THE AMERICAN VOLUME V U V E N T R A L 1*01 NT, O R E G O N . T H U R S D A Y , D E C E M B E R 117. 1WM NUMBER IS 5 > M u s i n g s ^ PLANS MADE TO BOLSTER FUNDS AI Losses For Season Are Small By an Innocent Bystander B etter s ta rt l e a r n in g 1 it35 in s te a d of 1934. • • • to w rite A t la s t th e e v e n tf u l y e a r 1934 co m es to a close. It h as been a g r e a t y e a r in m an y respects. Since I’laus for b o ls terin g in a d e q u a te it d a w n e d th e w r it e r an d his fam ily school rev en u e will be c o nsid ered by h a v e m oved t h r e e times. T h e re have teac h ers of Oregon w ho will m a k e b een m a r r ia g e s a n d b ir th s , d e a th s th e ir a n n u a l t r e k to P o r t l a n d b e g in ­ a n d s e p a r a ti o n s in o u r fam ily circle. ning today. S o m e w a y it seem s a long, long tim e T h ey a r e com ing to a t t e n d th e sin ce w e f i r s t le a r n e d to w rite ’34 l 35 th a n n u a l con ven ton of t h e Oregon in s te a d of '33. S tate T e a c h e rs ' association to be held today, to m o rro w a n d S a tu r d a y B u t all in ull, it has been a y e a r j at Lincoln hig h school, of a c c o m p lis h m e n t. O u r little pa- j P resid ed over by C h a rle s H Boyd p e r h as g ro w n an d is c o n ti n u in g to ( P o r tla n d , president, t h e representa- g ro w . At p r e s e n t it reach es n early tive council of th e asso ciatio n , a u ­ 901) fa m ilie s in this co u n ty which is tho rized to t r a n s a c t b u sin e ss of th e “ s o m e t h i n ' ’’ a s A mos says. W h eu i group, will be in session to d ay front we f i r s t s t a r t e d w ork in th is office 9 :3 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. To th is sm all g ro u p co m m itte e s t h r e e y e a rs ag o w e only h ad 260 Election n a m e s on o u r m ailin g list. And this will p re s e n t th e i r rep o rts. th is a f t e r ­ in c r e a se in sp ite of t h e so-calld d e ­ of officers will be held p ressio n . W e a r e p ro u d of th is rec­ noon a t 2:30. H. W. Adam s, C orvallis, vice-pres­ o rd. • • • id ent, will become p r e s id e n t of th e T h e y e a r h as been full of h ard s t a te group, a c o rd in g to th e ru les of w o rk , b u t so m ew ay o u r s t r e n g t h a n d j th e o rg an izatio n . Interest in the d e t e r m i n a t i o n h as been e q u a l to th e ¡election c e n te rs a b o u t th e choice of t a s k an d we t h a n k th e L o rd t h a t He a new vice-president, h a s re n e w e d o u r h e a lth once more. \ T h e legislative c o m m it te e Rex Put- As we n e a r th e th ree-sco re m a r k we I nam , A lbany, c h a ir m a n , will come loo k b a c k o v e r th e y ears a n d see s o ' b e f o r e th e r e p r e s e n ta t iv e council m a n y t h i n g s we h ave left undone, th is a f te rn o o n w ith s e v e r a l recom- W h e r e a r e t h e d r e a m s of yester- ] m en d atio ns. U n d er new legislatio n t h e co m m it-j y e a r? I tee hopes to r e q u ire in creased t r a i n -1 B u t as a n ew y e a r d a w n s we a re ing b efore a te a c h e r may q u a lify fo ri r e a d y to t a k e up its b u rd en s , to e n ­ certific a tio n in Oregon a n d to re-1 jo y its p le a s u r e s a n d face its s o r ­ q u ire a c e rta in n u m b e r of h o u rs of j professional t r a in i n g in re s id en ce to ro w s. A f te r all, such is life. q u alify for an Oregon te a c h in g c e r­ • • • tificate. W e w a n t to call a t t e n t i o n to tw o Several su gg estio ns fo r providing new d e p a r t m e n t s in o u r p aper. We h a v e m a d e a r r a n g e m e n t s to secure rev en u es for a s t a te school fu n d .) leg islativ e c o m -1 a r e g u l a r c o rr e s p o n d e n t in t h e T able su g g ested by t h e A n o th e r y e a r h a s g o n e . A c le a n , n e w p a g e is b e in g tu r n e d . W h a t w ill b e th e rec o rd w r itte n u p o n it d u r in g th e n e x t t w e lv e m o n h s? W e h o p e it Will b e a g o o d o n e . W e a ll w a n t to se e our g r e a t c o u n tr y p ro sp er. W e w a n t to s e e th e tim e c o m e w h e n th e e te r n a l cry o f “ u n e m p lo y m e n t,” “ r e l ie f ” an d “ e m e r g e n c y p r o je c ts ” sh a ll n o lo n g ­ er be h e a r d in th e la n d . A n d w e h o p e th a t e v e r y o n e o f our r e a d e r s w ill m a k e a n d K E E P th is o n e r e so lu tio n : “ R e s o lv e d : T h a t d u r in g th e c o m in g y e a r I w ill d o m y b e st to m a k e th is c o m m u n ity a n d s ta te a b e tte r , fa ir e r , c le a n e r p la c e in w h ic h o liv e ; th a t 1 w ill sh o w m o re k in d ly in te r e st in m y n e ig h ­ b o r’s w e lfa r e ; th a t 1 w ill str iv e d a ily to a d d to th e h a p p in e ss a n d g o o d c h e e r o f a ll w ith w h o m I c o m e in c o n t a c t .” A H a p p y N e w Y e a r to y o u a ll! F r o m th e s t a n d p o in t of a c tu a l m o n e t a r y loss, th e fire se a s o n of 1934 r a n k s a s one of t h e t h r e e most f a v o r a b le f ire s e a s o n s e xperienced since 1916, acc o rd in g to p re lim in a ry f i g u re s j u s t co m p iled In th e office of t h e s t a t e fo re ste r. W h ile t h e to- Ita l loss a p p e a r s g r e a t e r it is d u e to - 11he fact t h a t d u r i n g t h e past few A I y e a rs t h e s t a te h a s placed a v alu e j S j o n p o te n t ia l fo rest lu nds t h a t have if f j been b u r n e d over. T h is was not don e in e i t h e r 19 20 o r 19 30, th e tw o M o th e r fa v o r a b le y e a r s W ith th is item d e le te d th e loss fo r each of th e I t h r e e y e a r s w as a p p r o x l m a t ly $80,- 1000. F o r t h e y e a r of 1934 th e loss ¿ ( OF STATE TOLD AI CONFERENCE A p ro g r a m of la n d p la n n in g su ch us is now being s t a r t e d n a tio n a lly an d in th e v a rio u s sta te s, does n o t im ply “ R e g im e n ta t io n " in th e Bcnse t h a t in d iv id u a ls will be told how to use t h e i r ow n land, it w as b ro u g h t o u t a t th e re g io n a l p la n n in g c o n f e r ­ ence a t S e a tt le In D ecem br. An e f ­ fective p la n n in g program w ou ld m ean t h a t land will not be used in su c h a way a s to be u g a iu s t th e p u b ­ lic ip terest. O re g o n 's land p la n n i n g pro b lem s a r e m o stly tied up w ith m a n a g e m e n t | 10 i m m a t u r e fo re sts o r p o te n tia l for of public lan d s w ith in t h e s t a t e , A. S. B u rrie r, s t a te c o n s u l ta n t from T h e f i g u re s show t h a t a to t a l of O regou. told th e conference. B u r r i e r 129,487 M.B.F. of t i m b e r was e it h e r who has been ' b o r r o w e d '’ te m p o r ­ i killed o r d e s tro y e d by fire d u r i n g a rily from th e farm m a n a g e m e n t d e­ | th e season. H o w e v e r n e a rly 21 m i l ­ p a r t m e n t a t O regon S t a t e college, lion feet of th is is so located t h a t it o u t t h a t 32 million acres, o r a lm o s t will be im m e d i a te l y sa lv a b le an d exactly h a lf of O regon's a re a , a r e u n ­ h ence will not r e p r e s e n t a m o n e t a ry d e r public o w n ership. A bout a m illion a c re s a r e u n d e r loss. T h e b a la n c e of th e e ig h t an d a h a lf m illion feet will be a to ta l s l a te ow n ersh ip , a n d a b o u t th r e e - loss a n d th e value th e r e o n h a s been q u u r t e r s of a m illion a cres a r e u n d e r placed a t $27,509. T h is high stu m p - county o r m u n icip al o w n e rsh ip , so ag e v a lu e is d u e to t h e fact t h a t the t h a t a b o u t 95 p e r c e n t of th e la n d m a j o r p o rtio n of t h e loss was m a t u r e u n d e r public o w n e rs h i p is held by yellow p in e t i m b e r t h a t is a d ja c e n t o n e b ra n c h or a n o t h e r of th e fe d e ra l to lo g g in g o p e ra tio n s . O th e r losses govern m ent. In i n s ti tu t in g p lan n e d la n d use it in clu d e $39 ,00 0 loss in logs a n d lo g ­ ging e q u ip m e n t a n d $13,400 loss to is essential t h a t The public ag en cies lead off in s e t ti n g th e i r own ho u ses s e t t l e r s a n d Im p ro v em e n ts. A to ta l of 1,257 fire s w ere s u p ­ in o rd e r, B u rri e r believes. T he fe d ­ pressed by th e field o rg an izatio n . e ra l m a n a g e d lunds, most of w hich in T h e c a reless s m o k e r h ead ed th e list a r e in fo r e s t rs e rv e s, a r e now w ith a to t a l of 357 fires. T h e in ­ pretty good sh ap e, he said. P a ss a g e c e n d ia ry c re d ite d w ith 336. O th e r of th e T a y lo r g ra z in g a c t an d t h e c a u se s in c lu d e l i g h tn i n g 130, d e b ris w ith d r a w a l of all r e m a in i n g p a r t s of b u r n i n g 157, c a m p e r s i l l , l u m b e r - j th e public d o m a in fro m e n tr y fo r t h e be iiig 46, r a i lr o a d s 11, a n d m lscellan- p re s e n t, a re big f o r w a r d steps, said. e o n s 109. T he Btute a n d c o u n ty lands a r e n o t It is felt t h a t th e o p e r a t o r s ' p e r­ m it law w hich w as passed a t th e last being a d m in is te r e d In an y o rd e rly session of th e le g i s l a tu r e w as i n s t r u ­ m a n n e r as a w hole, tie ad d ed . Most m e n t a l In preventing fires. T h is net of th e s e a r e unclassified, w hile th e gives the s t a te fo r e s te r th e a u th o r it y co u n ty land especially m o s t of w hich to close dow n o p e ra t io n s d u rin g h ave been t a k e n for taxes, m u s t u n ­ perio d s of high fire hazard . T he d e r p r e s e n t luws be c o n s ta n tly o f f e r ­ law w as invoked tw ice d u r i n g th e ed for sale even t h o u g h th y a r e not y ear, once for a period of six days su ita b lie fo r f u r t h e r p ri v a te o p e r a ­ tion. a n d a n o t h e r fo r two days. A b o u t a th i r d of th e fa rm lands of th e s t a t e h ave been covered by de­ A n n u a l M ee t o f tailed s u rv e y s and e x ten s io n of such L ocal B ranch of s u r v e y s Is one of th e basic needs of P h o n e C o. T u e s d a y f u r t h e r p la n n in g w ork . F E R A r e ­ se a rc h p r o g r a m s a r e being c o m p le t­ T h e a n n u a l m eetin g of th e s h a r e ­ ed in th e s t a te dealin g with tax de­ h o ld e r s of th e C e n tra l P o in t B ranch linquency. land o w n e rsh ip , a n d p a r t of t h e local telep hone c o m p a n y will ti m e fa r m in g practices a n d res u lts . he held T u e sd a y evenin g, J a n u a r y 1, Field d a ta a r e being a ss em b led an d a t t h e tele p h o n e office. T h e m e e t­ an a ly s e s of re s u lts a r e being p re ­ ing Is called for 7 :3 0 p. m. a n d all p ared. Mr. an d Mrs. C u n n in g h a m a n d so n R o ck a n d S a m s Valley d is tricts . T h i s | m ittee wil come before th e b o d y ' no d o u b t, will ad d to t h e in te re st j One of th e s e would r e q u i r e t h a t all L u t h e r a c c o m p a n ie d by Mr. a n d Mrs. b ein g sh o w n in th e p a p e r in t h e s e ' »p rs°>‘8 w ith a net in co m e of $400 W a rd Davis. J u n e a n d Monty, a r r i v ­ ed S a t u r d a y e v e n in g fo r a s h o r t visit d is tric ts . W e hope to secu re C m B o J * r V e I i ° r * 500 » y ear bp re ®ot a U ra c t moi*u re n 0 r Ca" ,hP> ! a " , th r e e year*, an d to- lish an y a rtic le s by Gen. Jo h n s o n m ak e!* * !!” * 33,761 cars, h ave been accom- p lo y m e n t to m ore th a n 40,000 skill- d e r o g a t o r y lo His Royal H ig hn ess. H r. an d Mrs E P S tone an d Nea! t u r n i n g t h e c o r n e r at t h e N ip * Sip - red in f o r m a t io n decided to panfed by he d e p a r m e n t ’s c e r t if ic a te a n '* u n sk ille d mechanic*. 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