Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor/1910
REPORT
OF THE
OREGON
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
TO THE
Governor
November
1910
"Oregon is rich in countless resources. Upon them depend the wealth and growth of her people.
"The fullest use of all these resources, now and always, is what every citizen wants, or ought to want.
"Anything else means arrested development, depressed prosperity, harder conditions of life for all.
"And, to reduce theory to practice, we must lose no time in knowing what we have and in protecting it from destruction and waste. To be sincere we must accomplish. Let who will be critical, but let Oregon be constructive."
REPORT
OF THE
OREGON CONSERVATION COMMISSION
TO THE
Governor
November
1910
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Salem, Oregon
Willis S. Duniway, State Printer
1910
Letter of Transmittal 4 Introduction 5 Conservation and the State—
R€cat Advance of the Movement 7 Oregon Has a Good &ginning 7 Reaching the School Children The Canimisiai’s Duty 8 Fcrts— What the Topic Involves 9 Our Forest Resaoren 10 Than Relation to the Average Citiz.n it Pre..nt Waste 12 Existing Protective Effort 13 Wh,t is Needed 16 Lesson,fromOtherstata 1? Land and Stream Surveys— The Need to Know What We Have 28 Agricultural land Water Ecrnjrre 24 how to Encourage DeveIopm,t 24 Best Wv Le Get and Dineminate Information 26 Topozraphic Maps 27 Water Supply Data 29 Good Roads— Importance of Good Roads to tue Commonwealth SO Oregon a Great Awrtr”]tural Stale no Railroad Financial System an Object Lesoon SI Cost of Haulage on Dofoctive Roads 31 First Cost of Good Roads in Europe and U,dt.d States 32 Cost of Maintenance 32 Ratio of Rozd to Area of Country and Population 33 Mileage Ratio of Roads to RaIroads 38 Mileage of Roads in Oreznn 34 Table of Road Statistics for ()regn 34 Climatic Condit on 35 Wetet Trsnsporistion— - A Consbtent Policy D’rabIe 36 L.gi.Lative Tendencies 37 ImpoFtance of Terminals 87 Co-ordination and Co-operation Navigable Milng ol the ColumbiR and Tributari 40 Progress of River Improvements 41 Harbor Improvements 44 Stak and Municipal Co-operation 46 Port District Activities 46 Conclu&on 50 Water Laws— Oregon’. Water Code Ofi9e of the State Engineer 51 Wat.r Power RkgllIatiozl 53 Recommendations of Coramision (ZIO gle •.lN•.E (A A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
Portland, Oregon, November 15, 1910.
To His Excellency, F. W. Benson, Governor of Oregon:
Sir: In accordance with section 4 of chapter 81, Laws of 1909, which provides that 'The Commission shall prepare and deliver to the Governor, on or before November 30th of each year, a full report of its work, investigations and expenditures, setting forth the condition of the natural resources of the State, together with such recommendations for legislation as may be deemed advisable, or other means of protecting or promoting the development and use of the same, your Commission respectfully submits the accompanying report and recommends that it be published aa provided by law.
Respectfully, J. N. TEAL, Chairman. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT of the
Oregon Conservation Commission to the GOVERNOR
INTRODUCTION.
In submitting the following report the Oregon Conservation Commission calls attention to its duties as prescribed by Jaw; ‘the setting forth of the condition of the natural resources of the State, together with such recommendations for legislation as may be deemed advisable, or other means of protecting or promoting the development and use of the same.”
The term "conservation" as applied by the legislature in naming the Commission so charged, clearly carried the most practical meaning. It would have been almost equally appropriate to call it a "development" commission. The object was to constitute an official agency to act in behalf of the State and its people in formulating a definite policy for the fullest and most permanent use by the people of Oregon’s natural resources. Such a policy requires that these resources shall be developed and not wasted, just as it requires that the greatest number shall profit therefrom.
Therefore, whatever significance may be ascribed to the term in other connections, in this Commission’s authorized state capacity it is applied to the development, use, protection and perpetuation of Oregon’s resources, for the highest benefit of Oregon’s people, now and always.
Oregon's need and duty in this respect is urgent, clear-cut, and not to be confused by other issues. It is for honest and thorough information of what we have and what we are doing with it, and for doing as much better as we can, individually and as a State.
In still more definite terms, this means collecting and diseminating reliable State data concerning our lands, waters, minerals, forests, fisheries, etc.; providing better State protection of destructible community wealth like forests and fisheries, Improving our land and water transportation facilities, and Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/184 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/185 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/186 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/187 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/188 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/189 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/190 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/191 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/192 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/193 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/194 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/195 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/196 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/197 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/198 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/199 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/200 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/201 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/202 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/203 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/204 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/205 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/206 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/207 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/208 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/209 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/210 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/211 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/212 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/213 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/214 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/215 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/216 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/217 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/218 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/219 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/220 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/221 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/222 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/223 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/224 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/225 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/226 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/227 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/228 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/229 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/230 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/231 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/232 Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/233