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OREGON SETS RECORD IN FIRE CONTROL, TIMBER HARVESTS IN z53 SA LEM — (Special) — Low est forest fire dam age in n ea rly h alf a century, a billion d o llar log h arvest, d efeat of th e spruce bud- worm and developm ents in re search and legislation, m ade top forest new s in O regon d u rin g 1953. Long established forest records tum bled d u rin g the y e a r as m ajo r achievem ents took place in tim ber conservation. In forest protection, fire losses on th e 13 million acres of tim b er- lands p ro tected by the s ta te board of fo restry and its cooperating p riv ate p atro l associations w ere th e lowest since th e s ta te fo r e s te r’s office w as created in 1911. A total of 1,507 acres w as burned over, and w hen all rejx jrts are ta llitd , it m ay be a natio n al re c o rd for low fire dam age am ong the big tim b e r states. Only 792 fo rest fires occurred during the 1953 fire season. L ig h t ning s ta rte d 423 and 369 w ere m an-caused and could have been prevented. P ercentage-w ise, only 447 per cent of th e blazes w ere m an-caused, an o u tsta n d ng im provem ent over previous y ea rs and well below th e national a v e r age of n early 90 p er cent. Most favorable fire record v as m ade by th e 38,000 loggers who w orked in 12,000 logging o p e ra tions, and w ere charged w ith only 49 fires. O u tstan d in g p erform ance by loggers. Keep Oregon G r en, the g eneral public and efficient p e r form ance by p ro tection personnel w ith an able assist from favorable Miss Oregon Helps Family Fun PTA Topic Brookings Harbor Pilot 5 THURSDAY. JA N U A R Y 7, 1954 All aliens m u st re g is te r d u rin g S om ething d ifferen t in p rogram ideas will ta k e place tonight, the m onth of J a n u a ry . N e cessary T hu rsd ay , at th e P.T.A. m eeting r. gist ra t ion form s a re a v a ila b le at th e High School. Two re c re a at the post office. tio n al lead ers from th e county ex ten sio n ofiie' will he in c h a rg ', and th eir subject will be R 'c r e a tion in th e Hom e. Mrs. S ylvia Lee. and h e r asso c iate will d e m o n stra ti' ideas for fam ily fun. and th e m eetin g will lie ‘’p a rty s t\ 1 ” w ith m em bers p artic ip a tin g . R efresh m en ts w.ll be served by th e second grade. All P.T.A m em bers and friends a re being asked to sav e th e m etal unw inding bands from cans of M JB coffee, as the o rg an izatio n is try in g to get a n o th e r coffee m a k e r to supplem ent the one 1 earn ed before C h ristm a s th rough th e sale of C h ristm a s cards. To be ta k e n up at th e m eeting is the problem of a m oney-raising event, w ith sug g estio n s to be m ade by th e ex ecu tiv e co m m itte *, who discussed th e pro b lem at th e ir M onday night m eeting. w ?athe , w ere cred ited for the sh a rp d ec rea se in forest fire d am age. A lim b e r h arv est of 9 8 hillico bo ard feet in 1952 b ro u g h t a bil lion d o llars in new m oney into th e s ta te and p re lim in a ’ v : m ates for 1953 indicate the re tu rn s will lx' nearly on th ? sai". level. O ver 100.000 ooople w busy in the woods, saw m ills, p.i n and plywood p lan ts and a r-o r a ed in d u stries accounted for 53 cen ts of every new d o llar in the sta te . O reg o n ’s ra tin g of p a y in ’ highest w ages in th e U. S. > production w o i’:?rs w as largely due to g re a t n u m b er employ ed in th e lum ber in d u stry . Miss Oregon, Patti Elaine Throop H eavy d am age by insects has of Portland, adds her contri displaced fire as the prim e enemy bution to the 1954 March ol Dimes. More support than eve- of th e forests. T he spruce bud- before is needed in the current w orm , once th re a te n in g to defoli drive because of the costs of the a te 12 bi.lion b o ard feet of saw- new Polio Prevention Program tim ber, has been c o n tro ll.d by of stepped-up gamma globulin a e rial D D T sprays. A lte r five supplies and massive testing of a polio vaccine during this year y ears o l i. se c t.c x ’.e re atm en t, the a tta c k has been a.l but halted January 2 to 31 »* Buy U. S. S av in g s Bonds! w ith only re m u a m s of the huge new forest laws and m odernized m d w c .j.i invasion rem aining in ¡.;a:.y of th ? old fire protect ic.-. e a ste rn Oregon.. acts wh ch had existed since the O th e r insects such as th e tree- days of th e steam donkey and killing b a rk b eetle w ere not so ' logging ra ilro a d and aligned them ea. ly co n tro lled and th e fight to w ith m odern m o to r logging m e th i n i t i a t e ill’s m onace has been J ods. m ad d th ro u g h iupid salvage c f | O u tsta n d in g new law s r'~oh,k - the beetle infest 'd tre e s w hich is I ited sm oking in the woods wh ’.’ c u rre n tly th e only m ethod of w orking o r tra v e lin g throug h O" m eetin g th e ir a tta c k . R apidly e ra tio n a re a s; a d v a r^ d t’ spreading from th e gi ?at 1951 d o s e d fire season from May 15 blow-down, th e beetl epidem ’. j j te A pril 1; increased the bond p p ea is to be tap erin g off slightly, insuring th a t logged-over a re a s >ut is stid a dangerous th re a t. would be refo reste d ; called for T he 1953 L e g isla tu re passed 26 loggers east of th e C ascades to obtain o p e r a io n p e r m ts ; c o n tin ued a tim b e r severance ta x to c a rry on forest re searc h and es tab lish ed a $750,000 em ergency fire fighting fund. H elpful fed e ra l legislation w as passed when P resident E isenhow er signed a rarest cred its hill au th o rizin g n a tional banks to m ake loans on m an ag d tim ber. ON T he p riv ate lu m b er in d u stry YOUR NEW HOME set th e pace in all fields of forest progress, hung up new records m OR COMMERCIAL BUILDING th e tre e ta im m ovem ent as n early 3,000,000 acres of tax -p ay in g Special conditions in this area require proper design lan d s w ere includ d in t h ' p er m an en t tim b e r cropping program . ing. D on’t throw your money down the drain P riv a te ow ners poured out huge through faulty construction. sum s for th e co n stru c tio n of fire b reaks w hich form ed p rotectiv e C O N SU LT lifebelts aro u n d th e tim b erlan d s e a rm ark e d to k ep pulp, plywood and saw m ills in production. D e nuded areas w ere hand planted to h asten re fo resta tio n . D u rin g the year, the S ta te P o ard of F o restry , custodian for 730.000 acres of s ta te forests, Office in L esm eister Agency Ph. 2271 tu rn ed over m ore th an $1.2 m il lion to the counties as th e ir sh are m i m mi niu m u zara» imn rnrmu mi of tim b e r sales. O w ners of sm all w oodlands who cut th e ir tim b er u n d e r th e a .h ic e of the farm fo re s te r service, roc *iv d a cash (O u r san d and gravel is washed, neonie of m ore th an $20 per acre and still bad plenty ot tim b er to A screened and w eighed to give full cut in fu tu re years. At the O re V m asur - :i l pro' - r o;>, i I ions' gon F orest N u rsery , an n u al p ro R of aggi gat ', to j . u.t q u ality ) duction w as step p ed -u p to 7 m il lion s d im es destined to resto re th e T illam ook burn and keep farm w oodlots productive. For th e first y eai in history, th e River Run Sand and Gravel Leave your packages in your car th ’ xighout the day C h ristm a s tre e fa rm e rs m ade S Crushed Gravel . oney as sca rcity of a ttra c tiv e Clay Fill Rock Fill Material C h ristm a s tre e s boomed prices. COMPLETE SERVICE - FAIR PRICES W ith all the advances m ade in River Silt Black lop d oil good fo restry , the s ta te still taces th e annual th re a t of forest fires, ('olierete Pipe & Ditching ('lam Shell Soil m ore a tta c k s by the b ark and e n g ra v e r beetles, blow-downs, ac- ss roacl problem s and co m p eti tion from o th e r s ta te s which are a NO JOB d ()() SMALL ) t com ing as tre e crop conscious VISIT OUR WHOLESALE ROW as O r gon. M any acres of d e nuded tim l>erlands m ust be brought into production, m ore green lum ber m ust be processed w ith in th e s*ate and th e new C e n tra l Bldg. P hone 2442 Across the ttreet from the Port Office In Coot Bay I technology and ideas d velop» .1 « . Li ¿i»i -1.2 «m*. » n , :n i s . arch. Join The MARCH OF DIMES C u r -D e l C le a n e r s 11 Fast, Efficient Cleaning & Pressing! PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE! IN BROOKINGS PHONE 2863 Agents for Del Norte Laundry MONEY MACK G. 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