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(Cortinued frorn page I 8) hior to jury deliberatton, BaId Knob Land & Timber Co. and the state of Oregon settled a lawsuit over a Coos Bay, Or., timber sale revoked by the Oregon Dept. of Forestry to protect northern spotted owls: details of the settlement were not available

Persis Corp., corporate owner of the Honolulu Advertisen has donated old growth Oregon timberland within the Willamette National Forest" valued at $12.6 million, to the Friends of Opal Creeh an Oregon conservation group, which will hold the land until it can be turned over to The Nature Conservancy for permanent preservation...

Lumber futures prices hit a record high on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in mid-Jan., but experts said the market's enatic behavior indicated the forces behind the 2-month-old rally may be weakening

The U.S. Forest Service and environmentalists reached an agreement that any tree larger than 30 inches in diameter can not be cut in California spofted owl habitat in the Sierra Nevada range; timber interests have vowed to sue.

Buyers Like Low Prices

Consumers favor everyday low pricing over frequent sales and buy from discounters because of price, a study by Cmpen & Lybrandrevealed. The research found consumers are looking for product repairs and more product information.

Pallet Changes Studied

A move to reusable pallets with more stand ardized specifications could have an effect on the wood products business. Pallets are one of the three major volume users of woo4 hardwood as well as softwood. ln addition, repair and/or replacement of b'roken deck boards and sringers is a consistent business.

With the disposal of broken pallets a major problem, changes to strengthen and extend the average use are under consideration, R. D. Behm, who recently completed a pallet survey, said. Users report performance has been lowered by a switch to a 11/16' thick deck board from a typical 13116" alder or fir deck board, mathematically reducing rigidity by 40Vo. A number of major users are returning to thicker deck board construction and adding special nailing to the notched stringers in an effort to extend the life of the pallet.

Pallets provided by a firm that rents them to companies nationally are strengthened with blocks at the four corners and three internediate blocks to prevent split boards and nail popping. However tlis can cause deflection problems, Behm claims. With a potential life of l0 uses, rental eliminates problems for the user, but western lumber and specialty firms could find their supply or repair business reduced or eliminated, he added.

Tests and conferences at Oregon State University are attempting to quantify the difference in rigidity and performance of various pallet constructions. Using cosonwood lumber for reinforcing has been discovered to overcome nail popping, a hazard second only to split deck boards.

Wood Treaters Confer In D,C.

The American Wood Preserving Industry Legislative Conference March 14-17 at the Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., will bring together wood preservers from across the coun!ry.

Meeting personally with their elected representatives, they will have an opportunity to tell new and reelected members of Congress how