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BROOK1NGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, O R IS O N
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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
$1.00 p er couple
4. In m any forests no sm ok
A'FFRFSH.VF.VKS’
ing is allow ed except in desig
n ated places.
THURSDAY, AV(
Mrs. Estelle G arrard returned Mrs. E. E. Hanscam. This is the
home last week a fte r working in first tim e since the C hristm as of
the fruit, east of the m ountains, 1940 th a t all six of the Ilanscam
children have been at home a t
several weeks.
Mrs. Fern Riggs of E ureka is the same time.
a house guest at the home of Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. E arl Simpson of
and Mrs. Z. Calloway this week. San Francisco have taken posses
Mr. and Mrs. Callow’ay and their sion of the form er Beasley prop
children will move to Orick to erty and are m aking th eir home
m ake their home about Oct. 1.
here perm anently.
Joe Bush made a business trip
The Orton Bros, have opened
to Parker, Ariz., last week, plann their fish stand a t H arbor, and
ing to return to H arbor the la t have aon sale, salmon and sea-
te r part of this week. .
fish, also planning to have crab
Mr. and Mrs. Reeves Taylor of *n as they can.
Eugene spent the week-end with
The Misses Mildred C raw ford
Mrs. Taylor’s parents, Mr. and*and Jean G ardner are spending a
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tint? at Butte Falls v .
Mina Pankey and
The new* addition to Hi
store is now finished and’
re-arranged to make
self-serving types. Tw0 l
of flow ers were sent to a
by Mr. and Mrs. Roy He
Monday for the opening
Mr. and Mrs. J. d . Bra
turned Monday from aw»
which took them as far t,
San Francisco. They reso
tourist travel is very
the present time where’
journeyed.
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August 31
0 C E A N
Th»$ 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.
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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.
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On Highway 101—3 miles North of Brookings
Ideal Fur Bulb Land nr a Homesite
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PREVEN T
PETE .1. LESMEISTER AGENCY
Brookings—or
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George Eller
2225 S. E. Ankenv .
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— Kerr SawmiU
J. J. Andrews
Box 252
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