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Monterey Pine Planted On Tahkenitch Tree Farm By Crown Zellerbach Concern Planting of an experimental lot of Monterey pine has just been completed at the Crown Zellerbach corporation's Tahkenitch tree farm In western Douglas county.- ' It Is hoped, company officials state, that this tree will thrive in the coast climate as it does in Australia, where it has grown exceedingly well. Thurt., Nov. 17, 1949 Tht News-Review, Roseburg, Ort. 13 ( Within the next month or so second experimental planting will be made on the Tahkenltoh tree farm. This involves the set ting out of three, four and five foot Cottonwood cuttings in the salt grass marshes in an effort to convert these non-productive areas to pulpwood production, ac cording to E. S. Young, tree farm superintendent. To date 1,242 acres have been planted, " 89 acres hand seeded, 400 acres seeded by Helicopter, and some 1,383 acres treated for rodent control so- seed falling from native trees will germinate and grow. ' Other Program Details . This is part of the corpora tions tree planting program in Oregon and Washington. Over 1600 acres are included in the work. Hand planting of 800,000 seedlings this winter and next spring is the second step to- the WALLBOARD Flrtex Sheetrock - Masonite PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 . company's reforestation program of 7,000 acres in which a heli copter and seven planting crews are being used. Accessible areas are being planted with seedlings grown in the cooperative Forest Industries nursery at Nisqually, Wash. Planting stock from the Nisqually nursery includes two-year-old Noble fir and spruce and one- year-old Douglas fir and Monte rey pine. Lands to be planted are the LiacKamas tree farm, Moiaiia, 800 acres; Columbia at Vernonla, 300 acres; Clatsop, Seaside, 175 acres, Tahkenitch, Gardiner, 25 acres, and Cathlamet tree farm, Cathlamet, Wash. Restockinpj By Air Inaccessible areas without seed source which planting crews can not reacn easily by road have been restocked from the air early this fall. Cut-over lands having 'adequate seed-bearing trees were treated lor rodent control so tne seeds shed on barren areas could germinate and grow. As In for mer years, rodent control is un der the direction of Mr. A. W. Moore, research biologist of the r-WSW KS; ..... . ; S.- V 'Vi "T L', iXiTXliaiMU .lr.,..f i-1 Crown ill.rb.ch Milne Tr. In th. tad. Jk. Fo?.tI ; Nurwry. K.ady Jor planting in in. ioia.v ( mm' Sweet-sugared -raspberries from western berry patches. Guaranteed for flavor! Ready-To-Serve FLAV-R-PAC RASPBERRIES SAVE UP TO 20 SHRINKAGE At Your Grocer's U. S. Fish and Wildlife service. Helicopter work this fall in cluded lib2 acres on the Clack a mas tree farm, 800 acres on the Columbia tree farm, 615 acres on the Cathlamet tree farm, 896 acres on the Clatsop tree farm, and 1383 acres on the Tahken itch tree farm. Tree seed used in helicopter seeding this year included Doug las fir, Noble fir, western hem lock,, and Sitka spruce. Pellettcd seed as well as bare seed was used since seed pellets appear to offer some advantages, es pecially wnere tne smaller seed are concerned. Truman In Weight Reducing Contest With Two Aides WASHINGTON UP) Presi dent Truman and two members of the White House staff are en gaged in a weight reducing con test. It is to end Thanksgiving day. After that, all bets are off.. The president already has received five turkeys for next week's holi day feast. White House officials said the contest started last month after the president had lushed Mai. Gen. Harry H..Vaughan, his mili tary aide, and Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham, his physician, about their excess poundage. tacn is to pay a dollar some said it was ten dollars for each pound he remains above the set goal a week from today. ine president weigned around 180 pounds when the bet was made. And he is supposed to get down to 175. Graham and Vaughan were In the neighbor hood of 220 and they are trying to slim down to an even 200. Graham was reported in the lead today. He is down to 202. The president weighs 178, and Vaughan about 212. Their reduc ing systems Include dieting, exer cise and massage. Mr. Truman is laying off pastries and gravy in addition to exercising. VOTING MACHINES EYED PORTLAND (JP) County Commissioner Gene Rossman, Democrat, suggested a citizens advisory committee be named to study possible use of voting ma chines here. Rossman said he was pleased that Secretary of State Newbry had indicated his interest in the subject. Editors and publishers of Associated Press newspapers In Oregon had suggested ballot changes and modern taDulating machinery last weekend. The U. S. Supreme Court, es tablished In 1789, first occupied quarters In the basement of the (japitoi and alter 186U met in tne Old Senate Chamber. The court didn't get its own building until 1937. 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(ff ' From one corner-of the nation to an other, a Tacoma judge fired back at a Florida prosecuting official whom he accused of insulting him. Superior Judge W. A. Richmond berated the Florida prison sys tem, in a "letter to the editor," but said his court description of Florida prison officials as "Just plain liars" was not a "broad blanket charge." Judge Richmond wrote to the Tacoma News-Tribune that he thinks he was librted, slandered and Insulted by Solicitor V. R. Fisher of Tampa. . But he concluded: : "The state of Florida's writ is denied and their slander forgiven." The cross-country fuss started over Richmond's "plain liars" comment from the bench when he refused to send Charles D. Seiber back to Florida, where he twice escaped from prison camps. Seiber had been held in the county jail here for six months since his release from the McNeil island federal prison near here. He had served a term on a stolen car charge. The judge's ire was raised by the Taippa solicitor's bitter reac tion. A news story from Tampa said Solicitor Fisher denounced the judge's action and comment in unflattering terms in a letter to the tacoma prosecuting at torney. Fisher's letter Included the barb: "I can only feel that it is a disgrace and a shame that you have such a man serving in a judicial position." Judge Richmond said in his lengthy letter today: 1 apparently got him and many others cranked up in Flori da, That is good." - in aeiense or nis sharp words about prison officials, the judge recalled that one of them tesli: fled "it was" cool in the sweat boxes as a rule. Imagine that statement." ... . . Judge Richmond said his 'con demnation of Florida's prison camps stemmed not only from testimony at the hearing but irom a study ot "sworn state ments or depositions of many of ficials of the Florida prison sys tem and the depositions of a num ber of foremen of the grand juries of Florida, who have been themselves Investigating their own Siberian prison system." Furthermore, he said, "Charles seloer has his debt paid to society. He has paid that addi tional six months In the Pierce county Jail where he has been a model prisoner. NO WORRY FOR VETS Veterans' administration insur ance officials report that the hundreds of thousands of veterans who either did not put a serial number on their GI insurance dividend application card, or put more than one, have nothing to worry about. A vet had more than one serial if he rose front enlisted man to officer. The serial number determines how soon a man gets his dividend check. In the case of no serial number being put-en the card. VA has gotten it from the records. In the case of more than one, VA will add them together and de termine mailing priority from the total. i . The oldest Bible in government service is one onw hlch every Jus tice of the Supreme Court has ! been sworn In since 1808. It 1 BRING YOUR FAMILY -YOUR FRIENDS- EVERYBODY COME TO THE Football Jamboree 7:30 P. M. i FRIDAY, NOV. 18 FINLAY FIELD BENEFIT UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN Admission: Adults, 50c ' Grade and Junior High Students FREE A ftdOTiN', TOOTIN' FOOTBALL FUNFEST by ROSEBURG GRADE SCHOOLS Sponsored by Roseburg Kiwanis Club DON'T FORGET! Friday Night 7:30 P.M. FINLAY FIELD BE THERE! MATE At KIDS -.DAY NOVEMBER 19 on0.mim sod This message sponsored by the following firms and individuals: Trowbridge Electric Sig Ferr Josse Furniture Henninger's Marts Joe Richards Men's Store Lockwood Motors Roseburg Book Store Roseburg Lumber Co. Umpqua Hotel Flegel Transfer and Storage Co. Mel-O-Maid Butter & Ice Cream J. V. 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