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MAIL TRIBUNE, MidlorJ, Or. A Sundir, April 17, I960 Grants Pass Tree Farm Noted As 'Supermarket' of Products . I. .1 t . Ul. ,nn1r,t'l In a hflaht of 20 feilt GranU Pass-Through an In. tensive forest management program, Harold and Eliza beth Wallmann of GranU Pass have turned their 450 acre Bull Creek Tree farm into a regular "supermarket" of forest products. . Wallmann ticks off a sur prisingly varied list of items which applied forestry has produced on his Umberlands. He has sold crops of timber, peeler logs, Christmas trees, poles, piling, posts, hop poles, turkey roost poles, evergreen brush (for floral sprays), fern, decorative cones and boughs, myrtlewood for bowls and vases, and firewood. To look at his lush stands of vigorously growing timber, however, one would hardly know it had ever felt the axe. The tree farm is growing an estimated 100,000 to 130,000 board feet of new timber each year. Batter Shapa Today "Wallman's timber Is in bet ter shape today than when he started tree forming here 20 years ago," according to Cat Smith, district forester for In dustrial Forestry association, tree farm sponsor for the for est industries in the Douglas fir region. "By going through the tim ber and taking out diseased or overcrowded trees, snags and those killed by bugs and lightning, he has Improved his stands tremendously," Smith said. The area was certified as tree farm in the industry sponsored program by 1FA in 1958 in recognition of the couple's outstanding forestry methods. It has served as a forestry demonstration tract SHOPPERS Register To Vote MONDAY NIGHT 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. at Republican Headquarters 3 West 6th St. PtA Political Adv. Jackson County Republican Party for field meetings of Christ mas tree growers and 4-H for estry clubs. Christmas trees provide a substantial Interim income for Wallmann while his big tim ber trees mature. He harvests from 3.000 to 4,000 a year on his land, plus additional ones which he contracts for from other owners. Stump Culture Through "stump culture" a forestry method of growing a new tree on the stump of one which has just been cut he is multiplying the produc tive capacity of his land for this important market. By scheduling his thinning operations In overcrowded timber stands for the fall of the year, the utilization-conscious tree farmer is often able to get marketable Christ mas trees off the tops of sup pressed pole-size timber. "That extra 40 cents to a dollar for the top all adds up," he said. Through Fivs Times Wallman estimates that he has gone through his timber altogether about five times, thinning it as needed. In do ing this, he has pruned some thing like 10,000 trees axe high and another 3,000 trees if II I Jl.Vif'.V 'ten. LIMBS PRUNED Its limbs pruned to a height of 20 feet, l this fir will produce a log clear of knots when it is harvested. Harold Wallmann, examining the tree here, has pruned about 3,000 more trees in this way on his 450-acre Bull Creek Tree farm near Grants Pass. Wallmann says that 18 years ago, he could touch the top of the tree shown here. It is now 120 feet tall, and contains two merchantable logs 16 Inches in diameter. (AFPI Photo) MBMaVHMaVam Westinghouse 13 Cu. Ft. 2 Door FROST FJIEE Refrigerator ; ( , -- A .4 .lf., , -:..J P I With a 101-lb. separ ate homo freezer, the new exclusive West Inghouio Cold Injec tor System and a new tilent mechanism. True Value Priced S 318 00 lati True Value Trarlt-ln Model TSM 13 Trowbridge fir Flynn 214 Weil Main Phons SP : Big Y Appliance Center Phons SP 3-6241 Phons SP 3-30S2 to a height of 20 feut. This pruning will assure produc tion ot ciear logs when the trees mature. I keep cutting on my pole thickets, and they Just keep coming on," he commented. Another big product on Wallmann's forestry shelf is firewood, which he sells to contract cutters. This market provides an outlet for his tim ber "scraps" and unmerchant able hardwoods. He utilizes whlte-speck-infected fir, part ly rotted logs, and low-grade oaks and madronas in this way, and stacks of cordwood are a common sight through out the tree farm. He is hanging on to prized black oaks, however, which he believes will make beauti ful coloring stock as soon as a local market for It develops. Sells Cull Logs "As standards of utilization have Improved," Smith said, "Wallman has been able to step up his forestry program profitably. For example, with in the last two years he has been able to sell cull peeler logs for core stock in ply wood, whereas previously in dustry had been unable to use them." Smith pointed out that good forestry practices are depend ent upon having a market, and that continuing industry strides in utilization of timber "leftovers" Is making Inten sive forest management more and more attractive to forest landowners. "This tree farm is an exam ple of how a man who has kept abreast of changing de velopments in industry stand ards of utilization has been able to realize a profit on low- grade peeler logs and saw- logs," he declared. Wallmann said he believes alder can be managed profit ably Just like fir. Thickets Grow "I've watched several alder thickets here grow from little saplings into good-sized tim ber," he observed. "But I don't intend to sell any of It until market conditions assure complete utilization of it. 'What this area needs right now," he added, is a pulp mill and chipboard operation to round out our local timber market." The tree farmer's timber sales have enabled him to put In a seven-mile system of ac cess roads which are a key factor in his forest manage ment program. They make it possible for him to salvage wind-thrown or diseased tim ber, and they also enhance fire protection. Recognizes Balance Wallmann recognizes the complex balance of nature which exists In his forest lands, and is careful not to disturb it. "I won't let anybody shoot a crow, a woodpecker or a hawk in here," he said. "They work these trees for bugs and about the only enemy the pine beetle has is the wood pecker. Crows have saved my clover fields twice already by stopping hordes of grasshop pers that were moving in." The Wallmanns came to Grants Pass from California's Yosemite valley some 20 years ago. "We saw how forest land bounced back and generated new timber after it had been logged down there in Mari posa county," Wallmann said. "When we realized how much better this country is up here for growing timber under mangoment, we started in tree farming." Oregon Running Short Of Parole Officers ' Salem - (UPO - The state has run short of parole officers, according to Civil Service Commissioner Melvln Cleve land. He said Saturday there are vacancies in Tillamook, Medford. Eugene, Portland, Salem, Newport and Ontario. The Job pays $14,800 a year to start. 77 Drivers Nabbed On Liquor Charges Salem - IUPD - State police arrested 77 motorists through out the state in March on charges of driving while In toxicated. A total of 1.602 ar rests were made for violation of the basic rule. Man Dies After Son-in-Law's Attack Salem - d'PIi - A 90-year-old salesman died about noon Sat urday shortly after his son-in-law, a former mental patient, went beserk and, police said, beat the older man with a cane. Dead was William G. Mill- The son-in-law, Daniel G. Keidatz, about 40, was taken under guard to the state hos pital. Authorities said he was admitted to the hospital under an emergency commitment for 15 days. At the end of this time, a decision will be made as to whether permanent com mitment will be made. Office Too Drafiy, So Woman Quits Job Salem - (UPB - A woman bookkeeper who complained that the office was drafty and quit her job after the boss re fused to do anything about it had good cause for doing so, according to a referee for the state department of employ ment. The referee said the woman caught a cold, and the em ployer never got around to weatherstrtpplng the office door. She is entitled to un employment compen s a 1 1 o n benefits, the referee ruled. COTTON WORKERS U.S. cotton mills employ about 500,000 persons, Thornton Rules on Property Taxes Salem - (UPB - The execution of a decree of foreclosure and order of sale under the real property tax foreclosure law does away with any debt for personal property taxes in cluded in the decree and or der of sale. , In announcing this opinion, Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton said Friday that any other interpretation of the law would result in depriving the taxpayer of his realty without giving an appropriate credit toward the tax due. Dog Takes Nip, Woman Gets $20 Salem - (UPB - A woman bit ten by a dog on her North Salem property asked dam ages totaling $5,010 from the dog's owners. A circuit court jury Friday awarded her $20. iff CHRISTIAN 1 I SCIENCE J HEALSvg Station K-BOY Sunday 9:45 A.M. Funeral Directors Hold Meeting Here The district meeting of the Southern District of Oregon Funeral Directors association was held at the Rogue Valley Country club r riday. Funeral directors from Lnke vicw, Klamnth Falls, Ash land, Medford. Grant Pass, Myrtle Creek and Roseburg attended Robert Ganz of Myrtle Creek was elected president, in1 .Tn R Hrwirk of SiskivOU Funeral Service, Medford, was elected vice president Meetings for the coming year were sot for Klamath Falls In September, Grants Pass In November, Ashland in February and April in Medford. 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