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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1925)
THE I.tlMnEtlLOGUFl MONDAY, APIUi; f., 1025; PAGE TEN THE KLAMATH LUMBERLOQUE Established March 9, 1925 A ,'wcokly paper ' for tho mon and women omployod In .tho lumbar in dustry ot Klamath Couuty. .1; Issuod every Monduy HOWARD WINNARD Editor FOREST FIRE PREVENTION ' Leading foresters have asserted that, the prevention and suppression of forest fires constitutes between 75 end 80 per cent of the present problem1, of reforestation. Govern ment statistics Indicate that forest fires annually turn over . approxi mately 90 million acres ot forest lands and ciuse a damage in tho neighborhood of $30,000,000 a year. These fires annually destroy enor mous quantities of " merchantable timber and young forest growth, In fact, about one-seventh of all the timber removed from the nation's forests each year is - destroyed by forest fire and this .vast supply of incessant burning 'over of cut-over timber serves no useful purpose. The lahd has' created large barren areas which can be restored to timber pro duction only by . artificial planting arti which, because tho frequent fires have destroyed the humus in the soil and robbed it of its fertil ity, will not be suitable for agricul ture until the soil has been proper ly ' built up and its fertility re stored. ':..'..'. "t ; ' So serioui Is this fire hazard that owners of forest lands cannot in- sura their standing timber and this fact has been one serious obstacle to1 the undertaking of commercial reforestation . by private owners. Many students of our forestry prob lem have held that the tire haz ard may largely control the extent W which rwners of land can engage in the business of growing trees. If growing forests could be insur ed at reasonable rates, or if their security from fire could be made comparable to that of other classes of property, a great impetus would be given to the production of timber. with Tespect to forest" fire pre vention and suppression, the public to a certain extent, already has been brought to a recognition of its share of responsibility. ' The cities and towns ot the coun try have long recognized that the prevention and suppression of fire was a municipal, or public, function and. obligation, and no Individual, industry, or group of business men ' was held responsible for preventing or suppressing fires in his or their own property. This is done by the municipal government, the public. But only within comparatively recent years has the public recog nized Its responsibility in the mat ter of preventing euppressing forest fires, that duty previously having been shitted onto the individual owner of- the forest land. ' The work now being done by the Stop Forest Fires ' association : of Klamath county along educational lines is. to be commended, and it Is hoped that the annual loss by fires this summer will be far less than heretofore. ?- Just now the Pacific Northwest Is much interested In practical ways ot ntilizing the waste of onr logging camps and sawmills. Dr. K. F. Vaughn las an .interesting article ' In the April Four L bul letin on . the steam distillation ot waste, w3od products. ' Dr. ' Vaughn - Js. a research en gineer located at Portland. He designed the Louisiana Fiber Board company's plant, built at Bololousa, La., in 1912. This was a pioneer operation in utilizing sawmill waste through direct etcam distillation process. With a $25,000 equipment this plant recovered - a sufficient amount of turpentine and by-products alone Co pay salaries of offi cers, engineer, taxes and insurance on plant and equipment. Douglas fir and Pondosa pine Waste products may be so ' utilized, Dr. Vaug'on declared. It is merely a matter of Intelligent direction and the necessary capital. In the Lou isiana plant the turpentine was sold to a paint manufacturer . on ' con tract. Container board products, the chief output, were merchandis ed at a coJt of 6 per cent through a broker. There was no selling problem and no' difficulty mas en countered In disposing of the pro ducts so reclaimed. .This fiber board operation has since been taken ' over by the Great ' Southern LumbeV company Four L Bulletin. ALBERT GODDARD NOW MUCH BETTER t ' " "... . v ' ' Albert Goddnrd, formerly night ijller r.t Ewaunn cawm.'U, who has beon 1ft tho Klamath General hos pital for th past two weeks follow ing a major) operution left tho lion pita! yesterday.. Coddard expei tt-J - to loavo tho hospital earlier, but It Ib rumored that he became enamor ed of a nurso and violently resisted . nil efforts to bust him from tho hoo- Jpltal, ; '. " STIRRING PLEA FOR OUT OF DOORS IS MADE BY CONGRESSIViAN HAWES 1 A hcautiful eulogy of the out-of-doors as a factor in the incntul, moral and physical life of America, was voiced in tho House of Rcpros-) cntatives February 2, by tho Hon. Harry B. Hawcs, of St. Louis, rep resentative of the Elcveuth Missouri district.. . i , He took the floor In the interests of House Bill No. 10690, providing tor federal protojtl.-n of the Am erican black bass, and before ho hud exhausted the time allotted hnd mado ono of the most remarkable pleas for conservation of our nat ional resources and protection ot our mild lite ever heard in. the lower federal legislative branch. Excerpts from his talk, aside from arguments for the protection ot the bass were as follows: "The Boy Scout movement, the Girl Scout movement, the annual campings ot scholars and teachers, the return to the big "outdoors for health and vigor, is stimulating the imagination' and means a stronger, a better, healthier America, both physcally and morally. . "When we loso our pep, when good food tastes bad, when friends do not satisfy, when life becomes a bore, when music seems out of tune, when the old dog annoys, when the doctor fails, and the goad wife irritates, there is but one rem edy tor the 'iun-dovu', and it Is found in the ' forests or on the streams In the 'big outdoors. "There we go to church and wor ship God by conversing with the things He made, listening to ser mons from rocks and trees, choir music from the birds. 4 .Viostlcs Fishermen "If yon need a fresh start .and want to lose the run-down feeling and get back your pep, go fishing. ' "It Is a notable tact that of tho Twelve Apostles selected by Christ, four were fishermen. "They were natural' philosophers, who made their living' In the big. wide open; who knew the stars, the tempest, the sea, the moon, the winds, and the calm. "The were prepared for a cam paign for men, because they had first 'campaigned with the elements of nature. "Study of nature had prepared them for a study ot men, aad their thoughts and teachings were big, like the outdoors, from whence they came. . i "Every great man we have had was on outdoor man. Every man with big thoughts U at some time compelled to get away from the little things that cramp and bind,, and forced to seek revitjlization, now energy,' and a broader perspective by contact with nature. "The city bed aad fancy sanita tion are luxuries made more at tractive by a week on the ground; the camp fire makes the radiator endurable; the flapjack, the bacon and the browned fish bring the 'comeback' after hard work and the hotel menu. "The city and the town have their call, but they have a sameness and a 'too eureness' to be palatable tor SAVE THE FORESTS A tiny camp fire left aglow. The kind you thought was out, yon know May blaze anew a thousand fold. Your fire's not out until it's cold. "What causes forest fires?" you say Often the stubs you throw away.' Fanned by the Idling summer breeze So set your heel upon them, please. You like to fish? Of course you do, And fishing streams are mighty few. The forest fire's the reason why. For forests burnt mean streams gone dry. ' You like the hunting In the fall? ' Most fellows do-r-and If they'd all Put out their fires before they go. The game would have a better show. Got toe habit, nothing to it, All the reg'lar fellows do It, ' ' Break your match before ycu drop it, - Fire's our bugbear, help us stop ,lt. Travelers,', plcise, before you go. Douse your fire with H20, Pour some more if you're In doubt, j ha becomo quite a crihbuge shark. Camp fires are the best things OUT. j Other members of toe club could j not underataod his proficiency fai1 A word to every logging crew, isome time, but they finally diacovor The timber- burnt is lost to you; ' I""1. Dyhrman pegged fourteen Each forest fire lj) lost that gets two an easily as fifteen two. Mom- away i ber take warning. i 3huts down tho work, nnd docks ! your pay. ' ' . . .. .; i ---r. . ,t 1!KAI Ff.'Jt WORK R. C. ; Le-nard and Carl Bellows will dog for the Shasta View Ltfmb- ' aad Box the coming season. r- - ' ,-U' x i , ;.! all jot. the J J months. !; . ; "To rest we must find tt change. Tho vttnio streets, the same roofs, tho sumo faces, the name sights, though t tho best, like ood ot the same kind, pall upou tho appotltlc and tire the brain. The I.uit of the Wild "Wo must find real rest by seek ing contrast, s by finding the 'big outdoors," by not living too much and uo long indoors. The doctor tries his medicine and fails, lite friend his compuuion- sSIp and fails; and it they are wise physicians and thoughtful friends they advise a chango ot scenery, a new environment. "What is becoming of our 'big outdoors?' Where aro the animals, the birds aud the fishes whose pre sence renewed the primitive and stronger natural instincts? They are disappearing; now almost .gone. "Caa individuals slay their de parture? Can citizens hold these things for our children? Not by In dividual action. Only the state and nation are strong enough to keep these retreats and usylums for the benefit ot both the wild things and for men aud women. "It caa bo done only by the In telligent action ot the legislature. ot the states and tile congress ot the nation. "This bill promises to give the 'kid' the things that we enjoy and save t.r thorn some of our pleas ures. "The four score and ten,' the big thoughts too big conscience, aud the bis patriotism come from com munion with the 'big outdoors.' "When ue lose the 'big outdoors' we lo;o part of our national pride. pluck aad patriotism. "When we keep the b!g out doors,' we keep our best thoughts, our best resolutions, and, above all, our best traditions. "When we keep our outdoors, we make a real, substantial, dividend-paying investment in nation. al prospertiy, in national health, In national conscience, and public wel fare. '. "The 'big Outdoors' saves the strength, saves the nerves, save3 tho brain, and saves the doctor bill. I "The 'big outdoors' strengthens i the conscience, conscience strength ens the religion, religion gave ths Ten Commandments amid the Tea Commandments founded laws which make the Christian nation. "The lake3, rivers and streams where fish are found arc public pro perty, fpen to the rich and poor alike. 1 "Fishing 13 the least expensive of all outdoor sports. It gives the youngest boy his first contact with nature; his first feeling of mastery. "Where a state finds it must con serve Its' black bass and Its power to do so Is curtailed. Federal as sistance in enforcing state determin ation can be objected to only by those persons who try to violate the laws ot their own states. "This is not a sportsman's hill It is for the rioh and poor alike. It Is to preserve for those who come after the things we have enjoyed. WHO AM I? 1 have scattered bread cru-ita tin cans, Sunday supplements and paper plates from the Caves In Southern" Oregon ' to Mount Maker In northern 'Washington. ' I have backed forest trees and left icampfires ; burning from the California lino to the Canadian border. . I have hooked pears from a Mod ford orchard, and walnuts In the Willamette Valley, 'Rome Beauties' from bcauliful Hood River and 'De licious' apples from the broad Ya kima Valley. . , 1 have rolled rocks Into the sap phire., depls of Crater Lake and thrown tin cans Into Lake Chelan. I have seen, all, heard all, and in my weak way, have managed to destroy much. I am the careless and thoughlesa American Tourist. PAUL DYHRMAN IS CRIBBAGE "SHARK" Paul Dyhrman, general handy man around the Community club, ' , ' " K1;vo C. 13. Randall, logging contractor i from " McCuUotn "was in town Mon- 1'day on business. i , ForasU t'irlvo If kept allvo, bu a smouldering spark leaves them Jdead and dark. ' " J" ' . . ' .'! ,. t V H ' :!, Loggers, ...V -!, , Hi! ' S "giu In ' ! I . ; iiiit ': :- it's your Paper ' vtirtj-'rii'. iit ".I -,. Mill 'it Here' PA 1 IT3 Di i ' . ... . 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