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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. 0KE60N
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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
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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.
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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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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGS
French Fight Desperately In Seven Year Asian Var
Edltor'e Note William L. Ryan
is in Singapore wilting free from
censorship after a tour of Indo
china during which he flew over
the embattled fortress of Dien
Bien Phu. This Is the third of five
articles by Ryan on Indochina.
By WILLIAM L.
AP Foreign News Analyst
SINGAPORE Wl r- For 40 ter
rible days and nights soldiers of
the French Union have been writ
ing a new page of glory with their
blood, ' Yet tno fearful battle of
Dien Bien Fhu Is more lor polit
ical objectives than military. .
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. The command post complex
was made up of underground po
sitions, well-bunkered and encir
cled with more barbed wire.
REDS JOIN
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands
i The Soviet Union joined the
U.N. Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization Wednesday.
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tore on orotscUon ot cultural
treasures in wartime..
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night and sailed from Colombo
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CHEMULT Beginning a hunt
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eggs were found with the finders
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