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Med ford. Ore., Thun., Oct. 10, 1963
Timber Industry
Recovering from
Columbus Storm
OLYMPIA (UPI)-As the first
anniversary of the violent Co
. lumbia Day windstorm ap
proaches, the Northwest timber
industry apparently is winning
its fight to come back from
the worst natural disaster it
About. 3.5 billion board feet of
timber felled by the storm in
Washington and Oregon has
been salvaged by loggers rac
ing against fire, insects and
time.
The job is far from completed.
The storm toppled an estimated
17 Billion board feet in the two :
states. Some of it was a total
loss and will be removed from
the woods as the effort to sal
vage the valuable trees goes on. i
On Oct. 12, 1962, winds from j
the trailing edge of Typhoon
rreiaa nit Washington, Oregon
and Northern California, killing
19 persons and doing $10 mil
lion worth of damage. Gusts as
high as 160 miles an hour were
recorded.
Timber Industry
Hardest hit was the multi
million dollar timber industry.
W. D. Hagenstein, executive
vice president of the Industrial
Forestry Association of Port
land, said the storm "laid down
Tnnra Hmhar than amr nthi.
corded forestry catastrophe in J
the Pacific Northwest." j
He said the 17 billion board ,
feet of downed timber was "a
year and a half's supply for the !
giant Washington-Oregon forest
industry." I
; Foresters, looking sadly at
the damage a year ago, predict-1
ed the side effects of the storm ,
would be worse than the blow ;
itself. I
. For instance, thev said the
felled timber would dry in the
summer sun and would be
ready to go up in flames as
soon as the first spark was
dropped.
But, possibly because of a
cool summer and stringent
fire protection precautions,
damage from forest fires was
lower this summer than usual.
Another potential trouble
cited in the wake of the storm
was the threat of insects such !
as the Douglas fir bark beetle. '
That is still a major danger,
officials of the State Depart
ment of Natural Resources
claim, although damage from
bugs has been light so far.
Depress Prices
It was also feared that the
large volumes of timber
dumped on the market would
depress prices.
However, Washington State
Land Commissioner Bert Cole
said so far state-owned timber
has been sold for prices well in
excess of its appraised value.
The state has sold 272.1 mil
lion board feet of blowdown
timber so far for a total price
of $9.4 million. The appraised
value of the trees was $7.5 mil
lion, Cole said.
The storm felled 422.6 million
board feet of state-owned tim
ber. However, in order to sal
vage the blowdown, an addi
tional 314 million board feet of
standing trees must be logged
at the same time. Thus the
state must sell 736.6 million
board feet before the salvage
operations are completed. I
The state will place an addi- j
tional 62.6 million board feet
appraised at $1.8 million on the
auction block in late October
and November.
Cor Thievery Big
Business, Claim
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The countrywide theft pre-i
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is maintained by 350 auto in
surance companies. It is esti
mated that cars are stolen at
the rate of $1 million worth a
day. Careless motorists who
don't lock their cars make
stealing easy, the bureau said.
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