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Referendum On
Pensions Alone
Assured So Far
PORTLAND, July 14 UP)
Old age referendum backers
claimed success today, but the
daylight saving referendum was
still short of the needed signa
tures. The other two referendums
on the Rogue River dam and the
electrical contractors' licensing
bill appeared doomed.
- Joe E. Dunne, old age pension
leader, said 16,981 signatures
have already been certifiedon
the old age referendum. .
A total of 15,926 signatures are
needed to submit laws to referen
dum, and prevent their going into
effect until the election of 1950.
The daylight saving referen
dum was 5,000 certified names
short, but sponsors who had
other names ready for certifica
tion still hoped to meet the
deadline.
W. J.- Smith, who headed the
drive to halt construction of a
Rogue river dam reported "very,
very bad" prospects for the suc
cess of his referendum.
"V?e sent out more than 2,000
petitions, out we naven t nad tne
results we expected," he said.
"We may get a deluge in at the
last minute, but If we don't get
them in right away we are going
to lose."
The fourth referendum aimed
against a bill licensing electrical
contractors has not been pressed
' recently.
Petitions have been circulated
in Portland streets for only one
of the four referendums: the old
age pension measure.
Iron Lung Fails To
Save Stricken Child
SPOKANE, July 14 (JP) 12-year-old-
Marybelle Reed of Los
Angeles died Monday in an Iron
lung flown here by the Air Force
Friday from California.
A few hours earlier she had
muttered two words: "D a d d y,
prayer."
Her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Paul
H. Reed, said last week that "the
prayers of thousands" helped
Marybelle through an earlier cri-
The special respirator was
flown here to enable her doctor
to perform a throat operational
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14. () The last of the boy
chimney sweeps of Charles
Dickens' England is dead.
Joseph Lawrence died in his
Surrey cottage Tuesday. He was
104 and reportedly the second old
est man in the country. As a boy
he climbed flues stark naked to
clean them with a handbrush.
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SALEM, July 14. UP) A boost
of $250,000 to the recommended
funds for Oregon-California
Agency Administration has been
endorsed by a U. S. Senate Appro
priations committee.
Charles A. Sprague, chairman
of the O. & C. Advisory Commit
tee, reported the Senate Commit
tee action was confirmed by Sena
tor Guy Cordon, a committee
member. The proposal will go to
the Senate.
. Sprague said the Advisory Com
mittee had asked a larger in
crease to avoid curtailment ol
land management operations in
Oregon. He explained a House
appropriation had held the fund
to last year's budget, but higher
fire protection costs and salary
increases would have cut back
the agency's sales program.
Rain Too Late To
Avert Crop Loss
(By the -Associated Press)
Rains in a slow easy fall "just
the type the fields needed" re
freshed the parched northeastern
states today, and in some sections
brought an end to a 50-day dry
spell.
The forecasters promised more
relief today, with a prediction of
showers again tonight and pos
sibly tomorrow.
However, agricultural authori
ties believed that the rainfall
came too late to avert multi-million
dollar, crop losses.
A University of Massachusetts
professor said the rain was two
days too late, and that crop losses
in New England could approxi
mate $30,000,000 to $40,000,000.
He described the situation in the
Connecticut valley as the worst
in his 28 years' experience.
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cessfully,, too.
When a fire was reported in
the George Davidson house, Fire
man Cornett Green saw a large
chair was the focus of the blaze.
He uncoiled a lariat, lassooed the
fire, and snaked it outside to be
extinguished.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 14,
Predetermination Of Defective Or Rotten
Timber Purpose Of Group Of Scientists On
Inspection Of Trees In The Umpqua Forest
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SCIENTISTS STUDY DEFECTIVE TIMBER Pictured above, from left, are E. S. Kotok, of tha Ump
qua Forest Research Center; J. B. Grantham, professor of forest products, Oregon State College;
J. S. Boyce, professor forest pathology, Yale University, and L. F. Roth, professor forest pathol
ogy, Oregon State College, The last three named scientists are to spend two weeks at the Asso
ciated Plywood Co. logging operation on Little River, continuing their study into methods for
predetermining the volume of defective timber in any. given stand and making other studies,
including methods for utilizing timber affected by rot.
Bv CHARLES V. STANTON
A solution soon may be forth
coming to one of the most diffi-
cut proolems in the forest indus
try, that of predetermining the
amount of decayed or defective
timber In any given stand. The
further south one travels in the
Douglas fir region, the higher
the percentage of defect becomes.
Timber Buyers, sawmill operat
ors and loggers would save
thousands of dollars if they had
some method of ascertaining In
advance lust how much raer
chantable timber and how much
defective wood might be expected
In a timber stand.
J. S. Boyce, professor of forest
pathology, Yale University: J. a,
Grantham, professor of forest
products, Oregon State College,
and L. F. Roth, professor of for
est pathology. Oregon fatate Col
lege, are spending two weeks at
the Associated Plywood Co. log
ging operation on Little River
continuing a study started in
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again last year., .' .
They are endeavoring to learn
how to estimate the usable wood
content of a tree through obser
vation of exterior indicators, the
rate at which decay progresses
in a tree, the various types of
fungus producing decay, losses in
structural strength from "while
speck," and numerous other
factors. , ' , . i .
Error Percentage Cut
That the study has its encour
aging aspect is cited by Dr. Boyce
who reports that in first attempts
the error amounted to as much
as 33 per cent, while recent esti
mates,, based on knowledge
gained through experimentation,
have been running almost uni
formly at about 6 per cent, which,
he, states, is comparable to the
normal cruise error.
One type of fungus is respon
sible for 80 per cent of the defect
found In Douglas fir, Dr. Boyce
states. This fungus, "Fomus,
Pini," commonly referred to as
"white speck," or "white pocket
rot," has, one redeeming factor
in that it promptly causes forma
tion of "conks" or swollen knots
on tne trees it attacks. By exam
ining from the ground the
"conks" or other external indi
cators, it becomes possible, Dr.
Boyce explains, to estimate quite
closely how far decay has pro
gressed and how much merchant
able timber is left in the tree.
Knowledge of how to make
estimates, has been gained
through trial and error.
Researchers have gone into
areas in advance of logging. They
have endeavored through extern
al indicators to predetermine the
volume of defective material in
standing trees. Then, they fol
lowed up the falling and bucking
operations with comparative
notes, and checked logs through
sawmills to learn the amount of
defect passing through mills.
They have made careful measure
ments, diagramming " conks as
to position and radiation of de
cay and through . information
gained have been comparatively
accurate in recent tests. .. . s, ..
Studies Will Be Extended .
When they reach the point
where they believe they have re
duced error to a minimum they
plan to extend their studies to
include trees of various ages, ex
amine the incidence of decay
with relation to elevation, slope,
site quality and other factors.
The study will be made exclusive
ly in the Cascade and Coast
ranges and will probably require
from three to five years for com
pletion. it is anticipated that irom tne
results of the study, Dr. Boyce
states, it will be possible to pre
determine the defect In a given
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area within fairly close limits, to
anticipate the prevalence of de
fect in timber .. of various age
groups as affected by elevation,
slope and exposure, susceptibility
of any timber stand to decay, and
the rate with which decay may
be expected to progress.
Simullanlously a study Is being
made by the Division of Forest
Pathology, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, of defect in second
growth age groups. This latter
study,, Dr. Boyce stated, will aid
in determining at what age Doug
las fir second growth timber
should i be cut. Early estimates
indicate that not more than 2
per cent decay may be expected
in trees lip to 100 years, approxi
mately 10 per cent at 150 years,
and as high as 65 or 70 per cent
in trees 250 years old.
Laboratory Testa Included
While these two studies are be
ing made, covering defect in both
old and second growth timber,
the Oregon Forest Products Lab
oratory at Oregon State College,
operating under the State Board
of Forestry, is taking samples of
wood from each of the units
studied and is submitting them to
laboratory" tests. The laboratory
Is endeavoring to learn how,
structural strength is affected by
wnite speck," what uses can be
made of this type of material,
at the same time, seeking new
utilization processes, whereby
material carrying a high percent
age of decay may be transformed
into a useful product. .
The fungus, Dr. Boyce staled,
attacks only the llgnin, the ma
terial which binds the cellulose
fibers of a tree. . The cellulose
is not affected and still is usable.
Alcohol, molasses, rayon and
other products are obtained from
cellulose.
The laboratory also Is studying
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Young Democrats
Join Move To
Recall Elliott
PORTLAND, July 14. UP)
Two Young Democrat leaders
have joined Multnomah County
Young Republicans in sponsoring
organization of a committee to
work for the recall of Sheriff M.
L. Elliott.
Don C. Walker, president of
the County Young Republicans,
said a public meeting today
would name officers of the group
directing the campaign.
A new recall notice, which must
be followed up within 90 days
with petitions bearing some 30,
000 signatures, Is planned. A re
call notice filed Monday by two
Republicans was declared Tues
day to be faulty.'
Walker announced after a con
ference that he and Walter Den
nis, president of the Multnomah
County Young Democrats, John
M, Winkler, first vice president
of the Young Democrats of Ore
gon; R. J. Burke and Max Don
nelly, Portland Republicans, were
calling the public meeting.
Neither of the two young Dolltl-
cal party members' organizations
are to nave an oniciai part in
the actual campaign, Walker
said. "Somebody had to start It
and we felt this -was the best
way," he explained.
Elliott still was keeping quiet
after an Initial reply to the recall
action in which he said he "had
only begun to fight" to stay In the
office he took over In January. ,
the various strains of fungus re
sponsible for decay, endeavoring
to assist in learning the rate of
progress, ' method of spread, etc.
Studies are being made by
other agencies into methods of
controling fungus.
Cooperative Project
The study Is being sponsored
by the Oregon Forest Products
Laboratory with funds coming
principally from the state sever
ance tax on timber, but cooper
ative financial aid Is also con
tributed by the U. S. Forest Serv
ice, Bureau of Land Management,
Division of Forest Pathology, and
several timber companies. Vari
ous timber concerns, are cooper
ating by furnishing experimental
filots, labor in falling and buck
ng, and other services.
, The scientists are receiving
local cooperation from the Ump
qua Forest Research center.
The study first was started In
1917, but was interrupted by the
First World War. Dr. Boyce. at
that time employed with the
Bureau or Plant Palnoiogy, came
from San Francisco to carry on
further experiments from 1920
to 1928, but in 1929 joined the
staff of Yale university. The
work was resumed last year, at
which time an experiment was
made on the Smith-Wood logging
operation east of Sutherlin. Sev
eral Willamette Valley units were
studied.
More extensive research now Is
In progress. Following the work
on Little River, the researchers
will move to a Weyerhaeuser
tract on Wilson Creek In the Cal
lahan area west of Roseburg.
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Organization Would Give Women Of
U. S. Big Balance In Political Power
By JANE EADS
WASHINGTON. If women or
ganlzed their full political forces
they would have a 2,000,000 vote
edge over the men and much
more power than they now have
In politics. As Congresswoman
Mary T. Norton (D.-N. J.) has
said, the American woman's rec
ord of 29 years of full citizenship
is not bad, but It could be very
much better if they realized their
power and exerted it Mrs. Norton
believes.
Certainly women have not
made spectacular gains in job
getting. This is evidenced in a
survey of women of both parties
in federal and state jobs made
recently by the Republican Na
tional Committee. Only three
women have ever held diplomatic
posts. Mrs. Perle Mesta, intimate
friend of the Truman family, is
the most recent. She has been
appointed U. S. ambassador to
Luxembourg.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde,
who served in the 71st and 72nd
Congresses as Democratic mem
ber from Florida was appointed
Dy i-Tesioent Kooseveit to serve
as minister to Denmark from
1933 to 1936. Mrs. J. Borden Har
riman, active in politics from
1906, was appointed by Roosevelt
as ambassador to Norway in 1939,
served there until the country
was invaded at the beginning of
tne war.
Since 1916, when Miss Jeanette
Rankin, Republican from Mon
tana was elected, a total of 46
women have been appointed, or
elected, to Congress. There are
nine women in the 81st Congress.
One, Mrs. Maragaret Chase
Smith (R.-Me), is a senator. The
others, Mrs. Mary Norton, Mrs.
Edith Nourse Rogers (R.-Mass.),
Mrs. Francis P. Bolton (R.-O.),
Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas (D.
Calif.), Mrs. Katharine St
George (R.-N. Y.), Mrs. Chase
Going Woodhouse (D.-Conn.),
Mrs. Keva Beck Hosone ID.-Utan)
and Mrs. Cecil M. Harden (R.
Ind.) are members of the House.
Six women have previously serv
ed in the Senate. Mrs. Hattie .
Caraway (D.-Ark.) served from
1937 through 1944. The others .
served short unexpired terms. ,'
, Approximately 1,500 women 1
are serving in various state ap
pointive jobs. Connecticut, New
Mexico and South Dakota have
women Secretaries of State. Col
orado and Montana have women
superintendents of public instruc
tion. Arizona and North Dakota
have women' state aidltors and
Idaho a woman statu treasurer.
A total of 217 women are serv
ing in 1949 state legislatures. '.
This is six more than 1948, and
17 less than served in 1946 the
year of the all-time high repre
sentation. In nine states there
are no women legislators . . .
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana,,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, South Dakota .
and Virginia.
REDS SENT TO PRISON
LISBON, PORTUGAL, July 14.
UP) A Lisbon court Wednes
day sentenced 15 persons accused
of engaging in Communist propa
ganda to prison terms of up to 15
years. Part of the sentences will
I other defendants were acquitted.
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