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Old Covered Wagon Trail Retraced By Brookings Man He Journeyed As a Youth Campaign Against Insect and D isease D irector Miles Com pton, of the s ta te for- , Brtx>kings-Harbor Pilot 7 THURSDAY. FEB 11. 1954 rs t »r’s office, has been placed in ch arg e of arran g e m e n ts. C om pton s ta te d th e fields of YOU'LL LOOK BETTER IN S alem S tu d y of offensive an 1 stu d y will include insect identifi- defensive m easures to he ta k e n j cation, control, m an ag em en t anil (Concluded from L ast W eek) trip took us into e a ste rn O regon against forest insects w hich have surveys. Id e n tific atio n will not be n a r th e W ashington and Idaho "T im b e r blown down this win- from th e standjx)int of insect ■ "O u r relativ es in S an A ntoni J border. W e spent an enjoyable took us th ro u g h th e m issions and tw o w eeks h u n tin g and tak in g p ic tim b e r sta n d s of O regon and classificatio n but from the n a tu re old fo rts th ere. On o u r trip we tu res, even though we did get W ashington d u rin g recent years, ol th e a tta c k th e insect m akes on \is ite d th e town of M arfa, Texas, skunked. It ta k e s a jeep to m ake has been scheduled M arch 2 to 5 the tree. A dditional topics in c lu d e ’ one of th e d istric ts th a t hardly an enjoyable h u n tin g trip, as it at the P eavy A horetum n ea r C o r the c u rre n t insect surveys and i vallis, th e s ta te board of fo restry controls. A pplications to a tte n d e v e r sees rain. does not stop for snow o r mud. has announced in Salem th e school m ay be o b tain ed from ! "W e found El Paso a fast grow "E v ery th in g w ent fine u ntil we T he four-day school is p a rt of ing city w ith m any oil w ells in or got to R oseburg and found the the p ro g ram of the N orthw est Miles C om pton at Salem . n e a r th e town. It is a g re a t co t roads w ere closed to Coos Bay. F orest P est Action co m m ittee to IN E U G E N E ton belt w ith q u ite a large a c re At G ra n ts P ass we found the load w ork out a counter-offensive Mrs. M y rtle H ibbard left Tues- age of s u g a r cane. closed to C rescent City, but a f te r j against fir and pine beetles and day for a sh o rt visit in Eugene. 1 For ambulane«1 «nlv-D tal 2244. "T he b u llfights in old M exico are a few h ours delay we got through o th e r insects and learn som ething "M argie is now’ se ttle d at col- of th e conditions w hich bring v ery ex citing for one who has n ev e r seen them . T hey fight and , lege, w h ere s h ’1 has been the past about epidem ics of th e th re e -k ill . No Job 1 (X) Large No Job Too Small ing insects. kill five bulls each day they have few w eeks. She likes it fine. "W e enjoyed every m inute of o u r T he school is open to re p resen th e ir fights. trip, and hope it w on’t be 42 y ears tativ es of p riv ate industry, s ta te "F ro m th e re we visited th e until we can m ake it ag a in .” 1 and federal forest agencies, and C arlsb ad C averns, w hich are 700 FO U N D A TIO N S DRIVEW AYS FLO O R S o th e r conservation groups The feet underground. They are the n u m b er of ind viduals a tte n d in g P O R C H E S S T E P S S ID E W A L K S P A T IO S m ost b eau tifu l of all u n d erground th e school has been held to 30 b e caves. B A C K ED BY 27 YEARS E X P E R IE N C E cause of lim ited facilities at th e "C rossing old Mexico, we found , arb o retu m . a lot of desert and m any types of Estimates Cheerfully (iiven. In stru c tio n will be provided b\ cactu s, from bushes to 14-in trees, T he elem e n ts have tak en a ! O regon S ta te college, the s ta te in cluding fields of bloom ing sag costlv toll of tim b e r on W est j fo restry d ep a rtm en t, U. S. F orest w hich a re a b ea u tifu l sight. I Coast tre e farm s alread y this w in S ervice, and the Pacific N o rth "O u r next stop w as th e S alt te r and th e end m ay not b» in west F o rest anti R ange Ex peri - R iv er Canyon. It has a w inding sight. I m ent statio n . P riv a te in d u stry highw ay down in and out of the H igh w inds along coastal O re Easy Street Brookings, Ore. Phone 3272 ! re p re s e n ta t ves w>P m i t icipate in canyon. This is one of th e most gon and W ashington have don«1 i the panel discussions. scenic highw ays th a t one could incalculable dam age, according trav e l. T he highw ay w as lined to W D. H agenstein. m anaging w ith lovely bloom ing cactu s and d ire c to r of In d stria l F o re stry a s sage the full length of Mexico. We sociation. He listed four n a tu ra l scourges found larg e herds of c a ttle in s c a t tere d spots th ro u g h o u t New’ M ex of th e tre e fa rm e r as: fire, wind, disease and insects. ico. " T im b e r blow’n down this w in "Phoenix, A rizona, w as one of th e o u tstan d in g cities w e passed te r,” H ag en stein sta te d , "w ill c re th ro u g h on o u r w ay to Los A n a te ideal breeding and feeding geles. Los Angeles and S an F r a n conditions for th e D ouglas fir cisco needs no ex p lanation, as w’e b eetle w hich reached epidem ic con sid er th em o u r neighboring s ta te a f te r th e big blowdown in th e w in te r of 1951-52.” cities. T he forest lead e r said tre e "W e m ade th e 12,000-mile trip in o u r 1952 B uick, w hich only fa rm ers and tim ber-ow ning ag e n used one p in t of oil th e first 3,200 cies w ould be h ard pressed this m iles. W e av erag ed 14 Mi m iles on com ing y e a r to ex ten d logging th e gallon of gas. W e had no r e road n etw o rk s rapidly enough tc catch up w ith salvage operation.; p airs on th e e n tire t#ip. "On th e night of N ovem ber 6 n ecessary to save tim b e r blown we a rriv e d hom e and left again , down th is w in te r and c e rtain to 1he m orning of N ovem ber 8 on a be b eetle infested this com ing tw o w eeks elk h u n tin g trip. Thi3 sum m er. H ag en ste n said these a re calc u lated risk s of tre e farm ing w here p riv ate landow ners are raising tim b e r crops which have a grow ing cycle of from GO to 100 .sears. Tim bf r for pulp ta k e from 70 to 100 y ears to grow. T ree fa rm e rs fared well fire- w ise this .scar, H agenstein re p o rt ed. w ith one of th e sm allest fire losses in history. 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