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Medf ord's Lumber Boom Forest Supervisor Sm Need of Curb To Guarantee Sustained Timber Yield (An explanation of the current lumbering boom here and dis cussion of the prospects for continuation of the timber supply in the area tributary to Jackson county industrial centers has been prepared by Karl L. Janouch, supervisor of the Rogue River National Forest. The second and final installment of Supervisor Janouch's summation appears herewith.) , By Karl X Janouch ' As of January 1, 1944, the operable timber stand of the Up per Rogue River production unit by ownerships and the rate it is being depleted on a 8-year (1039-1943) average, In million board feet, is as follows: National forest, 10,077 mil lion board feet. Annual deple tion, 33 million board feet Other ownershlus, 8,417 mil lion board feet Annual deple tion 144 million board feet the sustained yield cut of such lands that are feasibly accessi ble. Public timber must be sold at the highest price attainable and in appraising the value, the transportation costs to the saw mill are allowed for in arriving at a stumpage value. The trans portation cost of hauling timber to beyond the logical manufact uring center must be borne by the purchaser and this cost is so great that he cannot without fl- Total. 18,494 million board, loss, secure timber out liana Turner In New Romance John Hodiak and Lana Turner in a romantic scene from their forthcoming picture, '"Marriage Is A Private Affair" with James Craig and Frances Gifford. The picture starts tomorrow at the Craterlan for a four day run. feet Annual depletion 177 mil lion board feet The estimated allowable or subtalned yield cut Is 100 million board feetfor national forests and 118 million board feet for other ownerships. It will be noted that national forest timber has not been over cut and that the cut on other ownerships has been excessive by 26 million boad feet annual ly during the last five years. The analysis brings out that If cutting on private lands is con tinued at the present rate, this timber probably would be com pletely harvested in around 25 years and it will take much long er than 23 years to grow mer chantable trees to replace these forests. In fact, it will be near er 150 years years before the seedlings of today will grow to what the loggers now call "saw-log" size. The Industry will become more and more depend ent on public timber for a sup- sire his limited zone. This fact' alone makes it Impossible for certain plants to remain in com munities removed from sources of supply. Privately owned timber Is rapidly purchased by certain sawmill companies and is not available for lumber manufac ture to others than the pur- basis which assures a stable and permament livelihood for many people, which protects and as sures ou water supply, recrea tion resources, fish and wild life and the esthetic values for which this area is noted? This briefly Is the local tim ber situation. The discussion has been briefed to save newspaper snace. However, the topic has chaser: Public timber provides; Been explored suuiciemiy to pro- n 1 m tori nmniint nf t mher each viae we dhsis lur aiuua year. The annual demand at puresent Is over 260 million board feet and the allowable cut for both public and private tim ber on a sustained yield plan Is 42 million board feet less than this present cut. This means that the manufacture of lumber will be curtailed and decreased as private timber is cut out or is held for future supply by certain sawmill operators who Intend to keep operating although at less than present output. There is no possibility of maintaining the present cut beyond a reason ply. In fact, there are a number' able period after the war, and of Industries that get all or a greater portion of their logs from public lands at this date. - The question may be raised as to why a greater cut Is not contemplated on national for ests, since there is more timber in this ownership than in all others and the estimated annual cut is 18 million board feet less. The answer is, other ownerships have timber lands at lower al titudes which are more accessi ble. Generally speaking, these are better timber producing lands and should grow timber at a faster rate than for the na tional forest lands. The timber area of the unit Is divided into four working cir cles, namely: Rogue River, Med- fordo, Applegate and Evans Creek. These working circles are based on drainages and transpor tation routes. The timber from each working circle ordinarily should move to the nearest man nfaeturlna center with first con sideration given economical and stable plants within the bound aries of the working circle which are depended upon by people of established settlements for in comes. On this basis, the cities and settlements of this country having sawmills affecting their economy, can expect a supply of timber from public lands up to eratlon by the readers and to point the way to a program of study, discussion and action among our service clubs and other organizations. A pro'gram for the orderly harvesting of our timber resources must have the support of the public. Compla cency supports a program of de pletion resulting in economic and other losses. Other forest reg ions learned this, but only when It was too late. We have time to take remedial action, but that time la now. PUBLICITY HEAD HELD New York, Nov. 21 (U.PJ Carl Byolr, head of the publicity firm of Carl Byolr Associates, was arrested today on a com plaint of the anti-trust division of the department of justice for removal to Danville, 111., to plead to an Information charging him. his client the Great Atlan tic and Pacific Tea company, and others with anti-trust violation. TEACHING STAFF AT EAGLE POINT MEETS PARENTS Eagle Point, Nov. 21 The teaching staff for the Eagle Point schools was presented to the parents and patrons of the district who gathered in the high school auditorium here last Fri day night The reception was the largest of its kind ever held here, and was attended by 'par ents from all parts of the newly consolidated school district. Teachers presented to the group included Glenn Hole, serv ing his first year here as prin cipal; Victor Hay, Yetta Olson, and Mrs. Broadbeck, other high school instructors. Those present ed from the elementary grades were: Cecil Chase, eighth grade; Mrs. Eva McKee, seventh grade; Mrs. Jean Aftring, sixth grade; Mrs. Lula- Thurston, fifth grade; Mrs. Hazel Chase, fourth grade; Hulda Rose, third grade; Mrs. Helen Beckker, second grade; and Georgiana Hussong, first grade. During the evening the group was entertained by a program of varied numbers. Vocal solos TsesdsT. Wot. 1, 1844 MEDF6RD MAIL TWBUHB trflef have Just been completed to take -1 I E. ! I vicm given oy iictuma r iuwr , -.,. , . , ter. Irene Knlgery, and Richard car" ff the enlarged enrollment PartUs Interested in Christ mas Offer of Encyclopedia Brltannica or Britannlca Jr., can obtain complete informa tion by writing the Oregon representative, Mr. V. P. Dickson, 1723 N. E. Multno mah St. Portland 12. Oregon. McCorkle, who also gave a saxo phone number. An accordion number was given by Mrs. Carol Clymer, a piano solo by Kath leen Davies, and a reading by C. F. Davies. In addition to these little children were heard in special numbers. Kay McCorkle and Dudley Lang sang "I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard," and Billle Caldwell, Dudley Long, Sandra Caldwell, Kay McCorkle and Linda Lange showed adults how group singing should be done. . ' The program was opened with group singing of a quality and volume this community has nev er known. An increase in new settlers has added many new and excellent voices to the com munity. At the conclusion of the pro gram coffee and cake wasserved by the ladies of the Home Dem onstration unit. The visitors then looked over the new rooms that growing out of the district con solidation. The committee In charge of William Lang, Mrs. Doris Cald well, and Mrs. Freda Greb. the reception consisted of Mrs duty. Of the 62,312 army wounded as reported through April 21, 1944, 35,597 had returned to wm: . uar i when A "223 ROMAN MIAl POMIDOf "j"- IS I OUR SRI AKMSTI mam YES VIE HAVE A LARGE SUPPLY AIID ALL SIZE BIRDS ORDER YOUR TURKEY NOW! EAST SIDE MARKET Or MEDFORD EAST OF BEAR CREEK BRIDGE rrtienttk ft NEW kind of ASPIRIN tablet doesn't upset stomach 'When you need 1 (mm M""" pain, do you hesitate to take aspirin because it leaves you with an upset stomach? If so, this new medi cal discovery, SUPERIN, la "just what the doc tor ordered" for you. . Superin Is aspirin plus contains the same pure, Bale aspirin you have long known but developed by doctors in a special way fox those upset by aspirin in its ordi nary form. This new fctnd of aspirin tablet dissolves more quickly, lets th aspirin get right at the lob of re lieving pain, reduces the acidity 61 ordinary aspirin, and does not ir ritate or upset stomach even altei repeat doses. Tear this out to remind you tc get Superin today, so you can havf it on hand when headaches, colds etc, strike. See how quickly il relieves pain how fine you feel after taking. Atyour drug gist's, 15 and 39. even that will be done at the expense of the cut immediately thereafter. Consequently, there Is no room for more sawmills Many of the present sawmills will have to decrease their pres ent output and some others, will have to shut down The curtailment of lumber Is not necessarily a predicament so far as community economics are concerned. It Is possible to main tain our payrolls and financial returns and, In fact, increase them through closer utilization and remanufacturlng of forest products. . The need In this area Is to de crease depletion rate of 260 mil lion .board feet per year to a sustained yield of 218 million board feet or in effect, to cut 42 million feet of timber less per year. This would seem to In volve reduction In Income affect ing around 2000 people now de pendent on the lumber industry However, closer utilization in logging and local remanufactur lng of lumber can' more than compensate for the. reduction in the acreage of timber cut each year. Rather than suffer ulti mate depletion of our timber re sources through overcutting, we should reduce our cut to the sus tained vleld of 218 million board feet per year, plus what logging and milling waste we can sal vage, and supplant our resultant payrolls through remanuiactur-tog. One-fifth of the lumber cut under a sustained yield limita tion Is suitable for remanufact lng Into cabinet work and will provide a living for 967S peo ple or we could take this lum ber and manufacture it Into sash and doors which would provide a living for 4816 people. One half of the locally produced lum ber Is suitable for boxes and could provide, through such a remanufacture, a living for 7074 people. Therefore, If we take one-fifth of our lumber and re manufacture It into cabinets, we will provide a living for 9675 people and thus provide for 7673 additional people after tak ing care of the 2000 people who were deprived of livelihood through reduction in the lumber output to a sustained yield cut of 218 million board feet Other possibilities can be figured out through consideration of other types of remanufacturlng. It Is proven that a reductlbr in finan cial income through a reduction In lumber output can be more than compensated by remanu facturlng. Under such conditions, the question has often been asked, why is our lumber ship ped to other communities for re- manufacturing when wastage of transportation, labor and possi ble financial return to our com munity results? The way has been pointed out to have and enjoy our timber resources for all time without suffering a financial loss either now or in the future. Does the public demand that the timber shall be cut on a sustained yieia IB 1 ' l chah om J Wit jtf f 1- . Monarch Seed & Feed Co. Sixth and Bartlott Phone 3460 1 Before the war, the people of Europe consumed 30 gallons of petroleum products per capita each year. How much do you think the American people consumed? 2 The largest single oil company in the Oudk Om U. S. does less than 13 of the nation's oil 87 business. How many oil companies would 946 you guess there are in this country alto- 8,267 gether? 3 Last year, Union Oil Company made aueUOnt v a net profit of $7,269,199-6.6 on business $ 231.69 done for the year. How much did this av- $ 2,356.22 erage per stockholder-owner? ; $15,632.41 . I1 Everyone who works at Union Oil has to have"tools"-a desk, a tank truck or perhaps even a $6,000,000 refining unit How much do you think equip ment costs will average per employee? eve0i7 $ 946 Q $ 4,251 j $39,504 ' 5 It costs anywhere from $95,000 to aeh Om $230,000 to prospect for oil fa a single 1 in 2 unproved area. What are your chances lln 3 of actually getting oil after all this? 1 in 12 6 In Rome before the war gasoline cost 81c a gallon. In Berlin it was 59c; In London 31c; In War saw 40c World average was 33.7c. U. S. averag 18c What caused the difference? ChtchOn$ Foreign Govt i-i Regulation I I U.S.Gort ri Regulation Competition between pi U.S. Companies I ' . Last year Union Oil took In $110,000,000 from the sale of its products. $4,500,000 went to the stock holders as dividends. How much went to the employ ees as wages? 6 million Chid On 154 million 24H million . ANSWERS 1 427 tattont per capita, per year. The daily life of the areragt American Is Just about 14 times as mechanised as the average Euro pean's. Even during peacetime, It takes mora than a million Amer icana working full time in tha oil Industry to keep the machines of the other 129 million fueled and lubricated 2 Then art 867 individual oH companies In the V. S. Tot their work ol finding, drilling, proceaaing and transporting petroleum prod ucts to you they average about 810tha of a cent profit per gallon. 3 (7,269,199 looks Itke a lot of money, but It was divided among a lot of peopl-3U7S- So net profit averaged Just $231.69 per stock-bolder-owner. 4 t39,50-Thafs why, la some Industries today, you have to pool the money of a lot of people under legal agreementa known as cor porations. Very few individuals could finance the "tools" of heavy industry. 5 I In 12-ffut by dividing this risk among a lot of people, as Union does (S230.0003U7S stockholders -S7.33 per owner), we have enough capital to keep going until wa find oft 6 Competition. No nation In tha world has had as many eO com. panics (8,267) competing for the business. No nation has had less governmental control of the Industry. As a result, the cost of "reg ular" gasoline ta you (exclusive of taxea) dropped from 29.7c per gallon In 1920 to 1354c in 1939. And the quality climbed from 52 e tane to 78. 7 2M million -Union Oil employees got approximately $121 la wages for every $1.00 that went to the stockholders, copyaioHT, i44. uwok oit company or California onion om gompaitv OF C All FOR II I A This seriss, sponsored by thepeoplt of Union Oil Company, is dedicated to a discussion of how and why A merican business functions. W$ hope you'll feel free to send in any suggestions or criticisms you have to offer. Write: The President, Union Oil Co., Union Oil Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif. AMIRICA'S FIFTH MIIOOM II MM INTIKMitl
