The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-04-05
Tin1bernen War
On Pine, Beetle


reflects much credit upon Mr.. Sugar
man--where II is stated that o. A. c
investigations have shown that tn,
timber destroyed last year in Klam,
ath and Lake counties by the beetle
is sawed into lumber, would build a
board walk four feet wide from Kla
math Falls TO New York.
Or to put IL another way: In one
year, 1919. the beetle destroyed more
timber In klamath county than was
lost by fire in five years In five Ore
son lumber counties.
In the face OF these figures, it is
obvious that the timber men must
take action and the aim OF the pre-
sent conference 10 to form an associ.
alton strong enough to enlist not only
all private interests but the. govern
nent a. we'll. For tho government
has done little TO control the beetle
On public lands, and Professor Cham
berlain says his Investigation have
shown that 81 per cent Of klamath
sounty's timber 10 in national forests.
crater Lake park and the Indian re
ssrvstion.
Klamath county 10 proud Of its
timber. II 10 estimated that on the
Klamath Indian reservation alone
there 10 between eight and twelve bill
lion feet Of pine timber. sufficient. in
the natural course OF things, % last
from 30 TO 100 years. without natur-
al or artificial reforestration.
But In the Black Hills OF Idaho. in
the past ten years, seven billion feet
OF pine have been totally wiped out
BY the pine beetle.
One new wrinkle was introduced
into the beetle fight at yesterdays
discussion by John Miller. OF the U.
8. bureau OF entom ology, who has an
experimentation camp in MADEIRA
county. California.
Mr.. Miller has found that II 4.
1st necessary TO fire the fell trees
during the summer months to dss-
troy the beetle. but the naturel rays
Of the sun will do the work II the
tree is peeled and the bark exposed
to the sun. Bark is a good heat con-
duetor and when the air temperature
is between so and 30 degrees the
bark will heat to 115 degrees,
enough to kill the beetle colonies.
II this plan will work in KLAMATH
county during the hot man.hs of
July. August and September II means
= big ,sa'n In the fight, for during
those months 1t, is not wise to use
fire In the forest. The conflagration
risk 10 too great. And those are the
months when the best work can be
done. because remote timber areas
that are in accessible In the winter
can be reached then.
Should this one idea alone be
proven practical in the local fight,
yesterdays demonstration will have
been very much worth while
Last night the timbermen and loo
al business men banquetted at the |
chamber OF commerce rooms The
sentrl dish was rainbow trout from
klamath river provided by members
Of the county sportsren's associa-
tien.
Mayor Wiley welcomed the beetle
fighting brigade as conservers Of
basic industry. the foundation
Klamath County's prosperity.
Among the speakers we're George
n. Cornwall. editor OF the Timber
man: W. 2. Lamm. OF the Lamm
Lumber company; q. w. Luce,
freight and traffic manager OF the
Southern Pacific; Professor Donald =
Bruce OF the University OF Califor-
MIA. department OF forestry. and
George s. Long, vice-president and
manager OF the Weyerhaeuser Lum-
Der company.
Mr.. Long expressed the belief that
>eoesh eventually De-
come a metropolis. and backed the
statement with fluent and forceful u
logic that made his address one OF I,
the most outstanding talks OF the
evening. This city. he said. derived
about SO per cent more benefit from
numbering operations than other
large lumber eenters. because the
lumber produced here was adaptable
for such a variety OF general pur-
poses. which alone gives Klamath
Falls immense advantage. /,
Speaking OF transportation, Mr..
Long said that after experience with
many OF the large railroads OF the
nation, he believed that the Southern
Pacific gives the best service OF any
road in the United States.
Visitors who are taking part In the
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