Easy Method Sought By
Treating 200 Million Wood Poles
A $20 billion investment in 100
million wood poles carrying tel
ephone and power transmission
lines throughout the United
States today represents a con
tinuing maintenance challenge
to -industry and wood scientists.
; Oregon State University's
Forest Research Laboratory is
now conducting a two - year
study aimed at finding easy
and economical methods of in
specting poles now in use and
treating those which are un
sound. Robert D. Graham, asso
ciate professor of wood prod
ucts is in charge.
The challenges facing indus
try and wood scientists are how
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GRACIOUS AND SPACIOUS are the words for Plan HA243P,
a split level. In the foyer the planter divider is immediately
noticed, with the rear garden viewed through the Uvingroom
windows. The large dinette Is paneled In wood and the adjoin
ing kitchen Is done in natural woods. The approach to the bed
, room level, up seven steps, Is highlighted by a plant box. The
- master bedroom has one storage wall composed entirely of
, built-in storage drawers and shelves and hanging area. The
ground level is flexible, suitable for a large family room or
for an office and waiting room for a professional man. Plan
; HAZ43P was designed by Samuel Paul, 89-30 J6J St., Jamaica,
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NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS
WEEK OCT. 20-26
LUMBER, YOUR BEST BUY"
"WOODWORKS WONDERS
"WOOD IS WONDERFUL"
They're oil slogan for the Fourth Annual National Forest Products Week, Oct.
20.26.
There'i a lot behind them hero In the Klamath Basin ... An industry employing
some 3,000 persons, paying about $15 Million annually in wages, and utilizing
an abundant local resource, some 3 million acres of timber.
Wherever we go with our products, ponderosa, sugar & Idaho Whit Pine, White
Fir and Douglas Fir, we're proud to advertise the local area with our distinctive
lumber packaging.
MORE AND MORE CARLOADS BEARING THE NAMES MODOC AND KLAM
ATH FALLS WILL BE SEEN ON THE NATION'S RAILROADS THIS YEAR.
M0D0C LUMBER COMPANY
KLAMATH FALLS
to treat poles before installa
tion in the ground for longer
life; how to determine whether
poles in use are free from de
cay; and how to extend the life
of poles that contain decay.
The average life of poles is
about 30 years. Since the re
placement cost is high, industry
has a great interest in extend
ing the useful life of each pole.
The average cost to industry
when a pole is replaced runs
from about $100 for a 40 - foot
pole to $750 for a 70-foot pole.
Occasionally, replacement costs
fur a single pole may exceed
$1,000.
The current OSU study is be-
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Inspecting,
ing financed by Oregon indus
try under a $20,000 grant. Co
operating with the Forest Re
search Laboratory are Bon
neville Power Administration,
Pacific Power and Light Com
pany, Portland General Elec
tric Company and the North
west Public Power Association.
Consumers Power Inc., Corval
lis, also has an interest in the
study.
In Oregon, there are an es
timated one million poles.
Most poles in the Pacific North
west are made from western
red cedar and Douglas fir.
Studies of these poles in use
have shown little deterioration
of the preservative-treated zone
in these species.
Wood scientists at OSU have
been working to identify the de
cay fungi which destroy poles.
Fungi lack the ability to man
ufacture their own food. The
fungi must rely on breaking
down the cell walls of wood
into substances which can be
used as food. This produces the
brown and white rot so familiar
to decayed wood.
Also under study is the pattern
of decay in Northwest woods.
The scientists also want to find
a simple method of detecting de
cay in poles already in use. Se
riously decayed poles can be
discovered by sounding and by
boring into the pole.
Up to now, most methods of
determining decay quickly and
accurately in the wood poles
have been confined to the use of
boring devices. Ultra sonic en
e r g y and various chemical
methods to reveal the internal
condition of poles are now being
studied at Oregon State. Re
searchers hope to eventually
produce a simple device which
can be used by field workers
to quickly and inexpensively
determine pole condition.
One of the chief concerns in
pole preservation is the split
ting of the wood as the pole
dries out and seasons. These
cracks which extend beyond tho
treated zone into the hcartwood
are called "checks" and have
been found to be the most im
portant factor contributing to
the pole's eventual decay.
Properly seasoned and treated
small poles seldom develop
those "checks" but large poles
are difficult to season to pro
vent this splitting, ,
Preservative techniques on
poles now in use are now also
being expanded at the OSU For
est Research Laboratory. Out
side dealing of poles seems to
be effective but much study
still needs to be done on in
ternal decay.
' Although tests of wood posts
by the OSU School of Forestry
began as far back as 1927, main
wood preservation research be
gan at the Forest Re
search Laboratory in 1047.
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EFFICIENCY and beauty are the main characteristics of this kitchen whose
plan might serve as a model in the revamping of an ineffectual kitchen. Ihe
combination of built-in appliances and easy-care Western Pine region wood used
along the walls and for the island work area make for pleasant meal-preparation.
Display Of New Equipment
Oregon loggers will play a
leading role in the 54th annual
meeting of the Pacific Logging
Congress when it gets under
u-av in Portland on Nov. 6 to 8.
according to President Robert
P. Conklin of Eugene and Lake
Oswego.
Three OreEonians serve as
principal officers: Conklin as
president, Robert F. Dwyer,
treasurer and Carwin A. Wool
Icy, executive vice president.
This will be the largest logging
ennsress in our historv. Conklin
reports. Attendance could reach
2,500, Headquarters for this
over half century old organiza
tion will be at the Portland
Hilton, with business sessions
and machinery show slated for
the Vo.t Portland Coliseum.
Thcr vill be at least $15,000,
000 worth of logging machinery
on display, advises Carwin
Woolley, who has had the diffi
cult task of , finding exhibit
space both inside and outside
tile Coliseum for all the ma
chinery and equipment firms
desiring to show this year.
"The Business of Logging"
will be the theme of the Con
gress, and it will be the title of
an interesting discussion headed
by Oregon banker, Fred Bur
row. Loggers will find out how
a banker looks at logging and
ways to make money. W. S. Ou
derkirk, Eddyvillo. will take
part in this discussion.
C. H. Willison, Crown Zeller
bach. Portland, will head a pan
el which could draw some
fire. It concerns the role of vo
cational education and the
community college training log
gers and forest products work
ers. Roy Gould, Diamond Lum
ber Co., Tillamook, will also
take part in this panel, together
with Rac L. Johnson, Georgia
Pacific Corp., Portland.
Another interesting session
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will have to do with portable
spar maintenance and two Ore
gon equipment men, H. K. Hal
vorson, Sutherlin Machine
Works, and Charles J. Baker,
The Skookum Co., Portland, will
take part.
A three man logger pan
el will discuss safety in logging
and one of the three will be Jim
Grady, Western Pine Associa
ation, Portland.
Making a transition from
board foot to cubic foot in
measuring log volume is a high
ly controversial topic which will
be included in a discussion pe
riod headed by Prof. Ray A.
Yoder of Oregon State Univer
sity. He will be ably assisted by
a panel of practical loggers
which will include two Oregon
,men, John C. Hampton, Willa
mina Lumber Co., Willamina
and Douglas C. Smith, United
States Plywood Corp., Lebanon.
Probably the most controver
sial session will be the final
More than 9,000 different
items are carried by the aver
age supermarket, according to
estimates.
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Forest products for many of our nation's "new housing
starts" begin their journey at lumber mills in the Pacific
Northwest. The most efficient way to ship these products
Is the automated rail way. On Union Pacific, automatic
traffic controls, electronic communications, modern loco-
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(Westero Pine Association
Planned
program, which will feature Dr.
Irving P. Krick, Denver mete
orologist, whose accurate long
range weather forecasts for
American industrial firms, has
brought nun international atten
tion. He will have as his topic
"Weather Engineering for the
Logger." This may well be the
top feature of the Congress, Con
klin reports. Dr. Krick has fore
cast sunny and warm weather
for the three days of the Con
gress, so weather forecasters
will be watching to see if they
can catch him wrong.
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for America's homes
are shipped over Union Pacific. . .
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HERALD AND
Good Books Need Proper Shelves
. If statistics mean anything,
more Americans are buying and
reading good books today than
ever before.
This, of course, brings its stor
age problems because a rapidly
expanding library has to be
housed somewhere. It's okay to
stash the currently read vol
umes on the coffee table or
nightstand, but the rest deserve
proper shelves.
In the average home where
bookcases are already overflow
ing and all available wall space
has been spoken for, where an
new library shelves go? Some
smart designers s u g g e s t the
stairwell as a good possibility.
And it's a good thought.
For instance, many homes to
day are split-level or have a
daylight basement. In these
homes, the stairwell is a promi
nent feature, located in entrance
hall or family room. Because
it's essentially just a hole in the
floor with stairs going down to
the lower level, something deco
rative has to be done for a
waist-high railing around the
stairwell opening and here's
where the bookshelves come in.
Why not build a solid screen of
tongue-and-groove western red
cedar panel boards for the rail
ing, then build book shelves over
that? The shelves can go two
or three tiers high with the top
shelf perhaps used for art ob
jects as well as books. Shelves
can also be cedar boards, one
or two inches thick, depending
on their length and load.
On an average, books require
a shelf only eight inches wide,
so it's easy to see how compact
this installation will be. Yet it
will be a truly decorative and
distinctive feature of the home.
SOFT - TEXTURED and
workable Western Pines
L o d g e p o 1 e, Sugar, etc.
would be the material choice
for the attractive cigarette
or other box whose dimen
sions are shown here.
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RAILROAD For prompt Information phone:
NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
In a home with a traditional
ly styled staircase, such as for
a two-story house, the book
shelves can be built right into
the banister, marching up the
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PRODUCTS WEEK
OCTOBER 20 - 26
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motives and specialized freight equipment, all supervised
by skilled personnel, combine to provide truly efficient,
dependable service. Next time you ship or travel from, to
or through the West ... Be Specific, call Union Pacific.
Next trip tt take your lamily along. Sea the
scenery at eye level Irom the Domeliner "City of
Portland." Family (area apply to both Pullman
and Coach,
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stairs. Most stairways can com
fortably spare the needed eight
inches of width and the home
gains character, plus needed
book space.
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