Oregon's Economy 'Stands On Wooden Legs'
The fiber which is the eco
nomic backbone of Oregon will
be feted during National Forest
Products Week, Oct. 20-26, say
the Oregon Committee of Amer
, ican Forest Products Industries,
Inc.
Today there are some ten
thousand products made of the
substance commonly called
".wood." The manufacturing of
these products now account for
some 50 per cent of the jobs and
54 per cent of the payroll of
Oregon's manufacturing indus
try. Oregon's economy literally
stands on wooden legs!
Since the early pioneer days
of the Oregon Territory, wood
and wood products have served
GARDEN SITTING ROOM This charming structure converts to an outdoor sitting
'room. Privacy wall at back defines property line. Roof, with light-reflecting fiberglass
Jtop, keeps area cool in the summer. Roof framing and wall are Douglas fir lumbar.
Landscape architect: Lawrence D. Underbill, Beaverton.
NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS
WEEK Oct. 20-26.
IT'S GREAT TO BE PART
OF KLAMATH'S GREAT
EST INDUSTRY.
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NATIONAL FOREST
PRODUCTS WEEK
OCT. 20 . 26
as major actors in the devel
opment and growth of the state.
However, the scene is an ever
changing one as science and
technology find new keys to
uses of the magic fibers which
come from our surrounding for
ests. In this day of space explora
tion, wood is finding its way
into the nosecones of missiles.
As our figures grow around the
waist and the scales read high
er, men and women add to the
consumption of wood by reach
ing for their reducing pills.
Wood pulp is a basic ingredient
of several popular reducing
pills. The loss of appetite is
brought about by the expansion
of the pulp in your stomach.
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Mi-lady's fineries are often
found to be wood as woodjulp
is dissolved and scientifically
spun into rayon.
Newspapers are obvious wood
products in their familiar form.
However, less obvious are ciga
rette filters and cellophane
wrappers. Another even more
obscure use of the magic fiber
is its transformation into plas
tics. Why, did you ever realize
that wood by-products are ba
sic components of the plastic in
your telephone?
Wood products and by-products
are found all around us to
day. Quite often the presence of
wood is not recognizable, but it
is generally there. As men
tioned above, plastics have
PIN A ROSE
ON AN INDUSTRY?
Frankly, wa don't go for a lot of bragging and self pro in,
but when It comoi to the lumber induitry we're proud to tell
the world It's great.
The Induitry It great, whether you figure It in lentiment or
in doll or and conti. Our onnual payroll it more than A of
a million dollars, and when you odd up all 3,000 jobi in
the Industry In tho Klamath Basin you've got something
worth bragging about.
MANUFACTURER OF PONDEROSA
PINE, WHITE & DOUGLAS FIR
"WOOD WORKS WONDERS"
Thomas Lumber Co.
4013 Lokeport Blvd.
KLAMATH LUMBER
3300 MEMORIAL DRIVE ON
"WOOD
KLAMATH LUMBER
& BOX CO., INC.
3S00 MEMORIAL DR.
wood in them so do such items
as lacquers, photographic film
and disinfectants.
For that matter, wood produc
es acetic acid which goes into
perfumes: baking yeast used by
the baking industry; butadi
ene which is used in synthetic
tires; carbonic acid used in in
dustrial chemicals; ethyl alco
hol used in solvents; cattle feed
and chicken feed; glycerine used
in medicines and industrial che
micals; sugars used in stock
feed and ethanol The list of
products made from wood and
wood distillation and hydrolysis
is endless and these mentioned
here are but a very few.
The committee points out that
wood is making our life more
comfortable, is helping stretch
our buying power and helping
raise our standards of living.
Pre-Cuts
Increasing
A relatively new aspect of the
home construction industry is
the increased use of pre-cut
housing, component parts and
component panels. There are
many reasons for the emer
gence of this pre-cut business
which has grown steadily since
the end of World War II.
Over 10 per cent of the new
homes built today are made in
factories. A minimum of con
struction time, a reduction of
on site labor costs, and the eli
mination of waste all contribute
to the attractiveness to the
home buyer.
The increased use of packag
ing in all industries is also tak
ing a hold in the forest prod
ucts industries, especially
among the pre - cut material
manufacturers.
Component parts are cut to
exact sizes, packaged, stamped
and numbered for a maximum
of convenience in assembly on
the job site.
& BOX CO., INC.
THE KLAMATH RIVER
WORKS WONDERS"
PAGE C
HERALD AND
DECK MAKES CHARMING ENTRANCE YARD The right approach to your home
might be a wood deck like this, which levels grade between street and front door.
Handsome entrance deck of weathered 2x6 Douglas fir boards is also a perfect lounge
spot. Tall privacy windscreens are tongue-and-groove cedar siding in 2x4 frame. Home
owner: H. C. Nachand, Portland. Architect: Burton J. Goodrich, AIA, Portland.
Douglas Fir
Production
Shows Gain
PORTLAND (Special) - Busy
sawmills of the Douglas fir re
gion have almost caught up
with last year's production, turn
ing out 41 per cent more lum
ber in September than in strike
hampered July. And orders last
month were third highest for
the year.
These are highlights of the
September summary issued by
the West Coast Lumbermen's
Association, which also offers
these comparisons:
Production, at 6.007.658.000
board feet just 41,0OO,0O behind
last year, but 3.2 per cent off
the past live-year average; or
ders, down 3.7 per cent from
last year, but above this year's
output by a slim 22,644,000 feet
and up last month by 22 per
cent over August.
Cargo shipments to the Atlan
tic and Gulf coasts are down
another 15 per cent this year
from last, to a total through
September of 586,095.000 feet, a
further measure of gains being
enlarged by Canadian imports.
Water shipments to California
at the same time rose 17.4 per
cent, indicating continued vigor
in construction. Export busi
ness is up this year by 22 per
cent, while local sales arc down
14 per cent.
The weekly average of West
Coast lumber production in Sep
tember was lfifi.717,000 b.f. or
104.8 per cent of the 1958-62 av
erage. Orders averaged 171.219.
000 b.f.: shipments 161.259.000
b.f.; weekly averages for Aug
ust were production 157,219.000
b ( , 98.8 per cent of the 1958-62
average: orders 140.364.000 b.f.;
shipments 156.492.000 b.f.
TU 4-7788
NEWS, Klamath Falls. Oregon
, . . ,
Architects Offer Decks
As Exciting Design Idea
One of the most exciting ideas
to come recently from an archi
tect's drawing board is the use
of a wood deck as an entrance
yard.
Sound kookie? Perhaps, at
first thought. But it does make
an excellent transition zone be
tween the exterior and interior
of the home, fn addition, a wood
entrance deck is a fine solution
for the home sited on the down
side of a steep hill or in such a
manner that back and side
yards offer no living space. In
this case, the entrance yard can
double as a lounge area.
Using a deck aan entrance
yard offers no constructon prob
lems. The deck is built at the
level of interior floors, or one
step below, if desired. The
structural system is the same
for this oversize deck as for one
of more usual proportions. For
such a large area, however, wid
er boards arc preferable (or ap
pearance, and Douglas fir 2x8s
are generally specified. Spacing
for rain runoff between deck
boards should be the minimum
eighth inch to permit high
heeled ladies to walk with case
and safety.
A decked entrance yard will
be heavily traveled, so mainte
nance is a factor to keep in
mind. Generally, it's best not to
Throughout
A
Sunday, October 20, 1M3
paint or stain the deck because
of heavy foot wear. The better
solution would be to allow the
decking to weather naturally
and acquire the soft silver pati
na of time and tempest. One
season will see the process well
under way, and each successive
year will add rich beauty to the
wood.
For the sake of eye interest
as well as privacy from the
street, it's smart to convert
the entrance 'deck to a court
yard with perimeter walls.
KLAMATH
616 Spring
the nation this week emphasis is being
Truly, "Wood Works Wonders." Products which
from lumber to clothing; from poper to plastics. And more are being developed
through research.
In Klamath Falls Weyerhaeuser manufactures wonderful wood products: lumber,
hardboard, Pres.to-logs and cut stock for other manufacturers to use.
Wood works wonders every week!
Weyerhaeuser Company
Bousquet Will Preside
At Logging Conference
Plans and program for the
15th annual Sierra-Cascade Log
ging Conference to be held Feb.
13-15, 1964, at the California
State Fairgrounds, Sacramento,
were announced by Vince Bous
quet of Weyerhaeuser Company,
Klamath Falls, conference presi
dent. The conference, which each
each year draws a thousand or
more loggers and associates
from California and Southern
Oregon, will present a new slant
onproblems of the timber indus
try. The program theme, "If I
Had Jly Way . . .," will give
spokesmen for industry, state
and forest service the chance to
tell how they would run the oth
ers' business.
The sessions, under direction
of Kay Crane of Crane Mills,
Corning, Calif., program chair
man, will concentrate on select
ed topics of current importance
to the industry log handling at
the dry pond, high lead logging
in the pine area, and logging
road construction. The subjects
will be given thorough treatment
in depth, with illustrated re
ports, panel discussion and open
discussion.
On Thursday morning, Feb.
13, the logging conference will
()c opened with a major keynote
address by a nationally prom
inent figure, who, Bousquet
says, js to be announced soon.
A major attraction, featured
throughout the three-day con
clave, will be the Sierra - Cas
cade Logging Equipment Show,
an extensive display of the ma
chinery used by the industry.
A complete complement of
trucks, tractors, rubber - tired
logging machinery and all the
latest equipment is planned. Di
recting this feature is Robert
Jensen of Fred E. Barnett Com
pany. Sacramento. Jensen says
he expects this 1964 machinery
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ORDER YOUR STORM SASH NOW AND ENJOY A
WARM COMFORTABLE HOME THIS WINTER.
LET US MEASURE YOUR WINDOWS AND GIVE
YfMI AM FCTIMATF
CACH niPPFn IN T 1X If- REPELLAKIT TO INSURE
YEARS OF SERVICE.
MILLWORK
placed on forest products.
come from treei are fcqion
show to be one of the biggest
the conference has ever offered.
The state fairgrounds will be
the site for both conference ses
sions and the logging equipment
show. All but the biggest ma
chinery w ill be under one roof,
and all will be close by the con
ference hall. Headquarters for
the logging conference is to be
the Hotel El Dorado, East High
way 40, Sacramento.
In addition to the major ad- '
dress on the opening day, Feb.
13, an afternoon program, under
direction of Roy Berridge of
Diamond - National Corporation,
Red Bluff, Calif., will present
a panel reporting on "High
Lead Logging in the Pine Area."
The following morning, Friday,
H. F. Anderes of Sequoia For
est Industries, Dinuba, will con
duct a discussion on "Logging
Road Construction." Tliat after- '
noon, the topic will be "Log
Handling at Mill and Dry Pond,"
by Dixon Sandberg and Harold 1
Bowman of Kimberly Clark Cor
poration, Anderson, Calif.
Otheprogram participants for
the Siena - Cascade Logging
Conference sessions include
Gene Pickett, Wolf Creek Log
ging Company, Areata; Robert
Kline, Kline Contractors Inc.,
Medford, Ore.; John Dozier,
American Forest Products Cor
poration, and Ed Norby, Norby
Logging Company, Northfork,
Calif.; Dick Pland, Pickering .
Lumber Corporation, Standard,
Calif.; and George Grogan, Stale
Division of Forestry, Redding,
Calif.
Lowell Jones of Lowell Jones
Logging Company, Klamath
Falls, is a conference director.
Another local man, L. D. Ste
phens, retired Weyerhaeuser
logging manager, is a past pres
ident of the conference.
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Phone TU 4-6671