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tifi t'tiMBERLOGUE
THE KLAMATH LUMBERLOGUE
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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? .'' .','':.
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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.
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