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COOS, CURRY, DOUGLAS COUNTIES HOLD STATE'S HARDWOOD WEALTH (R ep rin ted from O regon J o u rn a l) The th re e counties co n tain over Coos, C u rry and D ouglas coun- 1 60 p er cen t of th e s ta te ’s e s ti ties con tain th e m a jo rity of th e m ated 1,529,000.000 feet of red m ore th a n 4 000,000,000 fe et of j alder. Coos county has 498,000.- hardw ood tim b e r in O regon, a 000 feet. D ouglas 332,000,000 and reso u rce w hich h as had little de- ! C u rry 124 SOOjOOO. Red alder, velopm ent, J a c k R. P fe iffe r of th e w hich P fe iffe r said w orks easily, O regon forest p ro d u cts la b o ra to ry is used for fu rn itu re , core stock, said on a Coos B ay visit last w eek. w oodenw are and novelties, m ill- P feiffer said he re g a rd s figures w ork, p a p e r roll plugs and pan el of the U. S. forest service su rv ey ing. of hardw oods, m ade in 1951, as T he th re e counties have m ore conservative. th a n half th e 693,000,000 feet >f S tu d io s m ade by th e fo rest bigleaf m aple, Coos having 204.- p ro d u cts lab oratory’ show P acific 000.000. C u rry 109,600^000 and Coast hardw oods com pare fa v o r D ouglas 56,700 000 T he wood is ably w ith th e E a s te rn v arie tie s w ell su ited to m ak in g fu rn itu re , for m an u fa c tu rin g purposes. flooring and face veneers. CURRY county has 147.800.0tX) T H E P R IN C IP A L v arie tie s in O regon a re red alder, tan o ak , feet of P acific m adrone and D oug bigleaf m ap le and P acific m a- las 138,000,000 out of th e s ta te ’s to ta l of 425,000,000 feet. It is drone. su itab le for fine fu rn itu re and ca b in e t w o rk and is a possible su b s titu te fo r dogwood in m a k ing s h u ttle s for th e te x tile in d u stry . About 96 per cent of th e s ta te ’s 870,500,000 feet of ta n o a k is in C urry' county, d eclared P feiffer. A lthough it resem bles tru e oak in ap p earan ce and finish, it does not belong to th e oak fam ily. Its only present use is for its bark, w hich co n tain s about 20 p er cent • . . the letters start. Then from tan n in on a dry w eight basis and ell over the free world come such has been th e principal P acific comments as these from readers C oast source for tan n in for m any of T H E C H R IS T IA N SCIENCE M O N IT O R , an international daily years. newspaper: Best know n of th e s ta te ’s com “T/ie Monitor is must rend* m ercial hardw ood is m vrtlew ood, ing for straight-thinking or C alifo rn ia lau rel w ith Coos people. . . . " and C u rry having the w hole O re “Z returned to school after a gon supply. Coos w ith 37,200,000 lapse of 18 years. 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(nom » I (addr«««) (fir y ) (« •« •) («fa r» ) PB 11 Social Security Switches Curry To Eureka Office W e live too m uch in platoons; we m arc h by sections; wo do not Brookings-Harbor Pilot live in o u r in d iv id u ality enough; THU RSD A Y , MAY 13, 1954 we a re slav es to fashion in mind and h e a rt, if not to o u r passions an d ap p etites. — E dw in H ubbell C hapin. 7 B eginning May 1, 1954. service to C u rry C ounty on all social sec u rity m a tte rs will ch ange from th e E ugene Field O ffice to the E u rek a. C alifornia F ield Office. C laude E. Dawson, M an ag er of the E ugene Field Office, s ta te s th a t all correspondence and in q u iries should be ad d ressed to W a lte r V. 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