THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAN D' SUNDAY MORNING, ' SEPTEMBER - 21, 1919. "
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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. :
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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
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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. The ranch com
prises over HOO acres of fertile, well
watered land and will be used by the
new owners in connection with their
sheep raising operations.
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