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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1942)
The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, August 14. 1 342 Two am Series for War . Savings, Bri .-t MOfBSe -Bay Progr ogs Victory Today Anniversary oi Huge Oregon Fke V m MHleirt&x-i faro d' 6Hg Boys and Girls' Pet'Mutts' To 'Yap at Japs' in Bond Drive- Contest Today Two important announcements time! n the anniversary of the Tillamook forest fire which started August 14, 1S33, were made by Oregon lumbermen, planning a reforestation project along the Wolf Creek highway through-the bora, and State Forester Nelson S. Rogers, warning against compla eener, as August anil September are the1 northwest's worst fire months.- Young Forest to Shield Tillamook Burn Planned by Oregon Logging Operators; Hedge to Be Planted When Labor Ready Llanagcmcn! . AND : Employ " - OF Schlesiqjer Cr Co. jjrge you totisit "VICTORY HOUSE" Today 'and Saturday " fire day and night. By August 24 10 days after the start the weary firefighters thought the battle was won. Some 40,000 acres had been covered but the humid ity was up and the wind had died down. But early the next morning all hell broke loose. The humid ity dropped before dawn to 21 per eent and a bard wind cam up out of the east. It was the blow-up. By daylight there was a solid wall of flame along a 15-mile front. Smoke billowed up and mushroomed out at 9000 feet Through the top of this white lev el broke- churning, frenzied col umns of smoke as the heat below increased. They poured upward By GOBDON G, . MacNAB PORTLAND, Aug. 13-(A multi-million three reforesta tion program in . the Tillamook burn site of one of America's Costliest forest fires was announced Thursday by Orville Miller, Portland lumberman, spokesman for operators in the burn area. Within 10 years" from its start, it is expected that a 15-mile-long young forest, stretching a quarter of a mile back from each side of the Wolf. Creek highway new sort route from Portland to the sea will provide a 15 to 20-foot hedge, to shield from the sight of motorists the gaunt, blackened snags that now cover some 300,000 acres in .the coast mountains. ' The program has been drafted and will be financed by logging operators although virtually all ; Of the land, bordering the high way Is state -owned. Miller said. He added that It was considered economically sound by operators because It will form a natural reseeding area for adjacent pri vately owned laad-aad will cen ter public attention a fire pre vention: The reforestation announcement was made on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the fire that de stroyed 11,000.000.009 (a fMt timber from August 14 to 25, IS-33. Shortage of labor Will delay start of the program, which had been planned for this fall, he said, until after the war. As goon as man are available, -work will-start ia setting out. th millions of year ling trees needed to cover the highway corridor. Many of the new trees will be Douglas fir, replacing the fir forest that went up lm flames nine years - age, but eKteaalve ; sue of fast-growing Pact Or fori .cedar and hemlock Js con templated. Miner aald. J The project. wiU involve 50,000 to. 75,000 man-hours of labor 'for planting alone, he estimated, if trained personnel is used. If com mon labor is used to provide post War employment, we time will be extended, v !!'.':'" But whatever the planting .time, trees soon afiain will cover 5000 acres in the coast mountains that now are a grim reminder of the desolation brought by fire. ' . , The burned area once, was ' pne of Oregon's finest -standi of vir gin timber. On August -14, 1833, humidity was so low that oper ates closed ttieir wbVk: Bjjr $ catrlri a few miles 'iouttiwf s Gales Creek in Washintari ty 'the" final log snaking1 Wer cedar windfall rubbed the wood Into flame. The Tillamook fire had started. '.. , . ' . - It spread with explosive force. Experienced fire fighters. CCC workers, woods and mill work ers battled to trail the fire. The trails were built, then lost as the blaze crowned and roared on. More than 3000 men fought the to 40,000 feet; blackened embers were carried miles out to set; ashes littered the streets of towns inches deep; the sun was blotted out, store lights were turned on at mid-day and chickens went to roost. The flames roared on. But at night a fog moved In from the sea. The fire was forced from the tree tops to the ground and the worst was over. In 20 hours the fire had burst from its previous 40,000 acres to lay waste 311,000 acres. Animals by the hundreds were killed but only one human life was lost a CCC trooper from Il linois, crushed by a falling tree. Some $200,000,000 worth of timber by values then was de stroyed, soon after the fire oper ators moved into the burn area to salvage what they could. The largest operation was that of the Consolidated. Timber company, made up of major companies with holdings in the burn area. Log ging has gone on continuously since. Even now, 15 per cent of Your Purchase tf War Bonds Wi3 v Shorten This War Th Two Important ings to Do WASTE I FATS LADIES REMEMBER, TO BRIN6 USIDU& WASTE KITCHEN FATS, THE ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO , MAKE .,' explosives! And Participate in Waste Today and Saturday 1.1 T j nmr- Bonds and Stamps ! I in r i ir IB U r." - tzy A SALEM'S RETAIL PACKING PLANT 331 STATE STREET the pre-fire cruise Is being recov ered by the crews and the undam aged lumber is going into war- needed buildings and ships. Natural reforestation has pro ceeded in many parts of the burn but in others no seed trees were left The reforestation project an nounced Thursday In which N. I. Borers, state forester, and the highway department have . cooperated in planning will In a few years shield from motor- , Ists the present gaunt outlines thai tell of Oregon's costliest fire.' ' "What better opportunity could be used than the ninth anniver sary of the disastrous Tillamook fire of 1933 to impress upon peo ple of Oregon the grave' and threatening months just ahead of us," said Rogers. "I hope our peo ple have not become too compla cent because of the rains we have had this summer. This year Is very similar to 1936, when on September 23 the holocaust known as the Bandon fire claimed 11 lives as it literally exploded and took thousands of acres of rich timber lands." "Our big job. right now is to tee that fires such as destroyed the great virgin forests of Clatsop and Tillamook counties do not happen again," Rogers continued, Figures at the office of the state forester indicate that the fire sea son to date in Oregon has been the best in history with a record of Only 89 man-made fires and a total of only 137 acres burned on protected land. This very record alone may be the worst handicap the rest of the fire season in the opinion of Forester Rogers. ChUdren's Dog ShW Starts at 4:30, Part Of 'Victory Days' it wDl be -yap at the Japs" In Salem at 4:30 o'clock this after noen when the city's boys and girls bring their dogs to town for com petition in the "Victory Days" pro gram on Liberty street, between State, and Court ' " Yip as they maf, and scratch, the mutts will have their day, at 4:30 tm in contests for the lar gest, the smallest, and other clas sifications outlined by. J. H. "Har ry," Willett, dog show chairman. Following, said Willett Thurs day, are the classifications for dog show entries: Best dog. Largest-eared. Smallest-eared. Longest-tailed. . - Largest dog. SmaUest dog. Best mannered. Best-educated. Best conditioned. Only boys and girls from 6 to 14 years of age, inclusive, will be eligible for entry In the show. Many prizes are to be awarded. Willett said judges would be Frank Bell and Bert HilL , At the same hour "Victory Days" chairman of event, Bark ley A. Newman, has arranged for a Centennial costume competition. Saturday at 4:30 p.m. a series of sports contests for children has been arranged for by New man and Oliver B. Huston. Prises also will be awarded to the children best made np te caricature Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Japan's emperor. 'I i i i I,. 5 II TIE -TOP! lZs2L&kkca EVERY STAMP AND EVERY BOND HELPS TO PUT ANOTHER TANK "OVER THE TOP." TO VICTORY Plan Now To Buy .Your Share , At Tlil "Victory House" , , Today and Saturday! The Smart Shop All N. LIBERTY V ."Y "V Y . V V Y Y Y V Y Y- o Y ) : lf A Mi Mhj: . 7 I: ji. .'-'.:- d - ABE OUR I? 1 nn 1 if 11 11 1 y0mi' nn I I t 0 JU (0) a !iva!iua tj QOT a 1 With them-Victory shall bo won by America and pur AlliosI Dofonco Bonds will implomont our qovora ment with tho funds nocossary to buy and pay for-fiqhting ships, pianos, tanks and guns You can't buy too many I 1 I 1r . Buy War Bonds and V tamiDs! A " n! 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