The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-04-19

faces at one OF them recently, said that one mao
but to see them to know that the camps are
success Their chief success Is, after all, not III
the trees which these young foresfers are Saving
or Aare planting for the future, but In the new
shirt. vgor and hopefulness of the men them
selves when the epic story OF this period comes
to be written. 1t may even begin with Trees ana
the Man sing At any rate, the trees Will nave
had proud part In IT.
Even more interesting than the foregoing testi-
monv TO the Importance of this work is the testi-
mony of Mr.. Pack himself Writing under the
head of Auditing the CCC Ledger In a recent
Issue OF the Review Of Reviews and Worlds
Work, he said In part:
aMore than two hundred million dollars VIII
have been poured into this conservation hopper
nv next spring Out OF one spout has come
satisfactory flow of human benefits OUT OF the
others there have come constantly increasing
streams OF economic benefits and conservation
value.
under the federal foresters particularly there
have been amazing results Some OF these are
tangible and visible today; others are investments
In the future. Fire, insects and disease are the
three great enemies Of our forest resources Inc
average annual loss from fire Is estimated TO %
ffty-three million dollars or the burning over OF
ohout forty-one million acres Of forested land.
or the fire control work There Is certainly
dollar and cants value In the actual timber saved
on nublic and private land, as we'll as the poten-
tjal timber preserved from fire on land when
Ia restocking with forest. And the cutting
through OF thousands Of miles or f1re lanes "
check the spread OF low-running fires and trans
to make the areas more accessible for ngnting
are investments Of effort OF more than immeoi
ate value.
"some Of the men of the corps have been
engaged In rodent control, working on grazing
lands rented out by the United States fores
service Rodents destroy the grass coverage
seriously reducing the revenue-producing valus
OF the grazing areas.
"Many thousands OF the CCC are engaged u
what is called cultural forestry Tnis ID TN
treatment of forest areas to improve theiF con'
nosition. quality and rate of growth. We know
that such work brings dividends In create
Yields It has been demonstrated that cuitura
treatment In both pine and hardwood stands WI
increase the money yield per acre by two an
one-half times This Is another phase or Tn
work which cannot be translated into actuai ~
rres today. But 1t Is adding In very consderaDi
measure to future values
Not only does Mr.. Pack realize the importanc
Of the Geo work to the future OF forestry nt
he also calls these camps tine Digest nlgi
school In the world" and their work THE bigge'
educational Job ever undertaken In tnis country
In a message to the heads OF forestry schoo
throughout the country, ne salu'
"There are In round numbers three huhdre
thousand men in these CCC camps. II they p
In only one hour per night for instruction 7
six nights week, they will use one miili'
eight hundred thousand hours per week IN stud
Counting fifty weeks In the year to allow
time out for various reasons, they Will ma
devoted ninety million hours to study OF @
kind or another.
"Can it a six-hour day and that would me-
fully fifteen million working days put In
mental development OF one KIM or ano'n
Reduce that ninety million hours TO caiend
DAYS Of twenty-four hours each and we ma
three hundred seventy-hye thousand days. II
then means we viii have approximately one tht
sand and twenty-five man-years devoted 10 edu'
ton In the CCC camps"
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