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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1954)
Pit e I SECTION II THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem, Oron Wednesday, April 21, 19S4 Forest Practices Code Insures Future Timber Br 8AM DAWSON ' PORTLAND, Or. Ifi The na tion'a home-building splurge is ripping into iu timber resource. And some are asking today Are man. insects and fire slowly but surely destroying our forests? The helicopter, some by-products of the atom bomb, the latest in Insect-killers even rate poison s re being used today by lumber men to fight this threat. Federal and state laws act as watchdogs to see that the vast timberlands still left aren't squan dered to meet the nation's big post war demand for instruction ma terials. More than two thirds of the timberlands are government-owned. Commercial lumbermen in the i Pacific Northwest conscious of the public s memory of the okJ Strip ping" days when timberlands were denuded for quick profits in lum berinsist that new forestry meth ods, forest farming and other types of conservation assure the nation of a fairly constant supply of new timber. There are enough trees standing in the 12-stale Western pine region from the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountatins to the western borders of Texas and the Dakotas to build 50 million five-room houses, according to S. V. Fulla way Jr., manager of the Western Pine Assn. Here. He adds that since 1X9 the lumber companies and govern agencies have developed a code of forest practices to insure the region's lasting future as a timber source. In' the pine regions the rules now call for the cutting only of ripe trees, leaving the young ones. They grow fast when the old ones are out of their way, and the area resccds itjclf. Tifferent practiree are followed in the Douglas fir region This is a strip from the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains to the Pacific Coast having the heavy rainfall fir requires. The West Coast Lumberman's Assn. representing the majority of Douglas fir lumber companies la Washington, Oregon and north ern California, says block cutting works fine there. Square chunks are hewn from the forest, with standing trees left all around in a checkerboard pattern. These re seed the cut areas. WALLPAPER SALE 150 Patterns All Fade Proof and Washable Marked Down OfV AslowAs OH Single leR Hulcheon Paint Store IU N. (0NHEICI11 n. i un We Give jfAT Green Stamps Power Output Dips Again NEW YORK Electric pow er production in the week ended April 17 dipped to i.345.000.000 kilowatthours from .3U6.O00,0O0 kilowatthoun the nrerMinp week. 'Edison Electric Institute reported Vt eanesaay. Tnis was the fourth consecutive week in which production declined. Output was 19 per cent over the 8.113.000.000 kilowatthours in the like week a year ago. The small margin of increase could be at tributed largely to the bad weather in the like week of 195 when out put had registered a contra-seasonal boost, industry sources ex plained. Several sections showed gains over last year. The Pacific North west was II per cent higher. "She's plumb crazy to many an Army man f Neighbor were wrong I Read the exclusive 1 Journal story of fho Utonhowori' marriage I On their honeymoon, the Eisenhowers had their first and worst quarrel, which showed Mamie that her husband couldn't be bullied. It taught lie to he firm, hut never casual, with his wife. From then on. it was real nartnershiol lia burned the midnight oil for a career every 1 X i' " ) one thought was dead. And "butterfly" fir Mamie learned to cope with everything, C comnur"l'nf! oncers and Con- gresnmen to bats, bedbugs and baby C ''v trc in i no iatiu ttme. uniy neaurpec VVjdTjI iar fr Mamie" has the complete, revealing 'jF story of this very human couple. Also "Frightened Roy" by the wilhor of "Jimmy Jolm" and "True Lm Make Them Crow" by Dr. Benjamin Spoilt pins many other exciting artules, stories awl features. JOURNAL A CUITIS MAGABNI R.R. Rate Hearing In Second Day SALT LAKE CITY - An In terstate Commerce Commission hearing on requests for lowered freight rates for the West entered its third day Wednesday with I statement before it asking trie right for shippers to choose be tween alternate rale schedules. Another statement declared that costs of railroad operation in the West are not so different as to justify a different scale of class rales. Both statements were put Into the record Tuesday by Utahns who testified before 'Commissioner An thony F. Arpnia. II. E. Colwell. traffic manager for the Utah Ciliens Rate Assn., made the proposal for alternate rates. He said "Any adjustment that is made In the level of the class rales In this area must permit full alter nation with all commodity rates or exception ratings presently ap plicable. Morris Rosenblatt. Salt Lake City manufacturer who is presi dent of the Utah Citizens Hate Assn. and chairman of the Emer gency Committee on Intermoun tain Freight Rates, made the statement concerning railroad operating costs. Feel Like This After Eating? But a good seeding year may come along only every sis or seven years. So some companies have taken to seeding the cut areas from planes, or planting seedlings by hand. But nature throws a curve at the seeding process too. Forest rodents grow fat on the airborne seeds. The association reports that some lumermen now use helicop ters to strew poison grain first. Alter the rodents have feasted on that for awhile, the seeding planes fly over. Before rodents from other parts of the forest find their way to the area, the seeds have a chance to sprout. It takes years for the new trees to reach cutting stage how many depends on the various species. Uie amount of sun and rainfall available, and the uses for which they are being harvested. And all the time they run the risk of death by disease or insects. The Western Pine Assn. says that in the last 30 years tree-killing insects have cost its region 71 billion board feet of timber enough to build seven million five room homes. But the war brought the devel opment of DDT. And now lumber men use planes to spray the insect-killer over large areas. Out breaks of tree diseases also are attacked now by planes loosing lethal dust over affected forests And the Oregon State Forestry Department is aboutt o step into the fight on the Douglas fir bark beetle which causes more timber land damage than forest fires. It will feed some beetles on ra dioactive isotope by-product of the A-bomb. Then they will be turned loose In the forest to gorge themselves. Scientists will trace the beetles' destructive progress with Geiger counters, study their habits, learn how they thrive and maybe figure out how to control them. HONOR GRADUATE Pvt Frederick R. Kites, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Kit's 4580 Ridge drive, Salem, Ore gon, who was an honor gradu ate of the dental laboratory course at the recent exercises held at Medical Field Service school, Brooke Army Medical Center. (U. S. Army photo) Committees Named For ASB School Dance Committees have been appointed for the final ASB dance at Salem High School which will be held April 30 from :3U until 11:30. W. E. Gnlik and his orchestra will pro vide the music. The general chairman Is Sharon Johnson, ASB second vice presi dent. On the decorations committee are Sandie Carter, Lynn Barren. Nancy Weeks. Phyllis Newland, Bob Payne. Esther Hyatt, Pat Johnson. Jeanine O'llern, Jan Fromm, Diane Miller. Kathy Cook. Ann Fallin. Jan Woodroffe, Janice Button, and Bill Foster. Jeannine Graber is chairman for the publicity committee. Judy Kuhn is chairman for publicity and she is assisted by Dick Sim pson and Judy Keller. It is a semi formal dance. If you ate like a bird, you would be eating half your weight in food a day. ssss TUMS Ntetreliie Ixcess Acid Fast If you futtrr from alter canna; sJitirrst, ir this top-speed mat to relict icait fullness and acid tndicrsiioQ. Just cat 1 or 2 1 umi after mrilt or he never oer-indultrnic makes fuu feel upset, lutns neutraluc escets stomach-acid fatt. in l oter-alkalue. Alwars carry Turns in pot lei or purie. uarameed to contain no soda. Get a roll today! TUMI PCM TMf TUMMY PEN REPAIRS Wet Id's leadisf pen makers tat da ua their authorised repair statMMt. Ccnuia par la. SerieiRg at factors', trainee! ctpert. le rre Parker Straffer. flveesharp and all other make NEEDHAM'S Stationery-Office Supplies 46S State Street PART OF THE valley community SALEM YMCA Far 62 years the Salem YMCA has of fared wholesome fellowship and a coordin ated charactar-building program of sports, social, spiritual and educational activities for boys of every race, creed and color. Now, to meet th requirements of an ever Increasing membership, the "Y" is engaged In a fund-raising program to enlarge its fa cilities and better serve the youth of the valley community. teres rsKgac"t Mf AD O'tlCli 1TT0 lalrf avedl ' sssssssssssssseni Law College Open House Here Thursday The student body of Willam ette University School of Law will hold an open honse Thurs day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for prr-law students in various rolleges throughout the area. It was announced today by Seward Reese, dean of the law college. Students from 21 col leges have been Invited to 'the annual open house. The program Is under the direction of George Gant, first year student from Coos Bay. Assisting the chairman are William Whitney, Portland, and Walter Stauffacher, Salem. Registration will be from 9 to 9:30 a.m., with a dean's hour being held at 9:30 a.m. A third year course, trial practice, will be open to visitors at 10:40 a.m. Roy F. Shields, Portland at torney, will speak to college representatives at 12 p.m. Luncheon Is scheduled at Bax ter Hall on campus at 1 p.m. A moot court, with members of the Willamette College of ljiw participating, will be held at 2 p.m. A coffee hour, from 3 to 4 p.m., will close the day's events. Child Evangelism Group to Be Host The Child Evsngelism Fellow ship will be host group at a mother's tea, Friday afternoon, from 1:30 to 3 o'clock in the downstairs recreation room of the First Baptist Church, Marion and Liberty streets. Mrs. W. A. Lottis. who traveled on the gospel ship, the Willis Shank, up the coast of British Columbia into Alaska last fall, working with boys and girls in the towns along the way, will speak and show pictures of the trip. A model Good News Club class will be taught by Mrs. Ruben Iniig, former director of child evangelism in Salem. Special music will include an accordion duet by Mrs. Jack Quiring and Mrs. Peter Becker, and Mrs. Paul Barnett will have charge of the devotions. The tea arrangements are being made by Mrs. Paul Geil There will be a nurserv for small children and all interested are invited. A single steam electric plant near Lexington. Ky., ean burn more than a million tons of bitu minous coal annually. RE-ELECT par: of the valley community UN.VI.iltT iNCh. U,0 . j THI YMCA I Present building, left. Proposed Youth Building, right) In Hep with the progress of the com munity, Salem's home-owned bank offers all banking services to meet the financial re quirements of its friends and neighbors. We Invite you to benk with us. HEAD OFFICE 1990 Fairgrounds Road UNIVERSITY BRANCH 1 310 State Street i,wte H tit 900 OS fcy lfJ DM Im-m ('''- R. L "BOB" ELFSTROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLICAN Member legislative Highway Interim Committee that will recommend highway letislatioa ioiponsntlv affeeting M a r i e lounu and the stale. Paid a.riv. by Flfstreni for Rep resentative Committee, Rey Har- Body of Missing Man Found in Big Creek YACHATS t The body of Robert C. Bowersox, 47, was found Tuesday in Big Creek southeast of here. to Howard Gardenhire and Hugh M. Sherwood of Sherwood Lodges found the body. Police speculated that Bowersox. who had been miss ing since April 10, fell into the creek while fishing. An autopsy will be performed. The cross became the acknowl edged symbol of Christianity at the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine. IUN VALLEY 1RHAB. bsW vsft ae ihoruniAf oaauw. sew "si eving survaiiM wnk ae adesd emioris. Ifliin tests frill tea -bread hvacry turn.' Aad twa Valley leaMad . . t a', fun to "git mmt W . ' WITHOUT X SNOITENINC 01 1 mi FATS Vbfiow atiwinin Rlffl M INFMT nfWHmmfwsTttf Genuine Byrd Cloth UMBRELLA TENTS By Hirsch-Weis Flame and Mildew Resistant The Cloth developed for and Proven by ADM. BYRD in his Anarctic Expeditions As Canvas LIGHT-STRONG (Only 14V. Ibi. less Pegs end Poles) Portland says $48.95 with centerpole But our Price is only With Modern Deluxe E-Z-UP (No Center Pole in the way) Use Our Convenient lay-A-Way Plan This is an Honest Bargain It is the BEST BUY in the Northwest G. I. SURPLUS Salem's ONLY Surplus Store 1405 N. 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