Image provided by: Chetco Community Public Library; Brookings, OR
About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1946)
r BROOK1NGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, O R IS O N the Crr> t LU ’ Azalea Garden Club Enjoys Trips Into California Redwood And Park Tracts View Redwoods and Hear Talks Concerning Forest Service Plans For Propagation 5. Be sure to put out camp Azalea G arden club to u r of the redwoods, Tuesday, was under the tires and cigarettes. 6, Any person w ho allow s any leadership of Mr. Reynolds, of the s ta te fo restry board of C alifornia, fire burning on his property to assisted by Mr. Raymond. A. W al- escape to th a t of a n o th e r w ithout dien of th<« forestry service and exercising diligence to control, is Kelly McGuire, logging su p erin liable for dam ages. The second tra c t viisted be tendent of the C asper L um ber Co. M eeting at the Luick home a t longed to Mr. Reynolds, who is Sm ith River, the two p arties pro planning a tre e farm . This tra c t ceeded up Rowdy creek to th e w as cut 60 y ea rs ago by Hobbs & I ranch. H ere a second grow th of W ells Co. of C rescent City. Here,! redwoods w ere viewed. The o rig d uring the lunch h o u r Mr. Rey-i inal grow th had been cut 20 y ea rs nolds told of the histo ry of the ago. H ere Mr. Reynolds gave a s ta te fo restry board and the w o rk | talk on the two types of grow th, it w as doing. This grove is along the old needling and stum p, utilizatio n of undergrow th and trees, and p ro right-of-w ay of a railro ad , andi tection of the new grow th from consequently all tree s w ere seed lings. Above th e right-of-w ay w ere forest fires. Seedlings in this tra c t w ere the m other trees, Seeds have been beau tiful trees, while the stum p blown as ta r as 170 feet from the grow th varied from brush about cones down th e hill and up the, tin* old trees, to larg e trees, but hill as fa r as 70 feet. Follow ing lunch th e group went from u tility point o f v ie w did not m a k e to r goisl lum ber as did the to C rescent City, then out the se e d lin g s. I old highw ay to Mil, C reek Me W hile s , leaking of utilization, m orial road. H ere th e ladies h a lt Mr Reynolds m entioned alders ed several tim es, looking at the and ferns. A ld e rs, he explained, big trees m easu rin g som e of them could lx* used when thev reached j I as well as to listen to talks. Mr. 21 inches in d iam eter, in m anu- • ! Reynolds tolds of th e h isto ry and ta ' tu re of fu rn itu re ; ferns could j tin* cost of this grove. 'Phe last stop took th«' club to be so ld to florists, and is a yearly crop ; S tout M em orial, a fifth of m ile Under fire protection Mr. K ey -! ! off the old highw ay. This tra c t nolds m entioned th a t th g r e a t w as given by th e S to u t fam ily in est nu m lx'r of tires w ere m a n 1 m em ory of Jac k S to u t, fa th e r of made. eith< r intentional or by 1 Jac k S tout, who once lived at carelessness. When speak in g of Brookings. H ere was en joyed sev e a sc a ta hark, he said a stum p, e ra l talk s on forestry, its w ork IK inches high w ith ihe bark on and aim s H ere a redw ood stands.! should be left standing as this ! m easuring 54 feet in d iam eter. A lte r friendly talks, and fights tie c will recover and produce a I w ith m osquitos, th e C u b headed lot m ore com m ercial bark. Mr Raymond, d istrict fo restry , ¡or home ag reein g th at a day had, man. ^poki* of fires and p ro tectio n Ix en W’ell-spent. An u n d e rsta n d of fnrest by disposition of old ing iiad been brought about and I limbs, dead tree s and such. His ’ by which the g roup now appreci- sto iie s about "B lue Blossom" o r la tc s the w ork of the fo restry de Wfild Lilac" was in tere stin g This p a t t m erit. grow th covers m any acres in the so u th ern p art of C alifornia a f te r fill's, fhis plant, by its p ec u lia r g row th bamjM'rs re fo resta tio n Mt Jack ( ’raw fo rd r e t u r n e d to A W’aldien w as busy d u rin g the K lam ath Falls. F rid a y . a f te r vis first two ta lk s w ith a boring tool iting h er m other. Mrs. R uth B ath-; w hich be used on tw o seedling iany. for a w eek trees He t»ored w ith this hollow Mr. and Mrs F red R oiling went tu b e into th e h e a rt of the tree, to Olene last w eek w here they and as be w ithdrew the tool, he stay ed over night On th e ir re- b ro u g h t «ut a slen d er core of tu rn they w ere accom panied by wooil ex ten d in g from th e h a r k 1 th ir son. Gene, who had s jx n t the to the h e a rt, show ing th e an n u a l | sum m er w orking for one of his rings an d grow th of the tree. He b ro th ers pointed out. from the rings, which seasons had been wet o r dry. Hei also m easured alders Among som e of the reg u latio n s m entioned w e re: H arb o r G range H all 1. T ret's cut on forest lan d , Sponaored by m ust have a d ia m e te r of 24 inches! or m ore. 2. T here m ust be fo u r seed SATURDAY tree s left per acre. 3. No high stum ps m ay he left $1.00 p er couple 4. In m any forests no sm ok A'FFRFSH.VF.VKS’ ing is allow ed except in desig n ated places. THURSDAY, AV( Mrs. Estelle G arrard returned Mrs. E. E. Hanscam. This is the home last week a fte r working in first tim e since the C hristm as of the fruit, east of the m ountains, 1940 th a t all six of the Ilanscam children have been at home a t several weeks. Mrs. Fern Riggs of E ureka is the same time. a house guest at the home of Mr. Mr. and Mrs. E arl Simpson of and Mrs. Z. Calloway this week. San Francisco have taken posses Mr. and Mrs. Callow’ay and their sion of the form er Beasley prop children will move to Orick to erty and are m aking th eir home m ake their home about Oct. 1. here perm anently. Joe Bush made a business trip The Orton Bros, have opened to Parker, Ariz., last week, plann their fish stand a t H arbor, and ing to return to H arbor the la t have aon sale, salmon and sea- te r part of this week. . fish, also planning to have crab Mr. and Mrs. Reeves Taylor of *n as they can. Eugene spent the week-end with The Misses Mildred C raw ford Mrs. Taylor’s parents, Mr. and*and Jean G ardner are spending a I tint? at Butte Falls v . Mina Pankey and The new* addition to Hi store is now finished and’ re-arranged to make self-serving types. Tw0 l of flow ers were sent to a by Mr. and Mrs. Roy He Monday for the opening Mr. and Mrs. J. d . Bra turned Monday from aw» which took them as far t, San Francisco. They reso tourist travel is very the present time where’ journeyed. Read the want ads— -it or BaSSlefbld ft.** f« =F J/J •f Mr i, ’ w 9> 9 ■ Local News hems I) \ N (' E V. F. W. August 31 0 C E A N Th»$ looks like a battlefield. But you can see the w n e thing in too many of A m e r ica's lo r«,' playgrounds. O ver there it ’s bombs. H ere it's forest arid woods fires. M a ‘<es returned S rrv k c m e n fee- rg h t at home. y es, forest and woods fi/Cs/ Fires that burn 3 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 acres every yeer— more than the whole State of N ew York. Fires that kill billions of little trees— tomor row s tim b e r and enough big ones to b u i.d £ 1 5 ,0 0 0 five-room homes. Fires t.ist denude vital watershed*,- cause floods and erosion; scar Nature s beauty. But here s the payofL K .a e o tt of ten Icr~*t and wood* fires C A N be prevented . . . because they are caused by good, law-ab d ng citizens— tike you! So you can help save A m erica’s forests— and tubs and homes for her Servicemen— 6y beino careful in oft forest a rear. IT LTH & - ‘* Remember this: Preventing forest and woods ires is b e tte r-fa r better--than fighting them. So read the rules on this page then abide by them. Do your part . . . afways. V IE W 1’ A 1! K On Highway 101—3 miles North of Brookings Ideal Fur Bulb Land nr a Homesite aroar __ ____ ALSO TIMBER l.AXD SITES PREVEN T PETE .1. LESMEISTER AGENCY Brookings—or p ,,, o, George Eller 2225 S. E. Ankenv . F IR E * — Kerr SawmiU J. J. Andrews Box 252 ► < **♦ ** a ‘ * ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 0 4 /« w » R y
