The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-06-08
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and government statistics we're in DIFF.
ferent form and not brought together
Consequently. although those inter.
ested in the subject know in a general
way that fire entails an enormous loss
to the community every year. they
have been unable to back their argu-
ments for remedial action with any
definite proof.
District Forester E. T. Allen is re-
ceiving the active help Of the Oregon
Conservation association. the Oregon
state board OF forestry. and the Wash.
ington Forest Fire association in or.
saniztng the work. The two latter
have revised their report form to
bring out the same facts regarding all
fires. The Oregon Conservation asso-
citation is canvassing the state 10 Sc
cure suitable men to act as fire war.
dens and report on fires IN their ter
ritory and presents their names to
the state board for appointment 1t
will also send each man a post card
reminder every two weeks. with a re-
turn card on which he will enter a
few main facts about the fire. The
Washington Forest Fire association
Will collect reports from its rangers
and from other correspondents where
II mas no rangers. The forest service
will furnish ranked envelopes for
mailing in the reports. and compile
the results. The Washington state
board of forestry has not made any
agreement as yet. but will undoubted.
ly furnish all the aid It can.
Every lumberman. or anyone else
who is interested in preventing forest
fires, will see the advantage In bring.
ing this information before the public
and can be Of great assistance by re.
porting fires in his vicinity. Forms
Will be furnished on application to the
secretary Of the Oregon state board Of
forestry. or. in Washington. to the
Washington Forest Fire association.
a good indication Of the increasing
use to which the national forests OF
Oregon and Washington are put BY
people Of the northwest IS the increase
in the timber sale work for the last
three months over the same period
last year in the district forest service
headquarters In Portland where all the
business connected with the selling
Of national forest timber is now
handled. More than forty sales OF
stumpage have been initiated. One
sale Is for 100000 board feet bu,
most of the sales are for smaller
amounts.
Many OF the sales are wholly or in
part Of dead timber. chiefly fire killed
and all Of the sales are so conducted
that the forest is really benefited by
removing the timber. When green
timber IS cut It Is chiefly the over.
mature or fully ripe timber that IS
taken. II a clean cutting Is made. as
is usually the method in the Douglas
fir type, It is done IN such way that
reproduction will replace the stand
that is removed. Where a stand is
not cut clean the selection method is
used and only the mature and IN
thrifty trees are taken. leaving per.
haps half the stand to grow and form
the basis for another similar cutting
20 or 30 years from now.
4 rather unusual sale IS now pend
ing up near Lake Chelan. Washing.
ton, in which narrow strip Of yellow
pine and Douglas fir 100 to 400 feet
wide and 2Ia miles long is to be sold
and will be cut clean along the crest
OF high ridge. The sale is made in
this way in order to provide fire
break on the crest Of this ridge, there
being great danger in this place OF
fire sweeping up one slope and run.
ming down the other side. The logs
will be transported along the top of
the ridge. Naturally the hau! wiz
vary. hence sliding scale Of prices
varying from one dollar to two dollars
per thousand feet has been fixed &C.
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