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MONDAY, MAY 4, 1925
THE LUMBERLOGUE
1AGE ELEVfek
TIIJO KLAMATH LUMBICtlLOOUHl
Established March 0, 1020
A weekly pnpur for tlio won and
woman om ployed In tlio lumber In
dus I rr ot IUauuilli Couiily, -lsauod
ovary Monday
IIOWAIIU WINNAIIO .1 Kdllor
Tlio gumo anlmnla ot our forosta
ara nut uxiiully thought of ait vim
of our economic imsoN, profuibly liu
cuuao thulr production requires no
effort or oxponso. Hut gniiio I one
of the bid uots of Southern Ori
ruii. Tliuro Is probably no plui'o
lu tlio United Blutos whoro game,
particularly' doer, la u plentiful
clone to Urn main rou(u of travel
i It l tiuro, (
Americans nro a ruco of hunters
iuu miy h-hiuii nun miorun sown
hunting grounds U sun) lu bo wull
. advertised ovur u wide territory,
ouch liuiilliiK season being marked
by on Influx of hunters wlio will
, buy thulr aupplloa In tho common
Ity nutir llio IiuiiIIiik grounds.
It nil' boon estimated Iliac at lut
1G0O huntvrM visited tho Crater
National Forest lnt afuaon, ami
many of theso cnmo from u con
aldarablo distance on tho strength
of Inforuiutlun received from olhor
liuniom. It l worth whllu adver
tising Unit brink outsiders to n
region. Tho merchant will spend
, a considerable aum to got people
Into hla plnco of business, confi
dent t'lnt If hla goods aro anon by
u lurKo n ii in bo r of persons hla salon
will Increase, Bo It la with nn ngrl
culturnl region Ir It can bo brought
to tbo oycs of tbo publlo it can bo
"aold." ;
Our game therefore la a worth
while product which morlti tome at
tention If wo ara to mtko tho moot
of it a an economic asset. It yjust
bo protoctod In order that wo may
-Tmro tho moat of It at. an economic
asset. It inuat bo protected lu or
der fhut wo may havo a constant
volume of production. (lmo ami
foronta aro alwayi associated In our
minds, and rliehtly ao, alnco the po--poluatlou
of lh door, for .example,
depends upon their porpotuatlou of
tbolr aholtor and food. Tho foront
la tho natural place for door to
treed and feod, once thli aholtor la
dintrcood tho doer are no more.
Tboro are no door lu tbo IrooloKi
plalua regions. Tho greatest uu
omy of tho forests la flro, ao -tho
' jtroatoit enouiy of our doer la flro1;
Not only dooa flro duatroy tho o
aontlul shelter, but It doatroya tho
food upon which tho door aro do
poudont, Even a no-called IlKht burn
deatroys tbo truss and weeds and
eucouraiioa unpalutublo brush spoc
les which furnbh little or no food.
i-aro wun nro in mo lorcstu
moans an iucrcuscd production ot
. tblt flnvat of our 'rouinlnlug game
onluiala.
There are now moro unemployed
ineu on tbo atrovta of Klamath Km 11b
than at any tm.o durliiK clia hlalury
of tho lumber Industry In thli coun
try with tho oxcoptlon of strike
periods, . Tho reasons for thla run
dltlon ara various. Tho w'ost Coast
Association la running 'way boloiv
normal, nhd naturally tho surplus
from (ho const and front tho Hod
wood mllla drift into tbo pluo op
orations of California and Uri'Kou.
Then, tm, over floating laborer
on tho count has rvnd and hoard
rumors of railroad development, tho
propound Hhcvolln-lllxon opuntloii,
and van no l.ong-Uoll and We.vcr
huuanr rumora.
Tho result of those vague rmi.its
and Iho Inactivity in tho rndwond
and fir districts, It. thai' Klamath
country Is omptoylnK moro men
than Unuul, but tl.nl tlioio is u lnrsu
surplus ot unompioyad men,
' According to Information com
piled by tho Culifornlu White Sugar
l'lno mitnurni'luror's association, tho
203 billion foot ot Rtnndlng llmbor
In, tho torrltory covorod by tho as
sociation will last at tho prosonl
rate ot oxploltntloti and rotoroslutlon
nt lonst two conturlos.
Tho woods produced by tho mills
ot tho association rank as follows
In estimated board ,tcot monsuro:
Jillllon n.
Whlto Pino 1 10G
Sugar Pine 32
White Kir i... S3
Oouglns Kir CO
Jnccnso Codnr 9
Olhor spqcIos 24
v Natural groA tll and reproduction
aro adding to this stand of timber
at tho rate of 260 million foot par
lenr. . ,
'fills Is encourilKlng Information,
but shows, on, the other hand, that
reforestation 14 not being conducted
on a largo enough scale ns yet. Kn
tofeHtii'tlon should bo carried on at
n sufficient ratu so that natural
growth anil roforostnllun should'
koop pneo Willi or oxenod the nn
- n ti it 1 out. '
I'Ooij surKlRit
. - A. "Swnnsoii had high cull shot
'(run "at tho Community club In Phil'
can City last mouth, and bo will
play pool at the expense of tho
club fr tho pnnih of May,
THE OPEN FIRE
lly lin.MtV VA.V IJVKH
".Man la tho animal that bus mndo
fi'lenda with flro.; All llio other
crouturoa lu their natural statu, aro
afraid of It.
"Man la tho only crouluro that
dares to Unlit a flro uhd to llvo
.with ll. The reason? Iiocauae ho
nlono has learned how to put It
out.
"Wood Is Iho fuel for It. Out-of-doors
Is the pliico forslt, .
Tho verltiihlo open flro Is built In
tho open, with, tho whole earth for
a fireplace and the sky for a chim
ney. "To start a flro In tho open li
by mo menus as easy as It looks.
11 Is ono of Hi oso simplo tricks that
every ono thinks ho cun perform
until ho tires It.
"To do It without trylog acci
dentally and unwillingly, that, of
course, la a thliiK for which any fool
Is fit. You knock cat the ashes
from your pipe on a fallen log; you
toft tho ond of a match Into a patch
of grass, green on top, but dry as
punk uiidornoath; you scatter tho
dead brands of an old flro among
the moss, a conflagration Is under
way bforo you know It.
"A flro In tho woods Is ono thing,
a comfort and a Joy. Klre In tbo
woods I another thlug, a terror, au
uncontrollable fury, a burning
sbnino.
"In the making ot fires thoro Is
as much dlfferonco a In tho build
ing of houses. Thfiro Is
Iho camp-fire, arid tbo cooking flro,
and Iho smudge flro, and tho little
frlendalilp flro.
"The objoct of too camp fire Is to
glvo belt, and Incidentally light,
to your tent or !tnnty.
Of course such a flro , can
be used for .cooking, when It tas
burned down a lltllo, and there is
a bed of hot embers In front of the
back-log. The amudge
la called Into being far tho express
purpose of creating a smoke
which Is as disagreeable to the mo
squito, the black-fly, and the midge
as It is to the man whom they are
devouring. The little
friendship fire Is kindled and burns
for no opher purposo than to give
you the senso of being at homo ond
at oue. It only uso Is
lo mnko a visible ceiitr eot Interest
where thoro nro two or throe ang
tors oallng tholr lunches , together,
or to supply a kind ot companion
ship to a lono fisherman.
"When your hunger. Is satisfied,
you shake out the crumbs for tho
birds and squirrels', pick up a stick
with a conl at the end to light your
pipe, put voine more wood on your
fire, and settle down for an 'hour's
reading if you have a book In pour
pockot, or for a good talk it you
have a comrade with you.
"Tho stream ot tlmo flows swift
and "smooth, by 'such a flro as this.
The moments slip by duhcoded; tho
sun sinks down bis western rch;
ho shadows begin lo full across the
brook; 11 Is lime to movo on
Tlio fire has almost burned out.
Hut do not trust It too much. Throw
some sand over It, or bring n Int
uit ot water from tho brook to pour
on It, until you aro suro that, tlio
last glowing ember Is extinguished,
and nothing but iho black coals and
the charred ends of sticks, aro loft.
"Even tho lltllo friendship flro must
keep tho law of tho btrsh, all lights
out wheu tholr purposo Is fulfilled."
KKVKIUXY INJniEll
Krnuk Kelly, oiler and checker
In tho Algoma yard -was sovoroly
Injured lust Monday when n halt
truck loud of lumber foil and struck
hi in as ho w&'s bent over to adjust
a truck chain. Hu was badly bruts
od fliid cut and It was nooossnry td
havo au' ambulance conio (o Algoma
to tnko him to tlio hosplotnl. 1). H.
Drown Is doing Krflly's work until
he ls abla to bo 'back on tho job.
Kelly bus been having hard luck
this soiisou. Just about ft woeit bo
toro thla accldont ha had boon dls
ohiuged from the hospital whoro
ho had undergone treatment for a
sprained shoulder.
IHtKlMiK lOM
Tin California-Oregon Powor com
pany's big suction dredga Is now
assembled mid work has started on
lowoijng the, bottom ot tho Algaino
log pond about throe toot. - It Is
estimated . that It will tako throe
months lo comploto tho Job, with
tho crows working throe olght 1m"
ehlfts,
, Thor nro approximately 217,745,
109,000 , board foot fit anw tlmbor
on tiio National Ferests ot Oregon
nnd Washington, according to ostl
mates of tho ,tI.,S. Forost Service.
Tho principal species In this stand
aro noughts fir, western yellow
pine; wehtorn rod codnr, nnd wost
orn hemlocki Foro.it offlcors point
out thai National Forest timber la
handled ns n crop, and provisions
mndo for growing n new crop when
tho mature timber is harvested.
'Pi-avontlon ot mnh-onusad .. fdroat
fires la tho most serious problem m
rriMt RrnwIiiR, U Is finlcj, '
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You'll agree with us that this is the best issue of The Lumberlogue we
have put out thus far. And of course, the reason is because you fellows
in. the mills and camps are coming through with a lot of real hews.
You fellows are beginning to reali ze that this is YOUR newspaper
and the way you're supporting it gives us all sorts of pep. Just keep
it up and send us in still more news from the mills and camps. Where's
that bunk-house poetry we've been asking for? Just tickle the fair god
dess Muse under the chin and see what'll happen.
The Timber League
In a couple of weeks now the Umps will be shouting "Play Ball" for
the . sawdust hounds and timber beasts, and you'll want all the news
of the Timber, League ball games. The Lumberlogue is the official pa
per of the Timber League and you'll get all the dope right in. these
columns.
Which reminds us
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, lines of dope that Lumberlogue feat ures.
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