THB COQUILLE VALUT StNTINZL. COQUtLt*. ÔBfcÔÔN. THÜR8DAY, JUNI 11, IMS.
The Salem Sampler
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By Ralph T. Moore
One of the moat surprising state
ments in a bulletin recently issued by
the Department of Forestry is that
timber standing today in the United
States is still 80.per cent of the total
standing in 177«. This is true not
withstanding the enormous lumber
consumption during all these years.
It is pointed out that annual growth
of timber has risen from six billion in
about |800 to 13
billion in 1M2.
Cutting of the virgin growth, which
grew little or not at all, and substi
tuting therefor young and fast-grow
ing trees in the soft wood ureas, ac
counts for the sharp increase in an
nual growth. A 40-acre tract of old-
growth timber will have very little
annual growth. The same tract in
young timber will grow as much as
1800 feet per acre. It is not hard to
see that the cutting of the old growth
and planting of'new will result in a
large increment of annual growth
over-the entire country.
Foresters believe an annual growth
of at least 17 billion can be achieved
simply by keeping fire out of the
cut-over lands.
And if artificial
planting is used in barren areas, the
annual growth might be increased
something more than 20 billion feet.
This means that with only a reason
able amount of care our lumber pro
duction can be perpetuated.
The
trees will grow as fast as they are
cut, in normal times.
,
Sut during the war the demand for
lumber will reach about 35 billion
feet. This Is probably the greatest
demand the lumber industry will
have to meet in the life time of any
one of us. Normal consumption will
be around 20 billion feet and should
be sustained at this or a greater figure
for several years after the war be
cause of the great damage to proper
ty in the war zones.
We of Coos county are vitally in
terested in the timber crop and are
particularly favored with a climate
conducive to rapid group of Douglas
Fir, Spruce, Hemlock and the Cedars.
The foregoing statistics will give
hope that the major portion of our
lumber industry will be perpetuated
in the county through careful admin
istration of forest lands and their pro
tection from fire.
Oregon’s new community property
law has not met with the approval of
the Treasury Department in the mak
ing out of income tax returns. The
Treasury Department maintains that
the law is strictly for the purpose of
reducing income tax payments by
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•wtain classes of people in the state ever before and comes at a time when stand against inefficiency and la that part of the country has seen I
and that the taking of advantage of the mills are least able to sustain it. ’ voritism formerly rampant in the 11 tH« tremendous capacity of those rich '
the law by respective income tax
Considering what has had to be con- j war effort. He has shown that those bottom lands to produce food crops
payers will not be permitted by Fed tended with in the way of inclement; who prove themselves unfit for the for the nation.
Any disaster to
The Bishop’s Tw., held Tuesday af
eral tax authorities.
weather, lack of man-power, diffi*' task at liand will be replaced by plantings in that area is bound to
# An Oklahoma law almost identi culty of securing repair parts, delays' those of proven competence. The ef have grave effect on our food supply. ternoon by the ladies of the Guild
cal with that of Oregon is now up in payments by Uncle Sam, and other | feet on the morale of the business
Therefore let everyone who can, at their hall, was a lovely affair and
before the United States Supreme annoying matters, the indyptry has world by this evidence of the presi- diligently plant and care for his or a success in every way. A nice sum
Court for decision as to whether the done remarkably well. Much credit dent’s determination to fight the war her Victory Garden no matter how was netted in the way of a silver
to turn over to the building
Treasury Department shall be com is due those loyal employees who efficiently and resolutely has been small it may seem.
The combined offering
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pelled to recognize the provisions of have worked double shift to the limit1 good and should result in greatly effort of many thousands will go a 1 fund. Something unusual as a fea
during receiving hours, which
the community tax law. The out of their physical ability in order to strengthening the American Arms, long way toward averting a food ture
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were from three to five, was the
come of this Oklahoma case will, of keep the* wheels turning. They get It no doubt accounts for much of the crisis next fall.
music throughout the af
course, determine the validity of the no public praise but their efforts are president's increased popularity in
A "pay-as-you-go tax plan has fin- background
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Oregon law.
This was furnished by a
vital to the prosecution of the war, ,recent months. Even the most rabid ally emerged, battered and worn, ternoon.
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of young violinists, accom
But no matter which way the nevertheless, and management is I reupblican rejoices to find the presi- from the conference committee of quartette
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on the piano by Miss Muriel
Court decides, the fact remains that duly appreciative of their patriotism, dent determined to be boss, come Congress. Knowing the propensity panied
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those states not having a community A campaign is about to be launched what may.
The quartette was made up of
[of our chief Legislative Body to al- Dae.
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I ways do things the most difficult and i young people studying under Miss
property law
are
discriminated to induce people in other lines to *
against by the Treasury Department. work short shifts in the lumber in- j Of intregt to the hard pressed tax i complicated way possible, we are not Dae: Jane Oerding, Maurice and Ron-
This unequal assessment of income dustry of the county wheneyer they payer’is the announcement that Con- surprised that a rather complicated a'd Williams and Ben Howe,
taxes should be cleared up once and can.. It is .to be hoped this campaign gross will insist on greater efficiency and involved fax plan has finally
The tea table was attractive with
profuse use of spring flowers, coral
for ail by Congress. A specific Act . will be successful and that pressure in the Civil Service ranks and that come forth. 1
should be passed either giving all i be taken off the faithful few on the first step will be the release of
It would have been so much simpler and white Sweet William arranged
tax payers the same rates, whether , whose tired shoulders the responsi about 100,000 civilian workers in the to have adopted the Rumi plan en in a handsome antique silver vase,
they are in community property bility for steady production how rests. ! army’« war organization.
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■ . This is a toto because everyone could have un with silver candlesticks making the
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in the — right
direction
and will | derstood what was to be done. But centerpiece. Silver trays filled with
states or not, or the advantage now
enjoyed • by those in community
1 not only help the tax payer but willI Mr. Rumi did not “belong” so his open-face sandwiches had eye appeal
Recent resignations from the sev- .
property states should be removed in eral bureaus in Washington, notably I ' furnish badly needed labor in the [ pla^was given th«» gate, even though along with more silver trays of home
made cookies.
the case of income tax returns. One
the public Strongly supported it.
the OPA, have included names of a i industrial world.
class of citizens should not- have ad
Pouring were Mrs. Luckey Bonney
None
.of
the
explanations
of
the
number of college professors. The |
vantage over another because of
Assisting
The tendency in ail government ac final plan have been clear enough to and Mrs. Julius Ruble.
1 stress of war has shown that, these
gedgraphy. We are all In the w.ar and
with serving were the following
tivities
is
to
over-staff.
This
proba-
cover
all
the
details.
Probably
it
mçn, while expert in theory, are not ’
should all pay our just proportion of coinpetent" in*’^¿ctiro,"to" administer j bl> haï
due to P°,tical Pr“»ure (will be some time before all of its young girls wearing formats: Sally
its cost.
¡and
to
the
strange
system of paying j multiplied kinks and provisions can Bonney, Judy Slack, Laura Emily
the extremely difficult activities of
Ruble, Marion Moore and Betsy
the agencies controlling such things the executives in proportion to the be set forth for the perusal of a long-
Rather disheartening news from the as prices and production during the number of people working under suffering public. But we can take Stelie.
Mrs. Robt. Greene was chairman Of
them.
[ comfort in this one fact, that a pay-
rubber industry would indicate that war effort.
There is much room for improv - as-you-go plan has been adopted, and decorations and Mrs. J. A. Lamb of
a lack of tires for logging trucks
It has been the practice of the Ad
ment in efficiency in all government that, after all, is the main point in arrangements. Mrs. Lamb and Mrs.
would be added to the troubles of log-
ministration to use prominent men
activities. From my own observa question. Of course, , it has yet to J. A. Moore, president of the Guild,
gers now trying to keep up normal
from institutions of higher learning
tions I would guess -that the same pass both Houses of Congress and received the guests.
production in the face of lack of man
when it came to filling public seats
power, inability to get spare parts in the many commissions. The the- I work could be done by about half be signed by the President. But it
Twelve tables were filled with
of the people. .This is not true in seems likely that there will be little
for machines, and poorer quality of
ory was that men who administer our
every case,' of course, but is certain trouble on that score after the con bridge players at the card party held
labor. The full effect of any rub
educational institutions were more
ly the normal situation. Pressure for ference committee has finally agreed. Wednesday evening by the ladies of
ber shortage will not strike the in
apt to have the unbiased viewpoint
man-power at this time is furnishing It will be a headache for all em St. James’ Guild. Everyone seemed
dustry until the season is well along.
of neutrals in passing on vexing
a strong incentive to cut off excess ployers, who will have to keep a to have a good time and the evening
Presumably most of the logging
questions of public policy. This has
baggage. The eye of the public, is on | ledger account tor each employee, closed with an hour over refresh
trucks have enough tires to get them
been truê In specific instances. But
all government activities and cost listing the number of children their ments of sandwiches, cookies and
through at least half of the season.
it must be conceded that on the av
of civilian government should be [ages, and other pertinent facts. But coffee.
Curtailment will come when trucks
erage the so-called public representa
Prizes were won for score by
much less from now on. It certainly with all of its shortcomings and in
have to be taken from the run and
tives lean toward the left in their
will be if public opinion asserts it conveniences it still is the correct Mrs. R. E. Boober, first; Mrs. Edna
their tires used to keep other trucks
decisions thus proving the contention
self.
way to collect Income taxes from the Hartson, 2nd, and Mrs. Zentner, low. t
going. It seems rather queer that
that our colleges have a pinkish tinge
Jeannie Griggs and Patricia Yar
great mass of people.
no one realized that there would be
in their education on political ques
brough served.
The committee in
One of the most astonishing bits
such a shortage •f
gf tires until it was
tions.
of news that have come out of Wash
The Office of War Information is charge was as follows: Mesdames Ida
right upon us. But that seems to be
This in no way reflects on the char ington in the newspapers recently is circulating forms to secure basic in Owen, Annie Robinson, F. M. Shaw,
characteristic of many of .our War
Agencies, an inability to plan ahead. acter and integrity of the gentlemen the statement that Mr. James F. I formation from the smaller manu Chas. Selbig and Robt. Greene.
Mrs. Lafe Compton received the
Those charged with procurement of in question. They are simply voting Byrnes, Economic Stabilizer, told a facturing plants of the nation. The
lumber for the armed services have their convictions. But it does raise a committee of Congress that he could campaign is in response to needling door prize.
been lulled into a false sense of se serious questions as to whether they not answer a certain question until[ by Congress that something be done
curity by the fact that difference« truly represent the viewpoint of the he had consulted his attorney, Mr. tlT alleviate the plight that many Picnic For Anne Harbison
Marion Moore gave a lawn picnic
between supply and demand have general public. Certainly they have Ben Cohen of the now defunct firm small business concerns have found
been made up ’ out of inventories not done so well in the administra of Corcoran & Cohen, who were so themselves in after the outbreak of on Tuesday evening at her home in
the war. The form attempts to de honor of Anne Harbison, who ar
heretofore. But now inventories are tion of the war effort and are being active in the NRA days. ■
Ordinarily one would think noth velop forts as to what the plants rived in Coquille Monday morning
at a very low ebb and the lumber in replaced by .men of practical experi
ing of this statement if it were not , can do, their capacity, their location, for a short visit, leaving again for
dustry «yil have to actually cut the ence.
The president has gained some for the fact that Mr. Byrnes, up and the general nature of their busi her home in Portland Wednesday
full amount of the lumber needed
She accompanied . her
for the armed services this ye4r. The what in the esteem of the business until recently, was a member of the ness. The purpose is to try to line afternoon.
burden on the mills is greater than world by his recent and courageous United States Supreme Court. Could them up somewhere in the produc father. Hobt. Harbison, here while
this be taken ac a criterion of the cal tion for war so that the combined on a business trip. Guests at the
ibre of Justices recently appointed capacity will pot be lost to the na picnic were Carol Gray, Betsy Stelle,
Joan Savage, Sally Bonney, the honor
to that highest judicial body, that one tional economy.
of them should have to consult an
But unfortunately, like practically guests, Anne Harbison, and hostess,
attorney before being able to answer all bureaucratic data, or requests for Marion Moore.
a legal question before a committee data, these forms are very compli
of Congress? Somehow, one rather cated and Very difficult to fill out.
expects a little more from a Justice Furthermore, they require a highly
of the Supreme Court than that.
efficient and technical system of
«
bookkeeping which one seldom finds
Mrs. Mary E. Logan, state super
One of the columnists writing in in trffe smaller manufacturing plants.
the big dailies, gave Mr. John L. Bureaucratic Washington does not visor of Royal Neighbors Lodge of
Lewis a rather severe blasting. The seem to comprehend the fact that Portland; Mrs. Anne Montgomery,
columnist went so far as to say, in small businesses cannot afford the district deputy from Marshfield, and
his opinion, American Service Men huge overhead necessary to keep Ruby Johnson, oracle of the Myrtle
abroad were angry enough at Mr. their bookkeeping on the same basis ' convention held on Wednesday in
Lewis to have him court martialed as that of the large corporations. Coquille, were all guests at dinner
and shot as a traitor. This is rather Therefore it is not likely that the cir Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs.
an extreme view and yet the men in cular now being sent out will meet Jean Burch, on the Marshfield high
the
provocation! With very great response. This is un- way. Mrs. Burch is oracle of the
1..C Service
ixr. T.V. have
..«»c great tuwvwv.MM..
because of the effect on war pro- fortunate because there is great need Coquille lodge.
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Hostesses To
R. N. A. Officials
duction of large scale strikes.
for helping these smaller businesses
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It is still being debated whether to maintain their rightful place in | Mrs. Ruby Johnson, oracle of Wed
Mr. Lewis or President Roosevelt industry. We shall suffer for it if nesday's Royal Neighbors’ conven
won in the battle of coal wages, there is any large number of failures tion, entertained at noon luncheon on
Wednesday at her home in Gould
Presuming that the miners will be | among such firms.
j given portal pay, and assuming that
Those interested in this campaign ; Addition. The luncheon was in honor
I this pay will average an increase of could write to Colonel Robert W.: of Mrs. May E. Logan, state super
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$2.25 —
per day
per worker,
seem as if Mr. Lewis defeated the War Plants Corpn., of the War Pro- ' Montgomery, district deputy from
President.
< Certainly it is not a duction Board, in Washington, D. C., ■ Marshfield; Jane Burch, local oracle;
— campaign is well-meant but in Ruth Barklow, of Myrtle Point, and
pretty sight for Americans to see The
their President having to go hat in , my opinion will have to be simplified Mrs. Sarah Jane Wylie, member of
hand to a labor czar to secure pro- I eonnsiderably if it reaches the num the North Bend lodge, and mother of
duction for war. It bodes ill both ber of small concerns that it should, Anne Montgomery.
for the country at large and for or-i
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ganized labor, to have the adminis- | The
OPA
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conliderinir
, sharp
lharn r re
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The OPA is considering a
tration yield to such pressure. It duction In ceiling on stumpage rates
will mean internal trouble ahead and for standing timber in the lumber in-
almost certain drastic and crippling | dustry. The reason for thia is Uie
The Croft Lake site of many Co-
legal reprisals against organized labor ! fact that operators have been squeez- quille beach homes was visited last
in general.
ed between advancing stumpage and Saturday
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detail of *•
three
As pointed out by the columnist, i labor coats on the one hand and a 1
Army boys «to whofh had evidently
there will be a day of reckoning rigid price ceiling on the other. There
been reported that a bonefire was
when the boys come home again and has been some forced curtailment of burning there. They went in to in
those who have hindered the war ef production because of this and the , vestigate but found the R. L. Medley
fort will be brought severely to task. OPA is fearful that greater reduc family already there.
The sudden move by Mr. Lewis to tions in production will result if this
After looking at the set-up—the
pave the way for a return to A. F. of pressure is not relieved.
cabins, lake, green trees and hills—
L. indicates the complete mastery of
A rather amusing feature of the one of the Pennsylvania boys asked
diplomatic strategy as well as his na stumpage matter is that the chief of the New Yorker, “Did you ever
tive ability as an opportunist. He raiser of stumpage rates is none
see anything like this in York state?”
no doubt feels he can dominate the other than Secretary Ickes of the De-
The other replied that it was there
A. F. or L. in time and save his face
Croft Lake Worth
A Million
disapproval. It Is
is to be pitied that Honest Harold will not like to have
Mr. Lewis has not turned his talents ; OPA treading on his toes by forcing
to fields of value to the country at! hlm to lower hu ratet but he wiu
lamp rather
rather than
than merely
merelv to
tn the
the main-
main- . 1 have
w..— to take this and
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large
it because
tenance of his feudal lodship over a [ the <B1< chief” Uys he must.
, large labor group.
it does seems rather unfair to pri-
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vate stumpage owners, however, to
Those Victory Gardens which have deprive them of opportunity to re-
been treated so lightly by humorists alize something on an investmnt that
and cartoonists are apt to become of ' many of them have held for a great
vital importance in the national econ- many years.
The pyramiding tax
omy because of the disastrous floods and financing charges has pushed up
in the big river valleys of the mid- the book value of the stumpage to a
j west.
i point approximating present rates.
Anyone
who
has
traveled
through
, therefore-any reduction in rates will
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i wonder spot would be worth a mil-
lion dollars ’
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injure them. This is but another in
dication of the trend of thought in the
Administration hostile to private en
terprise. No thought is given to fair
play for investors nor for the reason
able protection of a private citizen’s
rights in the financial world. Never
theless conditions probably justified
this move and. adjustments for the
protection of the private investor will
have to wait until peace comes.