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4 Thi Ntwf-Rovlew, Roieburg, Pro. Thurs.. Dtc. 6, 1851 Pubtlihad Dolly Iieept Sud b Mw News-Raview Company, Inc. KiHkin. Oracoa. Bn.l l .1 M.rce f. 111. CHARLES V. STANTON Editor IOWIN L KNAPP Manager Member of the Auoclatad Pron, Oregon Newspaper Publlikara Association, mo uo our... . w, ........ i. bi WEir-UOIXIDAT CO. INC., oflle.i In N.w t.rn, Cale.fe, ..... .. .... nd CI... Mnll.r M.j 1. I0M. .1 lb. Pail OHM. - I -A.. Am at Marrk K. 1111 ROMOBJia;, Uir. FOREST FALLACIES Bv CHARLES V. STANTON College foresters liberally buttered the Oregon press for its educational work in the field of forestry while address ing the timber seminar conducted for newsmen last week end on tho University of Oregon campus. The seminar was presented jointly by the School of Journalism of the Uni versity of Oregon and School of Forestry of Oregon State college. Newsmen were present from all sections of Ore gon, together with one visitor from Washington. s..minnr lpnrlpm had much Draise for the work of the press in forestry education, particularly in the field of fire prevention. Cooperation dv tne press in me iveep uicumi Green program was applauded. But the press, we were informed verv vrentlv. Is zuilty of helping to preserve some popular fallacies which stand in the way of good forest man agement. One project the press should undertake, we were iiv . r 1 : L. rt tUA 4liAiiii.nrl. rf nmif arato mat. JlimiKu. IK Llltl CUUtSVIUII Ul bllC UlUUDOllun .... nv .v.- dents having no experience with forests and who must be taught how to live in forested country. A half million people have moved into Oregon since 1940. it was pointed out. Many of these people come from states having little commercial forest area. They are un acquainted with fire hazards. They revel in forest recrea tion, but are not fully aware of the dangers of fire nor of ' the economic relationship between forests and local com munities. Public Fallacies Stressed But people long familiar with our forests also have many erroneous ideas concerning timber management, the college foresters say. Some of these ideas, because of .popular appeal, are damaging to best economic use of forests. One example pertained to the belief that forests on watersheds should not be logged. Three-fourths of the na tion's forest acreage, it was stated, is essential to water shed protection. Contrary to majority opinion, a virgin for est is less conducive to water control than a growing for est. Tall trees tend to hold much snow and moisture away from the ground, while young trees permit more moisture to reach the soil. Watershed forests should be logged and kept productive, the foresters insist, although c u 1 1 i ng should be planned and practiced to protect water supply. Another fallacy is that of selective logging practice in Douglas fir stands, say the foresters. Foreseters once had the opinion that the best manage-' ment would be to develop forests of intermingled age stands. Thus the selective logging system was devised where by ripe, mature trees would be taken, leaving younger trees of aU ages to provide a continuous supply. This system, it was stated, will work jn some pine forests but seldom can be utilized in Douglas fir stands. Douglas fir trees demand sunshine. They will not grow well in shade. To produce good lumber they should grow in dense stands. Under such conditions they shed lower limbs early and begin to put on clear wood as they stretch upward. . On a managed forest a first thinning is beneficial about .the time the new growth reaches Christmas tree stage. Thus there should be no concern when thousands of trees are taken out during holiday season, providing those tree) are properly selected. Their removal will be reflected in more food and moisture for remaining trees. Thinning Has Great Value Not only does thinning a Douglas fir stand aid in speed ing growth and quality of remaining trees, but after forests begin to reach larger size, the wood removed in the thin ning process could add five billion board feet annually to our production if channeled into pulp or other good purposes. Thus, on Douglas fir stands, foresters now advocate "patch logging," in which areas are clear cut, leaving a surrounding older forest as a seed source. This system normally results in quick reproduction with a dense stand of vigorous trees, it was claimed. . The foresters also had little patience with the "scenery lovev,i" who object to looking at stumps for a few years while a new forest grows on the land. Fallacies based on "emotion and sentiment" are ob stacles to efficient technical management of forests on na tional parks, watersheds and in scenic and recreational areas, say the college foresters. They also contend that the emotional approach stands in the way of getting forests into hands of "strong" management whereby sufficient acreage enn be controlled to permit better protection and complete utilization. They Landed, We Knew' Not Where L Li',, - I ENDING BASKET Next time you gn throuRh Elk ton on highway 38, look across (he river, just above Iho Mary Hrckley bridge, and visualize "Kort limp qua" as it was in 1840. I quote from the pen of Gustavus llines In "Wild Life In Oregon:" "This fort, or rather trading post, stands upon the south bank of the Umpqua river, on a little plain comprising about two hundred acres of land, thirty of which are under cullivalion. It is forty miles from the Pacific ocean, and ad vantageously situated for Ihe pur poses for which it was established, namely the collection of beaver and other furs frnm the Tmliant along the coast and in the interior. I "The fort itself consists of three or four little log huts built on three sides of a square, and covered with cedar bark. These huts are stockaded by poles set into the' ground, and rising twelve feet high; and at two opposite corners! of the enclosure thus formed there ' are two bastions commanding all sides of the fort, and containing means for the defense of the es tablishment against the attacks of the Indians, who are frequently quite troublesome In this region. . 'The Frenchman in charge, it is said, belongs to a wealthy and honorable family in Montreal. . . He now prefers a life but little in advance o( the wretched savages that surround him, to all the ele gance and refinements of the most civilized society. . . An Indian woman whom he calls his wife he longs to a tribe that resides on the coast, near Ihe moulh of the Ump qua river." The author goes on to tell how that Indian woman, acting a a guide for the party which included Jason l.ee in a perilous canoe trip down, the river to the ocean, saved the lives of the white men because she was sister to a chief of the hostile tribe. Thereupon the ap peased Indians added themselves .Jl Fulton Lewis Jr. a Bp 1 tprzrm ' T 1 Lt4 . PVJ -JIPF J. A wp.pPI-i. largely a reprint of a presidential speech. Another Is a 55-page booklet tell ing about a German boy's experi ence in the V. S. aa an exchange farmer. For what it cost to print thousands of copies of the book let, another dozen Grman farm youths could have been brought here to live with an American farm family for a year if such an effort is necessary in the first place. Another pamphlet is a so-called "battle report" on the point four program, telling about our spend ing in Liberia, Paraguay and In dia. The general idea of course, is lhal Rev. Thompson will hurry to the altar and deliver a sermon on the virtues of these and other State department spending plans. In distribuUng this propaganda, the State department assumes that the American press and radio are incapable of informing the public about what the government is do ing. The letter sent out with the propaganda says the material is being mailed out wholesale be cause of certain "threats and prob- l.m.'l f,,.in. thi. ............. Tl. WASHINGTON State department propagandists are laying the groundwork for the 1952 elections. At the expanse of us taxpayers, Secretary of State Acheson's pub lic relations horde is bombarding educators, ministers and other prominent citizens with countless thousands of booklets, pamphlets and reports, all of which relate what a fine job Achcson u doing. Mixed in with this State de partment tripe are booklets puff ing up. the President's brilliance for thinking up the point four pro gram, Ihe North Atlantic military pact and the finer points of a foreign policy that will keep the peace. Korea isn't mentioned. Mr. Truman is determined to de fend his foreign policy before the voters In 1952. All Acheson needed was this cue to start his propa ganda presses rolling. Public li braries and assorted private citi zen! are among the recipients of the deluge. For instance, without having asked, the Rev. Roland . Thompson, pastor of St. Patrick's church in Athens, New York, re cently got a bundle from Ache son's office, sent postage free under government frank. It con tained a letter and four publica tions. The letter reads: "The publications enclosed with this letter deals with specific as pects of some of the foreign threats and problems facing this country. They were selected from among recent State department publica tions as bein,3 likely to be of par ticular interest toyyou, as one concerned with questions arising from such situations abroad. 1 1 should be very glad to have your I comments and suggestions on' problems and policies they out line." It was signed by Francis H. Russell, director of the Slate de partment office of public affairs. And I know of other persons who have sheaf of documents. The pamphlets were sent free, although the government printing office has charge of selling such documents in the event anyone is interested enough to buy them. It can be presumed that Acheson is distributing the documents out of funds obtained from Congress to counter Communist propaganda. F.dwart Barrett, assistant sec retary of state for public affairs, does the same thing with funds appropriated to his Voice o Amer ica department. His staff people made 364 speeches and informal talks in 29 states from July 1, 1949. to January 30, 1951, within the borders of the V. S. A., al though he is charged with count ering Communist propaganda abroad. The Slate department paid travel costs and other expenses, besides regular salaries. In the propaganda sent the Rev. Thompson, the President is quoted whenever possible. One pamphlet, reputedly designed as back ground material on mutual security, is to the party! There Is a vivid ac count of the way the Indians cooked ; the fresh-caught salmon: They used sticks three feet long, pointed on one end, forked on the other. ; They filled the large pieces of sal ' mon w ith splinters to keep it from 1 falling apart, then fastened to the ; fork of the stick. Then they sat in 1 a circle around the fire, with the pointed end of each stick stuck in the ground, and the salmon pieces making a kind of pyramid over the fire. The sticks were turned to finish cooking salmon. Willi the , fish the Indians ate hazel nuts I cracked between stones. "A more jovial set of fellows than these sons of nature 1 have never seen," jays lour friend, Hines, tual threat and problem Is within the State department itself. Ache son wants to get his version into the hands of those who lead much of the nation's public thinking. He won't trust an unbiased press so he propagandizes with public funds, without any legal or moral author ity to do so. Hear Fulton Letvis Daily On KRNR, 4:00 P.M. And 9:15 P.M. In the Day's News (Continued from Page 1) ! themselves buying guns and still more guns) can come about only when there is reasonable balance of power in the world, plus some reasonable degree of condidence in the good faith of other nations. Neither exists now, Why talk about something you WOULDN'T DARE TO DO even if you agreed to do lt?v It seems to me that the most1 Important thing in the world is to stall off all-out war Ion? enough ' that communism and the free i world can get along with each other. If that ean't h rinne nil that remains is a fight to the death ' between the two systems. With modern war what it is, there might not be any world to live in after a war of survival. . If we are to reach the point where we can live with com munism, we must first get strong enough to HANDLE IT IF IT GETS OUT OF LINE. That is what statesmen call a balance of power. The balance of power was destroyed in World War II. What we're trying to do now is to RESTORE it. Scout Honor Court Held In Yoncalla City Hall A court of honor -for the Yon calla Boy Scout troop was held in the city hall Tuesday evening. More than 30 scouts received awards. Wayne Ohlson, neighbor hood commissioner from Drain, put on the candlelight investure for Tenderfoot, Charles Goodwin. James Stoop, assistant district commissioner from Drain, and a member of the Douglas District council for 1952, Elmer Maples, 0. and E, chairman for North Douglas County and Douglas Dis trict council member for 1952; Hugh Whipple, member of the Douglas District executive council, all of Drain, were present. Elmer Currier, neighborhood commis sioner of Yoncalla was present. Walter Smith, Douglas county field Scout executive, gave a short talk on parent cooperation and the work of troop committees in- mak ing a successful troop. Noble's Melody Ranch Girls WEST'S GREATEST ALL-GIRLS WESTERN BAND NOBLER. IVj t LODY RAtlCil GIRLS 3 I iV l IS 1! .r ii 0 L COMING TO Johns Curve ONE NIGHT ONLY FRIDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 7 You've read about them In your newspoper, heard them ever the radio, now you can see them In person. e Prize for Best Old-Fashioned WALTZ TEAM Dancing: 9-1 ADMISSION: Men 51.50 Ladies $1.00 (Tax Incl.) Clothing Club Formed At Scotts Valley School A 4-H Clothing club was recently organized at the Scotts Valley school. The club will be called 4-H Busy Bees. Mrs. Wilbur Brlner will be the local leader, with Mrs. Gladys Fullbright assistant leader. The following officers were elected president, Sally Baxter; vice president, Sylvia Mundt; secre tary, Gail Briner; news reporter, Anita Fullbright, and song leadc, Karen Patrick. Other members are Leona nd Leota Arzie, Kathryn Howard, Virginia Langdon, De loris and Victoria , I. etui no, Fay, Diane and Sylvia Mundt, Wanda Opheim, Kay Turpin, Juanita John ston, Nancy Grass, Virginia Thorp, and Claudia Bowman. 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