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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.
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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.
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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.
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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