Brookings-Harbor pilot., November 01, 1956, Image 10

Brookings-Harbor Pilot
Thursday, November 1, 1956
Brookings, Oregon
salts to operators in the urea
where it may be processed but
spates tnat a does not work well,
tv mic,.i,. . as it limits the num­
ber of bidders and these small
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a it;i.- *.y n O regon is th e b< l e - .
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local mills have been found not
th e fo re st f.ro k i ; in d u stry of ¡ t h e E . ’« in e. s I .*•: ! .
capable of making the fullest use
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s? - w here it m ig h t req u ire tw ice th ^ t
Ci the timber, thereby limiting
.here ¡as been little change s a?.-
/h:ch long to produce a log this size if
their market and hence then cash
growing conditions were not good. ieturns are less, so they cannot
Cnart.- show that actual cut afford to pay as much as more ef­
from national forest lands falls a ficient mills.
Warren Woodruir has
Dit short of the estimated cut ana
The b’ oeking off of timber
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although some 45 percent of Ore­
stand vaiy ,.s a; area from less
g o n s timber is on National For-
THE EXPERIENCE
than ) a
to a seeU-n or more,
tst lands, it amounts to only 21
in judicial office. He M s Been
in th • O & J areas, is a serious
percent of Oregon’s entire cut handicap to
a judg| longer, and has heard
merchandising of
far more cases, than his >ppon-
and n the full allowable cut had such timber ?s may be «. i them.
ent.
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ufctA ¿aken from this land it In many instances, th
docks
v ould have accounted for only 21 of C #• C tY.Y '£ ’ are
’ "ely
THE COURAGE
peiceni of the states harvv.».. surrounded, or at least in ces-
Inspa t Our F t
L ,» .” J ? .j, ;
Much
of
the
timber
is
ready
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r
to perform tus duties openiy and
sable due to their bein'! v tolly
honestly, without fear w fa*or.
harvest and is making no growui, or partially surround«! ■
’ land
,n ... ,y, in a way, m naenng t r- under private ownership
so
est development, taking up the far, Congress is reported to i.,-ve
THE INTEGRITY
room that could be occupied w i i be«. i relu *ant to suppb funds
both personal and ju di­
reforestation. One oi the reason» for access ways to these is «ted
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cial in which at, w h o
know him believe. His
liven for this lower percentage of stands. Some land exchange has
only obligation is to con­
harvest is inaccessability and an­ been accomplished but ther is
tinue a fair and impartial
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other is that there has been a still a great deal to be doi
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be­
administration of justice.
change in the standards of the fore this timber is availabl
An
foK », service regarding the dia- adequate system of access roads
FOR JUDGF OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, SECOND JUDICIAL
n t r ef trees which may be har­ averaging about five mile per
DISTRICT Coos, Curry, Douglas, and Lane Counties. Position
vested, due to changes in the util­ section is held essential f ' ’ he
Number Five.
ization of the cut. Some species, best management and use of tim­
V o te F o r O n e
r t ' r ’s & T r a ile r u s p c r
previously considered as “ weeds” ber resources and these r ads
T IN Y
JERRY1
are “ >.v ueiqg included in inven­ should be designed not only to
Warren A . W oodruff
tories.
harvest timber but also to p ’ »ct
Pd. Pol. Adv., Warren Woodruff for Judge Comm., Barbara Hayes, Ch,, Roseburg, Ore.
409 PACIFIC AVE.
The r e p o r t recognizes the watersheds, fish and wildlib md
worthiness of limiting stumage to facilitate recreational use ot the
forest lands.
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A t o i ’in" to charts tu ' S hi-
e
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'i you Na,: na’ Forest rank* next
behind the Willamette in milt of
these access roads but there is
a great difference in their condi­
tion. O f the 2462 miles, total in
the Siskiyou, as shown on this
chart, about 100 are shown “ sat­
isfactory", possibly 300 as “ unsat­
i s f a c t o r y ” , and “ non-eviting”
roads some 2.000 miles more. Ore­
gon stands in greater need than
any other state for access road
funds. Slightly over one half the
commerical forest area of the
state is located on the west slopes
of the Cascade mountains where
there is rough country, heavy rain
fall, and much clay, thereby mak­
ing building and maintenance
cost- t-' r'- v :' .. O f the above “ un-
s a t i s f " - ! f ” roads, these arc in
constant need of repair and thus
handicap the harvest of timber
whicn would vivid a greater in
come to the community, esp cial
iy in an area where non-recovery
of the timber enhances loss
through decay, disease and insect
micstation. The recovery of this
timber woula go a long toward
meeting the annual charges of an
adequate access road system. U n ­
fortunately, :n the O & C hold­
ings there art .-.nne 5.243 separate
parcels of land and access to
many of them must be had across
privately owned property as road
constru, 'io. o :?s not k n d itself
toward following property lines
and althrough there are s me
8,000 miles of r tads of sorts in ex­
istence. an estimated 12.000 miles
is required to reach these tracts.
With about 1.100 miles of road al­
ready built on O
C lands, new
road construction is progressing
at only abo ,• 140 mile per year.
With 75 percent of the money for
timber harvested from O & C
land going to the counties and on­
ly 25 percent returned to the
counties from stumpage taken
from National Forest lands, con­
gress has not been enthusiastic in
allowing access road money into
O & C stands.
Among the recommendations
embraced in the study is that
stress be made for the haivesting
of mature or overmature trees yet
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the rate of cut should be adjusted
so these will last until the s • ond
growth is merchantable; that a
It u n le a s h e s a h u r r ic a n e o f p o w e r
comprehensive survty of resour­
ces be accelerated for a better un­
It b r e a k s t h r o u g h th e v ib r a t io n b a r r ie r
derstanding but theindustry. as to
future;
the“ allow’able cut” figures
It is s w e p t - w in g m a s te r y o f m o tio n
revamped in the light of newer
forest practice and technology:
federal timber sales should be
simplified and sales contract clar­
ified; the policy of restricting sale
of public timber to purchasers
who must process it within a re­
stricted marketing area hould be
abolished gradually; the price at
which government owned stump-
eage is sold should be based upon
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Although the co:, . ’ r r
in the twenty p .r-cr.t r \ t ; d t
Oregon of the nat.o.i s cut of s t v -
° S ‘ aiuwugh t e e m ;y have
been a d o i . t h ' r b ? mortal-
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r ..hich
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