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
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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."
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use by American industry. Rain clouds, chemicals and the weather
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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
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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"