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12 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Wed., Dee. 14, 1949 IN O & C AREA 92 Million Feet Of Timber Offered For Sale During 1950 In Roseburg District Ninety-two million board feet of timber In the Roseburg dis trict is included in a list ol the approximate volume and location of timber in the O & C area of western Oregon to be advertised for sale during 1950 by the Bu reau of Land Management under the new annual timber sales pro gram, Daniel L. Goldy, regional administrator, announced. Mr. Goldy stated that the new program, which was developed in consultation with the O & C Ad visory board, will permit pros pective purchasers to play their operations with advance knowl edge of the specific tracts of tim ,ber which will be offered for ale during 1950. This program eliminates the individual appli- Have Your Home Landscaped on " F. H. A. Terms Trees, Topped or Removed Lawn Planted Shrubs Pruning Gall us for Information 1. H. McPherson Rt 2, Box 193 Phone 715-J-1 Poll aim 20-inch doll with wonder skin arms and legs -T All metal stroller Her am and leg aremod of lATfX. Feel till not ikiik She's lovefy in he? fine organdy drest 3 onctbormet of pink or blue, with paeteJ shade Iocs trim. Complete with bootsi rayon seeks, petticoat I Ll .- u 'j I I I ang ntur panm. now prova unu nappy your trrrteioiH wifl be to own this sensational eombina- Vtioa '. . . consisting of the llllllll Mlllllll Hill) Bo"d ond Wrapped I cation method of selling timber under which only the applicant ordinarily had sufficient advance knowledge of the sale to make appropriate adjustments in his operations so as to bid for the timber." It is expected that the new program will make it pos sible for all operators who so de sire, to compete for O & C tim ber. Suggestions of specific tracts of timber to be included in the plan were solicited from all interested parties during the summer months of 1949. These suggestions together with all other informa tion were considered by the dis trict foresters in the formulation of the timber sales program for each administrative area. Final programs were developed in con sultation with district advisory i board on which are included rep ! rescntatives of the lumber Indus- try, agriculture, labor, recrea- tion and wildlife groups, livestock i and mining industries, and the I general public. I Factors Considered The timber to be offered for sale is limited by the sustained yield allowable cuts of the ad ministrative areas. The individ ual tracts have been selected throughout western Oregon so as to lake into account the depend ence of local communities on the O & C timber. Other factors which were con sidered by the Bureau of Land Management in deciding the vol ume and tracts of timber to offer for sale were the number of per sonnel available to prepare and administer timber sales, the ac cessibility of the timber, the age class and condition of the timber in each localtiy, the reservation of timber for recreation and wa tershed purposes, and other prob lems peculiar to specific local ities. The approved timber sale plan calls for the advertisement of ap proximately 467 million board Another LAWSON Value! cJUnetal ttroNer and !" H,nmn,w 1 """ """1 'AM k MM JOHN TODD At the lest an nual meeting of the Boy Scout council at Springfield, John Todd, Roseburg, was awarded the "Silver Beaver," highest award a council can offer a scout or councilman for out standing service to boyhood. Todd has been active in scout ing for more than 20 years as a volunteer, serving as assistant scout master, scout master, dis trict commissioner, district chairman, and a member of the Oregon Trail council executive board. feet located in the five O & C districts, as follows: Salem district, 80 million board feet; Eugene district, 88 million board feet; Roseburg district, 92 million hoard feet; Coos Bay dis trict, 107 million board feet; Med ford district, 100 million board feet. About 82 million board feet of timber Is used each year in mak ing matches. d Stroller Strolls " t: I Oiling Of Roads By Oregon's First . Automobile Club In 1905 Recalled'- By RALPH WATSON. . Public RiUtioru Consultant, SUtff Htifaway Dpartment Automobile owners of Oregon started., picking up the white man's burden of road Improvement right pronto after the gasoline buggies first made their more or less erratic appearance to the horrified reaction of old dobbin and the very frequent damage to the one hos shay. . . .. The early automobile owners, all 40 of them, started the move ment to put the new look on the roads right after they organized the Portland Automobile club on ADril 19. 1905. Thev were an ear nest group, equipped with long linen dusters, gauntleted gloves, goggles and an insatiable desire to go places. One of those places was the Clairmont tavern down the west side of the Willamette at Linnton. The road had the advantage of connecting with smoother city streets running past the Lewis & UlarK exposition grounds; was level, not, too bumDV but all fired dusty in the good old summertime when It was nicest to go honking along. The club members early dis covered that while their goggles might keep the dust out of their eyes it would not keep it out of their noses or their throats so they decided to do something about it. They took up a collec tion, the subscriptions footing 'ip to $2,205 and on or about April, 1906, spent $1,655 (that represent ing all of the subscriptions paid in) in oiling a portion of the Linn ton road. This was the culmination of efforts reaching from a Memorial day automobile race meet at the Irving track May 30, 1905, which netted $244.10 toward the oil fund. It is noted in the report of Lewis Russell, chairman of the Road Race and Meet Committee, that the oiling had been "done at the request of 85 percent of the subscribers." He adds, "there was a loud roar princi pally from the people who did not subscribe and those who prom ised but did not materialize." It also was argued at the meeting that the "St. Johns boulevard" on the east bank of the river should be oiled. "This would give us," it was pointed out, "circle drive of the city, down one side across the St. Johns ferry and back on the other side." It also was urged "to take action about the road to Government camp and ML Hood." The minutes note that the club "had made a run" to Clairmont tavern where "a luncheon was served v gratis but only a few members had -availed themselves of the opportunity." Better luck was had at-"a trip to the Twelve-Mile house "fnwhich 10 automobiles took part.' By that time there were. 242 automobile owners In Portland and confidence was expressed that alfof them could be gather ed Into the organization. Seem ingly, too, the 242 buzz wagorien ( some oi wnicn were stameyi Steamers and Locomobiles) had commenced to clutter up traffic, for on May 2, 1906, the minutes note the appointment of a com mittee "to see the city council to try to secure an 8-mile-an-hour speed limit inside the fire limits and 15 miles outside of them within the city boundaries." 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