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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1949)
J r P A C E TWO ciu-e. he is a rra rk e tin j expert and an expert in farm building and uses of wood, the local building products merchandiser should be consulted tirst to start the balance wheel of farm forestry turning oa the wood'and units ol your county or neighborhood. A P R IL 21. 1 9 » . I f he does not have Plan FJ-502 for a pole-type barn in stock, for example, he can get it for you in jijtim e . This plan represents larnh forestry in action. JTen lin e i C O QUILLE, OREGON. O U TO FTH SW tam S fcy J / „ t Ç fei'efis 4 A ¿ - T V „W ä Ä ^ * V 7539 Seeiliiigj What one farmer can do another can do. Charles A. Thomas of Missouri built a 50x50 feet barn at a cost of $1,- Planted In Forest N E W BARN AT H A LF COST • • • 380.20 when the estimated cost of the building of the same h am by regular methods was $3,500.00 and he also made a demonstration. < demand. When there are trees The demonstration was so val- Jon a fsrm that ’viu make 2x4s uable that a national plan serv- I this means that they can be har- ice that distributes farm and home ’ ried for the sawlog market. I f b u ild in g plans throughouine coun the treees are but pole size and t r y ’s retail lumber dealers pro are very thick in the stand some ceeded to put the Thomas barn should be taken out in the way of plan and specifications into cir ■‘stand improvement by thinning.” But there may be no pole market culation. available. What of uses at home What is the secret of the cost for the* poles? Can they be made •cut? Simply that this plan is for intawfence posts? Fuelwood? Or ■a barn of POLE FRAME construc —in pole-frame construction? tio n .. The point is that w ith markets The words aré particularly ’worth the capitals in this region. or home uses in sight, then, and O u r tim ber is the best going for then only, harvesting logically be gx>le-type farm buildings, as very gins. Few farmers can afford to o ld structures reveal in all West start the practices <W good farm e rn Washington and Oregon coun forestry u ntil they see what may ties. On most farms the poles pay for It. Markets and uses do fo r the jobs are standing in trees and should come firs t in the study of farm forestry as in its practice aright now. A modern barn on designs de- FORESTRY CLEARINGHOUSE velopoed through engineering re A movement fo r county organi search by the famous Doane A g ri zation of farm forestry interests c u ltu ra l Service can be framed has grown rapidly since the war from your own home-grown poles. in Washington and Oregon. In Unskilled hands can do the fram many counties the farm forestry ing. The poles must be treated, committee is an organized force o f course, to resist decay in the A county 4-H leader can rely on ground. such a committee. So can the The Thomas pole barn holds 90 high school teachers of vocations’ tons of hay, 100 calves. agriculture, the FFA leaders T H E BALANCE WHEEL Keep Washington Green and Keep There is much more of Initerest Oregon Green county committees to be told about this barn plan are to be counted on in the county fro m the building standpoint. But forestry picture. There are other its purpose here is to illustrate the. local groups in the woods, espe practical point of view on study cially in the soil conservation dis •and planning of the farm wood tricts. A ll are deeply interested in the student who is eager for land unit. The balance wheel of farm fo r- knowledge of forestry theory and •estry has five points of weight in to learn forestry “ by doing.” its circle. They are: marketing, I A group that has been neglected uses on the farm, harvesting sale- by the foresters but which has a able and home-use material, rig htful claim to a top place in the .growing a new tree crop in th e 1 county forestry clearinghouse is "•‘tree stubble," p ro te c tin g n d im - , the retail lumber dealer. Through- p ro vin g the trees in growth. I out the United States the retail Can’t you see how it turns in 1 lumberman is the No. 1 merchan- fcalance? This column has al- , diser of forest products and also a ready shown that the 2x4», in the No. 1 distributer to farmer con- kin s of the retail lumber dealer! sumers. In farming areas he are trees worked up to suit market |<nows farm building needs. Be- Planting of 7300 Douglas f ir seed lings was completed on the ir r t ‘ tree Dlanting" day last week in tne Beaver H ill county forest iy Coquille high school students, it was reported today by Jim Moorehead, county forester. Over two hundred students ac companied by six, faculty mem bers were present on the firs t annual tree planting project. It is expected that the tree planting in the county forest w ill ’□e an annual affair. Other high schools in the coun ty have either planted trees or w ill plant in the near future. Powers high school is planting today. McKinley School News Friday afternoon the children of the McKinley school had an East er party. Instead of the usual egg hunt, baskets w ith candy and eggs were hid on the grounds. The children were divided into couples and each couple was given a verse which gave hints as to where they ■night find their baskets. Some pre-prim ary children and their mothers were there. A fter the basket hunt cup ckkes were served to celebrate the b irth days of Shirley Pointer and Patsy G ill- Then we had a good play u ntil bus time. Several of the mothers played baseball w ith us. • Miss L illia n Farley, county su pervisor, visited our school Wed nesday. We enjoyed her visit very much and we hope she en joyed visiting us. Last Friday Manley Johnson was absent from school. He Is in the prim ary room. No one in he upper grade room has been absent for the past six weeks. We hope to hold that good record. The sixth grade was in charge □f the assembly last Friday morn ing. Patsy G ill told how an a ir plane is controlled. James How ard gave the nicknames of some of the states which they have studied the past year. Have Guests Sunday — M r. and Return To Lebanon— Mr. and Mrs. The school pupils have divided up into groups to improve the looks of the school grands. Each group has selected a name for its garden and the other pupils have been tryiyng to guess the name from the in itia ls given. The prim ary room made egg- shaped Easter bookmarks fo r their art w ork last Tuesday. • • Mrs. Draper Thompson had as their guests on Sunday, their son and daughter-in-law, M r. and Mrs. Donald Thompson of North Bend and their daughter, Mr*. Dorothy Gamier, and daughter of Coos Bay. o o Returns From Olympia — Mrs. Madge Heaton has returned after visiting relatives in Olympia, Washington. Mrs. Heaton was in Olympia at the time of the recent earthquake. • • From Bandon — Mrs. Betty M. W right was a visitor in town from Bandon on Saturday. • • Spgnd Sunday A t Lakeside— Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Reisdorf spent Sunday at Lakeside. , • e Here Fer Easter Week-End — Ronald and Maurice Williams, who attend the Univeristy of Portland, spent the Easter week end w ith their parents, M r. and Mrs. Jesse Williams. Ronald was the guest soloist at the Christian churoh on Sunday morning, ren dering several violin selections. M a in ly About People For Easter — Jerry Butler, Jack Stevens, and Buck G ilbert were home from L in fie ld college fo r the Easter vacation. • • Return From Portland—Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Neufeldt returned on Friday from Portland. • • Spends Week-End Here — Miss Nancy Collier of Arago spent the Easter week-end visiting her aunt and cousin, Mrs. Mary Allen and Norma Jean in Coquille. • • Back From Portland — M r. and Mrs. Fred Kunz have returned after spending several days in Portland. toward a permanent forest industry -A N • Oscar Golden have returned to Lebanon after spending a week fishing at Rogue river. Coming Soon R O XY F«OM GARLAND ROARK’S BOOK 3 THAT SOLO A MILLION COPIES' o Move Here From Salem—M r. and Mrs. Ray Gosnell who recently moved to Coquille from Salem, visited in Portland over ‘ the week-end. M r. Gosnell is w ork ing for Southwestern Motors in Coquille. EN D LES S SUPPLY O f LOOS EROM TREE E A R M S . -IM P R O V E D U T IU Z A T IO N BY DfVERSfEfED MANUFACTURING. » Double and T riple Cannery Crop Yields ■• « « f c . -a i W — »¿VADTRA/N JL H E y e a r 1948 s a w c o n tin u in g p ro g ress in th e c o m T p a n y ’s e ffo r ts to in s u r e its p e r m a n e n t o p e r a t io n . S p r in k le r Ir r ig a t io n W F W e Im p r o v e s Q u a lit y • In c re a s e s Y ie ld m a n u fa c tu r in g , a n d th e in te g r a tio n o f different ty p e s o f FROM OUR p r o c e ssin g p la n ts o n on e m illsite. The former who installs WADE’RAIN can plan hi* crap* with confidence —- knowing that ample moictwre will be availab le te grew and mature all crop* profitably. MfW “QUICK-LOCK” C O U R .« LATCH permits moving TWO 20-ft. lengths ol Loferai Pipe in 40-ft. MCtioni now laca fron I This latch map« an and off in on instant, and mokes the naw W A D I Coupler either semipermanent or quickly detachable. MAIL COUPON T°D*Y _ I I I a d d ition s p r o g r a m s e e s u n it a fter u n it b e in g com p leted : T he new lu m b er d iv isio n and th e c o n ta in e r board plant. NEW “ LO K S-IN ” COUPLER GASKET In 1947 an d 1948 th e c o m p a n y sp e n t n e a r ly $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Connot blow out or be forced out by insertion of pipe. Ample clearance end special metal shoulder In Coupler protect« Gasket. No forcing necesiory. A h y d r a u lic barkers; th e b ark p r o d u c ts p lan t; th e p ly w o o d p lan t; th e su lp h a te plant; th e S pringfield leek* from Corry log Fat Ulan (Furr 1948 ANNUAL REPORT p e r m a n e n t m a rk ets, b e c o m e s m o r e a rea lity a s o u r p lan t for ad d ition s to p lants, e q u ip m e n t and roads. T h e s e n e w • u n its w ill p ro v id e jo b s fo r a p p r o x im a te ly 1,100 n e w e m p lo y e e s an d a n e stim a te d p a yroll in c r e a se o f $ 3 ,6 0 0 ,0 0 0 WADE'S new, exclusive Coupler it made of Cast Aluminum and it a separate unit from the pipe, assuring proper flex ibility. Requires no welding or riveting. Guard Apron guides lateral pipes into the coupler and is designed to keep out dirt and grass. Plan Now r V X T R ’ 8 T h is, to g e th e r w ith th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f n e w p r o d u c ts and th e cre a tio n o f New Improvements (or 1949 Save Walking- Speed Moving ta b a r * WADE’« A M i» .ta ita * on YOU» lo r« ! HIGHLIGHTS are m a k in g p r o g r e ss in tree fa rm in g , d iversified Ws<K aid S a l a r i e s ....................................... $31, lit, 722 Tans Paid $17,579,191 ......................... N it bcaae Pir S h a r i....................................... . . $9.49 Dmdtads Paid Par S h a n .................................. . . $3.85 Additiaas t i Plaits, E«ai«eMt aid Riads $31,579.115 . . . N it Assets Par E a s t e y ii........................ . $29.799 T ims Paid Par Enpiayat . * ............................. . . $U S 2 Ararat a Aaaaal Eaniegs i f Naarty Enpliyti . . . . . $3,423 i f Eoplayaas at Bicim hir 31 . . . . p er y e a r . „ . 9,439 * Y es, v ita l ste p s are b e in g ta k en to build a p erm a n en t an d p rofitable op era tio n — profitable n o t o n ly to W e y e r r " -i Elwood Ce.) - h a e u se r sh a reh o ld ers b u t a lso to compEiny e m p lo y e e s COQUILLE, OREGON Please send me literature regarding W ADC *1 A IN Sprinkler Irrigation an d th e c o m m u n itie s in w h ic h o u r m ills are located . I name ......................... ............ .......................................................Sevta Ne. for cómprela in Perm a Han ! " I City Stata OLMI T1A IN 10 R (LD T1CHNICIAN IS AT Y O U * S H V IC I WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER COMPANY TAKE’S (FARR & ELWOOD CO.) W O R K IN G COQUILLE, OREGON Coquille Phone 16 Coos Bay Phone 62 .1 IN THE P A C IF IC NO RTH W EST TO CREATE PRO DUCTS, PAYROLLS AND P R O F IT S
