Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-24
GOOD WORK IS DONE
BY THE FORESTERS
State Forester Elliott Gives a
Resume Of Work Done by
the Department


tive law fund, State Forester Elliott,
in his biennial report to the state board
of forestry, speaks in the highest praise
and that very efficient and effective
results were obtained through their ser
vices is attested by the analyses of the
reports covering their operations which
show that 81 per cent of their time was
spent in patroling their districts and
2l.S per cent in fighting and investi-
eating fires; also that total of 375
fires were handled by the federal pa
trolmen, of which 1876 or over so per
cent were eXtinguished without addi-
tional assistance or expense. OF the to-
tai number Of fires handled, 26G or II
per cent were discovered by the patrol
men.
"When it is considered that the dis.
covery and investigation Of most of
these fires necessitated many miles of
travel over rough mountainous trails,
the record made by the federal patrol
men is extremely creditable and indi'
Gates in an emphatic manner that they
were on the Job" says Mr.. Elliott.
F" Notwithstanding the character of the
"n troil and other imnroyement work
,,nlre5 ~ sI0io and o65 doys in ex.
aminiug ranchers slashings, issuing
rarn,;tss and oe.istino with bnrninr of
pl',ah sioshinrs os co,,1d no burned With
safety during the closed season. An
other noticeable fact shown by the re-
oo.ta S"t ;s N,o+ a totol NJ IA dnvs or nroe.
t;oaIi,, ono doy for ooch man. was lost
on accomnt ne rain. ;,
w mncIe sam oo.operates.
Tho foJcrol govornmeut. nnder the
n,ayisiony of tbc Weeks, law, has OK.
pondod tbe srm of S35 000 in protec,
t;on of thc forests AGAINST fire in Ore.
oon dnrimg tho nnst four voars. practi,
eeai,, al 20 vLi,h Los bnon snnnt under
.%a in,noJ;oto smnrIyision of the state
enrostor in co.nnnrptiou with the U. S
forost service and n,iyate timber own
ors in nrotccting The forestcd water
shods NJ novicohIe streams
DIN MAKING tbis nnproprintion avail
llo ), snys H.. Enintt nconqrrss roe
o"n;2od That thc forest fire hazard il
t5c Irn;tod Stntes can he reduced mos
oSeoc+iycly thronoh the co.operptiye of
fort of NJ, interested agencies, state
fodcroI ond nrivotc,u -
Todoroi co.onorotior in forest protcc
tion worl, nndcr the Weeks law is il
,noocmit;on NJ tbc imnortnncc Of pro
tootinn tbc watersheds of navipabl
.Uoa,1s bnscd mnon tbc knowledge tba
% forost eros Inv dcstroyinp soil cover
lrimg obout erosion in rough country
xxx KNIT oonscorent siltinc mn of rive
cbonrols and loss of nayipability. nm,
tho forcst fire nroblem ON such water
shrds becomcs therefore. one of broad
nntionaI imnortonce. - To socure fed
orai o;d tbc state must meet the re
onircmcnts of fine Wccksi law; namely
tLat T\ thc nrotection must be confir
oI IA tbo forested watersheds Of nav
,,nlJo etrooms. lol ,ho stotc must hny
nroyidcd bv law for n system of forcs
siro nrotcci;on, aud l3) tbc fcderal @,
nond;hrc in INV ycor cannot cxccc
,bo stotc,s maximum nllotmcp
mLioh INV stotc con receive from mi
I, s,nd 10 Iio OOo In nnv one yorr.
~ det Government Limit.
, Thc stotc Forestry dcpnrtment ha
boon sncccssfn In securing tbc max
{ n,nm ouotment from this find for tw
| " "nccessiyc ycors md II hos proycd mo,
t honcficiol nnd n ycrv material aid
Z nrnyiding nrotoctiop FOR Orcgon,s fo
ps,ry +, also mode Il nossible 10 prca
Q u, ;ncrooSc tLc ricld forcc momininc
Ly iho nriyoto owncrs Of timber duriu
J ia ncriod wbcn standing timber WI
! w." n'ost endongcrcd bcgdcs having II
. "ddcd ADVANTAGE Of reseryinp suff
y oiont fnnds IN rctnin tbc scryiccs Of n
! notroImon rntil lntc In Scntcmber
!, aaso Wo rnlI roins hold off until thl
!. emc
nj TLo o,oro,o norio1 of scrvicc NJ n
. no foaoro, natrd,mcn ,yns Gs n dnys. ,
i laced an onn.mnn baSs n totnl
4 po5 x dovs, tbc vnlnc Of their service
q on ,bo boSs NJ solnry mid and nntu
4 90 ,yorL ncrformed ,yas 40 0os.75.
4 nooriv TrlI volnc for thc nmount of n
v gnnd roccivcd Thcv served for n n
r;oJ ~ from sovcn 20 10 weeks dcpcn
!. ing unon the fire danger in tho distr
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