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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, January 14, 1955 Progress of Tree Farming Noted in Article in Time; Pacific Northwest Leads New York Lumbermen, hard-pressed and timber-poor in the Forties, produced a near rec ord of 30,000.000,000 board feet last year and promise, with a new approach to tree fanning, to produce more trees in the fu ture than there are now. The biggest tree farmng op erations are in the Pacific North west where the idea first took root, Time, the weekly news magazine, says in its current issue. Four pages of color pic tures illustrate three farming activities in that area. Under the new program U.S. forests are as carefully planted, managed and harvested as" let tuce and tomatoes. When loggers fell a tree, they make sure a new one grows in its place. Today tree farms cover 33,692,000 acres, an area bigger than New York State. Program Began in 1941 Dwindling U.S. lumber re- . j serves, new wooa-using maus tries and the increased needs of World War II gave the tree pro gram its big boost in 1941. Time says credit for tne project goes largely to the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., which started by planting the first 120,000 acres of logged-over ground near ontesano, Wash., with douglas fir seedlings. ' Tree farms cover 21,000,000 acres in the South, but the big gest projects are in the North west where Weyerhaeuser, Pot latch Forests, J. Neils Lumber, Crown Zellerbach, Long - Bell Eayonier and other large com panies have nearly 8,000,000 acres of tall douglas fir, cedar, "hemlock, spruce and pine spreading across four states. Airborne Seeds . To help nature work for man, loggers now act as regulators of ihe natural reseeding process. For example, in cutting over an area of douglas fir, they fell trees in blocks about half a mile square, leaving. thick stands of mature trees as natural nurs eries to sow their airborne seeds over the cut areas. At five years J seedlings are Christmas-tree size and at 20 about the height of a two-story house, and growing about 300 to the acre. When the crop is 30 years old, the lumberman begins his har vest. With power saws the lum bermen thin out the weakest trees, use the wood for pulp and poles, and leave he best trees to mature in another 50 to 70 years into 150 feet giants for the building industry. Disease and Firs The harvest is only half the job. Company foresters roam the woods to protect the crops against disease and fire, spray insecticides to kill off such en emies as the pine beetle and the spruce budworm. If fire has cleaned out all mature, seed bearing trees, the timbermen do their own planting. "Our big problem," says Arthur W. Priaulx of the West Coast Lumberman's association, "is to get the idea across to the little guys. They can realize $25 an acre every year by tree farm ing, more than they can make by putting the same land into pasture." " Those who have tried it agree. Says one timber-wise farmer, who treefarms 180 acres in Washington's Lewis county: "For years we struggled to clear this land for pasture and crops . . . Finally the timber company told us to get wise and harvest timber as a crop. In the last ten years I've harvested 1,000,000 board feet of saw logs and 500 cords of plupwood off that land. Now my motto is 'Let your trees work for you.' It pays." NOW HEAR THIS! Fresno, Calif. (U.R) A Fres no State College psychology pro fessor says that a man who- has been married to the same woman for a number of years probably is a better driver than one with several divorces to his credit. Dr. M. Bruce Fisher reports sta tistics show there are more acci dent repeaters among persons who have marital difficulties than those with happy marriages. RETURNING FROM WORLD TOUR of U. S. military missions, Admiral Arthur W. Radford (left), chairman of joint chiefs of staff, is met at Washington airport by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Radford urged allied blockade of Red China coast if 11 U. S.'fliers are not released by China. (International) Adjectives Hobby Of Man in Texas Dallas, Tex. (U.R) If you're at a loss for words sometime, see or write Joe Salzman. He has some 100,000 of them on file. Salzman's collection consists of about a ton of file index cards in a Dallas warehouse. That's his hobby picking up adjec tives and descriptive phrases of just how good or bad a thing can be. ' He's been doing it for 28 years, cutting the phrases out of books, magazines and news papers. Even billboards. If he sees what he considers a good phrase or description on a bill board, he'll stop and note it down. He just likes to save people the trouble of being at a loss for words," Salzman explained. "It just occurred to me one day that if someone could write down all the descriptive phrases that have been thought up," Salzman said, "it would be a big favor to everyone. So I began." An example is the word "life." Salzman has turned out a book let on that one word. He begins with the favorite things that people have said about life. It includes a list of some 65 adjec tives including such words as "merry," "congenial," "joyous." Salzman is a salesman by vo cation, and thinks that Winston Churchill's speeches are abso lute "gems" as a source of de scriptive phrases. The late Pres ident Franklin D. Roosevelt wasn't bad, either, he reported. Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential candi date, "will be O.K., but he's still young," Salzman added. Retirement for enlisted mem. bers of the U.S. army first was authorized in 1885. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Corrapjmdtnt itgs :5V K-s 73 s&tCjZ' Hollywood (U.R) Hollywood is orien-jnouthed about a photog rapher who cornered the town's Marilyn Monroe as lensman Mil Greene re vealed his se c r e t : They both agree there should b e a "new" Marilyn. Greene was Aline Mosby sent to Hollywood by a maga zine a year and a half ago to photograph Marilyn, as are many photographers. But this wound up forming a corporation, Mar ilyn Monroe Productions, with the country's favorite sweater girl a move that may mean a bolt from 20th Century Fox. Movie colonists have dubbed Greene the man-of-the-year. But Greene turned out today to be a handsome, dark-haired young man who is taking his success calmly. Greene is 33 but looks 27. He has been a New York photographer since he was 14, and is married to a pretty bru nette, Amy. He doesn't think unusual that a relatively obscure photographer wound up a movie magnate overnight. He and Marilyn got together, he indicated, because he photo graphed her as a "new" Mari lyn that was a change from the open-mouthed, sultry variety. "This new corporation stems from her desire to appear in a broader scope," he explained. Af ter I photographed her, she ask ed me about -doing a book of pictures on her and we got to gether. There was a difference in the pictures. She can look great in satins, but she can look great in an old sweater on a bicycle, too. This series of pho tos shows her in different char acter roles, "It will stimulate producers and directors to see what she can do. Our corporation will publish the book." ; He said their business rela tionship developed "more or less as we spoke to each other and then we came around to mu tually agreeing the corporation would be an asset to both of us." Greene film critics and reporters, includ ing myself, that Marilvn'a best role was a small one in "The Asphalt Jungle," made when the curvy blonde was an unknown free-lancer. Marilyn has told friends she realizes that in her 20th Century Fox pictures she monotonously has played the same swivel-hipped, obviously sexy blonde. "She didn't like herself in 'There's No Business Like Show Business', Greene said. "She thought her part was in boor taste." . Marilyn Monroe Productions will be concerned with anart- ment house investments and tel evision shows as well as movies. Enthusiastic Greene hones tn producce some of the TV shows nimsen, "it tney let me." The films will not necessarilly all star Marilyn. The corporation can continue whether Marilyn re mains with Fox, where her con tract troubles "still are under negotiation." Marilyn is only a minority stockholder in the company, but Greene added, she has "controlling shares." Who the other stockholders are, he won t say. Portland (U.R) Mayor Fred Peterson, alarmed by six traffic fatalities here in the ' first 12 days of . 1955, has ordered po lice to start making speed ar rests by using radar devices. Religious Exhibition Features Architecture Washington (U.R) Religious architecture, from the humble Puritan log church to the tow ering masonry structure of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, is one of the subjects of an American religious (exhibition now on world tour. The exhibit, "The Church in America," is designed to show the people of foreign countries the importance of religion in American tradition and culture. It was viewed by President Eis enhower before being sent to 77 countries abroad. Composed of over 50 different panels, the exhibit was compiled by the United States Information Agency. It depicts the role of churches in educational and recreational programs .commun ity and charitable services, and church art and architecture The agency says use of the ex hibition abroad "WU help dem onstrate to the people of other countries that religion plays a vital role in American life." CO TENDER HUE (I literal) FC2 SMI Reconditioned o RANGES o REFRIGERATORS o AUTOMATIC WASHERS o WRINGER WASHERS ALL IN A-l CONDITION Priced Very Reasonable CITY APPLIANCE, Inc. "Medford's Exclusive HOTPOINT Dealer" 127 N. CENTRAL - Opposite Penney's - PHONE 3-5743 RAIN-MAKING is no longer a job for the Medicine Man. To- day it is a growing science, pioneered and put to practical use by American industry. Rain clouds, chemicals and the weather man's know-how are the tools employed to help increase rainfall and snowpack during natural storm conditions. COPCO management has been interested in cloud seeding since the experimental stage. Convinced of the potential benefits to the area it serves, the Company instituted a long-range program to increase precipitation: If, as is expected, cloud seeding proves successful,- it will mean a real water bargain for everybody. Not only will it provide more hydroelectric power, but there will be more water for farmers, stockgrowers, lumbermen and urban residents. . . Push-button weather is still a project for the future. In the meantime, COPCO will continue its cloud seeding program, working toward the goals of producing more electric power for your use; conserving our natural resources and provid ing more water for the people of California and Oregon. THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY A Western Company owned and operated by Western People Why Do More People Go To Jackson County Federal? Since 1909, More and More People in Southern Oregon Have Put Their Savings To Work In JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION In 1954 Jackson County Federal Savers Received $21 5,490.99 In Dividends ln 1954, Jackson County Federal's Assets In creased by 12.9-to a total of $9,052,439,041 ln 1954, Home Loans increased by $680,245.79.. or 10! Your savings invested in these secured loans, earn more dividends annually. In 954, net savings tn Jackson County Federal increased by 11 .2-to $7,978,700.77. In 1954, as in every year, this little symbol , guaranteed the safety of your savings! Below, in greater detail, is the Jackson County Federal story for the last six months of 1954, told in the 92ND SEMI-ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT It shows conclusively why MORE people continue to save MORE money through Jackson County Federal: , Directors Glenn O. Taylor W.J.Warner H. J. Field Ralph Billings ' John H. Pletsch John P. Moffat Seth M. Bullis Financial Statement December 31, 1954 ASSETS First Mortgage Loans Loans on Savings Accounts Other Loans - -- -. Properties Sold on Contract 1 Real Estate Owned and in Judgment Investments and Securities ' United States Government Bonds. Cash on Hand and in Banks Office Building and Equipment Deferred Charges and other Assets .$7 5,635.73 61,466.51 , 80,113.87 5,979.82 . 21,559.92 . 129,500.00 . 441,538.77 . 840,868.39 . 43,137.01 . 1,639.02 $9,052,439.04 LIABILITIES Savings Accounts Loans in Process Other Liabilities Specific Reserves General Reserves Undivided Profits .$7,978,700.77 . 194,943.94 . 3,792.84 . 14,433.78 . 628,240.74 . 232,326.97 $9,052,439.04 The current dividend of this Association . , is 3 Per Annum Savings & Loan Association 126 East Main Street Medford, Oregon "Where You Are Paid to Save"
