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
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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. T his w as due, he
said, to th e w onderful cooperation i
ol loggers, h u n ters, and th e gen- j
eral public in being m ore ca refu l
w ith fire, along w ith favorable
Insects Planned
PHILLIPS'
CEMENT WORK CONTRACTED
Wind Damages
Coast Timber
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