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Vast Treasure Is Stored Within the
Confines of Crater National Forest
Tlii'iv sliiiuls titilny, In the Cratorl MiiliUo 1WU of IIiriu rivor nml on
imtinniil foril in onlhcrn Orcenn .liikv oivok
nml northern fnlifornin, itvvnitiiiK the
lninhormiin's ux, npproxinintel.v 10.
1117,000,000 hoard loot of morchniit
nhlo liinbor, initilu up lnri'ly of Doiifi-
liis llr, yellow, white nml sujjnr pun,
lint the innwsMliility of mn-l of thi
tiinhcr ill present, niul the Inrge pri
vate holilinjjH in the snniu general lo
cality, are likely to prevent the nit
tin of this vtiht lninhcr supply for
some time to eoine. The, foregoing
HtntemontH nro takun from a report,
just issued by the depnrtinoitt of agri
culture, on the Crater nationiil forest,
the lnta for which was compiled un
der the direction of Martin L. Kriek
son, supervisor of the fore.-t,
Whole Area Timlteivil.
ThiH national forest, it reported,
is capable of yielding annually 00.
000,000 bonrd feet of luniber. Some
of it is tributary to the Sacramento
valley and to San Francisco, while
other parts, at present inaccessible,
will, with the completion of -railroads
now building or planned, become
available for supplying several out
side markets, particularly in the
Rogue Kivcr valley and the Klamath
region. The Crater national forest
lies west and south of Crater Lake
park.
The investigation made last sum
mer in the- Crater national forest
showed that virtually the whole area
is timbered; 70 per cent is covered
with merchantable trees, 20 per cent
bears stands of unmerehautable lim
ber, largely young growth, and 10 per
cent only is brush land or barren.
Four-fifths of the entire drainage
area goes to the Rogue Kiver valley.
Concerning water power possibili
ties in the forest, the report says:
"Practically the entire lengths of
Rogue river and its tributaries offer
sites for power development. On the
Hoguo river the chief power sites are
at Kogue Iliver canyon, Rogue River
falls, Mill Creek falls, Red Blanket
falls and at the Gorge and Natural
Bridge, all in the vicinity of Prospect.
Ore. The Siskiyou Electric Power dc
Light company, successor to the
Roguo River Electric company, al
ready has n large plant on Rogue
river at Gold Ray, and is construct
ing another on the Upper Rogue, near
Prospect. This company, which fur
nishes most of the Rogue River val
ley with light and power, plans to
establish an electric tramway from
tho valley to Prospect, a distance of
HO miles, for which the Rogue river
will furnish power. Power sites are
also found on Butte creek, on tho j
10,11)7,000,1)00 Hoard 1-Vct.
"According to the best available
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UltmilUC. lllltlO UITI'S-Mllll' 111(111 HUT
bio. The stromas are not ilri utile
without rather expensive improvement
work, and to roach the only railroad,
the Southern Pacific, menu a haul of
Largo private
yellow pine. 1.707.000.000 board feet;
Douglas fir, :t,2:M.000.0ll0 hoard foot;
sugar pine, 19.,000 board feet; white
fir, LV20L000.000 board foot, and
other species. 2.707.000,000 board
foot. Of the trees included under
'other siwcios.' noble llr, lodgoHlo
pine. Kngolninim spruce, itieotiM' ce
dar and western white pine nro the
nawt important.'
After describing the localities where
the various species, most abound the
report snys:
"Over the whole forest about (50
per cent of tho timber is mature,
while much is lire scarred and dying.
Harkbeetlcs are at work in tho yel
low pine throughout the forest, and
in the pasl 2. years have done much
damage to the standing timber of
that species. On the area now in
cluded within the forest boundaries
the injects have, in that time, killed
approximately 4S.8S0.000 feet board
measure of timber. Many" of the
older Douglas firs are affected by a
dry rot, which apjwirs as white flakes
or short streaks throughout the grain.
As n rule this starts from the roots
or a wound at tho base of the tree,
and extends upwards so that while
the first two or three logs may be af
fected, the remainder of the tree is
sound. This rot is especially com
mon in the Klnmatli lake region.
White fir is especially susceptible to
decay, and many trees above -10
inches in diameter on tho forest are
so rotten as to bo valueless even for
eordwood. In the cedar a fungus dis
ease known as pencil rot is very com
mon. Sugar pine on the forest is pe
culiarly free from insects, though it is
often injured by vvindshnke.
Lakes Are Used.
"The largest body of timber on the
forest at pro-ent accessible is that
growityj on the Klamath lake water
shed on the oast slope of the Cas
cades. Here are anus of the lake in
which legs: can be rafted and taken
to the railway nt Klamath Falls, a
branch to the railway at Klamath
Falls, a branch line of the Southern
Pacific, which furnishes an outlet for
lumber not needed for local Use. Logs
for local consumption are rafted to
other points on the lake.
"Much of the timber in the eat
sloitc of the Cascades nnd in the Sis.
kiyous is at present largely inaccessi-
forost timber, will soon be lowed In
the lumber companies in the valley
and supply practically all the present
local demand. Tho now line of the
Pacific iv; Eastern railway from .Mod
ford to Hutto Falls, already in opera
tion, will, however, make accessible a
considerable amount of the forest
timber. It is planned further to e
teud the road up Willow crook over
the Fish Luke divide to Pelican hay.
which will take it directly through
the foivst ami will make possible the
logging of a groat area. Hutto Falls,
which lies but a mile from the forest
boundary, i.s even now a lumber camp
of some importance with a well
equipped sawmill.
Needs Culling.
"From a silvioiiltural stnmloiiit it
would bo desirable to get rid of the
unit ure 'timber on the Crater forest,
an enormous amount in the aggregate,
as fast as it could he out. The pres
ent inaccessibility of most of it, how
ever, would prelude the possibility of
this, even were therenot other fac
tors to bo taken into account. Of
these factors, the largo amount of
privately owned timber in the region
is one of the most iuiortnut. The
Ittmb'crmnn cannot be expected to hold
his timber for anv great length of
time. He must iav taxes on it. must
got sonic return for his investment
within a reasonable period, and the
longer he holds the timber the greater
is the chance that it will be destroyed
by fire. He has timber enough to
meet a largo part of the present de
mand, and will do so. Hut because
in most cases he must market his
timber now, he will not be able to
supply the future demand, which, in
the Pacific northwest at least bids
fair to be much greater than the pres
ent. If the development of the coun
try is to go forward with the same
strides as in the past, there must bo
a permanent source of supply avail
able when the timber from the private
lauds has boon (lisx-od of. National
forests Mich as the Crater were cre
ated for just this purjKso. Even if
it were ossibIe to throw nil of its
merchantable timber on the market
now, no good and much harm would
result, since the market would be
overstocked without reason, the lum
ber trade demoralized and the amount
of standing timber available in the
future, when the netd lot it will bo
real, greatly lessened.
Hlg Sale tu liigi"s,
"ll should not be implied from this
that the timber on the Crater forest
will not he disposed ul. oxen at pies
out, where there is need for it. One
huge sale for 100.000.000 feet is now
in progress in the yellow pine Ivpo on
the oast side of the tivst in the
Khimath lake onmtlrv. An informal
application for another sale of ap
pruxiuititcly 100,(1011.01)0 foot on the
west side of the Cascade. coutiiiKoiit
upon the extension of the Mcdford-
Hutto Falls railroad, has boon it
ccivod, and the sale will probably bo
made when the rand i opened.
"In the luaiiHHoment of tho timber
on the forest, muuifestK the first step
will he to remove a mtnh'as pcwsihlo
of tho dead, dUoatcd and overmature
timber which forms a considerable
portion of the stand. .Ml timber sales,
for tho proseul at let. will have this
end in view."
Tho report shows, that M0 per cent
of tin oreti of the forest has been
burned over at one lime oi another,
prospectors being responsible for
most of the tiros, in l'llO there wore
M7 severe fires in this national forest
that killed 'J.'iO.OOO.MIO feet b. in. of
merchantable timber.
Itcfnrvstntloii n Mo Policy.
It is to bo the policy to reforest the
burned areas, nnd aid in the refor
estation of Snob ares as may he cut
over, giving profurencc to yellow pine,
sugar pine and Dointtns fir, which two
the most valuable species native to
this region.
The character of the country in this
forest is said to" ho unsuiable to
farming, but .lit homesteads, covering
.W2.V acres, have been established,
principally in the lower valley. Hay
is the principal crop. Uist season.
4i:i:J head of cattle nd O.VJ.'i head of
sheep wore grnxiM in the reserve.
Thore is some pio.Hctiug for cop
per and gold in the Cascade part of
the forest, but no mines, other than
that at Elk creek, in operation. Tho
Siskiyou Mrtion o the other hand,
is described as a typical mining coun
try. The report say:
"In the 'l!0s and 70s much placer
mining wijs done, 'mid oven today
thorn is good pnWr mining along
Sterling creek ami Little Applegate
river, but as n rule it has given way
to quartz milling. Jn-t south of this
portion of the forest, in California,
are the famous Iiltte Ledge copper
mines, which, though yielding only a
moderate amount of ore at present,
promise to become among the richet
copper mines in the west.''
Our Correspondents
JACKSONVILLE
A. timid or rehictnnt use of wnnt
advertising does not make a work
hunt prosper.
Xcil llaiinu of Scuttle lm;j been in
town several davs this week, making
his old homo u visit.
Attorneys E. Phipps and (1.
Cherry of .Mcdford transiictod lmd.
noss at the couit bunco this week.
Mrs. M. II, Roiiiiiltrce It'll for Pit
oillo Hotioli. Wash., thin week, where
she will visit her tlmiiter, .Mrs. Ki'i(.
Christie.
W. A. Elliott of Foot Crook tar
ried in town a few hours Thursday.
W. II. JohuMiu in cmldoyvd in the
clerk's office now, working on tho
tux rolls.
District Attorney H. F. Mulkoy was
in (own Thursday on business in tho
juvenile court.
Mrs. Hcri Orr of Medfoid visited
friends living InMo this week.
W F. Parker, representing tho
Portland Realty association, was n
business caller during the week.
Miss Fay Soul's and O. .Murray
wore tho guests of Mr. nml Mrs. Louis
Ulrich last Sunday.
-Judge Noil committed Klflclu nod
Minnie Frodenburg of Medford to the
Hoys and Girls' Aid society one day
this week, where they were imtuedi
ntcly taken.
P. II. Daley of Kuglo Point was shak
ing hands with old acquaiutiinces the
fore part of this week.
Miscci Mary ami Auibiiwiuc
Murphy and Miss Marie Lancing of
Medford spent Sunday with friends
living Jiere.
Attorneys J. T. Wilson and Fred W.
Moars wore among the Medford at
torneys in town IhrX week.
Mr. and Mrs. It. Powers of the
Willamette valley visited relative
living bore this week. .Mrs. Powers
was formcrlv Miss. Mary Pogue.
Superintendent Vanco of the Pa-1
citle Telephone company was u biiM- i
noss culler during the week.
The 'N'ative Daughters' society is.
meeting every Wednesday now pre- '
1i ring for the haxar to be hold some
time in March. Everything to be usi-d
at hoiiseclcaniug time will be ill. '
such as rag rugs, curtains. Inuuiliv
bags, sofa cushions, etc.
DUTTE FALLS ITEMS.
Mrs. Cross of the llullo Falls holt I
went to .Medfoid Wednesday In huv
supplies for her iuoieasing piiltouiigc.
J. T. Hrudley of Kent, Wash., with
Mrs, llittwou of Mcdlonl, caifie on o
visit to Mr. Peeler of Hullo Falls
Wednesday. Tho throe aie cousins
and hud not met for maiiv omi-.
The Coinnioroiul club In in constant
comiuiiniculiou with ortnu who aie
looking to Hutto Fulls for their In
I lire homo.
Rev. .1. F.. Dav nnd wife arc ooen
pyiug the now huugulow lien r the
depot, lately erected by M. P. linker.
A large force of railroad men is
o.xootod here this week to do ueces
snrv work on the road.
A I'J-milo extension is expected to
be built next summer which will ex
tend the Pacific & P.iisloiu to near
Mount Pill.
Since the snow loft us new side
walks are being built.
A. Dr. Fields was hero oil .Mmidny
lookiug for u suitable locution for his
practice, hut Hutto Falls is so healthy
it could offer no inducement. N'o
one is sink or diseased, tho Pacific i,
Eastern railroad men lire so sober nnd
cuutiotis (hat wo have no accident
and we know nothing of the hurly
burly of more strenuous towns, for us
O. Adiims says the people hero do not
have (o vvotk so hard, for Hullo Falls
is the Garden of Eden.
Seating room for .() more has been
provided in the Assembly hall to no
commodate the inoroaed attenilnnc
Tho voting people manifest n grout
deal of interest in music nnd sue;
iug. A school orchestra is jut In
ginning to practice.
Attention Dairymen
and Stockmen
J nut received a car of loKlntoroil
niul Kiailo IIdIhIoIii cattle. Tlioy
worn the inurlHiigo lifters of tho
Ohio WcHtoru itoworvo nml can do
It hero. All from the iioled DolCol
Htralii, liuporlotl from Holland.
I lout herd won! of tho CitncuiloH.
I'llroii are rluhl
Phono 7iia, party 1M or vIhII
our much on Uomh Lane.
TicKNoit .v nooiiirriiN
Children's Eyes
require enteral wiitchlug. cupei'lully
lu the cm so nt HlmlloiiH m-holurs, At
tho fit tit hIkii of wonkiiwrt they
mIiiiiiIiI havo their ')" uxamliicd, anil,
If uocopHiiry, (Uiiukhs should hit worn.
Hut any kind of Kkioa will not do.
Ilrlng tho child to mo nml I will
Kiinrnuteo to fit tho tlicht Iounoh so
as to Improve the vIhIoii nml remove
tiny lioadiichi-ri (hat limy result from
oyo-atriilii.
Dr. Rickert
Over Keitlncr's
IlimldiiH for health.
XOTICH TO MINI-: OWNICH8.
All persona who nro iloalroim of
Kccurlng space In tho Medford MlnltiR
Jublloo Hook on tho minora! reHourc-
OH of southern Oregon and northern j
Cnlirornin, to bo Issued Fcby. 1, 1912,
should Immediately call upon or ad
dress C. W. Pattorson or (Juy T.
Thrasher, Nash hotel, Mcdford, Ore.
"Jusi Say"
HORLICK'S
It Maans
Original and Qenulna
MALTED MILK
The Food-drink for All Ages.
More licallliul than Tea or Coffee
Agrees with the wcalejt digation.
Dclicioui, invigorating and nutiitious.
Rich milk, malted grain, powder (orm.
A quick lunch prepared in a minute.
Take no substitute. Ask for HORLICK'S.
Others arc imitations.
TREES
Hint Krour
TREES
Hint Itcnr
Northern Grown Stock
Columbia & Okanogan
Nursery Company
Of tho Woiiutcheo Valloy
(. M. linden, MiMlfonl Hntcnmu
I'liene HI. It. 'J 17 N. Ittvcmlile
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WE POINT WITH PRIDE
To every little detail of our Dental work, because we take infinite care in
the execution of every detail. Scrupulous care is our business character
istic which accounts for our having the continued patronage of so many
satisfied patients. Every branch of high class Dentistry is done here to
perfection and at reasonable prices.
The teeth are of vital importance to good health and if you wish to
enjoy your meals and thus keep yourself in perfect health you must give
your teeth the proper attention necessary to keep them in good condition,
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otherwise a bad stomach will invariably bo tho rosult, and from a bad
stomach will develop a perpetual grouch, which will causo you to bo
shunned and avoided by other people on account of your disposition. Do
not delay any longer if you feel that you aro in need of Dental work,
come in for free examination and estimato on your work. You got only
the best troatmont in this office and all work done horo is guaranteed. Wo
use only the best materials money can buy.
LADY ATTENDANT
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22 Karat Gold Crowns
Porcelain Crowns . .
Bridge Work (per tooth)
Silver Fillings ....
$5.00
5.00
5.00
1.00
AND UP.
Gold Fillings
Full Set of Teeth on Rubber Plate
Best Set of Teeth on Rubber Plate
Painless Extraction
ALL OTHER WORK IN PROPORTION
$1.50
AND UP
7.50
10.00
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207-208 Farmers and Fruitgrowers Bank Bldg, corner West Main and Grape Streets, Medtord, Oregon
OFFICE HOURS: 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.-Sundays, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Pacific Phone Main 653; Home Phone 287-L
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