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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. April 19. 1955 woftieIYoods pTJia STEVENS em- Tansy Ragwort . . . "Tansy Ragwort," is not the name of a T-V program. It is a minor weed that has spread into a pest on the Tillamook Burn and other problem areas of Ore gon state forestry management. It thrives on open burns and is poison to grazing livestock. The spray that kills the weed costs $10 an acre to apply. In short, tansy ragwort is also the name of another headache for Oregon State Forester George Spaur. The weed's story is told, briefly but well, in his new biennial re port. " This report, in booklet form of 83 pages, is from the editorial hand of Assistant State Forester Lynn F. Cronemiller. Entitled "Forestry and Forest Industry," it is history first and statistics last. The narration takes off from pioneer lumbering in Ore gon. when it was a process of land clearing and of farmstead .construction from the felled tim ber. Then, the California gold rush of 1349, and forest indus try and shipping were born. Early Mill Crop ... "Rough cants brought $60 per thousand board feet at the ship dock on the Willamette," Croney writes. "In 1850 the 20 mills in Oregon cut 17,794,000 board feet of lumber and employed 177 men. That meant an aver- . age daily output of about 2000 board feet per mill." Historian Cronemiller traces the trail of forest industry growth on farm hand logging along the waterways through bullteam and skidroad, steam donkey engine and railroad, tractor and truck, to the radio equipped logging operations of today. The truly great engineering accomplishments of industry and the equally mighty feats of forest-fire fighting by cooperat ing public and private agencies were more than matched by in creasing public demand for "conservation" laws. The report tells. "He (the logger) admitted that cutting practices left much to be de sired but pointed out that there were two sides to the question . . . simple economics told a different story. There was tax ation, capital investments, inter est, protection and other carry ing charges, fluctuating markets and the unknown values of fu ture markets. A century was just too long to wait for another crop of trees. Liquidation by private owners seemed to be the only answer." A New Era ... But then Cronemiller's his tory goes on to highlight the co operation by private owners and the public agencies in de velopment of the Oregon Con servation Act, approved by the legislature in 1941 followed by passage of a similar act in Washington State. The "Keep Green" movement had been in both Washington and Oregon in 1940, and 1941 was the birth year of the West Coast Tree Farm System. Hon orable mention is also given to the tree nursery that was founded by the West Coast Lum bermen's Association at JJisqual ly, Washington in 1941. Neuberger Campaign Said To Cost $84,004 Washington (U.R) Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger and his com mittee spent $84,004 on his suc cessful 1954 campaign, accord ing to reports released by the Congressional Quarterly, a non partisan review of the activities of Congress. . Neuberger's opponent, former Senator Guy Cordon, had $141, 264 spent in his behalf. Salem (U.R) The Senate has paid high compilment to its Legi slative counsel headed by Sam Haley as it gave unanimous ap proval to an increase in the coun sel's budget from a recommend ed $90,000 to $102,000. dumber u Si SPONSORED BY Medford Junior "rrbsr of Commerce The Oregon forestry report holds to the main line of mod ern forest economics in its story of 'the effect of the wartime mar kets for forests products in creating new rewards or con servation practices in the tim ber. The market was the prime mover in the formation of the Tillamook Burn salvage-logging program, which, in turn, made the present rehabilitation pro gram possible. Operating Crews Join in Rail Strike By UNITED PRESS Some 4200 firemen,' enginmen and trainmen have joined the month-old strike of non-operating unions against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and En ginemen and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen walked off their jobs over the 13-state L&N System and set up parallel picket lines with the non-operating un ions. About 25,000 non - operating L&N workers struck more than "It has been quite an accom-. a month ago, virtually halting plishment," Croney modestly states. He tells "quite a story" all the way through, on tansy rag wort as well as on timber his tory, the Tillamook Burn, spruce budworm control and "Keep Oregon Green." passenger and freight traffic on the L&N. Officials said the new strike by the firemen, engine men and trainmen would have little effect. The non - operating employees struck in a dispute over a. pen sion plan. Bock Stairs: Colorful Golf Clothes By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press While House Writer Augusta, Ga. (U.R) Back stairs at the White House: The more enthusiastic the golfer, the more colorful his taste in sports clothes seems to be. Members of the dignified Augusta National are no excep tion. These leaders of business and industry look like over-age prep school boys in the uniform green jackets and conservative slacks when they are not actually playing. . But when they hit the course, the rainbow pales before a suc cession of screaming, scarlet, vio let yellow and electric blue jack ets and trousers of everything from plaid to pink. President Eisenhower, who Davenport, Wash. (U.R) An Air Force F-86D Sabrejet fight er plane crashed yesterday near Miles, north of here along Lake Roosevelt, but the pilot bailed out. has been taking it easy here since April 12, is no slouch, himself, when it comes to color ful dress. Club members report seeing him- in an all-blue en semble, with maching slacks, sports shirt and blue bow tie. " Cary Middlecoff, who played with the President last Satur day, said he simply had to win the 1955 Masters Tournament. "I'd run up such a high bill down at the Bon Ami Hotel," he said. - Bon Ami referred to the Bon Air Hotel where most of the White House staff and press par ty is quartered during a presi dential visit here. The White House staff and the reporters and photographers traveling with the President have received so many courtesies and demonstrations of Southern hospitality from a number of Augustans that they decided to attempt some return of these favors. They entertained at a small party for the people with whom they have had most frequent contact in Augusta. Not know ing exactly in whose name to issue the invitations, cards final ly were sent out "in the name of "The Washington-Augusta Socie ty." The name confused one highly-civic-minded Augustan so much that he had his congress man to find out all about the society. The congressman said after proper inquiry that he could turn up nothing, but would continde his investigac-tion. This is the explanation by Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) of why he and the President did not discuss Matsu and Quemoy when they met at the Augusta National last Thursday. "The President has a lake out there". George said, "and there were no islands in it, so the sub ject didn't come up." POSTMASTERS TO MEET Roseburg, Ore. (U.R) Ore gon postmasters will gather here May 8 for the annual convention of the Oregon branch of the Na tional League of Postmasters. Amqng guests will be L. R. 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