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Announce Priz Winners in
Forest Fire Essay Contest
Announcement hag Just been made
" l)y tlie Crater National Forest offices
of this city of the prize winners In
the essay contest conducted during
the recent national observance of for
est week, among the students of the
M Gilford high school.
First prize on the subject of "The
Lumber Resources of Jackson County"
was won by Minnie Whipple of the
sophomore class.
First prize on the subject, "The
Necessity of Protecting Our Forests
. From Fire," was won by Arthur Lalng
sophomore, and second prize by Geor
glnna Ilussong and Hoxsey Borden.
During the same contest Frederick
Phillips won the poster prize, and his
winning effort is now on exhibition at
tlie chamber of commerce.
The Lumber Resources of Jackson
County
Minnie Phlpple, Sophomore Class.
First Prize.
The greatest Industrial asset to
Jackson count is its twenty-three bil
lion feet of standing timber. About
two-thirds of the total acreage of the
county is classified as timber land.
Some of the lumber hag been cut, but.
commercially speaking. It Is practl
cally untouched. However, extenslvo
plans are being promoted more and
more each year for the cutting and
distribution of the lumber.
With twenty-three billion feet tribu
tary to any point adds greatly to the
wealth of the county, as it will eventu
ally give employment to thousands of
people, there being no uncertainty as
to the supply of timber.
This largo amount of timber hag a
two-fold value: One as a source of
lumber supply, and another as a fac
tor in aiding a perpetual flow of water
In the streams by checking the melt
ing of the snow and holding a plento
ous supply of moisture in the ground
during the summer months.
The kinds of timber found In Jack
son County are fir, sugar pine, pel low
pine, and cedar. . The finest and most
compact body of sugar pine In the
world's wooded areas Is Included In
this.
It will require upwards of half a
century to log these immense forests.
even though a quarter billion feet be
removed annually.
Owing to the vast amount of timber
held by the government which Is now
ready to be cut, there Is a wonderful
opportunity for capitalizing on the
timbor Industry In Jackson county.
At present there are over twenty
five sawmills In the county. The daily
capacity, with eight hour shifts, varies
from three or four thousand to one
hundred fifty thousand feet per day.
Railroads are being built from the
largor towns into the heart of the
forest areas, nnd logging roads will
make practically all the lumber avail
able. As the timber Is removed, the
land upon which It stands will be
open to cultivation.
The era of development has scarce
ly begun In the forest-clad mountain
ranges of Jackson county.
The Necessity of Protecting Our
i Forests From Fire
, Arthur Lalng, Sophomore I.
First Prize.
There are millions of uses for wood.
It does not matter what kind or where
it comes from ; whether it Is from nor
thern climes or southern, It is wood,
nnd everybody uses It. Yot some
people no, most of the people do not
realize the condition of our forests to
day. In the last century the forests of
the United States have been doploted
go much that our government spends
hundreds of thousands of dollars to
employ timber oxportB to help us con
serve our rapidly diminishing Bupply
and to reforest devastated areas.
A good percentage of these ravaged
areas Is the result of forest fires.
Millions of foet of timber are de
stroyed in a short while Just because
someone wbb careless. .
Suppose all the mutches, cigarette
and cigar stubs, pipe ashes, fire em
bers, had all boon carefully put out
bofore they were left, what a differ
ence It would make to the amount of
stnndliig timber In the United States!
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Yet people who ought to know better,
nnd who really do know better but are
Just careless, keep on with their lack
of consideration for others and con
tinue to destroy the heritage of future
generations.
Maybe these people do not stop to
think about what a world without tim
ber would be. Yet a world without
timber Is exactly what will be If the
fact is not brought home to the people
that the timber resources of the world
are dwindling so fast that some of our
own generation may live to see the
last of the gcod timber go.
Let us think more of the future and
try to save for the coming people what
we have so long enjoyed; our forests,
The Necessity of Protecting the
Forests From Fire
Georglana Ilussong, April 25, 1923.
Second Prize.
Oregon, the Beaver state, hag exten
slve forest regions that contain the
largest merchantable body of standing
timber of any state in the union.
Lumbering Ig the chief Industry. The
Coast Range and the Cascade moun
tains are heavily overgrown with the
most valued of trees, Oregon pine,
sugar pine and a species of fir.
Why should we protect our forests
from fire? To fittingly answer this
query several important reasons must
be given. If our forests are not pro
tected from fire:
(1) It will soon leave us in a flevas-
tated state because our chief source
of Income will be gone, and forests do
not grow overnight, as do mushrooms,
(2) It will prove that the American
people are as a whole a wasteful and
careless people. Economy Is a good
slogan for a nation.
(3) It will leave for the oncoming
generations, a difficult problem to
solve, that of finding a substitute to
take the place of the lumber, which Is
go very useful to mankind.
(4) And, last, It will demonstrate
to us that this waste of timber de
grades our standing In the eyes of the
world and shows us how narrow and
selfish we are by not providing for the
future.
The forest sorvlce Is an important
means In the prevention of fires. It
Is estimated that since the United
wag settled, more forests have boon
destroyed by fire than by the ax, and
that the annual loss of forest fires ex
ceeded fifty million dollars.
Romember that "An ounce of pre
vention Is worth a pound of cure," go
this applies in the protection of our
forests, which God gave so freely to
us.
The Necessity of Prevention of
Forest Fires
The prosent situation Is Indeed
alarming. The loss by fire has been
Increasing and the timber supply is
decreasing through its enemy, the fire.
Proclamations have been issued by
the president and governors showing
the necessity of preventing forest
tiros. One of the strongest argu-
nionts for this hag beon the crippling
of the lumbering Industry, its pro
ducts worth over one an done-half
billions of dollars. It supplies 830,000
people with work nnd pays $440,000,000
in wages. These forests are used as a
recreational playground. Large buiiib
of money are gpont by vacationists at
rocroatlonnl contors.
The destruction by fire in the for
ests has been Immense. In five years
ending January, 1921, sixty-five and
one-half millions of dollars have been
lost In the forests of this country,
Klghty-eight thousand square miles of
forests, an area equivalent to all of
England, Scotland and Wales have
boon completely consumed by fire In
the Inst five yours. This does not
include the loss of life which cannot
bo figured in dollars sonse.'
The future outlook is not bright If
the destruction of the forests by fire
continues. In times of war a timbor
supply is needed as can be Bhown by
the lust war. It tills practise of fire
destruction Is continued, we will have
to face the same conditions as China
and Europe. We should not only think
of our own Intorost but also of the
future generation. Germany Bets an
example of forest fire protection. They
have stringent laws governing the
care of their forests.
The federal and state governments
are doing lots toward forest fire pro
tection by appropriations, legislation,
publishing pamphlots, but these are
Inadequate at the present time.
We can also holp the prevention of
forest fires by encouraging favorable
legislation nnd bolng careful about Bet
ting fire In the woods.
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at any drtigntore, which makes even
stubborn, unruly or shampooed hair tay
combed all day in any style you like.
WASHINGTON. May 17. A resolu
tion doclnrlng It nnwlso to ask con
gress to make any changes In tho
present rehabilitation act was adopted
unanimously nt the concluding session
yesterinNy of the conference of civilian
rehabilitation officials, representing
various states, social workers and
government officials, called by the
fedorol bonrd for vocational education.
Tho resolution requested that con
gress approprlnto $1,000,000 annually
for expenditure In co-opcrutlon with
the states ami $76,000. a yonr for ad
ministrative expenses of tho board.
flngdnrt I1- rutvlinsod.
CONHTANTINOI'LK, May 16.'
(Hy tho Awiorlntvd press) The Hng
dnd rnllwny has been purchased by
a group of Hrltlnh nnd Swi hank
era, headed by the ltothnchllds, ac
cording to tho nowHpapor Vntnn. The
bankers nro sulci to have acquired the
Uorman and Austrian holdings.
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