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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1907)
TMm jjjm1 1T ' r m 'mL -JP T1IK DAILY COOS BAY TIMEB, MAIISHFIKLI), OREGON, FRIDAY, JUXE i4, 1007. nrtMfrmajmam w4 fissts&s&cffltimtji The Packard is a Your s Take all the superior qualities that are con tained in the PACKARD Shoe, as superior and reliable leathers, modern styles and good workman ship and you can say at the end of their long wear, "I had my money's worth." All that other shoes can offer arc contained in these shoes plus an amount of mental satisfaction and foot comfort that puts them in a class by themselves. i For Sale FINNISH C0 - I STORE I I YOU'LL GET I I THE BEST 1 si I I I B I 11 There's quality about what we have t.o serve amdl m , v. excellence ahout the way I we serve it. No doisbt I I 1 about any feature heret I No danger of an unpleasant 1 meal for it's all up to tAe I standard. . . . . 1 I el B T 1 Tit f. T T" VTVTTT I H T Vcri - IvA DUn TITA1U i I North Front, Street B I Opposite City Hall P Solid Propostion. Worth By The 0PEMW1 ROTKTION AGAINST FORKT riRK (Continued from pago C.) slaughter house. It was necessary, therefore, to construct a lino only three miles In longth to tho tool sta tion In th6 northern part of the pro tected area. Old poles near at hand wore used In tho construction, so that the cost was but $15 per mile. Had entirely new epulpment been neces sary, tho cost would probably have been in thenolghborhood of $50 per mile. Total Cost of Protection. The actual cost of protection for tho first year was as follows: Burning 15 miles of fire line.at $15 $225 Patroling for four months, at $75 per month 300 Three tool stations and tool3 at $10 30 Constructing 3 miles of tele phone line, at $15 per mile. ... 45 Total COO Based upon tho 15,000 experi mental acres the cost would be 4 cents per acre. The area actually protected, however, was much larger. Tho patrol covered about 70,000 acres and thus cost less than one half cent per acre. The telephone lines and tool stations were for the protection of the same area, which would raise tho cost to a trifle over one-half cent per acre. The fire lines covered approximately 15,000 acres, at a cost of one and one-third cents per acre, which makes the total cost of protection for the first year 2 cents per acre. This includes tho initial cost for flio lines, tool stations, etc., which will not be chargeable In fu- turo years. Additional Urcasmes. Besides tho actual portectiou of the tract, experiments in slash burning were carried on, with the object of determining tho practicability of dis posing of the slash in tills manner. In slash burning the greatest draw back, on account of its expense, is piling. At McCloud this was not necessary, since tho method of log ging, as already mentioned, leaves the slash in piles, which can bo burned without much additional work and without injury to the re maining trees or to young growth. To make this doubly sure, howover, all logging crews were Instructed to use special care in felling and swamp ing. With this done the slash was burned without additional piling. Burning took place after the first fall rain, when there was little dan ger of fire Treading. Three crews, one from each camp, with 15 men in a crew, and each crew in charge of a camp foreman, were uetalled to tho work. Bach crew burned the slash on the land logged from its camp during the season. The brush w.is fired towards the wind and just as it was found, unless logged against standing trees, in which case It was first tin own back. Very little piling of this sort, how ever, was necessary. The cost of the slash burning was 1 cents per thousand feet of timber cut on tho area, or about 23 cents per acre. To further assist in the removal of the debris loft after logging, tho wood choppers cutting wood for camps, town or railroad, were put to cutting thG larger tops and limbs Into firewood. These experiments in disposing of the slash proved very effective in thoroughly dealing up tho land, and the low cost of iy. cents per thous and feet logged proved tho measures entirely practicable. Slash was burned on 5.S04 acres,, of cut-over plno land. Success of Firo Protection. Tho firo record for 11)05 at Mc Cloud is tho host argument for the protection of timber land from firo and of tho success of tho plan in gen oral. A few fires stnited, but none of those woro on the small experi mental nroa. Tho few fires which n did start woro speedily discovered by tho patiolman and extinguished by him without assistance. In ndditiou to this, slash burning was carried on successfully, a fact which will somo what altor the aspect of tho protec tion schomo. In view of tho succose of tho plan, tho McCloud Lumber Company ex tended It over all its holdings during tho season of 1U0C. Throo addition al patiolmon woro omployod, firo lines were burned, tool stations erected, and telephono linos con- btructed. In the future, slash will be burnod after, logging. This removal of de- brig mnketj fire lines less necessary, and their number and width can be eioatly reduced. Twelve milos per township on logged lands should bo sufficient In any case, and on most ureas nnit-h less would suffice. It Is not advisable, however, to eliminate entirely the use of Are lines, since tho win be of great value in Btop Mng the bit nil of a daugeroua firo, and iwu muM tho Bjstem of pro tection the possibility of such a firo occurring can not bo overlooked. A few additional measures for pro tection might b0 instituted, such as posting notices, etc., but the protec tive plan as carried out at McCloud Is complete in itsolf. As experience is gained in the practical execution of the work, tho cost of protection can doubtless be reduced. Patrol men will become more efficient, pa trol routes more advantageously laid out, and slash burning will reduco th0 number of fire linos. If adjoining timber owners also take up the scheme of protection, the dnnger from flr0 froiiKoutside will bo largely reduced and the plan will become the more effective. Though fire protection as practiced at McCloud has met with success, tho plan in its present form might not apply equally well to other tracts. Tho McCloud tract offers many fea tures that favor both conservative lumbering and firo portection. The company's holdings are extensive and fairly well consolidated, and it will take a considerable time to cut over the present virgin stand. More im portant than this is the topographical character of tho tract, which renders logging both easy and cheap. This, perhaps more than any other one thing, justifies tho leaving of trees for a future cut, since tho compara tively level nature of the country will make it possible to loturn again and log profitably even where the stand per acre is relatively small. This Is not true of many Sierra tracts, where rough country makes logging exceed ingly difficult and expensive. This does not mean, however, that firo protection on such lands is imprac ticable, but simply that each tract of fers local conditions of its own which must largely determine tho character of tho plan. Finally, though tho firs' most es sential step in any system of forestry is protection from fire, conservative cutting of the forest is equally neces sary. The McCloud Lumber Com pany has already shown its apprecia tion of this fact by modifying Its log ging operations. At present virgin timber is being cut to a diameter limit of 30 inches breasthlgh, which leaves an excellent basis for a future cut. PAT AUG 201303 Fitting Glasses is no side line with us we devote our whole time to it OUR MOTTO BEST SERVICE BEST GOODS Wo are cquiped to furnish both F. J. HAYES OPTOMETRIST Zg&i&&ffi&g$&& I can furnish tho following Thoroughbred Eggs at $2.00 Per Setting Ilhode Island Herts Barred Plymouth Rocks Whito Leghorns Pckin Ducks JOHN W. FLANAGAN Send in your orders Now Eggs Shipped anywhere in tho county. IClltfl".l1I.MJF'!ILmrrTO ' I I "l I I I I ltl ill llBI II I. I II. II II - rill i II .11 II IT ! II II !! m MM Ml SKATING Announcements: Second Concert by the ACME BAND at the Skating Rink will be held next Friday evening. Come early and get your skates. D. L Avery, Manager .mr.m-.im.r lMi9 V MBB ' TID13 TA11LE. Tho following table shows tho high and low tides at Empire for each day during the coming week: High Water. A. M. P. M. Juno. h. m. Feet. h. m. Feet. Tliurs., 13.. 1:41 8.5 3:05 C.7 Fri., 11 2-14 8.3 3:12 C.7 Sat., 15 2:31 7.0 4:1C C.9 Sat., 1G 3:32 7.C 4:57 7.1 Sun., 1G 3:32 7.G 4:57 7.1 Mon., 17 4:20 7.2 5:43 7.3 Tuos., 18 5:17 G.8 G:30 7.G Wed., 10 0:40 2.9 12:38 l.G Low Water. A. M. P. M. Juno. h. m. Feet. h. m. Feet. Wed., 19 G:2G G.5 7:22 7.9 Thurs., 13... 8:43 0.2 8:35 3.7 Fri., 14 9:13 0.0 9:13 3 7 Sat., 15 9:4G 0.2 9:57 3.7 Sat., 1G 10:22 0.4 10:47 3.G Sun., 16 10:22 0.4 10:47 3.G Mon., 17 11:02 0.8 11:41 3.3 Tues, 18 11:47 1.2 0:00 0.0 To find the tido hours nt other Coos Bay points, .figure as folows: At tho bar, -0.43; at North Bend, add 0.40; at Marshfleld, add 1.51; at Millington, ndd 2.15. ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? If you are then order W. P. Fuller (b Co. PHOENIX BRAND PAINT For Sale by the Coos Bay Paint & Wall Paper Co. t I ci NZl Made with leather soles but canvas uppers. "Fits like your footprint." I MS j - - 'I rii"sT?.. -3.iir-i i WJ3" -W taBfl"'i'Hfcf.JWl 3 i iihii.i A mfiutk iliiirwr I " TKeGotzlanSho'e 4. I Made in St. Paul since I- I 1855. A TP I "Flts ,lke ym oot" I Jr 1 I print." I i n c i i s F'2klPralfl : Pr"TmrMwnmniii inn wi.M , S 5 8 L r i J 1 II (r) I 0 w c Our assortment comprises a variety of handsome patterns in parlor rockers, ladies' arm chairs etc. We have priced these goods in a tempting way. A . JOHNSON Front Street li j FOK SUItE AND QUICK RESULTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A TIMES WANT AD. The residents of South Marshfield are offering odds that the Council lacks the nerve to rebuild the 4th street bridge. If you want a shoe which is fashionable and yet not freakish, which is com fortable and yet not clumsy, wears well and yet is not too heavy, call for the shoe which Fits Like your Footprints r I MB)ManaKMJ i 11 i