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CARTERET COUNTY 10c! SECOND SECTOn PAGES 1 TO 4 A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAS NO. 33. TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1948 TEN PAGES PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY Fire Wardens Protect Carteret's Greatest Natural Resource, Forests 1JL b A Forest Land Comprises 86 Per Cent Of 336,720 Acres in Carteret County Within the boundaries of Cart eret county lie a total land area of 366,720 acres. More than 300, 000 acres of this are forested land, comprising 86 per cent of the total land area. Yec how many people in Carteret county realize the tremendous potential wealth in 300,000 acres of forest land? Three hundred thousand acres of forest land, if it were in a productive stage and managed pro perly, would produce at least 300 board feet of timber growth on each acre each year. This would be a total of nearly 100 million board feet of timber growth each year in this county alone, or en ough to furnish lumber for 10,000 live room houses. Now, of course, all this is just what could be done under certain conditions if cer tain things were true. Actually, these million acres are producing only a fraction of this growth. For many years, about 20 million board feet of lumber was cut an nually in this county and thou sands of acres of forest land were cut so heavily that they will not produce another piece of lumber for many years to come. ' What can be done to stop ruth less cutting practices, to stop the destruction of forests by wild ires and to start these 300,000 acres to work growing the wealth that rightfully belongs to the peo ple of this county? Foresters of the North Carolina Forest service have the answers to these ques tions. They know how it can be done. The North Carolina Forest ser . vice has many technical foresters working in the field giving advice to any landowner who requests it. They urge all timber owners to have their timber marked before 11 is sold. What farmer would let some stranger go to his barn alone, pwk out the livestock he wanted, and then come back and pay the farmer what he said they were worth? Yet many farmers and ether landowners will do exactly this with their timber. They will let a stranger go into the woods. They let him cut the trees he See FOREST LAND Page 3 HOLDS A FIERY SEAII s vp I flaming auto wracks, and sparks from trains, tut" thoso things tart about ana Bra In a hun- The real culprit? Nona othor than John Q. Public! Yes, facts how It's poopto Y fat aauto out of 10 Bros! Unless you are extra coreM you may be the one to start fire that will bum aver thou sands of acre's of valuable and beautiful ttmborland. IT'S UP TO YOU TO PROTECT OUR FORESTS. A .tt.'n:' CLWJC3? uniis nnos. luiider co. Jut Cuiade Morehead City Limits Tar Heel State Improves Fire Record in 1947 According to the latest figures released bv State Forester W. K. Beichler, North Carolina had, in 1947, the second lowest percent age of protected forest acreage burned on state and private land among the 12 states tn the south ern group. On 13,693,626 acres under the protection of the Divi sion of Forestry and Parks of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development, 2,668 forest fires burned 166,745 acres. This is 1.22 per cent of the total average acreage under protection during last year. An other 800,173 acres were placed under protection during the latter part of 1947 Virginia had the lowest record in the south with only 0.19 per cent of their protect ed land burned. This, according to Beichler, does not tell the whole story. The real value of statistics comes from comparing them with the records of other years. For example, in 1942, North Carolina had 11,874, 627 acres of state and private land under protection. On this land 3,599 fires burned 513,082 acres of land. This was 4.32 per cent of the total protected area. Beichler adds that increased state appropriations for forest fire control and a greater number of foresters and county forest ward ens in the ftelft ire largely respon sible for the decrease in the num ber of fires and the lower percent age of protected land burned. Beichler feels that Virginia's enviable record can only be achiev ed in this State when legislation is passed providing for adequate state-wide forest fire protection. Who start th most forest Drat? Jack "Professor Bosange" fenny leok$ ot lightning In hit crystal ball. But lightning (tarts lets than 10 of the- Arc. Ntxt, an unseen hand draws a picture of a "lira bug" an tha blackboard. But, arsonists shirt only a few Bras. ,;.. I. Hold your match Mil 2. Crash oaf yoar smakes-usa car ash ). Drawn yoor. camp fire kill ovary spark. , 4. Ask about tha law aaVrW$ll fofftct iwbV Of trash. Only yon can FIGOG! . i in. i i An Important Sign ft- jj i 'Ml . j f j fe""" . , m ml 4iMib...v.v.iM&.&.o&; This sign indicates the resi dence of a forest warden. Mounted at the top of a red and white post, the notice with yel low background and black let ters is easily visible in front of the warden's home. Every citi zen should look for these signs and become well-acquainted with their location so that in case of forest fires precious time won't be wasted in looking for the per son who can help. A Forester Speaks . . . By R. C. Winkworth District Forester We in North Carolina have heard a great deal about our for ests throughout the State. We have been told what these forests mean to us in. value of the forest products received; of the recrea tion sites they furnish us, of the natural habitat of fish and game, and as regulators of our water sup plies and moderator's of the tem peratures of our State. We have seen much devastation of our woodlands by ruthless cut ting, and we have seen the effects of forest fires which have burned, needlessly, millions of acres of valuable woodland which this State can ill-afford to lose. In view of these happenings before our eyes, what is being done to help protect our re maining timber from the most ruthless of all killers the for est fire. What is being done to insure forest fire protection to the thousands of acres of forest land which we will depend upon to produce the much needed timber supplies in the future? Before answering these ques tions, it would do well to 'review a few facts about our State which will give some basis for determ ining the need for adequate for est fire protection. First of all, forests occupy over 18 million acres, or 59 per cent of the total land area of North Carolina. Sec ond, forests help to protect the watersheds of over 100 hydroelec tric developments in the State, and many more municipal water-supply systems. Third, nearly 3,000 in dustrial plants depend directly upon the forest for raw materials. Many other facts, such as the employment by our wood-using in dustries, our lumber and. pulp com panies, and the influence such in. dustries have upon our whole economy, make the Job of protect ing our forests from fir one of the utmost importance. There are other grim facts too such as the story of the forest fire record for 1947. During that year in North Carolina there were 2,663 fires which burned 163,269 acres of tim ber, land. This needless destruc tion costs the people of North Car olina an annual loss of about one million dollars. If forest fires are the State's greatest enemy, what is being done to combat this enemy? What agen cies are responsible for protecting our forest lands, and how is the fire-fighting organizations set up to do an effective job? These are questions often asked by the peo ple of North Carolina. The State Organization functions under the supervision of the Department of Conservation and Development's Division of Forestry and Parks. It ranges from the State Forester down to temporary fire fighters. : Ten forest districts, each under See CVBESTES SPEAKS Page I mi Oir. mi mm id r The men responsible for protecting the forests, Carteret county's greatest natural resource, are located all the way from Open Grounds to Pelletier. Supervising the work of these wardens and smoke chasers is Ed mund M. Foreman, county warden, who has the authority to summon his "deputies" at any time to assist him in putting out fires., During the fire season, Fcbraury through June, these men receive a regular salary. Members of the fire fighting crew receive $!)0 a month, smoke chasers are paid $125 a month, and any citizen summoned b y Mr. Foreman to assist in fighting a fire is paid 75 for each hour he works, unless he is a landown er or kin to the per son whose forest is burning. 40 cents per hour, Joseph Taylor Boguc His pay then is Fires occurring out of the fire season, as they frequently do dur ing dry summers as experienced this year, arc fought by the fire wardens with out pay. It is possible that during the spring, when most outbreaks occur because farmers arc burning off fields, that there are no fires at all. Carteret coun ty for the fiscal year 1948-49, the Ronald Salter Davis second year of its participation in the state forestry protection pro gram, has paid 25 per ,cent of the total cost of the program within its boundaries. This amount, $1, 500, plus the 75 per cent paid by the state and federal government, makes $6,000, total cost of pro tecting millions of dollars worth of lumber and pulpwood. During the first 10 months that the county participated in this program (during the fis cal year 1947 48) there were 35 fires in which 7 51 acres of woodland burn ed. Before the forestry protcc- C. A. McCabe Wildwood ion program these s fires would have burned unabated, sending in to the thousands the number of acres of timber destroyed. In the state forestry protection set-up Carteret county lies in dis trict 4. The ten districts through out the state consist of 10 coun- ties each. The other nine coun ties in district 4 are Hyde, Beau f o r t, Pamlico, P j 1 1, Greene, Lenoir, Onslow, Jones, and Crav en. The t h r e'e main jobs of the district forester, R. C. W i n k wdrth, and his assistants head Roland Salter Bettie quartered at New Bern, are fire control, forest management, and distribution of information on for estryeducating farmers, woodlot owners, and the average citizen as to the tremendous value and im portance of trees. Mr. Foreman keeps in constant touch with his wardens, inform ing them of new steps in the for estry program. Only during, the fire season, how ever, does he maintain a full flrA frffur cnn. sisting of two to I ( ikAA imam urtiA . till W llfCII V IIV iim in ', , 1 k-Har- ' an so .'. - Wi - live near him Core Creek-1 lowe section so they can be gCkid f Moody Lewi, emergency Salter Path Serving in Pelletier as a regu lar warden is Harvey Norris, whose picture was unobtainable for this issue. Mr. Norris, how ever, can be reached at the Pelle tier post office should any forest , area in that sec- tion of the coun ty catch fire. It is his duty then to inform the county warden, Mr. Foreman, who will bring the proper e quipment and men necessary to bring the fire under control. Joseph G. Taylor is the Owner and man. Carl Johnson Barkers Island warden at Bogue. r " iifier of Taylor's store and service station opposite Boguc air field, he can be reached there by phon ing Swansboro 256. Mr. Taylor and warden at Davis, are also smoke " chasers. Should Ihey sec smoke in the distance, they are expect ed to travel un mediately to the site to determ ine whether the smoke is from a wild fire or one -that is being watched and is under control. Ronald Salter, o. ;. rigott Gloucester Mr. Salter can be contacted by phone at Davis T33 or 530. At Wildwood C. A. McCabe is lire warden. His mailing address . is Newport RFI) 1. Also in the western part of I lie county at S.i ter Path is Woody Lewis. N c a 1 Chad wick serves as warden at Har lowc, Carl John son at Ilarkers Island. 0. G. Woodrow Cannon PiRott at (;lollc- Merrimon ester, Knnert King at Open Grounds, ana Woodrow Cannon at Merrimon. Permanent member of the firo crew is Pete Turner, of Core Creek. One of the methods of protect ing forests is to issue burning permits - to far mers who wish to burn off their fields. This pre vents indiscrimi nate burning and controls to a great extent im proper burning of tracts of land. These permits can and must be obtained from Robert King Open Grounds Mr. Taylor at Bogue, Mr. Salter at Davis or any of the following: Floyd Ycomans, Ilarkers Island post office, Charles Bell, Newport R F D 2, Mrs. Lester Hall, Newport RFD 1, L. B. Mcintosh, and the sheriff's of fice, Beaufort, Cleveland Gilli kin, Bettie, Jul ian Gaskill, Sea level post of fice, H. G. Wil lis, Smith's Cor Pete Turner Core Creek ner, Smyrna, G. M, Sabiston, Camp Glenn, and B. H. Edwards, New port. Conservation Department Supervises Cooperative Farm forestry Program Resulting from arrangements made between North Carolina State college, the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture and the North Carolina Department of Conserva tion and Development, the latter department took over on July 1 the Cooperative Farm Forestry program for the state. This program, covering coopera tive employment by the state and federal governments of seven or eight farm foresters, had been ad ministered since its beginning in 1942 by the Agricultural Extension service, a division. of the North Carolina State college. The new arrangement according to State Forester W. K. Beichler, is an important step toward ful filling the responsibilities of the Department of Conservation and 'Development as the state's forestry agency. The farm foresters are being assigned to the department's 10 forest district offices, under di rect supervision of the district for esters. A new type of position, that of county forestry, has been estab lished in the department for use in several counties during the cur rent fiscal year. These personnel additions serve also to bring about a better balance between the de partment's activities in, forest fire control and in forest management and planting advice and service to forest owners arid operators, Mr. Beichler explained. "r 1 V7 State Forestry Officials to Meet At Lodge on Harkers Island Two Fire Fighters, Truck E. Wl- Foreman, county warden, who lives a short distance from the steel bridge, route 101, returns from a trip to Ilarkers Island where a large brush fire occurred recently. The fire started from sparks underneath a black pot in which wash was boiling. County Forest Warden Plays Important Role Carteret County Warden E. M. Foreman, of Core Creek, is flic key man of the North Carolina Forest Service in Carteret county. Personally responsible for all for est fire control and forest fire prevention work in this county, he is equipped with a half-ton-pick-up truck, specially adapted to forest fire work. This truck carries a complete set of fire fighting tools and back pack pump and has re cently been equipped with a Panama fire pump, powered from the truck's engine, and a 120 gal lon steel water lank. County Warden Foreman has a staff of year-round district ward ens located throughout the county and also equipped with fire fight ing tools. These men are paid only for actual fire suppression work but arc ready at all times to act when a fire is reported to them and to assist the county warden in detecting fires. During fire sea son, a trained fire crew is kept in readiness on a 24-hour basis. Although County Warden Fore man ordinarily handles fires with his own personnel and equipment, there are times when it becomes necessary for him to call upon the district office at New Bern for assistance. The staff and equip ment of the district office are available to "back up" the county wardens of the ten counties in the district. The district office in cludes the district forester, his assistant and two district rangers who are highly trained and ex experienced in supervising the sup pression of fires. Two heavy tractor-fire plow units are available for uscon bad fires in Carteret county. These units, stationed at New Bern and Jacksonville, consist of a dicscl tractor and a heavily constructed disc plow, specially designed for plowing fire lines. These units arc transported rapidly to and from fires by truck-trailer hauling units. A third unit, maintained by Beau fort and Pitt counties, could be called from Washington in the event of an emergency. The district is also equipped Street Car Sirens Cause More Accidents in Gorky MOSCOW (AP) All the street cars in the city of Gorky (formerly Nizhni-Novgorod) are equipped with sirens. A long art icle in "Izvestia" tells how a cor respondent found Gorky pedes trians with jumpy nerves from the continual wail of the street ear sirens. , He discovered that the street cars of Gorky were delivered to the city with ordinary soft-sounding signals but that the city fath ers replaced them with the equiva lent of fire engine sirens. He re ported that, this was the result of accidents in Gorky but that when the sirens were put on all the street cars, the drivers drove more wildly than before. In his letter to the paper, he suggessted not only changing the sirens to ordinary signals but de manding from the administrators of the a city's transport that they also chango or else be changed. and Warden ) iter with Pacific type portable power pumpers. One of these units is located at New Bern and is readily available for use on Carteret coun ty fires. Despite the fact that good equip ment and trained personnel are available, there is ever present the danger of a fire getting too hot to handle. More equipment is being purchased as funds become availablo but the answer to the problem lies not only in building up a better fire fighting force, but even more important, in prevent ing these fires. The County Warden is capable of fighting fires and of enforcing the laws covering illegal fires. This job requires that he be op duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ItlTRODUCIflO MM Jalf I V ,f 7 ODDlTOrtlUM OF FO.ST VmlCCERS -rtljtj """. f UZK 1 I LJVT . . I wrecks, and sparks from trains, ling adds that all together, Bros from these causes are Negligible. Then, ling shew tha real Bra starter-Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public Oeed American citi zens Ilka rot start t out of 10 forest Bresl Unless yea are extra careful yea may bo tha ana la start a Bra that will burn aver thou sands of acres of valuable and beautiful tlmberiand. IT'S OP TO YOU TO PROTECT OUR PORISTS. 3 . taH4&t0nly you can panuctiT POtiDST Finns mmu boat uoiins . .. located 3 Ifflei West ofn The annual meeting of the Divi sion of Forestry and Parks, State Board of Conservation and Devel opment, will begin at 8 o'clock to morrow morning at Harkers lodge, near Shell Point on Harkers Is land. Attending the three-day session will he district foresters, assistant district foresters, and rangers from throughout the state. Ap proximately 100 are expected, many of whom will arrive at the lodge today. Serving as chairman of tomor row's session will be Cluiirman P. W. Tillman, acting assistant state forester, fire control. Chairman of Thursday's session will hp F. H. C'lari(lo, assistant state fores ter in charge of forest . manage ment, and chairman of Friday's program will be W. C. Clark, for est inspector. The meeting, a three-day train ing program for superivsory per sonnel of the State forestry scrv ice, will be tinder the supervision of W. K. Beichler. state forester. Mr. Beichler will address the group at 8:15 tomorrow morning. The various phases of the for estry programs will be explained and discussed by district officials. Slated for study tomorrow are the following: correlation of for est fire control and forest manage ment programs, farm forestry pro tram, maximum and minimum age limit for employment of personnel, report on the cooperative fire con trol project with the Tennessee Valley Authority, possibilities of and policies for use of aircraft in forest fire detection and suppres sion, maintenance and inspection of motor vehicles. Thursday's program will deal with the following: forest manage ment policies, policies on seedling distribution and planting machine use, progress and plans in North Carolina Forestry service radio, means to improve annual inven tory and property records, coop erative relations with Wildlife See STATE OFFICIALS Page 3 'mm "Who starts tha most forest Brest" asks Blna. "llohtnlnat N. Ilahtnlna causes less than 10." As far arsonists er croiy peo ple wha start Bros far criminal purposes, Blna says they really causa little of tha damage. After pointing out his exhibit' of explosions, Banting auto 1. Hold yoar natch Mil If s said. 2. ' Crash ' oat yaar smokes uta car ash tray. 3. Drawn your camp Are kill every spark. 4. Ask about tha law before burning grass, brush, fonco rows, or trash. 0W
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