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This Wax Came horn Barh of Trees
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The Santa Fe railway wai
named for Santa Fe, New Mexico,
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a spur line of that railroad serves
Santa Fe, capital city of the state.
and tannin only in small quanti
ties. It Would like to set up pilot
plants in-order to show business
how profitable the operation would
be. Both can ' be produced
cheaply. . :
Another product from bark is
called dihydroquercetin, and it
may have important medical uses.
Doctors think it will cure some
types of blood diseases, and al
ready it has been found to make
sterile mamma rabbits have lit
tle bunnies. And it might be of
value in treating sterility in
women. . .
A big eastern drug company is
interested in dihydroquercetin, and
enough to supply the whole coun
try could be. produced from Just
a few trees. j
COS V ALUS - Dr. E. F. Knrth, chief ef the chemical utilisation section of the state forest products
. -laboratory, displays samples of wax extracted from bark. Dr. Knrth la the father of the wax-rrom
-bark process. (PhaU by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer.) . ,
Wax from Wood Waste Seen
. Large New Area Business
' ' ' By Paul W. Harvey, Jr.
i CORVALLIS, May 9 -(JP)- The forest products laboratory here
bits learned' how to take the wax business away from the bees, and
how to make the already prolific rabbits produce even more rabbits.
And that doesn't begin to4ell of the wonderful uses of bark from
the trees of Oregon's forests. 1
The laboratory, which is financed by a tax of five cents per 1,000
feet on all timber cut in the state,
has learned how to make tannin,
- which is Tjsed for leather tanning
and oil well drilling. ' -It
can make sugar and molasses.
Its scientists also found out how to
make gasoline out of bark, but that.
wouldn t be economical. .
Since the laboratory really got
going in 1947, it has spent more
than $600,000 to help the lumber
' Industry find uses for wood waste,
and to carry on other research
; projects which the industry wants.
It has 25 permanent employes,
Including 10 scientists. All are un
der the direction of P. B. Proctor,
the technical director. Faculty
members and students of the Ore
gon State college forestry school
also help.
Proctor' thinks that the labora
tory has, found the way to a vast
new marketrfor wood waste, with
a possibility that lumber mills will
! be able to sell their bark for $40
ton. Now they pay $2 to $3 a
ton to have it hauled away.'
Right now, Proctor is trying; to
sell his ideas to industry, which
. always is far behind the research
scientists. He hopes that local
money will develop the wax, tan
nin and other industries which re
sult from the .laboratory's jre
search. - ; I'
Sot far, the wax deal Is !the
- biggest - Since the United States
. jiow imports 80 per cent of its ijvax
from Africa, Argentina "and Mexi
co. Proctor thinks it's ,a safe bet
that the wax - from - bark indus
try has great possibilities, i
Proctor estimates that the bark
-from Douglas fir cut in the noirth
west will product twice (the
amount of wax needed in the Uni
ted States. He thinks new (uses
for wax will be found, as one. big
chemical company is interested in
it for the carbon in it.The jwax
companies are interested, tooJ '
Wax already is being prodjuced
at Springfield. Proctor things' this
industry might eventually be
worth $75,000,000 a year. I
He said the wax is of theWgh
est . quality,..-but much more re
search needs to be done in jorder
to find out exactly what jit is
chemically? Some of the wax is
' extremely complicated in its chem
ical structure. Dr. E. F. Kurth,
chief of -the chemical utilization
eection of the lab, is credited with
the wax development. ,
Tannin from bark can be ex
tracted in the same way as) wax,
and the potential value of th;e tan
nin is $54,000,000 a year, j
Seventy per cent of America's
tannin now is imported, and in
.10 years, .all of It will have to be
, shipped in. I
The war munitions boardj which
ays tannin is a strategic material,
i found the laboratory's tannin as
i good ' as . any. The Humble Oil
company is interested in the new
tannin process. ,- j, .
. About half of the tannin fused in
this country is for oil well drilling,
explains Proctor. It thins the mud
and thus makes the drilling tools
last longer. The other half is used
to tan hides.: .' j
Tha laboratory, can produce wax
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Petitions
FUed in Court
Petitions signed . by owners of
about one-half of the involved
property, asking establishment, of
a South Keizer special road dis
trict, were filed Monday with
Marion county court.
They were sent to the county
assessor's office for confirmation
as to a required .25 per cent re
presentation of the property.
Residents of the Hicks-Jones
and Arnold additions, east of Cher
ry avenue and north of the alumi
na plant, want the road district to
enable road improvement . ana
maintenance with funds to be
raised by taxation. They have
asked a 1950-51 levy of about
$2,500. The . legal limit is (a 10
mill tax, to which the asking wll
be cut by the assessor prior . to
making the tax rolls. -
After certification of, the peti
tions, signed by owners of 118
parcels of property, the county
court will conduct a hearing and
then call an election. The ballot
will authorize formation of the
district and levying of the tax.
A collection among the residents
raised money for holding the elec
tion. 1
Roads involved for improvement
are a loop comprising Alder ave
nue and portions of Pleasant View
drive and Shady Lane avenue, in
order to secure school bus service
through the area, as well as all
mail route roads, said Floyd
Brown, chairman of the board
from the community.. The funds
will also be used for maintenance
of other streets in the area, which
CIRCUIT COURT
Henry M. Conley ' vs; Arthur
Lengele: Complaint seeks Judg
ment of $1,096 for - alfalfa and
meadow hay allegedly delivered.
Walker Stanmore Fitts vs. Ore
gon Electric Railway Co. and oth
ers: Plaintiffs motion to strike
parts of defense denied.
Lawrence Moffit vs. Donna May
Moffit: Complaint charging cruel
and inhuman treatment seeks di
vorce. Married July 30, 1948, at
Vancouver, Wash. -. -
William and Emily Albrecht vs.
Lawrence Girardin: Defendant's
answer admits,, denies, asks that
Dlaintiffs complaint be dismissed,
Norma A. McDowell vs. Floyd
R. McDowell: Order permits de
fendant to file and cross - com
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Marie Haffley, vs. William C.
Haffley: Default tirder entered.
Howard C. Johnston vs-Elayne
M. Johnston: Complaint charging
desertion seeks divorce, custody of
minor child.' Married Dec. 12,, 1945,
at Great Falls, Mont.
Paul A. Porter as office of price
administration vs. Coos Bay Far
mers cooperative and others: Ac
tion dismissed as to defendant Oy
ster Growers. Service association,
Jack L. Evans, vs. Pearl and
James A. Trade and others: De
cree finds generally for plaintiffs
and defendants Champlin and
against defendants Pearl and
James A. Trude.
includes between five and six
miles of roads.
The improvement and mainten
ance will be administered by the
county court, following requests
shown on the petitions.
PROBATE COURT
Albert W. Lemery estate: Final
account hearing June 2.
Eva B. Cauthorn guardianship:
Effie Mudd appointed guardian of
person, Pioneer Trust company
appointed guardian of estate,
monthly payments of $150 author
ized for guardian of ; person for
her services. .
James L. Loder estate: Inven
tory of assets and liabilities filed
for business in which deceased
had interest. L, .
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Joseph Luykx, 32, Ft. : Lawton,
Wash., U. S. army, and Mary A.
Duletski, 29, Seattle, Wash, beau
tician. ' '
DISTRICT COURT
? Omer Vernon Carr, Salem route
9, pleaded guilty of charge of
driving while intoxicated, contin
ued to May 9 for sentencing; held
in lieu of $250 bail.. -
Raymond Paul Clarke, Gervais,
pleaded guilty to charge of driv
ing While intoxicated, 30-day jail
sentence ' suspended, fined $250
and costs driver's license sus
pended for one year. -
Tony Guerra, charged with es
e a p e from state penitentiary,
waived preliminary hearing, held
to answer to grand jury; held on
$3,500 bail.
Winona Juanitta Burbank,
1935 Maple ave., pleaded guilty
to charge of aiding a prisoner to
escape,: continued for sentencing
to May 15; posted $500 bail.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Robert Werner Rieder, 340 E.
Rural ave., continued to May 10
for plea to charge of driving while
Intoxicated; posted $250 bail. .
John S. Friesen, Dallas, ordered
to plead May 12 to charge of reck
less driving, liquor Involved; post
ed $150 bail. . ' r
Wayne E. Mahaffey,'107 High
land ave charged with reckless
driving; posted $50 bail.
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MANILA -(INS)- Ten-year-old
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shotgun slaying of his playmate
Felipe Garcia, R, explained to Ma
nila police: "I didn't intend to kill
him. I was told the gun could only .
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