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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1958
Page
7
The lumber industry surveys suggest output may stabilize or rise slightly in 1958 after a first quarter down about ten percent from 1957. Stronger housing demand, aided by better business conditions, could lift total yearly lumber production near or above 1957 levels.
Portland report from the West Coast Lumbermen's Association shows May production at 160,320,000 board feet, 89.8 percent of the 1954-1957 average, with orders 175,968,000 b.f. and shipments 164,003,000 b.f. Five months of 1958 total production reach 3,355,711,000 b.f., with an unfilled order file of 632,843,000 b.f. Inventory stands at 1,048,352,000 b.f. Figures are adjusted to latest data.
Save-the-Redwoods League advocates memorial redwood groves in California State Parks. A pioneer leader and Joseph D. Grant discuss the idea in American Forests. Over 100 memorial groves exist or are planned through donations to preserve Sequoias, led by the League with the State Park Commission. National Tribute Grove spans 6000 acres in Del Norte County. Notable contributors include Garden Club of America, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sierra Club, and California State Grange. Treasurer is Dr. Robert G. Sproul of UC Berkeley.
Over 200 Northwest foresters attended the annual meeting of the Columbia River Section Society of American Foresters in Bend Oregon. The regional SAF executive committee authorized publishing a watershed management folder as a general industry guide to watershed protection. Beef outputs in 1956 show Choice and Good grades accounting for 54 percent of total beef production.
William B. Laughead died at 74 near Susanville after helping create the Paul Bunyan legends. He coined Babe the Blue Ox Johnny Inkslinger Brimstone Bill and other characters and, with Jim Stevens of Seattle, first chronicled the Bunyan stories that spread among loggers and lumberjacks. Greece is the world's second largest raisin producing area after the San Joaquin Valley.
Elmer Walzer reports Sidney Lurie of Josephthal & Co says the farmer remains a prosperity island amid recession, signaling favorable effects for wheat railroads and farm equipment. He notes slow uptick in steel output, some demand from Middle East oil, and three patterns in stocks while warning against overreliance on defensive bets.
Alberto de Cristofaro announces his June 24 marriage in Turin. He, the bride Blanca Capponi, and Father Lino Busso the chaplain will jump from several thousand feet over an airfield before the ceremony. The bride will wear slacks and parachute boots.
Venice gondoliers meet to discuss a strike against motor boat drivers seen as endangering their survival. Once 10 000 gondolas in the 16th century remain about 437 today reflecting changing canal transport. The note ends with a stray line about US parcel post offices.
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