BROOKINGS HARBOR
Thursday. March 24. loss
By W. E. R agland,
- D istrict R anger
W hat H appens to Incom e F re n i
th e Sale of Fônest P ro d u c ts on
th e N ational F o re s ts ?
(T his is th e th ird a rtic le in a
»cries p rep ared t o inform t h e
people about th e a d m in istra tio n
of th e ir N ational Foncsts.)
L ast w eek I indicated th a t th e
to ta l receipts on th e C hetco R an
ger D istrict in 195} w ere $206.
164 00. T his m onoy cam e princi
pally form th e sale of tim t 'r. All
checks a re m ade payable to the
tre a s u re r of th e U nited S ta te s.
W hat dot s U ncle Sam do w ith all
this mono\ ?
T u v n ty five p ercen t of th at
money is re tu rn e d directly to the
S ta te of O regon. This 25 percent
fund comes w ith a ta g on it. The
tag says “for school and roads
only”. The s ta te distribut»'- its
Forest S ’rvic.' 25 p ercen t money
am ong th e com ities in proportion
to th e num ber ol acres of N ational
Forest in each county. O f c o u rs .’
this supjxnt io local economy in
creases in direct pro|x>rtion to
the increas'd in h o n e s t of forest»
products
Uncle Sam sends back add itio n
a l money in th e fotm o f d ire c t
appropriatio n s, w hich pay costs
th a t would o th erw ise have t« Iw
incurred by local g o y » rn rn e n ts
T hese m oney o utlays a re re
ferred to as “specifie c o n trib u
tions in kind ” T hese exfienditures
concern chiofly fin? control, con
stru c tio n and m ain ten an ce o f
roads, tra ils .ml o ih o r s tru c tu re ;
and forest highw ay.»
In 19o2 a study w as mad.» of the
period 1950-19o2 to d eterm in e how
to tal co n trib u tio n s to local gov
ern m e n t woul co m p are w ith asti-
ntaf.vl taxi's assum ing the national
forest land to lx- in ow nership. In
. m am tainini
oads used in
way. Most
th e s t r ic t ly F c
S i t vice
im provem ents w en cx-
eluded in the study.
• outcom e < f this s t u d y
1 the Pacific N orthw est
n to have th e higest ra t io
una ted tax. s to total cent ri-
butioi is E stim ated tax es on t h '
I r.atioi ìal forests in the Paci fit
N ortf west yy 'r e SI percent of t ho
N atio tai Forest contributions to
local tax refi 'f. The Southyy»
rr.
th
Region had th e lowest ratio
For instance, in fire cr
5l only estim a te d taxes being 21 {x'
nt
N
{H'reent of th*? total t
of fire of contribution.
control on the talional forest*
T hus ta r I eave discussed ,1
w as used in the study since th is percent fund direct paym ents
id
fig u re roughly eq uallt'd th e rat
t h e ' .sjMX'iiie co n tributions in
ot s ta te fire con rol exp en d itu re 1 ind”. There a re many re c re a
on a per acre ba 'is. In th»' eas • tional, w atershed, and o th e r v al
o i expenditui
for construction ûtes w hich accru«' to local econo
and niaint» nance of roads, trails, mies. Th»"«' a re difficult to e x
a id stru c tu re s, ony 11 p r e e n t ol press in m onetary term s.
tf. to tal national forest exixmdi-
P e rh a p s one of th e most im
tu re s yvas used in th e study. *
p o rta n t, next to w atersh ed p ro
In th»’ case of roads, a useful tection. is the perm anent m ain
tost for inclusion yvas that of m ail tenance to local economies that
o r school bus use. Since s ta te or i. su its from stability of forest
local a u th o ritie s can b? exjx'cted m anagem ent T he community is
to build o r take ivsjionsibility lor assured of .a continuous ami in-
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FREEMAN'S
J e rry Anderson Is home from
the service.
M IS S IO N A R Y S P E A K E R S
AT THE
BAPTIST COMMUNITY CHURCH
j |'l l | SDAV:
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A group of college youngsters
are home on their spring vacation
this week end. G ere Weeks, and
Pat Herman are home from th®
University of Oregon in Eugene.
D arrel H am pton is home from
Oregon State.
in g s
this study natio n al forest ex pend-
itu re s w >rc not included m erely
because th ey served a useful p u r
pose o r h a d some public benefit
T he te s t applied w;*s \y het her
th e p a rtic u la r exp en d itu res w ere
such th a t s ta te or local govern
m en t would a c tu a lly have been
financially «ahi.? and w illing to
si tend equivalent funds during the
P' riod in question had th. n atio n
al forests been in p riy ate oyvner-
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D em as Horn, a fo rm e r Brook-
A T T E N D S ARMY SCHOOL
Dll rthd;IV I urtv
resident, now liying in 1 MU’-
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Lloyd Simpson, son of .....
Mr. ......
and
ish C olum bia, w as visiting g th
t h is
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1 Mrs.
r s . Glenn Simpson has started | JCR! 1'or M rs C ra¡£
,d Mrs. ¡ his trainning at Camp Gordon, in
M|S 1>>na,
was hostes,
v v e k at th e hom e of Mr. and
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Lynn H am pton. H orn w ill enter
........ . Atlanta Georgia. Simpson is at- a flt t a b irth d iy jxflVy • given
for
the sen io? soon.
tending t l v Signal C orps school.
E
dith
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M
onday
afternoon,
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i w here he \\ ill le a rn signaling
¡he b irth d ay clu b m em bers in
Mr. and Mrs. C F. Campbell >
and decoding,
vited in c lu d 'd Agnes D arger, M ar
and son Jim m y drove to San F ran
A rt G uthrie and Don V aughn ie H oar, P ora G ustafson, Pauline
isco last w eek end to pick
B e tty Nelson, M ertie
went to A loany to bowl in the I y g ert
Mrs. C am pbell's m other. M is
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Ada B ennett, D orothy
All-Coast tournam ent last wet
G regory, yy bo is front K ansas City end T hey bowled in the doubles ' Sim pson, Ellen Johnson, and Flor-
M issouri. Th v re tu rn e d Sunday and singles.
C lifford and Bill j
Davis
M rs G regory is here on an e x te n d
R
efresh
m en ts w ere served, af
G u th rie drove along and stayed
ed vacation.
in E ugene w ith th e ir gran d m o th er
creasing flow of incomc-p •oducing 1 Thev a tte n d e d th " A League
forest produc s from the National
Forest.
Next yveek I w ould likt to «lis-
Subscribe to The Brookings-
cuss o u r pla ns for deve lopment
of th«> C hetc D istrict 1«' se» »urces
Harbor Pilot.
in 1955.
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