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Campfire Permits
tW «mr
*' Not Required in
Established August 15, 1889
Five Nat’l Forests
W. C. MARTIN „................. -...........
— Editor, Publisher
Dg««
Tiw Ncnilnel. Collimi' Grove, Oregon
Washington Letter
By Harris Ellsworth, Rep. In
Congress from Oregon
For some time the two fedent
district judges in Oregon have
Campfire permits will not lie re-
lx*«-n badly overworked The pop
Rubaeription rates, eash in advance. No subscription for less quired tn 1949 on the Rogue river,
ulation of our state has incroaned
than three months.
1 Yr.
6 Moa.
3 Moa Siuslaw. Whitman and Umatilla
nearly 50 per cent. An additional
tn Lane and Douglas Counties _____ 2.50
1.50
1.00 < national forests in Oregon and the
federal judge is badly need«*d. Th«'
Outside Thia District ......................... 3.00
1.75
1.50 Olympic national forest In Wash-
Hous«' recently sent to the Senate
'
ington,
according
to
an
announev-
Foreign Rates on Application.
a bill creating it number of new
men by H. J. Andrews, regional
fideral district judges, including
forester, Pacific Northwest region
an additional judge for Oregon.
Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, as second class matter.
of the U. S. forest service. Port
Although th«' bill was passa'd
land. Oregon.
without many negativt* votes, an
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
On the other national forests in
interesting floor buttle developid
1 I a ssoeA tk J n
0> e clodQll
E ■
this region, campfire permits will
over an amendment off«*red by
continue to be required during the
Representutiv«' Keating, n Repub
I period July 1 to September 30.
lican from New York. He point«*d
except on certain specified im
out that federal judge* arc ttp-
proved campgrounds.
FARM MECHANIZATION CONTINUES APACE
(Miintcd for life nnd that during
“The lifting of the campfire per-
The average farmer has probably forgotten how to harness
th«' last 18 years of control by th«'
on«' party numerous vacancies
a team, particularly if the process is anything out of the ordin ' mit requirement on these five na-
have occurred. Th«' result is a f«*d-
ary, even though it has not been many years since most of the ' tiona) forests is on a trial basis,"
Andrews stall'd “We hope to be
eral judiciary preponderantly of
farmers used horses. The l>ix>t figures available say that there able to use the cxia’rience gained
one party. His ntnendment simply
are now 3,250.000 tractors on 5,600.000 farms The number of this year in determining whether
provided Hint n<> more than two-
tractors on farms represents an increase of alamt two million permits for building campfires are
thirds of the m'wly created judges
since 1940.
necessary anil justified as a fire
should be npixiinted from one po
The mechanization of the American farm has be<*ome more prevention measure or whether
litical party A hot fight deve|<>|xsl
or less of an old story. Nevertheless it may still be somewhat of further easing of requirements
»n th«' fkior. It was pointtsl out
a shock to realize that the number of horses and mules on the can be made."
in th«' debate that of the lust IW»
Andrews pointed out that there
farm has dwindled from 20.000.000 in 1920 to 8.000,000 in 1949
federal judges nppomtc<l, 182 of
them ww registered ns Demo-
and a large numlier of the remaining horses eould be classed as ' has been a marked decrease in
•ruts and onl> seven Republicans
saddle horses. The colt drop in 1948 was only 200.000, sufficient the number of forest fires caused
Thus it was cotTcctly d«*clnred
only to maintain a horse and mule population of only 3,500.000 by campfires escaping. During the
past five years, the number
that our system of government
head.
dropped from 123 to 49. During
which is supposed to consist of
The increase in the numlier of garden tractors has probaldy the same period, the use of the
thro«* in«ic|x'n<1ent branches leg
lieen mote rapid. It was only in the last few years that the national forests in this region by
islative, executive, nnd judicial,
garden tractor came into general use. The increase from 1945 to campers increased from 597.380 to
has in fact for some time (except
1948 amounted to 130.000.
739,200. Heavy recreational use
for the years 1947 and UMM when
the Republicans <x>ntrolletl Con-
Tractors have meant larger American farms and fewer has caused additional problems in
gresa) be«*n «xrmpletely controlled
farmers ami they are largely responsible for the big increase in giving th«’ public adequate service
in the issuance of permits for
hy one political party. Th«* Demo
farm foods and farm grains.
crats fought the amendment and
As has been discussed before in these columns mechanisa campfires. This year on five na
it was defeated.
tion of the farm and highways has brought a number of changes tional forests. th«> forest gaurds
who have txx'n spending much of
For the benefit of mcmlicrx of
to the rural people. It has made them less dependent on the their time at their stations issu
th«* ilenxxTat party who might
community or general store and more unfortunate perhaps it has ing permits will be able to give
like a chuckle at the expense of
erased the identity of community thru the consolidation of the more on-the-ground assistance and
Republicans, it may lx* noted thnt
school districts.
advice to campers on how to build
the RepublU'nn Congress could
and put out a campfire.
have passctl this legislation Inst
FEAR PLAYS ITS PART TOO
year but deciih-d to wait until this
Andrews praised the public for
year so that a Republican presi
Now that prices are slitting on a good many commodities, its cooperation in being careful Dear Editor:
dent (we thought I eould appoint
Will
you
please
print
this
as
I
with
fire
in
the
forests.
He
said
some art* inclined to be a hit panicky anti express a fear of an
Navy men in the Arctic an* show th«* new judges! Now they will hr
other 1932 era. which is what might happen if enough people felt that the fire prevention reconi think our town should wake up.
I am a native born citizen of ing the Eskimos how to harv«*st appointed by Presid«'nt Tiumnn
that the nation and the world in general was bound to hit was excellent during the war Cottage
Grove and have always their water "crop" with modem anyhow.
years and that this trend has con
bottom.
tinued since then. If the experi been proud of it until June the machinery methods.
It has not been but a few short years that we were living ments this year indicate that th«' 15th. Here is my reason:
Washington has been pretty
Ice. th«* main source of water
in an era of rising prices and prospective shortages; in fact as campfire permit is not needed to
One of our small gixx'erymen ‘su|>ply in many xx-tions of th«* much agog over the spy or espion
recently as the 1948 election the average candidate for national make campers fin* conscxius. it passed away very suddenly and Arctic, has Ixx'n harvested by the age or perjury trials whichever
going on
office did not know whether to advocate controls for rising may be possible to ease this re at the funeral I looked around and Eskimo with a rudimentary hand you might call them
prices or legislation to scotch another depression. We realised quirement more widely in the fu only on«* business man could I see. saw and leather thong each fall rx>w. As on«* memtx*r put it “we
M*em to b«* just about kn<*«'-de«*p
then just as we must realize now that high prices can not con ture. Easement of the campfire Where is our resp«*ct for thos«* since time immemorial.
in ’red herrings’ around here now."
who
have
gone
before
us
and
the
permit
n*quirement
in
no
way
re
Navy
Seabees
at
Point
Barrow.
tinue indefinitely and that we must face a period of adjustment.
I have Ixs-n deeply disturlxsl
Now that the period we were sure would come is here .there is lieves the camper of the necessity dear family left behind. The l«*ast Alaska, decided th«*y could im over the blow dealt a splendid
no need to get panicky altout the situation that must come with of and responsibility for building that could have been done was for prove upon the slow manual meth organization, th«* FBI. because th«'
his campfire in a safe place and all stores to close during the fu od used by the Eskimos of cut
resumption of normal peace time activities.
putting it dead out before leaving neral. That would have only been ting ice into blocks with a hand- judge in the Copion trial allowed
The real danger liesnot in thinking the situation through as These are state and federal re about forty-five minutes and I sw
arid then physically dragging napers in thrir secret files to hr
most of us should, but in getting in the same frame of mind that quirements that will be rigidly don’t think any one would have th«* blocks out of the water with read in open court. These papers
'•ontained numerous names in re-
makes us flee from a fire ami trample our fellow human beings enforced.
missed that! I have seen them a leather thong.
jxrrts accumulated by the FBI. It
t<|death in trying to reach safety. A lurking dread is generally
Campers using the five forests close for several hours for a ball
They adapt«*d a motor driven,
was sensational stuff, of course,
much worse than facing the real thing.
exempted from the permit re game. Mr. William Stilling has al circular-blaii' timber saw mount
Whether we continue to prosper or whether we let things quirement are urged to camp at ways been a good citizen. He al ed on wheels to th«* ancient task but I think th«' reporting of the
trial has been gi nerally if uninten
go to pot depends on us. A good thing to remember is that bad improved spots where stoves, fire ways help>*d in any small way he of ice cutting, brought up a weasel
■ould.
t>ut
it
seems
like
the
"Big
places
and
other
facilities
have
(snow
tractor!
to
pull
the
sawed
times, if and when they come, as they probably will, do not ac
tually rmiuce the material wealth of the world. It’s fear that been provided for their safety and Boys" across the river forgot the cakes from the water, and then
‘Small Boys" on the west side. slid the finished products ashore
gives us the urge to get what ever we can for our material pos enjoyment.
The
trouble is that our side of on bent-pipe skids.
M. M. Nelson, forest supervisor
sessions, the same urge as makes us in a hurry to get out of a
town is the wrong side.
The result was 40 tons of ice cut
of
the
Umpqua
national
forest
burning building regardless of the consequences.
We are proud of it as in the old and stored in an eight-hour day
adds the following note:
"The Umpqua has gone as far days the west side was the main the equivalent of 280 commercial-
A SAFE FOURTH
as they can in marking designated •street of Cottage Grove. When our size, 300 pound cakes of ice. or
Fourth of July is still some distance away. But it’s a good camping spots which are even merchants treat the old part of mon* than an energetic Eskimo
idea to plan, well in advance, certain precautions that can pre only slightly improved where town the way they do. it reminds could cut and store in 80 days.
camping is permitted without a me of the way people say the chil
vent the holiday from being a time of tragedy.
dren are treating the parents.
Ilie old saying almut observing “a safe and sane Fourth” campfire permit. This gives the Well, why not • "Die parents are CORVALLIS VOTES NO
ON LIQUOR
public
a
wide
selection
of
the
may stew trite from years of repetition. But it is as sound as it
setting a very good example. The
On*gon State College A pro
places
where
they
may
camp
ever was. Every year, failure to follow it results in death and
without securing a permit. This only time the "Boys" on main posal lo ask the state liquor com
injury, and property destruction by fire.
has been made possible through street remember the west side is mission to establish a store in
FlrewVrks are the most obvious hazard. At liest. they are the excellent cooperation received when we do not want something Corvallis has been vot«d down by
dangerous. They should never l»e used in congested areas, or in from the camping public during and they think we should have it. close to a two-to- one majority in
woods and fields where a spark may cause a runaway fire. the past ten years, as over that Then they get behind it and try an advisory election held in con
Children should not be permitted to handle them except under period of time only two fires have to shove it over. But thank our junction with another ballot item
strict adult supervision.
occurred on this forest which heavenly father they don’t always The college town has banned th«-
win!
sale of hard liquor since 1906.
Each Fourth of July, millions of people go info the country could be attributed to campfires.
Boys or men. I should say let’s When the state liquor commission
This
is
an
excellent
record
con
for picnics. The national parks and other beauty spots are filled
see if we can’t show mon* resp»*ct was established the city council
to overflow ing. The careless use of matches, smoking materials sidering the fact that the Umpqua in the future. And remember our asked that no store be established
has been visited by an average
and nampfirys is responsible for a disgraceful and totally un- number of approximately 100,000 departed brother still has a widow here. The popular advisory vote
necessary toll of the woods anti the wildlife in them. The campers each year during this and son in business on the west was sought locally to see if senti
simplest, most obvious precautions will save these resources for period."
side of the river. Let's show them ment had changed. It hasn't.
we are behind them. Here is hop
the future.
Wedding Announcements and
ing this will never happen again.
Fire safety should lie practiced on the Fourth—and on
Mrs. Wilda King
Invitations. —The Sentinel.
every other day in the year. Of late, there has been a small but
vA
Fnusjnfi^iinii
Letter to the Editor
tionally Unfair to the FBI. The
stuff read at the trial was merely
miactdlaneous dAta gathered from
all sorts of sources. It was not
supptMcd to be factual nnd did not
leprvsa m conclusions or reports by
th«' FHl Obviously an Investigat
ing agency must accumulate
material ot this sort and sift it
out. Practically all of that which
was read In court nnd widely
print«*d in newspa|XTs rvpreM'nted
nothing hut worthless chaff. The
reading of it not only did harm to
those whose names were, mention
ed but untold harm to the FBI.
enough money to cotnplele Iha
This was partly due to th«* fact
that const ruction exists Increased
anil |Hirtly dur to changes In the
original plane As a result of Mr
Angell’s work with the committee,
I think mi udditkmal sum will lw
authoi Ized. Also, it was found
necessary to substitute two darna
on tributaries for one large dam
on the MvKenzir River The Iwo
substitute dams require technical
niiihorization
Apparently this
matter will lx- cleared also.
Thanks to the excellent work of
Representative Homer Angell from
Portland district with whom 1
have tx-en working very closely on
the problem, I think sonic addi
tional needisl authorisation (or the
Willamette flixxl control projects
will lie passed at this session Mr.
Angell Is a ranking memlier on
the House Public Works Cum-
mitte«* which handles this legisla
tion.
The original Willamette project
authorisation which was passed
iiwire than ten years agn did not
|i e r ni i I the appro|>rhiHon of
A New Hampshire girl who
ciime west to get married left for
hona* .Saturday in tragedy. With
her will go the Ixidy of the mnn
she married a week ago.
He was I king la« Birney Mitch
ell, fatally crushed by a log near
Scottsburg Thursday. His bride,
the former Janet Catherine Mes
sier, came to Oregon ten days ago.
They were marriixl nt Rixxts-
port June 10, then Mitchell went
back to his job ns a log louder.
He will I m < buried In Derry, N. H.,
where Ixith livixl previously.
KEF.DSPORT I.O<iUER KII4JEI)
»Uh AFTER VI VKKIAHE
Navy Shows the
Eskimo How to
Cut Ice Fast
<^9
“Can yw vast until I make
a withdrawal f
CAL’S SERVICE
9th and Gibbs
Phone 252
You can store
enough milk for
TWO FULL DAYS
Bohemia Nuggets
encouraging decline in monthly fire losses. The waste is still
criminally high, and the experts say that around 90 per cent of
it is attributable to human carelessness alone. It is up to us to
decide whether fire shall continue to kill and maim and destroy.
We can ship it if we will.
Oouble Strength
A railroad car charm of ataln-
less steel has twice the strength of
one built of ordinary steel, design-
era say.
Overgrazing
Packing of the soil is one of the
results of overgrazing range lands,
The result is, the soil can't soak
up water at as fast a rate.
Gibson Deluxe Refrigerator
1948 Model
Franc L Hard, president of the
Vesuvius Mines Co., of San Jose,
California, was a recent visitor in
Cottage Grove, stopping over to
confer with Ray Nelson, lessee of
the Vesuvius Mines, on business
connected with the work being
done this year.
The 125 ton ball mill of the
Champion Mine is being placed in
condition for the seasons run, by
Wm. Bartels. Jr. A floation expert
has been employed to handle the
mill and arrived this week at the
mine.
50 Years Ago, from Nugget
Stocks and Harlow started their
5 stamp mill ten days ago and arc
running full blast. They are rais
ing from their lower tunnel on a
large body of free milling ore.
With New
HANOI-SQUARE BOTTLES
® This is GROVE MAID DAIRY’S new Handl Square
bottle, that all Cottage Grove is talking about_
narrower, trimmer, easier to fit into your refrigerator,
easier to hold and pour from. It gives you FULL MEASURE of creamy- ’
rich GROVE MAID MILK — yet some refrigerators can store ns much
as 00% more in the same space formerly used for round bottles.
Ends J iune 28fh
Many refrigerators will hold only FIVE
round quarts — Yet, the same space can
hold EIGHT < HANDI SQUARE quarts
You, too, will enjoy worthwhile space
savings in your own refrigerator!
M iller
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