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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.
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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.
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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
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