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1 s TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, June 7. 1944 PLANNED HARVEST SCARLET FEVER IS OUTLOOK FOR Transition From Wasteful Methods to Management Coming None Too Soon AT SAME LEVEL By Eric W. Allen, Jr. United Press Correspondent Salem, Ore. (U.R) Oregon, with the largest stand of mar ketable timber of any state in the Union, today is In the mid dle of transition from the early destructivenesj of unplanned cutting to a planned forest man agement program, designed to put timber on a "crop" rather than an exploitable resource basis. The massive stands of Doug las fir and yellow pine, two chief lumber producers of the state, are now perhaps the great est wealth the state possesses In the early days of settlement, the necessity was to get rid of the trees which stood In the way of agriculture and homestead ing. Time For Plan But now, with forest fires taking huge sections of land out of production, and with Irre sponsible lumbering methods of the past having decimated large tracts, the time has come, in the opinion of many men who know the problems best, to substitute a planned forest management, a scheme which will make timber permanent asset, a crop which can be harvested and regrown. Main obstacle In the way of this planned harvest Is the long period needed for the matura . tion of the trees. It is beyond the financial resources of the small, independent lumberman to let large tracts of land stand Idle while the trees grow to marketable size. As a result the emphasis will shift more and more to the tig companies, which with hundreds of thou sands of acres upon which to draw, can put what Is demanded on a rotation scheme, while the younger stands are growing. Protection Possible Still another solution to the problem is increased public ownership of timber land, both by the state and federal govern ment. In this way much lumber could be protected from irre sponsible logging methods. In his recent speech to the fcovernor's convention in .Horsh ey, Pennsylvania, Oregon's gov ernor Earl Sncll pointed out that in the country there are 214,000,000 acres of saw timber. With adequate management, he said, this area is sufficient to produce annually more timber than has ever been cut In the United States In a year, and this vlthout permanently destroying any timber producing possibil ities. This would, however, require a coordinated plan, and would need the cooperation of all agencies, Including private own errhip. Management Lacking The National Lumber Manu facturers association. In a recent survey, reported upon the pres ent status of privately owned land, nearly half of it, or 47.S per cent, the survey showed, is less than adequately managed and less than 40 per cent stock ed, 20.6 per cent is managed for continuous production and is 40 to 80 per cent stocked, 18.6 per cent Is mnnaged In line with modern forest practices and is almost completely stocked, 80 to 100 percent. Only 6.3 per cent of the land Is wholly unproductive. The problem of creating ade quately managed forestry prac tices Is far from solved. But It Is tho hope of forestry officials forward looking lumbermen and all those who love the unequal led forests of Oregon, that In the near future a constructive and permanent policy can be found ed and maintained. Scarlet fever has remained at the same level In Jackson coun ty the past two weeks, accord ing to the weekly communicable disease report by Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health director, with six cases the week ending May 26 and six reported the week ending May IB. The week prior to that IS new cases were reported. Of the 12 cases report ed for the past two weeks, five were in Medford, three in Rogue River and one each in Ashland, Gold Hill, Lone Pine and Phoe nix. Thirty-six cases of measles were reported during the past two weeks, with IB cases from Phoenix, nine from Medford, five from Gold Hill, two from Camp White and one from the Agate district. But 11 of the cases were reported last week, and 25 the previous week. One case of meningitis was re ported at Camp White during the week ending May 28. Fot the week ending June 2 the report shows, in addition to the mea sles and scarlet fever, one case of pneumonia, two of tuberculosis, six cases recurrent malaria, all at Camp White, seven cases of gonorrhea and two of syphilis. E Chicago, June 7 (U.R) Meat consumption among the coun try's 128,000,000 consumers will average 145 pounds this year, compared to 137 pounds In 1043, George M. Lewis, director of the department of marketing of the American Meat Institute said to day. Lewis told the National Assoc iation of Retail Grocers that the anticipated increase of eight; pounds of meat per capita will be mostly In beef, with pork sec ond and small increases in veal and lamb. Armed forces and lend lease are taking more than one quar ter of all the meat which is b? Ing produced in record volume Lewis said. SUGAR STAMP 32 GOOD FOR 5 LBS. JUNE 16TH Washington, June 7 U.R) The Office of Trice Administra tion today announced that sugar stamp 32 in war ration book four will become valid on June 16 for five pounds of sugar for an indefinite period. "wEATHErT" Northern California Fair to day, tonight and Thursday, ex cept low clouds or fo along coast south of Golden Gate; little temperature change. Cm Mall Tribune Went Mm. See Humphrey NOWI Humphrey Sells More Humphrey Buys More GASH FOR USED CARS 33 So. Riverside Dial 4980 Sergeant Bushnell In Crew of Lucky Liberator Bomber 7th AAF Hoariqiinrters, Cen tral Pacific "Lady" Is one of the luckiest planes In the world In tho onlnlon of Staff Sergeant Mclvin C Bushnell. 838 Dakota avenue, Medford. Ore. "Lady" Is a 7th AAF Liber ator which has been In the thick of Centrnl Pacific bombing war fare on the Japs and has but four scars to show as a result of her 27 missions. Bushnell, who ts returning home on furlough after complet ing 30 missions In the Central Pacific, disclosed that "Lady" was hit by flak only three times and but once by a Jap 7.7 slug. None of the holes were over a half dollar around, he said. I.ady again was lucky when she landed with only two en gines functioning at Makin. The crew had been preparc-J for a water landing hut the gas lasted Just long enough to get home. Again, on her 13th mission. one over Maloclap, when she and her formation was attacked by 40 Zeros, "Lady'' was lucky. She shot down three Zeros and rang up three "probables" and es caped unharmed. She also fought off 40 Zeros on another occa sion and a batch of 25 on a trip over Wake. Bushnell Is the son of Mrs. Mary Bushnell of Medford. Rubber and steel '; iidod tracks on half-tracks and tanks have Increased maneuverability and have provided up to 15 per cent more speed. PROMPT SERVICE REASONABLE RATES ON JAOVING VAH SERVICE' osPKINR CRATING LSTORWt DISTRIBUTION Liocm cartage CALL US WHEN TOU NEED ANT OF THESE SERVICES 703 North Central PHONE 7104 Soon to leave Medford for ac tive duty with the Women's Ar my Corps are Irene Chetwood daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lafe M. Chetwood, Rt. 4, Box 168. and Mrs. Helen M. Peterson, 121 Tripp St., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rothchild, Seattle, Wash. Miss Chetwood graduated from Burns Union high school in 1040. She has been employed by the Oregon Washington Tele phone and Telegraph company. She was a member of the 4-H and the Grange for four years. Mrs. Peterson attended school In Elmlra, N. Y. Hep husband is with the 18th Reconnaissance, Camp Maxey, Paris, Texas. She has been assigned to the Air Transport Command at Long Beach, Cal. Both enlisted In the WAC to serve with the Army Air Corps., according to Lt. Margaret Nord berg, recruiter in charge of the U. S. Army Recruitmg station in Medford. They will report for ac tive duty June 11 and take their basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. LESS NEWSPRINT YEAR'S PROSPECT Washington, June 7 (U.R) A War Production Board news paper industry consultant warn ed today that there may be further reductions in newsnrlnf allotments before the end of the year and that no assurance can be given of any relaxations on restrictions in the use of print ing materials. Leon A. Link. ennsnHnnt fn the newspaper section of WPB's printing and nublishine division said in a WLB weekly business review that "there are signs that point" to still further newsprint cuts in 1944. Hollywood, June 7 (U.R) John Hix, United Features Syn dicate artist who rose from a paper boy to creator of the in ternationally-known "Strange As It Seems" cartoon, died today of a heart attack. He was 36. Hix, who was stricken last night, had been in failing health for the past four years, his brother, Eugene, said. The cartoonist started on the Greenville, S. C, News when he was in his 'teens, delivering papers by day and drawing his strips by night. In March, 1928, when he was 20 years old, he started his "Strange As It Seems" cartoon, which attained world-wide cover age in 10 years. The strip was later made into 45 film shorts and approximately 600 radio shows. Toastmasters To Continue Sessions Through Summer At an outdoor meeting Mon day night the Medford Toast- masters' club voted unanimous ly to stay In session during the summer months. "Stay at Home" "acatlons and the possibility of assisting in the war effort were prime factors influencing the club to continue sessions. Robert Kyle acted as toastmas ter and Ray Pence was topicmas ter. Otto De Jarnett gave a ten minute talk on the "Possibilities of a Wonderful Vacation in Our Own Back Yard The Rogue River Valley." Dr. A. A. Soule talked for sev en minutes on "Why Worry?" As a conclusion to his talk Dr. Soule gave an original bit of verse. Tony Manno was critic for the evening. Closing time for Classified ads 9 a. m. Too Late to classify, 12:30 p. m. 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