v
mjjaortant to Economy
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IF ire $4
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Produces
Industry Payroll
; Is $24.4 Million
; In County in '59
National Forest Products
Week is being observed in
the country : this week, and
the importance forest prod
ucts play in the economy of
southern Oregon is the theme
of the local observance.
The average number of em
ployees working in the lum
ber industry in Jackson coun-
. ty test year was 4,288, ac
cording to figures furnished
by John J. Patton, manager
of the Medford office of the
state employment service.
Patton said figures from
his office are based on the
employment and payrolls
covered under the unemploy
ment compensation law.
Employment in the lumber
industry, in the county last
year: ranged from a low of
3,651 employees to a high of
4.84Q, he said. They were
employed in an average of
170 iirms.
Mainspring of Economy
' ' Ivan Harrington, Ross Lum
ber company, White City, and
chairman of the Rogue Valley
Hoo-Hoo club's planning com
mittee in charge of local For
est -Products Week observ
ances, said "timber is the
mainspring of the Rogue Val
ley economy." . .
; This is .substantiated by
the fact that about one-third
of the payroll in the county
goes to employees in the lum
ber -industry. Patton said the
total payroll in the industry
yast year was $24,492,767,
compared to a total payroll
of $67,723,985. These, he
noted, are payrolls covered
under the unemployment com-
pensation law. ' ;
Lumber industry represcn:
tatives say that for every dol
lar of stumpage that private
ly owned forest lands pro
duce, the community receives
$17.60 more from values add
ed to the original worth -of
the wood by the time it reach
es the ultimate consumer. In
Jackson county, the forests
generate an estimated $78 to
SIj million toward the econ
omy, they noted. ;
Orowi Rapidly
-Ourine the past few years,
the lumber industry in this
area has grown rapidly. In
1940, for example, there were
an average of 1,106 persons
employed in the lumber .in
dustry. In , 1950, there -were
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CUT. CLOSE Stumps cut low to the
ground are standard practice in modern
logging techniques of forest industries in
their drive to make use of as much of every
tree harvested as possible. Oregon's 434
billion board feet of standing saw timber
Si
J.
is enough to lay a floor over the entire
state of Massachusetts with planks two
inches thick, and tree farming aim to keep
this reserve supply constant. (American
Forest Products Industries photo) . .
4,034 employed, and in 1955
there were 4,219. The num
ber of employed;1 Patton said,
is reaching a leveling off
stage. -
Some exceptions to this.lev
eling off are apparent, he
added. Medford Corporation
is constructing a new plywood
plant which is expected to
employ from 150 to 180 when
in full operation sometime
next year. The : addition to
the plan will add another
$1,500,000 or so to the pay
roll in the county.
Lumber, during the past
20 years has become - Jack
son county's ' largest manu
facturing operation. In 1940,
lumber comprised 66.7 per
cent of the total manufac
turing in the county, and in
1950 this had increased to
84.6 per cent .of all manufac
turing.:
By 1955, the extensive
growth in the lumber manu
facturing field - had leveled
off, and comprised 83.6 per
cent of all manufacturing in
the county.
Jackson county .produces
about 600,000,000 board feet
of lumber annually, and re
generation of annual growth
may push this figure higher
since lumber is a renewable
resource. M
, There are in the county 1.5
million acres of forest lands,
but of this, 60 per -cent is
owned by the state or federal
governments. The balance- is
owned and managed by pri
vate owners.
O and C Revenue " '
The O and C lands, admin
istered by the bureau of land
management, produces some
$2 million for the county
annually from sales of timber.
This is paid to the county in
lieu of , taxes, . and is enough
to operate the county without
levying property taxes.
Of the total number 'of
acres of forest land in the
county, 260,000 acres of pri
vate forest lands are in the
Tree Farming program.
In addition to lumber, ply
wood and veneer products,
there are manufactured in the
county lathe, boxes, window
and door frames, bark mulch,
by-product fuel, compressed
sawdust fuel, refrigerator
cases, office desks and cab
inetry, millwork, fencing,
toothpicks, pencil stock, ar
row shafts, pre-fabricated cab
ins, dowels, spindles, toy
stock, shoe heels, and many
other small items.
Local Lumbermen
Plan Area Special
Events This Week
Did you know that the pho
tographic film in your camera
originally came from a tree,
or that the rayon clothing
you wear once grew tall and
straight as a hemlock tree in
a west coast forest?
These facts and many oth
ers will be told by local lum
bermen this week when Na
tional Forest Products Week
is celebrated in southern Ore
gon, according to Ivan Har
rington, chairman of the plan
ning committe
The event is being coordin
ated by the Rogue Valley Hoo
Hoo club and special events
are being planned for Ash
land, Grants Pass and Med-fnrd.
Schedule Programs
Local lumbermen will ap
pear o n Service club pro
grams, over radio and tele
vision. The lumbermen will
stress the fact that lumber is
the mainspring of the Rogue
vnllpv eeonomv and explain
how the raw product from the
forest ana tne iinisnea proa
uct of the mill or factory con
stitute 56 per cent of all man
ufacturing employment in the
state and an even greater
percentage locally
"National Forest Prod
ucts Week should be most
prinratinnal to residents of
southern Oregon since most
of us take trees for granted,"
Harrington saia. "we vaguely
Local retailers get a total
lumhpr' nlvwnnd. nillD. DaDer
and many other products, but
don't realize tnat tne loresis
nrniont nur rinmpstic water
supply, serve as the habitat
for . wild game and supply
countless residents and tour
ists with incomparable recre
ation areas for- picnicking,
camping, fishing' and hunt
ing". . -.
Lumbermen point out that
love ; of wood is a heritage
with most Americans because
it has been the material
which has been used to build
homes, schools, churches and
farm buildings for centuries.
FIRE VICTIM DIES ;
Appleton, Wls.-HIPD - Five-
year-old Sharon Nitzband died
Monday, the sixth victim of
a fire that killed her mother
and four brothers and sisters
Friday.
Campaign Quotes
FQiEST
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Many people still are unaware of the many advant
ages to be found in Forest Loam. If you have a lawn,
shrubs, trees or plants it will pay you to read this ad.
FOREST LOAM Is a screened Bark Mulch and serves as THE IDEAl
ORGANIC SOIL CONDITIONER. FOREST LOAM may be used for
new lawns, top dressing for old lawnsneater flower beds, porting '
plants, transplanting or propagating FOREST LOAM improves soil
tilth, keeps sail light and friable. FOREST LOAM helps prevent
leaching of plant food from the soil.
An application of about 1 inch of FOREST LOAM on top of the
soil will help to prevent weeds from growing In vegetable gardens,
flower beds, berry gardens and shrubbery. '
FOREST LOAM conserves moisture, since it is capable of absorbing
five times its dry weight in water. Due to its insulating and absorb
tion qualities FOREST LOAM keeps moisture in the soil during dry,
hot weather and helps prevent erosion and excessive run-off of -
water during rainy season.
FOREST LOAM Is more desirable because its natural brown color
' blends well in flower bed or garden, does not have an offensive
odor, is clean and easy to apply.: -.--'. . .. ,.
Plant growth is better with FOREST LOAM, especially with azaleas,
rhododendrons, and camellias, '
DIRECTIONS
New lawns, cover freshly seeded and fertilized lawn bed with
about one inch of FOREST LOAM as a mulch and to retain moisture.
Or after fertilizing, mix about 5 cubic yards FOREST LOAM in
upper two inches of top soil per 1000 sq. ft. to provide ideal seed
bed. After alternating raking and rolling to prepare smooth seed
bed, scratch the finished surface lightly with a rake, sow the seed
and re-roll. Water the seeded area with a fine spray heavily at
first, then lightly each day until first mowing.
MATURE LAWNS: Top-dress with about 1 cu. yd. FOREST LOAM
' per 500 sq. ft. to retain moisture and promote better growth.
BERRIES: Blueberries, raspberries and blackberries respond to
mulching. A 3 to 5-inch FOREST LOAM mulch effectively curtails
weed growth. A 2 to 3-inch FOREST LOAM mulch is recommended
for strawberries.
VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS: Apply 1 to 2 Inches of FOREST LOAM
as a mulch. : .,
Ground coverage of FOREST LOAM: 1 bag, 2' cu. ft., covers 30
sq. ft., 1 inch deep.
DELIVERED PRICES (Local Area)
100 Cu. Ft. Truck Load 300 Cu. Ft. Truck load
$7.00 $16.00
200 Cu. Ft. Truck load
$12.00
Also Available for
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TIMBER PRODUCTS
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Sage & McAndrews Road
SP 2-8086
By United Press International
Sen. John F. Kennedy:
(At Wittenberg University,
Springfield, Ohio):
"I am not going to promise
a Cabinet post or any other
post to any race or ethnic
group. That is racism in re
verse at its worst , . .
"The New Frontiers pro
gram will be accomplished
only with a government that
is honest, a government that
is efficient, a government that
is dedicated solely to the pub
lic interest. I pledge that kind
of government to the Ameri
can people ...
History teaches us that no
party has a monopoly on hon
esty. Both parties attract their
share of crooks and weaklings
a new administration must
screen out those who regard
government service as the
door to power or wealth
those who cannot distinguish
between private gains and
public trust, and those who
believe that old - fashioned
honesty with the public's mon
ey is both old and out of
fashion." .
(At Columbus, Ohio, rally):
"I cannot see how Nixon
could argue with Mr. Khru
shchev In a kitchen and not
meet his Democratic opponent
on television here. A fifth TV
debate closer to the election
would be helpful to the voters
of this country."
M.
the Communists to push
around.
"In both instances he has
a very dangerous immaturity
in world affairs. Both, mis
takes have grave implications.
If he had made these mistakes
as president, the free world
simply couldn't have afforded
it. . .
"Sen. Kennedy has to learn
to think before he speaks so
rashly on matters which af
fect the very security of the
nation ...
"Kennedy's statement that
he has always agreed with
President Eisenhower's Que-moy-Matsu
policy is an
RAM WITHOUT HORNS
New York-IUPD-The super
visors at National Bureau of
Standards were perplexed
when one of its computers
used to translate Russian into
English kept recording the
phrase "water goat" while
translating a Russian engine
ering paper. After much
checking, according to News
week magazine, it was dis
covered the "water goat' was
the machine's translation of
"hydraulic ram."
astounding statement . . . what
can we and the world make
of such glib double-talk? This
is too important a matter to
be left jumbled and flatly
contradictory ..."
American Flier
On Trial in Cuba
Havana - (IIPD - A revolu
tionary court was expected to
hand down a verdict today in
the trial of an American flier
accused of conspiring with the
U. S. government to invade
Nicaragua from Cuba to whip
up anti - Castro feelings in
Latin America. - '
The defendant, Leslie Brad
ley, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
was the fourth American to
face a Cuban military tribunal
since Wednesday. The prose
cution demanded a 16 -year
prison term at the windup of
the one-day trial in Havana's
La Cabana fortress Saturday
night.
Vice President Richard
Nixon: , . ,
(At Buffalo, N.Y., rally):
"Kennedy's Quemoy-Matsu
stand would be an express
invitation to the Communists
. to blackmail us by threats
of force all over the world . . .
"How can the American
people have confidence in a
man who shoots from the hip
in matters that gravely affect
the security of our country?
"On the U2 and Quemoy
Matsu issues Kennedy made
statements that would have
made us a sitting duck for
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alone in the forest industry of Jackson County
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