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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1963 B 7 Loggers Play Leading Role in Meeting Oregon loggers will nlav a leading role in the 54th annual meeting of the Pacific Logging congress when it gets under way in Portland on Nov. 6, ac cording to President Robert P. Conklin of Eugene and Lake Oswego. Three Oregonians serve as principal, officers: Conklin as president, Robert F. D w y e r, treasurer and Carwin A. Wool ley, executive vice president. This will be the largest log ging congress in the organiza tion's history, Conklin reports. Attendance could reach 2500. Headquarters for this organiza tion, more than 50 years old, will be at the Portland Hilton, with business sessions and ma chinery show slated for the Portland Coliseum. There will be at least $15 mil lion worth of logging machinery on display, advises Carwin Woolley, who has bad the diffi cult task of finding exhibit spnce both inside and outside the Coli seum for all the machinery and equipment firms desiring tn show this year. Congress Theme "The Business of Logging" will be the theme of the Con gress, and it will be the title of an interesting discussion head ed by Oregon banker, Fred Bur row. Loggers will find out how a banker looks at logging and ways to make money. W. S. Ouderkirk, Eddyville, will take part in this discussion. C. H. Willison, Crown 2eller barh, Portland, will head a panel which could draw some fire. It concerns the role of vo cational education and the com munity college training of log gers and forest products work ers. Roy Gould, Diamond Lum ber company, Tillamook, will also take part in this panel, to gether with Rae L. Johnson, Georgia - Pacific corporation, Portland. Another session will have to do with portable spar mainte nance and two Oregon equip ment men, H. K. Halvorson, Sutherlin Machine Works, and Charles J. Baker, The Skookum company, Portland, will take part. Logginh Safely A three man logger panel will discuss safety in logging snd one of the three will be Jim Grady, Western Pine associa tion. Portland. Making a transition from board fool to cubic foot in mea suring log volume is a highly controversial topic which will be included in a discussion per iod headed by Professor Ray A. Yoder of Oregon State univer sity. He will be assisted by a panel of practical loggers which will include two Oregon men, John C. Hampton, Willamina Lumber company, Willamina and Douglas C. Smith. United States Plywood corpor a t i o n, Lebanon. Sunny Weather Probably the most contro versial session will be the final program, which will feature Dr. Irving P. Krick, Denver me teorologist, whose accurate long range weather forecasts for American industrial firms, has brought him international atten tion. He will have as his topic "Weather Engineering for the Logger." This may well be the top fea ture of the Congress, Conklin reports. Dr. Krick has forecast sunny and warm weather for the three days of the Congress, so weather forecasters will be watching to see if they can catch him wrong. Paul Ehinger, Edward Mines Lumber company, Westfir, will be chairman of the resolutions committee, which reports on Nov. 8; Glenn Parsons, La Grande is on the nominating committee; Charles Hamilton, Portland machinery man, is chairman of the entertainment committee and four Oregon log gers serve on the automotive equipment committee. They are George Shaver, Portland; Bud Cummings, Springfield; Lyle Wimer, Albany and Harold Bri schle. North Bend. Loggers and their wives will have one of the busiest and most profitable sessions of the Congress, believes Presi dent Conklin. The wives will see the World's largest shopping center at Lloyds, attend a fashion show, a brunch, tours and finally a din ner dance at the Hilton. They too, will have their theme, "The Care and Feeding of the logger." Wildlife Abundant In Selective Cut Areas of Woodlands Visiting an area which has been logged by selective cutting a year previous can be enlight ening. The toured area looks much like any typical forest with seedlings, wild flowers and grass, unlike many forests in their natural state with wind falls, insect killed trees and heavy brush choking out light and new growth. Wildlife is more abundant in logged over areas since the new growth provides choice forage and travel is much easier. Many deer may be observed, mostly does and fawns. This type of logging requires care and skill to prevent dam age to the timber left standing. Trees removed are those called "high - risk" trees which are over - mature, defective, insect infested and some mature trees. Provide Healthy Growth Trees left standing provide a healthy vigorous growth for fu ture harvest. By state law, all snags are felled to eliminate lire hazard from lightning strikes. Dense growths of pole sized trees are thinned to en courage maximum growth. In the natural state the weaker suppressed trees would lose in competition with the more dominant trees so thinning aids in the growth of the h e a U h y trees. In some areas, the removal of the larger trees will release the younger one to grow. This practice also encourages natural re-seeding by the trees adapted to the area. Trees left standing provide cover for the tiny seedlings from driving rains or hot summer sun yet leaving room for adequate growth. Area 'Fire-Trailed' Exterior boundaries of an area to be logged are "fire-trailed" before or during the logging, de pending on the season and con ditions. 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