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Section T w o 16 Pages Cottage Grove Sentinel N U M B E R 22 C O TTA G E GROVE, L A N E C O U N TY , OREGON TH U R S D A Y , JA N U A R Y 15. 1953 BLM Faces Beetle-Killed Tree Disaster;' Smith River Area Said To Be Worst Hit V 1st Nat. Releases Year End Figures ' Statement of condition figures released today by the First N a tional Bank of Cottage Grove show that, as of December 31. 1952, deposits at the bank were $8,185.487, loans were $2,460.915 and total resources were $8,948,- 720. This bank is an affiliate of the First National Bank of P o rt land. In reporting the figures, H . E. Eakin, cashier of th> bank, also gave the figures for the bank a year ago. On December 30, 1951, deposits', w ere $9.003.817. loans were $1,269,156 and total re sources wei e $9,678.448, At the same time, figures were reported by the First National group, eopsisting of the First N a tional Bank of. Portland and its 48 stateyvide banking offices and 15 affiliated banks with 18 offices. On 'December 31. 1952, deposits were $729.824,388, loans were $355,945,791 and total resources were $797,324,175. Over December 30, 1951 First National Bank group deposits in creased $44.832,840, loans were up $35,792,282 and total resounces in creased $58,715,134. The Bureau of Land Manage ment, with the largest amount of revenue yet received from O&C timber reported in 1952, is faced with a disastrous problem in the enormous amounts of timber found to be affected by windstorms and 1 the,widespread Douglas fir beetle ‘ epidemic which had its' origin in i the wind thrown trees. The B LM i has found its worst problem i n 1 the remote Roman Nose area on Smith River west of Cottage Grove.- ' ..•• • ‘ The beetle problem was over shadowing the good flews of the near $11 million in revenue from sale of O&C land» in Oregon and ¡ over $700,000 from public domain i lands in Oregon, Wàshington and ; Idaho. The BLM estimates that more • than 3 billion board feet of O&C and public domain timber is wind- thrown or beet le-killed. Whenever possible, that timber should be logged immediately, to utilize the, trees and prevent further spread’ of the beetle, the B LM ieported. A recent survey disclosed that the largest^ concentration, of damage is in Coos, Lane and ' Douglas counties. Ross Youngblood, B LM Coos ¡ Bay district forester, has inspect ed the area from both.the a ir and the ground. He estimates that ap proxim ately 20„ percent of the merchantable timber is down and that the bark beetlps are moving ip about 130,000 acres of tjje a red which has a volume of idear- y~ 3 TiiTRon board feet. A survey has been completed for a federal BEETLE-KILLED DOUGLAS FIR trees, with large concentration in Lane, Douglas timber access toad into the w ater and Coos counties, creates problem for Bureau of Land Management, with greatest sal The State Highway commission shed. But, Youngblood reports, it vage problem yet to come in 1953. Worst problem is in remote Roman Nose area on Smith received six bids for the $10 m il may take five years to reach some River west of Cottage Grove and north of Scottsburg. Circle enclosed patches of trees lion bond issue sold last week. of the down and beetle-infested in above picture are all beetle-killed. • . » ■, . Effective interest rates offered by timber and remove It. • ’ . ..------• "> . , The BLM took many steps in fhe bidders ranged from 1.9928095 percent by the First National 1952 to expedite the salvage of Altogether, 1,412 firms <983 of Bank of Chicago and 28 associates damaged timber. Congress was re them smalt businesses t in 28 states quested to and did appropriate to 2.074857 percent. participate directly with a major The interest rates offered by additional funds to increase tho airfram e m anufacturer as sup the successful .bidder were 1% numher for foresters to speed MP 4 pliers of materials in a jet bomb for $500,000.00 *in bonds maturing timber sales. Emergency regula er. Some 79 percent of the result in 1954, 1% % for $6,500.000.00 in tions Were issued to grant short ant .purchases hy these subcon I bonds maturing from 1955 to 1967, term access-across B LM lands to tr a c to r s , in turn, are made w ith and 2 % for $3 m illion in bonds remove salvage timber. . Restric small business firms.-.." ■ ‘ maturing from 1968 to 1973. The tions were eased oo the m arket -total amount of interest that the ing area requirements to allow Legal Forms- The Sentinel .state w ill pay upon the bonds will O&C logs to be hauled beyond the be $2,092,450.00. The bonds ma boundaries of the O&C marketing ture in installments of $500,000.00 areas, after the timber is once each year from 1953 to 1972 in offered for competitive bidding clusive and those maturing after and does not sell. The greatest progress in sal 1963 are subject to optiohal re demption on or a fte r March 1, vage will, however, be found in the 1953 timber sale program, thè 1963. The first two issues of highway BLM stated. Plans have been com bonds sold from the $40 million pleted to offer 618,650,000 board authorized by the 1951 legislature feet of which more than half, or went at interest rates of 1.6Wfc 326,330,000 board feet, w ill be * and 1.63% respectively. W hile the salvage sales. Roscoe E. Bell, regional admin WE SERVICE rate of the bonds just sold is con WE SELL siderably higher than the rates istrator of the B LM for the -Pa-' bid upon the previous two issues, cific Northwest, praised the co the rate is in line w ith rates upon operative aerial-ground survey of high grade state and municipal approxinfately 13 million acres in bonds and conforms closely to the the Douglas-fir belt to locate and rate w h i c h the federal govern determiné the exent of -the blow 1061 Tyler St., Cottage Grove ment is paying upon 91 day trea down and beetle-kill damage as 22-ltc the outstanding forestry project sury bills. ' Call of the year. For five weeks last summer fly Personal Stationery— The Sentinel 709 Main —------ Ph. 100 ing and ground crews made up of men from federal and private forest agencies w o r k e d to gether to make aerial maps of the blowdown and beetle-kill, and to ground check the maps and in formation for accuracy. When the survey was completed and the facts added up, both private tim- berland owners and the managers, of federal and state forest were astounded, at the damage. The timber salvage job is the largest since the Tillamook burn. I t is expected'to exceed even that forest catastrophe (which covered approximately 370,000 acres). The present problem of, windthrown and beetle-infested timber ft scattered over 7,000,000 acres, much of it in areas without roads. I t is Sow estimated that 10 billion board ' feet of timber is dead or dying. This is greater than the total cut in western Oregon and western Washington in 1952. The entomologists further believe that •the bark beetle epidemic w ill con tinue to spread during 1953, add ing another two to five billion board feet to the damage. Bell pointed out that in Octo ber the 18 counties in the O&C area of western Oregon were paid $6,053,458.39 as their share of the 1952 income. Douglas county re ceived more than $ l l/i million, T H E B E A U T IF U L Jackson County over $1 million, and Lane county almost $1 mil lion. Chicago Bank Buys State Hiway Bonds A n n o u ncin g SEE Service and Contracting WOLFARD’S The biggest variety of the finest quality foods are always to be found at this friendly home owned market. SOAPS NUCOA KETCHUP «► ' v. S H A D TaI1 Cans T U N A Bonito — No. Always the best Lb. Ea. Heinz large size ■» * - S A L M O N Bonfire Brand — No. 1 tall P E A R S Yamhill — No, 2’ i tins P E A C H E S Cal Top — No. 2Vi Clings POTATOES CALATOS U. 8. No. 2 Medium Size 50 fe $1.69 2 or 19c For economy plus real quality you’ll love these fine coffees. II WOLFARD’S SHAMROCK z . . ■J Ï 2 for 35c Each 19c Each 39c 4 É Ê S1.00 4 for 51.00 IS tins » 5t 27c 23c * V I ■■■ WOLFAR^’S SKYW Ai - I SHAMROCK Bob Bauder - Whole Roast W OLFARDS c a r t a »« m o > i oacaoM .. I 79c W O IF A R O '« lb. cervAoa m o > i owcaow ? 1 State Farm Agent FIRST for all THREE! 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The Dads club annually awards five full-tuition scholarships to needy and deserving students and sponsors a h o s t, of other off- campus activities for OSC stu dents and alumni. - The American Army was the first army in the world to screen against m alarial mosquitoes. The step was taken in 1898 and greatly reduced incidence of malaria. BEEF STEW CHILI CON U R N E 69c 2 15-ox. tins' 49c 2 15-ox. t in s - 1 No. 2H tin ................... 69c 4 15-ox. tins ........... HASH . gfcr’l 00 OCCIDENT Fi°ur—25 ib- 2 *0 9 Silver Skillet, Corned beef Be sure to attend the Occident Baking School Thursday, «Ian. 22nd, 2 p.m. — Arcade Vhehtre_____ Kelly’s Mkt Quality Meats - Guaranteed Fresh Top Grade Beef Fresh Ground Beef . • 49c Snort Ribs »> 39c Nebergall’s Best LITTLE PIG Large Frankfurters »> 39c Link Sausage * 59c Morrell’s Smoked Picnics » 39c Pure Lard 2-lb. pkg. 29c ■ i ; J Frozen Fish and Turkeys 1 WDLFARD 5 X(7¿//C TRI E N DL Y TOOD STO R E 637 M AIN ST. - COTTAGE GROVE PHONE ■ I I
