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Use of Certified Seed Suggested For Growing Better Douglas ir r Br J. Clarence Moore SEATTLE PH "Grow your: next crop of Douglas fir only from certified seed." 1 Farmers are 'used to hearing such advice about the growing of potatoes or clover.! They follow it, too; 'because better seed means better crops and more money. Now they're talking of the need for getting the best possible seed for planting Douglas fir - stands. They have found it can mean the difference between a poor and a bumper lumber crop. They also are talking of creat ' lng super fir trees through hy bridization, mass selection and ge netic changed. prosperity Affected - The subject itf tied up with the properity of the Pacific northwest because the forest industry is the region's greatest business. In one way or another it accounts for more than half the total income of people living in the Douglas fir region of Washington and Ore gon. --. . ' It's also Important because two-thirds of the forest area of western Washington and one third of western Oregon has beeu cut over or burned.! Lumber com panies and public agencies have been working on reforestation bat It's a big Job. By 1946 they had reforested only 150,000 acreat of 3,000,000 acres which need to be replanted. . U Isaac Writer Book . the need for getting the best teed for the job outlined in new book published by the Uni versity of Washington Press. It s written by Leo Isaac, silvicultur Ist of the Pacific northwest range and experiment station of the VS. forest service. His book, "Better Douglas Fir Forests From Better Seed," collects U information available on the subject, ' t Forest service studies snow that ome Douglas fir will; grow only at low altitudes and"0thers only at high elevations. Some stand low winter temperatures and. oth ers die. Some like it humid, oth- ers relatively' dry.--.'il : Conditions Differ ? Conversely, some, seed seems to thrive at both low as J high alti tudes and unden t variety of climate conditioi ? . - Another important point Is that Douglas fir may be less resistant to disease and Insects when grown in an arear to Which $t Is unsuited As examples of , the was various strains of Douglas, tirreact to cli mate, the forest ,serv1ce,fites re sults of its own pizhtihii in dif ferent locationsThe, mildest site studied was in the Siuslaw na tional . forests long "the- Oregon coast at an elevation of 2,000 feet, The most rigorous was . at the 4,-600-foot level in the high Cas cades near Mt. Hood. Rates Seed Tested They ; found such results as these: Seed ciltlliJ;i sJai vicin Ity of Granite FallsJ 'vTaBu and Darrington, Wash, at an eleva tion of 500 feet made good growth on all planting sites regardless of climate. The same war; true of seed collection at Palmers Ore., at n elevation of 2.000 to 3,000 feet nd of seed from the Willamette valley at Gates, OreJthere the elevation was 950 feet. Seed collected at Fortson and Hazel, Wash, fared well on Mt Hood but the growth rate was poor on the humid coastal Sius law plantation. However, seed col lected on a humid coast site at Benton, Ore, did well when plant ed on a similar coast site on the Siuslaw plantation but made the poorest jtfowtivof thirteen strains tested on -the Mt Hood planta tion. ; . . For an opposite example, moun tain rtock from Santiam, Ore, ,made a good showing on Mt Hood but the poerest showing of all strains on ', the humid coast Siuslaw plantation. : System Said Essential As' a - result Of such ' evidence. Isaac says "some sorf of svstera of teed certification is essential. He suggests this might be done throueh the nurseries established under the Clarke-McNary act of 1924. These furnish tree seeds or seedlings at low cost to farmers It may require an act of con cress to amend the law," he says. but this should be done so that t Clarke-McNary , nurseries could furnish seed for reforestation as well as tree seedlngs for farmers. "Thely either could do the com- I plete job cf collection and sale of teed or provide facilities under which seed collection by private parties could - be certified as to , place of origin, fom of parents, climatic limitation and per cent of viability (germination). . , Europe Boys U J. .Seed . "Since the job 'would be han died jointly by state and federal governments through an already established agency, this use of nur series appears to be the most log leal solution of one of the most complicated and vital problems in the American reforestation pro gram." j Western European countries al ready have set up such compul sory or voluntary control of seed sources. They import much Doug ,-las fir seed because the Douglas ' is a 'better lumber producer than th?ir native trees. Many countries are so anxious to secure the best possible seed that they send agents to this country to make the selec tion on the spot r - . Isaac also sees the possibility of Improving the northwest's stands of Douglas fir through other meth ods than seed certfication. One is to select seed from the best trees and eliminate use of that from in ferior trees. . Hybrids Suggested Another is through development or njonas, wnicft has beerr car ried out with such great success in the case of corn. A third is the changing of the chromosome numbers in the seed to bring about marked changes in the trees. "Use of drugs, x-ray Isaac, "has produced wonderful changes in flowers .and vegeta bles." "Although It has not yt i reduc ed anything outstanding (in forest trees ), he adds, "this process of fers most hope to the forest tree breeder." However, with regard to mass selection, hybridization and im provement of trees through ge netics, Isaac reports: fLittle or no work has been done in most of these fields with Douglas fir even though' it is one of the nation's outstanding timber trees." Crews Work to Dig Out Frozen North Montana HELENA, Mont, Feb. 4H?V Using all manner of air and ground equipment in the first decent weather of a month, rescue crews worked on a 500-mile front today to dig out . and supply frozen northern Montana. , : i Snowplows and bulldozers buck ed mammoth drifts, trying to reach thousands of marooned ranchers and Indians before more show and cold could snarl relief attempts. Feed, Clothes Dropped A Small planes scouted the vast expanse of glittering snow. A na tional guard C-47 cargo plane bombed 14,000 pounds of food and clothing to the hard hit Blackfeet Indian reservation just east of Glacier national park. I Moving equipment of all types was thrown into the battle as the state's month long cold spell end ed. Temperatures stood above zero for the first time in days in the tier of snowbound counties along the Canadian border. But snow, al ready falling in western Montana, posed a new threat Trail Broken Open Four large rotary plows finally broke open a trail on one of four main highways leading into Browning, Indian agency town. Indians nearby were reported still short of food, fuel and livestock feed. State Aeronautics Director Frank Wiley reported the situa tion among most ranchers many supplied by air for weeks is not yet critical In most places. He add ed that more snow and wind quickly could make the plight of many people and their stock des parate. State Highway Engineer C. E. Stahl was renting ' tractors and bulldozers from contractors throughout northern Montana, de ploying them in a frantic effort to clear main roads while good weather prevails. f Supply-laden trucks stood ready at half a dozen ooints to move into the 14 counties designated an emergency area py President Truman. District Sunday School Convention Held at Marion Statesaua Ntws Service JEFFERSON The district Sun dav school convention was held lat the Marion Friends church de- soite bad weather. The Rev. Elvin Fast of Sclo Bap tist church conducted the opening song service, followed by prayer by Eldon Turnidge of Talbot and special number by the Marion Friends church. Mrs. Harold Grate took the roll calL The young peo ples time was directed by Ed Hoi' land of Scio and the Jefferson Un ited Brethren church presented special numbers. Children's class periods was fol lowed by an address by the Rev, James Neely of Albany, speaking on "China's Orphans Need Christ" The offering for the afternoon will be sent to the China Inland .Mis sion orphanage at Shanghai. Silverton Band Group Plans Benefit Show . gtatesmaa News Service SILVERTON The Parent Band association is arranging variety show for Friday, February 24, at the Eugene Field auditorium. Proceeds will go to- the general budget reports Mrs. Harry Hahn, association secretary. Norman Ne- ageli is president; I Brandenberg, vice president and Mrs. S. A. Pit ney, treasurer, of the association organized to assist the local school band. Mrs. Harold Toft is general chairman of the variety show pro gram. ' .... . 1 The length of sea slugs ranges from a few inches to two feet ac cording to the National Geograph ic Society. , " f A .v. .... , , i f - t i.,'?.-:S",::f"v-:' ' ,: ; - f . .' ' i ' ' ; 0 MUTUAL CONGRATULATIONS c e r g Mikan, pr basketeer, and Jockey Steve Brooks, Derby winner, shake hands when honored as tops by Sport Magazine, New York. T . i - C-54 Search Moves to Area Of Smoke Signs WHITEHORSE, Y. T, Feb. 4- (P)-The search for the missing American air force C-54 transport plane which vanished nine days ago swung SH)0 miles northwest of here today. A 15-man trail crew carrying emergency equipment set out for the area, some 15 miles south of the road junction with the Haines, Alaska, cut-off. Smoke has been reported sight ed there. It's also a location whence radio signals previously have been heard. To Keep Radio Contact Radio contact will be main tained with both the ground crew and searching airplanes overhead. Meanwhile, ten Superfortresses left Anchorage today for a return sweep of the Alaska-Canada air route from whichjthe C-54 van ished with 44 aboard, including an expectant mother and her two-year-old child. The Superforts will continue on to Great Falls. At Great Falls, U. S. air force officials said they intended to in vestigate reports of radio signals in the Rocky mountain sector near the British Columbia - Montana border. Alert Ordered Coast guard headquarters at both Seattle and San Francisco reported hearing similar signals from the same area, and an alert was ordered for all radio stations and listening posts. The federal communications commission ruled out one of the signals as due to atmospheric con ditions, however. During northern Canadian winters, there are nu merous "skips" in radio communi cation. Messages have been known to be picked up 500 to 1,000 miles away, while being unreadable within a 100 or 200 mile radius. Amrirnn nnH Canadian air rtf. flcials both spiked a rumor cours ing through the northland's "bush telegraph" last night that the missing craft had been located 200.8 miles from Snag, Y. T. Snag is the last radio point to report communications with the missing ship. , . "There is absolutely nothing to the report" officials said here, at Anchorage and at Edmonton, Alta. Springfield Water Pressure Decline Hampers Firemen EUGENE, Feb. 4 -JP Spring field firemen warned today that water pressure in Springfield was too low to fight flames efficiently. They asked residents to shut off house taps at night" Many home owners have been leaving taps running in order toj keep pipes from freezing. Freezing at the Mountain States Power com pany intake on the Willamette river has further lowered pres sure. Firemen said they were handi capped seriously last night in try ing to put out a fire at one house. Meanwhile two Eugene fire companies went to Glenwood to fight that; community's third fire of the year. The flames damaged a highway store owned by the Oregon Outfitters of Eugene. Loss was estimated at 14,000. Auburn A guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Meir on Osborn street is William Frolick from North Dakota. Uncle Sam Plans to Sell Some Of His Federally-Run Gties : By Clarke Beach WASHINGTON -fl- Besides running the nation, uncle Sam runs a lot or towns. In communities from the Pan ama canal zone to Kicnxana, Wash, he is landlord, mayor and dog catcher everytning. The folks who live in these' communities are free to criti cize - and advise him, but they have no legal authority over their local governments. Except for that an Associated Press survey shows that most of them are contented communities. Rents are low because Uncle Sam helps pay the bills. living conditions are unusually good. Many of the towns were built on a garden City pattern, with curv ing streets, plenty of trees and parks and wide spaces around them to keep undesirable neigh bors.? from encroaching. Many Children Noted All of them are notable for the youthfulness of their population and their extraordinary propor tion of children. The average age of residents of atomic energy commission towns . is 32. In Greenbelt, Md, one of the three people are children. Schools are constantly over crowded in all the towns, and new schools are being planned or constructed. ' In most of the towns there is no wealth, no poverty and no slums. Crime rates far below average. Greenbelt had its first and only auto traffic fatality in 1949. Nearly all the towns have long waiting lists of prospective ten ants. Most of the communities are growing, and much new - home construction is under way. Many dwellings are temporary, war built units but are being replaced to provide more livable quarters and to reduce maintenance costs. UJ3. Sells Towns Uncle Sam is selling all towns he doesn't need. Eventually he hopes to have on his hands only the Canal zone and AEC towns. He must control them for na tional security reasons. Here's the general picture of federal towns speaking only of civilian communities and leaving out the scores of military posts. . "First civilian communities to be built and managed by the federal government were in the Panama canal zone. They were begun in 1904. The principal towns are Bal boa and Cristobal. Population of all the- zone towns is 46,461. Federal town No. 2 was Norris, Term, which was sold in its en tirety in 1948 to a Philadelphia real estate company. It was built by the Tennessee valley authority to house construction workers on Norris dam. Before its sale Norris was run by a manager appointed by TV A, and TVA promulgated town or dinances, ran the . police and fire departments and all other serv ices. TVA found the landlord job open enormous headache. Repeat edly it had to rule on a vast num ber of details, such as new paint for the school or resurfacing the tennis courts. New Deal Started It In the 1930s Uncle Sam was saddled with a batch of new deal communities. They were built largely to provide work for men on relief. They included 31 sub sustence homesteads new farm ing communities developed ot pro vide lana and homes for resettled farm folk. All but a few individ ual units have now been sold. The "Green towns" came in the new deal package too. One of them, Greenhills, O, near Cincin nati, was recently sold to a non profit cooperative group for $3, 511,300. It cost $12,000,000. The loss loss was a net loss. The Green towns have paid operating expenses and some interest on in vestment, nothing on principle. The government is now nego tiating for the sale of the other two Greentowns Greenbelt Md, and Greendale, Wis. The Greentowns have their own local governments, and Uncle Sam is just the landlord. At Greenbelt all stores and services are run by cooperatives owned by the rsei- dents. The bus cooperative gives free rides as dividends about once a month. Vanport Was Bigrest Omimunity spirit is very active. Greendale has 75 organizations, from a village band to a rifle and pistol club. During the war the government built new communities to house war workers. The biggest was Vanport City, Ore, housed 42, 000 persons. It was wiped out by flood in 1948. The largest remain ing is Richmond, Calif. Its 16,000 units were quickly thrown up, designed for only a few years' use. Now they are falling apart and are rapidly becoming a slum. The government wants to sell or raze them but cant at this time because housing is so scarce in the vicinity. The three largest AEC towns are Oak Ridge, Term. (pop. 36,- 000),- Richland, Wash. (pop. 20,- 000) and Los Alamos, N. M. (pop. 9,900). They are not for sale, and all of them are expected to grow lor some years. Local government in them is be coming a bit of a problem. AEC is now trying to figure out some way they can be made self-governing. The trouble is that the govern ment must keep a fairly tight rein for security reasons. (Los Alamos, the weapon factory, is still fenced in, although the other towns are now open.) Local Laws Tried Also, since they are one-industry towns, and that Industry is federal and non-taxable, special arrangements would have to be worked out to make the towns self-supporting. In 1949 they were running at an annual deficit of from $2,570,474 to $7,371,906 each, although costs are steadily dimin ishing. AEC delegates actual town man agement to private companies, which supply fire protection and everything else on a cost-plus basis. i All AEC towns have advisory I P. THE STORY OF A BIG SHOT! Accnrt Aeadmv Award Nomination! XM' II r mm SH U 1M PUUTZEt rtflX WtMNO NOVR BECOMES AViTAt, VEST CKAI MOTION nCTUKI Broderlck CRAWFORD V5 I. Sublimity Student Enters College Near Olympia SUUuaaa Ntws lefrica SUBLIMITY Delbert Ditter left recently for Olympia, Wash, where he will enter St Martins college for the second semester. He plans to major in business admin istration. Patricia Ditter, who is attending Marylhurst college in Portland, was home recently visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ditter. She brought with her Kae Keegan of Ashwood, Oregon. Miss Keegan is also a student at Maryl hurst college. 32 mi fl ip k cA . 162H N. Commercial You walking up . over paint j store HXIXG) nUKNDS aad an people very- very cold aom. more aomo lady not Ukinf -get out o( house. You liko Chines dish you tele- F honing m I prepare (new word lust learn last nitev cood. huh?) any kind Chinas dish you Hk and I send up to your place of liv ing. You having party you call me tip I fix you plenty good every body b happy. You want to havo party my placo I fbdm nie party, lots people I hav big din room, not so many poopl I tlx nie table in smaller room I treat yoq okay, you com tip you b my friend. You hav big it friends, you let m at plenty time ahead- party, man know about good party take lots work, lots , work tak lota help, lots help make very fine meal, you see I dont tell you tie I very sincerely about cook food healthful food. You come op my place oa North. Commercial Street close to Stat Street you find out. - TEE SING (thafs my name, sure) GRAND STARTING WEDNESDAY! The slcrteracm,1 Safenv''OSregcn uofaVTeBrucaf T 1556-113! town councils. The one at Rich land recently tried its hand at leg islating but found it could go only as far as the AEC or the operating company permitted. One- of its. ordinances set up- the office of dog catcher and made various regulations for the canine population. Nothing came of it, however, because AEG just didn't act ; ; Another ordinance1 decreed' that garbage collections should: be made twice: a week,, that- special cans should' be provided etc. The company' went along" witir. this. agreeing it was a good Idea. A Mli,Dally fnm liPJIE :NOW SHOWING! L : musty conrn . : W1II10I 0 CoauVFrom l.TJ M. h NowfTwin CobrHitsI 'KSSta R4T A New!" Cont. Shows! r VkginiaMayo. . Girl tff onvJones Boach, James Cagney WHTTE HEAT SCOUTS PLAN PROGRAM ; Statesaua News Serric DALLAS Dallas Boy Scouts will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America with a covered -dish dinner in the dining halt of th First Christian church Wednes day, February 8; at 6:3.0 p. ttX A special program has been planned. scouts, cuds, soouters and parents are. 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