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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1955
Page
4
Forests support about 104,800 year round jobs in wood using industries. They bolster cattle and sheep grazing with range values near 100 million dollars annually and offer potential for expanding grazing on up to 10 million acres. Forests also regulate water supplies and attract millions of nonfarm visitors for recreation.
The article describes logging techniques for removing dead and unsafe trees to keep high use recreation areas safe and attractive. It notes forests support game, rivers attract sportsmen, and California ranks high in fishing licenses and hunting licenses. Private and government lands are open under laws aiding game and timber management.
Eureka hosted the first post five season conference by the Redwood Region Conservation Council with nine representatives from timber operators ranchers and government agencies to review the 1955 fire season. Waldron Hyatt Hammond Lumber Company Samoa detailed Humboldt County losses payrolls 9.5 million and 20 000 acres burned along with 11.03 million board feet of production lost and 375 000 in equipment.
Kenneth Roscoe leading Humboldt County Wool Growers Association notes ranchers helped form the Humboldt County Forestry Committee and supports control burning with guidance from the county farm advisor UC and the State Division of Forestry. William Losh reports on loopholes in state and city laws that allow lighted cigarettes from moving vehicles to spark fires and urges strengthening State Code 300 and new city ordinances.
George Washington Bush, a free person of color from Pennsylvania, moved to Missouri then joined the Simmons party headed to Oregon. They faced cholera and provincial bans on free Blacks, but Bush and his family aided the wagon train and helped found a water powered sawmill at Tumwater near Des Chutes with silver dollars said to be hidden in a wagon bed.
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