(' Tfc Nwt-RtvMW, Rbvrf Or). Thwr., Feb. 21, 1957
Red Fir Study Shorn Mature In Charge
r CHUCK SKILL
City Idirer, Nawt-R.view
Nature apparently can take care
of ita own in the regeneration of a
(oreit tree which holds promise o(
importance to the lumbering indus
try. ! The tree is the Shasta red fir,
which comprises the greatest vol
ume of merchantable timber in
Douglas County after the Douglas
fir, according to Hank Gratkowski,
research forester for the Siskiyou
Cascade Forest Research Center
here.
He recently completed a f I t e
year study of natural reproduction
of the species in its mile-high
habitat near Crater Lake and far
ther south. He found the Shasta
.red fir will reseed itself natural
ly in dear-cuttings, provided the
cuttings aren't over IS to 20 acres
in site.
Had it been proven necessary to
hand-seed or plant new stands, for
ester would have faced an expen
sive operation. But Nature already
was on the scene with her own
methods.
Mile-High Habitat
, For example, the species grows
at elevations of a mile and above,
hummers are short at the height,
and any artificial regeneration
would have required accurate tim
ing to take advantage of good seed
ing conditions.
. The expense would have been in
creased because of poor quality of
seed peculiar to the red fir it
would have taken more teed to re
produce a forest.
Then Natur has it fixed so
that brushfields and herbaceous
growths a bugaboo in artificial
reforestation fail to develop ex
tensively in clear cuttings at a mile
elevation. Thus, new forests have
a ouicker start.
The experiment was started by
W. 1. Stem in 1951, when a good
aeed crop occurred.
Ji Acre Seletreel
. Stein selected a clear-cut area
of 3S acrea about 20 milea west of
Crater Lake. The area received
the seed, shaken from the cones
of nearby red fir, and distributed
by the wind over the area. A sec
ond bumper seed crop occurred in
1953.
Natur proved herself from those
two seeding!. In 1955, when Grat
kowski inspected the 35-acre site,
he found 1,218 fourth-year and 2,
(04 second-year seedlings per acre.
' The he compared the seeding re
sults against nine other clear
cuttings located near Prospect and
east of Ashlsnd. The incidence of
reseeding found in the 35-acre area
waa borne out in the other cut
tings. Gartkowskl said it appeared na
tural regeneration will result best
when clear-cuttings are held to
15 to 20 acrea in size. Otherwise,
the area is too great to be covered
by the wind-borne seeds. which are
' equipped with "wings" to make
; (hem sill like a maple key.
Arose Loaaecf, Sumed
Only two of the Ashland cuttings
were poorly atocxea, nut uratxow
aki said they had been logged and
flash burned during the period of
seed fall.
All the areas studied were in
- the Rogue River National Forest.
The Shasta red fir and olher
aubalpine types may gain prom
inence in the lumbering industry.
They were practically untouched
because of access difficulty until
1951, when the Forest Service
made lta first aalea in the high
elevations.
Potential importance of Shasta
red fir to Douglas County is shown
m statistics included by Gratkow-
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SHASTA RED FIR A stand of this subalpine type located near Crater Lake shows the
straight growth of the species, second most plentiful among merchantable timber types
in Douglas County. These trees grow up to 42 inches in diameter. (Hank Gratkowski)
ski in a review of the study which, feet an acre, comparing well with
will be published this spring in I Douglas fir.
Northwest Science. i Actual prupos of the test was
Five Billion Feet
It shows that Douglas fir volume
is 76 per cent of the merchant
able timber total in the county.
Shasta red fir is in second spot
with 9 25 per cent, or 5,302,000.000
able to the staggered setting sys
tem of clear-cutting. The Forest
Service can work from results of
the study in the programming of
timber sales to provide a continu
ing yield of timber from tna spe-
board feet. Sugar pine comprises i -ie
about ft per cent of the total, pun-1
derosa pine about 1 per cent and
inretrae cedar, 2Vt per cent. Plant To Rehabilitate
Shasta fir Is one of the true fir
types. It ranges from the vicinity
of Crescent Lake southward into
the Sierra Nevada, and that Cali
fornia range has the bulk of the
red fir forest.
The tree grows up to about four
feet in diameter, so it Isn't of the
huge Douglas fir size.
But it produces much clear lum
ber suitable for building. Gratkow
ski said full potential uses of the
tree haven't yet been seen from
the Diamond Lake cutoff route
south of Union Creek.
Stands Compare Well
Pure stands, according to Grat
kowski, will contain 11X1. 0O0 board! run might be endangered
Ten-nil Lak Canceled)
POItTLAND ii Cancellation
of plans for rehabilitation of Ten
mile Lake in Coos County was
disclosed by the Oregon Game
Commission.
The nronosed rehabilitation.
which had been scheduled for this
coming summer, would have been
to remove an overpopulation of
brown bullheads and yellow
perch.
Game director Phil Schneider
said the program had to be drop
ped because the state Fish Com
mission refused to give its ap
proval on grounds that the salmon
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County Building Permits
Discussed By Committee
SALEM 141 The Senate Local
Government Committee was told
.Monday that if the Legislature
approves a bill requiring county
building permits, the county as
sessors would be able to put all
improvements on the tax rolls.
Ihe statement was made by
Judge F. L. Phipps, representing
the Assn. of Oregon Counties.
However. Sen. Ben Mu-sa (D).
The Dalles, said the bill "might
make the assessor just that mucn
lazier. It doesn't do anything an
alert assessor couldn't do."
The bill, by Sen. R. F. Chapman
(D), Coos Bay, provides that per
mit would have to be obtained
for all construction except that
covered by city permit systems.
New Pastor Starts
Roseburg Services
REV.
J. T. HOWARD
second pastor
The Rev. J. T. Howard, Waco,
Tex., is the new pastor of the
First Southern Baptist Church in
Roseburg. He is the second per
manent pastor of the church.
The Kcv. .Mr. Howard, wno says
he prefers to be called "Preach
er," studied at Baylor University,
Waco, lex , and at Muthcrn -Sem
inary. He has served as pastor of
churches in Niliore, Houston and
Waco, Tex , before coming to the
Northwest.
He succeeds the Rev. Ralph
Branham, who was itinerant pas
tor at the church before going to
ulympia. Wash.
SPORTS ON PROGRAM
PORTLAND tin Some 700 del
egates are expected for the 26lh
annual convention of the Oregon
Feed and Seed Dealers Astn. here
March 14-15.
there will be some tun for
sports topics. Bill Bowerman. Vni
versitv of Orecon track coach
and Jim Railey of Australia, his
star middle-distance runner, will
speak.
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Gary Conn Named
Top FFA Senior
By BEVERLY CHRISTIAN
Gary Conn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
II. W. Conn was presented the tro
phy for being the outstanding sen
ior in FFA. He was presented the
trophy at the annual parent-t o n
banquet.
Mere From Roseburg
Air. and Mrs. Ed Stritzke and
family have moved from Roseburg
to the former Commons farm on
Curry Road, which they have leas
ed. The place has been occupied
until recently by Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Stewart and family. The
Stritzkes have done some redec
orating. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Burkhart and
son, Keith, of Eugene and a o n,
Johnny, of Roseburg visited Sat
urday with the Burkhart's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Burkhart.
Burkhart has been working since
the first of the year in Salt Lake
City, Utah, but flies home every
two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Mast and
son, Brian, of Myrtle Point arriv
ed on Saturday to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Don Kruse and family. Mast
returned to Myrtle Point Sunday,
and Mrs. Mast and son remained
at the Kruse home to assist in the
care of her sister, Sally, and new
oaoy daughter, Karen Lenore. Mrs.
Vera Shields and daughter, Chris
tine, of Myrtle Point came on Sun
day to visit a few days at t h e
Kruse home. -Coed
Visits
Miss Marlene Emmitt, a Junior
at University of Oregon visited Sat
urday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. B. Emmitt, and Gari.
Don Biswell from California is
here on business visiting at the
Koutiedge turkey ranch on Fisher
Road. He is also visiting a busi
ness associate, George Routledge
in Roseburg. He is now in Port
land on business but will return
here to resume his visit. The
Routledge turkey farm is now
owned by Dave Cooper, but is be
ing managed by Mrs. Helen bparks.
AIRMAN
MOORE,
MARVIN D.
19; son of Lois
Moore. 4704 N. Stephens St.,
has qualified for specialized
technical training and will be
assigned to Sheppard Air
Force Base in Texas.
BILLY L. PARKER, 19, foster
son ot Mr. and Mrs. W. rl.
Clampe, Gazley Rit., Myrtle
Creek, is completing Air Force
basic training at Lackland Air
Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.
BEING GRADUATED
Jimmie R. Matthews, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Theron G. Matthews
of Riddle is scheduled to be grad
uated this week from the naval
training center at San Diego, Calif.
The exercises mark the end of nine
weeks of "boot camp."
BENNEY C. STROUD, 19,
husband of Mrs. Roubarta
Stroud, Myrtle Creek, ij com
peting basic at Lackland Air
Force Base, Son Antonio, Tex.
RAYMOND E. DODGEN, son
!of Mrs. 0. H. Weaver, Myrtle
I Creek, is completing Air
Force Basic training at Lack
land Air Force Base in San
Antonio, Tex.
OPPOSES LOWERING AG!
SACRAMENTO, Calif. lV- Teen
age assemblymen of the YMCA
model legislature voted against
lowering the legal age for buying
tobacco after 17-year-old Winfield
Crowlher commented: "The next
thing you know the new father will
be handing the baby a cigar."
GANGSTER OIES
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. George
C. (Bugs) Moran, Al Capone'
chief competitor in Chicago' boor
and gambling rackets in the Roar
ing '20s, died in the Leavenworth
Federal Penitentiary yesterday ot
lung cancer. He was 64.
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