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Employment in Forests May
Depend on Developments
By C. K. Logan
Hundreds of men now employed in Oregon forests and mills
will no longer have work unless new developments are provided
with much of the future economy of the state depending upon
utilization of new methods in the industry, according to Dr. Phi-
mister Proctor, head of the state forest products research labora
tory at Corvallis,
Timber in recent years has
been cut at approximately twice
the rate which would be per
missible under a permanent and
sustained yeild harvest and when
this rate is lowered to a sus
tained yield, as it must under
federal forest ownership and
state and federal forestry regu
lations, one of the great prob
lems to be faced will be the re
employment of hundreds of men.
Four phases are being pro
posed by forest researchers and
by mlllmen involved in conser
vation and increased utilization
of wood and wood materials
which are now being wasted.
First of these Is the physical
utilization involving the use of
re - manufacturing tec hniques
with finished products as op
posed to semi-raw material being
finished, Dr, Proctor points out,
This calls for a greater number
of employees and a higher finan
cial return. It also calls for
physical use of smaller pieces of
wood, formerly discarded be
cause it was felt uneconomic to
process them. He describes the
latter as handles and similar
small articles and the former
furniture parts and other wooden
articles prepared for direct sale
to the wholesaler or retailer
rather than to remanufacturing
firms elsewhere.
Second is the chemical utili
zation which involves the use of
sawdust and wood chips, now
almost entirely wasted. Possi
bilities seen by Dr. Proctor in
clude the manufacture of in
sulating and fibre boards and
articles of pressed and treated
sawdust. Chips are used in the
manufacture of paper pulp and
some plastics as well as resins
and similar products.
The conservation or third
phase of the problem is being
met by various forms of sus
tained yield practices, including
the formation of tree farms,
areas which are devoted to rais
ing forests as "crops" as opposed
to considering them as expend
able resources. It is estimated
that the Western Pine associa
tion alone has 3,500,000 acres
devoted to tree farms and in
creasing emphasis is being placed
on continuing use throughout all
forest areas of the west.
Pointing out that 80 per cent
of all waxes used are imported,
Dr. Proctor holds that Douglas
fir bark contains great quantities
of high-quality wax which can
be extracted by methods now
being developed and that some
of the waxes compare to bees
wax except that they are harder
and less tacky. The wax has
an immediate potential market
with current prices ranging from
35 to 75 cents a pound. He esti
mates that 150 million pounds
of wax is being burned in waste
fir bark in the Pacific north
west each year.
In addition to wax, Douglas
fir bark is a source of tannin
used in curing hides and making
leather with 70 per cent of all
tannin used in this country being
imported with much of the sup
plies uncertain.
Fir tannin is now undergoing
preliminary tests for tanning and
the first reports are encouraging.
Ponderosa pine and other species
also contain both wax and tan
nin in potentially commercial
amounts, it has been discovered,
Another less-known use for tan
nin is by oil drilling firms, which
use the viscosity of drilling
muds. There are also possible
developments in manufacture of
medicines and drugs, Dr. Proc
tor intimates.
Developments like agricultur
al mulches, artiflcal cork, fibre
board, plastics and tiles are now
under study and considerable
progress is being made by both
governmental and industrial lab
oratories. Dr. Proctor also be
lieves that there is need of a
Spring Offensive Starts Here
In Spruce Budworm Battle
The Spring offensive in the battle against spruce budworm was
opened here Monday when the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing
Co. of Portland was awarded a contract to supply half a million
gallons of DDT spray at a cost of $232,500.
John B. Woods Jr., assistant state forester, said the Portland
firm offered to supply the spray
ent for the state forestry de
partment, said the $232,500 or
der was the largest purchase
ever approved by the state board
of forestry.
Unionvale Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Wilder and four children
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, March 8, 1950 17
who have resided in Mrs. Mary
E. Shelburne'i house more than
two months have moved to Cor
vallis where he has employ
ment. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Har
ness of Lafayette moved into the
house vacated by the Wllders.
Andrew is employed at the Ra
leigh Worthlngton farm in
Grand Island district.
Blames British Testifying
before the house foreign af
fairs committee in Washington
in favor of continued Marshall
plan aid to Europe, MaJ. Gen.
William J. Donovan (above),
retired, commented that the
British foreign office made the
decision allowing 71 U. S.
registered planes in Hongkong
to be turned over to the Chi
nese Reds. Donovan, wartime
head of the OSS, said the Brit
ish did it because "they were
more afraid of the Chinese
communists than they were of
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New Daily Paper
To Start in Pasco
Pasco, Wash., March 8 (U.R) A
new daily newspaper, the Co
lumbia Basin News, will begin
publication here .March 14.
Arthur Hagman, editor and
publisher of the Pasco News,
said the twice weekly paper will
be converted to a morning
newspaper five days a week,
Monday through Friday.
Howard Parish, former pub
lisher of the Seattle Star, is
president of the corporation, the
Columbia Basin Publishers, Inc.
The firm purchased the sub
scription lists and good will of
the Richland Villager, weekly
community newspaper which
recently, suspended after five
years of publication.
for 46.5 cents a gallon. Other
bids ranged from 50.8 to 58.2
cents a gallon.
Final steps in the planning
phase of the offensive against
the pest were started in the
state forestry department to
day with preparation of initial
requests calling for bids for 57
aircraft to do the spraying job.
The half-million gallons of
spray made up of one pound of
DDT to IVi quarts of solvent
and the remaining part of the
gallon composed of fuel oil is
the amount needed to treat the
half-million acres included in
thte state project.
The forest lands included in
the state project are made up of
40 per cent private ownership
and 60 per cent public.
After the spraying operation
is completed, the U. S. forest
service will reimburse the state
of Oregon upon an actual cost
basis,
Running concurrently with
the state project, the U. S. for
est service will use a similar
amount of spray on other in
fested areas wither predomi
nantly federally owned or na
tional forest land.
The spruce budworm, believ
ed by some authorities to be an
unwelcome traveler from the
spruce forests of northeastern
United States, first appeared in
western Oregon in epidemic
more widespread marketintf nro
gram and acceptance of potential
products not now fully devel
oped.
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Since then, the insect has mov
ed steadily into the Douglas fir
belt and is currently threaten
ing almost $48,000,000 worth of
merchantable timber in the
state.
Woods said that in spraying
the forests with the DDT so
lution, the work must be quick
and accurate, as the budworm -s
only susceptible to the DDT for
a short period after it emerges
from winter hibernation.
In western Oregon, this lim
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In esastern Oregon, spraying
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eluding both high and low ele
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