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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,-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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