Heppner Gazette Times, April 29, 1943 3 IMP WASHINGTON, D. C, April 29 From all appropriations available to the forest service in Oregon dur ing thefiscal year ending June 30, 1942, there was spent $3,807,778, says the forestry annual report. All departmental reports are published from eight to 10 months after the fiscal year ending June 30, and the statistics although new are not cur rent. Of the money collected from the national forests $206,007 was from sale of land and timber, the state receiving 25 percent from all such transactions, and another 10 percent, $82,402, was used for forest trails and roads. The major contri bution to Oregon was for fire pro tection, wildlife conservation, CCC activities, grazing etc. The heaviest sale of national forest timber was in Grant, Curry, Deschutes, Doug las, Wallowa and Malheur counties. Every county in which there is a national forest is receiving its share of the 25 percent fund. ' One of the hot spots is what should be done with American born Japanese. The army is induct ing a few thousand and some of the older evacuees wish to go into the harvest fields or be employed by someone, such as Secretary of the Interior Ickes, who has three on his farm looking after the chickens and eggs. Members of congress are of two minds: One -group insists that the native-born Japanese, be ing citizens, have a right to leave the relocation camps and take farm jobs because of manpower shortage; others share the view of General De Witt, military commander of the Pacific coast, who says "a Jap is a Jap," regardless of where he is born and that his loyalty to the United States can always be ques tioned. The Japenese were removed from the Lake Labish region, from Hood River orchards and from sev eral agricultural sections of Oregon It Isn't Harvest Time Not f or several mon But NOW is the time to make a start to get ready for harvest. Things being what they are we suggest that you get your Drapers and Cell Belts repaired without delay. Brad en De Tractor and Equipm't Co. although many of their American neighbors were ready to vouch for their efttachment to the United States and were hustled off to a relocation center. Directions have been issued for farm machinery manufacturers to increase the output from the low production point originally set, but it is so late in the season that the permission is not expected to catch up with the demand before 1944. This is one of the items where in OPA and WPB made a bad guess in their efforts to divert steel to the makers of munitions. It has re quired more than a year for the bureaucrats to recognize that farm ing is as essential as building an airplane carrier. Another bad guess was in the matter of meat for the logging and mining industries. Log gers had to be limited to two pounds a week then it was raised to five pounds but this failed to satisfy; for statistics reveal that a logger consumes 10 pounds of meat weekly. a The Japanese office of war in formation at Manilla announces that Japan will "proceed to Alas ka" from Kiska. It is recognized that if land based bombers can operate out of the island of Kiska there will be a distinct threat to the Pacific northwest, both along the coast and inland. Japanese activities on Kiska have not been halted or in any way delayed by the constant bomb ing of American fliers and the enemy is building up a strong in stallation. They even have the te merity to use the stones crushed by the bombs for construction of a runway and they hide in caves when the Americans send down a shower of explosives. At the pre rnt rate of progress it is believed by many observers in the national capital that the Japanese will be flying over the northwest before the end of the year. To date the strategy board refus es to recognize Japan as a first power enemy and is committed to fipnting the . Germans in Europe before giving full attention to the Ascitic coast and the enemy off chore. Considered the best guess (subject to revision) is that the wars with Germany and Japan will r -ntirue' into 1945 or 1946, although the Germans will be defeated first and the real struggle will be with eth Niponese. IRRIGON NEWS By MRS. J. A. SHOTTN The Irrigon country had a hard wind find dust storm Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Acock re ceived the first 900 turkeys and are- getting them started. Mrs. Frazier and two children of La Grande visited her sister, Mtrs. Stella Doll, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Swearingen pnd small daughter arrived Thurs day to help his father, J. O. Swear ingen get ready to plant some new alfalfa. Frank Leicht, seaman second class, is in the southern seas, he writes his mother Mrs.Leicht Amis. F. C. Aldrich and son Fred have rented the Herman Duus hay land and will care for the alfalfa and put it up. The Presbyterians had a dinner and social hour Easter, with a nice crowd attending. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rucker. Duane Lathrop, Opal Carper and Ida Slaughter returned Monday evening from Enterprise. They at tended the funeral of George Lath rop, brother and uncle of those who went from here. Sonny Marquam is taking his tests in Hermiston for the army or air corps if he can get in. Mrs. Lily Warner and the Harvey Warner family went to Hermiston to visit Mrs. Warner and the new baby. Mr. and Mrs. George Isit have moved to Boardman. Paul Haberlein rnd daughter Paula moved into the Cornel house that the Isits moved out of. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. McCoy spent a few days at La Grande visiting Iheir daughter, Birdie Stewart and family. Joy Weigand left for Kennewick to work. She left the baby, Joy There-ps., with her grandmother, Mrs. Harry Smith. Mrs. Jack Browning had her nephew, Buddy Walker, with her Sunday. Earl Terry did not pass his phys ical examination for the army so has gone back to work. A G-T want ad will do wonders if you have anything to sell, trade or exchange. Results every time. n 1 uwx Wanted!! Fighting Dollars for Fighting Men! THEY Give Their Lives . . . YOU Lend Your Money If you can't fight Your Dollars Can! War Bonds Stamps Ps FOREST MANAGEMENT takes a tree cropg" leaves the woods! ThERE was a time when the trees of the abundant Ameri , can forests stood on land needed for villages and farms.,. , Forests were removed both for their timber and so that the land might be used. Today we have enough farm land. Our remaining forest areas can be kept at the job of producing successive timber , crops. Under modern perpetual-yield management the forests pro duce the things we need, but the forest industries keep the woods wooded. Through scientific cutting, maintenance of seed sources, and planting of nursery-grown stock, young, vigorous, forest growth replaces mature, slow-growing trees which need to be harvested. This company and the forest industries generally have entered a period of managed, planned operations of the . woods. Kinzua Pine Mills Co