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It becomes bettor
excellent quall
,ront ilemnnd.
white cedur nrcn
.lies south of Port
bo found In tin
li ns Mnrsjjflcld.
BO trees stnnil on nn ncre. It seems
to grow nt Its best on sandy benches
close to the const, nnd In fact thrives
on the Blind soil of the ocenn bench.
In Linn County the Smith Interests
have nbout 4T..000 ncrea of Douglas
fir, largely, with tome 'arch. It r ins
90 per cent to old growth jollow fir,,
md on It Is nbout 4,000,000,000 feet I
f timber.
maintains n paid secretary nnd nn of- nnd logging operntlons In Mlnncso
"ll ,'" mrsnnoia, nnd keeps nn eye ta. He is nt the present time cs-
.. .in- .nwion or timber throughout tlmntlng the pine timber In B dorndo
u.rs County, seeing thnt It Is ns- Co.intv, Cnllfornln.
M'sm.,1 equitably. Mr. Adelsperger Is I Foieitry Department.
n so secretary of the Coos Canity Klrc n Innovation In lumbering In this
inrol Association and tnkos very ountiy. mid particularly on the Pn-
nctlve Interest In Its work of protect- 'Ifle Crnt. where there Is supposed
lug the forests of the county from to be nn nlmost unlimited amount of
fire Ho is married nnd l.ves In . Imbcr Is the I nndllng of It coinmer-
Iti mnnufncturlng lumber at High
Bridge, thnt stnte, nnd so Mr. Lnfon
decided to secure a forestry educa
tion, nnd accordingly took n courso
li forest, y wltli Dr. C. A. Schonck,
nt the 111 tmore Forest School, con-
estry depnrtment sovcral trees nro
marked ns seed trees, to bo loft
Btnndlng when tho fnllors start tho
work of cutting down a tract of Um
ber Usui'lly dofcctlvo trees are se
lected, for economy's sako, ns they
hiding tl e ciurse In 1003. Ho then I would be of the lenst valuo for lum-
spent some time with C. A. Schonck
& Co ns consulting tlmbor cruiser,
nnd wns nftcrwnrd a resident forester
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,Tteirca on which It grows ex endJi A. II. A(li'lhiTgrr. .i.mshfli d, with Ills wife and two ill- dally under tho supervision of an ex
tick Into tho foothills i.f the Coast' Tho timber In crests of tho C. A. t c ones, a gl.l baby of u lltto over n porlonccd foi ester. Tho Smith Inter- n timber owning ccrporatlon with
iicje; It Is iiliiiiit lli ml i h wldo at Smith Timber Company In the vl- jenr of age, and the youngest, n boy( Oits maintain n forestry depnrtmoiu headqumteiH In Jackson County,
llti ldct point, nnd probRh.y CiS clulty if .MarshHold nro under t'..o oorn w. He tho writer was nt Marsh- under t! o sup?rvl9loii of John Laf- North Carolina. After two yonra do-
Ei!ei long north and mi.th. ' sui'orvlslrii of A. K. AdidHpergor, who i e d In May. This youngstor's nil- mi, Jr. The fne s that tho company voted to tils wink Mr. Lnfon ontorcd
Quilltlcs of I'oit Orfo il White O ilnr hnH been ns oclnOd with Mr. S nlth nt was the cause of grout rejoicing tins such a department and as far as tho Forest Sorvlce, for which ho
Tblt nocil tins ninny excellent quill- for tho Inst nine years. Mr. Adols- by his father, who declares ho a!- possible Is looking after tho scion- miont u year as n "lumberman" In
ber, and If they hnvo good tops thoy
will serve the purposo ns seed tiocs.
During the fnlllng of other trees usu-
nlly some of thoso designated ns seed
trees are knocked down, but nn ef
fort Is mm!.1 to retain ono seed troo
to the acrr Ahirh Is sufficient, ac
cording to l. rcer Lnfon.
The slash tip re burned In tho
spring or fall, wi .-1 the condition of
the forest N am it (hat tho burning
can ho controlled, s itsh burning Is
cnrrled on ttndei the sunervlBlon of
tho forester, and tl-e seed trees nro
protected by moving the bruin away
from them befoie it Is burned. Tho
burning is done 1 storting tie fires
on the top of the hill side and burn
ing down, its In this way they nro
moit easily controlled.
The 'eavlng of ssed trees Is nn Idea
new with this company, although tho
Forest Service Is now considering
adopting tho rnme plnu. When tho
slashings are burned tho liumun nlso
Is destroyed, but. according to For
ester Lnfon. fir reproduces bottor
from mineral soil nnd whoro tho
ground hns not previously boon
burned over hemlock usually comes
up, which Is not ns deslrnblo nB fir.
At tho o'd Chnndler innch, near
t". i) Kurt Sldo mill nt Mnrshflold,
Forester Lnfon Is mnlntnlulng n
smnll nursery for exporlmontnl pur-im-es
mid to learn 1 ow rapidly tho
(Mffe-ent species of trees roproduco
In thrt ellmnto mid soil. It wna
started a year ago with whlto codnr
and Dnug'.ns fir, and this year sugar
pine, while pine, redwood, spruco,
yellow pine mid other woods hnvo
been planted for experimental pur
pores. Mr. Lnfcn s'ates that Port
0-fnril while cedar does not grow
rnp'd'y and for that reason tho re
growth Is being confined to fir. Tho
tecond growt'i of fir springs up vory
thickly, w" Ich enables youngor trees
to free themselvcH of brnnchcH ot
their own nrccrd, thero not bolnt;
rno:u for branches to grow, nnd thus
the growing trees nro mnro doslrnblo
fur coniiucrclal pupoues whon thoy
get larger; when overcrowded thoy
do not grow ns rapidly, but nnturo
takes enro of this and tho flttost sur
vive On nccour.t of tho cost of la
bor In t Is country It Is not prnc-
for tho Hlg'.ilnnd Forest Company, tlcnhlo to thin out tho second growth,
but nnturo Is left to work out Its
own salvation.
Forester Lafnn hns mndo up from
stem analyses some Interesting tnblca
as to second growth. Ho finds sec
ond growth tlmbor on Coos liny, on
Ho wim burn rbout n:i years being an export timber crulsor. cut for commeiclnl purposes ludlcnto zona. Ho took c orgo of tho forestry old now, thnt would ylold from 30,-
When 17 jours of ago ho wont Thrco other timber men hnvo spout tho thoiigl.tfulners nnd fnrslghtcd- department of tho C. A. Smith Tim- 000 to 40,000 foot of morchnntnblo
I'mence to the
E( local woods
ll! ttatcment
I Word white cc '
"The wood Is
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trace of red.
'"Wt, oven
"11; odorous n
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"test white pi
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Tor tash n
Wer and
f""1!. strong,
orked wood
iKrond to no,
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i,nrkd give -
,roils those .
,f'a making.
ft:!ed from
i(itoi for u
cl oth-proof
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U'u'cs tod It Is becoming more populnr perger Is n native of South Mend, irmly has developed Indications of tlflc reproduction of tho timber bolrg leconnnlssunco work, largo'y In Arl- old, logged off land, thnt la 40 yonrs
Itlrouthout tint l!nul in It In linlllni. I ml.
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jtti, ii una uvi'ii iiiiiut) nil i iiiiuiH ui
factory at .North Ileud, mid thosu
!cori haro found a ready market
lb the trmlc. Its durability Is lu
lled by the fiu' t'uit It Is "n gront
.sand on t o Const fur tho oou
'rcMon of whin f phtukliig, station
:i warehouse p'atforms, for shlu
.fklng and for all places whoro
ttere la a grrnt deal of hard usage,
i It It tough of fiber and dt:os not
;'Inter llko other lumber under slm
1'ir treatment When n og Is bolng
"ed tho fresh liiinbor omlta n
'0B5 camphor like od ir. which It
"'aim for n Ioii time nnd which
clei tho wind must exco'.Iont for
i-e constructltiii of vorniln-nroof
wts closcta. wardrobes and bu-
tiatii.
la a recent b "tln bv tho Forest
"'fe entitle! Tio Wood Uslin;
"luitrlea of Oi ofl," wl'h ppeclnl
ropenni nnd uses
penrcd tlo follow-
icrlptlvo of Port
most white, having
with a vory slight;
' Is rather hard,
ined. tntigh, dro'd
xtromo'y durnblo.
s similarly to tlo
id dees not loso Its
Cure.
'ior stock, rowbont
nr iifos whoro a
irablo and easily
-Ired this cedar Is
Its straight grain
with wl-lcli It Is
ocd a high plnco
for nintcli and pnt
iiiso of tho nromn
wood It Is highly
tho manufacture
sts and drnwors.
1o It Is preferred
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holdings of spruco
llstrlct nro limited,
intlng to more than
hut tho company
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1,0x0 sun: ok tki: uio mhsiikii:li mills i:grni'i:i) with iu. foot kixoli: cuttixo ijaxd with cahihaoi: takixo hii-koot loos.
about 13,000 ncres,,to Minnesota nnd worked as a com
r Hay trrct, In Lin-1 passman and cruiser in the timber
;on. north of Coos' tl-ere, and hns been so engaged on
nrobab'y 1 000,000,- the Coast since. Ho went to Marsh-
'Jam ls tlmher la. field six years ago. r, ao.h''
l'sav ""'' of 0VPn "'"wl. Tho 'takes a great Interest In timber laxa-
I, "erage ah mt eight lG.foot Iocs. Hon and fiie protective work. He
MHImbm nd 'r0m 3 feet t0 6 feet f president of the Coos County Tax
j rae,er at the base. From 40 to Association, an organization that
any years with tho Smith Interests ness of Mr. Smith, who not only Is
in
In Minnesota and on tho Coast. Den
Mc.Mullen has had a great deal to do
with tho cruising and estimating as
well as buying of much of tl o west
ern timber. H. H. Davis Is another
experienced timber man, who has
been with Mr. Smith for nearly 20
years, In full charge of his timber
taking care of conditions as they pro
sent thomselves at tho present tlmo
but Is looking forward to tho needs
of future generations.
John Lufon, Jr.
Mr. Laf on was graduated from
Center College, Danville, Ky In
1899. Ills father bad been engaged
her Company In 1909, with hoadquar- timber to tho ncro. Ho estimates
ters at Marshfleld, and wns for a tlmo that fir does grow at tlo rato of nt
assisted by C. A. Lagerstrom, also a least 500 feet an aero a year, and
graduato of tho Dlltmoro Forest In many Inbtancos 800 foot to 1000
School. Mr. Lagerstrom has latoly feet un aero,
been connected with tho Smlth-Pow-1 As to tho age of some of tho older
era Logging Company, j trees, ho estimates that yollow fir
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