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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1953)
- i EA Tho Statesman, Salem. Ore- Thursday. April S& 19S3 ' SSSSrfJ--ssr-Trr ?r,,2r V r If. -I II I V II I . I X y i r i m ii ! r a ill . . m j - . - : . ii n . 1 I . ' ' v i iJ i ii t . s I Forest Code Modernized ' . - . . - By 26 Laws i. A record high number of 26 forest laws were enacted by the 1953 Oregon Legislature as it modernized the state forest code and sought a favorable future for good forestry and perpetuation of Oregon's billion dollar lum bering industry. Majority of the laws will become operative on July 21, except those carrying emergency clauses which makes them effective immediately. More than 35,000 loggers and others who work in the woods will be affected by the new laws. Many of the new statutes ap peared as amendments to cur rent laws and provided for im proved forest practices in log ging operations, fire protection, reforestation, research, and for est administration. Only One Failed Only one minor administrative bill tithing fee on fire patrol assessment failed to obtain leg islative approval. A record mini mum of only two negative votes was recorded in the passage of the 23 laws reuestedq by Indus try and the Forestry Depart ment Both negative votes were cast in the House. One other bill which provided for the eradica tion of tansy ragwort received seven negative votes in the Sen-, ate. A number of the laws concern ed had appeared on the statute books for 30 years without a ma jor revision until overhauled by forestry and natural resource committees under the leadership of Sen. Philip S. Hitchcock of Klamath Falls and Rep. Loran Stewart of Cottage urove. State Forester George Spaur aid the new laws made UD the trinst comorehensive forest Dro- gran) enacted since the first com pulsory fire patrol law was pass ed in 1913, and praised the mem bers of the Legislature and the forest industry for outstanding work in modernizing tne ioresiry code. Strengthens Long-Range Forestry The recent Legislature strength ened long range forestry in Ore gon, said Spaur, by: 1-llmDrovins the fire nreven tion code in logging operations advancing the closed season on burning from May 15 to April, since the governor has usually had to proclaim an early start due to hazardous weather; giv ing the state forester authority to refuse permits during hazard periods; requiring fire-fighting equipment for mills or other plants within one-eighth mile of forest land, as well as for log gers. 2. Placing cost of protecting timberlands from fire upon a cur rent basis instead of collections being on the basis of past patrol costs. 3. Broadening the logging uer- mit to include Eastern Oregon operators closures, however, would aply only to the West side and to all of Hood River County; humidity regulations would apply only to Western Oregon. 4. Increasing the bond to in sure regrowth from $3 to $16 per acre allowing the Forestry Department to spend this amount to reforest lands cut in violation of restocking standards, with the costs to be recovered from the owner. 5. Continuing forest research at both the Forest Products La boratory in Corvallis and the State Forester's Office financed by the severence tax authorized in 1947 and setting up a five man conservation committee and a director. Fire Hazard Protection 6. Authorizing the governor to close the taunting season if fire danger exists eliminating a con flict in administrative authority which has existed in recent years with dry autumns. 7. Modernizing old protection laws to permit steped-up action on fires holding that fire burn ing across an ownership bound ary line on forest land is prima- facie evidence of uncontrolled fire, with costs of suppression collectible from owners. & Creating a forest fire fight ing fund of $750,000 coming from an additional four cents per thousand feet severance tax on timber harvested from Western Oregon lands protected by the state board or private forest pa trol associations. Tms amounts to approximately one-half the total commercial forest land, both public and private, in the state. Of the 8.8 billion board feet har vested in Oregon last year, 5.5 billion was in the western area. 9. Authorizing the establish ment of marketing areas for state timber sales similar to the pro gram on federal O&C grant lands, requiring that, when feasible, pri mary, manufacture (rough saw ing) of the timber must be done within the geographical area of Fish Assist InFinding Car MINNEAPOLIS (Si Wilbur Kellison, Sioux City, Iowa, forgot where he had parked his car when be had to leave Minneapolis hur riedly by other means two weeks ago. But, be wrote police, there were 500 pounds of fish stored In it Tuesday a parking lot com plainet about a fishy odor coming from a car parked for two weeks. Police had the car towed away and sent word to Keuison to pick irp -- quickly. Cicadas do no harm in feeding oa plant juices, but when the fe males gash twigs in laying eggs, i v - Purchases Totaling; $20.00 or More May Be Made On Sears Easy Payment Plan Plenty Free Parking aam jze7Cf 1 IPiflS 550 N. Capitol A Giant 14 Cu. Ft. Stores 490 Lbs. Ifu y yuj (Slant 9.3 Cu. 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