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O.S.C. School of Forestry
The Annual Cruise
Published by the Forestry Club
Oregon State College
Corvallis, Oregon
Volume XXI
Year 1940
DEDICATION
With the passing years the American Nation spread from coast to coast
with restless energy ever seeking new
frontiers, new lands, and new industries. The nation has tamed its last
wilderness and settled its last frontier. Now the country finds itself
with the task of directing its vast in-
itiative and energy into new and
greater endeavors. A great era beckons; on countless acres the naked
hillsides
lie
exposed;
numberless
streams are burdened with fertile
soil; vast areas of unprotected soil
are blown by the wind. In every
industry and occupation the need is
felt, the workers are present, and a
great conservation movement is gathering headway. The greatest service
of our generation shall be the initiation and application of wise and farreaching policies to put our land and
water resources to work, to conserve
our forests and streams, to perpetuate
our great national wealth, and to preserve this democracy in peace and
prosperity. With this realization of
our work in mind we, the staff of the
Annual Cruise of 1940, wish to dedicate Volume XXI to the ideal of con-
servation of man and the natural
wealth of the nation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Dedication
Conservation (poem)
Editorial
School and Faculty
The Prof s
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Trend Toward a Five Year Curriculum
Woodsman's Prayer (poem)
Graduating Seniors
Juniors, Sophomores, Freshmen
Graduate Students
A Class in Action
Technical Forestry
Wind River Field Trip
Silviculture Notes
State Forestry in Oregon
The Tillamook Fires
Graduate Management Trip
The Versatile Mr. Miller
Vocational Opportunities in Alaska
Forest Recreation in Alaska
Wood Products
Wood Products Department
Wood Products Club
Wood Products Promotion
The School's Model Dry-Kiln
Logging Engineers
Annual Loggers' Journey
Logging Engineer Students and Profs
Logger Troubles
1939 Pacific Coast Logging Congress
The Scene of Operations
Fernhoppers' Workshop
Findings from the Museum
Recent Research
Outside of Classes
The Annual Cruise
The Hi-Lead
Xi Sigma Pi
Press Radio Guild
Foresters at the Mike
Junior Forest Council
Forestry Club
Foresters' Ball
ilonors and Awards
Arboretum Day
1940 A. W. F. C. Conclave
Fernhoppers' Banquet
Lu's Hard Luck
A Day With the N. Y. A.'s
In Appreciation
Our Alumni
Notes From the Alums
Beauty Eternal (poem)
Advertising and Continuations
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CONSERVATION
Shadows across the face of the earth
Furrows and ridges, holding the soil in girth.
Grasses and shrubs, fruit of the wild olive tree,
Storing life in the soil for days that are yet to be.
Tangible things, and holding, as sure as life,
The soil in place; and moisture; as a thrifty wife,
Nursing roots and seedslife just under the earth,
Dormant as yet, awaiting the season of birth.
Guarded from fingers of clutching hands,
Insatiate for control of soil and shifting sands;
Guarded, too, from force of driving rain,
And streams, escaped their banks and gone insane.
Impregnable stronghold of the soil, defiant of failure;
These grasses that bind, furrows that build, legumes that nurture.
What heritage is mightier than a soil unthinned,
Where growing things guard against wash and wind?
(Poem by Wanda M. Smith, courtesy AMERICAN FORESTS,
the magazine of the American Forestry Association.)
YESTERDAY
TODAY
TOM ORROW
By Lawrence W. Zach
A
Everywhere they found natural wealth so prolific that at times
it was a detriment. The slowly garnered treasures of untold centuries
were free for the taking.
new land lay before them so vast in
area, so rich in the accumulated resources of the ages as to surpass hu-
Like all surplus commodities, the
An Age of Conquest
In the settling of a new continent,
our ancestors undertook the task of
overcoming a new land entirely undeveloped
by
any
man comprehension.
civilization.
Limitless ex-
panses of prairie stretched into the
unexplored and unknown distance.
Vast forests contained infinite quantities of century-old trees. Thousands
of miles of virgin streams flowed
Coast.
An Age of Development
value of our resources was not appreciated. Wealth was at hand for the
wasting and our forefathers were
good wasters. They creamed the
forest and burned the rest; they broke
the prairie, farmed unwisely, and
through fertile valleys and plains into the oceans. The land was fertile,
the sod so tough and dense that cultivation was greatly impeded. The
forests were so dense and contained
opened the rich soil to drought and
erosion; they over-grazed the range;
built up, hoarding its resources, storing its treasures till now it had
A Predicament of the Present
Now, after a mere two or three
tural resources.
Our ancestors were a sturdy race
of conquering individualists. They
centuries of uncurbed exploitation,
we are beginning to feel the painful
results. We have raped our natural
heritage from coast to coast. W have
set up an extremely wasteful if not
very high standard of living and we
they destroyed the wild-life and devastated their habitats; they polluted
the streams, exploited the ocean;
they wastefully took only high grade
trees so large as to provide a great
obstac1e to the pioneering settlers. ores from the mines and wasted or
The streams swarmed with life and destroyed all but the richest of everythe forests and prairies abounded thing.
Truly it was a "land of milk and
with birds and animals. Precious
honey"
and we built a virile young
and useful ores, coal, and oil were collected and stored in the earth. The nation of rugged individuals. Our
oceans were alive with marine life population grew, the surplus populaof all sorts. Animals, birds, and fish tion of Europe and Asia poured into
filled the forests and streams. The the country and speeded up the deland through the ages had slowly struction.
reached its climax of wealth in na-
cleared the forests, broke the sod,
built homes, and carved communities
out of the raw wilderness. Rules, continue to demand a living from the
customs, war, and politics changed accumulated resources of the cenbut the conquest of a country moved turies rather than the production
on. First the Atlantic frontier was of the present. Now, if we are an
tamed; settlers moved westward into intelligent people, we will realize
the Mississippi Basin, the Great that our exploitation has long been
Plains, the Inland Empire, the Pacific carried on to our own detriment; yet
tected land. We remove the protecting timber from stream and mountain
and lament the increasing floods,
fire, and wind.
stock an unfavorable environment.
We aim to replace wild-life whereever we remove it while we may as
well endeavor to replace a person in
the dust bowl for every person who
is starved out.
We fret and fuss about economic
conditions, European dictators, governments, styles, fads, codes and a
thousand other inconsequential tri-
In our attempts to correct these
fles. We think we are making a strong
we continue to abandon once good
land, allow erosion to proceed unchecked, denude our forests, and pollute our streams. We break the
prairie sod and bare the soil so wind
and water carry away the unpro-
lamentable conditions we show a
childish lack of intelligence. We build
national defense by building a great
gone years and has found grass to be
the climax vegetation of this country.
We do many foolish things like
ruined range, and denuded idle forest
so-
so gloomy that restoration seems impossible to the uninitiated. Paul Sears
in "Deserts on the March," corroborates Chase's writings. J. N. Darling writes that the Mississippi, the
navy, an immense air force, and a
dams, dikes and levees; we dredge formidable army; while we should
our streams; we plant fish and game not fail to see that if our natural
but often to no avail. The funda- resources fail we are a nation without
mental causes go back farther than foundation, a big show without any
a need for dams or dikes or levees. backing.
Better to remedy the cause by reWe have all the evidence pointing
placing trees and grass on their na- to a desperate need for wise consertural ranges and let them play their vation and a wise policy of national
natural function in storing water, land use. Volumes have been writmoderating the elements, and en- ten on the deplorable conditions of
riching the soil. W spend much time our national wealth of raw resources.
and money and write voluminous pro- Authorities maintain we are at least
paganda trying to grow trees on the 100 years behind the times, that we
great plains where nature has failed cannot keep on with our present
to do this in the millions of fore- methods of abandoned farm land,
building dams on streama for
called flood control or maybe power
production. We find the dams filling
up, even in one generation or less.
We build sea-walls, levees, and dikes
to eliminate floods and find we are
producing a condition conducive to
land. Stuart Chase, in his "Rich
Land, Poor Land", paints a picture
greatest of American rivers, is a
desert, that the Great
biological
even more destructive floods than we
have witnessed. We do this instead of
Lakes which once teemed with fish-
duced by the Nile.
Conservation Service and the Forest
life are practically barren, that the
imitating the ancient Egyptians in time of the silvery hordes in the Colthanking nature for fertility as pro- umbia may soon be over. The Soil
W,e pollute our
strams with all manner of filth so Service publish facts depicting the
that the fish which could survive same conditions but still we loiter
the dams and obstructions are killed without plan or purpose while the
by poisoned water. Then in our tre-
mendous stupidity we rear fish ar-
tificially to be released in water
where there is no chance of survival.
We do likewise with our game birds
and other wild-life in destroying
their habitat and then trying to re-
conditions which undermine our na-
tional welfare continue almost unchecked.
This exploitation of a great and
grand nation is a gradual, widespread, insidious process; hence in(Continued on page 22)
GEORGE W. PEAVY
Retiring President, Oregon State College
Dean, School of Forestry
School and Faculty
Front rowVaux, Richen, Willison, Patterson.
Center rowVoorhies, Starker, Mason, Nettleton.
Back rowMcCulloch, Budelier, Evenden, Schroeder.
THE PROFS
Wre're mighty proud of our Profs.
They're the most informal bunch of
he-men we know. That's the way we
like them, and that's the way they
like to be.
Prof. Mason, assistant to the Dean,
always has an extra chair handy in
his office. Anyone is welcome to use
it and can expect a ready listener and
sound advice. The splashing of sines
and cosines on the blackboard and
talking at the same time is Bude's
specialty. Ask the sophomore engineers. Prof. Evenden dwells
on
p;hilosophical approaches in his Finance course, that is, when he's not
talking Wood Products. Gents, can
Prof. MeCuioch give out on Silviculture? By the way, it's a highly
significant subject. Chief Nettleton
is the fellow who goes to work on
Mensuration reports with his red pencil hatchet. He can make a sophomore feel like he's been scalped. Road
locations, bridge designs, and camp
plans are Prof. Patterson's contribu-
tions to Loggers. He also has a neat
little course called Logging Methods.
Clarence Richen has taken to the
brush with the sophomore topogers.
By the way, it's leap year, Clarence.
The fire fighting expert, George
Schroeder, is the guardian of the
rooks. He's always willing and tho-
roughly able to lead the Forestry
Club in a song. Prof. Starker still
loves California and for nineteen different reasons. Dendrology, Wood
Ident., and Regional Forestry are his
subjects. He also has much to do
with the J. F's., which come in the
spring, tra-la. When Henry Vaux
in his Forest Econ. always "looks at
it this way," the seniors wonder why.
He always has a reason. Glenn Voorhies carries the torch for Wood Products.
He's working on his Forest
Engineer degree now. Prof. Willison
jumped from the frying pan into the
fire when he left Pringle Falls Experiment Station to take oVer Forest
Management and (naturally) N.Y.A.
The Trend Toward a Five
Year Curriculum
By Earl G. Mason
Assistant to the Dean
1=
OUR years ago the present seniors in forestry entered school
ing programs must be in keeping with
the growing importance of the service
with a rosy picture of ample of foresters to the economic and so-
employment opportunities in the pro-
fession of forestry. This year they
graduate at a time when placement
opportunities are at a low ebb, possibly at the lowest ebb for some time
to come. Naturally there is some
questioning as to the value of an education in forestry. Naturally, too,
there is some questioning of the desirability of adding another year to
the present four year program. It
may be well, therefore, to examine
cial welfare of the nation. The five
year program is therefore sound edu-
cationally, as it will permit the for-
ester to be better trained so as to
serve better in a field of growing
importance.
The last decade has witnessed a
substantial growth in the breadth and
depth of the forester's work. This
may be due, in part, to the activity
of the forest experiment stations, in
part to the rapid changes made by
the desirability of a five year pro-
the New Deal, and in part to
gram in forestry.
It should be remembered that forestry is a profession that is becoming
a
growth of professional practice based
upon American conditions and pro-
cedures rather than a practice based
largely upon the transplanting of
European forestry in America. It
more and more important. Rapid
strides have been made in the work
which the forester does. The end of
follows therefore that the embryo for-
est lands and their products of more
and more importance to the people of
the United States. It is not surpris-
his professional work. This the five
year curriculum attempts to do.
It should also be remembered that
the pioneer era in our country has ester of today must be given a broadresulted in making the maintaining er and deeper training than was true
and improving of the services of for- a generation ago, if he is to du well
ing therefore to find that statistics
show a gradual and fairly rapid increase in the number of foresters
employed in the United States. In
the long run, this gradual growth of
forestry should continue until there
are sufficient well trained men ac-
the end of the pioneer era has removed an important outlet for any
excess labor on the labor market. No
longer do we need large numbers of
men to hew a civilization out of a
wilderness.
Then, too, the improve-
ments in the arts and sciences has
tually employed in professional work
so as to manage adequately the wild
lands of the nation.
The present glut in placement opportunities is but a tenporary recession due to a stalemate after a rapid
expansion. As foresters we must lay
made it possible adequately to supply
the people of the nation with the pro-
ducts of our civilization with fewer
man days of labor. The reduction in
demand for labor has resulted, among
other items, in a demand for a better
educated population. The five year
curriculum is therefore in keeping
with the economic and social welfare
our plans for the long run, we must
have vision and faith in the future,
and we must recognize that our train-
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THE WOODSMAN'S PRAYER
Give me a garden without a wall,
Where flowers grow centuries old and tall
'Where slanting shafts of sunlight fall
On trunks of silver grey.
Show me a couch where I may lie,
And hear the fir trees wind-blown sigh
As they sweep the clouds across the sky,
Or wave to the passing day.
Find me a trail without an end,
Give me only a tree for a friend,
And let my unspoilt range extend
From highway to hill untrod.
But give me as well, the courage and might,
To show my kind the wvong and the right,
To show them the beauties that softly light
The pillar'd gardens of God.
By Harry B. Forse
Courtesy State Highway Commission
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ALEXANDER, Lucien
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
APPLEBY, Robert
Mt. Angel, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Frensont N.F., 5 yrs.
Xi Sigma Pi
Forester
Mu Beta Beta
Treasurer
Vice-President
Phi Kappa Phi
Campus 4-H Club
Student Grange
Experience:
Mt. Hood N.F.. 3 yrs.
BLACK, Gordon G.
Salem, Oregon
BARRON, Robert M.
Corvallis, Oregon
'rechnical Forestry
Activities
Xi Sigma Pi
Hi Lead
Experience:
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Xi Sigma Pi
Varsity Wrestling
Freshman Rowing
Experience:
Kaniksu N.F., 3 yrs.
St. Joe N.F., B.R.C., 1 yr
CLARK, Joseph F.
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Rogue River N.F., 2 yes.
Coos Fire Patrol, 1 yr.
BOND, William M.
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Rogue River N.F., 2 yrs.
COLLINS, A. P.
COLLINS, Stanley
Roseburg, Oregon
Los Angeles, California
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Umatilla N.F., 2 yrs.
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Crater Lake NP., 2 yrs
Siskiyou N.F., 2 yrs.
CROSS, John F.
San Bernardino. California
Technical Forestry
Activities
Thane
Varsity Track
Experience:
San Bernardino N.F., 1 yr.
Underwood Lumber Co.,
1 yr.
COMBS, Charles K.
Portland, Oregon
Wood Products
Activities
Xi Sigma Pi
Wood Products Club
Board of Directors
Experience:
Deschutes N.F., 2 yes.
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DARLING, Charles
Tierman. Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Rowing
Experience:
DAVID, Marvin C.
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Kootenai N.F., 1 yr.
DAWSON, William E.
Susanville, California
Technical Forestry
Activities
DAY. Ralph C. Jr.
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Siuslaw N.F., 5 yrs.
Xi Sigma Pi
Activities
Experience:
U.S.F.S., Susanville, Calif.,
2 yrs.
Kappa Kappa Psi
Experience:
Mt. Hood N.F., 5 yrs.
Butte Valley Lumber Co.,
1 yr.
Diamond Match Co., 1 yr.
ELLIS, Ray F.
Berkeley, California
Technical Forestry
DOUGHERTY, Ray H.
Medford, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
Activities
High Lead
Annual Cruise Staff
Xi Sigma Pi
Experience:
Experience:
Blister Rust Control, 1 yr.
Eldorado N.F., 4 yrs.
ESSELSTROM, Claude
Reedsport. Oregon
Wood Products
Activities:
Wood Products Club
Board of Directors
Theta Delta Phi
Varsity Football
Experience:
EVERSON, Paul B.
San Anselmo, California
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Blister Rust Control, 3 yrs.
Rogue River N.F., 2 yrs.
FLOBERG, Ralph
La Grande, Oregon
Wood Products
Activities
FICKEN, Arthur .1. Jr.
Juneau, Alaska
Wood Products
Activities:
Wood Products Club
Superintendent
Experience:
Student Body President
Blue Key
Wood Products Club
Board of Directors
Experience:
Bowman Hicks Lumber
Tongass N.F., 2 yrs.
Co., 8 yrs.
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GALLO, Tommy
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Wood Products
Activities
FRETWELL, Lloyd
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Siuslaw N.F., 1 yr.
Varsity "0"
Varsity Football
Track
Experience:
W. A, Woodard Lumber
Co.
GILBERT, E. Palmer
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Xi Sigma Pi
Forestry Club
Gaboon Chairman
Yell Leader
GEIL, Louis Richard
Corvallis, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Bitterroot N.F., 3 yrs.
Hi-Lead
Editor
Manager
Experience:
Regional Office, USFS.,
3 yrs.
HARRIS, Mal
Glendale, California
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Co-op Board
Vice-President
Varsity Basketball
HARRISON, Lyle
Corvallis, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Annual Cruise Staff
Experience:
U.S.F.S.. 3 yrs.
Varsity "0"
Experience:
USFS., 3 yrs.
HARVEY, Dale
Sutherland, Oregon
Wood Products
Activities
Wood Products Club
Office Manager
Experience:
3IEINTZELMAN, Stuart
Glendale. California
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Siskiyou N.F., 1 yr.
HYLAND, Donald Martin
San Gabriel, California
Technical Forestry
Experience:
INGENHUTT, William
Minneapolis. Minnesota
Legging Engineering
Activities:
Swimming
Experience:
Douglas County Fire
trol, 1 yr.
Umpqua N.F., 2 yrs.
U.S.F.S., 1 yr.
Logging and Engineering,
5 yrs.
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ISTED, Maurice Ray
Bend, Oregon
Wood Products
Activities
Wood Products Club
Vice-President
JACQUEMIN, Francis Pau
Corvallis, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Annual Cruise Staff
President
Experience:
Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Co.
4 yrs.
Experience:
USFS., 2 yrs.
KIRKPATRICK,
Howard William
KRUGER, Paul
Portland. Oregon
Logging Engineering
Experience:
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
Rook Swimming
Varsity Swimming
Experience:
Columbia N.F., 2 yrs.
Umatilla N.F.. 2 yi s
LINDSTEN, Alvin
St. Helens, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
Rook Baseball
MACKEY, James E.
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
St. Helens Pulp & Ps!n
Co., 2 yes.
Annual Cruise Staff
Experience:
Pope & Talbot Lumber
Co., 4 yrs.
Kaniksu N.F., 1 yr.
Malheur N.F., 1 yr.
MANN, Elwyn F.
Canby, Oregon
Technical Forestry
MASON, John
Beaverton, Oregon
Wood Products
Activities:
House President
Experience:
Blister Rust Control, 2 yrs
Activities
Olympians
Vice-President
President
Track
Varsity Swimming
Experience:
Standard Oil Co., 1 yr.
Rogue River N.F., 1 yr.
Crater Lake N P., 2. yrs.
McCORMACK, Maynard H
Roseburg, Oregon
MERE WETHER.
Fremont Walter
Willamina, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Technical Forestry
Activities
Varsity Track
Experience:
Blister Rust Control, 1 yr
USFS., 2 yrs.
Umpqua N.F., 3 yrs.
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NIBLOCK, Russell A.
Scappoose, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Freshman Football
MORRISON, John
San Mateo, California
Logging Engineering
Experience:
Sawmill. 1 yr.
Varsity Track
Experience:
Columbia N.F., 5 yrs.
Lumber Companies, 4 yrs.
OIILSEN, Harry
Yohealla, Oregon
Logging Engineering
Activities
Xi Sigma Pi
Experience:
Logging Work, 4 yrs.
PATTON, Wilbur C.
Mahomel, Illinois
Wood Products
Experience:
Patton Lumber Co.. 7 yrs.
PETTY, Oliver Wendell
Creswell. Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
PETERS, Otto Fickle
Redmond, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
Xi Sigma Pi
Experience:
Umpqua N.F., 1 yr.
Blister Rust Control, 1 yr.
Xi Sigma Pi
Experience:
Blister Rust Control, 1 yr.
Umpqua N.F., 1 yr.
RAWIE, Orval Henry
Corvallis, Oregon
Technical Forestry
PRIBNOW, Andy Walter
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
Xi Sigma Pi
Scabbard and Blade
Activities
Xi Sigma Pi
Experience:
Blister Rust Control, 1 yr
J. Thompson, Building
Contractor, 2 yrs.
Experience:
USFS., 1 yr.
ROBINSON, Dan D.
Bend, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
ROEMHLLDT. Merton H.
Salem, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Powers, Oregon Experi-
Xi Sigma Pi
Associate Forester
Forestry Club
Vice-President
Press Radio Guild
President
Annual Cruise
Manager
Experience:
Soil Conservation Service
1 yr.
Desehutes N.F., 2 yrs.
ment Station, 1 yr.
U.S.F.S. Timber Survey.
3 yrs.
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SEMMLER, Bill
SANDOZ, Fred
Corvallis, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Portland, Oregon
Logging Engineering
Activities:
Xi Sigma Pi
Forestry Club
Sergeant-at-Arms
Freshman Baseball
Varsity Baseball
Experience:
Mt. Hood N.F., 3 yrs.
Xi Sigma Pi
Forestry Club
Sergeant-at-Arms
Basketball
Experience:
Rogue River N.F., 4 yrs.
SERAFIN, Peter Barry
Glide, Oregon
Wood Products
SHILEY, William Arthur
Multnomah, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Activities:
Hi-Lead
Wood Products Club
Publicity Manager
Experience:
Coos Bay Lumber Co.,
2 yrs.
Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co.,
1 yr.
Oregon Timber Operators,
1 yr.
Xi Sigma Pi
Freshman Track Manager
Experience:
Deschutes N.F., 1 yr.
STARKER, Bruce
Corvallis, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
SCHROEDER, Edward
Mill City, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Xi Sigma Pi
Historian
Pack Essay Prize
Annual Cruise Staff
Arboretum Day Work
Chairman
Xi Sigma Pi
Experience:
Mill City Mfg. Co., 4 yrs.
Rowing
Experience:
Willamette N.F., 1 yr.
Rogue N.F., 1 yr.
Usnpqua NP., 1 y.r
SWANSON, Harry Ralph Jr.
Portland, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
STEWART, Ray Lawrence
Corvallis, Oregon
Wood Products
Activities
Hell Divers
Rook Swimming
Varsity Swimming
Experience:
Xi Sigma Pi
Forestry Club
President
Blue Key
Vice-President
Association of Wester
Forestry Clubs
President
Service Station, 6 yrs.
Crew
Experience:
Regional Office, 2½ yes.
TAYLOR, Howard Everett
Oregon City, Oregon
Logging Engineering
Activities
Cauthorn Club
Secretary
Experience:
Western Lumber Co., 1 yr.
Silver Falls Lumber Co.,
2 yrs.
Elmer Lyda, Contractor,
1 yr.
THOMPSON, Robert Neil
Corvallis, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Cruise Staff
Experience:
St. Joe N.F., 1 yr.
Siskiyou N.F., 2 yrs.
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TIPPNER, Edwin
Silverton, Oregon
Logging Engineering
Activities:
Xi Sigma Pi
Experience:
Ochoco N.F., 2 yrs.
Silver Falls Timber Co.,
2 yrs.
TYLER, Charles E.
Woodburn. Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Columbia N.F., 2 yrs.
UDELL, Bert W.
Portland, Oregon
Logging Engineering
Activities
USHER, James N.
Corvallis, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
U.S.F.S.. 3 yrs.
Annual Cruise Staff
Experience:
Mountaindale Logging Co.,
1 yr.
West Side Logging Co.,
5 yrs.
WAID, Lloyd A.
Ukiah, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Hi-Lead
Editor
Manager
Experience:
WAGNER, Ernest L.
Dorena, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
Xi Sigma Pi
Forestry Club
Sergeant-at-Arms
Experience:
Eastern Lane County Fir
Patrol, 2 yrs.
Umpqua N.F., 1 yr.
Whitman NP., 9 yrs.
WARREN, Charles Earl
Salem, Oregon
Technical Forestry
WESTER, Howard
Activities
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Sant& Fe N.F., 8 yrs.
Xi Sigma Pi
Forestry Club
Song Leader
Annual Cruise Staff
Rook Track
Experience:
Umpqua N.F.. 3 yrs.
WILSON, Willard E.
Grants Pass, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities
WHITE, Paul J.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Wood Products
Activities
Wood Products Club
Board of Directors
Xi Sigma Pi
Experience:
S. W. Oregon Forest Pro.
tective Association,
2 yrs.
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WINN, Merle Herman
Milton, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
U.S.F.S., 2 yrs.
Van Den Bosch Lumber
Co., 2 yrs.
WORKMAN, Philip
West Fir, Oregon
Logging Engineering
Experience:
WRIGHT, Willard Delbert
Redmond, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
WYNN, Clinton W.
Junction City, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Activities:
Xi Sigma Pi
Experience:
State Forestry Dept., 1 yr.
Umpqua N.F., 2 yrs.
West Fir Lumber Co.,
S yrs.
Varsity Baseball
Rook Baseball
Experience:
Chippenia N.F., 4 yrs.
ZACII, Lawrence W.
Mt. Angel, Oregon
Techniesi Forestry
Activities:
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BRANSON, William P.
Eugene, Oregon
Technical Forestry
Experience:
Xi Sigma Pi
Newman Club
President
Phi Kappa Phi
Annual Cruise
Associate Editor
Editor
Willamette N.F., 3 yrs.
Experie:
Coeur d'Alene N.F., 3 yrs
CAMERA AND PUBLICITY SHY
AITKEN, Melvin Romayne
BARNES, William Sherman
BOYD, Donald Robert
CONKLE, Howard Elliot
FITZGEARLD, Duane Stanley
GABRIEL, James Bernard
GROSS, William Ellis
HALE, Gordon Hayes
HANCOCK, Keith Ogden
OTTOMAN, Robert Lee
STEPHENS, Clifford Austen
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Front rowAnderson, Baker, Knudson, Longwood, Newberg.
Back rowGurley, Blacker, Del Ponte, Drummond.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
The graduate class for the fall term
of this year numbered eleven men,
This equalled the number registered
for graduate work during the fall
State, and Cook from Occidental. Anderson, Orell, McConnell, Newberg,
term of last year.
Winter term, as usual, showed a
marked increase in eniollment of
graduate students, thirteen being
registered as compared to twenty for
the same period last year. Of these
men, Gene Knudson, Wayne Gurley,
Lyle Baker, and Franklin Longwood
were full-time graduate assistants;
Worth Blacker and John Drummond
were part-time graduate assistants;
Knudson, Gurley, and Blacker are
O.S.C. products.
The Forestry School's five-year
plan leading to the degree of Master
of Forestry seems to be rising in popularity and is one of the causes
bringing an increased enrollment in
graduate students. The teaching f
cilities, curriculum, and personnel of
the school is progressing with each
year, all of which tends to make our
School a very favorable location for
graduate work. Winter term generally finds several graduates returning
to prepare for the J. F. under the able
direction of Prof. Starker, whose
Wallace Anderson held the McDonald
Fellowship; Arthur Newberg held
the
Research
Assistantship;
O.S.C. from Utah State, Longwood
from Michigan State, Ash from Oregon, Del Ponte from Washington
and
Brittain Ash, Bernard Oreil, Robert
McConnell, Harold Del Ponte, and
Philip Cook were attending without
the aid of fellowship or assistant-
prognostications in regard to the con-
ship.
tents of J. F. exams are generally
Baker and Drummond came to
super-eminent.
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A Class in Action
Editor's NoteThis article was revised
and brought up-to-date by F. P. Gilbert
and Lloyd Waid from a story in the 1930
Cruise by Davis Whitely, entitled 'Starker
vs. The Class in th Semi-Weekly Fracus."
whistle blows, and the class
of embryonic dendrologists snaps
THE
out of the huddle in which they
have been discussing the possible
significance of the ambiguous hut in-
sinuating remarks in the O.T.B.E.
column of the Hi-Lead. Prof. Starker
kicks
off with his usual request:
"Associated Press' Collins, will you
kindly remove your feet from the
aisle?" Al Collins returns the ball
to the twenty-yard line by removing
his efficient but by no means ornamental pedal extremities from their
habitual resting place with a sigh
of weary but patient martyrdom.
Otto Peters takes the ball around
He tries again: "Les, nineteen common names for Gymn&cladus dioicus." Lester makes a sensational flying tackle, but fails to stop the Prof.
when the only name he can remember
is Kentucky Coffee tree. Having annihilated the first row, the Prof. arrives at the secondary defense where
he is downed by Zach, who reels off
a list of common names. Zach, by
the way, is the class triple threat
man. He can answer, stall, or pass to
Robinson, who sits next to him.
Prof's ball. He made seven yards
on that play, folks. Third and three.
He tries again.
"Harrison, what do you know about
the buds of the Kentucky Coffee
tree?" Lyle makes a desperate tac-
kle, and again the Prof. is stopped.
of 'Gymnocladus'?" Ralph Day makes
He punts to Alexander:
"The terminal buds are covered by
a sticky substance, are they not?"
Lu fumbles when he says, "Yes," very
emphatically. He makes a brilliant recovery when he notices the sardonic
smile creeping across the Prof's
comely countenance and adds hastily:
"That is, they would be if there were
any," thereby making a thrilling run
saying, "Naked branch, Prof.", anti
downed by: "And what kind of leaves
right end for the first down when
the Prof. asks him where he gets his
information concerning the meaning
of the scientific names of trees, and
Otto answers: "Oh, just here and
there, Prof." The Prof. takes a brace
and asks:
"Well, Ralph, what is the meaning
four yards through left tackle by
blushing modestly.
Dick Ramsey is thrown for no gain
when he is asked why the tree happens to bear that name. Lloyd Waid
is spilled for a slight loss on the same
question in the next play. Prof.
blocks Johnny Venator's punt when
Johnny answers, "Because it sheds
of thirty yards before he is finally
has this tree?" On the same question Ernie Wagner is thrown for a
loss by remarking that the leaves are
entire, ovoid and unequally based,
thereby displaying his ignorance of
the subject in a manner marvelous to
behold. Alan Berg upholds the reputation of the class when he slips
its bark."
around the Prof's left end with a
line. He opens the offense by grab-
time out. His defense tightens when
Prof. recovers, and it is now his perfect answer. This unlooked-for deball on his own thirty-four ylard velopment causes the Prof. to ask for
bing a piece of 2x2 on his desk and
taking a hasty swat at Al's
legs,
which have wandered out in the aisle
again.
He is thrown for no gain,
as the offending fatted calves are re
moved with astounding celerity.
he comes back with one of his "500
hot ones," and Gilbert is held for
no gain, whereat his face brightens
and is ornamented by a benignant
smile which remains there as he recovers a fumble on the part of Earl
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Warren, who attempted a fake reverse
while trying to elucidate the uses of
the wood of the Kentucky Coffee
tree. This hapless representative of
the class got his signals crossed and
gave a lengthy list of the uses of
Douglas Fir.
From this point on, the ball is car--
ned up and down the center of the
field, neither side getting any further breaks. Finally the Prof. attempts an admirable piece of strategy
when he asks Don Hyland:
"How many representatives of this
genus in Sweden, Don?" Don sets
himself for a flying tackle, but
breathes a sigh of relief as the whis-
cratic behavior, and creative expres-
sionthat
is
the problem of our
times."
What, then, is the solution of this
pressing problem? The awakening
and education of the great mass of
American people must be brought
about if we are to succeed. It is imperative that we recognize the dependence of the future on prompt
action in the present.
We, as foresters, are in a unique
position to be leaders in the conservation movement which must follow.
As conservationists in practice and
principle we are trained to save and
wisely regulate the use of the Natle blows, and the cigarette fiends tion's resources. A beginning has almake a break for the door, closely ready been made in soil conservation,
followed by the Prof's announcement
timber management, watershed
protection, and range conservation.
Summary of game: Yards gained in
The recent Pacific Logging Conscrimmage, Classvery little. Prof. gress, throughout its entire session,
Plenty. Score: 0 - 0. No hits, no recognized the need and demand for
runs, plenty of errors.
a permanent industry on the sound
basis of sustained yield forest management. New tax laws permitting
EDITORIAL
the management of timber as a crop
(Continued from page 6)
are being drafted. A few progresstead of exciting our gravest concern sive states have shown
the way in
we are lulled to a false sense of se- practical land zoning and
use
curity by seeing only the progress of programs. The wisdom ofland
proper
the past. It behooves us as indi- land use has been amply demonviduals and as a nation, if we are to strated. From the gloomy picture of
progress or even survive, to put
Europe and Asia, fighting
forth our best efforts to stop this atotroubled
secure
or
maintain a measure of
stupendous waste and as far as pos- natural resource, let us wake up and
sible to repair the damage we have guard our precious national resources
in
for the next assignment.
done.
jealously and well.
Our Present Outlook
Harold Rugg, in "Democracy and
the Curriculum", states "The Amer-
ican Problem" as being: "to bring
forth on this Continentin the form
of a cooperative commonwealththe
civilization of abundance, democratic
behavior, and integrity of expression
and beauty which is now potentially
available'. To gather together the
makings of the Great Society that
are at hand, and to organize them into
a going national concern that will
produce economic abundance, demo22
Technical Forestry
Mature Oregon TimberCourtesy Oregon State Board of Forestry
Wind River Field Trip
By Lawrence W. Zach
IFTY-ODD members of the Silviculture class put all other
recreations aside on Friday,
April 28, to spend the week-end as
guests of the Wind River Experiment
Station and Nursery. The boys straggled into camp from 6 to 9 p. m. when
1=
all memibers were present and accounted for including Prof. "Mac"
the town of Carson. Crossing Wind
River, down into and up out of the
narrow precipitous gorge, required
an hour's time, six good mules, a
mountain-geared wagon, and a skillful, daring driver. Altogether they
brought in piece by piece, a wheel at
a time, two locomotives, the necessary
rolling stock, and twenty miles of
railroad besides the equipment for
Mr. Leo Isaac, Regional Silvicul- several large camps and a string of
McCulloch.
turist, and Mr. Thornton T. Munger,
Chief of Management Research, conducted the class. They have long
been connected with the Region and
the Wind River station and are exceptionally well informed
in
the
After the installation of
the railroad the logs were milled in
"donkeys."
the valley and the lumber hauled out.
The company continued on their for-
mer unstable basis with frequent
burns recurring over the logged area
history and development of the Sta-
and burning into the green timber.
The operators did a lot of logging
The Wind River Valley has an extremely colorful and interesting history. The Wind River Lumber Company began operations in 1902; they
drove logs down Wind River to the
Columbia by using splash dams on
Wind River and Trout Creek. The
Company had a precarious and unstable existence with numerous fires
and other misfortunes. The so-called
Lewis River fire occurred in 1902.
It consumed some three to five hundred thousand acres of virgin forest
with the old steam donkeys, hauling
tion.
over pole roadsoften stringing out
three or more in a row and relaying
the logs to the railroad. The company ended its haphazard existence
in 1929 when a locomotive without
a spark arrestor went out one Sunday morning to pick up steel on an
abandoned spur. With a dry 'ast
wind, a spark soon set a fire which
barely gave the workmen time to get
away on the locomotive. The ensuing
conflagration burned the operation
and ran some 35 miles westward.
Some 10 or 12 persons lost their
out, $60,000 in equipment going up in
the fire missed most of the Wind
River drainage, burning only part of
the camp.
smoke in 60 minutes including the
whole railroad, seven donkeys, and
lives in this conflagration. However,
Hence, the company \vent
out in a blaze of glory and the owners
never returned but sold out to a
the ridges south of the present experismall firm who have operated a small
mental forest.
mill on the area since, salvaging odds
The Wind River Lumber Company and ends not destroyed.
logged government timber on the
The Forest Service established a
Columbia National Forest after cut- nursery at Wind River soon after the
ting out their own holdings. When great 1902 fire for the purpose of rethe timber adjacent to the stream planting the devastated area. With
was cut the company brought in an good luck and reasonable protection
entire railroad, track, rolling stock, the area was largely planted or naand equipment, by mule teams over turally reseeded to a splendid stand
an almost
impassable road from
(Continued on puge 71)
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Three-Fingered Jack from
the Santiam Highway.
Leo Isaac tells of the Spacing Study.
A look at the weather.
Free Drinks
(Sulphur Springs)
Saturday morning at
Wind River Nursery.
From the Silvicultural
Notebook
By T. J. Starker
For many years we have contributed to the pages of the Cruise with
lated a plan, pledged some $565,
brief resumes of experiments and studies that have been carried on in the
McDonald Forest or the Peavy Arbor-
your support, feeling that it is up
etum.
forestry.
An area of' over 100 acres, two
This year, because the editor says
"Space is at a premium," we just want
to call the attention of the alumni,
students, and friends to an expansion
we hope is going to take place.
Now that we have a sizeable area
of Douglas fir land under management of the forest school, several of
the, faculty feel that we should turn
our attention to lands suitable for
growing other species such as cottonwood, alder, maple, cascara, etc. But
what to use for money? Into this
breach stepped the Arboretum committee, of which most of you have
never heard.
The
Arboretum
committee
was
formed in 1923. A copy of the letter
we sent out at that time is reprinted
because it will acquaint you with
and are now writing you for
to us to put over this constructive movement for the school of
miles northwest of the campus,
has been selected as a tentative
site. This land is rolling, watered by a small creek, and affords various site conditions for
tree growth. A small area of
natural woods containing 15 indigenous species, some of which
are very fine specimens, is also
on this tentative area. There are
no buildings of value included as
we desire bare land for this purpose. The owner wants $10,000
for the tract.
This area is sufficiently close
to the campus and is on two fair
roads, so that it is readily available for class work. It will be
used for trying out exotics,
planting sample areas of native
this early endeavor that has grown
into a tract of land of some 5,000
trees, for silvicultural experimen-
tal work, and as a general ar-
acres.
It is hoped that it will
not only be a useful workshop
but eventually a place of beauty
and one of the show places of
boretum.
Nov. 28, 1923.
Dear Alumnus:
For the last thirteen years the
Dean of this school, in his annual report to the President, has
put in a request for money for
forest experimental and arboretum purposes, and for thirteen
years, due largely to the financial condition of our state, Pres-
the Northwest.
It is planned that two alumni
shall be on the committee of five
to collect and administer this fund
and therefore a ballot is enclosed
for this purpose. The men listed
have been mentioned for the position, but this does not bar you
from voting for any other alummis. Vote for two.
If you were benefited by your
ident Kerr has found it necessary
to refuse, although he is heartily
in accord with the movement.
Therefore, a few of the old
grads, together with some of the
men now in school, have formu-
(Continued on page 87)
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State Forestry in Oregon
for fire protection during the first
HIRTY-THREE years ago the
first meeting of the State
Board of Forestry put the new
Oregon Forestry Law into effect and
T
appointed fire wardens to serve without compensation! Two years later
$500 was appropriated for fire suppression and four years later $75,000
was appropriated ($15,000 from Fed-
year and also allowed for a matching
of State and Government funds in
the establishment of a forest nursery,
$2,000 being contributed by each
agency.
In 1926 the State Forester was authorized to put a director of publicity
in the field in cooperation with the
eral funds under the Weeks Law of
1911). A State Forester, who paid
Government and private
agencies for education of the public
in the conservation of forest resources by careful use of fire. Two
years later the Oregon Reforestation
Tax Law went into effect providing
for a fair and stable annual forest fee
on reforesting lands in order to encourage retention of forest growing
Federal
twenty-three county wardens, was ap-
pointed at this time.
In 1913 the important compulsory
fire patrol law was passed requirinig
that owners of forest land either pro-
vide adequate fire patrol or pay an
annual assessment not to exceed five
cents per acre per year for the furnishing of this protection. Many
lands by private capital and to en-
timberland owners independently or
through their associations had been
operating for years, expending $150,
000 a year in protection work.
per acre, (four cents in Eastern Oregon), plus 12½ per cent of the yield
is the fixed tax charge.
During the following decade (1913-
exchange resulted in rounding out of
the Elliott State Forest, and in 1933
the CCC's entered the State Forestry
courage
Five
cents
By 1929 much previous work in land
1923), both State and Federal funds
increased and beetle control received
attention along with fire protection.
picture and as a result of the work
accomplished by this agency the State
Airplanes were first used in protection
work about this time.
The passage of the Clarke-McNary
Act in 1924 placed Oregon in a splendid position for Federal aid. This act
allowed Oregon to receive
reforestation.
Forester estimated in 1935 that at
least ten years of work by the state
and associations had been accomplished in the three years.
In 1937 a departmental reorganiza-
$30,380
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tion took place in which an assistant
State Forester was placed in charge
of inspection and another assistant
placed in charge of fire control activities. This was made possible by
the inereased appropriation of 193738 ($182,000). The number of field
officials explaining the Oregon Forest Laws and seeing that they are enforced was increased to fifteen. The
fire control office instituted a program for systematizing and standardizing fire plans and organizations
throughout the state, both in presuppression and actual fire fighting.
creased until it is well over $200,000
and as a result tools, bedding and
mess gear for 2,000 men were installed
in the new warehouse for fire emergency use. A fleet of motorized tank
trucks and transports was obtained,
and the use of private cars for transportation of employees became a thing
of the past. The machine shop was
manned and machinery for repairing
mobile equipment was installed. A
new Waco biplane was purchased for
scouting and administrative purposes. A 24 hour dispatching system
for making possible mobilization of
The
Salem
all protection facilities in the state
with a minimum of delay was in-
the purchase by the Board of a tract
stalled. Radio sets were purchased
in 1939 for use in the protection system. A radio technician was engaged
construction of a complete
headquarters consisting of
several buildings was assured through
consisting of seven acres of land.
During 1938 this headquarters site at
Salem was filled in, Mill Creek, ad-
and fire wardens all over the state
were schooled in regulations of the
and the headquarters buildings were
sion.
constructed. The office building with
stallation of a complete and efficient
jacent to the site, was rip-rapped
Federal
Communications
Commis-
Lack of funds barred the in-
better than twenty rooms in it is radio system.
large enough to furnish room for
So State Forestry stands in Oregon
some years to come. A warehouse
for storage of tools and equipment
with the coming of 1940. The history
ment; a storage unit for heavy equip-
The record has been very good some
years and very poor others but little
by little the facilities for coping with
was built; a machine shop for servicing of department mobile equip-
ment and a large garage for cars in
every day use by headquarters officials was completed.
In 1939 the legislative appropriation
for the department was again in-
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of the past has been a long story of
a grueling fight against destruction
of forest values by the demon fire.
fire have increased until with the
next biennium we should be able to
(Continued on page 85)
The Tillamook Fires
By Wilton Vincent
HE Tillamook Fire of 1933 was second-growth, old burn and cutstarted in a logging operation over.
near Glenwood, Oregon, shortly
after noon on August 14, a hot and
windy day. It was said to have been
caused by the dragging of a log over
a windfall. This resulted in a fire
which in 11 days covered more than
244 thousand acres and killed more
than 10 billion feet of timber. On the
10th and 11th days this fire burned
so fiercely under adverse fire weather
conditions that it covered threefourths of the area of the entire burn.
Most of the timber killed was old-
growth Douglas fir, while the next
greatest loss was in hemlock. After
the fire the timber appeared intact,
except for the lack of foliage and the
blackened trunks. About 7-8 of the
area burned was privately owned.
Over 4-5 of this was classified as
merchantable timber, while the rest
The killing of this vast body of
timber, upon which the sawmills of
Portland and other cities had been de-
pending for their future supply of
logs, created the problem of salvage.
It was unfortunate that the fire occurred during the depression, because
logs were then worth very little. This,
coupled with the fact that people have
never been without timber to log, increased this serious problem.
If this problem had been handled
with the optimum of efficiency, the
area could have been nearly completely saved.
This we cannot doubt
after having witnessed the active
work of salvaging in the New England blowdown.
It is true that the
circumstances were different than
those which existed here, but the
(Continued on page 82)
Before and After
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Mt. Hood from Timber-line
Lodge.
Crooked River near Bend.
West Fork Logging Co.,
Mineral, Washington (selective logging in Douglas
fir).
Top rowL. Walker, Prof.
Kearns, Lou Schotz, Elmer
Surdam, Kem Blacker.
Bottom - Roy Brady, Sam
Taylor, Angus Ware, Herb
Sampert.
Graduate Management Tour
By Herbert Sampert
order that the material covered
in his graduate course in forest
INmanagement
could
be
snap pictures and spit a few times.
Some of the party still thinks that the
real reason for the early arrival in
supple-
Bend was to permit Prof. Kearns to
demonstrate his keen ability at pi-
mented by actual observation in the
field, Dick Kearns, Professor of Forest Management, took his "gang"
on a five-day trip to applied forest
nochle.
Lester McPherson (O.S.c. '2),
ranger on the Deschutes National
management.
Forest, spent the whole of the follow-
All those who went on this trip of
ing day with the group in a hurried
trip through the Brooks-Scanlon and
more than eight hundred miles agreed
that two days of stay at Mineral,
Washington, was the highlight of
Shevlin - Hixon
logging
operations.
Here we met Emil Johnson (O.S.C.
'37) and Harold Dahl (O.S.C. '38),
who were then marking Ponderosa
pine on a stumpage-land exchange
project with the Forest Service. In
marking trees for cutting, Keene's
system based on pine beetle suscep-
the week. Here an unusual opportunity to inspect the operation of the
Murray Timber Company was provided through the hospitality of that
company and Lou Schatz, forester for
the company. "Hap" Ware still
carries vivid mental images of the
tibility was used. The members of the
loggers' meals he packed away.
Not only were provisions made for
viewing the entire set-up while it was
party found no difficulty in classifying trees after a little instruction
from Mac, thereby proving the system's adaptability to field operations.
shut down over Sunday, but an entire day was spent in the woods with
Lou on Monday in order to get the
full picture of this outstanding ex-
After having seen th
neat and
growing city of Bend and having ob-
ample of economic selection in Douglas fir. Although the principal species
served with awe the rapid breakdown of pine logs at the Shevlin-
being cut is Douglas fir with some
cedar, enough D. F. and hemlock is
left to make a second and later sus-
turned westward. Points of recreational interest which drew the atten-
Flixon mill, the group reluctantly
tion of the group on the return trip
over the North Santiam Pass were
the forest camps at Suttle Lake and
tained cuts profitable.
From Mineral the route doubled
back on itself as far as Portland, then
Whitewater, Hioodoo Winter Sports
Area, and Brady's Guard Station at
Breitenbush. Expressed feelings of
east across the Wapinitia Cutoff to
Eastern Oregon. Enough of a pause
was made at Timberline Lodge to
enjoy the view, a skier's luncheon,
the majority of the group in regard
to the whole trip were interest in the
and to appraise extensively and critically the recreational development
government projects and surprise and
satisfaction in the private enterprises.
there.
The group arrived reluctantly at
Since it was essential that Bend
Corvallis where makeup assignments
were waiting for them. They were,
however, thoroughly and w i t h o u t
be reached that evening to enable an
early start on the following morning,
excellent mileage was made with Prof.
reservation convinced that the best
way and the best place to study forestry is on the ground.
Kearns leading the way at a lively
pace. The group stopped at the
Crooked River bridge long enough to
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The Versatile Mr. Miller
By Gordon Black
It is always a refreshing experience to meet a man who owns an inventive mind; it is only possible for
people who have met Tom Miller of
Brownsville to appreciate the agility
and initiation of this man's mind.
It is the custom for all classes in
silviculture to visit his extraordinary
cascara plantation near Brownsville,
Oregon, and the trip is the highlight
of the term's work. The primary objective is to study the silviculture in-
volved in raising and managing a
cascara plantation.
Cascara is the common name for
the native tree known to scientists as
Rhamnus purshiana. The bark from
this tree, often known as "Chittum
bark," has long been a raw product
obtained from our forests, but not
until Mr. Miller set out a small acreage several years ago had there been
any successful attempt to grow the
tree
commercially
in
plantations.
Now he has 17 acres of trees of various ages, more than 42,000 trees in
all.
The oldest ones are approxi-
mately 12 years old and from five to
nine inches in diameter. When he
harvests the trees the bark on the
trunks and large limbs is dried and
sold by the pound. The trunks contain a sufficient concentration of essence to warrant their utilization and
the small limbs and twigs contain
about half as much drug as is found
in the bark. The limbs removed in
the annual pruning process as well as
tree tops are ground and sacked.
When the tree is harvested it is
cut in such a manner that the best
possible coppice growth will be obtained. Mr. Miller cuts the stumps
about six inches from the ground,
leaving the bark intact on the stump.
Then he injures the bark with a
hammer to aid the starting of two or
three sprouts. From these he selects
the healthiest ones to perpetuate his
plantation..
The seeds of this tree are borne in
a berry-like fruit which, as we discovered, forms another source of income for Mr. Miller. He hires girls
to pick these small, dark, shiny berries when they are mature and cures
them by a secret process which he
has developed. When ready to store,
the fruits are not unlike raisins in
appearance. They may be bought at
prices ranging from sixty cents to
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Vocational Opportunities
in Alaska
By George Brooks
w
ITH the ever increasing com-
few seasonal jobs for fire protection.
reer to learn that there is possibility
of employment for him in Alaska.
Several government agencies are in
operation in Alaska, and the two departments that these opportunities
fall under are the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Interior. The Department of Agricul-
Although the pay is higher, around
$155.00 a month for first year employees; living costs are also higher.
If summer earnings are important,
don't plan on a seasonal job with the
Forest Service in Alaska unless it
lasts longer than three months.
the Forest Service. The region is
number ten and its headquarters are
in Juneau. It is made up of two national forests comprising a total area
of 21,346,000 acres. The Tongass
Forest of 16,546,000 acres includes
the greater part of southeastern
business, it is expanding. There is
a possibility for a few men who are
petition for jobs in the for- An undergraduate student applying
estry profession in the states, for these jobs must remember that
it is a boon to the student forester, transportation costs are high and will
emerging on the threshold of his ca- eat up summer earnings quickly.
As to pern'sanent personnel, the
ture's big agent in the territory is force is small, but due to increasing
Alaska
and
the
Chugach
(pro-
nounced Chu-gash) National Forest
of 4,800,000 acres covers the shores of
well qualified.
Now as to the Department of In-
terior. It is doing business in a big
With the turn-over under the
recent reorganization bill, it now has
under its wing the Alaska Fire Planning Program, the Park Service, the
way.
Biological Survey, Alaska Game Com-
Prince William Sound The estimated
stand of commercial timber is
85,000,000,000 board feet. This timber consists of western hemlock 73%,
mission, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
and Bureau of Fisheries.
The Alaska Fire Planning Program
is
Sitka spruce 20%, cedars 6%, and
others 1%. Other businesses of the
Forest Service other than timber management are recreation, w i 1 d ii f e,
special uses for home sites, homesteads, waterpower development, industrial plants, etc. The ranger station headquarters are located at Seward, Cordova, Juneau, Petersburg and
There are no forest supervisors; the rangers work directly
under the regional office. The only
seasonal work in the southeastern
area is some cruising, scaling, recreational surveys, and type mapping.
However, the employment turnover
is small. On the Kenai district, with
headquarters at Seward, there are a
Ketchikan.
a new organization designed to
set up a fire plan program for the
interior of Alaska and establish an
organized system of fire detection and
suppression. It is also stressing pub-
lic education on the effects of fires
and making Alaskans fire conscious.
It is headed by a former Forest Service official, Mr. William McDonald,
and has its headquarters in Anchorage. It will have under its administration about 50,000,000 acres which
average ten cords per acre or some
500,000,000 cords of wood. This is
made up of
white spruce, black
spruce, white birch, poplar, cottonwood, and larch. It has little commercial saw timber value as judged
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33
Forest Recreation in Alaska
By William N. Parke, '33
Rditor's NoteMr. Parke is Recreation
Specialist of Region 10, headquarters at
Juneau, Alaska. He is exceptionally well
qualified to write on recreation in Alaska.
Our thanks to Mr. Parke.
with the Continental United States,
and therefore it is not likely to be
called on, with any degree of certainty
as to the future, to entertain the
has two national for-
great multitudes of visitors that now
ests, the Tongass and the ChuALASKA
gach, comprising a total area
make use of the readily accessible
recreation areas in the West.
The greatest individual recreation
resource to be considered in our Na-
of 20,880,000 acres, or slightly less
than 5 per cent of the total land area
of the Territory. In general they include practically all of the mainland
strip and adjacent islands, some of
which contain over a million acres
each, and extend for 800 miles from
Dixon Entrance northwest to the entrance of Cook Inlet.
In the development of Alaska's two
national forests, three resources are
recognizedwood, water, and recreation. The primary functions of
these forests are to grow successive
crops of timber and to aid in the regulation of stream flow by protecting
the watersheds. Climatic and other
conditions are ideal for carrying out
these functions. These forests also
contain opportunities for outdoor re-
tional Forest planning is the labyrinth of narrow, winding mountainbordered sea lanes.
The
sinuous
coastline of the Chugach and Tongass
forests is estimated at 12,000 miles,
equivalent to half the equatorial dis-
tance around the world. Next in
public appeal are the great glaciers
that move slowly
down the valleys
of the high coastal mountains and
drain off ice from the extensive ice
fields from which they originate.
Many of these are over a mile in width
at the face and 200 to 300 feet in
height.
Innumerable hanging lakes
carved out of the high gulches of
steep, mountain ranges by former
glaciers and disdharging as out of a
creation.
basin over vertical waterfalls are
The criterion of the importance the
national forests play in the recreation
found along the many fjords. High,
ruggged mountains with their varied
rock formations, native Indians with
their curious toterns and customs,
setup of Alaska is best exemplified
by the fact that 99 per cent of our
tourists visit and use the forests for
one form of recreation or another.
temperate and arctic flora within a
mile or two distance and a few thousand feet elevation from each other,
unexcelled fishing and big game hunting are additional features being considered in the recreational resource
planning of the National Forests of
Supplementing the tourists, who come
primarily to enjoy the scenery, are
the local residents who make use of
the many recreation areas on national
forest land adjacent to the various
communities.
Alaska.
In planning the development of the
numerous recreation resources it is
generally conceded that recreational
use in Alaska should provide a cornPlement to, rather than a duplication
of, the recreational facilities in the
States, after caring for the needs of
the local population. The Territory
There are two classes of tourists
who annually visit Alaska, the round-
trip tourist and those who make extended stopovers.
Those belonging
to the first group are on relatively
inexpensive round-trip pleasure cruises of about two weeks duration out of
has no railroad or highway connection
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35
Wood Products Department
By A. J. Ficken Jr.
S early as 1918 courses in lum-
bering were introduced into
the forestry curriculum. The
two main courses were lumber manufacturing and lumber merchandising,
and were taught by Harold Stephenson Newins, who at the same time was
teaching mainly technical forestry
subj ects.
retains the same title. In 1936, Pro-
fessor Baker left the teaching staff
and was ably replaced by Glenn Voor-
hies, who graduated from Oregon
State College in 1929 with a B.S.F.
Degree and a year later came forth
with a M.S.F. Degree. From 1936
to 1938 Glenn Voorhies carried the
In 1922 a new course was intro- brunt of the load in teaching the
duced into the School of Forestry courses in Wood Products, with the
Curriculum and was known as Lum- exception of several courses that
ber Manufacture. The primary func- were handled by Miles L. Compton,
tion of this course can best be stated a graduate with a B.S.W.P. Degree
in the following statement as found from this institution in 1934. Compin the 1921-22 Oregon State College ton is now state inspector for the
Catalog:
"the courses are designed to meet
the needs of men who desire to
prepare themselves for service in
the lumber manufacturing industry. Especial attention is given
to manufacturing conditions existing in the Pacific Northwest."
In 1923, Professor H. S. Newins left
the Oregon State campus and is now
head of the forestry school at the
lumbering experience was added to
the Wood Products staff as Assistant
Professor of Wood Products. This
man was R. M. "Bob" Evenden who
graduated from this institution in
1931 with a B.S.L.M. Degree and in
1932
obtained
his M.S.F.
Degree.
For the next five and a half years he
was in the employ of the Potlatch
University of Florida. His courses
were taken over by Professor T. J.
Forests Inc. at Lewiston, Idaho doing
dry-kiln research, personnel control,
and production analysis. Bob has
Starker, who came to this campus after spending approximately ten years
with the United States Forest Service,
taken over the business of forestry
in the Wood Products Department,
and Glenn teaches the fellows the
and who graduated from this institution in 1910 and received his M.S.F.
various techniques of dry-kilning,
wood grading, and timber mechanics.
Since the inception of the course of
Degree at the University of Michigan in 1912.
State Forester of Oregon at La
Grande, Oregon. In 1938 another
well trained man with many years of
Professor Starker,
with the aid of a graduate assistant,
carried on the teaching of Lumber
Lumber Manufacture and later Wood
Products into the curriculum of the
School of Forestry, the courses have
Manufacture until the year 1932,
when William Jennings Baker, who
is now on the staff at the School of
Forestry at Michigan State College,
took over Professor Starker's duties
in teaching the lumbering courses.
not been changed to any great extent.
The first two basic years are the
same for all students registered in
the School of Forestry. The last two
years, being decidedly different, depend upon the student's choice of a
major field. In Wood Products the
student is schooled in the general
In 1933 the name of Lumber Man-
ufacture was stricken from the college catalog and was given the name
of Wood Products, which to this day
(Continued on page 76)
36
WOOD PRODUCTS CLUB
Fall term, December 6, 1938, found
the students registered in the Wood
Pruducts Department organizing
themselves into what was first known
as the Wood Products Productions,
Inc. In using the effectiveness of
finances, and has general duties of a
Secretary-Treasurer. The Sales Manager handles articles for publication,
and secures general information for
the club about different types of machinery, etc. The Personnel Man-
the sawmill type of organization they
created the offices of General Man-
ager outlines the method and sees
that this method is carried out in
as chairman of the board of
rectors, represents the club in
pacity to the club as a whole. These
officers are selected by the members
ager, General Superintendent, Of- contacting the employers about stufice Manager, Sales Manager, and dent employment, handles the stuPersonnel Manager. A board of di- dent applications, takes care of the
rectors was also selected with the stationery and other club corresponGeneral Manager acting as its head, dence. The board of directors conworking out plans, and determining sisting of five members selected by
the club, with the General Manager
the policies of the organization.
The duties of each of the offices and General Superintendent as regare as follows: The General Man- ular members, direct the policies of
ager presides over the meetings, acts the club and act in an advisory cadi..
all
matters outside club activities, furnishes the plans and sees that they
are carried out. The General Superintendent has the duty of organizing programs and meetings, contacts the speakers, announces the
meetings to all members, assists the
General Manager.
The Office Man-
ager keeps a record of proceedings
in the meeting, has control of club
of the club at least one month before the end of the school year so the
new officers can have the guidance
of the old members before the year
is
over, thus getting an idea just
how things are run before they must
take over by themselves.
The Wood Products Club has for
its objectives: (1) To further the
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37
Wood Products
Promotion
The school year of 1938-1939 saw
the establishment of the Wood Products Club. The club had a major
need to fill: the necessity for an efficient, organized effort on the part
of Wood Products students in obtain-
ing both summer and full time employment.
The School's Model
Dry-Kiln
A small experimental cross-circulation side-fan lumber drying kiln
was completed in December, 1939,
except for a few minor details, by
the Wood Products department for
use in research work.
Construction
of this kiln was started during the
spring term of 1939 by Eugene
Advertising of the club and its men
constituted o u r m a i n employment
Tower, research assistant in Wood
Products, and was completed by Art
graduate assistant this
technique.
Newburg,
ually, contacted prospective employ-
year, with the aid of N.Y.A. labor.
Glenn Voorhies, Assistant Profesor
of Wood Products, was in charge of
We had several articles
in the trade journals. We, individ-
ers and informed them concerning
our club and its objectives. Also
during the last part of the spring
term we issued an advertising circular which contained pictures of all
the members in the club and a brief
summary of each member's ability
and experience. Professor Bob Even-
den was responsible for the fine photography in the circular.
The results of our first year of
operation
were
very encouraging.
We received several jobs for outright distribution plus many leads
productive of employment to our
members on a competitive basis.
designing and general supervision of
the kiln construction.
The model kiln is five feet long,
four feet wide, and three feet high,
and constructed of 7-ply, waterproof
Douglas fir plywood. It is constructed to make it as nearly air-proof as
possible, and its capacity is approximately 50 bd. ft. As in large kilns,
the lumber is put into the tunnel by
means of a truck on rails. A Fairbanks scales weighs the lumber as it
dries, thus showing the amount of
member of the club, it seems feasible
to predict that our results will con-
water lost by the lumber.
Several unique pieces of equipment
are contained in the operating mech-anism of the dry kiln, one of which
is the Ostlind Recorder-Controller.
This is probably the only instrument
of its kind in the United States. It
is electrically operated and controls
and graphically records the temperature and humidity in the kiln. It
is possible with this 'controller tc
regulate two weeks in advance a predetermined schedule of dry kiln op-
years to come than they were in the
A second feature is the new sys-
The first part of the school year
1939-1940 has seen the club put one
important advertising knockout under
its belt. This was our unique Christmas Card Greeting to over five hundred of the Pacific Northwest Wood
Products Industries.
Bearing in mind the intense spirit
of cooperation manifested by each
tinue to be as good and better in
past.
eration.
(continued on page 76)
Logging Engineers
39
Courtesy "The Timberman"
Annual Loggers' Journey
fly Duane Fitzgerald and Mel Aitken
HE senior field trip started last
May 4, when both juniors and
of a donkey sled very interesting to
them, since a part of the junior class
seniors, accompanied by Profes-
work at the time consisted of drawing
sors Patterson and McCulloch, visited the operation of the Willamette
Valley Lumber Company. The fellows gathered at Black Rock station
This company maintained a
daily output of fifty forty-four foot
flats with an average load of about
one.
six thousand.
early that morning where they boarded the logging train for camp, which
was about thirty miles west of Black
That evening the fellows returned
to camp with the crew in the Mulligan cars; they had another loggers'
feast and then proceeded on toward
Rock, on the summit of the coast
range. Shortly after arriving in camp
the fellows (all twenty-seven) feasted
on a genuine loggers' dinner before
Black Rock aboard two speeders.
This operation is without a doubt one
of the most interesting ones in the
state due to the variety of logging
proceeding on to the woods operations.
After dinner
the fellows
methods used. The company had a ma-
barded a locomotive to the first
chine well suited to any type of topographic condition. One could readily
see that their topographic conditions
consisted of a number of types.
side, which happened to be the most
interesting also. It included a Lidgerwood Steel Spar Skidder with a
heeling boom for loading. Loading a
On May 5, the seniors,
car here was but a moment's task.
accom-
panied by Professor Patterson, vis-
The skidder was reaching from two
to three thousand feet for logs to the
ited the logging operation of the Coats
Lumber Company of Tillamook. The
bottom of a large canyon, which made
attractive feature of this operation
an ideal setting for a machine of was
the truck road they had constructhis type.
ted to haul logs out of the great
Next, the fellows had the opportu- burn. At the time, they had about
nity to inspect the company's new six miles of this road constructed,
150 horsepower Kenworth Diesel
all of which was favorable grade,
trucks. The trucks were to haul from
ten to twelve thousand feet over six
miles of six per cent adverse grade.
The bunks were twelve feet wide and
with a maximum grade of about 15
per cent. From this operation the fel-
lows viewed the vast damage done
by the great fire of 1933. The logs
being taken were of fair quality and
about seven feet off of the ground.
The trucks had fourteen tires, all of quite large, but they only represented
which were six feet in diameter. It about 25 per cent of the volume of
was estimated that each truck had the original stand.
about three thousand dollars worth of
rubber on it.
The road was an exceptionally fine
one which was said to have been
Other sides of the operation in- built at a great expense. The operacluded cats and arches, high lead, tion was about ten miles east of Tiletc, with various types of loading lamook up the Wilson River.
systems, crotch lines, McLean Booms
and cranes. The fellows also viewed a
tree spar skidder which did not hap-
On May 9, enroute to the Redwood
region, the class visited the selective
spruce operation of the Crown-Willamette Paper Company at Siltcoos
pen to be in operation at that time.
The juniors found the construction Lake. They were using cats and arches
40
Barney gets out "The Little
Brown Jug" at Blackrock.
Skidder and Crane at the
Willamette Valley Lumber
Co.
Truck logging at the Wi!lamette Valley Lumber Co.
Cat and arch used by the
Willamette Valley Lumber
Co.
for yarding exclusively, skidding out
as far as 4500 feet from the landing.
From the cat landing the logs were
swung by a sky line across the lake
4000 feet to the railroad. Bert Ross,
the superintendent, stated that the se-
Caterpillar in operation getting out
Douglas Fir peeler logs.
Wednesday, May 10, at six A.M.,
the group had breakfast at Crannell,
the town camp of the Hammond Redwood Company, just a few moments
before they boarded the train for the
lective method thus far was fairly
successful, although they had to be woods. It was here that most of the
careful not to thin too much or to fellows saw a slack line for the first
scar the trees severely, which gener- time. The company had two slack
ally would increase the loss in the lines in operation and a combination
residual stand.
of
two
donkeys
sitting parallel,
The afternoon was spent at the called a ukelele, to make up a third.
Fairview operation of the Coos Bay
Lumber Company, out of Coquille.
The cat sides were very interesting
here, as the fellows noted the ease
They were using the high lead method
exclusively. The fellows also looked
with which the large logs were
the company, which included several
350 horsepower Diesel yarders of the
rain with the cats and arches. One
side was operating a decline with a
maximum grade of about 25 per
in the Redwood region. That evening
cent, pulling the loaded cars up from
a canyon. Special interest was taken
over the idle logging machinery of
same type later seen in operation
was spent in a visit throughout the
Smith Wood Products Company, at
Coquille, which was exceedingly interesting to all, especially to those
who had never visited a plywood mill.
A large part of the day, Tuesday,
May 10, was spent traveling, al-
though the group did visit a small
operation of the Smith Wood Products
Company on the Sixes River, south of
Coquille, where they had a new RD 8
handled in the exceedingly steep ter-
in the felling
foot flats, averaging 6 M to 7 M Hum-
bolt Scale, which is 30 per cent less
than the Spaulding Columbia River
scale.
(Continued on page 75)
The Logging Engineers
42
of a Redwood tree,
twenty feet in diameter, with the use
of power saws. The company had several other sides in operation that
were not seen. They maintained a
daily output of about 105 forty-two
Logger Troubles
By Walt Geren
Most loggers have an acute aversion to greenhorns invading the woods
in search of jobs, but consider them
to be a necessary evil and tolerate
them as such. The most offensive
new-corners are the wise young punks
who are always talking when they
should be listening, and who speak
loudly but not wisely. There are
many ways of reducing these noisy
punks to silence, and once quieted,
they often realize their faults and
mend their ways.
One such wise young man was sent
to the shop for a sack full of "tailholds," and, although he is now an
old hand, he still hears about it occasionally.
Next to noisiness, awkwardness is
the greatest short-coming of the average
young greenhorn.
Many a
young punk has lost his job for stepping on the hooker's foot or hand, or
in other ways throwing his weight
around to the disadvantage of everyone.
A few years ago a young fellow
was setting chokers for the "Frog,"
a hook-tender here in the Northwest
who was notorious for his bad temper. The choker-setter, although he
was a good steady worker ordinarily,
was apt to get rattled if bothered in
any way. The first day he worked
for the "Frog," who in a burst of
temper had run off most of his crew
that morning. He did well until about
noon when he had some difficulty
getting a choker around a log, and
the "Frog," being short handed, came
to help him. After a little struggle
they got the knob of the choker under the log, and the boy, who was by
now very rattled, threw the bell and
he jumped onto the log and looked
down at the "Frog" who was just
starting to stagger to his feet. "Gee,
Mr. Frog!" he exclaimed, "I'm sorry."
The "Frog," who by this time was
on his feet feeling of a knot on his
head, replied, "That's all right, son,
perfectly all right. Anybody who'd
work with a dizzy
like you
ought to have his brains beat out."
Mistakes are not always restricted
to newcomers for many boners are
credited to old heads. For instance,
a rigger-slinger, who, being on the
skid-road and broke, hired out as a
hook-tender for a small outfit, figuring he had nothing to lose and could
make a roadstake before getting canned. All went well for about a week
until one day the haulback fouled in
a tail-block, and before he could get
it stopped about six hundred feet of
haulback was burned up. The fore-
man, who was a part owner of the
outfit, regarded this loss worse than
losing his wife. Consequently the
wood-be hook-tender was soon "on
Burnside" again.
Five years later our friend found
himself on the skid-road again in the
usual conditionbroke. After look-
ing around he found that the only
job on the boards was a loading job
at this same gyppo camp where he
had worked five years ago. With
some misgivings he shipped out on
the job, and the first person he saw
in camp was the foreman who had
fired him before. Fortunately the
foreman did not seem to recognize
him and all went well for about a
One day just before noon the
loader noticed the foreman sitting on
week.
a log looking at him intently.
The
bight of the choker over the log without any caution. Unfortunately he
loader realized he was recognized and
"Frog's" head. Half scared to death
(Continued on page 84)
scored a direct hit on top of the
was ready to go to town any minute
when the foreman came up to him
43
L-
The 1939 Pacific Coast
Logging Congress
By Bert Udell and Phil Workman
HE Pacific Coast Logging Congress was formed 30 years ago
when the members of the lum-
and one that must be handled at once
they had one of the major industries
material in the quickest and most ef-
only organization of its kind in which
competitors come together to visit,
exchange ideas, and help one another
to be better loggers.
Since its organization, the Congress
has fostered mechanical progress in
logging, as well as being largely responsible for improved living conditions in the camps. It has also,
through educational work, done much
to reduce the accident toll in the hazardous tasks of the woods. During
der to reduce the tremendous amount
of breakage, and to increase the profit realized in cutting such timber,
loggers should use lighter equipment.
done much to help the development of
the Forest schools, and has constant-
pany, with the aid of a young chemist,
I
bering game began to realize that
if we are to save such timber from
complete loss. Most of the discussions had to do with logging such
of the West on their hands. The ficient manner before excess defect
Congress is unique in that it is the sets in. It was suggested that in or-
Caterpillars and arches, and small
gasoline or diesel yarders and loaders
were recomniended.
Harry P. Miller of the Stimson
Lumber Co., however, has been pur-
suing an entirely different angle of
the case, namely, that of salvaging
the lumber after it has been attacked
the 30 years of its existence it has by the bugs and borers. His comly encouraged these schools in the
training of men for the logging and
lumbering industries.
The transition of the loggers and
the growth of the logging industry is
well characterized by the remark of
the hotel librarian. She asked one of
the boys if this was a logging convention, and if so, where were the
loggers.
has developed a wood plastic that is
forced into the worm holes, and which,
when dry, resembles the natural wood
except for the lack of grain. This is
the only company that let it be known
that it is spending any money for research, which could the loggers only
know, is the real salvation of the
lumber industry.
The research angle was brought
When told that she was out more forcibly in the talk of Mr.
L. F. Livingston of the extension division of the I. E. Dupont De Nemours Co. He stated that his comthat used to come to my boarding pany, one of the largest in the United
States, spends over $7,000,000 a year
house."
Out of the many fine discussions for experimental purposes alone, and
held during the latest of these Con- that over 40 per cent of the company's
gresses, there were three that seemed present volume comes directly as the
to me to be of outstanding importance result of these experiments, which
to the future of the lumber industry. have largely been developed within
The first was the discussion held the past decade.
The lumber industry as a whole, I
on salvage of bug killed, fire-killed,
and over-mature timber. Here we think, should take this lesson to
are faced with a very real problem, heart, for too long has it been depend-
practically surrounded by them, she
"stuck up" her nose and said, "Well,
these sure don't look like the loggers
45
ing on just the sale of boards for its
mately one quarter of a million acres.
existence.
In order to get out the faster decaying smaller trees and those that the
The United States government also
entered the program in the person of
E. T. F. Wahlenburg, who proposed
a plan for forest depletion that is
worms are beginning to attack, it has
been necessary to construct about
100 miles of railroad. They are tak-
going to do more for the immediate
advancement of good forestry than
board feet per day when all eight
ing
out
approximately
1,250,000
sides are operating.
An interesting sidelight on the Con-
anything else.
Under this plan an operator, when
solidated Railroad is that the first
part of the line was engineered and
constructed by one of our present
practicing selective logging, will be
able to write off most of his investment on the first cutting. The reduction in taxes will enable him to
hold his land for future cuttings.
forestry professors, C. J. Budelier.
On this field trip there was at
least one representative from each of
Another good custom of the conven-
tion was observed when the fourth
annual Young Loggers' Dinner was
held. To prove the point that a log-
the lumber concerns in the North-
I am sure that they, after seeing the terrific destruction caused by
ger may die but never grow old, 11 of this burn, realize more keenly the nethe original 123 founders of the con- cessity for care and good organization
vention were present. They were all in their fire control work.
called upon to say a few words, and
The huge amount of breakage that
were then presented with souvenir takes place in the logging of excesbooks. The main entertainment for sively rough country was well demonthe evening was a moving picture by strated on the trip. A good many of
the Allis Chalmers Co., depicting the the canyons we viewed were literally
evolution of logging from bull teams choked with broken trees, which are
to the present crawler type tractor. now considered worthless because it
Pictures of past Logging Congress is impossible to get enough lumber
presidents were tied in with the de- out of them to pay the handling
velopment of the machinery. A hu- charges. This fairly shrieks of the
morous address was given by "Count" type of utilization that the lumber
Ernesto Rosse, an American humor- industry now employs, and is one of
ist. The evening was closed with an the greatest problems to be solved
illustrated address by WL B. Osbourne before the industry can progress as it
Jr., who reviewed the progress that should.
had been made in forest fire fighting
With an ever-growing realization
and equipment during the past 30 of this need for better use of our foryears.
One of the largest salvage operations in the Northwest was visited by
the members of the Congress and
their friends When a field trip to the
Tillamook burn was sponsored by the
Consolidated Timber Company under
the leadership of Lloyd R. Crosby.
There are eight different "sides"
operating in this area, two of which
are owned by the Company. (The
others are "gyppos" or near "gyppos".)
This huge burn covers approxi-
west.
est resources and the trend toward
sound, practical policies which will
allow our forest industries to operate
profitably and efficiently on a perpetual basis, we are brought to the
conclusion that the future of our forest industries holds out brighter hopes
and promises greater accomplishments as the years go by. With the
passing of this period of transition,
we will attain the ultimate goal of a
great, stable industry in the production, harvesting, manufacjture, and
consumption of forest products.
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The Scene of Operations
CRATER LAKE
Courtesy State Highway Corn.
Fernhoppers' Workshop
By Bob Vincent
One of the best stands of second
ERNHOPPERS, let us live up
to our name and make a series
of mighty hops to points of interest in our own McDonald Forest.
Our first hop carries us to the entrance of Peavy Arboretum. This entrance is guarded by a pair of maple
fence posts which have grown into
trees.
growth Douglas fir in the McDonald
Forest may be seen from Schreiner
road between Cronemiller Lake and
the Powder House. This timber and
most of the other second growth on
the Forest has seeded in since the last
major fire which passed through the
area about 90 years ago. Most of
tain seasons of the year and cause no
little concern among the CCC boys.
the Forestry Club Cabin near the
These trees were part of a
fence which was built by an early this stand is included in a Natural
settler to guard his haystack. The Area registered with the Ecological
western larches planted in this spot Association of America. The Nature
attract considerable attention at cer- Study Trail is a part of this setup.
There are several cabins, including
In addition to the larches, there are
nursery and Dean Peavy's Cabin at
the summit of Vineyard Hill, which
are quite well known, but very little
seems to be known about the under-
many of the orthodox species of coni-
fers planted along the road between
the CCC camp and the Forestry Club
cabin.
sized log cabin at H:arwood Springs.
It seems probable, however, that this
was built as a homesteader's cabin or
a hunter's shack.
Although there is no lookout tower
on the McDonald Forest at the pres-
The nursery is our next stop. This
nursery, which is authorized under
the Clarke-McNary Act of 1914, was
established under the supervision of
Dean Peavy but has since been placed
under the direction of Verne E. McDaniels, State Nurseryman.
The
ent time, a tall wooden tower was
once located on the point east of the
Powder House. This structure was
erected by the Forestry Club on Ar-
tract originally consisted of three
acres of cutover land, but eighteen
acres were later added. At the present time about ten acres are under
boretum day in 1931 and was torn
down four years later as it did not
allow for the proper coverage of the
Forest and showed signs of falling
cultivation. This site was chosen for
the project because of easy accessibility and a good water supply from
a series of springs later dammed up
to form Cronemiller Lake.
Plantations on the Arboretum, and
McDonald Forest have shown many
startling results. For instance, an
Eldorado Ponderosa Pine has elongated 54 inches annually for the last
several years, a much more rapid rate
of growth than this species usually
exhibits in its native habitat. Port
Orford cedars in the same plantation
are also doing remarkable well. Why
down of its own accord.
The southeastern portion of the
Forest gives us an idea of the original
forest cover type of the McDonald
Forest. The gradual change from
open grassland and scattered oak
trees to Douglas fir is visible in many
places. According to the original
survey notes taken when the Land
Office Survey was run in the period
between 1881 and 1885, the major
part of the area now included in the
should this species, a native of the
fog belt, thrive on a dry, exposed
McDonald Forest was grassland with
patches of oaks and a few scattered
old growth Douglas fir. Due to this
hillside?
scarcity of trees, the witness marks
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were sometimes placed on oak trees
Findings From
the Museum
100 or more feet from the corner. One
of the original oak bearing trees with
the inscriptions still legible, stands
near Sulphur Springs and marks the
quarter corner on the line between
sections four and five. As compared
with conditions at the time of the
original survey, we student surveyors
do not fare so well in the matter of
open country and have to struggle
through assorted species of underbrush, the most obnoxious of which is
the poison oak.
The latest addition to the McDonald
Forest includes Sulphur Springs.
By Al Lindsten
The Oregon State College School
of Forestry has a growing collection
of oddities in wood, which have been
grouped together by Prof. T. J. Starker, and called "The Museum."
Mr. Oliver V. Matthews of Salem,
Oregon, has given a considerable
number of items to the museum. The
latest item is a Douglas Fir ship knee
which was picked up as a piece of
This particular spot has a rather interesting history as it was at one
time the recreational center for Corvallis and vicinity. Aside from the
Sulphur Spring, the spot offers ex-
the museum.
cellent picnic grounds.
tion was that of supplying the ship
The Forest and Arboretum have
come a long way in
since their
development
inception.
With the
driftwood at Chinook, Washington,
on May 9, 1939, and later given to
One of the interesting industries
connected with wooden ship construcThe ship knee industry
flourished during the war of 1914 and
ended at its close, which period
knees.
wealth of color in its past history marked the end of the wooden ship
and the constructive plans for the era.
future the McDonald Forest, the
Briefly defined, a ship knee is a
Peavy Arboretum, and the Clarke-Mc- natural crook formed by a shallow
Nary Nursery will continue to be horizontal root and a section of a
institutions which are a credit to the
tree trunk. The knees were either
School and the State.
hand hewn or sawed out in a sawmill, usually from second growth
Douglas Fir.
The function of a ship knee was to
lend strength to a right angle brace
in a frame member of a vessel. These
knees or crooks derive their great
strength from the nature of their root
fibers, which are extremely tough and
twisted.
A good price was paid for ship
knees, varying from 65 cents to $1.50
per inch. $100 was the price paid
for a large ship knee.
The number of ship knees to a
wooden vessel varied from 166 to
204, according to the type of hull.
Items of this nature along with
St. Peter's Dome as seen from an aisle of
gre en cry on t4e Columbia River High way.
other new and old curiosities arouse
the general public's interest and add
to their knowledge.
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Recent Research
By B. N. Thompson
LTHOTJGH the inquiring attitude of our forestry professors may sometimes get in our
hair in the classroom, we will have
Now in its embryo stages of research is the Study of Forest Lands
as an Economic Resource in Benton
County, which has been introduced
by Professor Vaux. This a study of
to give credit for the fine work in
the field of forestry research, which
has been a result of this same inquiring attitude.
the forest resources available in
Benton County, their present and fu-
ture economic effects, the type of
Profesor l\&cCulloch, in cooperation
forestry policy to pursue in connec-
ment Station, is now in the middle of
an experiment, the purpose of which
is to prove the worth of hybrid pop-
however it promises in the future to
tion with them, and the history of
these lands. This project is as yet
in the first stages of development,
with the Northeast Forest Experi-
yield much pertinent data on the
lars as pulp producing trees in the
uses of forest lands in the Willamette
Northwest as compared with the coniferous species now being used. The
Valley.
Silviculture 343 class of last spring
There are other older experiments
still has fond memories of the creak- in the field of forestry which are
ing joints and aching backs which being conducted on the McDonald forresulted from setting up the experi- est, some of which are the Ponderosa
ment. No doubt the present Silvi- Pine Race Studies, to determine the
culture class shares similar memories race best adapted to the Willamette
as a result of a direct seeding ex- Valley area; the Soutrage Plots, to
periment on the Tillamook burn determine the effect of the removal
area.
of forest litter from the forest floor
In the field of wood preservatives, upon the growth of the trees; the
Glenn Voorhies is conducting a study Borggreve Thinning Plots, a form of
of the comparative values of coal thinning which removes all dominant
tar rreosote and oil tar creosote. and co-dominant trees which interTests on these two have been made fere with the growth of other thrifty
for the desirable and undesirable trees; Professor Starker's post farm,
qualities of wood preservatives, and which continues to rot fence posts in
before long we should hear all of the large quantities; and the second
angles on these two preservatives, growth thinning plots established in
thanks to Glenn.
1927, which are still having their
A Cost Accounting System for the measurements taken every five years
by Professor Nettleton.
Of the many other experiments on
the McDonald Forest and Peavy Arboretum,, a few are listed as follows:
Forest Genetics study, Peavy Arboretum Inventory, Christmas Tree
McDonald forest has been worked out
and put into effect by Professor
Richen, the purpose of which is to
keep track of the incomes and expenses on the various projects which
are under way on the forest.
By
compiling all related data and careful
checking, Mr. Richen hopes in the fu-
study, Douglas Fir Spacing study,
Black Locust Plantation, Stand Im-
ture to be able to make a fairly accurate prediction of the cost and incomes of projects which may be in-
provement Plots, Girdling and Toler-
ance study, Natural Seeding Plots,
Wolf Tree Eradicating, Ponderosa
troduced for the Mc Donald Forest.
(Continued on page 85)
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Outside of Classes
Lower South Silver Creek FallsCourtesy State Board of Forestry
THE ANNUAL CRUISE
Volume XXI
Editor --------------------Lawrence W. Zach
Associate editor
Alan B. Berg
Sub-editors Earl Warren, Lyle Harrison,
Charles Combs, Walt Geren, Francis Jacqueman, Eugene McNulty, Ray Ellis.
Photography - Professor Evenden,
Starker.
Bruce
Manager
Advertising Manager
Dan D. Robinson
Dean Fellows
Circulation -----------------------Bill Freed
Assistants-----John Prescott, Ed Tippner, Ralph
Day, Fred Holmes, Mason Coverston.
AssistantsAlfred Murphy, Ed Geiger, Bob Thompson, Al Lindsten, Willis Ragland,, Warren
Chesbrough, Bruno Berselli, Bert Udell, Phil Workman, Bob Vincent, Bob McConnel, Lloyd
Waid, F. P. Gilbert, Wilton Vincent, Owen Cramer, Art Ficken, Warren Blake, Lucien
Alexander, Bob Barron, Gordon Black, Willard Wilson, Bob Robinson, George Brooks,
Bill Morgan, Don Bauer, Clinton Wynn, Bill Shiley, Joe Clark, Chelsea Browne.
Faculty adviser ----------Prof. R. S. Kearns
With another school year com-
Bruce Starker undertook the difficult task of furnishing photographs
pleted, another Annual Cruise is pub-
lished by the students of the School
of Forestry. Each year finds new
problems, new students, new conditions,
and a constant change
and providing uniform photos for all
activities. The sub-editors cooperated
to the fullest extent to represent the
organizations and activities as far as
in
thought and action. The Cruise staff
has also changed from year to year,
but the ideal of helpful and unselfish
cooperation has remained in the formulating nd publication of another
Annual Cruise.
This year's Cruise labored under
the handicap of a seriosly restricted
budget.
space and funds permitted.
The State Forestry Department cooperated in supplying many fine engravings. Dean Mason supplied the
timely thought on educational trends:
while Professor Starker again "went
to bat" for the Cruise with his wide
knowledge and interest in the school
and forestry. Miss Liddle gave her
usual cheerful assistance in helping
The Forestry Club, rather
than lower the high standards set by
previous volumes, made a special appropriation. Professor Evenden and
both the managerial and editorial
staffs with their frequent difficulties.
52
Back rowGi]bert, Bronson, Clark.
Center row--Russel, Venator, Barron, Coverston.
Front rowBriggs, Waid, Peters.
THE HI-LEAD
Volume IV
Editor
News Editor
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--
-
Lloyd A. Waid
Karl G. Palmer
Manager
Otto Peters
CartoonistsChelsea Browne, Mason Coverston.
NewsT. J. Starker, W. F MeCulloch, Ii. J.
Vaux, Joe Russell, John Venathr, Otto
Peters, Lawrence Zach, Alan Berg, Dan
StaffJoe Jaeger, John Venator, Verne Bron-
The Hi-Lead was initiated into the
Forestry Club as an extra-curricular
activity three years ago. During the
first year of its existence it was publisthed weekly in a one-sheet form;
published and financed by interested
The objective of the Hi-Lead is to
supplant the old grapevine and to establish and maintain a written record
of activities and interests of the forestry school not recorded elsewhere.
Humorous and educational articles
Robinson, Cherry Briggs, Joe Clark, Harry
Swanson, A. P. Collins, Ray Ellis.
students who foresaw its possibilities.
Two years ago, through popular demaiid and standards set by other forestry schools, the Hi-Lead was augmented to its present form of a multiple sheet paper published bi-weekly.
son, Adelaide Liddle.
tend to make this puplication very
interesting to the students.
Its circulation of 320 copies includes 20 copies which are regularly
sent to other forestry schools and interested persons.
XI SIGMA PT
Xi Sigma Pj was founded at the that included group singing and a
University of Washington in 1909, play by the recent initiates to the
to work toward raising the standards Zeta chapter.
of forest education, to upbuild the
Thornton T. Munger was unaniprofession of forestry, and to pro- mously elected an honorary member of
mote a fraternal feeling among for- Xi Sigma Pi as an expression of the
esters. Zeta chapter of this organirespect and gratitude of the members
zation was established on the Oregon of the fraternity. President Peavy
State College campus in 1921. Eight presented this membership as part of
other chapters of this professional the thirteenth annual Forester's banhonorary are in active existence.
quet program.
Other activities of this chapter are
the Freshman Council system, inves-
During the past year thirty-three
men have been judged to be eligible
in grades, leadership, and personality
tigation of the possibility of treating
the Forestry Club cabin to rid it of
the beetles, and social functions within the chapter.
Officers for this year are: Lucien
Alexander, forester; Dan Robinson,
asociate forester; Bill Freed, secretary-.fiscal agent; and l'vLr. McCul-
for membership and have been elected
into Zeta chapter.
Annually, Zeta chapter presents a
bronze paper weight to the junior
with Vhe highest-weighted grade point
average. Last year's weight was pre-
sented to Liarry Zach. Lester Dunn
and Lucien Alexander were given
loch, ranger.
Besides the faculty, the present members
Bruce Starker, Larry
Zach, Bob Barron, Chas. Combs, Les Dunn,
Bill Freed, Walt Geren, Palmer Gilbert, Otto
Peters, Dan Robinson, Bill Senimler, Pete
Smith, Ed Tippner, Clyde Walker, Wallace
Anderson, Frank Longwood, Mal Harris,
Andy Pribnow, Gene Knudson, Alan Berg,
Bruno Berselli, Ray Dougherty, Gordon Black,
Harry Swanson, Harry Ohlsen, Oliver Petty,
Ernest Dawson, Chas. (Bill) Randrup, Orval
Rawie, Bill Shiley, Ernest Wagner, Earl Warren, Willard Wilson, Clinton Wynn, Bernie
honorable mention.
are: Lu Alexander,
In cooperation with the Forestry
Club, Zeta chapter this year entertained the delegates to the Association of Western Forestry Clubs Conclave at a steak feed in the Forestry
Club cabin. Delegates and hosts ate
steak and were amused by a program
Orell.
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Front rowLindsay, Matthew, Chesbrough, Murphy, Robinson, Kower.
Center rowGoodyear, Anderson, McNulty, Lound, Schroeder.
Back rowCurrey, Nettleton, Blake, Sasser, Doriser, Evenden.
PRESS RADIO GUILD
Each year there is an increasing
need for public education in forestry
and the formation of a constructive
public attitude towards forest industry and conservation.
To meet this need the Press Radio
Guild was formed in January of this
year with nine charter members from
faculty and students of the forestry
school. In addition twelve more stu-
dents were selected as neophyte mem-
bers and will qualify for full membership upon completion of certain
curricula and performance requirements. Any forestry student who
will meet these requirements is eligible for membership in the event
that he continue to participate in
radio programs, talks before groups
and writing of articles on forestry
for newspapers and periodicals.
As long as there is a need for pub-
contact and public education in
forestry the Guild will have its program of activities full. The members hope the Guild will become one
of the important agencies engaged in
this type of work and look to other
forestry schools to create additional
membership groups to carry on this
lic
work.
Charter members of the Guild are:
Dan Robinson, director; Wally Anderson, assistant director; Harold
Sasser, secretary; Clarence Currey,
recorder; Robert Evendon, critic;
Harry Nettleton, Henry Vaux, George
Schroeder, and Rod Phillips.
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Foresters at the Mike
Junior Forest Council
Quite a few Oregon State Fern-
One of the foremost tasks of the
hoppers are helping to tell the world
Press-Radio Guild will be to promote
public many interesting and humorous experiences of fernhoppers along
with tall tales of the woods. George
Schroeder is the guiding star and
Oregon and Washington for the double purpose of providing a plentiful
supply of timber for the sawmills of
several foresters. Jimmie Morris is
the able director of this as well as of
the Junior Forest Council program
which is broadcast each Tuesday
from 7:45 to 8:00 p.m. These fifteen minutes are devoted to publicising the policies of the Junior Forest
Council by means of dramatizations
written by Robert Evenden. In the
program a Forest Land School is organized for the young people of Firtown, a mythical lumbering commun-
bility for the protection of future forests as well as practical forestry experience by letting them manage se-
the story of forestry via the radio an organization nearly as new as
itself and also in its formative stage.
waves of station KOAC.
The Junior Forest Council of the
At 8:45 Thursday nights, "For- Douglas fir region was jointly creesters in Action" gives the listening ated by the forestry department of
the future and also to give boys of
script writer; the cast consists of high school age a sense of responsi-
lected areas of second growth anJ
deforested land. These Forest Land
Schools, as they are to be called, will
be sponsored locally in each community by educators, timbermen, and
other public-spirited citizens.
The difference between a mosquito
bite and woolen underwear is that
ity somewhere in the Douglas fir two hands are enough for a mosquito
region.
bite.
Oregon Douglas FirCourtesy Oregon State Board of Forestry
56
The Forestry Club
floated through the air. Who could
help feeling gay with two hundred
The Forestry Club, symbolized by
the scarlet tie, worn in honor of Dean
foresters and their gals swinging
composed of supposedly untamed fern-
the Pines", was carried out by a small
hoppers, is one of the most active on
the Oregon State campus.
cut saws hanging outside.
The club swung into action by sponsoring Rook Arboretum Day, acquainting the incoming rooks with the
consult programs made from imita-
around the forest floor under maple
Peavy, is in its thirty-third year of and fir boughs.
The theme of the dance, "Cabin in
activity. This club, although it is
Peavy Arboretum and the McDonald
Forest. Next in line came the Fernhopper's Ball, a real success, proved
by the profit of $11.53. The Western
Forestry School's Conclave was the
largest function that the O.S.C. For-
esters have ever undertaken. The
Forester's Banquet, which climaxed
the Conclave, terminated the club's ac-
tivities for the winter term.
Officers for the first half of the
year were: President, Harry Swanson; Vice-president, Dan Robinson;
Secretary, Warner Blake; Treasurer'
Bill Freed; Song Leader, Earl Warren; Gaboon Chairman, A. P. Collins;
Critic, C. J. Budelier; Auditor, Dick
Kearns; Publicity, Palmer Gilbert;
Sergeant-at-arms, Ernest Wagner.
Officers for the second half of the
year were: President, Alan Berg;
Vice-president, Bruno Berselli; Secre-
tary, Bob Vincent; Treasurer, Ed
Geiger; Song Leader, George Schroeder; Gaboon Chairman, Dick Ramsey;
Critic, Clarence Richen; Auditor,
Henry Vaux.
As yet, Collins has not notified
the club as to the whereabouts of the
"brass gaboon." Does he know?
The Foresters' Ball
log cabincalked boots and crossIt was
here that fernhoppers gathered to
tion pine wood and pine cones.
Each
dance was named after a tree; the
first six were scientific names of
trees and the last six, corresponding
common names.
Between dances the brilliant red
ties of foresters were seen about the
bar where "mountain dew", in form
of odd tasting apple cider, was flowing freely. It was only "Father Time"
who finally reminded Paul that it was
time his g-uests leave for the hour
of midnight was rapidly approaching.
Reluctantly Paul and his fellow for-
esters parted leaving only to their
memory the joyful time had by all
among the pines.
Due credit must be given to Co-
chairmen, Otto Peters and Jim Usher,
and their committees who helped make
the affair financially successful and
also to rate it as one of the more important social functions on the school
calendar.
Honors and Awards
Unusual keenness in competition
for the Charles Lathrop Pacic essay
awards was demonstrated in 1939
when Larry Gangle and Bruno Berselli tied for first place; each receiving $32.00. Runner-up vtas Bruce
Starker, who received $16.00. These
Paul Bunyan reigned supreme once
awards are given each year to students writing the most significant
the Memorial Union Ballroom on the
evening of October 21, marking the
fourth annual fernhoppers' ball.
Old Paul felt the spirit of youth in
his veins as the modern dance melo-
forestry articles for publication.
Wallace E. Anderson, well-known
dies of Bob Mendenhall's orchestra
(Continued on page 61)
again among the pines and firs in
ex-president of the Forestry Club,
was the recipient of the Mary J. L.
McDonald Fellowship in Reforesta-
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Peavy leads Alouette.
That's what we ate, too.
Sam Taylor giving up.
Prof can tell them too.
Relaxing after the beans.
Lindsten takes a five.
Arboretum Day
By Dan Robinson
Loud commands, a n s w e r e d b y
snatches of crude comment filled the
air behind the Forestry building on
the morning of May 13. Crew captains ran wildly about collecting the
members of their crews. The jobless
individuals milled about with worried
Evidently the beans had very little
effect on club president Grah, for he
induced Dean Peavy to lead the gang
in a few songs. Social committee
chairman Swanson then introduced
the guests, or rather let them introduce themselves, and then took over
expressions.
the gavel as Forest Club President
The occasion, that honored annual
event, Arboretum Day!
for the coming year. Next the annual
Why else would these stalwart soph-
omores and brain-weary seniors leave
a warm bed at 6:30 in the morning
to ramble anlong the poison oak and
nettles of the McDonald Forest?
Under the able direction of Lu
Alexander, the annual spring work
and play day got under way as the
trucks carried the calk-booted fernhoppers into the woods. In record
time the forest was ringing with the
sound of saws, axes, and now and then
a few off-key notes of "Down Under
the Hill." Trails were blazed and
maintained, new sign posts and section corner markers appeared, patches of trees were pruned, and an endless list of other jobs completed.
From down by the cabin tempting
odors of cooking assailed the nostrils
of the crew far back beyond the saddle. "Food!" arose the cry. The
crew at Sulphur Springs heard the
word and a long line of white dust
marked their abrupt departure for
the cabin. The boys arrived and
formed long and impatient lines lead-
awards were handed out, and, as
usual, Sampert, Gangle, Zach, and
Berselli collected the lion's share.
Gaboon chairman Berselli then told
a couple of shady storiesguess that
was because he was heartily booed
from the gallery. Bill Semmler announced various contests open to all
who had recovered from the beans.
Bill climbed up a poor, crooked Doug-
las fir and finally after much advice
and bets from below managed to chew
the top off. The log-bucking contest
struck a snag when the log that the
boys were working on pinched the
saws and finally degenerated into a
chopping contest to recover the saws.
Many divulging events took place
at the lake where the boys went
swimming. For example, Sampert
didn't look half as tough in a bathing
suit as he did in tin pants and calked
boots.
Activity began to wane along towards four o'clock and straggling
groups began to fill the trucks. A
few feeble attempts at song burst into
ing slowly past the bean-pot, ham-
full blast when the city limits came
burgers, salad, applesauce, and pickles, then over to the coffee, and fin-
strong soap in hopes of controlling
ally to the selected spot free from
into sight; then home to bathe in
the poison oak.
News ItemSeven freshman for-
insects and the well known poison oak.
What a feed! It was a question as
to whether the ice cream or the foresters would pass out first. The ice
esters were confined to the infirmary
with some of the best cases of poison
oak of the season. However, the ser-
iousness of the attacks were ques-
cream won, however, and after "Prof"
had been around for the fourth time
the kitchen force declared him ineligible for further competition.
tioned when one of the patients, upon
being interviewed said, "I'm just ltch-
ing to stay here for a week."
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1940 A. W. F. C. Conclave
By Warner Blake
The visiting delegates presented the
An enthusiastic bunch of delegates
converged on the campus the afternoon and evening of February 21,
to offer and receive ideas that might
wood gavel and plate in appreciation
solve common problems. The reason,
The men who were here were deeply
impressed with the Conclave's pos-
Oregon State Club with a myrtleof the program provided for them.
the second annual Conclave of Western Forestry Schools, started at Mon-
sibilities, and the A.W.F.C. is well
tana last year and carried on by our on its way to becoming a permanent
club this year. Every Forestry association.
school in the Northwest was repre- Delegates to the A.W.F.C. Conclave
sented, although Washington has not
University of MontanaArt Meldefinitely become a member.
Thursday was spent in getting ac- by, Charley Thielen, Walt Schaffquainted and assigning duties to the ner, Clarence Graham, Gharlès
various delegates. That evening Xi Dobson.
University of IdahoMax Fee,
Sigma Pi threw a steak feed for the
delegates. Early Friday morning the Bill Read, Carlos Klein, Douglas McForestry School trucks took the men Leod, Ray Gardner.
University of CaliforniaHutton
to the C. D. Johnson Lumber Co. at
Toledo, Oregon. In the morning an Theller, Robert Sinclair, Percy Vininspection of the mill in operation cent, Gordon Ludwig, Robert Scale,
Tom Adams, Kenneth Shearer, Richard Bohme.
was made, and the afternoon was
spent in a very educational tour of
the woods operation. The trip was
culminated by returning along our
Utah StatePaul Scherbel, Harold
Hiner, Dave Latimer, Robert Corey.
Iowa
scenic Oregon Coast, stopping at all
important beauty spots. This provel
to be the highlight of the Conclave,
especially for some of the men who
had never seen the ocean or Douglas
fir logging. Saturday was spent in
finishing all business that was to be
transacted, and the Conclave ended
with the Banquet that evening.
One aim of the A.W.F.C. has been
accomplished. That is, the approval
by the Society of American Foresters
StateMeriil]
Charles Houston.
University of
Idaho,
Edmunds,
Southern
BranchWilbur Neifert, Roy Grubb,
Bob Martin, Art Peterson.
Colorado StatePaul Gira, Char-
ley Miller, Ray Rowley, Charles Turner, Bill Kiely.
University of WashingtonPat
Wick, Fritz Ekholm, Edward Gross,
Harold Anderson, Douglas Swrn,
Jack Wilson.
Washington State - Tom Helseth,
of the Intercollegiate Society ofAmerican Foresters' Constitution. This
Ray Kraus, Don Haibach, John Beach,
Frank Waldner.
Constitution provides for an association of the Forestry Clubs, divide'J
into organized units in each part of
the countrysimilar to the A.W.F.C.
The University of Utah at Logan,
Utah, was elected as host Club for
next year.
Oregon StateLu Alexander, Ed
Geiger, John Prescott, Bill Melvin.
Officers of the Conclave: Harry
Swanson, president; Bill Freed, vice
president; and Owen Cramer, secretary-treasurer.
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Fernhoppers' Banquet
sung preceding the "Foresters in Ac-
Paul Bunyan's followers came from
tion" skit. A typical radio program
24, to make the thirteenth annual of interesting information and tall
all parts of the Northwest February
stories was presented. The Press Ra-
Foresters' Banquet the biggest suc-
dio Guild staff introduced their organization and gave a sample of the
kind of programs being presented.
Following this a very highly "technical" quiz program was held, illus-
cess yet attained. At six o'clock the
bugle call interrupted the business of
greeting old friends and making new
The sound of Dean Peavy's
dinner gong faded, and the banquet
opened in proper traditional style
ones.
trated by cartoon slides.
The program ended with "taps",
with "Down Under the Hill."
and the crowd began to thin out, some
As "Old Paul" and "Babe", the
examining the exhibit of forest rerecreation pictures, some gathering
Blue Ox, looked on, 650 Foresters and
Lumbermen proceeded to consume a
topnotch dinner of delicious fruit sal-
around the North Bend Swing System
set up by the Loggers, but most men
returned to bullfesting.
Another banquet, another big suc-
ad, roast turkey with giblet gravy,
creamy mashed potatoes, tender buttered peas, and brick ice cream.
cess, and with only a little imagination, we could see Paul whisper in
"Babe's" attentive ear, "Goot fun."
At this point Dean Peavy, toastmaster, introduced a number of honored guests, and presented the evening's speaker, C. L. Billings, vice
president and general manager of the
Potlatch Forests, Inc. The title of
Mr. Billings' speech was, "Forests,
People, and Trees." He described the
possibilities for forestry school graduates in the logging and lumber industries and suggested that more men
HONORS AND AWARDS
(Continued from page 57)
tion.
The award, $450, is the income
from a fund of $10,000 provided in
1928 through the generosity of the
late Mrs. McDonald. It enables Wally
Anderson, who was chosen by a committee composed of the Forestry
should look to private industry for
summer work. After making a survey of the 1936-38 graduates from
School faculty on the basis of proficiency and initiative, to do inde-
the Forestry Schools at Montana University, University of Idaho, and Ore-
pendent work in this field.
Larry Zach, present editor of the
Annual Cruise, was honored for the
highest scholastic record made dur-
gon State College, he found that 48
per cent of all men were employed by
the Forest Service as compared to
only 1 per cent in private industry.
ing the sophomore year by having
his name engraved on the Sophomore
Mr. S. A. Wilson, a member of the
Plaque. This Plaque hangs on the
first class graduated in Forestry at wall to the right of the entrance to
Oregon State College, presented Dean
Peavy with a cruiser's axe purchased
the Forestry School office. Lu Alexander and Lester Dunn were right
behind Larry Zach.
The outstanding graduating senior,
Herb Sampert, was the first man to
have his name engraved on the one
and only "Paul Bunyan Axe". The
Kelly Axe Company presented the
School with this unusually large axe.
by members of the Forestry School.
Since this is the last year the Dean
will serve as President of Oregoi
State College, this axe was picked
as the most appropriate gift the Club
could give him.
Familiar fernhoppers' songs were
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Lu's Hard Luck
On one of those beautiful autumn
days when one enjoys nothing better
than a ride in the country with his
best gal snuggled up closeOctober
22, 1939, to be exactour number one
forester met with a terrible fate.
The world was bright as Lu, whistling "Allouette," sailed along the Oak
Creek Road in the School of Forestry's pet V-eight. Up, up he climbed,
unfortunate rook demoralized
the
party and, in the approaching darkness, they started the long hike down
Oak Creek to the nearest telephone.
Lu, deciding that enough men
wasn't too many, called at least onefourth of Corvallis to his aid. Soon
the road was swarming with ve-
hiclesnew cars, old cars, model T's
and Packards, black cars, orange
cars, purring cars, and rattling cars,
a whining ambulance and the Forestry School's G.MC. filled with Buxton
Hall volunteers.
When the last car arrived and
grinding around sharp curves and
pushing aside the overhanging brush.
Near the top, he changed into coinpound to navigate e twenty-five per
cent grade which was coated with
sticky clay and decidedly tilted to-
poured its gaping contents around
the truck, an inch or two of space
was allotted each man by the effi-
ward the creek some seventy feet cient Lu. The Ford literally floated
Then the little Ford started back to the road under the grunting
grunting and puffing, spinning and of the rescuers.
Eventually the V - 8 was safely
slipping until gravity had its way.
below.
The truck listed like a beached ship.
"Hah!" said Lucien, "this will never do." He gunned her. She slipped. He tried it slow. She slipped
again. He coaxed. She slipped no
matter what he did.
parked in the basement of the Forestry Building. Lucien jumped in his
practical value. Considerable yelling
produced ten N.Y.A.'ers. After explaining the deplorable situation,
After untangling the cars and making
the necessary settlements, Lu climbed
into his car and limped home. Pausing only to heave a sigh, he got into
bed and promptly went to sleep.
jallopy and raced to the rescue of
a rescuer who had broken an axle
rescuing.
In the process of carefully
pushing the disabled auto towards
home,
disaster struck again when a
Lu, a man of great intellectual
most
certainly
blind motorist crashpower, quickly decided that at last
the N.Y.A. boys could be of some ed nonchalantly into Lucien's rear!
Lu led the confident group to the
truck.
Lucien Alexander gasped with
amazement. The truck now had a
very definite list. In fact, it was
difficult to tell whether the truck
rested on its wheels or on its side---at first glance.
The usual pushing, sweating, puf fand cursing accomplished nothing. A short builfest yielded a
new attack. They resumed work with
renewed vigor, applying the prinin,
ciple of the fulcrum and lever. A
young rook's finger became the ful-
crum and a twelve-inch D.F., the lever.
The application of pressure created
havoc. A bloodcurdling yell rent the
air. The half-severed finger of the
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get Lu's great catastrophe of October 22. The boys have the love of
forestry in their hearts which makes
these obstacles melt like snow. If
A Day With the
N. Y. A.'s
By Ed Geiger
Come on! Let's go!
they stick it out, they really have
what it takes.
Just in contrast, it might be well
to mention the lovely days in the
spring, tra la!, when the forest is
full of life and work is turned to
the field cap-
tains call as they try to round up
their quota of not yet fully awakened
rooks on a cold and rainy Saturday
morning. A ride to the McDonald
The cruisers are singing their
song and the seedling counters are
play.
Forest through the cool brisk air
serves to fill even the drowsiest with
vim and vigor. Each man has his
job; each crew its captain. The
mighty cruisers are headed by Lu
Alexander and his assistants, Wayne
Peterson, Dick Melum, Bob Vincent,
and Bob Stoebig; the seedling study is
handled by Bill Freed. Three new projects started this year are: the Peavy
Arboretum Survey, under Russel Miller, the Poplar Study directed by Ed
Geiger, and the Range Survey conducted by Alan Berg and his staff of
Down with the sheep,
botanists.
says Al; more accuracy, demands Lu;
taking advantage of the sunny slopes
in search of the coming generation
of forest trees. Beware! ! Poison
Oak is at its highest degree of toxicity.
At the end of the day each
boy has a feeling of security and accomplishment. He has done his job
well and is ready to do justice to the
large, warm dinner waiting for him
at home.
The School of Forestry is proud
of the accomplishments of the thirty
boys employed on the National Youth
Administration, and their toils have
resulted in some lasting evidence.
The students who are given this op-.
our cool and steady Bill just never
seems to have any troubles. All have
their plans and directions; each crew portunity to stay in school will be
accomplishes its goal; one helping better equipped for life ahead and,
the other in a spirit of cooperatiion what is more important, can live
each day to its fullest content.
ani good fellowship.
By eleven-thirty A.M. the scanty
breakfast which time had hardly
permitted seems to have vanished,
so the crew captains call a halt. The
noon hour is spent in partaking of
a few sodden sandwiches, with each
man contributing his part to the usual builfest. These bullfests, of course
are very inspiring and bring out
some very fine talentalong some
lines.
Of course during the winter months
it usually rains or snows all day,
which doesn't make the day in the
brush exactly a picnic. In addition
misfortunes fall at most inopportune
times, in fact, hardly a day goes by
without at least one of the rooks
clipping a toe or slashing a shin with
one of those razor sharp axes of
Bruno's.
Oh, yes! we mustn't for-
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IN APPRECIATION
This year's Cruise is strictly a cooperative publication. We are indebted to the staff who did the work of
collecting the material for the various sections.
Our gratitude is due Mr. C. B. McCullough, State
Highway Engineer, and Mr. Harold B. Say, Director of
Travel Information for the Highway Commission, for
their cooperation in lending us the very fine cuts of
Oregon scenery found in the Cruise.
The Oregon State Board of Forestry furnished the cuts
depicting forestry in Oregon and other pictures of local
and national interest.
The Regional Office, in Portland, kindly sent down
the cuts for the Tillamook fire.
Mr. Reed, the College Editor, and his assistants put
all their engravings at our disposal.
The Timberman helped the logging engineers in supplying cuts for the engineers' section.
New engravings were made by the Oregon State Engraving Co.; thanks are due Mr. Roger Ball for his cheerful cooperation in making these cuts.
Mr. Bell, of the Franklin Press, is now almost a part
of the Cruise. He has been printing the Cruise for many
years, and his advice and cooperation have always been
greatly appreciated.
Gratitude is due our many contributors of articles,
information, advertising, subscriptions, and work.
A
Cruise is made up of many component parts, all essential
to its success; no part of the Cruise has fallen down in
its duties.
Our thanks to our advertisers, both old and new, for
their help in making this volume a success.
Our sincere appreciation to the men who did the routine work on this publication. The endless tasks of typing
and proofing are especially irksome to active foresters,
but the job was done up in record time. This spirit of
helpfulness and the will to accomplish of the entire staff,
faculty, alumni, and friends have been a constant source
of gratification and inspiration to us.
The Editor.
OUR ALUMNI
The Oregon Coast
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Notes from the Alurns
By Ray Ellis
h
ERE'S an interesting case of
a fire starting in an unusual
way. Harold A. Dahi, '38, reports his experience as follows: "The
Bryant's Landing fire was started by
a short in a whistle cord. It smoked
up the night before the fire. Someone taped the wires then, but the first
time they pulled the cord the next
suits you that counts in the long run."
T. J. will agree in part with what
Charles R. Fisher '38 has to say.
Charles is a member of the Flying
Cadet Company D, Randolph Field,
Texas. "I would give most anything
to be able to see good old Oregon
again. This Texas country is as flat
as some of T. J.'s jokes, and I don't
morning the fire was off. Hiow could
it have been prevented? Anyone who
knew the basic principles of electrical
think the people down here know what
circuits could have taped the short
when it first shorted to prevent the
land of billboards and hot air."
a tree is. I didn't like the Caljfornia
country very well eitherit's just a
fire." IIarold has been working with
Ralph Crawford '30, Cleon Clark '32,
Lester McPherson '29, Joe Lamnii
'34, Emil Johnson '37 and Norman
Speck '37 on timber sales quality
cruising last summer, fall, and part
of this winter. He says it is the best
work on the forest.
E. Morgan Pryse writes and says
that he is still Director of Highways
in the U. S. Indian Service. He
writes that "one of my jobs is to see
that the highway engineers don't cut
down every tree and shrub in 'shooting distance' of the right-of-way.
Wish there were more Oregon State
engineers
Fred L. Joy '32 is a Junior Forester in the Southern Region, having
spent the last four years in Louisiana.
He tells of the phenomenal growth of
saplings, hog damage to pine reproduction, and a recent fire that burned
2,445 acres before it was controlled
seven hours after it started.
Edward L. Joy '27 has been working for the USDA White Pine Blister
Rust Control since graduation. He is
now Assistant Director. Part of his
letter tells us that "The past season
has seen his staff on the firing line
directing the work of upwards of
4,500 regular, CCC and WPA work-
ers who 'radicat the lustiv ribee' to
or more foresters with
protect the white pine. OSC foresters in goodly numbers helped to start
this job 16 years ago. Oregon State
Fernthoppers in this section that I see
occasionally include C. C. Strong '24,
P. E. Melis '24, Axel Lindh '31 and
Harold Weaver '28. More around I
road engineering experience in my
organization."
Albert Axnst '31 is an Area Forester in charge of SCS forestry and
allied activities in ten easternWashington counties. His forestry work
consists of planting trees on eroded
areas and managing farm woodlands
on privately owned farms under co-
know, but our paths don't cross, it
would seem."
Findly S. McKinnon '29 explains
operative agreement.
the work performed by the Economics
Division of the British Columbia
If some of tihe graduating seniors
want some advice, here's some from
Forest Service where he has been
since graduation. He is now For-
Howard A. Collins '37. "By all means
don't be shortsighted and place too
much emphasis on the remuneration
a job or position offers. It is the way
that you suit your job and your job
ester in this Division.
According to Hayden B. Whitehouse
'34, radio is not accepted very well in
Region 3 by the old time rangers and
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supervisors. Whitehouse is in charge
of the telepihones and radios on the
Santa Fe Forest. At present he Is
to conduct an educational movement
in radio to demonstrate their value to
forest officers. "If there are any
'ham' radio operators around the old
shack who feel sociable, tell them to
give us a call down on the 10 meter
band. Call W5HDN (George) and
ask for Whitehouse. W7 stations
come in FB down here R9." He wishes 73's to the whole gang.
John H. Bagley '27, transportation
engineer of the Public Utilities Commission in Salem, Oregon, finds that
he likes his duties, consisting mostly
of grade crossing and grade separation work, but would rather be in
the logging business.
Melvin E. Crawford '38, wishes all
the Profs and the gang his best regards. His work as Shelterbelt Assistant has given him some good experience. He expects to plant 45
miles of sthelterbelt this spring, and
George M. Hansen '39, who is a finds that this last year's plantings
Tedhnical Assistant in the Division have done well where the cooperator
of Forestry of the University of Cal- has taken care of his trees. Some
ifornia at Berkeley, California, writes
"My work as Technical Assistant has
been under the direction of Professor Emanuel Fritz, former editor of
the Journal of Forestry and outstanding authority on Redwoods and.
lumber industries in California. The
work never palls, involving library research, studies of ancient redwoods,
seed preparation and tests, assisting
in volume table preparations, indexing, typing correspondence, and innumerable other interesting jobs."
He misses the McDonald Forest
and more than ever realizes the great
opportunities it offers for some outstanding contributions to forestry.
The University has no experimental
forest for undergraduate laboratory
work near the campus. This work is
mostly done in the summer of the
Junior year at the summer camp in
the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a full
day's ride away.
Daniel H. Janzen '29, Regional Director, U. S. Biological Survey, Milwaukee, says 'hello' to everybody and
of his 1939 plantings have a survival
of 95 per cent and have made exceptional growth.
Sam Taylor '38, is with the 0 and C
Lands people on land re-classification. He says, "we do type mapping,
cruising, and topographing. At present we are working south of Riddle
in Cow Creek Canyon, and it's a rough
country.
A wanderer from Johannesburg,
South Africa, Hugh B.
Nicholson
says, "our mining timber business in
Johannesburg is expanding fairly satisfactorially though the war adds to
our difficulties out here. Imported
timber, which is largely used in the
building industries, is practically un-
obtainable, with the result that our
government reforestation program of
the past 20 years looks as though it
will justify itself. This was previously
a treeless country from the commercial point of view, and now mills are
being established to convert whatever
timber is available from our afforested areas, mostly Mexican Pines
(P. patula)."
"wonders if T. J. is still burning up
piles of wooden shingles to prove
there is more inflamable material in
asbestos than in red cedar shingles."
He is the proud father of a virtual
Merle S. Lowden just got under the
wire with a note from the Deschutes
saying that they have almost a 100
per cent Oregon State organization
over there.
supervisor, age 10 months.
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BEAUTY ETERNAL
Though steel and concrete have their day,
And brick and tile in colors gay,
There never was and never could be made
A lasting substitute for wood.
There's something intimate about a tree
That warms the heart of you and me.
Something you'll never find in stone
Nor any other substance known.
And when you see it standing there
Transformed into a desk or chair,
You somehow feel that it belongs to man
In spite of all his wrongs.
ll:aveif you willthe pseudo things
A gold-mad world to market brings.
But when they crumble and disappear,
Those made of wood will still be here.
Miller Creek Folls
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Advertising and Continuations
r
Wallowa Mountains
FIVE YEAR CURRICULUM
the basis that fundamentals are the
underlying basic principles and that
a thorough understanding of these
basic principles is to be preferred
over a mastery of fundamental subjects. Finally, there are differences
(Continued from page 9)
of the country. The nation can now
afford to have a better educated citizenry. Foresters should be no exception to the general rule.
We conclude therefore that the
five year program for foresters
in teaching methods to be notedsome
educators feeling that the major emphasis should be placed upon securing
a mastery of factual material, while
s'
necessary from an educational point
of view, essential to the profession of
forestry, and desirable for the proper
economic and social development of
the nation. The essential questions
involved are therefore those that have
others feel that a training in the use
of facts is much more important. Be-
cause of these differences of viewpoint, the five year program at the
to do with the exact nature of the various
schools is being developed
somewhat differently.
program and its implementation.
Questionnaire returns from alumni
indicate that there are two quite divergent types of professiona] work;
namely, that of a research nature and
that of an administrative character.
Studies so far made indicate that the
The five year program is in its
formative stage in most of the forest
schools.
It is hoped the future will
see its gradual development, particu-
larly insofar as the profession and
the nation at large would be benefitted thereby. It is believed the five
year program is preferable to a four
year program
The student who completes the five
proper training for a research man
emphasizes thoroughness of training
a narrow field while the ideal
training for the administrator is a
in
broader streamlined type. It follows
therefore that the five year program
year program should find himself
better prepared for his professional
work and hence better able to cope
with the problems which confront
in forestry might very well have a
reasonable provision for flexibility so
as to allow it to be best adapted to him in his work. The increased service which he is enabled to render
plus the added satisfactions which
approaching the five year program come from the completion of well done
the needs of the student.
The forest schools of the nation are
cautiously, particularly since the criteria to determine the ideal program
are somewhat debatable. Only one
school has made a five year program
compulsory. Some schools are think-
tasks should be ample reward
The schools in developing a five
year program should make certain
that it is of maximum benefit to the
students. It is believed therefore
that the following criteria should be
ing of their program merely as one
covering five years of collegiate work,
used:
The fifth year should be of graduate caliber in every way.
Fundamentals should be stressed,
preferably fundamental principles
while others believe the fifth year
should be a graduate year; i.e., a
year in which the instruction is of
graduate character and quality. Differences are also discernible between
the underlying concept of fundamentals. Thus, some schools hold to the
concept of fundamental subjects and
thereby increase the amount of natural and social sciences in the program. On the other hand, some
schools are building their program on
rather than fundamental subjects.
Provision should be made to
adapt the program to the individual
student and his objectives.
Stress should be placed on solving professional problems rather than
the mere memorization of factual material.
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WIND RIVER FIELD TRIP
(Continued from rage 24)
and twelve by twelve spacings; they
are now 15 years old. A special 16
by 16 foot spacing area was estab1927 came a dry spell of searing east lished at Prof. Starker's suggestion
wind. A bad lightning storm struck to provide data on the theory of the
the forest, starting some 40 fires, all practicability of planting larger areas
of which could not be manned or con- to wider spacing, thereby getting nontrolled under the critjcal conditions. producing areas stocked in a shorter
The fire which followed burned out time with the intention of returning
many acres of the young reproduc- to the stand and pruning the trees so
of thrifty young timber. Along in
tion leaving the site in a worse condition than from the 1902 burn with
fewer seed trees left to reproduce the
area. Two years later a fire coming
as to allow production of clear lumber.
wiped out another large area of the
closer
into the forest from private land
reproduction.
The four, five, and six foot spacings
have closed, but the eight foot and
wider spacings have not yet done so.
It is interesting to note that the
spacings made most rapid
height growth the first five years,
but the wider spacings have made
the greatest growth for the ten year
About 1907, one of the numerous
fires swept the valley, burning out period. Eventually the project will
farms, timber, and improvements; supply valuable data on the controthe story is told that the ranger who versial subject of the most desirable
was then stationed at Wind River spacing.
worked all day carrying water from
The race study in Ponderosa pine
the well to the roofs of his buildings,
and managed to save the buildings. on this experimental forest shows the
During the course of the day his same trend as those on our McDonald
watch stopped, and when he had it Forest, but no one of the races has
repaired the jeweler found the temper put on as much growth as our Mctaken out of the main spring. Mr. Donald Forest project. The trees
Isaac maintains this was due to the from different seed sources exhibit
wide variations in growth habit. A
terrific heat of the fire.
similar race study in Douglas fir
seeking to find the difference be-
This district contains almost every
type of timber conceivable with a tween stock from poorly formed de-
large variety of species growing pure
cadent trees and trees of good form
and seed from different elevations
and localities has been established
and is providing information on this
Some very old,
over-mature, and decadent stands of
or mixed stands.
the Douglas fir transition to hemlock
and white fir provide an excellent opportunity for the experimental work
being carried out on stand treatment
important and little-known subject.
Numerous projects are being conducted in thinning, pruning, silvicultural logging, and other lines of forest management.
for this decadent type of timber.
Present experiments include various
methods of disposing of decadent
The nursery at Wind River occupies 25 acres and produces an ave-
trees by felling, girdling, and poison-
It is expected that the very
large, rotten, old hemlock will not
ing.
rage of four and one-half million
seedling and transplant trees annually. A ten-acre arboretum in connection with the experiment station
contains over a hundred different
species, thus making a taxonomist's
stand long after being killed.
Among the present experiments is
a spacing study for Douglas fir on
the valley floor.
Here are areas
planted to four by four, five by five,
six by six, eight by eight, ten by ten,
(Continued on page 86)
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RECREATION IN ALASKA
(Continued from page 84)
Seattle, Wash., and Vancouver, B. C.
Providing for their recreation needs
is relatively simple since their time
ashore is limited to a few hours, and
those often during the night, at the
coastal towns and other seaside points
of interest. Aside from the scenery
viewed from the decks of the steamers
their interests, therefore, are centered
within a few) miles radius of these
points and consists chiefly of viewing
Indian toten poles and community
houses, visiting fish canneries, gold
mines and other industrial plants, or
taking hurried motor tours to such attractions as the Mendenhall Glacier a
few miles north of 'Juneau on the
Glacier Highway.
The second group of tourists who
make more extended visits within the
Territory usually have a special urge
and definite reason for coming to
this particular region. Many in this
group want to experience for awhile
the zest of frontier living and seek
the scenery and wildlife. The stu-
dent and the expert in natural sciences come to study the native races,
wildlife rocks, glaciers, volcanoes,
and flora. Many of these persons
are prominent in their fields of activity; the benefits from their visits
Caring
widely disseminated.
for the recreation needs of this group
of visitors varies with their individual
field, but in the main their needs consist of the construction of boat landings, recreation trails, shelter cabins
are
and lodges, and furnishing boats at
isolated lakes.
In the broad development of Alaska,
it is indeed fortunate that here in the
Territory, America has a wonderful
opportunity of avoiding the bad practices exercised in the settlement of
the "West". America today is work-
ing feverishly to pick up and safe-
guard a few remnants of the workings
of nature that were marred in various degrees by our early colonization schemes. In starting practically
from scratch, America can well afford
the superlative wilderness areas found
to meditate a little and do some in-
so abundantly in the national for-
tensive
ests. Uncharted shorelines and virgin valleys beckon the explorer. Numerous high, snow-capped mountains
and vast expanses of ice fields challenge the mountaineer. The out-
standing game animals attract the
big game hunter who knows he must
be cautious in stalking his trophy.
The outdoor motion camera and still
camera enthusiasts are enticed by
land use planning before
sanctioning the hasty development of
the Territory and retain these typical
Alaskan attractions in their unspoiled
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LOGGERS' JOURNEY
(Continued from page 42)
The afternoon was spent at the
Monument Creek operation of the
Pacific Lumber Company, of Scotia.
The operation was at the tip of a 4000
foot incline, which attained a maximum grade of 39 per cent. Here a
Diesel yarder was operating a skyline which was fed by a number of
cats and arches. The cars were lowered down the incline one at a time,,
to the main line, from which they
were taken to the mill. A McGiffert
loading machine was also seen here,
although it was not in operation.
Bert King (ex-O.S.C. logging engineer) happened to be hooktender on
this side. This was but a small part
of the vast logging operations of the
company, their mill having a capacity
of about 600 M per day.
Thursday, May 11, enroute to
Kiamath Falls, the group visited the
operation of the Weyerhauser Timber
Company operating on the summit
between Ashland and Kiamath Falls
at an elevation of 5600 feet. There
was quite a contrast between the
Redwood which was seen the day be-
fore and the Ponderosa and Sugar
Pine being logged here. The logs
were skidded to the railroad by cats
and arches over the very smooth terrain to the railroad. At the railroad
they were loaded on cars by a crane.
The following morning, May 12,
the group proceeded northward from
Kiamath Falls to the new lumber town
of Gilchrist, 40 miles south of Bend.
The group was given the personal
permission of Mr. Gilchrist to look
over the new model mill which was
very near completion at the time.
The mill was indeed very modern,
having all air controls and shotgun
feed on the carriage, and was capable of handling up to 150 M per S
Logs were just beginning to
be dumped into their immense pond.
The afternoon was spent visiting
the mill of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, of Bend. This was the
largest industrial plant visited on the
entire trip. Seeing several carriages
hours.
side by side, all of which had shot gun
feeds, and one of which was a twoway cut, was especially interesting.
The large storage sheds of the com-
pany contained as high as twenty
million feet of finish lumber.
The
refinement to which they manufacture
pine luniber was also very interesting.
The same evening the group proceeded westward from Bend to Cor-
vallis via the Santiam Highway to
the end of the trip which covered approximately 1140 miles.
Those making the trip headed by
Prof. Patterson were: Mel Aitken,
Gordon Hale, Frank Hickok, Duane
Fitzgerald, Barney Gabriel, and John
Morrison.
Gilbert: "Where did you first meet
your wife?"
Usher: "I did not meet her.
overtook me."
The Photo Engraving in this issue of The Annual
Cruise was done by the-
Orcgon State engraving Co.
Telephone 122
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She
est Economics is as the name implies.
The completion of the required courses enables the student to obtain a degree of Bachelor of Science in Wood
Products.
WOOD PRODUCTS
(Continued from page 36)
phases of lumber practices and principles as well as being exposed to a
certain amount of business and economic training. The following are the
courses offered in the Weod Products
Department: Production Control,
It is the opinion of the faculty and
especially the instructors of Wood
Products that at the present time the
students majoring in Wood Products,
being taught the fundamentals in the
more general phases of the lumbering
Wood Utilization, Commercial Woods,
Timber Mechanics, Wood Grading,
Identification of Woods, Lumber
Seasoning, Lumber Plant, and Lumber Merchandising.
Courses for
graduates are also offered in
industry, are best fitted to enter the
field
of lumbering, and that each
student is given more ample opportunity to do research work along certain fields of lumbering than has
Re-
search, Thesis, Reading and Conference, which is primarily designed to
been allowed in the past. New courses
are being added and the present ones
adjusted regularly as the changes and
aid the student in further study of
any one of the above named subjects,
and Seminar. Courses in Forest
Finance and Economics are required
of upperclassmen before graduation.
demands in the lumber industry require it.
The courses in Finance deal mainly
in developing leadership and in cor-
DRY KILN
rect methods of approaching the prob-
(Continued from page 35)
lems in the field of forestry and the
lumber industry. The course in For-
tern of air circulation in the kiln. A
five horse-power electric reversible
motor, whose speed is controlled by
a rheostat, supplies the power. The
motor speed is variable up to 1,800
r.p.m. and the fans, by means of re-
Specializing in Supplying
Fernhoppers with School
and Field Needs in Better
duced pulleys, can be rotated even
faster. Two Ford V-8 truck fans
propel the air. Studies are being
made on new type fans for greater
Drawing
air efficiency.
The purpose of this model kiln is
Surveying
and
to do research work, so that basic
data may be obtained for the drying
of Oregon woods. Special data will
Study equipment
be secured on the effect of air circulation on the drying rate of wood
and also to derive definite schedules
for the drying of wood species. After
the basic data has been secured it
will be further proved by testing
Doc's
the results in the large, commercial
scale Wood Products dry kiln.
Both the model kiln and the full
size dry kiln are located in the Dry
Kiln building, which is southeast of
Campus Store
2003 Monroe Street
Corvallis, Oregon
the central heating plant of the
college.
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Another interesting phase of the
As he demonstrates the use of this
small machine, one is struck with
wonder, because he is able to bore
square holes with a round drill! The
machine looks like a drill press, but
enterprise is the nursery.
Many
as he inserts a board in it, pulls down
thousands of small trees are grown
from specially selected seed and are
sold to customers all over the northwest. Mr. Miller has developed a
special plow hitch so that he can use
a tractor to dig the seedlings.
the handle, and pulls out the board
with a perfectly square hole in it,
MR. MILLER
(Continued from page 32)
one's curiosity is highly aroused. All
the equipment in the shop, even the
band mill, was
designed and as-
sembled by Mr. Miller.
Another hobby, that of inventing
Aside from this business of raising
cascara trees, Mr. Miller has several
other hobbies in widely separated
fields. Probably the biggest is his
woodworking shop, where he makes
spindles, shuttles, bobins, and practically all the wooden devices used in
new devices, was illustrated by a
small, ingenious camp stove which
can be folded up and carried in the
pocket. This is only one of several
inventions which he has patented.
One leaves Mr. Miller's home with
more than just a feeling of apprecia-
the Brownsville Woolen Mill. Here he
has all the machinery necessary for tion for his courtesy in giving his
manufacturing furniture and other time to describe the plantation and
shop; there is a feeling of respect
intricate wood products: a wood
turning lathe, band saw, circular
saw, sanding machine and most un-
and admiration for this elderly man
with such intense and versatile inter-
usual of all, a morticing machine.
ests.
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OPPORTUNITIES IN ALASKA
(Continued from page 33)
by "outside standards" but it is extremely valuable to local inhabitants
for use in building homes and developing mines and agricultural resources. Because Alaska has one of
the finest populations of big game
animals in America, the protection
of the browse and grass on which
they are dependent is also essential
for their future. Fires occur mostly
in June and July and although not
frequent, when one starts in proper
weather conditions, it is disastrous.
Fires in the interior during certain
years in the past became so bad that
air travel was hampered by the low
expanding and adding new men to
their ranks. The Alaska Game Commission in the near future will place
some twenty or thirty men in its
ranks.
These men are known as
Wildlife Agents and their duties are
game law enforcement and studies
of big game management problems.
The Bureau of Fisheries controls
the big salmon business in Alaska.
It has few permanent men, but they
are well trained and administer
large areas. One of their big jobs
is the management of the salmon on
a sustained yield basis. During the
summer many men are employed to
visibility. There is a promising pros-
pect for many trained foresters to
fill in the administration positions
help in migration studies and to aid in
law enforcement. To the forester with
a fisheries background, this field has
good possibilities.
Another organization is the Bureau
of Indian Affairs. This coming year
this agency plans to spend $750,000.00
of this new organization, and it also
will employ many seasonal guards
and patrolmen.
For foresters with leanings toward
wildlife work, the Biological Survey,
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Ranger, and Deputy United States
in purchasing of reindeer from white
There is some opportunity, however, of getting in on
the ground floor and being blanketed
in under civil service under some of
the new agencies that are now being
owners to redistribute them among
Wildilife Agents.
the natives to relieve some critical food
shortages suffered by them during
the winter. It is hoped to decentralize the present herds and ownerships.
This will demand trained men, particularly men with experience in range
management, and offers valuable
training. Little is known of the fu-
organized
These opportunities are real in
Alaska and futures are assured to the
right man. It is a beautiful country,
but it is also a hard country. The
ture of this program, but at present
it is lined up for one year.
When we realize that fifty per cent
of the work in Alaska is government
work and that a forester can qualify
himself for many of these positions,
last pioneers are building up "Uncle
Sam's Attic" and they are very
proud and possessive for the "north"
does get into one's blood. Wages are
twenty to fifty per cent higher in the
Parks, a large summer personnel made
up from non-civil service ranks. The
National Park Service is contemplating a new park in Glacier Bay, Alas-
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The Park Service administers the so
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famous Mt. McKinley National Park. to foresters;
and isn't that what we
They have a small fire problem, but
are
looking
for?
most of their work is recreation and
wildlife management. The present
According to the glossy and elegant
staff of rangers is small, and they
must be well qualified men. They publicity photos, the latest thing in the
have, in common with all National sport model motor car is still a blonde.
ka. This will mean a larger perma-
to the
nent personnel.
Nearly all of the available positions
that offer futures to professional
foresters fall under competitive civil
service examinations. They are the
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finish, giving a very detailed account
WOOD PRODUCTS CLUB
of just how the business
(Continued from page 37)
is con-
Ralph Chapman, owner of
the Beaver Cabinet Works, talked on
ducted.
interest in the school of Wood Products Major, Minor, or desiring to
take either option later on. (2) To
publicize the Wood Products school
and let the employers and those that
are interested in Wood Products
know that there is a Wood Products
the different uses of wood and its
connection and importance in the
field of wood products. Harry Veness,
representative of the Industrial Employees Union, presented to the club
some of the things that the student
will be up against when getting out
of school. He maintained that the
student should "Get Ready" by going
to college, "Aim" by placing his eye
on some desired spot in the Industry,
and "Fire" with all the enthusiasm
that he has to achieve his aim. Pro-
course given at Oregon State College.
(3) To secure employment for the
students belonging to the club and
nterested in getting e x p e ri e n c e
along Wood Products lines. (4) To
secure information about lumber, ma-
chinery, and other achievements in
this field that are not obtained from
fessor Wheeler of the Economics Department, conducted a round-table dis-
the regular academic work.
Articles pertaining to field trips,
cussion on "Wages in the Lumber
Industry", which proved to be very
speakers who have talked for the club,
and different work being done within
the school by the students have been
written and submitted to leading
periodicals for publication. These ar-
successful.
The Wood Products Club is still
in its early stages, but from all indications it will proceed to develop
ticles act as favorable publicity for
the Wood Products Club and give
and give each student a more rounded
education from its activities.
the students a chance to express them-
selves along the journalistic line.
The club has had several speakers
during the past year who have given
"Prof.: "What are the five important species of trees from the northeast spruce region?"
Geil: "White pine, of which there
isn't very much, two others I don't
remember, red oak and maple which
aren't very important."
the students of the Wood Products
Club great encouragement and have
enlightened them along some lines
that cannot possibly be covered during the regular school year. Some
of the speakers were: Ralph K. Martin, manager of the Copeland Lumber
Yards in Corvallis, who outlined the
retail lumber business from start to
We don't believe that the guy with
six wives is a bit happier than the
fellow who has only five.
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TILLAMOOK BURNS
production for the operations within
the burn. This was of some help, but
(Continued from page 29)
physical conditions here were more
the real stimulus for rapid cutting
favorable. However, as existing laws
was still lacking.
The actual salvage to date is about
15 per cent by area and about 10 per
cent by volume. Only the most accessible areas are being logged. Of
the lands which have been cut over,
only half of the original cruised value has been recovered. Of the amount
lost 30 to 35 per cent has been due to
a reduction in scale as a direct result
and conditions were not encouraging
to an intensive salvage program, those
immediately concerned with the problem set about to handle it as best they
could.
Several operations started logging
the fire-killed timber. County, state,
and federal officials, private agen-
cies and chambers of commerce were
active in promoting salvage work.
of the fire and the rest to increased
breakage and the ilecessity for leaving certain trees in the woods that
The private timher owners grouped
together and formed a corporation to
finance a transportation system. The
State Highway Commission became
an active participant by pushing the
new Wilson River Highway into the
western portion of the burn to facilitate truck logging. One of the ob-
would have otherwise been logged.
Then came the fire of 1939. This
fire, which was called the Saddle
Mpuntain Fire, was reported by the
Saddle Mountain Lookout on August
1 at 1:51 P. M. It started about
seven miles southwest of where the
stacles to rapid salvage was the NRA
code which set the allowable production for each operation. This code was
modified somewhat to allow greater
fire of 1933 had its origin, in the
slash of a salvage operation. Immediate action was taken to control
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the fire, but because of adverse weather conditions, a heavy accumulation
of unburned slash, down material
sion reached was that most of the
number of snags, control was diffi-
left no green timber that the bugs
had not already killed, there is no
from the previous fire, and a great
cult.
Fire-fighters were c o n t i n u a 11 y
area would have reforested fairly satisfactorily had it not been for the reburn. However, since the last fire
seed source left within the burn. The
forced to give ground as the fire result is that now, although the area
spotted over their lines from the would restock itself naturally if fire
blazing snags within the fire. As could be eliminated, such a natural
long as there was no wind the trails
were built and held, but as soon as
the wind came up, there was nothing
that could keep the fire from spotting ahead from snag to snag. Even
if the crews had been doubled they
probably would have been no more
effective.
reseeding would require centuries.
This brings up another problem:
How to keep fire out of the area? It
has been recognized from the time of
the 1933 fire that almost inevitably
there would be a reburn, probably
more than one. As long as fires continue to destroy reproduction, artif icml restocking is so much wasted ef-
Control work was done on the
north, south and east lines of the fort and money.
fire but the west side was largely un-
challenged, because of the extreme
danger of putting men in front of a
fire in a rough, inaccessible and snag
infested area. No great relief in
weather occurred until the last of the
It would seem that the most logical
way to handle the situation would be
to divide the enormous area of the
burn into compartments by means of
effective fire breaks. With such a
protection measure in effect a fire
month, but the fire was practically
under control by that time.
The ultimate acreage of the fire
MEETING THE
was approximately 189,660 acres,
which made it somewhat smaller than
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the 1933 fire. Of this total acreage,
all but about 30,000 acres was within
the boundaries of the 1933 fire. The
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labe]s prevail.
northwest portion of the 1933 burn
was not reburned. The territory
burned outside the boundary of the
1933 fire occurred adjacent to the
Varsity Town or
Kuppenheimer Suits
Interwoven Hose
Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts
Arrow Ties
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east and south sides. This area contained mature timber, second-growth
and cutover land. There probably
would not have been as much new territory annexed by the 1939 burn if it
had not been for the fact that where
Botany Ties
Jockey Shorts
Wilson Bros.
Sportswear
Florsheim and
Freeman Shoes
the fire crossed into new territory,
the two areas were usually joined by
a belt of unburned slashing.
The 1939 reburn provides a serious
problem as far as the future of the
area is concerned. According to examinations made by men of the Pa-
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Station in 1935 and 1937, the conclu83
starting anywhere in the burn could
be held to one particular drainage at
the most. Such a program, however,
would require enormous expenditures
of time and money and would tax the
FERNHOPPER'
resources of the state to the utmost.
When one considers the value of the
area in timber growing capacity he
can very well justify such an expenditure, but the program will probab-
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ly have to await an enlightened public.
Firebreaks coupled with other pro-
tection measures can go far to cut
down our fire losses, but the picture
will still be black until we are able to
decrease the number of fires occuring
STILES'
annually.
BOOK
LOGGER TROUBLES
SHOP
(Continued from page 43)
and said, "Didn't you tend hook out
here .
. .
. ?"
Monroe at 26th
That was as far as he got before
the loader cut him off by saying,
Phone 894
"Yes, you old billy goat, I tended hook
out here five years ago, burned up
six hundred feet of your new haul-
+
A. large Swede bucke?
back, and I'm quitting at noon."
good laugh.
found himself in an embarrassing po-
jackets, and every chance he got he
would pour saw-oil into a nest. One
day he had the good fortune, as he
thought, to find what looked like a
good big nest; but he failed to notice that, being a big nest, it had two
exits. While he was stooped over
busily pouring saw-oil into one hole
had an intense hatred
Another loader in a large camp
sition from talking out of turn. All
morning he had been doing two men's
work till he found he had a few minutes "spot." About that time a well-
dressed man came walking up the
track and asked, "What do you do
around here my man?"
The loader replied somewhat heatedly, "I'm the loader, you
, who
are you?"
"I'm the owner," was the reply.
So it may be seen that greenhorns
are not the only ones who make mistakes and talk out of turn. There are
many such incidents which tickle a
logger's humor happening in the
woods every day, and while a logger's
sense of humor may be rough, he is
usually able to see the funny side of
almost anything even if the joke is on
of yellow-
the yellow-jackets were streaming out
of the other hole and up his pants
leg which was conveniently right over
their back door.
That night what
little he slept wasn't on his back.
So, while the work is dangerous,
hard, and sometimes unpleasant, it
also has its pleasant and humorous
side. Once a young man is accepted
by his fellow workers, he will probably enjoy his work and the companionship of real men even though they
may be short on social polish.
him.
Judging from the new dances, faOne happening, while it was painful, furnished a whole camp with a miliarity doesn't breed much contempt.
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(Continued from page 28)
(Continued from page 50)
handle the fire load in rather a sat-
Pine Pruning study, Douglas Fir Lib-
isfactory manner. With the fire problem taken care of we will be looking
into an ever widening field of endeavor. In front of us now we see
the problems of multiple land use
eration study, Plant Succession on
Douglas Fir Burns, Rate of Decay in
Slash and Logs, Methods of Pruning,
Selection Logging Plots, and others.
The valuable data which has al-
ready been added to our knowledge
Land zoning and development; the of forestry practice in the Northwest
weighing of values to determine the and that forthcoming in the future
highest use of the land; and the pro- as a result of these experiments has
grams which will coordinate the facil- been and will be no simple task to
ities of the state and nation in making produce. It was only after constant
taking shape and asking for solution.
the greatest return from our forest
unfailing effort on the part of our
faculty, in cooperation with other rePlanning of land use is a new field search organizations of the U.S.F.S.
in the United States and its proper and the State Forestry Department,
development may determine the future as well as some private organizations,
greatness of our country. Oregon's that this additional knowledge has
standard of progress is based on the been gained.
lands possible.
utilization of her natural resources
and only by receiving high returns
from the use of soil, (wild or tame),
can that progress be outstanding.
One of the Forestry Profs is said to
have held a class and attended the
Logging Conference through the aid
of a test.
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has a first-rate fire fighting outfit,
a unique sand-blasting shop for producing the beautiful rustic signs and
markers now used on the forest
lands, a modern carpenter and woodworking shop where excellent furniture and equipment is produced by
C'CC labor, and a very modern up-todate dispatcher's office with all the
latest wrinkles in weather prediction,
radio, visibility, coverage maps, and
personnel organization charts.
The students were quartered in the
ranger's training school; meals were
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(Continued from page 71)
paradise or a tree identifier's night-
served at the CCC camp. Various
students were lured to the dance on
Saturday night at Carson celebrating
the enlistment expirement of the boys
An interesting experiment carried of a local CCC camp. Breakfast at
out recently was the tapping of a six a. m. the following morning was
grove of bigleaf maple, resulting in an arduous operation for the ziocturthe production of several pounds of nal revelers though a good time was
maple syrup from the sap.
reported by all participants.
The ardent fishermen in the crowd
The last items inspected were the
buildings and equipment of the Hem- were greatly intrigued and chagrined
lock Ranger Station. This Station at a very fine steelhead that swam
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leisurely about in the pooi under the
bridge and was not averse to swallowing the unpalatable Washington
tax tokens dropped in for him.
This committee has not been dead
the last few years but has hibernated,
awaiting the time when it was again
After an early breakfast on Sunday morning the class left the Wind
River Station to return to Corvallis.
They ferried the Columbia River at
The Dalles and proceeded to Red-
that it has enough money in the bank
mond, passing through vast areas of
rolling wheat and pasture lands until
they reached the juniper belt near the
mountains. After leaving Sisters the
juniper gives way to a splendid stand
of yellow pine which in turn gives
way to wetter site species. The class
inspected the beautiful camp grounds
at Suttle Lake and on the Metolius
River. Even with snow banks scattered through the timber, large ium-
needed and should come out of its
hollow tree. You will hear more of
this committee, but suffice it to say
to purchase 40 acres of land on the
Linn County line of the Willamette
River, and it is hoped that it will mature into a place to study hardwoods
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bers of visitors were enjoying the
The weather being
remarkably clear it was possible to
camp facilities.
see all the rugged snowclad peaks of
this section of the Cascades.
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After passing over the Santiam
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summit and through the alpine types
of forest cover of the higher Cascades, the road dropped down the
North Fork of the Santiam River
through miles of virgin timber beside the tumbling stream. The moun-
tains of the lower stretches of the
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Santiam are scarred by old burns and
logged areas but a splendid stand of
reproduction is occupying t h e o 1 d
burns. If protected from fire, they
will provide a forest in the future.
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and a delightful place to go.
(No
poison oak).
After this area is purchased the
committee hopes to raise funds for
other land purchases, such as some
Willamette Valley oak land. And
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that is why I say, "you will hear
niore from this committee from time
to time."
T.J.S.
"What do you do with the jug when
the Christmas liquor's all gone?'
asked one logger of another.
"I get thrown in it," was the sad
reply.
El
Using a lighted match, a citizen in
the southwest looked for a drum of
gasoline in what, up to that time, had
been a garage.
Wagner's
Fountain
Asked the meaning of the term,
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dressed lumber, Buck Harvey replied,
"Charley McCarthy."
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leaves the shop.
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