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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1925)
PAGE ELEVEN MONDAY, WAY 11, 1025 tifi t'tiMBERLOGUE THE KLAMATH LUMBERLOGUE i i i '. I. - i Established March 9, 1925 A weekly paper for the men and women employed In the lumber. In dustry ot Klamath Couaty. -''.'" Issued every Monday HOWARD , WINNABD Editor One of the goatest difficulties to - toe overcome In reforestation! is .the impression hold by so many paople that , a tree is something that was either created as .it now stands, or a growth whose . origin dates so far back In the haze of forgotten eons that any attempt at tree planting now will bear no results until the race has either overcome the need for lumber In some way, or ceased to exist. No man, however, minds provide lng for his children, his grand child ren, or even his great grand child ren. And to those familiar With the beautiful trees on 'the campus of the University of Oregon the follow ing article,' taken from the Oregon Emerald,, will show what the com paratively brief space of fifty, years can ido In the. growing of trees. j Fifty years ago the Oregon, cam pus was a barren, treeless' field. Now It Is covered with beautiful lawns, shrubs, flowers, and best of all delightful shade trees. On vwurm spring afternoons, students of pro sent days lounge beneath tho "cool Bhado of the trees to. study or rest;, t little thinking of when, by whom, or how these tall trees came to be a part of Old Oregon., But classes of former years are Interested in these trees, and watch their growth with Joy and even reverenc6, because many are 'class memorials, planted by. graduating classes to commemorato the time when they left college to begin their life's work..: Jlost c-f ' the trees are very near iVillard and Doady halls, the University's oldest bulld ,'lngs. ., ". . Some of those who helped plant the tress are dead, some have jour neyed to far-away lands; some have ., . achieved fame and wealth, yet for all there is a thrill-In contemplat ing the trees, which will stand in c living memory to each year which saw a group of studonts become alumni of Oregon. ' ! The first 'class to complete-,' the University course In. 187S had five members.' They were Robert S. Bean, Ellen Condon MoCornack, Matthew S. Wallls, George S. Wa3h- ; bwhej-and-iolin C Whltaker.' Two of these are at present among tho most loyal members of the alumni , association, Robert S. ' Boan, Unit-'od-'SJateB .District Judge at Port land, is on tho board of regents and Mrs. Ellen Condon McCornack a prominent citizen of Lane county, knows perhaps more about the' Uni versity's history than any other person. These first five, perhaps - looking Into the future', started tho custom of tree planting, which last ed untld 19T0. ' Professor Cdndoh the veteran instructor in geology, conceived the Idea, and obtained the first tree, an English laurel. It Is still growing sturdily, -and . may bo seen by the stroller near the west walk leading from Doady to Vil lard hall. . The next year, In continuance ot the tradition established, the clas3 left a Japanese cedar. Although . still' alive, the tree was injured by the extreme cold weather of lust winter. .'':-' . A California Big tree coinmeinor- ates the "bijf" class of 1880, which had 20 meinberB, certainly small compared to 1925, but the largest to graduate-"'tor nearly 15; -years. The troo has' yet to grow up to. its name, but the class has made Its Influence felt throughout the entire Northwest, and was truly a "big" v class. . . S"V';' -' - ' " , A serlos oi misfortunes prevented ' the class, of 1882 from leaving a tree. Early In. the last year aMol lege, they set out a mountain hem- lock, which soon' died, and another tree was planted. This also uvea but a short 'time, and the seniors were discussing another planting when a leading member of the Class took suddenly; 111 and died. .; ; All Idea of a- tree was given lip, pro sumably oi: account of ; the triple . misfortune. :;; ' The '83 tree grew from a tiny slip taken ' fro mtho famous 61m at Washington's . tomb at Mount Vernon.'. Senator Slater, father of Woodson T. Slater, a member' ol the class, sent the, slip, which has now grown into a beautiful tree. This class was typically represen tative of Lane county, nearly every one of them being well-known here. A. C. Woodcock, a prominent law yer 0f Eugene, and one of Oregon's ardent, supporters, was graduated In '83. , .. The graduates of '85 were the last ones to receive their diplomas In Deady hall. Their tree is just west of the California Big tree Of '80, beside the roadway, In 188ff, like the growth of the. trees,, came, the realization of a v, greater. University, with .:. branches extending In all directions., ,; VU)ard ball was completed lp juat year,,. and . ' '.v.thV'M- 7 the class loft it fir "as-their contri bution. ', . From then on until 1900 most of tho classes leaving Oregon - each planted their tree to add to the beauty ot our campus. These ar boreal wltrioHses of, their loyalty Btlll remain, long after tho classos have gone, as a constant reminder to us of tho trust .handed down by each succeeding class to the one following after It. , ,' . TRAINING FOR CAMPING It is too bad there is not soma, way to trulh the city dweller in the rules of the outdoor andthe camp fire, just as ho must, for the safety of life and property, learn .tho, traf fic and sanitation laws of the city. He should know that it is- wrong and Intolerable to throw down the lighted .watch or cigarette in the orost, just as well. as he knows he must not throw '.tin cans and old. clothing Into the Btreets at home. He should Jearn the etiquette of the forest just lis he does the drawing-room.' The 'smoker would not throw hla match or cigarette stump or empty his pipe on his host's rug or table, cover, tout, without giving it although, (the same smoker will toss a burning match. or ashes on the loor of his ; host the- forest where it threatens property worth millions "and even human lives. '.' ; The Clarke-Mcjfary Forestery .Act passed toy congress last June, mark3 an epoch in America's forestry hiB tory, This law; if. taken full advan tage ot by States and private forest landowners, will. -Bp far in establish ing a sound Forestry .Policy 'for the United States. Briefly,"; the Clarke McNary act recognlzos the ' need for forestry In ' everyday land use and offers aid to private tlmbor grow ing. Its. Immeiate aim is to estab lish, a National Forestry Policy for the United States and to increase the . rate of timber production on all land suited to this form of use. This country Is using up Its tim ber four times as fast as It, Is grow- g. "This rato" of drain is hoC likely to decrease. In fact, econontlc stu- npdles point to the conclusion that, although our er capita consumption is declining, our wooa requirements will increase from year to yera with the Increase In population. " DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES Here Is what ta few worest fires have done in the past. In 1871 the t'eshtigo- fire In Wisconsin burned 1,200,000 acres of timber and cost 1,500 lives. In 1881 another fire In Michigan burned .1,000,000 acres and cost 133 lives. In the spring of 1894 the Phillips, Wisconsin, fife burned to death over 300 human beings. , In , the fall of the same year in Minnesota, file ran over millions of acres In that State and In Wisconsin, devastated the towns o Hinckley, SandBtone, Barronnett, Perley, Claytoni Shell Lake, Cum berland, and Granite Lake, and kill ed over 400 people. In 1918 tine terrible Cloquet, Minnesota, fire turned $30,000,000. worth of timber and property Into ashes and cost over 400 lives. la 1922 millions of dollars worth of privately.owned timber, and lo'ggln equipment were destroyed in Washington and Idaho, In 7 924 many sections of the Pacific Coast, notably, ' California, exper ienced Unusually severe fires. ' In California alone about 600,000 acres were swept by flames. The money loss in timber, recreation, and wat ershed protection ran Into many mil lions of dollars; ' '-. , it Is estimated vthat the annual loss from forest fires in the Unit ed igtates -amounts to a half billion dollars. That 1b a startling state ment, and yet we have an -idea that out of each 100 people who read it 88 will pass It by with hardly seoond thought. N Therein lies the reason why bur annual forest fire losses ,are so vast. The same Spirit of carelessness that leads us to read with hardly sec ond thought of an annual loss ot wealth running up to half a billion dollars causes us to flick away a cigarette bitt that drops In " dry leaves or moss and starts a confl agration. The heedlessness with which we pass over a waste so stu pendous is responsible for our leav ing camp fires that are later fan ned 'Into flame and spread through tho woods. I It Is largely because of human carelessness that fires take annually a toll of the foresee that Is greater than the cut of the sawmills. . - , - This carelessness Is a heritage ot polneer days. Then trees . were worthless --worse than worthless for It cos; money a'nd effort to got them 6ff the ground. We havn naver lost entirely this viewpoint of the early settler, and so an annual forest fire loss ot half a billion dol lars leaves us cold. ' , A man is "bound -to make a fool of hlmBelf whether he talks or holds his pence. ' The best way Is to look Intelligent, and nod or shako one's it' 1 In V. nr i hm . MmmiH . ' wwsffl wwuirBi. MMaiiiaMiwian wtM. I' II IMPPP1 114 J I V IlOiEair, Did any one ever take time off to tell you that twice as much local news is served you every afternoon by the HERALD than through any other medium at your disposal? .'' .','':. '.-r---v'- ""it ' "'; '- ..''.' : i '''''.! ', .K . - v'';.-Ji Do you know that the advertising columns of the HERALD form a buyers guide that includes every thing appearing in any other publication and 125 more besides? You get your own newspaper every week, a paper that is filled with news of the camps and mills. It tells what your bunk-mate is doing and what the men in the other camps are doing. So that you won't miss a single installment of Paul Bunyan's adventures in the Oregon' woods. Minni I ht t. 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