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,qInELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL -- Publistled in "CTwi.t)naMo)>n, U.q.A.," Shelton, Wa,htngton
Thm.- day
.... 6th Grade Students Study In Outdoor Classroom I U. S. Forest Service Keeps JatrMu/
I i
Eye on Nutional Timberlands
LEARNING HOW TI.EES GRO/Vevn Nel-
son of fhe Soil ConserVatioh Service is pictured
here telling these students from the Pioneer
school how trees grow because of the water
supply available to them from the deep roots
VERN ,NL$ON Unit C?nservationist, Soil
Conservation fiiervlce, Shalton, talks to boys and
girls about tile formation of soil. This group is
one class of four hundred students who took part
in the Conservation Day at Camp Panhandle,
April t7. iExt,m.;i.u phd, Zicgh,r ttrmt.)
OSCAI LlN-F6rester, Simporl Olymlc Tree FartS, pofnts i
out the flowers Of the Oou(l[ae FIr, tc iixth grade student. L avin
was inha'ge Of the Conservation Day seeding and plantin stop.
Extension photo, Ziegler print.) .......
Arnlnd the, tul'n of ltw (,Iltul'y whic} hll:-; l'(wonll.v lilt)veil its of.
a few far siRhte(i meIi ;begnn fires 1o the sot!end floor of tile
thinV.in K Ihm'' cmlld c(mle a day Angle building'. I'lowor is a grad-
when the zmti.n's tillli)ar i'D-. mite forester from the Univer-
solMccs x\\;'mld be ('mH)ldtely de- sit.y of \\;\:;i.shing|(n ;lnd has been
|)lC'['ll. t'OFlUII;I[t'I ' €llll O1 thclll \\;vilh tilt' I'ol'cSi SOl'v;ce lily ;IbOtlt
\\;vas Teddy I{r)l);.l.!vvll who laler b(> 1(.) years, The U'.S. t,'orest Service
Ckl|U( t?r(.uitient Hlld "v;l a st, i'lll is I't=spollsibh , for the llittiolla] fol-
believel" in the ((}llSul'VIItiOll 0|' (sis throllghoIlI the (!ollnll'y which
natural resources, i tolal about 150 thrl)llgho/lI lhe na-
TEDDY ROOSEVELT td ms- thin. There are 19 national forests
fly bills passed I)y c(mgz'if, ss in- ill Ol'egoll and nlosI of Vasllirlg-
citltlin lhe establishllent .f the ton thai int'ludes tile :dxth region.
[I.S. Forcer St'rvice ;uld lhe fixing lo the 1890's, the federal gov-
of boundaries for the Inally 1|:|- ernment set aside lands whicl
tional forests, were railed forest reserves and
The early settlers of the west who were later placed under the
were interested in framlai;.:l t() jurisdiction of the II.S. li'm'est
feed livesl.ock and to grow (rops. Service. From 1850 to around 1910
Timber was of little *2eollolllic ] the federal government passed
value and to them tim .mpl)ly many homestead and land =rifle-
seemed inexhaustible. Tlmtman(Is I ment laws giving free land to set-
and thousands of qcr(,s were burn- [ tiers who Were willing 1o come
ed in order to clear land. west and carve out a living in the
Meat of the big timber (om- then green wilderness.
panies at this time were located ALl, FEDERAlL forest lands
in the south and north,aastern are now operated on a sustained
lake states. The nm'thwe pro- yield basis as are all of the larger
dueed only a small amount of the priwte timber operatfons. For-
annual market. By 1920, many tunately for Mason county the
under the ground and other interesting i"nfor- of the areas ill the south aad the oooperative , agreement between
Simpson and the federal govern-
mation at a sqil pit demonstration at Panhandle northeastern states were corn- OISTRI'CT R/NGER -- Len merit allows a cut of about twice
Lake. last Friday. Students from the county's pletely logged off. The sta.te of Flower is the.district ranger the amount from federal lands as
schools were taken around in groups to view Washington became the nation's for the U.S. Forest Service of- would normally be possibl. Ac-
first hand the many aspects of modern forestry, number one producer of timber rice here. His job is to see to cording to Len Flower, the ordi-
,hmrnal I)hoIo, Ziegler print,) products. Wh/it had once looked
.................................................. like an inexhaustible supply of it that national forest lands are nary allowable cut from the Shed
in flood shape. Flower is a ton working circle would be about
WOIIIU" natural res°urces was rapidly graduate °fthe U°f W and has 50'000'000 b°ard feet while last
Brinnon ... dwindling as a rcmzlt of accele,'- been with the Forest Service
ated cutting and lack of good for- for nearly 20 years. (Journal
estry management, photo, Ziegler print.)
MINOR FOREST PRODUCTS SHOWNWatt Smith of the State
Department of Natural Resources Is =howh here explaining the
eWlOul tyler Of miner forest produets to a group of students from
loneer sohool last Friday at the annual trip of the county's sixth
grade =€heel children to Panhandle Lake. The children were given
a emeaplete pioture of the natural re=Duress of the region by rep-
rfftattves of both private concerns and the various government
agencies. (Journal photo, Ziegler In'int.)
Fixing Up
sometimes short because the sup- In this way it is p0ssi])le to main-
ply of natural re)urces was not fain a regular sere're of raw nla-
hurnming. The once inexaustibie a boom and bust approach" to lo-
supply of timber was rapidly run- ging which has been done in other
By MRS. . i. ALCI! lng out and by the 1940 it be- areas and created many of the old
came apparent that unless some- logging ghost towns in the north-
BRINNON--.The
_ April meeting thing was done about it the beau- west.
of the Pioneer Ladies Aid met at tiful forest of northwest would It doesn't take much effort to
the home of Mrs. H. L. Bailey last become a thing of the past and see titat timber business must be
Wednesday. Now that. the church the once thrivizg hmlber industry operated on a sustained yield hasts
is a reality, and much remains to' would have tt) elo • its doors, if it is to be a permanent industry
be done, the ladies aid is re-
newing its cffm'tg for finances l IN THE MEANTIME, the con- since it takes about frmn 120 to
and for time spent on the build- servation laws t)f the early 1900's 150 years for a tree to mature.
ing. The women plan to do nm('h were starting to 1laY off. Hint- The importance of good forestry
of the finishing. Bake sales are dreds of thousands of acres were management cannot be emphasiz-
planned for May and JtlnP aYld es- Ulldel" the protection antt manage- ed too nmch since trees are sub-
pecially on those days when low ment of the iLS. Forest Service ject to many damages and dis-
tides bring out tourists l!or clam and this land now is st pplying a eases. Bears, rabbits, beavers and
digging, considerable part of the r'tw ma- other animals are fond of small
Mrs. Geichel Griffin journeyed terials in many sawmills in the trees and the sweet sap running
northwest in((iudtng Siml)son's do\\;vn the sides.
to Sealtle Wednesday by bus to
attend the funeral of Clyde Inger- plants in Shelton. Although ms- Foresters are experimenting
sol, brother-in-law of her husband, ny private lumber companies were with various types of repellants
Mrs. Ingersoll, a sister ()f Mr. (rif- practicing good f(restry for many which they spray on the trees to
fin, lmsed sway two years ago. years prior to the 1940's, the hea- keep the animals away.
Mr. (riffin went to Seattle Salur- vy waste of timber resources in Pruning is another intportant
day to visit \\;fith his nieces, all the early days and the high rate forestry operation. This eonsists
coming' from distant places, of cutting had cut deeply into the of cutting the limbs from the
MR. AND Mll,% T. B. Balel at- thIbcr availahle and was posing a trees, elintinating knots anti to
=ended the funeral of her sister-in- perth)us threat to logging in the provide tim mills with clear tim-
law, Mrs, Fern Smul, at Slelton st:)te, bet.
Satm'cmv. Mrs. Maxim \\;,on Brev- The Shelton working circle was Thinning is done to remove
ern, of" Seatt.le, a sister of Mr. established as a result of the pas- small or diseased tree.u from areas
Sund, and two nieces, Mrs. ,q41ter ge of pnblic law 273 in 1944. where good trees are growing in
C'o,mws of I.he!lwrl,)I and Mrs. This agl'eelllerlt betweeu the fed- order to keep the undesirable trees
[)(m Aplin of Sogtll[o, ;list) aIlell(I- el'al government and the Simp- fl'f)l competing for Iood and \\;va-
cd the services, son h)gging company has made it. tee Fire protection is also one
Mcs. lerlha Moore made the possible for the company to main- of the most important problems of
:wquaintan(:e ()f her laiesl gran(I- lain a. source of supply for raw the fro'ester particularly during
child lasl VVedncsday. Little Col- material and in effect gave Mason the hot weather season.
lt,t, ll |{rile, daughter of Mr. m(l cmnty a shot in the arm and 1)re- LEN FLOVER is the district
Mrs. Iesler (7). West, of Leland, vented it from becoming a group ranger of the U.S. Forest Service
was bt)rn in l'm't Townsend's St. of small ghost towns. Many towns, - ...............................................
.l,,hn's Hospital April S. in th'e. northwest which at one time Tree Farming
Mrs. Nellie Andrews and her had been humming prosperous lit-
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cecil An- lle e)mmunities had withered on
,trews and daughter Linda, and a the vine as the timber supply to
g'ranclson, No,'man Fandrei of Ore-keep the mills operating became Can Increase
gon, arrived at the home of Mr, harder and harder to get.
and Mrs. ,Iimmic Andrews Satur- Since the turn..of the certury,
day. They all atLended the P-TA the timber business had changed
,.,m *',',,m o ,,,." *o "'' 00,owo Wildlife
won the door prize, a fitted picnic everything in sight approach to .a
case which (,onverts to a table, long range, permanent economm
Mrs. Andrt:ws will remai for a operation, This was something
hmger visit.
FUN NIGHT was well attended which had to happen from a physi-
by h)eal people and friends. Food cal standpoint Or else the timber
was t)ientiful and good, entertain- business would soon cease to ex-
ment wa. original and well re- ist.
ceived by young and old. A human MOST OF THE early day for-
4-legged horse danced and paraded esters in this country were trained
for the enjoyment of himself and in Europe. Several European coun-
especially the juvenile audience; tries had been practicing forestry
pantomimes and a variety of plays for many years before it was done
kept the audience entertained for here and" Were highly advanced
an hour. A fish pond for the chil- in forestry knowledge at that i
dren and dart boards and home- time..
made candies and pie and coffee The Shelton working circle last
were for sale all evening, year cut about 126,000.,000 board
Many Brinnon people attended feet of timber. It's maximum aI-:
the smorgasbord at Quilcene Sun- h)wable cut is 151,000,000 under
day afternoon. It was. given fo" the cooperative agreement be-
the benefit of button sales for tween the Simpson company and
Prances Wyers, competing for the federal government. The cut-;
Rhododendron Festival Queen. tifl quota is running at a higher:
rate than normally would be al-
Through the use of "leveling" lowable on a sustained yield oper-
solutions, it ia possible to pro- ation since the .Simpson company:
dues nickel-plated aticles at a has large holdings of timber which
lower cost. s the deposit thick- is.now in the process of matur-
i ness increase, il beconeS Sm0o- iin .ahd wfli be ripe f6i" harvest in :
!er and brighter, giving better aer- about 45 years. Under the cooper-I
!ice life wlth the heavier deposit ative agreement, the timber on the
and reducing costly polishing oper- Simpson land will be cut then
ations, while the federal land is maturing. :
Pruni,g the Forests
VIRGIL ALLENForester, U.S. Forest Service, Shelton, demon-
strates pruning forelt trees at the Conservation Day, April 17..
(Extension photo, Ziegler print.) /
year's cut ran 126,000,000. This
cut is possible because the land
owned by Simpson will be ready
to harvest mature timber in about
45 years.
"Foresters are farmers, the only
difference between us is that we
grow trees and they grow other
crops," said Flower.
This reporter, after talkirg with
Flower, felt that he was a bit
modest in that statement since
i good forestry is so important tO
!the lumber industry and the lum-
ber industry is so important to the
state of Washington and Mason
Chemistry Stu00e00Is
i
!
• !i
HIGH SCHOOL chemistry students, with their
Reta Loudermilk, were guests during Chemical
of Rayonier Incorporated for a tour of the pla
explanations of the manufacturln9 and
ployed by the company.
Rayonier Hosts Chemistry
To Plant Tour And
Coinciding with Chemical Pro-
gress Week, local eighth and ninth
grade students, and h'ene S. Reed
High School chemistry students
saw lecture demonstrations and
made field trips to Rayonier's
:Olympic Research Division.
Dr. Frank Maranville, Rayonier
Chemist; preaented two one hour
lecture demonstrati(ms to the high
school chemistry sit, dents on Tues-
day, April 14. Dr. Maranville gave
a brief history of Rayonier and
a description of the company's
activities and facilities today.
The composition of wood and
chemical structure of its various
components were then discussed
in leading up to the Sulfite and
kraft pulping processes, and tim
prodlction of acetate and viscose.
The talk was illustrated by appro-
priate exhibits and demonstrations
including the casting of acetate
films and the production of viscose
rayon filaments. Demonstrations
county.
of the application of radio chent-
AN ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF'S HAT was pre-
sented to Herb Cromer, familiar figure around
the Shelton city hall. Since April, 1938, Crom-
er has served on the Shelton Fire Department
until recently when he retired due to an in-
jury. When asked what he planned to do after
istry 1() paper
conchided the
'Pile folh)win
Research
the same high
of the
ty-one
Miss Loudernli
chemistry
hours touring
nlents of llie
Wednesday
bert Hergert,
presented a one
300 students at
School assembly'
means of coh)rful
strations and
students an
industrial
of person he is,
tional
his success.
The value of
tours in
again demonst:
interest shown
the many
The tree farm program of grow-
ing trees as a crop holds the key
to material increases in wildlife
resources as well as to the nation's
wood supply, according to Arth-
ur H. Carhart of Denver, well-
known outdonr writer and censer-
vationist, author of a new book-
let, "Trees and Game ......... Twin
Crops."
"TREE AND wildlife live to-
gether on nearly half a bllllon
acres of commercial timberlands in
the United States," Carhart said
in the new publication. "A great
many of our animals and birds
require forest environments for
food and shelter. The value of
natural resources lies in making
wise use of such, wealth. There-
fore, wise management of timber
and of game is directed at the
production and harvest of each as
a crop ..... indeed, they are twin
crops."
Carhart said well-planned man-
agement of timberland= meani t@0
things of prime interest to aport
men. FirsL in most instaru=e, it
assures hitch levels of .pr0ductio
of both wood and wildlife. Second,
it is the bet ]Drosect of susttined
fields in both resff/.
Carhart emphasized the impor-
:ance i' keeping wildlife p0pula-
tions in balance with the ability
of timberlands £o feed them. He
cited se,eal in=tances of major
deer die-offs brought on by over-
populated herds.
"THERE'S A potential In the
tree farm movement, and all for-
est management like it, to mater-
ially increase not dnly timber sup-
)lies, but gamd resources as well,"
said the noted writer.
]Simpson Plants Hore New Trees
Simpson Logging Company was
among the companies who cele-
brated the planting of the 100
millionth Douglas fir seedling
from the Col. William B. Greeley
Forest Nursery April 21.
H. O. "BUD" Puhn, Simpson
timber and land manager, and
Oscar Levin, Simpson Olympic
..Wree Farm managing forester, ;
represented the Company at the
historic event near Enumclaw.
The ceremony had more than or-
dinary meanir' t6 Simpson and
the communities in the Shelton
Working Circle because of the
great part the forest industry nur-
sery, located at Nisqually, has
played in reforestation of Simp-
son lands in Mason, Grays Har-
bor and Thurston counties.
outh Olympic Tree Farm, now
daTled Sirflps6n Olyi'n[01c TrY6
Farm, was among the first of the
members to transplant seedlings
from Nisqually into logged-off
acres.
. Levis recalled that the first
planting of 500,000 trees from this
nurserY was done by South Olym-
pic Tree Farm near the old Camp
i'ive site, on the road to Camp
Grisdale, in November, 1943.
)BETTER THAN 90 per cent of
those trees survived and are now
a stand of second growth 20 feet
high and average four inches in
diameter on approximately 1,000
acres near the old camp site.
Simpson Olympic Tree Farm
has planted 16 million of the 100
million trees produced by ' the
Greeley Nursery a.inre 1943. These
trees have brought 23 tl'tOttgdlld
acres within the Shelton Working
Cr'elii, lb'R6k fh'(5 fffo(/e-f[5.
Weekend.
By MERLE ,MITH
HOODSPORT -- It seem as
though clam digging" was the ma-
ior attraction over the weekend.
Although the weather wasn't too
bad, the dlgging vtasn't as pro-
ductive as usual. Some local peo-
ple who Joined the mobs were Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Wolfe and Mr. and
Mrs. Nell Simmons who chose
Oyehut beach; Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Wino
ters Mr. and Mrs. Emery Winter,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson, and
Ron Goos to Twin Harbors; Mr.
and Mrs. WiIllam Gilbert to Mo-
clip; and Mr. ,nd `MI'.. J.o McKiel.
MRS. CHRISTEISEN'S first
and second gr{tdes held their
monthly birthtldy party 01 Fri-
day afternoon. Children honored
for this month were Coral Mio
chae|s, Terr| Stratton, Ruth Lan-
i ning, Chat'rll. Johnston ad Ddn-
ny Riebow. T9: mothers of these
[children furn'tshe d the refresh-
merits and plarmed games for alI
to vlay. rues
drs. Ja E. Miller of Seattle
is visiting in th home Of her
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Henry.
After. a day of clam digging on
Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. William
Wolfe visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Curt Daniels at Hoqulam. Sun-
day dinne" guests at the Wolfe'S
home were Mr, and Mrs. Bill Bu-
sack and children of Shelton.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hicks
spent two days in Portland. Isa-
Clam Diggers Busy
bel attended an R.E.A. Account-; Weekend "
ing Session of Northwest Public Michaels home
Power. Bruce Sexton
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison De Voe Sunday the Mi
traveled to the Klickitat State were joined by
Salmon Hatchery for a visit with ConnalIv, Mr.
his mother and husband, Mr. and]of Shelton, arU
Mrs. Leonard Hayden. IPahner for
SIGNALMAN FIRST Class Bob 'f°r some s){ln
Ralna visited with his in-laws, the GIRl, SCOV
Karl Llnscotts, on his way from
San Diego to Seattle for two years
of duty there. His family will ar-
rive sometime in June, after the
children are out of school. Bob is
alo viaiting with his paents, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Rains of Shelton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Shumate and
Judy and Jane were Sunday call-
ers in the Howard Lockwood
, home: ....
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dean have ar-..
ried home [rom a two week va-
cation |n Cafifornia. In San Fran-
cisco they visited with his broth-
er Bill and family and greeted a
brand new ephew, born while
they were there. He is joining two
sister and two brothers waiting
at home. The Deans then visited
with Caro]' grandparents, Mr. and
Mra. H, C. Galloup in Sacramento
nd other relatives and friends in
Oakland. They traveled the Red-
wood Highway for a ways on the
trip home but found so much con-
struction that they finished the
trip on Highway 99. Before they
retuled home they spent a day
visiting in Bellingham at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Warnholz,
where they picked up Susan, who
had stayed with her grandparents,
while the Deans vacationed. Nan-
cy stayed with her other grand-
parents, the Bill Deans, at Pot-
latch. They enjoyed lovely weath-
er on the trip and ohhh but this
rain is wet.
THE PETER BORGS had a
busy weekend. On Friday and Sat-
urday they visited in Renton with
the Hans Arnesons. The Arnesons
have a summer cabin near the
Bergs at Potlatch. On Sunday
they attended a family gathering
birthday party for John Johnson
tn Tacoma. Monday, Mrs. Borg
attended hlncheon for Past Ma-
trons of 1957-58 of Kitsap and
Mason Cotinty at Keyport.
Mrs. Verne Hill, Mrs. Virginia
Wallin and Mrs. Bob Smith at-
tended the Department President
of the American Legion Auxiliary
Dinner at Lee's Steakhonse near
Lag.ey cn Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Irnie Halstead of
Kingston were Sunday visitors in
[h''. l. Lfifiifig home,
7th and 8th
the Olympic
ruing party
Parents
were Mrs.
dy Schwab,
Clark, Mr.
son, and
and Mrs. Bill
Mrs.
to Seattle on
tend a perfor
Seattle high
tra and pep
daughter of
Smith, and
Radtke,
has
for participat
project. The
the games
marched in
rade. Arlene
high school
ceived a
)olitan BeaUt
MR.
:caching
dlle to an
.Johnsen \\;vaS
Mr. and Mr
family spcrit
attle as gue
Mayria rtl
Circus. Mr.
chairman of l
On Saturday
family were
toners at tl(
Faiconel's ;nl
ed the Trade
noen all three,
submarine, lhe
!o g(i I'o lhe
l)llt 1 t1¢' pace
Friday, he resPonded, "Garde
"What kind of fish?" 'The
he added jokingly. Pictured pr
with the hat is Fire Chief T.
Commissioner Bill McCann and
Hinton look on, (Journal photO,
2O
,qInELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL -- Publistled in "CTwi.t)naMo)>n, U.q.A.," Shelton, Wa,htngton
Thm.- day
.... 6th Grade Students Study In Outdoor Classroom I U. S. Forest Service Keeps JatrMu/
I i
Eye on Nutional Timberlands
LEARNING HOW TI.EES GRO/Vevn Nel-
son of fhe Soil ConserVatioh Service is pictured
here telling these students from the Pioneer
school how trees grow because of the water
supply available to them from the deep roots
VERN ,NL$ON Unit C?nservationist, Soil
Conservation fiiervlce, Shalton, talks to boys and
girls about tile formation of soil. This group is
one class of four hundred students who took part
in the Conservation Day at Camp Panhandle,
April t7. iExt,m.;i.u phd, Zicgh,r ttrmt.)
OSCAI LlN-F6rester, Simporl Olymlc Tree FartS, pofnts i
out the flowers Of the Oou(l[ae FIr, tc iixth grade student. L avin
was inha'ge Of the Conservation Day seeding and plantin stop.
Extension photo, Ziegler print.) .......
Arnlnd the, tul'n of ltw (,Iltul'y whic} hll:-; l'(wonll.v lilt)veil its of.
a few far siRhte(i meIi ;begnn fires 1o the sot!end floor of tile
thinV.in K Ihm'' cmlld c(mle a day Angle building'. I'lowor is a grad-
when the zmti.n's tillli)ar i'D-. mite forester from the Univer-
solMccs x\\;'mld be ('mH)ldtely de- sit.y of \\;\:;i.shing|(n ;lnd has been
|)lC'['ll. t'OFlUII;I[t'I ' €llll O1 thclll \\;vilh tilt' I'ol'cSi SOl'v;ce lily ;IbOtlt
\\;vas Teddy I{r)l);.l.!vvll who laler b(> 1(.) years, The U'.S. t,'orest Service
Ckl|U( t?r(.uitient Hlld "v;l a st, i'lll is I't=spollsibh , for the llittiolla] fol-
believel" in the ((}llSul'VIItiOll 0|' (sis throllghoIlI the (!ollnll'y which
natural resources, i tolal about 150 thrl)llgho/lI lhe na-
TEDDY ROOSEVELT td ms- thin. There are 19 national forests
fly bills passed I)y c(mgz'if, ss in- ill Ol'egoll and nlosI of Vasllirlg-
citltlin lhe establishllent .f the ton thai int'ludes tile :dxth region.
[I.S. Forcer St'rvice ;uld lhe fixing lo the 1890's, the federal gov-
of boundaries for the Inally 1|:|- ernment set aside lands whicl
tional forests, were railed forest reserves and
The early settlers of the west who were later placed under the
were interested in framlai;.:l t() jurisdiction of the II.S. li'm'est
feed livesl.ock and to grow (rops. Service. From 1850 to around 1910
Timber was of little *2eollolllic ] the federal government passed
value and to them tim .mpl)ly many homestead and land =rifle-
seemed inexhaustible. Tlmtman(Is I ment laws giving free land to set-
and thousands of qcr(,s were burn- [ tiers who Were willing 1o come
ed in order to clear land. west and carve out a living in the
Meat of the big timber (om- then green wilderness.
panies at this time were located ALl, FEDERAlL forest lands
in the south and north,aastern are now operated on a sustained
lake states. The nm'thwe pro- yield basis as are all of the larger
dueed only a small amount of the priwte timber operatfons. For-
annual market. By 1920, many tunately for Mason county the
under the ground and other interesting i"nfor- of the areas ill the south aad the oooperative , agreement between
Simpson and the federal govern-
mation at a sqil pit demonstration at Panhandle northeastern states were corn- OISTRI'CT R/NGER -- Len merit allows a cut of about twice
Lake. last Friday. Students from the county's pletely logged off. The sta.te of Flower is the.district ranger the amount from federal lands as
schools were taken around in groups to view Washington became the nation's for the U.S. Forest Service of- would normally be possibl. Ac-
first hand the many aspects of modern forestry, number one producer of timber rice here. His job is to see to cording to Len Flower, the ordi-
,hmrnal I)hoIo, Ziegler print,) products. Wh/it had once looked
.................................................. like an inexhaustible supply of it that national forest lands are nary allowable cut from the Shed
in flood shape. Flower is a ton working circle would be about
WOIIIU" natural res°urces was rapidly graduate °fthe U°f W and has 50'000'000 b°ard feet while last
Brinnon ... dwindling as a rcmzlt of accele,'- been with the Forest Service
ated cutting and lack of good for- for nearly 20 years. (Journal
estry management, photo, Ziegler print.)
MINOR FOREST PRODUCTS SHOWNWatt Smith of the State
Department of Natural Resources Is =howh here explaining the
eWlOul tyler Of miner forest produets to a group of students from
loneer sohool last Friday at the annual trip of the county's sixth
grade =€heel children to Panhandle Lake. The children were given
a emeaplete pioture of the natural re=Duress of the region by rep-
rfftattves of both private concerns and the various government
agencies. (Journal photo, Ziegler In'int.)
Fixing Up
sometimes short because the sup- In this way it is p0ssi])le to main-
ply of natural re)urces was not fain a regular sere're of raw nla-
hurnming. The once inexaustibie a boom and bust approach" to lo-
supply of timber was rapidly run- ging which has been done in other
By MRS. . i. ALCI! lng out and by the 1940 it be- areas and created many of the old
came apparent that unless some- logging ghost towns in the north-
BRINNON--.The
_ April meeting thing was done about it the beau- west.
of the Pioneer Ladies Aid met at tiful forest of northwest would It doesn't take much effort to
the home of Mrs. H. L. Bailey last become a thing of the past and see titat timber business must be
Wednesday. Now that. the church the once thrivizg hmlber industry operated on a sustained yield hasts
is a reality, and much remains to' would have tt) elo • its doors, if it is to be a permanent industry
be done, the ladies aid is re-
newing its cffm'tg for finances l IN THE MEANTIME, the con- since it takes about frmn 120 to
and for time spent on the build- servation laws t)f the early 1900's 150 years for a tree to mature.
ing. The women plan to do nm('h were starting to 1laY off. Hint- The importance of good forestry
of the finishing. Bake sales are dreds of thousands of acres were management cannot be emphasiz-
planned for May and JtlnP aYld es- Ulldel" the protection antt manage- ed too nmch since trees are sub-
pecially on those days when low ment of the iLS. Forest Service ject to many damages and dis-
tides bring out tourists l!or clam and this land now is st pplying a eases. Bears, rabbits, beavers and
digging, considerable part of the r'tw ma- other animals are fond of small
Mrs. Geichel Griffin journeyed terials in many sawmills in the trees and the sweet sap running
northwest in((iudtng Siml)son's do\\;vn the sides.
to Sealtle Wednesday by bus to
attend the funeral of Clyde Inger- plants in Shelton. Although ms- Foresters are experimenting
sol, brother-in-law of her husband, ny private lumber companies were with various types of repellants
Mrs. Ingersoll, a sister ()f Mr. (rif- practicing good f(restry for many which they spray on the trees to
fin, lmsed sway two years ago. years prior to the 1940's, the hea- keep the animals away.
Mr. (riffin went to Seattle Salur- vy waste of timber resources in Pruning is another intportant
day to visit \\;fith his nieces, all the early days and the high rate forestry operation. This eonsists
coming' from distant places, of cutting had cut deeply into the of cutting the limbs from the
MR. AND Mll,% T. B. Balel at- thIbcr availahle and was posing a trees, elintinating knots anti to
=ended the funeral of her sister-in- perth)us threat to logging in the provide tim mills with clear tim-
law, Mrs, Fern Smul, at Slelton st:)te, bet.
Satm'cmv. Mrs. Maxim \\;,on Brev- The Shelton working circle was Thinning is done to remove
ern, of" Seatt.le, a sister of Mr. established as a result of the pas- small or diseased tree.u from areas
Sund, and two nieces, Mrs. ,q41ter ge of pnblic law 273 in 1944. where good trees are growing in
C'o,mws of I.he!lwrl,)I and Mrs. This agl'eelllerlt betweeu the fed- order to keep the undesirable trees
[)(m Aplin of Sogtll[o, ;list) aIlell(I- el'al government and the Simp- fl'f)l competing for Iood and \\;va-
cd the services, son h)gging company has made it. tee Fire protection is also one
Mcs. lerlha Moore made the possible for the company to main- of the most important problems of
:wquaintan(:e ()f her laiesl gran(I- lain a. source of supply for raw the fro'ester particularly during
child lasl VVedncsday. Little Col- material and in effect gave Mason the hot weather season.
lt,t, ll |{rile, daughter of Mr. m(l cmnty a shot in the arm and 1)re- LEN FLOVER is the district
Mrs. Iesler (7). West, of Leland, vented it from becoming a group ranger of the U.S. Forest Service
was bt)rn in l'm't Townsend's St. of small ghost towns. Many towns, - ...............................................
.l,,hn's Hospital April S. in th'e. northwest which at one time Tree Farming
Mrs. Nellie Andrews and her had been humming prosperous lit-
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cecil An- lle e)mmunities had withered on
,trews and daughter Linda, and a the vine as the timber supply to
g'ranclson, No,'man Fandrei of Ore-keep the mills operating became Can Increase
gon, arrived at the home of Mr, harder and harder to get.
and Mrs. ,Iimmic Andrews Satur- Since the turn..of the certury,
day. They all atLended the P-TA the timber business had changed
,.,m *',',,m o ,,,." *o "'' 00,owo Wildlife
won the door prize, a fitted picnic everything in sight approach to .a
case which (,onverts to a table, long range, permanent economm
Mrs. Andrt:ws will remai for a operation, This was something
hmger visit.
FUN NIGHT was well attended which had to happen from a physi-
by h)eal people and friends. Food cal standpoint Or else the timber
was t)ientiful and good, entertain- business would soon cease to ex-
ment wa. original and well re- ist.
ceived by young and old. A human MOST OF THE early day for-
4-legged horse danced and paraded esters in this country were trained
for the enjoyment of himself and in Europe. Several European coun-
especially the juvenile audience; tries had been practicing forestry
pantomimes and a variety of plays for many years before it was done
kept the audience entertained for here and" Were highly advanced
an hour. A fish pond for the chil- in forestry knowledge at that i
dren and dart boards and home- time..
made candies and pie and coffee The Shelton working circle last
were for sale all evening, year cut about 126,000.,000 board
Many Brinnon people attended feet of timber. It's maximum aI-:
the smorgasbord at Quilcene Sun- h)wable cut is 151,000,000 under
day afternoon. It was. given fo" the cooperative agreement be-
the benefit of button sales for tween the Simpson company and
Prances Wyers, competing for the federal government. The cut-;
Rhododendron Festival Queen. tifl quota is running at a higher:
rate than normally would be al-
Through the use of "leveling" lowable on a sustained yield oper-
solutions, it ia possible to pro- ation since the .Simpson company:
dues nickel-plated aticles at a has large holdings of timber which
lower cost. s the deposit thick- is.now in the process of matur-
i ness increase, il beconeS Sm0o- iin .ahd wfli be ripe f6i" harvest in :
!er and brighter, giving better aer- about 45 years. Under the cooper-I
!ice life wlth the heavier deposit ative agreement, the timber on the
and reducing costly polishing oper- Simpson land will be cut then
ations, while the federal land is maturing. :
Pruni,g the Forests
VIRGIL ALLENForester, U.S. Forest Service, Shelton, demon-
strates pruning forelt trees at the Conservation Day, April 17..
(Extension photo, Ziegler print.) /
year's cut ran 126,000,000. This
cut is possible because the land
owned by Simpson will be ready
to harvest mature timber in about
45 years.
"Foresters are farmers, the only
difference between us is that we
grow trees and they grow other
crops," said Flower.
This reporter, after talkirg with
Flower, felt that he was a bit
modest in that statement since
i good forestry is so important tO
!the lumber industry and the lum-
ber industry is so important to the
state of Washington and Mason
Chemistry Stu00e00Is
i
!
• !i
HIGH SCHOOL chemistry students, with their
Reta Loudermilk, were guests during Chemical
of Rayonier Incorporated for a tour of the pla
explanations of the manufacturln9 and
ployed by the company.
Rayonier Hosts Chemistry
To Plant Tour And
Coinciding with Chemical Pro-
gress Week, local eighth and ninth
grade students, and h'ene S. Reed
High School chemistry students
saw lecture demonstrations and
made field trips to Rayonier's
:Olympic Research Division.
Dr. Frank Maranville, Rayonier
Chemist; preaented two one hour
lecture demonstrati(ms to the high
school chemistry sit, dents on Tues-
day, April 14. Dr. Maranville gave
a brief history of Rayonier and
a description of the company's
activities and facilities today.
The composition of wood and
chemical structure of its various
components were then discussed
in leading up to the Sulfite and
kraft pulping processes, and tim
prodlction of acetate and viscose.
The talk was illustrated by appro-
priate exhibits and demonstrations
including the casting of acetate
films and the production of viscose
rayon filaments. Demonstrations
county.
of the application of radio chent-
AN ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF'S HAT was pre-
sented to Herb Cromer, familiar figure around
the Shelton city hall. Since April, 1938, Crom-
er has served on the Shelton Fire Department
until recently when he retired due to an in-
jury. When asked what he planned to do after
istry 1() paper
conchided the
'Pile folh)win
Research
the same high
of the
ty-one
Miss Loudernli
chemistry
hours touring
nlents of llie
Wednesday
bert Hergert,
presented a one
300 students at
School assembly'
means of coh)rful
strations and
students an
industrial
of person he is,
tional
his success.
The value of
tours in
again demonst:
interest shown
the many
The tree farm program of grow-
ing trees as a crop holds the key
to material increases in wildlife
resources as well as to the nation's
wood supply, according to Arth-
ur H. Carhart of Denver, well-
known outdonr writer and censer-
vationist, author of a new book-
let, "Trees and Game ......... Twin
Crops."
"TREE AND wildlife live to-
gether on nearly half a bllllon
acres of commercial timberlands in
the United States," Carhart said
in the new publication. "A great
many of our animals and birds
require forest environments for
food and shelter. The value of
natural resources lies in making
wise use of such, wealth. There-
fore, wise management of timber
and of game is directed at the
production and harvest of each as
a crop ..... indeed, they are twin
crops."
Carhart said well-planned man-
agement of timberland= meani t@0
things of prime interest to aport
men. FirsL in most instaru=e, it
assures hitch levels of .pr0ductio
of both wood and wildlife. Second,
it is the bet ]Drosect of susttined
fields in both resff/.
Carhart emphasized the impor-
:ance i' keeping wildlife p0pula-
tions in balance with the ability
of timberlands £o feed them. He
cited se,eal in=tances of major
deer die-offs brought on by over-
populated herds.
"THERE'S A potential In the
tree farm movement, and all for-
est management like it, to mater-
ially increase not dnly timber sup-
)lies, but gamd resources as well,"
said the noted writer.
]Simpson Plants Hore New Trees
Simpson Logging Company was
among the companies who cele-
brated the planting of the 100
millionth Douglas fir seedling
from the Col. William B. Greeley
Forest Nursery April 21.
H. O. "BUD" Puhn, Simpson
timber and land manager, and
Oscar Levin, Simpson Olympic
..Wree Farm managing forester, ;
represented the Company at the
historic event near Enumclaw.
The ceremony had more than or-
dinary meanir' t6 Simpson and
the communities in the Shelton
Working Circle because of the
great part the forest industry nur-
sery, located at Nisqually, has
played in reforestation of Simp-
son lands in Mason, Grays Har-
bor and Thurston counties.
outh Olympic Tree Farm, now
daTled Sirflps6n Olyi'n[01c TrY6
Farm, was among the first of the
members to transplant seedlings
from Nisqually into logged-off
acres.
. Levis recalled that the first
planting of 500,000 trees from this
nurserY was done by South Olym-
pic Tree Farm near the old Camp
i'ive site, on the road to Camp
Grisdale, in November, 1943.
)BETTER THAN 90 per cent of
those trees survived and are now
a stand of second growth 20 feet
high and average four inches in
diameter on approximately 1,000
acres near the old camp site.
Simpson Olympic Tree Farm
has planted 16 million of the 100
million trees produced by ' the
Greeley Nursery a.inre 1943. These
trees have brought 23 tl'tOttgdlld
acres within the Shelton Working
Cr'elii, lb'R6k fh'(5 fffo(/e-f[5.
Weekend.
By MERLE ,MITH
HOODSPORT -- It seem as
though clam digging" was the ma-
ior attraction over the weekend.
Although the weather wasn't too
bad, the dlgging vtasn't as pro-
ductive as usual. Some local peo-
ple who Joined the mobs were Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Wolfe and Mr. and
Mrs. Nell Simmons who chose
Oyehut beach; Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Wino
ters Mr. and Mrs. Emery Winter,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson, and
Ron Goos to Twin Harbors; Mr.
and Mrs. WiIllam Gilbert to Mo-
clip; and Mr. ,nd `MI'.. J.o McKiel.
MRS. CHRISTEISEN'S first
and second gr{tdes held their
monthly birthtldy party 01 Fri-
day afternoon. Children honored
for this month were Coral Mio
chae|s, Terr| Stratton, Ruth Lan-
i ning, Chat'rll. Johnston ad Ddn-
ny Riebow. T9: mothers of these
[children furn'tshe d the refresh-
merits and plarmed games for alI
to vlay. rues
drs. Ja E. Miller of Seattle
is visiting in th home Of her
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Henry.
After. a day of clam digging on
Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. William
Wolfe visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Curt Daniels at Hoqulam. Sun-
day dinne" guests at the Wolfe'S
home were Mr, and Mrs. Bill Bu-
sack and children of Shelton.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hicks
spent two days in Portland. Isa-
Clam Diggers Busy
bel attended an R.E.A. Account-; Weekend "
ing Session of Northwest Public Michaels home
Power. Bruce Sexton
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison De Voe Sunday the Mi
traveled to the Klickitat State were joined by
Salmon Hatchery for a visit with ConnalIv, Mr.
his mother and husband, Mr. and]of Shelton, arU
Mrs. Leonard Hayden. IPahner for
SIGNALMAN FIRST Class Bob 'f°r some s){ln
Ralna visited with his in-laws, the GIRl, SCOV
Karl Llnscotts, on his way from
San Diego to Seattle for two years
of duty there. His family will ar-
rive sometime in June, after the
children are out of school. Bob is
alo viaiting with his paents, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Rains of Shelton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Shumate and
Judy and Jane were Sunday call-
ers in the Howard Lockwood
, home: ....
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dean have ar-..
ried home [rom a two week va-
cation |n Cafifornia. In San Fran-
cisco they visited with his broth-
er Bill and family and greeted a
brand new ephew, born while
they were there. He is joining two
sister and two brothers waiting
at home. The Deans then visited
with Caro]' grandparents, Mr. and
Mra. H, C. Galloup in Sacramento
nd other relatives and friends in
Oakland. They traveled the Red-
wood Highway for a ways on the
trip home but found so much con-
struction that they finished the
trip on Highway 99. Before they
retuled home they spent a day
visiting in Bellingham at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Warnholz,
where they picked up Susan, who
had stayed with her grandparents,
while the Deans vacationed. Nan-
cy stayed with her other grand-
parents, the Bill Deans, at Pot-
latch. They enjoyed lovely weath-
er on the trip and ohhh but this
rain is wet.
THE PETER BORGS had a
busy weekend. On Friday and Sat-
urday they visited in Renton with
the Hans Arnesons. The Arnesons
have a summer cabin near the
Bergs at Potlatch. On Sunday
they attended a family gathering
birthday party for John Johnson
tn Tacoma. Monday, Mrs. Borg
attended hlncheon for Past Ma-
trons of 1957-58 of Kitsap and
Mason Cotinty at Keyport.
Mrs. Verne Hill, Mrs. Virginia
Wallin and Mrs. Bob Smith at-
tended the Department President
of the American Legion Auxiliary
Dinner at Lee's Steakhonse near
Lag.ey cn Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Irnie Halstead of
Kingston were Sunday visitors in
[h''. l. Lfifiifig home,
7th and 8th
the Olympic
ruing party
Parents
were Mrs.
dy Schwab,
Clark, Mr.
son, and
and Mrs. Bill
Mrs.
to Seattle on
tend a perfor
Seattle high
tra and pep
daughter of
Smith, and
Radtke,
has
for participat
project. The
the games
marched in
rade. Arlene
high school
ceived a
)olitan BeaUt
MR.
:caching
dlle to an
.Johnsen \\;vaS
Mr. and Mr
family spcrit
attle as gue
Mayria rtl
Circus. Mr.
chairman of l
On Saturday
family were
toners at tl(
Faiconel's ;nl
ed the Trade
noen all three,
submarine, lhe
!o g(i I'o lhe
l)llt 1 t1¢' pace
Friday, he resPonded, "Garde
"What kind of fish?" 'The
he added jokingly. Pictured pr
with the hat is Fire Chief T.
Commissioner Bill McCann and
Hinton look on, (Journal photO,