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BRO O K IN G S-H A RBO R PILO T, B RO O K IN G S, O R EG O N
Home of The Crojt Lily
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| products. T he co m m ittee included can F o re s try C o ngress th a t m et
ed to be radical, but « u
• not one of th e se v e ra l m illion first in 1882, an d of w hich this
since
become a firm and *
w o rk ers who job it is to c u t o u r p re s e n t co n g ress is a t least th e P art of
our forest pX>
.
f° re s ' s, a n d . « e‘ ,h e .i pr^
S ‘° n o m in al successor. T h a t first co n ­
“One
of
these issues
m ark e t, and w hose livelihood d e­ g ress an d la te r ones discussed
cussed
was
the creation a
; l * nds
i o rest co n serv atio n . N o r m an y m e a su re s w hich th en seem -
Concluded on Next
w ere tim b e r-p ro d u cts co n su m ers
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1 past, and m ust continue*1 to do so.
as such, re p resen ted , d esp ite th e
Forest Conservation
P lease rem em b er th a t g en erally
fa c t th a t it is also fo r co n su m ­
Prnirrflm
Not complete
Comolete ibe land
best and
accessible
for" e rs th a t we a re itn e re ste d in fo r­
BE SU R E TO SEE THE NEW
rrogram :>oi
.g |n most
private
ownership.
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and
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if
we
In Its Entirety
It is here th a t re ally intensive
fo restry is m ost feasible. And fail in fo rest co n serv atio n .
Lyle F. W atts, chief of th e y et on sm all holdings, which m ake
“I hope th a t in th is congress
Simplify your housecleaning with an Elect
U. S. F o rest service, in a speech up th re e -fo u rth s of the p riv a te those gro u p s not re p re se n te d a t
' W rite to
before th e A m erican F o re st Con­ forest, only four p er cent of th e H iggins L ak e w ill sp ea k out.
gress, told m any facts concerning cu ttin g follows g o o d p ractices.
“I w ould like to em p h asize to
th e a c tu a l conditions facing th is Even on th e larg e st p riv ate h old­ you th a t o u r n a tio n h as fo r gen-
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nation, som e of w hich a r e :
_________________ Brookings,
ings, w here recen t progress has e ra tio n s been stru g g lin g to w ard
“T h ere is w idespread re a liz a ­ been g re a te st, only 29 p e r cen t an effective fo rest p ro g ra m th a t +-
tion, am ong t h o s e who re ally of the cu ttin g follows good p ra c ­ w ill m eet th e public in te re s t W e
know o u r forest situ atio n , th a t it tices. On public forests th e p e r­ h av e com e a long w ay, an d we
is bad. I w an t to discuss w ith centage is 67. It ought to be c le a r s till h av e a v ery g re a t w ay to
you som e of th e basic issues in­ th a t o u r need for action in fo r­ go. W e h av e p inned down, one by
volved in building a fo rest p ro ­ estry ce n te rs upon th e p riv a te one, a few c ritic a l fo rest issues,
g ra m th a t will effectively m eet lands. T h i s is th e b ackground such as th e s e :
th is situ a tio n w ith full reg ard for ag a in st which we m u st co n sid er
“W e h av e one of th e w o rld ’s
th e public in tere st. It is m y u n ­ a forest program .
g re a te s t p u b li-fo re st sy stem s —
d e rsta n d in g th a t th e Higgins Lake
“I m ak e this em p h asis a t th e no n -p o litical an d stab le.
C om m ittee proposals and th e ir o u tset because th e reso u rce a p ­
"W e h av e m ade good p ro g ress
com panion piece, the p rin ted re ­ p ra isa l re p o rt fails to do so. T h a t in developing stro n g fo re s try o r­
port of th e Am erican F o restry report, it seem s to me, p e rs is te n t­ g an iza tio n s in th e sta te s.
A s s o c ia tio n 's R esource A pprais­ ly sh ifts a tte n tio n , aw ay from th e
“W e h av e m ade h ead w ay to w ard
al, have been p repared as a basis m ajo r problem , to th e public fo r­ a d e q u a te p ro tec tio n of o u r fo r­
fo r such a discussion a t this con­ ests. I t confuses th e problem of ests fro m fire.
FLU SH -T Y PE INTERIOR DOORS-
gress.
"W e have com e a long w ay in
supplying u rg e n t p re se n t needs
"I cannot consider the propos­ w ith tn e still la rg e r problem s of fo rest research .
C A BIN ETS A SPECIALTY
“W e h av e m ade a s t a r t to w ard
als of the Higgins Lake C om m it­ grow ing tim b e r fo r th e fu tu re .
re
aso
n
ab
ly
good
m
an
ag
e
m
en
t
of
tee in a vacuum . I need to in ­ T hus it d isto rts th e b ackground.,
“Now w h a t ab o u t th e re a lly P ^ v a te fo rests - m o stly on th e
te rp re t them in the settin g p ro ­
We make special size sash, too!
vided by the resourse ap p raisal c e n tr
e s of th e n a tio n 's
’s fo r-
u ° ln ^ s '
tra a l issu
issues
r
W e h av e th e beginnings of an
rep o rt.
est p ro g ra m ? W(h a t does H iggins
“Let me say freely and a t once L ake offer us to h elp solve som e effective p ro g ram of sp ecial aid
th a t most of the com m ittee p ro ­ of th e m a jo r problem s of io re s t to sm all fo rest ow ners.
“I need n o t rem in d you of th e
posals are, in my opinion, fully m an ag em en t ? W h a t does th e re ­
in accord w ith the best n atio n al source a p p ra isa l offer to help us p a rt played in th ese d evelopm ents
G E N ER A L CONTRACTORS
by th e fo rest service d u rin g m ore
interest. And they hit th e m ark . u n d e rsta n d those problem s ?
O r at least they a re aim ed a t it. “L et m e be fra n k . I do not b e­ th a n 40 y ears. I w ould like to
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I re fe r to such item s as g en e ral lieve th a t m ost c o n se rv atio n ists rem ind you, how ever, of the p ro m ­
public education: p ro tectio n of and those am ong you who give in en t p a rt played by th e A m eri-
forests from fire, insects, and first concern to th e in te re sts of
disease; tree p lan tin g ; fo rest co­ th e w hole people of A m erica a re
operatives. I re fe r also to in ­ going to find c e rta in of th e p ro ­
tensification of public forest m a n ­ posals and a rg u m e n ts acceptable.
agem ent, to public p ay m en ts in I. for one, vigoroously re je c t som e
lieu of taxes, to w a te rsh ed s p ro ­ of them .
tection. and to pro tectio n of o th e r
"I re fe r p a rtic u la rly to th re e
forest v alues and services.
“It is tru e, of course, th a t these m ain p a r ts of th e proposals and
a re m ostly th e old p ro g ram item s a rg u m e n ts on w hich S e c re ta ry
the accepted item s. They have A nderson has a lre a d y co m m ented:
"1. Those d ealin g w ith th e
long been a p a rt of th e p ro g ram
of the d ep a rtm en t of a g ric u ltu re . p lace of public fo rests in th e
I am filing a copy of th a t p ro g ram n a tio n a l program .
“2. In s o m e m easure, those!
for the record of congress.
“As for th e reso u rce ap p ra isa l d ealing w ith th e problem of th e J
rep o rt. it is conscise and in te re s t­ sm all p riv a te w oodlands.
“3. Those d ealing w ith public!
ingly presented. It co n tain s a
larg e a r ra y of dependable basic re g u la tio n of p riv a te fo rest p ra c-
s ta tis tic s on forest areas, volum es, t ices.
“In cid en tally , these a re th re e
classes of ow nership, an d r e la t ­
( areful I se O f C urrent Will Relieve Overload At These Times.’!
ed m a tte rs. M inor differences be- points on w hich H iggins L ake
C u rie n t b ro u g h t in on o u r line from C alifo rn ia-O reg o n Pow er Company, a.
tw een these sta tis tic s and those c o m m itte e s re p re se n ta tiv e s from
th e s ta te line, has relieved th e local g e n e ra to r p la n t a g re a t deal but still there
of th e forest service do not ch an g e
d ep a rtm e n t o f a g ric u ltu re
^e.21ain,s a c ritic a l s itu a tio n w ith but th re e 3 7 KVA tran sfo rm ers, now carrying
th e g en e ral picture. It seem s to tiloci a m in o rity s ta te m e n t. T his
lb3 k \ load on i h e com bined c a p a c ity of 112. At peak load h o u rs: 6:30 a. m. to 7 30
me, how ever, th at for one th in g m inority s ta te m e n t w as o m itted
a. in.; 10:4a a. in. to noon; and 5:30 p. m. to 7:00, people m ust be considerate, most
th e re p o rt fails to point up c le a r- from the late st p rin tin g ot the
tu rn oil such th in g s as w a te r h e a te rs (th e ta n k is hot any w ay ), extra lights, or
ly and place in th e ir projw’r p er- i record.
isomt
ap p lian c e not needed p a rtic u la rly . R ad ian t h e a te rs , in th e mornings pul! a
“W hen 1 ta k e issue w ith som e
sjH’etive th e p riv a te -la n d and the
heavy load, as do lig h ts in ev ery rro w of th e hom e.
public-land asjH'cts of o u r forest of th e proposals and a rg u m e n ts
d ra w n up for this congress, I am
anxious not to be m isunderstood.
I realize th a t the H iggins L ake
co m m ittee w orked w ithout help
Be Considerate During Peak Load Hours—Use A .Minimum::
of some of the m a jo r group» con­
T ra n sfo rm e rs a re h ard to find - w e h av e sea rch e d th e nation, but we have no
cerned in A m erican fo restry . P u b ­
tep iac em en ts, should one o r m ore of th ese "go o u t.” If an overload continues
lic officials aside, the com m ittee
a tra n s fo rm e r m uch o v er an h our, d a n g e r lu rk s fo r th e system . M orning and evening
w orked w ithout benefit of re p re ­
lo a d s a re h eav iest, due to th e a m o u n t of lig h ts being used a t those times, Con» -
sen tatio n from th e 4 ’< m illion
e
ia tio n at these h o u rs will help im m en sely —w ill save th e situ a tio n most likely.
sm all ow ners who hold th re e -
fo u rth s of o u r p riv a te com m ercial
Ruby S to len
forest land. The co m m ittee m em ­
Assisting
bersh ip included no re p re s e n ta ­
tive of th e o p e ra to rs of som e 50
Condition Only Temporary—New Equipment Will Change All!
Closed Sunday and Monday
th o u san d sm all w ood-using p la n ts
m ,. . i !' ca u se w in ,.e r I'L icps h ea v ie r d em an d s upon th e lig h tin g system s of any
w hich tu rn out th e bulk ot o u r
SerV‘Ce a, ', 'his tim e is o u ' of ,h e q u estio n , ex cep t in ease of sickneB
« t r r m e em ergency. H ow ever, th is co n d itio n is only tem p o ra ry , as our .stsW»«
t (h o p m ert ai rives an d is in stalled , th e conditions w ill rig h t them selves. This rue '
cons,<te r » ti° n a t this tim e w ill be the d ifference betw een lights and P<#
siblc d aik n ess, should a tra n s fo rm e r go o u t of service.
Timber Must Be
Conserved To Be
Profitable Business
situ atio n .
“P riv a te lands a re the m a jo r
elem ent. They com prise 75 p er
cent of o u r c o m m e rç a i forest
acreage. They have furnished the
bulk of o u r wood supply in th e
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