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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.
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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.
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7th AAF Hoariqiinrters, Cen
tral Pacific "Lady" Is one of
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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.
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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.
EX-SHOWGIRL WOULD
DIVORCE DIXIE DAVIS
Hollywood, June 7 0J.R)
Ex-Showgirl Hope Dare, who
pledged undying lover to Rich
ard "Dixie" Davis when he was
disbarred and Jailed in the New
York trial of Racketeer Dutch
Schultz, today asked for a di
vorce, charging cruelty.
and cargo In 23 hours instead el
the seven days of the first China
Clipper, according to Pan Amer
ican Airways.
Postwar Clipper flights from
the Pacific coast to the Orient
will deliver passengers, mail
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