Timber Income

Paul M. Dunn: I think maybe 150 men.

Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: This would be approximately what years?

Paul M. Dunn: I believe it was 1933 to 1938. It had been abandoned before I came in 1942, but I think the program ended in 1938. It was federally funded.

Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: is that the group that built the artificial lake, Cronemiller Lake?

Paul M. Dunn: Yes. They also built the road through the area. The Lewisburg Saddle road was a county road, but there is a road from one end of the forest to the other, from the Arboretum south to Oak Creek, and that was built by the CCC's.

Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: Let me divert a second. Why was Cronemiller significant? Why did they name the Lake after him?

Paul M. Dunn: In addition to being an early Oregon State graduate, Lynn Cronemiller was an assistant state forester. He was the man in charge of the CCC program, and other developments on the McDonald Forest. He is still living in Salem.

Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: What about Nettleton? Nettleton Road is one of the roads in McDonald Forest. Who was he?

Paul M. Dunn: Harry, also, was an Oregon State graduate and an OSU staff member. While I was Dean, I appointed him as Forest Manager. He had charge of the supervision of the forest area. I expect Dr. McCulloch probably saw to the naming of that road after him. I think there is another, the Patterson Road. Harry Patterson was head of Forest Engineering at OSU. They were given recognition because of their positions. That about covers the McDonald Forest. The acquisition program is dormant at the present time. The School has enough land, in my opinion. Somebody else might not think so, but with present day circumstances and the revenue that is available, much more than was ever anticipated thirty years ago, there is sufficient land to satisfy all needs. In the original thinking, Dean Peavy had in mind 20,000 acres as being a substantial area that would annually provide enough timber income for all the necessary activities. That was on the basis of five to ten dollars a thousand for timber, but now logs are selling at two to three hundred dollars per thousand. In my opinion, the area is large enough; particularly with the addition of the four thousand acres of timberland that are included in the Dunn Forest. That makes about eleven thousand acres in total forest land.