tne article goes on. the
referee stopped the one-sided af-1
fair. He stopped the fight all-
right, but It was not one-sided
and Colley was not consulted as i
to whether he was ready to quit
as was Ball, when Cliff cut his
eye open. j
It seems rather odd, doesn't
it, that Colley could fight Cliff
to a draw in Eugene a short time j
ago and still lose such a "one
sided affair" as your paper puts
It. when Cliff comes out with a i
TKO over Ball.
Of course a TKO looks better
on Ball's record than a mere de-1
cision, but If that Is to be look
ed at, let's please remember that '
Colley also has a record to look '
out for. I am not belittling Ball. 1
He is a good boxer and fine fel-1
low. Let's give credit where I
credit is due.
CLIFFORD C. COLLEY !
Roseburg. Ore.
Phone 100
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31 YEARS AGO
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June 20, 1918
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"completely wrecking the car." How could your pocket
book stand that sort of a jolt? Better that your car be in
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plight be yours. Insure now and let US worry.
It Pays to Insure in Sure Insurance!
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