The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, September 21, 1919, Image 50

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAN D' SUNDAY MORNING, ' SEPTEMBER - 21, 1919. " 8 WIDE VARIETY OF RESOURCES INVITE TO LANE COUNTY REUNION IS HELD OF BAUGHMAN FAMILY EASTERN OREGON Whitman and Minam National Forests Suffer Great Loss as Result of Extreme Dry Season. Timber and Farming Industries Receive Attention From East erners Who Have Eyes on West CHAMBER GETS INQUIRIES CARELESSNESS CAUSED MOST Western Oregon County Has an Area Equal to That of Con necticut; Mining Carried On. Stockmen and Campers Held Re sponsible by Supervisor Evans for 95 Per Cent of Trouble. FOREST RRES IN FOOD FOR FOREST FIRES AND ONE OF MENACES sfiMI ..fjm , ml i v -si N H STORY ill . iii ifsr i - " r - ' v 4$ M , i lit f :!-W-- -'-" ":" " f - Baker, Sept. 20: The most disastrous fire season that has ever desolated the Whitman and Minam National forests has closed, according- to R. M. Kvans. forest supervisor at Baker, who. says that although the situation at times during the summer seemed hopeless, every fire was finally placed under con trol and In most cases abandoned be fore the recent rains brought relief. Sixty-five fires destroyed 21.000 acres of timber and grass pasture during the season, but by heroic effort the" fight ers confined the burned area largely to forests containing inferior trees and Ut ile saw timber. This. Evans says, was because the fire fighting force was con centrated upon merchantable timber wherever threatened, while the forests of no value were allowed to burn as long as the fires failed to become a menace. However, large areas of graz ing land, of as much benefit to Uie stockmen as the' timber Is ito the lum bermen, were rendered for the time be ing at least, unless as pasture. DRIEST II TEARS Records show that the season just closed was the driest In years and ac cordingly fires this year as never before spread rapidly, often fanned by high winds, sc that many reached enormous alze before means to control them could even be brought to the scene. Also many of the blazes started In inaccessi ble places, where they would become conflagrations before fire fighters could reach them. Sunday whs regarded as an unlucky day In the Baker. Grant and Wallowa county region, for on that day at least two fires were started, and in each case spread over a strip four miles long In a single day. j The first and largest fire of the sea son started July 3. on the John Day river in the Whitman forest, was not extinguished until September 3. and then only after 12.000 acres were burned over and after 125 men from Baker, Pen dleton and Portland had been used on ihe fire lines. Range for three bands of sheep were destroyed and the heep driven from the forest. WATER STPPI.T MEXACED In the Minam forest the Main Eagle fire was started July 8 and burned 250 acres of pine before controlled by 40 men August 4. The Lynch creek fire, started August 6. had covered 1000 acres, 7! per cent of It bunch grass land and excellent winter grazing for cattle, when it was subdued four days later. This fire destroyed 24,000 feet of mer chantable timber. t On August 16, 125 men were sent by the forest service and 35 by the state to cope with the Little Creek fire, which burned until September 4 and seriously menaced the Mill creek watershed, which supplies Cove, Union county, with water for irrigation and domestic pur poses. To fight this fire men were . called from the harvest fields In the Grand Ronde and High valley, from Ba ker, Union and from the state highway. Jump-Off Joe mountain in the Whit man district, was the scene of a 1200 acre fire that burned between August 17 and September 4, requiring the ef forts of 22 men to control. In the Su sanville district a fire was started on August 17 and had burned 640 when 25 men extfnguished it August 2 Ninety men from neighboring Jogging camps were employed on the Mosq creek fire, which destroyed several thou sand acres in the Whitman forest be- . . 11.. AVtnn-,.fuv.AH T'Via Clark creek fire, which started August 22 and was not controlled until Septem ber 4, burned 1200 acres of Minam tim ber and occupied the attention of 35 men, furnished by La Grande, Elgin and the Minam Lumber company. Kvans says that 95 per cent of all fires started in both the Whitman and Minam forests resulted through careless ness and negligence on the part of stock men and campers. "The cost of controlling the fires in our district alone is estimated at $40. 000," said Evans. The secretary of agriculture's regula tion requiring campers to secure per mits for camp fires between September 1 and 30, will not be enforced In the Whitman and Minam forests. Supervisor Evans says, Isecause the recent rains have removed all danger from this source. The criminal phase of the fire situa tion in this district includes four con victions for leaving fires -unattended. two men are in the Lnion county jail j awaiting a hearing on charges t f re- i 52 fueling t r uirl in ficrhtrc iro ! A convention of all supervisors and deputy supervisors in Ihe Malheur, Uma tilla, Wenaha. Wallowa, Whitman and Minam national forests will be held in Baker, November 6-8, to discuss expe riences during the past season. 9. i s j?a a ? iim nwstz n izfmv Eight Hours Is the Endurance Limit for Journey in Airplane Abote Typical slanil of natural yellow pine Umber In Whitman national forest. Below Ridge pole pine growth which constitutes a fire trap, menacing the main forests, along the edges of which it is usually found. Ijndon, Sept. 13. (I. N. S.) "Eight hours is about the limit of time over which the average pilot could stand the strain with any regularity." This Is the opinion of Captain Sir John Reservation Lands Of Klamath Indians Offered to Buyers If ROVED MILES Klamath Kails, Sept. 20. Lands in the Indian reservation are being offered for sale by R. C. Spink who recently Alcock. conqueror of the Atlantic in the ! opened a real estate office here to deal fir.fi.J!n"Si0P fl!fht" , , . U1 ! exclusively in such properties. Spink's "This, if nothing else, will probably! , , ' , . , limit the endurance of commercial aero- '; operations are under control of the de planes to non-stop journeys of from 800 partment of the Interior and he is re to 1000 miles. i quired to give bond for $10,000 to protect "A servo motor to operate the controls. ; his clients against fraud, such as is fitted to some of the large .. Iands in the reservation are extremely flying boats, might do something to re- : fertile and many of the Indians have lieve the strain, but even then the mere deeds to their holdings. Unf amiliarity mechanical effort would be very great, j with business methods has prevented "Although I managed to win through any extensive trading between Indians I would not care to try to fly the At- i and whites and the field opened by acres lantlc again." ! Spink is considered a profitable one. OF HIGHWAY OUTSIDE PORTLAND COUNTY Automobile Can Hardly Cover the Paved Stretches in Day; Figures Show Activity. ataLweifnce Smith's Wall Paper House is helping you to meet the "high cost of living" by saving you a lot of money on your wall paper. Time was when "Tinted Walls" satisfied, but women of good taste appreciate how much more attractive the home can be made if the rooms are neatly papered. That's why builders today are papering. They know the house sells quicker and at a better price. i Note These Prices Figure Out How Little It Will Cost to Paper Your Room iiiiiiiimiimiimimimiiimimiti 15c Double Roll Think of it. 6 yards; "0 square feet of paper for 15c. Pretty patterns, too, and 7 or 8 rolls will paper your whole room, ceiling and all. 30-In. Oatmeal 39c iiiiimmtiiiimiiiiiiimiiimmiii! 20c, 25c, 30c At these prices you will find many attractive designs to choose from. Dainty stripes and figures for bedrooms and the- darker, richer colors for living room or hall. This is t big bargain. There is 100 square feet in a roll and your choice of colors at 39c. 45c, 50c Double Roll Beautiful two-tone figured effects in brown, blue and tans. Others in grass cloth and tapestry. Varnish Tiles 45c Double Roll This washable paper is just the thing for bathroom or kitchen.. Comes in blue, tan,, and green, at 45c Order by Mail We ship all over. Figure out the number of roJIs you want and at what price, and we will guarantee to make a selection that will please. If it don't, we refund your money. Pretty Cut-Out Borders We have dainty Cut-out Borders to match all bedroom papers, and rich Fruit and Oriental Borders to match the Oat Meal. Priced at .... .5c-7c-10c-15c a yard. For house lining we are selling thousands of yards of Deadening Felt. It makes the rooms warmer, too. 6$ square yard. Smith's Busy Wall Paper House 108-110 Second Street Portland Rfween Washington and Stark Examination of the records of Road master W. A. Eatchell's office discloses that a. day's motor trip is not more than sufficient to cover all the roads of Mult nomah county which are either paved, macadamized or graveled. The trip In cludes only roads in first class condi tion. There are approximately 500 miles ot roads in the county outside of Portland. Of these 95 are in pavement. 83 in bltu lithic and 12 in concrete, with eight ao ditional miles to be paved in the coming year. There is four tenths of a mile in wood block pavement and one tenth of a mile in brick. In the 83 miles of bitulithlc pavemem there are 889,648 square yards, costing an average of $1.25 a yard, or a total of $1,112,060. There were laid in 1915 and 1916, 102, 920 square yards of concrete pavement at an average cost of SI. 38 per yard, or 1142.029.60. In 1919, 10,000 yards of con crete pavement were la4d at a cost of 12.70 a yard, or $27,000. These costs did not include the cost of grading or trie rock used in the base or shoulders. There are 98 miles of first class ma cadam roads in the county. A 16-root macadam road formerly cost the county about $4500 a mile, but at the present time is being laid for $6000 a mile. An average cost for these roads is about $5000 a mile and the total expenditure for macadam amounts to $750,000. In 1915 and 1915 about 45 miles of macadam roads were covered with pavement. There are 138 miles of gravel road's in the county. These were built of bank river 'gravel at a cost of $1500 a mile. There are still left about 170 miles of dirt roads, all of which are either graded or partly graded. Pavement contemplated for 1920 con sists of two miles on the Base Line ex tension connecting that road with the Columbia river highway at the Auto club, two miles on the Foster road from Fiftieth to Eighty-second street, three miles on Columbia boulevard and one mile on the Marquam hill road. Macadamising of two miles on the St. Johns river road and one mile on the hospital road. as well as graveling 15 miles of various roads will also be pro vided for in the budget for . the coming year. Fire Alarm Awakens Judge to Wed Couple Independence, Kan.. Sept.' 13. (L N. S.) When- In doubt as to how to - locate ' the probate judge to per form the ceremony, call the fire men and they will attend to the mat ter. This is the advice of Mr. and Mrs. George Harris, newlyweds. George and Miss Gussle Query of Bartlesville ar rived here at night. They attempted to telephone the probate judge from a booth in the fire station. .Instead they called the fire department by setting off the alarm. The firemen, after explana tions were made, called the probate judge and were the witnesses. : 4 Corn, clover, hogs and dairy cows the good old Middle Western stand by s set in the midst or a gi gantic and distinctly Western forest, are the things that are drawing nu merous inquiries concerning Lane county from homeseekers and indus trial concerns of the East. Daily numerous inquiries are coming to the State Chamber of Commerce con cerning this county, which stretches from the shores of the Pacific ocean, over the Coast ranges, through the Wil lamette valley and to the farthest east ern summit of the Cascade mountains a distance of 160 miles and contains territory almost equal to the state of Connecticut. RESOURCES ARE VARIED That equal interest is felt by the resi dents of the county in developing their vast resources is manifest in the equally large number of inquiries coming from them, to the chamber exhibiting interest in the progressive movements in the state. The northern boundary of the county lies approximately 110 miles south of Portland and the district averages 30 miles in width. In addition to the wealth of timker and bounteously producing soil, mining, stock raising, horticulture and dairying have a large part to play in the development of this section. Most important of the natural re sources of the county is the timber, as Iane county contains over 60,000,000,000 feet of high-grade standing merchant able timber, or one seventh of the tim ber stand in the state of Oregon. TIMBER OUTPUT EXTEXSIVE About half of this immense stand isj on privately owned lands, while the other half is in the Cascade and Siuslaw national forests. Fir is the predomi nating variety, although much spruce, cedar and hemlock is found in the west ern part of the county, and large for ests of sugar pine in the Cascade moun tains. ' Varieties of other timber, including oak, ash, alder, cottonwood and maple are found in the low-lying ground. Lumber will be one of the leading products of the county for many years, the output a few years ago more than equalling In value the combined agricul tural, livestock and dairy output. Kasterners have wondered at the di versity of agriculture in Lane county after reading reports of the possibilities i there. This is due to the terrain. From the low-lying coast country with its heavy rainfall over the rough coastal mountains, into the fertile upper Wil lamette valley and thence into the snow clad Cascade mountains opportunity for all manner of production presents itself. CLIMATE IS MILD In general the locality has very mild cli mate, light snows and is seldom troubled by high winds, hail storms, floods, light ning or heavy freezes or drought. Sel dom in the farming districts does the day temperature exceed 92 deprees and there is very little freezing weather. The rainy season SieBins in the fall and ex tends to the springtime with occasional summer showers. From the fields come3 corn, clover, wheat, oats, barley, alfalfa, potatoes and rye. In the pasture are raised cattle, hogs, sheep and thoroughbred horses and from the orchards come vast amounts of cherries, prunes, peaches, pears and grapes. Of the small grains, wheat, oats and barley are produced extensively In cer tain sections of the county. Rye has re cently become an important crop be cause it affords pasture for the livestock through the entire mild winter. Corn Is rapidly becoming an important crop, both as a silage and a grain crop. Yields of from 40 to 85 bushels of corn an acre have been obtained and the average yield is far above some of the distinctly corn growing sections or the United States. CANNERIES DO BIG BUSINESS With practically all kinds of fruit being grown on an extensive scale, co operative canneries have been estab lished by the farmers and their crops of prunes, cherries, apples, pears ajid ber ries go mainly to these plants. The canneries in 1918 did a business of over $1,000,000. Fruit growing has always been very profitable in Lane county and because a large portion of the various crops are handled by the local canneries there is no difficulty in growers finding a market for their products. Most extensively over the whole coun ty is dairying. There are five cream eries in the district, the largest being a cooperative creamery which ranks among the largest in the state. Dairying is prevalent mainly because of the mild fclimate which permits of a long pasture season and the production of a variety of feeds. The county is noted as being one of the largest hog producing sections in the Northwest. Corn and pasture with the by-products of the dairy make this class of livestock raising very profitable. The largest cooperative livestock shipping association in the Northwest has grown out of this hog industry and through it marketing of hogs at a good price is guaranteed. MIXING INDUSTRY GROWS Of approximately 3,000,000 acres of land in private ownership, almost 800, 000 acres is in commercial timber, partly tillable, 135,000 acres is under cultiva tion, about 225,000 acres is tillable but uncultivated and 355,000 acres is non-, tillable. Mining is a principal industry in many mountainous sections of the county. Gold and silver, quicksilver, cinnabar, copper, lead, zinc, limestone and sandstone are some of the products of the state. Min ing is divided into three principal dis tricts. Blue river, Bohemia and Quarti ville sections. Cottage Grove is the city immediately adjacent to the mining district now under development, the Bohemia section. This district is fast developing into one of the leading gold mining camps of the Pacific coast. Numerous large stamp mills, concentrating plants and other in dustries are operating in alliance with the. mining work and combined they are 1 7 V'WllimiUlMlfr' iii-iinri.rn.n nr I III I mil II Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Baughman and their five children, Mrs. Elizabeth Gerrum of Eugene, Orace iwrrneyof Smiley, Canada; Henry Delbert Baughman of London Springs, and Jessie and Belle Taylor of Cottage Grove. Cottage Grove, Sept. 20. At a f amily i Klizabeth Gerrum of Kugene, Grace sle Taylor and Belle Taylor of Cottage reunion at the home of D. C. Baughman Sweeney of Smiley, Canada ; Henry Del- Grove. Baughman was representative all five children were present, Mrs. bert Baughman of London Springs; Jes-I from Lane county in 1892 and 1893. the means of employing hundreds of men. Kugene, a city of 12,000. is the county seat and at this place the State uni versity is located, which with several fine high schools located throughout the county, presents excellent educational advantages. Average altitude of the open land is from 350 to 600 feet, but over In the Cascade ranges are peaks of from 7000 to 10.000 feet in altitude. The entire eastern section of the county is snow capped and forest covered mountains. Among them is the famous Waldo lake, whose surface is 5600 feet above sea level, accessible only by trail. The McKenzie and middle fork of the Willamette river penetrate the county and offer some of the finest fishing in the state. Splendid fishing and hunting is also found in the eastern section of the county. In all mountainous portions of the county bear, deer, cougar and wild cat are found. Hunting for geese and ducks js excel lent in the marshes near the ocean and close to the Willamette river. Summer resorts are becoming plentiful in the mountainous districts and Lane county is fast becoming a mecca for tourists who desire to become intimate with the outdoors and wild life. Surf bathing on picturesque ocean beaches is also avail able in the same county. Numerous thriving communities are scattered all over the county but the leading towns and cities are: Coburg, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Kugene. Flor ence, Junction City. Marcola, Spring field and Mapleton. VANDALS PLUCK AND DESTROY FLOWERS ON Ml HOOD ROADSIDE Ranger Complains of How Rhodo dendrons Have Been Wan tonly Destroyed. That the entire roadside between Port land and Welches on the Mount Hood road has been despoiled of rhododen drons through the wanton plucking of the flowers' by motorists who fill their machines with the blossoms during the season' of bloom, is the assertion of Forest Ranger Hanson w Zigzag ranger station, who. together with Ttanger Wil cox, is spending a few days at the for est service office here. Each year other evidences of the ap parent carelessness of visitors in the forests have been noted by Ranger Han son, not only in leaving campfires burn ing, but leaving camp sites dirty and failing to clean up their rubbish, thus rendering the spot unsightly for the next arrival. "The public needs to be educated to the importance of leaving the forest as K is found, " said Hanson. 'While the na tional forests are maintained largely for the recreational use of the public, it Is not intended that they shall lose their natural beauty and attractiveness through the thoughtlessness of persons; who scatter paper wrappers and tin cans broadcast, despoil the forest of its shrub bery and otherwise disfigure the scenery for future visitors." Hanson and Wilcox are in the city to appear before the grand Jury as wit nesses in the case of .1 1. Larson, charged with allowing his nheep to graze upon the Bull Run watershed. They are also conferring with Forest Supervisor T. H. Sherrard of the OreRon national forest, relative to forest Her vice problems. Silver Creek Ranch Sold to Jones & Lane Burns, Sept. 20. Through negotiations recently closed by the Harney County Abstract company. Mrs. America Foptcr and her son, Frank Foster, transferred their ranch on Silver reek to Jones & Lane of Lakevlew. 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