And that is that. I’ve something new,
And but a few can put it through;
That’s snooping, snooty-nosed, where people dwell.
I’d need no warrant for the skit,
Nor scrap nor bit of legal writ.
I’d search them and, Gadzooks! I’d do it well!
So, I wish I were the B-I-O Survey,
The B-I-O Survey, Oh, umpty-doodle-da!
A snoopy, snooty B-I-O Survey.
I’d pull off stunts amazing, home razing and hell raising;
I’d be the spy and poison baiter
Of the U. S. A
—Will. A. Barrows
Leniency To Oregon
Timber Contractors
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State’s Income Reduced
-x
Oregon’s 25 per cent chare of
receipts from sale of national
forest timber will be substan
tially reduced at the end of the
. (urrent fiscal year. This is due
* to market conditions confront
ing lumber operations in gov
ernment timber. For the last
fiscal year Oregon received
$191,772, but this will be slash
ed between 25 and 30 per cent
unless there is a sudden recov
ery.
Major R. Y. Stuart, chief for
ester, says that in the first nine
months of the present fiscal
year the receipts were $1,250,000
less than for the first nine
months of the former fiscal
year. This means a correspond
ing reduction in what Oregon
will receive out of the govern
ment sales The first nine
months brought in $3,242,012 as
compared with the same period
last year of $4 406,981. The de
creased revenues reflects a les
ser cut.
Owing to the condition of the
lumber market plans are under
way to change the terms of
contracts under which opera
tors buy and pay for the gov
ernment timber they use. Or
dinarily the government insists
upon the strict letter of these
agreements, but the officials,
from the president down wish to
be helpful instead of making a
b°d condition worse.
An operator in a government
forest pays for the timber as it
is logged and fhe contract stip
ulates that a certain amount of
timber must be moved yearly.
The operators because of the
. luggish market and wishing to
curtail production, are running
under a slow bell and not tak
ing out as much timber as their
contracts stipulate. It is to ad
iust this operation that revised
contracts are contemplated. The
failure of the lumber operators
to produce heavily has, natural
ly, been reflected in the receipts
of the forestry bureau. The re
duced revenue of $1,250,000 tells
the story.
Recognizing the difficulties of
4 he lumber industry and the
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necessity for holding down pro
duction, President Hoover, on
May 14, issued an order that no
government timber shall be
£0?d for the time being. This
order does not apply to opera
tors already in the field, for
.hey will be permitted to cut
md carry on under the terms
of their contracts The main
reason for the executive order
is to prevent any new opera
lims, which would mean the
installation of new sawmills and
still further production in a
world of overproduction.
The order was issued after a
conference with the manager of
the National l umbermen’s As
sof iation at the White House.
Unfortunately for Prineville,
Or., the action of the president
came just when the industrial
committee of the Prineville
Chamber o f Commerce had
found a responsible bidder
ready to make application for
government timber in Crook
county. Had this application
been approved it would have
meant a payroll in Prineville
snd the opening up and devel
oping of the resources in Crook
county. The government tim
ber in the county has twice the
value of the assessed valuation
of Crook county and the county
does not receive a cent in taxes
from this federal hold in".