SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. April 19. 1955
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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.
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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.
Walter, special assistant to the
postmaster general.
Portland (U.R) Wage nego
tiations which affect some 18,000
pulp and paper workers on the
West Coast are underway here
between two AFL unions and
pulp and paper manufacturers.
Deal line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 ajn Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
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