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mil. jg TUESDAY. MAY 1, 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON , Elighly Competitive, Quality Seen Behind Northwest Timber Prices By A, ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribunt Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) - The chief reason that timber bought from the national for ests of the Pa cific North west costs more than timber pur chased by Ca nadian compe titors in Brit ish Columbia is t h e result t tfe; Sr.-: petitive b i ri ding in the United States, cording to a study made by the Forest Service. I'f.-'tJ of highly corn-father aetailed data on prac- A secondary factor in the lower price of Canadian stumpage is that generally B.C. timber is not as high in average quality, the report states. This report constitutes the answer of the Forest Servicg, 10 riormwesi lumocrmen wno have complained of certain Forest Service timber sale practices, including the ap praisal price of stumpage. The Forest Service sent a forest from its Portland office !o Canada geveral months ago to tices in B.C. An analysis of the material by Ira J. Mason, head of the division of timber management in the agency's Washington headquarters, suited in the report. There is less price differen tial as far as interior timber is concerned, whether it be Knriicp nr riniiulas fir' but the widest differences occur b tween the coastal arias of the two countries in both hem lock and Douglas fir. Moderate in Canada In attributing the cost dif ferential chiefly to more in tensive bidding in the United States, Mason observed that in B.C. "competitive bidding has been confined primarily to limited areas in the Van couver forest district, and even ther has been moder ate." He said there has been re- vigorous bidding for national forest timber in the North west for much of the past 15 years. They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo A REAL GENTLEMAN.' LEPTV STRIKES OUT FOR THE THIRD TIME TODAV BUT DOES HE THROW A TANTRUM f NOT LEFTY. JUST WALKS AWAV tS LIKE -rue PRO .-?V HE is-- The SP0I7TSCA5TEPS AND WRITERS NEVER SEE LEFTV L0S6 HIS TEMPER OUoON THE FIELD"- But GET A LOAD OF MIM WMEt HE GETS HOME COUNTDOWN fc-S-4-3 -2-1 BLAST OFF W A REAL GENTLEMAN.' Kc M i MM IDlV5? '? LEPTV STRIKES OUT FOR W- OHAUUUr.' &?Zefri6&!ir ik sstss mm rs Poster Conlesl Winners Named Yreka - Results of the Keep California Green poster con test conducted recently in Sis kiyou county have been an nounced from the office of the Siskiyou county superintend ent opschools. r Winners from this area in grades one through truee, are Frank Watt, 8, Mount Shasta, first place; Werner Hoyt, 8, Munt Shasta, glhird; David Dean Pendergraft, 8, Horn brook; and Robin Roy Wood, 7, Yreka, of Hornbrook school, both merit awards. ThosB who won in grades four through six are Dcanoa Hahn.oll. Ft. Jones, of the (Quartz Valley school, first place; Marianne Mathews, 0, Ml. Shasta, third; and Cary Allen flahn, 13, Ft. Jones, of Quartz Valley school, honor able mention. O Junior High school winners are Lin Roy Higlcy, 13, Hap py Camp- f;0t; Karen Marie Hahn, 12, Ft. Jones, of Quar Valley school, second; Sherma Whipple, 12, Ft.0 Jones, of Quartz Valley school, 'ird; Michael James Haskell, 13, Happy Camp; Bobby Rowe, ft, 4't. Jones, and Mary Lee Wctmore, 14, Mt. Shasl, all honorable omention. Winners in the high school ,division are Linda Willis, 17, first; Lois Meek, 18, second, and Sharon Lee Martin, 17, third, all of McCloud. Workshop Slated For PF Students Eugene o Courses ranging from foil dance to tumbling will be offered at the seventh annual University of Oregon's summit workshop for women o in physical education, June 18 to July 6. The workshop's special guest faculty will include Mcrcc Cunningham, recipient of this year's Dance Magazine award for outstanding achievement as an innovator and perfSVmer In the field of contemporary dance; Alex Kinsfathcr, a golfer who has taught golf for the past 12 years; and Bonnie Prudden, nationally known physical fitness ex'rt, who is the founder and presiAnt of the institute forhysleal fit New York City. Members of the iculty of the University of Oregon's de partment of physical educa tion for women include Fran ces Dougherty, profes.r; Don aid van Rossen, Instructor; Janet Woodruff, professor; and Lois Youngcn, iwistanl professor. Courses include golf, ten nis, fencim tumbling and -bound tumbling, contempor ary dance, field sports, folk dance, basic movements and C(ilitioning activities, and secondary sch) and college physical education. O Although the program is primarily designed for women who are teaching at the junior and senior high school and colleito levels, men may en roll in the dance and fencing clashes. Additioi information may be obtained from Janet Wood ruff, workshop coordinator, department of physical educa tion for women, University of Oregon. I o Your Money' Wortti The operating advantage for Canadians of being able to buy timber at the appraised price Is partly due to the fact that in B.C. "there are still working circles where cutting capacity is below allowable cut" whereas in the Pacific Northwest, Mason reported, "there is virtually no unused cutting capacity for mill ex pansion." Equally significant in re ducing competition, the report Mated, "are the laws and vate forests, largely railroad land grant forests controlled by the Canadian Pacific Rail way Co. Another unique arrange ment in B.C. is a tree farm license, which gives one com pany exclusive use of certain government timber land on condition that he practice sustained-yield management. The licensee pays the appraised price for the timber. About 10 per cent of B.C. lumber comes from such operators, policies establishing licensee 1 Mason reported. priorities, quotas, and rights of a quota holder to pre-empt timber foom a high bidder. This latter provision, gwhich was first put into effect in 1960, is resulting in adjusting Stilling capacity to allowable cutting rates by means other than competitive bidding." Mason reported that those who hold licenses or leases or berths have rights to cut gov ernment tanber on an exclus ive basis by paying ground rent of from $50 to $140 per square mile annually and statutory or regulation royal ty. He added: Indefinite Tenures 0 "These so-called temporary tenures are for all practical matters indefinite tenures. The class of timber is for prac- iliil purposes private stump- age which is held) without fee title to the land." 0 He noted that 21 per cent of the total cut in B.C. in 1060 came from such lands. Anoth-table Oo y SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hal! Syndicate, Inc. WHEN WILL THE NEXT RECESSION START? I When will the next buness downturn In the United States begin? , It could easily start in 1083 - if we don't do something in 1902 to prevent it. For if the life the 10(11-82 upturn jusl matches the average life of 22 previous peacetime upswings going back to the middle of the 10th century, the fifth recession of post World War II wil begin i April 1963 - only 11 months from now. If the duration of the current expaiftion just matches the average duration of eight previous peacetime business ad Pamphlet! on Home Rule Being Hailed Some of the home rule vot ers' pamphlets have come from the printer and are be ing addressed by the county elections department, accord ing 40 County Clerk Marvin I Madden. I It was estimated It would take about 100 hours to com ' pletc the adie?sing. MaSden nid the pamphlets would be in Hie mail before the May 10 deadline. Sample ballots will be ready later in the week, the county clct said. er 19 per cent comes from pri- The balance, about half of all B.C. cutting, comes from public forests under sustained yield management inwhich there is a limited amount of bidding, but in certain work ing circles the timber is di vided up among the mills on a quota basis - an advantage American fiups in the North west don't enjoy, hence their intensive bidding to secure enough timbeP to keep iter ating. Three Conditions 0Mason said the system works undercthree conditions as follows: 1. Uncommitted working circle - these are areas in which the allowable cut ex ceeds the iilP capacity, and requests for sales are accepted from an opI-rator.O 2. Fully committed working circles - here tjje established operators have purchased the right to cut e)c total allow- cut under a quota sys Other operators are ex- eluded from these working circles. The quota covers only the right to apply for a sale and to control the timing of the sale. The timber must be bought at auction in order for the applicant to retain his quota and the right to re apply for more timber. 3. Overcommitted working circles - here the mill capac ity of established operators substantially exceeds the al lowable cut. Each operator is permitted to apply for his pro portionate share of the avail able allowable cut. Timber is ibicct to bidding, but under a 1960 act sales bv sealed Did are permitted on the request c0"1 of the quota holder who can meet the highest sealed bid and thus pre-empt the salnr? Operations Consolidated "This system has resulted in adjustment of cutting capacity without strong overbidding,"1' tehi the report stated. "Operations have been consolidated and some operators have moved elsewhere as the result of this system. This system has been extended by further act of the legislature in 1961 to aprjy to fully committed working circles." Mason reported thg) B.C. policy is to expand its lumber industry into the undeveloped interior forests which have not yet been organized into except Alaska. However, je said "timber quality on the average for the entire prov. ince of B.C. is lower than that on adjacent U.S. interior and coastal stands." working circles. He stated that the total timber stand in B.C. was estimated at 1.289 billion board feet in 1957, red with an estimate of 1,345 billion board feet of saw log sized timber in all the states west of the great plains MOTHER'S DAY CARDS FOR SUNDAY. MAY I J When you care enough lu xnu (he very best o, 217 E. Main SWeRl S Medforftj, Recruiter (V(f0Be In Medford Thursday o Coast Guard recruiter, M. L. tyheSler, a chief sonarman, will be at the Navy recruiting stisjion in the Medford PSit office building Thursday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 fm. Young -men between othe ages of 1? and 26 who are itfe tereste i joining the Coast Guard may'be interviewed at that time. Ajso there are openings for ex-swvice men up to 40 years of age, it was reported. Memorial Park and Funeral Home More Unclerstanding" 1395 Arnold n jj o M 'sa V The CREDIT BUREAU IS 0 NOW AUDITING ACCOUNTS for the next REDBOOK! You make your ownating by the way you pay vour bills. Pa, promptly and make a good ratirtfl. Q $ Slow Paid Bill looks bettor than a Slow Bill that $ still owing. Pay them today! CREDIT BUREAU of Medfonl vanccs going bai toVorld War 1, the next downturn will bogin in June 1983 - only 13 months from now If it lasts as lone as the averauo nf three nrpvinns nonrp. lss in time expansions going back to World War II, the next slide will start In October W3 or 17 months frn now. These are trtly "statistical projection of the future based on statistical studies of the past. They are to be ac cepted as that and nothing more, or they can do more harm than good. But still the fact Is that the history of business cjejles in the U.S. traced back to 1854 docs indicate a rhythm in tim ing which cannolo be shrugged off. History does underline ll warning that the time to plan to pneicnt economic trou ble Is before the economic trouble hits - which means the time to move to bolster this advance and sustain it with in centives and tax reforms is this year, not next. What's more, the 1961-62 expansion to date has been only average in magnitude. It's a good advance, it's broad. It has power and potentials, but it has hardly been spectacu lar In scope. Rather, It has been a "middle" thing, aiW an average advance ploddingcjhrough 1962 and getting tired in 1963 ife simply not gocrl enough Pit the U.S. at this stage in our and the world's econnmic-wlitical history. ArP average upturn turning sluggish and faltering into downturn in 1963 would mean we'd still have a high rat? of umOiployment when tjje next recsion hits and makes job lessness worse. It would mPan that our corporations wouldn't have built up sufficient profit cushions and reserves to keep them spending freely on the modernization and expansion. of plants which arc so vital to our growth. It would suggest we nrcn't boosting our exports on the ft-ale we must if we are to earn as much abroad as we spend abro:i and thus be able to erase the dangerous deficit O r-ur international ac counts. Getting back to the fascinating qu advance, it was born In February 1061 is Into Its 15th month of life. o There have been 26 previous cycles of npansion since 1854, but includ'J in lhs) 26 are the four great, prolonged upswings of war'.ime (the Civil War, World War I and II and the Korean War). Since these iffstort the figures, here's the piclureowithout them. The average life of 22 peacetime cycles of advance from 1854 to 1961 was 26 nftnths. The average life of eigh, peacetime cycles of expansion from 1919 to 1961 was 28 months. Thejworagc life of three peacetime cycles of prosper Ay from l!H5 to 1961 was 32 months. Now that we're Into the 15th month of this evele, lhc tion of the life of this neeanannwiqiwpill" fl i 1 I &J S'''kT- O If Jfw&B .i.,V -t'.S 11 lifetime left doesn't appear long at nil. Also, expansion pc- tTUxjJiii'-fl ' V riods have been growing shorter since World War II. 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