The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-03

has not yet been decided, he said
When that is determined, other
guarantees against pollution viii
De set up.
In reply to a question whether
better quality timber would be run
through the hogs for pulp, Bur
dick pointed to the fact that the
sale contracts call for a consider
aely higher stumpage price on
merChantable sawtimber Except in
rare instances, he feels that the
greater value received by the
manufacturer selling quality tim
Der for lumber or plywood will
automatically keep it from being
Ground into pull even though the
FOREST Service cannot tell mill OPP
orators how they viii Use the tim
ler they have Bought.
Cut,.ng ny Blocks
It it planned. he said, that the
timber will be cut clear in strips
or blocks, with carefully selected
groups Of seed trees left to insure
proper re seeding of the cut areas.
Come sears" will be visible from
$ Gamer lanes. he conceded. but ar
tued that they will not necessarily
he unsightly since ra-growth is
fast. In four to five years the
ground should again be covered
and in another like period stumps
should be grown over. Logging
out only old trees from stands has
teen found not feasible, he said,
because of the shallow root sys-
TENS of trees growing in this area
With the larger trees cut away,
smaller trees are felled by wind
in large proportion.
Research, he said, has shown
that the timber should be cut on
an e5-year rotation cycle. Second
cutting after that 85-year period
Of re-growth has elapsed should
give so percent greater yield
tuan the first cutting because the
present timber stands are largely
over-mature, with much rotten
timber and many windfalls.
Following the short pulp dis
cussion, Mayor Waino Hendrick-
son appeared for the City of Ju-
neau to submit a brief on the sit
uation regarding the Juneau Air
port Homer Garvin, for the Jul
neau Chamber of Commerce, sub
mitted a brief on the condition of
the Alaska Forest Highway Sys-
ten. which urged the permanent
surfacing of principal forest high
ways to cut maintenance and to
allow use of a greater portion OF
forest road funds for expansion of
the system.
Norman C. Banfie,d explains
tkat 80 percent of forest road funds
are now being spent just to main
tain the 274 miles of forest roads
now constructed Senator Ellender
sought to determine just what
proportion of the Forest Highway
System taps private land and ask
ed if it is felt that the Federal
government pay the entire cost of
permanent surfacing, even where
the roads run by privately-own2d
property.
Three Kinds CT Roads
Banfield set forth that as pres
entity administered, forest roads
are in the province of the Federal
Government; the Federal govern
ment, through the Alaska Road
Commission also builds and main
tains arterial roadways outside the
national forests; while the Terri
tory constructs and keeps up sec
ondary roads which run mainly
through the public domain, as only
two percent of Alaska is privately
owned Approximately equal
amounts are spent on each cate
gerry of roads, The only practical
way is for each agency to have
full responsibility for roads OF
each type and for that reason
surfacing of forest roads should he
a Federal job, he commended.
Senator Harry P. Cain, third
member of the committee, was i'm
pressed by the fact that, except
for a few minor roads for mill
tary purposes, no extensions of
the forest road system in this
area have been undertaken in the
past II years. He wondered why
Alaskans had not been able to
get something done about it.
Presentation, by H. L. Faux
ner, of copy of the resolution
adopted last night by the local
American Legion Post. opposing
the Lemke homestead bill prompt
ed Senator Capehart to call for
someone to speak in behalf of the
Lemke bill No one responded.
The Lemke bill seems to be one
thing upon which Alaskans are
unanimous, Senator Capehart COM
mented.
Banfield explained the lack OF.
veteran support for the measure by
declaring that the Lemke Hill is
regarded as sure to result in a lot
more abandoned homesteads-and
that it is a snare"
ANS Under Attack
TIE Alaska Native Service, more
particularly the Office of Indian