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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1947)
USDA Council Tours Basin Timber Area On First Of Informational Trips . By JOY BIGGS Put and present timber cutting policies were explained Wednesday by John Sarginaon, district ranger for Rogue River national lorest. on the first field trip of the USDA council. A group of six men took the all day trip up Into the majestic timber country, observing the various meth ods of cutting out timber for the mills. The weatherman obliged with perfect day for the outing. The tour stopped first at the Geary ranch on Lakeshore road, where branding operations were In progress and continued on through f)rivate lands showing results of old ogglng operations, through U. S. forest lands comparing former for estry policies, and on to the Finney logging sale at Point Comfort on Up per Klamath lake where present methods are In operation. The tour was briefed through stands of Umber showing cutting of various types, some approved and some frowned on by the forest serv ice. Lunch was served at the Pell can guard station. The USDA council Is made up of group of representative heads of organizations and units of the U. S. department of the interior having a common Interest. Included are the federal land bank, Klamath Forest Protective association. Klamath Pro duction Credit association. Triple A office, forestry, soil conservation, farm home administration and the county agent's office. The council has been conducting monthly meetings with the object of coordinating the work of the many units, each with the same aim that of promoting the best service to the most people for the greatest length of time. This year It was decided that greater benefit could be gained from DanceProgram Draws Crowd An excellent attendance was re ported at the recital In Klamath Union high school auditorium Wednesday night when students of the Eve Benson studio presented a Program with proceeds going to the 'een-Age canteen. More than $100 was realized from the event The Junior council of the T een Age club expressed appreciation to Mrs. Benson today and also thanked George Conner for the use of his sound truck during the day Wednesday. In addition to the dance numbers. Mariann Sexton accompanied by Mrs. Don J. Zumwalt, sang a group of numbers, and Ernest Armstrong presented a group of piano solos. He accompanied two of the dance numbers and others were accom panied by Mrs. Meade, studio pian ist. An especially good job was turned In by Ray Ribak, master of ceremonies. ' Powell Named Elks Manager Dewey Powell, who has returned to Klamath Falls after seven years with the army, has been named manager of the Elks' club and building, and has already assumed his duties. - Powell was secretary of the lodge when he left here for army service. That position Is now held by W. O. Houston, who will continue in that capacity, while Powell takes over the management of the club opera tion and the general physical facili ties at the .Third and Main streets temple. Classified Ads Bring Results! field trios than from local meetings and plans are considered for con ducting monthly field trips with each department of the council con ducting a trip, explaining Its parti cular set-up so that each unit might belter understand its problems and goals, with Die object of Intelligent cooperation In the future. Sarglnson and Bob Leavengood, forester In charge of Umber sales, represented the forest service con ducting Wednesday's tour. Harry Clark of the farm home admlnlstra tlon. Earl Hamaker of the federal land bank, Charles A. Henderson, county agricultural agent and Lee McMullen of KPCA were the others taking Uie tour. The Importance of selective tim ber cutting was brought home by observation of 90 per cent cut over land and lower percentage cut tings through lands where such practices have been used.' With a 90 per cent cut, Sarglnson explained, all the good merchantable timber is cut out, bringing on sud den profit and resulting In no profit from taxable lands for scores of years, while the slow process of re forestation and growth to mer chantable sixe takes place. Many private Umber companies have practiced this method of com- filete cutUng for decades, forcing a nil In the timber Industry which Is being felt now and forcing the closure of many small mills, Sar glnson pointed out. - Records show that at one time the Klamath basin was -cutting around 800 million feet of Umber per year and is now cutting only about 300 million feet, the ranger said. This is only cutting about half of what the local mills could use with present construction demands, highest in history. Mills with pri vate timber stands are contlnirliw operation, some discrimlnately and others with regard only for the cash in hand. Mills dependent upon public lands are short of enough timber to. con tinue full-time operation and some complete closures are In effect' in the Klamath basin for this reason. Many Drivate landowners do not realise they are cutting off their own futures. Sarglnson said, by sell ing bull pines to gypo operators un der the poor guise of land clearing. Such operators cut all marketable, tiees. Using such equipment as they have, rarely the most efficient, they waste a criminal amount of ood board feet by leaving three and four foot stumps. Such operations were observed on the field trip. As an example, a landowner received a few lengths of imperfectly cut Umber for construct ing a haphazard dwelling and a few dollars besides. He will have no further Income from timber during his lifetime or that of his children. He could have left the living stump age, all comparatively young stuff, in "storage" to Increase in value and still receive an income by leasing this land for grazing purposes. The present long-range view of the U. 8. forest service was Illustrated on the tour through the Finney Log ging company timber sale Involving 21 million board feet of pine and fir. Leavengood is In charge of this sale of Rogue River national forest tim ber. The daily cut is between 123. 000 and 150.000 feet. Bud Larson is woods superintendent for the Fin ney Logging company which falls, bucks and transports the timber to the Klamath basin pine mill. A 80 per cent cut Is being used on this sale, taking about 10,000 feet to , the acre and leaving an 8000-foot , stand. Each tree to be felled has; been marked by Leavengood. . : An Interesting study of the en ' tire operation from the marking through falling, bucking, scaling , and dumping in the lake at Point Comfort dock, to be rafted across the lake, was made by the group with I Sarglnson and Leavengood explain ing each operation. ' The forest service has multiple interests, Sarglnson pointed out, in- i eluding logging, grazing, water shed and protection. i Victim Lies Beneath Death Car Up Francis L. Devon, 13, Oxford. Pa., lira beside the smashed auto In which stale police said he was shot and killed near Media, Pa., possibly by a hitch-hiking robber. Two witnesses told police they saw a man, apparently the driver of the car, leap from the auto while It was still moving. The car crashed into an electric power . pole, snapping It off and tossing Devon's body out of the door. Later police arrested a man whom they said orally confessed the slaying because Devon would not give up his ear te him. Chest Heads Slate Meet Members of the board of directors of the Klamath County Community Chest were called today to a meet ing Friday with Walter L. Darling, manager of the American City bu reau, for a discussion of this year's. Chest effort. Darling's firm has managed the Lane County Community Chest campaigns, which have been report ed successful. Darling will outline the program Instituted in the neigh boring county. The meeting will be held Friday evening. Police Scjentist Leaves For Europe PULLMAN. June 12 W Prof. V. A. Leonard, head of internation ally known police science depart ment at Washington State college, was aboard the Queen Elizabeth to day en route to Europe for on-the-spot studies of policing systems In other countries. Now on a year's leave of absence, part of which Included advanced study at Ohio State university, Leonard plans to visit most major European nations before returning here September 1. Maintenance Fund For Navy Asked WASHINGTON, June 11 (API Rep. Homer Jones (K-Wati.) asked the senntv subcommittee on naval funds today to Increase appropria tions for ship maintenance In the 1H4K naval appropriations bill. Jones said the navy's bureau of ships was being penalised for being honest In Its estimate of the amount needed to carry on the ship repair work during the year begin ning July 1. Congress, he suld In his prepared statement, generally expects Uiat bureaus and departments will "pad budget estimates" In asking for ap propriations in anticipation of con gressional ruts. The bureau of ships; he said, submitted an honest esti mate of t374.ooo.noo for keeping the navv'a fleets In repair. The house cut this by t66.000.000 and Jones said it was a 17 per cent cut compared to a general cut of the navy bill by the house of U per cent. Drastic Tula He said that u ileus the amount was restored to the navy bill It would force the navy to make dras tic cuts In civilian personnel at ship renalr plantii. He said that the house cut will give the bureau only about 300. 000.000 for maintaining the active and Inactive fleet which cost the nation tl8.000.000.000. "I think any business man will agree that this Is small Indeed to keep In adequate repair and opera tion a fleet representing such a huge Investment." Jones said. Is It a hard-to-get article vou need? Advertise for It In The Her ad and News Want Ad Section. Kiwanis President Dies Today PULLMAN, June 12 fJV J. N. Emerson, Pullman, president of Ki wanis International, died this morn ing in his car while en route from Pullman to Spokane. He suffered a heart attack and Mrs. Emerson, who was driving, pulled into a service station near , Rosalia. Emerson, a successful merchant in Uils area, formerly was Washing ton state chairman of the republi- i can party. ' His body Is at Jaeger's funeral home In Rosalia and will be taken to Kimball's at Pullman where fu neral arrangements will be made. 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