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Wolncgdny, October 7, 15)25
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Shevlih-Hixon Company
Tries Out New Method Of
Re-foresting Burned Areas
PORTLAND.-- That substantial progniB l being made
by the Shovlin-I-Iixoii company in its fire protection and
reforestation program at Bend, Ore., is reported by Wil
liam L. Hull, of Chicago, after an inspection of the com
pany's lands. Mr. Hall is head of Hall, Kellogg & Co.,
consulting foresters for a number of southern and west
em pint! companies.
Until three years ago the tfhevlin-Hixon company, in
compliance with the Oregon requirement, burned its
slashings. The company became, convinced that unnec
essary damage was being done to soil and young
growth by this practice, so sought and obtained consent
of state authorities to try out other methods of brush
dispostl. It then began', through its logging depart
mvnt and its foresters, a systematic study of the brush
problem and fire, control. As a result of these studies,
ne company decided upon two guiding prindplee, which
have been steadily followed. First, the dividing of
lash areas into relatively small parts by protecting burn
ed strips; and second, the building up within the or
ganization of a spirit of resistance to fires, including al
ertness in fire detection and preparedness in the effective
dealing with such fires as do start.
In carrying out the plan of hum- y-v TiUM DIMlUjtM iw
IDX urc.to. tiv., atrlpa Il wna at r,r"1 1 KvliiK excellent rOMlUg Com Ibis
thought II might o MgWjlH io ; uf vjuW Tliey dealroy a.
burn U modi M P-r cent of tho mll)lulum 1)f youo ,,, while their
CUt-OVcr area, Kspcrlenee linn uh'iwn . .l,,
tllat It In not iiueeanry to burn oyer
10 pur .nut. mill It In belfavod moth
odn 00 It lie no perfected l tint nol
oynr G per cent need In' burned.
Kortunatoly, t ho Uri'Ron provision
tins been changed no aa In allow
other methiidn thmi hrondenni 6uTB"
I nr. Thin In n IMP In advance.
All protective hurnInK and ull or
ganliatlon for fire fighting In aim
ed nt the accidental fir.' which
within ii tow hourn HI) sweep over
grenl nr.'im tin. I do nlinont un
luoanurnbhi ""f The ...mpuiiy
In.', niedu grout headway against
audi flroa. In fart, audi progress
ban lie. in made to justify i ic
degree nt confidence thnt fires can
be controlled without grout loMos
ai to nri-n burned nn.l without ci
ii' expenditures either in tirunh
dltposnl or fir.. fighting.
' V.'iir after yeltr It shows up more
plainly Hint any flm In th pUio
woods .if f'nntru! Oregon dooahenvy
nnd long-rniilluued damage Knr thin
rnanou it la the company'! ulm to
reduce tlir area burned to the low.
out practicable figure.
Th I'ompnny has nuvor tindortnk
t3' to Ion v., minuting any merehnnl-
nlilo trees. n It ill, I not consider
It ltkly thai tliu Innilii would dtiOn
ba out nvor Main. During Hi" in'rlod
when thn moth. id of brondcasl burn
log wnn followed, nonrly nil tin
viiiimt troon midor merchantable alto
wore consumed. Only here unit thorv
a iM"1' onoapod. With tho dOYOlOP
ntnnt of ftro protootlou plniin th
ofllnptny vory uuluriilly hun (ul
vnncd to ii now point of vlow nn
reipctH younx trooB. Tho forontem
Im v.- polntod out Hint tho l&ndn
carry an oxoollont iitork of younx
xrowth. Somo of It Is vnry nmnll
nnd tptllo In nonrly niori'linntiibto.
Thin younx xrowth tho IokkIuk do
parlnicnt In now vory innlounly
work in to lonvu uninjured In tho
lo(Rlnx nporntlnnii, nnd It In no
aulrlnx mtinh nklll In thin dlroctlon:
It ran nnfoly bo ulumod thnt nil
unburnod nron will (how thomaclvM
fully not with troon within flTfl
yearn nftor loxxlnx .nnd mont nrens
are fully i't' iM"t iui loxglng opfTMi
Mono leave the xround.
All thin young ntock boxlna to
grow within two or tbron yiar nf-
tot logging. Tho rulo of growth hn.
Iieon n contlnunl'HurprtMiVWo notod
thin yoar. nald Mr. Ilnll. napllng
plnen thnt had mndn r,r Inohon 6t
liitat growth In throe yonrn.
fOlind young troon nhowlng gopd-
nUnd logn on lnniln loggoil ovor
Iokii thnn ton yonrn nxo. TIiobo troon
woro eight to 12 Inchoa In dlnmotov
at tho tltno of logging and because
of tholr nntnll bUiv woro loft ntnhil
IbK and tortunatoly hnil not hurried,
Slnco logging Hioy ahow growth
rlngn from ono-tontli lo otte-abtth
Inch wldo. tIioho woro mil avetagu
NpoelmniiN. Thoy won, among th
boat. Thoy havo raautteU, howevdr,
morely by chappu. Wo bollovo with
woll-dlrocloil ufforta much more
gfOwO( ot th In oxgi'llonl iipariio.tor
can ho nhtnlnod.
It hAgjbjron thn opinion tliw,tuoo
growth m tho plno rogloun of Ore
gon la no alow thnt It la a factor
ot no Importance to tho lumhmmnn.
Thnt vlow appoarn to. bo inuorroct.
On tho contrary, it npponrn to ho
trtlo that growth ponalbllirlea nro n
factor of attch Importnnco that tho
l ii in In mini can woll afford to .Jayo
It Into account. And oupoclitTly li
thla trllO for companion linvlng largo
holdlnga and oxpootlng lo Operate
during a considerable period of lime.
Thn Bhovlln-HIJton company hnn
done much oxporlnionlthR with log
ging tpachlnftry and u hun carofully
Htudied tho riffoctn of different typti
ot machlncn In damage to young
treea. At' proatnt it In uaing In
pan of ItH logging Huvonil lionvy
i.ntorplllririi for convoying los to
I, prill 111 lUUdnH," ,. ........ H
! briinh
areas and tlitB makes fire
! control onnlor.
I All tlmne fuctora aro toudiiiK to
! oinpbaalao tho denlrablllly "f tuklug
i udvnutug". no fur nn pimnlblo, of the
i growth poBHlbllllhin of the lundH.
i How thin cnu bo dono iu a prui lli-iil
i wuy Ih ii iiuvntlon of liupurtanco to
plnu uporelora of Orogon Juat us
!t In olacwhere.
And Now Here Is
Genuine Letter of
Recommendation
Mr'. Joe t'lunk. Conoral Unlivery.
Herring, fda'. Hour Mir: Although
w irbre for t moment sVmehnt
tnltou "ntmilt by your jnonumontnl
gall In writing im for h WRof pt
r.'iiimiiioii.liitlon. novortholi'HH wi ar
noililiik- if not accomodating nnd
..nt'tnIM h.-v wlib a loltor which
cnnfnlly i"tn forth hoiuo of th
many things yon did for nnd to u:
while' I" our employ.
TO WHOM IT COULD PO88MLY.
CONCKHN: Joe flunk, who said no
wan a mill foreman and ntlll mny
rntike nuch' .-lalniwaa employed by
us Tor a period 'of fouV hectic weeks
one week ot Jfhich he "ill" foi
lowlna ii fourth of July .'. l.-lirution
nt' hid 'homo, nn.i t'hroo weeltijot
which he put In somewbero in OjUr
snwinlll, OMoUy whom wo havo not
hoan nhlo to naeartuin nor do M
earo n lliikor durin to poBaoao audi
knowledge.
Tho first dny of Mr. Clunk'B ser
vice at our plant was ivxcollont, ho
bolng content with chewing cigar
clippings nud obaervlug the general
operation of the milt, but In no
way endeavoring to IntortOW with
prod net I on.
On siihsofliiont dnya. howovor. ho:
1 Inatructed anwyer to cut nil canta
poaalble, deaplle tho fact that there
la no gnng nnw nt our plaut. J iiaa
crap with belt chnsor. 3 Trlod
to bully nculor into loworlng log
deck acalo. 1 Got drunk. 5 In
an; nttempt to roadlUat action of
log haul "fixed" It ao It tnrew ursi
log clear paot head works and
plumb into odger. making odger into
moas of Junk and causing ontlro
mill shutdown ot three duys whilo
repnlrs were mude.
These, aa we now painfully recol
lect them, are a fow of the high
spots of Mr. Clunk's aervlco with v
Should nnyohh doslro any further
nnd posnllily moro specific details,
nnd will tnko the trouble to enclose
stamped, seir-addressed envelope, we
Bhall choortully furnish InfO.mutlon
that will make any mill operator's
hair Btaftd directly on end. As for
ourselves, wo. haven't tiny hair left.
ns most of what wo did have name
out during tho Tour weeks Mr. Clunk
wan bore Vimrx for hemlock
flltnhoH. H0KU8 H WATTS I.UM
BBR CO., Inc. -Holbrook In tbu II.
BttllOtln.
Ktrf A. CliOSHD INIlKr'lNlTllI'V
cuiatti.io. The South ScnttlC
Mill rompnuy. altUatOd on Went
Marelnnl Wuy hero, closed down
Weil'nemlny nnd hM rOlonaed nil Ot
r. ,,iov,.i 7f, In number. Tho
plnnt will be closed for "nn indell
nita Derlod, aocordlng to tho man
,,i. Most of the employes
EftVO been blo to find employment
at other plnnta.
It.Altlt t'AMI' Tt OI'KN
KBLBD, Wash. -The It. II. Itarr
t.nu1n nonindny, wlilch has been
closed since June Imcausu of the
fire hnrnrd. will commence logging
operations at Its camp on Mulhol
land crook ft tributary of the Cowoe-
roAn river, njCDOIding to U, ll. llavr
hodd of tho company.
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