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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1954)
PAGE EIGHT HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. 0KE60N WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1931,- -1 f J fY7i n if f Vi r T T .' 1 T TT Y- J-1 rTC KSWEICOM.ES YOU TO . J' iJPOE VALLEY7 i'4 It , 7 4-H CLUB AGENT FRANCIS SKINNER, inspect! sign placed at the end of the bridge near Olene. The sign was a project of the Poe Valley Sewing Teens, consisting of eight members and their leader, Mrs. William Tubach. i Lumber Producers Betting On Continued New Building By BAM DAWSON PORTLAND, Ore. Ml The raw materials or America's homes ire coming from the Paclflo North, west's forests at a slower rate to ' day than last year. But lumber mill spokesmen say they are still betting on at least a million new houses rising this year almost as many as Inst. , The plywood Industry, moreover, is going the lumbermen one bet ter. Despite declining shipments, It goes on producing at or near capacity, confident that demand from builders will catch up In com ing weeks. Lumber prices, shipments and orders, however, at present are all running below this time last year. And numerous small margin al mills nnd logging operations dropped below the break-even point. The large concerns are betting on a spring pickup in construction to Justify their hopes that total production this Vear will finally come within 6 per cent of lMS's fat output. FEBRUARY BUILDING They point to an unusually good February home-building perform ance as one sign, and as another to the fact that In recent weeks orders have topped winter-retard ed output. Prices of lumber and plywood, now down by 10 to 20 per cent lrom Korean War highs, are ex pected to fluctuate with the ups and downs of the construction In dustry. And with some types of timber used by home builders, prices may react to Canadian lumber exports lcan forest products. 60 far this year American ship ments of Douglas fir to Australia and Eouth Africa have been top " ping those from British Columbia with the rise of Uis value of the Canadian dollar in foreign ex change said to be giving the Amer leans a price advantage. But last year Canada lost part of Its English market when the United Kingdom bought lumber from Scandinavia and Russia. The Canadians then sold part of their output in the Eastern u. 8. mar ket weakening prices for Amer Icen lumber, Industry spokesmen here say, MARGINAL MILLS There are other problems bother Ina the Northwest's No. 1 Industry, Booming postwar building brought many marginal mills into opera' tlon for a quick harvest ol dot lars. When production outran de mand and prices cracked, these mills folded and brought spot de pression to some small commu Cities. In some lnstnnces the easily available timber has been cut, anil costs mount as the lumbermen go laruier anold, A threatened strike could affect the production picture. The CIO Woodworkers' Union, representing some 50,000 workers In sawmills and logging camps, has set May 3 as the date for an Industry-wide strike unless Its demands for wage Increases and other benefits are met, But those who still lumber see their best chance of finding a mil, lion-home market for their prod' net to lie In possible congresslonn action to ease mortgage financing terms still more. PROMOTIONAL PLAN'S Competition from other building materials is growing. The lumber' men are fighting back with pro motional campaigns to Induce more use of their product and with efforts to get building codes re vised. The mills are following in the footsteps of the meat packers who learned to use every part of their animals "but the squeal." Mills have learned to cut more usable lumber out of a log, to sell cer tain types of their output to ply wood makers, to get the bark chips and branches to the pulp nulls, to turn the sawdust Into sal' able products. Waste Is too ex pensive for modern day lumber ing. The Northwest's lumber falls Into two classes, each with Its special problems and uses. The West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. repre sents the Douglas fir Industry which flourishes from the Pacific Coast to the western side of the Cascade Mountains, the great rain belt of the Northwest. Association spokesmen say they are "conserv atively optimistic" for 1954. The Western Pine Assn. repre sents lumbermen in the 12 Western slates where the pondcrosa pine grows in the drier regions from the enstem slopes of the Cascades on east through the Rocky Moun tains. The association looks for a slight drop in home building from tho 1953 level, and a consequent live per cent decline In lumber production. Rescue Crew Saves Small Boy AUBURN, Maine tfl Gary Gor ten, a 14-yenr-old Boy Scout, tum bled from a 40-foot mill dam into rain-swollen Little Androscoggin River. Swept downstream, he clung to a clump of trees for more than an hour before being rescued. A fireman and policeman failed in efforts to reach him. Then Scout master Bernard Helwlg Jr. and an other fireman, Thomas Giberti, crawled out on a ladder and threw a line. Hauled to shore, the boy was treated for shock and bruises at Lcwiston Hospital. 8UD1.ERSVILLE, Md. IM Joe George drew a unanimous 63 votes cast In the city election to success fully gain his 36th term as presi dent ol sudlcrsviue a tnrce-man town board. Dr. R. T. Lindley OPTOMETRIST 510 Mcd.-Dent. Bldg. Ph. 4215 iy Exomlnotion Viiuol Trolnlnfl VETERAN Oregon Hunter On Records Roster One of the trophy heads regis tered last year in Oregon has re ceived recognition from the Boone and Crockett club according to news received by the Oregon State Game Commission. - On April 8, Mr. Bernard Denn of Portland received a bronze plaque from the club noting that the blacktall deer he had registered was the third largest recorded for 1953. The prize animal was taken near Gold Mountain Lookout in Douglas county In 1934. At present, the head Is on display in the American Museum of Natur al History. HONIYMOONIRf WILCOMII Com In and let us whtn you arrive SEASIDE Fill IftOMIT CMMM Of COMMRCK, SotI. OrM X 2 BEAM BOURBON m FIFTH it fntl M Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky JAMC . REAM DISTILLING CO., CLERMONT, KENTUCKY Steelhead Release Set For Sandy The Sandy river steelhead fish ery, due to receive a substantial bot next year when the game commission plans to release year ling steelhead In the river, already shows evidence of being on the up swing. Numerous angler reports this winter testify to a great Im provement In steelhead angling suc cess on the river. To get an Idea of the magnitude of the run the game commission Installed a trap in the ladder at the Marmot dam this winter. Fol lowing a warm rain on April 2, which brought about a temperature rise in the stream, steelhead start ed over the dam In earnest. On April 3 and 4, more than 750 steel head passed over the dam on their way to spawning grounds In the upper river. It Is known that many steelhead spawn below Marmot dam as well. Since Installation of I the trap more than 1,600 steelhead have been counted past the dam. I ,; The power diversion of the Port i Innd General Electric Company at the Marmot dam was screened la the spring of 1951 prohibiting down stream migrant young and adult fish from entering the diversion and winding up in Roslyn lake, a dead-end trip. It may be too early tn predict the contribution of the screen to the Improved steelhead fishery this yar. but It Is a logical assumption thai Ihe greater escape ment of fish downstream because of the screen has brought about an Increased return this year. Although there are other various problems related to fish migration that must be solved on the Sandy river system, including Improved passage for migratory fish at low water periods and correction of conditions on the Bull Bun river, It can be expected that the Sandy will become one of the more popular steelhead streams In the state in future years. 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Dien Bien Phu, once not even a spot on the map of northwest Indochina, suddenly became one of the best Known names. Whtn the Vletminh Communists decided to attack March 13, they brought home to the non-Communist world, with dramatic Impact, the gravity of the situation in Southeast Asia. It was to be a major military political battle of the seven-year-old war. Tlie Communists desper ately wanted to inflict a crushing blow. The French equally needed a victory if the political line were to be held. But tlie French were . In an unenviable position. They could lose the battle but it was difficult to see how they' could win a clear-cut decision, since t'.iey were holed up and immobile be hind fortifications 480 miles from the nearest French base. They might Intllct frightful casualties on the enemy as long as he attacked en masse, but he remained there continuing the siege, "We must win this one," said Gen. Rene Cogny, French com mander in north Indochina. He seemed to consider the battle would be won if the all-out attack were repulsed. The monsoon rains were due soon, to bog down mili tary operations. That would hurt Vletminh supply, lines, but it also would hinder the French air force's job of supplying and reinforcing their fortress. So badly, did the Communists want it that Russian-made Molo toy trucks brought in a steady stream of heavy weapons and mu nitions and possibly as many us 6,000 Chinese advisers and tech nicians were overseeing the Viet mlnh's transition from jungle war fare to mass attack, If the troops of Communist Ro Chi Mlnh sought military victory alone, the price would be too great. Wiping out the fortress and Its defenders would be a great mili tary victory hut the Communists are not exclusively concerned with that. The Vletminh already has suf fered thousands of casualties in the spectacular gamble. Why? Capitalizing on Paris' weariness and Impatience with the war, tne Communists hoped to convince France that iier position In Indo china was hopeless. The Commu nists hoped to cause the fall of tlie French government, to be suc ceeded by one eager to negotiate with Ho and get out of Indochina. The Communists also expected to make the voice of Ho heard at the Geneva conference opening Monday. ' The prize sought was a nego tiated agreement which would leave the Vletminh, strongest po litical force in the country, ready to step Into the vacuum If and when the French withdrew their troops. The effect of that on all Southeast Asia would be enorm ous. The how and why of Dien Bien Phu is confusing to many. Why did Gen. Henri Navarre, Aencn commander in chief, choose such a spot to make a fateful stand? It Is a plain of red dust In a swelt ering valley surrounded by com manding hills which permit fire to be poured down upon It. Tho de fenders have no rear the nearest French toics are 180 miles east. There is no place to fall back. It vas a matter of stand or be mas sacred. - , The best explanation I could get: Bien Bien Phu had been a clust er of mud and straw huts perched and poles. Last fall the French cleared away the villagers, cut down the trees and began build ing fortifications. The reason was that the French were developing among the friendly, anti-Communist Thai tribesmen a type of war fare waged by the Maquis (guer rillas) In France in World War II. The Vletminh sent Its 316th Div ision to clean out the Thais, The French flew more troops to Dien Bien Phu to protect guerrilla ac tivities. The French kept reinforc ing Dien Bien Phu, building strong points and setting up seas of barbed wire barricades, until by Jan. 1 It was a formidable com plex 8 by 4 miles, encircled by thickly forested hills. The entrance was protected by eight hill strong points. 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