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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1967)
LETTERS TO THE' EDITOR Dear Don Moffatt: I am a resident of the Mill City area and presently serv ing in the armed forces of the (J. S. A. My reason for serving Is that I want my son to grow up without the fear of Communist aggression against the USA and that we may live in peace in the val ley that 1 cali home. But after reading in The Mill City En terprise of the push to strip log more and more of the valuable timber, I am wond ering if there will be a valley for me to return to and raise my son. This letter expresses my views on the timber of the Mt. Jefferson area. Please let it be printed so that the other side of the issue may be aired. Dear Citizens of Mill City and outlying areas, please if you will, step outside and look at the beautiful stand of big timber on the mountains close to you. If you are over 35 years of age and have been in the canyon for over 20 years you can remember when the surrounding moun tains were covered with vir gin wood. Today the moun tains are ugly and barren. This is a sign of progress? For centuries our forefathers have cut trees. The wasted lands of Michigan. Colorado, and Idaho mark their trail. Now we have come to the end of the line. All that is left Is the Pacific Ocean. Where will our sons obtain lumber, from the ocean bed? The strip log ging has to stop somewhere. Mr. Udahl, the secretary of the interior, has seen the need for restrictions and is trying to save the timber for future generations. If you are not farsighted enough to see the need of timber in the years to come, then look in the past. Never in Oregon’s history have there been the devastating storms that have recently plagued the people of Oregon. There used to be timber on the coast that would break up the high winds from the ocean. There used to be nat ural water sheds that would prevent extensive flooding. Three years ago the people of Idanha and Detroit were all but washed out. Why? Look at the mountains around them, stripped! The people of Mill City, you dear citizens, could not get fresh water, Why? The stripped moun- < fl > every day, every night in the famous Mapes Casinos, ground level or high above in the SKY ROOM. Fabulous entertain ment, always. Downtown Reno location, ideal for business or pleasure .. . 300 beautifully appointed rooms, 25 luxurious apart mentsuites. with Kitchenettes. Fine food and beverage in the Coach Room. FREE PARKING NO MINIMUM NO COVER TOP ENTERTAINMENT Hotel and Suite Rates Guest Bedrooms Single .............. $10 Double ............ $13 Twins ................ $14 Studio Room . $20 Suites — parlor, large bed room, bath, Kitchennette $35 to 50 Additional person in suit« $3 por porson. room Douglas-fir Timber Supply Study Being Launched George F. Weyermann has moved to Portland from Mis soula to head up a study of timber management alter natives on National Forest lands in the Douglas-fir re gion of western Washington, western Oregon, and north western California. The study will explore and evaluate the economic, tech nical, and social feasibility of numerous ways to increase tains bold the answer. Now someone wants to move into the high mountains and strip the natural water sheds of the snow country. What will hap pen after those mountains are stripped? What devasta- tion will befall you when in the spring the snow melts and it rains? The big companies will move out when the trees are gone. Where will you go, cit- iezns of Mill City. Will you abandon the homes you have built? Or will you sit on the front porch and draw a gov ernment pension, and talk of the good old days? If you are interested only in the dollar, then indeed invite Washing ton to stop the preservation of timber and our son’s liveli hood! Thank you for your time in reading this letter. S/'Sgt. Russell W. Page, USAF. timber harvest in the National Forests. Technical forestry aspects to be analyzed include dif ferent rotation periods; inten sive forest management prac- ices such as thinning, inter mediate cutting, salvage and prelogging, and accelerated reforestation; protection from insects, disease and fire; ac celerated road construction; and impacts of increased soil disturbance. The related effects of va rious timber management al ternatives on other resources and uses, including water, rec reation. and fish and wildlife, will be an important feature of the study. The study will examine the probable impacts of alterna tives on local, regional, and national economies. Included will be stumpage and product prices; effect on management of other timber ownerships; capacity and output of forest products industries; employ ment; county revenues; de pendent communities; and trends in imports and exports of forest products. The cost and benefits of each alternative will be com- pared with the objective of identifying the most favor- able alternatives. These will be reported to the Secretary of Agriculture about July 1, 1968. Forest Service technical and administrative personnel from the Pacific Northwest Region al Office and the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station will col laborate in the study. Weyermann, who is co ordinating the project, is a 36-year veteian of the Forest Service. A forestry graduate of the University of Idaho, he has worked several years in the timber management ' field. carrier Hancock. 3—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, April 27, 1967 Vvnue ui _a ebo, the crew bo. After completing the work Crewmembers also donated of the Hancock used their rest and recreation time hard on the orphanage, the crew 675 pints of blood for men in at work. They did not tend members gave a party for the Vietnam during their visit. boilers, launch planes or do orphans and presented a any of their normal ship painting of the nearly 900 board tasks, but spent their foot long carrier to hang in time repairing the World one of the orphanage’s halls Missions Orphanage in Sase-| re-named for the Hancock. Subscribe to The Mill Citv Enterprise “ " ■ JACOBSEN lAWfH EQUIPMENT 4-BLADE ROTARY MOWERS William P. Loop Helps Missions Orphanage For Cleaner, Smoother, Safer Mowing and Grass Catching USS HANCOCK—Fireman Apprentice Wiliam P. Loop Jr.. USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Loop of Mill City, has returned to combat duty off the coast of Vietnam after 10 days of rest and recreation in Sasebo, Japan, as a crew member of the attack aircraft Check these quality features: Easier starting 4-cycle engine. High performance 4-Blade vacuum action “lifts" grass up for a smooth, levpl cut. 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