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VST: HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. JUNE 28. 1918
FORESTERS PROTECT
OREGON TIMBER
The following letter hug been sent
out by Stute Forester P. A. Elliott
and Federal District Forester Seo. H.
Cerll to 26 district fire wardens, 62
co-operstlve state and federal fire
wardens, 100 forest rangers and 300
fire patrolnfen In the state:
To nil Forest Rangers, rite Vu:-I-
ens and Forest Fire Guards:
The dry season has come and fire
protection plans must now hi brought
Into effective action. For u number
of seasons fire losses ars at thl.
time particularly lamentable.
Since the forest fire warning wa
first sounded in the United States an
army of trained forest fire fighters
of no mean efficiency has Jjeen de
veloped. To this army you belong.
Many of your former co-workers,
skilled In fire protection work, are
now in France. Therefore it is up
to you to carry an additional burden'.
The huge drain on this country's
resources because of war has drawn
hosts of men fsom productive indus
tries and Increased the coot of living.
Every forest fire needing men and
supplies for Its extinguishment is a
further economic drain. It is parti
cularly our present duty to prevent
ths waste as well as waste of timber.
President Wilson says:
"Preventable fire is a public de
reliction. At a time like this of
emergency and manifest necessity
for the conservaton of national re
sources, It Is more than ever a mat
ter of deep and prest lng consequence
that every means should be taken to
prevent this evil.;
Seventy-five per rent of all fires
are shown by our records to be
caused by carelessness or evil de
sign. The large number of people
vsltinv the forests of Oregon in 1917,
400,000, are there enjoying the re
creation resources.
It is your sworn duty as an officer
to use every means n your power to
decrease the prevailing carelessness
with fire and to obtain co-operation
from automoblltests, campers, hum
ors, fishermen and other travelers in
your assigned territory. You will see
that all locomotives and donkey en
gines operating in your districts are
equpped with sutable spark arrest
ers as required by the laws of the
state. You should have no trouble
In securing the cordial co-operation
of every patriotic citizen.
The expenses attendant on hiring
men to fight fire decreases the pub
lic treasury funds in these days of
need, to say nothing of the loss of
wealth caused by destruction of timber.-
which is Oregon's greatest ma
terial resource. Timber wealth in
the eastern states has been material
ly decreased by fire and use. Ours
is that much more Important and
valuable. Nature has been so gen
erous with Oregon In timber that us
Oregonlans we often full through
familiarity to appreciate ts signifi
cance in the state's future develop
ment. One-sixth in volume of
United States timber is In our single
state. We have a truHt to the nation
to fulfill in its protection. Timber at
present pays the payrolls in this state
and will pay them in the future if it
is here. Timber will help regenerate
Oregon in the years Immediately
following the war. These facts must
be gotten into the public conscious
ness and appreciation. It Is the true
part of patriotism for every citizen
to assist. Carelessness, as well as
evil design, is due to a luck of ap
preciation of the patriotic work of
forest protection.
In the coming fire season, those
against the government of the United
States will not discourage destruc
tion Nof government property. Loyal
citizens will co-operate and on them
you must rely for success. The
woods and mountains are free to all
travelers largely public property
not intensely policed like the streets
of our cities. Every patrot must act
as the representative of the public
put out small fires himself and re
port the large ones Immediately to
the nearest forest ranger.
(Signed) GEO. H. CECIL.
District Forester,
U. S. Forest Service.
(Signed) F. A. ELLIOTT,
State Forester of Oregon.
CURING HAY WITHOUT
STACKING IS WASTEFUL
Ktarkeil Hay I in Demand by Food
ers Tw Market When Hold
O. A. C, Corvallls, Ore. This is
a god year for stacking hay. The
practice of cutting liny, rakiug It,
and suring it n cocks where it Is left
until It Is baled saves soaie labor,
but s an etvenaive and wasteful pro
cess from tlitf standpoint of forage.
"Much hay Is spoiled annually by
bleaching and by wettng." says G.
It. Hyslop, professor of farm crops In
the Oregon Agriculture College.
"Most of the loss in quality and in
shrinkage may be saved by stacking
the hay. Lest labor nt baling time
is required, and the hay is more uni
form. In addition to thlj, the ex
cessive drying out and brittlenuss
may be avoided, giving a leafy,
tough, palatable, nutritious type of
hay with good color. This is the
kind of hay most in demand by feed
ers and the hay which tops tha mar
ket when offered for sale.
To build a hay stuck a foundation
preferably cf poles or boards or of
old srtaw or weeds or Boiue material
of that sort should be put on the
ground to prevent moisture drawing
up jnto the stack, points out Profes
sor Hyslop. The hay should it pos
sible, be pitched on the stack from
both sides, as the large amount of
tramping on one side when hay is
only pitched on from that side, re
sults tn uneven settling.
The middle of the stack must be
kept built high so that In 'settling
there is always a .endency for any
moisture which may penerate the
str.ck to run out. Care shothd be
taken not to build the stack too wide
as It will necessitate extreme high
handling in order to top It satisfactorily.
Mr. Justwed This soup seems
"cry thin. What did you una ttu
stock? His Bride Why, yuu see,
Mr Hoover advises us to u the
water food has been boiled In so 1
tisrd the broth from the boiled pubs.
--Judge.
BILLS
J.
for Live Stock
For the first six months of our operations
under the Food Administration, ending
April 30, 1918, Swift & Company paid for
- DRESSED WEIGHT LBS.
live stock - 1,558,600,000 $323300,000
For the same
period in 1917 1,338,300,000 $210,400,000
Increase in
Weight 16Vfc 220,300,000
Increase
in cost 5496 - - - $113,400,000
The Consumer's
Bill for Meat
must necessarily have increased
correspondingly, as Live Stock
prices and meat prices fluctuate
together.
When the producer gets high
prices.for his live stock, the con
sumer's meat bill must neces
sarily be larger.
, Year Book of interesting and
instructive facts sent on request.
Address Swift ft Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
EMERGENCY BUILDING
COSTS $1,170,619,000
The totul coot for National Army
cantonments was $140,738,473, ac
cording to c statement by the War
Department. The National Guard
crmps cost $38,376,272.
Emergency work to provide for
soldiers In this country and to pro
vide buildings for the manufacture
and storage of material both here
md abroad undertaken by the con
struction division of the army, which
has been executed or is under way
ar.d in prospect up to June 1, will
cost about $1,170,619,000. This total
is exclusive of three operations cost
ing $106,000,000 under the direct
control of the Ordnance department.
Up to June 1 the construction di
vision had completed S3 lobs at a
toir.l cost of $201,250,000. It has
244 operations' under way, which
when finished. will cost about $270,
369,000. Preparations are being
r.ir.de to start work on 117 new
operations which are expected to cort
$700,000,000.
REPAIR OF CLOTHING
SAVES EQUIPMENT
Through the operation of repair
shops for clothing and other articles
a considerable caving has been made
at army camps. One camp quarter
master estimates trie issue of new
clothing has decreased one-third, and
of shoes 40 per cent.
At a base repair shop for clothing
an averaKe of 2,831 garments were
repaired dally during the first 18
days of May. In addition to the work
j done at base repair shops, many
thousands of garments are repaired
at camp shops, one shop being located
I at each large camp.
I During Aprl nearly 170,000 pairs
; of 'shoes were repaired In army re
j pair shops. At present practically all
hat repairing is done by contract,
I the price varying from tO to 90 cents
per hat.
This work is In charge of the con
servatlon and reclamation division of
the quartermaster corps, which has
been in operation only during the
last four months.
As a result of the studies at the
front, methods have been developed
vhereby more than 80 per cent of
the wounded, who originally remain
ed, p.t the military hospitals for
months, are now cured and returned
to the forces In three or four weeks.
In order that army surgeons station
ed at camps, cantonmentB and other
military hospitals tn this country
may thoroughly understand the lat
est treatment of war wounds, the
xrmy medical department has had
established special classes of Instruc
tion to which are sent selected offic
ers who, upon completion of their
courses, return to their own hospi
tals and instruct ether surgeons In
ttieso methods.
Whooping Cough.
In this disease It Is Important that
the cough be kept loose and expector
ation easy, which can be done by giv
ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Mrs. P. II. Martin, Peru, Ind., writes,
"My two daughters had whooping
cough. I gave them Ohamberlaln's
Cough Remedy and It worked like a
Provide the boys with the things they need to
make short work of him.
Help the boys get guns, clothes, aircraft, food,
munitions and the ships to get over with. These
are the things they need, and they cost money
hunks of it.
JUNE 28
National War Savings Day
Make a pledge lo buy War Savings Stamps
The more quickly our soldiers have all the things they need, the more quickly
the ships will be bringing them victoriously back to us.
w. s. s.
National War Savings Committee
' This Hpiu o I'ontrihuttN for Ui Winning of the War by 4)1
R. CONSTANTIN
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Stayed at Home
Invest for those
Who Went
June 28th is Patriot's Pledge Daythe day the government calls
upon you to give a new pledge of loyalty; new proof of your will to win;
new evidence that your dollars as well as your hearts are behind the men
facing the Hun on the martyred fields of fair France,
National War Savings Day
Friday, June 28th
SAV?NGSaSTAMPS l PerS"al pledge t0 bV WAR
tanr " JavinKS Stamps pay you well, though that isn't half as impor-
Zl " i ? mn2 dCS fr that bV-ybe your own-"over
carTrirf iT0" "J fd KinK t0 him- KeeP his cliP9 ful1 f
cartridges. And shoes on his feet.
comeVftrnridOUrb0ySVCrthetop with the Ro-Ret-'m feeling that
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