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4 B I MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1963 Opportunities in Business Reviewed Medford High school students heard speakers representing the timber industry of Jackson coun ty Tuesday, Oct. 22. The speak ers explained the opportunities offered by the industry to young men and women. Three classrooms were used to accommodate the 2,100 stu dents. The auditorium, the lec ture room and the choir room were used by the six speakers from the Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm asso ciation. Some speakers used col or slides to illustrate their sub ject matter. Speakers were Darrell Davis, president of SOCTFA and co owner of Austin King Trucking; R. E. Swan, logging manager of Olson-Lawyer Lumber company, White City; S. V. McQueen, president and genera! manager of Kogap Lumber company; John Gartman, forester for Elk Lumber company; R. F. Kline, owner and operator of Kline Contractors, and Edgar Kupil- las, forester from Elk Lumber company. The talks were arranged in connection with National Forest Products week by SOCTFA. The talks were scheduled between the hours of II a m. and 1 p m. Generally they explained the various jobs in the industry and the requirements needed to fill these positions. It has been pointed out that the recent ad vances in production, sales, manufacturing of countless prod ucts and research opens many opportunities to young men and women. The industry has undergone many changes and will continue to change in keep ing pace with modern times. TO SEEK DEBATES DENVER (UPD Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York said Tuesday he would continue to press Sen. Barry Goldwater, ( R Ariz.), for a debate in advance of the 1964 Republican National Convention. fee v& rm:t STORM DAMAGE This picture shows an example of the Co lumbus Day, 1962, storm blowdown. This condition during the past summer posed a serious threat to the forest from the fire aspect, and unless cleaned up within a reasonable length of time poses a threat of insect infestation. Much of the blowdown, however, has been cleaned up in this area. INI ATD N AL FOR Pr!DUCT WEECC r v .v- v , ,,v o i .s. .' 1 - n - ' ' . v. 4 ; A . t , tl s ri.jlSy L'.esS.'.'s Sponsored By International Concatenated Order of HOO-HOO Rogue Valley Club Number 94 BUILD BETTER WITH WOOD... . . . you profit twice. Beauty, economy, versatility, plus support of local industry to insure local payrolls. HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT LUMBER IN JACKSON COUNTY Fhctc cf Mcdco Logging Operation Courtesy of Chuck McCckle Please! 0niy you can prevent forest fires Jackson county produces about 600 million beard feet of lumber annually. Regeneration end annual growth may push this figure even hicjher since timber is a renewable resource. The lumber ir.c'..:i' cjer.erafes an estimated SBl.CCO.CCC.CO -:-r..n?'y to the economy cf There a-e 19 lis in the immediate i.'.ecifcrd area. 1Le-e are Iwelve plywood or veneer plan's c-cl 9 vcod re-manufacturing plan's here. More than S25,0C0,G00.00 is paid out in wages alone in the forest industry in Jackson county. Approximately 4,500 find employment in the woods or mill operations. Hundreds more re ceive their income indirectly from the lumber industry through employment in lumber-dependent firms. Lumber is truly the keystone of the Rogue val ley economy. For every $1.C0 cf slumpage value that tree farmers produce . . . the com munity receives an estimated $17.60 frcrn tangible and intangible values added to the value or the wood by the time it reaches -he consumer. There are T.i million acres of forest lands in Jackson county. Of this 62 is owned by State or Federal governmental agencies. The balance of the timber lands is owned and managed by private owners. Tree farming, a voluntary private industry pro gram of forest management 1o produce more end better forest products, has about 310,000 acres of private forest lands in Jackson county enrolled. The balance is under management in one form or another for best utilization. Southern Oregon is part cf vhat is known as "the Douglas fir region". This region can grow enough timber to build 1,000,000 homes a year , . . fotever. Froducts of the area from the lumber industry, in addition to lumber, plywood and veneer ere: lathe, boxes, shook, window and door frames, bark mulch, by-product fuel, com pressed sawdust fuel, refrigerator cases, office desks, and furniture, cabinetry, millwork, fenc ing, toothpicks, pencil stock, arrow shafts, pre fabricated cabins, dowels, spindles, toy stock, shoe heels and numerous other items. This message brought to you by the following Rogue Valley Lumber Firms: ELK LUMBER COMPANY TIMBER PRODUCTS COMPANY STEVE WILSON COMPANY MEDFORD CORPORATION McGREW BROS. SAWMILL Inc. FIR-PLY; Inc. Eugene F. Burrill Lumber Co. Manufacturers of Filn Dry While Fir Studs ROGUE VALLEY PLYWOOD Inc. FARMERS LUMBER COMPANY WHITE CITY PLYWOOD COMPANY B 5 r
