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mttSSTOKD fOXSOOH) KAIL TOBUH1 ffrteday, Jaaurf 1, ItSi Forest Service Describes . article wu wpu kr h head onartors ftaff ( tba Bam Blrcr National forart. It Aaaeribaa tba tint year at tha Forest Service, , history at tha Segna forest, and tha iranM whlrli ham been made In forest management aTer that half century.) The year 1935 marks the 15th anniversary of the Forest Serv- ice in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. - " In 1905 tha Forest Service was created . in its present form tfrrougn tne merging oz tne earlier Bureau of Forestry and the Forestry - Division of the General Land Office. Adminis tration of the Rogue River Na tional forest, previously called the Crater, began in 1908. Prior to that time the Rogue River forest was part of the Cascade -Range Forest ' Reserve, created by proclamation of President Cleveland in 1891. Colorful Years ' The 50 years of Forest Serv ice history have been colorful. 'Many will recall the early strug gle to promote forest: land man agement for continuous produc tion and, in the face of much misunderstanding, to ' develop public forests for use and bene fit of the public. The Forest Service came into being under President Theodore Roosevelt who said "Forestry, is the preser vation of forests by wise use. : Progress in American forestry has been great during the past 50 years, and covers a broad front. ' At the turn of the century very few woodland owners gave serious thought to holding and managing their lands for per manent production. Today large numbers manage their forests for nntiniinn timhpr" crnm. Nu merous national as well as local zorest industry groups promote eood forestry practices. The "tree farm" movement is an ex ample, and now operates in 36 states. Just last month 81,000 acres of private timberland . in local ownership was certified to tree farm status. Forest products industries are sponsoring, and expanding privately -financed forest nurseries : to grow seed ' lings for planting on cutover or denuded' lands. Research agen cies, such as the Stanford Insti tute, are Deing supported ana consulted. Private research also is encouraged. Start With Two In 1898 Gifford Pinchot and Henry S. Graves, the first two chiefs of the Forest Service, were the only two native-born professionally-trained foresters in the United States. For a num ber of years after the turn of the - century the Forest Service was the principal employer of pro fessional foresters. It is still the largest single employer, but its complement today is only a small nart of the total. Private industry alone employs ' some 5,000 foresters. State forestry, organizations have grown and expanded to in clude most states in the nation. Fifty years ago very , little land outside of - the national forests received regular fire protection. This year state forestry organiza- j.z - i i : . 3 nuns ivJTCgun a 1 uiguxy .rcgu:u- ed) collectively provided syste matic protection to almost. 375,- AM A AAA . ' It uuu.uuu acres oi state ana privately-owned forest land. Long Fires In 1905 back-country fires oft en burned weeks or even months until rain ' extinguished them. Today both state and federal fire control are highly organized with modern equipment, meth ods, communication, transporta tion, and experience. The Rogue River National forest has a goal to burn not more than 0.025 of commer cial timber land in any one year. The goal has been met consecu USE THE SERVICES OF "Safe Repair --m r Experts and Consultants" The Portland Safe Company 332 S.Wllth Ave., Portland Will be doing bank work here SATURDAY, JAN. 8th Through TUES., JAN. 11th Contact: Mr.' Clifford Hunt, co First Nat, Bank of Port land, Saturday and Sunday. Either new or old branch. Monday and Tuesday, old branch only! , . DELIVERED BY: Medford Fuel Co. Since 1937 Tel. 2-2111 . '- , . Court & McAndrews. Progress tively for the last 11 years. Most, states now grow and dis tribute forest nursery stock, pro vide - technical assistance 1 to woodland owners, and manage state, county, and municipal for est land; such as the rehabilita tion project currently being con ducted in . the vast Tillamook burn . in northwestern Oregon. Several Congressional acts, in cluding the Clark-McNary of 1924, laid a base for federal state cooperative forestry. - Extension departments offer forestry ' information . to farm woodland owners and 4-H groups. Other .agencies are con cerned with certain aspects of forestry, including the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Soj&. Conservation Servics-and" others. Three Lines Forest Service work in the past .'" half-century . progressed ty-Aih'i'fiW'iftirf'-''''' - - ....... i NEW-EQUIPMENT Patricia Mary Scarlett, born prematurely Dec 9. , 1954. is shown, above in infant incubator, at Sacred Heart hospital. The equipment was in stalled and tested only about four "minutes before the infant was born. She is the daughter of Mr. J st The Isolette was presented dence euild. benefit croup for the Mrs. Elizabeth McGlone Camarata, donations made by the Camaratas the valuable piece of equipment Pictured are Mrs."Addie Price, ment, and Sister Helen Yvonne, ment. Isolette, Hospital by Is Nearest Equipment- The latest piece of equipment added to the Sacred Heart hos pital through the Providence guild, benefit group for the hos pital, is an Isolette, air-conditioned infant incubator, Mrs. J. W. McDuffie. guild president, an nounced last week. - Vf .' The equipment was made pos sible through donations, and it is in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth McGlone Camarata, Atlanta, Ga Mrs. Camarata was taken unex pectedly ill while ; visiting in Medford and in appreciation of her care at Sacred Heart hos pital,, made a donation through the guild members toward the Isolette.' . tv-- ---- Friends Mail Checks " Later Mrs. Camarata died at Atlanta,, and in her memory friends . mailed ..checks ; to the local hospital to-be applied to ward the cost of the-jnachine, Her husband completed payment of the balance. Total cost,, with installation, amounted to $844.44, the president said. Though ; the . Isolette was de livered to the hospital last fall, a service man to install the ma chine did not arrive for about two months. The machine was installed ; and had been 1 tested about four minutes before - Pa tricia Mary Scarlett, premature infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Scarlett, 651 J st., was bom Dec. 9. She has been in the , incubator continuously since. - . ; The baby weighed S pounds 6 ounces at birth, and now has regained her birth weight and more. She. new weighs 3 pounds 1VA ounces The Scarletts have another daughter, Pamela, 3 years old. Work To Aid Hospital .The Providence guild, a small group of women who work to- Observing 50th Anniversary; Rogue History of along three principal lines: ad ministration of the National for ests, research, and cooperative programs among state' and pri vate forest owners; ". . In 1905 national forests were remote,, undeveloped, back-country areas. Now they are an im portant part ol local and na tional economies.' Combined re ceipts in 1905 from use of re sources on all the national for ests in the nation were approx imately $75,000. Last year in come from the Rogue River For est alone reached almost $1,500, 000. The national 'forests con tain several natural resources including timber, forage, water, recreation, - and wildlife." A pol icy of multiple use is followed, which aims at continuous inte grated use of all resources for maximum benefit to the public as a whole. Research has been a major activity through most of the lite an Isolette, an air-conditionea and Mrs. William L. Scarlett, 651 to the hospital through the Provi hospital, and is in memory ot of Atlanta, Ga, It was through and others in her memory that was added to the hospital nursery. nurse m tne obstetrics depart who is in cnarge of the depart Brainerd photo). Guild, 'gether, to , benefit the . hospital, has furnished numerous other pieces of equipment. Among them are I three - nursery, incu bators and an ah lock, or minia ture iron lung, which cost $10, 085, Mrs. ; McDuffie said. They haye just completed payments on that piece of equipment. . "The guild raise s -money through small projects including food sales, "gypsy food baskets," and other projects. V 4-H Club News Crater Clothing Club The Crater 4-H Clothing club held its second meeting on Jan. 3. The meeting was called to order by President Phyllis Tay lor. Roll ' was called and an swered with what was planned for our first project." The mem bers present were Barbara Swan son, Glenda Branch, Phyllis Tay lor and Joan Dobrot.-. We discussed ways of getting more members out to the meet ings. . Then the year's, schedule was planned. : Reports on our Christmas projects were given. We decided to have our pat terns and material for our next meeting, which will be held on Jan. 17, at the home of our lead er. We also discussed methods of pinning your pattern on the material. Refreshments ,.w ere served by Mrs. Ashton. ' - For our next meeting ' Janet Anderson is going to serve the refreshments, and Joan Dobrot will give a demonstration on the proper method of pinning en a pattern. Joan Dobrot, " Reporter 4-H Canyon. Club The 4-H Canyon club, Pros pect, held a cooking meeting at Florence Shafer's Wednesday, Jan. 5. This was their first meet ing this year. They elected offi cers, President Renelda Griffeth, Vice - President Jill Hedpeth, Secretary-Treasurer E 1 d o n n a Bean, Reporter Laura Bean. They are going to have meet ings every other Wednesday, The next meeting will be Jan. 19 at Mary Pope's house after school. . - . .... - -'The members of the club are Sally McKillop, Mary Pope, El donna "Bean, Renelda Griffeth, Laura Bean, Fay Jantzer, Jill Hedgpeth. Helen Jantzer is going to help the girls in first year cooking. ; Laura-Bean, ; ; , ; ... - Reporter ... Presented Forest of the Forest Service. Great strides have been made in recent years. New methods and 'new practices developed. through re search have been worth millions of dollars to the forest indus tries and the general public. The future seems to hold almost un limited promise. , The - Forest Service maintains nine regional research centers (and'.- a Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wise, "which is one of the world's largest institutions for research in wood utilization Cooperation is one of the principal keys to continued pro gress in forestry with its many facets and its many ownerships, large and small, public and pri vate. Cooperation has been in strumental not only in the enact ment of basic federal and state 66 Land forestry legislation such as the Weeks Law of 1911 and the later Clark-McNary Act, but also in numerous" specific, projects such as the spruce budworm control project in the Pacific Northwest, and the -; Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm associa tion which aims toward better protection and " management of private forest lands in southern Oregon. : -- -' ' ,:,: In addition, 'cooperative ' ef fort is the mainstay of the "Keep Green" apd "Smokey Bear" for est fire 'prevention, campaigns. Joint . cooperative effort be tween public and private agen cies is of proven value in organ ized protection of forests from fire, insects, and disease, as well as good management practices and wise use of the nation's for " i H, Shi 4 - A': STEWART AND KING Two-weeks all expense paid trip to the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS via United Airlines for Earl and Evelyn Read and Chuck and Gertrude Risse. . ' :-"HUG" HUGGINS. We wish to thank our many, many loyal friends and users of Mdbilgas for their very kind support in assisting us in accomplishing our Sales Objec tives in "Hug's" "Hawaii or Bust" Program, for 1954. Having won the two-week trip to the Islands, starting Monday, .we sincere ly wish you could all go along with us. Also, our sincere thanks to "Hug" for making such a, program possible.' v While away on our vacations, our Service Stations will be In competent : hands, and good service and friendly surroundings, plus top-grade Mobil 1 Products will continue to be our; Standards of Business. Your continued I loyal support will be appreciated. Who knows, maybe we can be repeat winners in "Hug's" "Greenback Derby" for 1955. . 1 t Thanks and Happy New Year To All! . V EARL and EVELYN READ, CHUCK and GERTRUDE RISSE.; River Headquarter Management, Hopes for est resources. American forestry has made remarkable progress. Half a cen tury ago predictions of progress fell far short of actual accomp lishment. Like our predecessors, we have only limited foresight concerning that ' which . lies ahead.- It seems conservative to . as sume, however, the people of the United States will continue to need the products and services of forest lands. There is every prospect the needs for. water will increase. Our per capita consumption of water has multi plied during recent decades. In many parts of the country fur ther economic development de pends . primarily on increasing the supply of usable water. The function of forests as a protector : MS f if of watersheds and sustainer of stream flow is a vital service. -There is reason to believe r quirements for timber will con- tine to grow. As the supply of some of the non-renewable, re sources dwindles, it would seem the substitution of wood prod ucts will call for an increased output of timber from renew able forests. :; Recreation Use Up Recreational use of the. forests has nearly doubled since 1941, the year of highest pre-war use. Last year alone, recreation visits to . the Rogue River forest in creased an estimated 15 per cent. Continued growth in the demand for forest recreation seems in evitable. As the complexities of modern living increase,1 and as the work-a-day activities . . of SIXTH AND FIR Ff -, I , vi-- ' i5cst 6Mffi 8 Sftaffff Hera PG76DpEiHQ011'& most people become further re moved from forest and stream, the need for healthful and relaxing-outdoor recreation will be neater than ever. i With increasing demands In prospect for water, timber, re creation, and other products and sevices of the forests, it may be expected : tha, private' forestry will continue to advance and that the development of the na tional forests and other publie forests will continue in response to growing needs. ' Forestry, then, ' should go steadily forward. Its contribu tion to national prosperity, se curity, and progress already is great. In future years the strength of the nation will lie in its people and in its resources, even as it does today. 99 f - . O Dead line for Sunday Cliwiflpd ia a aoon Saturday.
