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Increased Competition For BLM Timber Draws Defense Of Policies By.' Area Head (Third In a saries on Burtau of Lond Management timbar sale practical). The increase in comeptition for Bureau of Land Management tim ber in the past 17 years has been astounding. The number of sawmills in West ern Oregon has multiplied enor mously, resulting in a tremendous pressure for logs. Big operators compete with lit tle operators at timber sales, and there's considerable contention within both factions for federal logs. And there are a variety of op inions of BLM policies. James F. Doyle, Portland, area administrator of the BLM, says all opinions are ''influenced pri marily by whether the individual operator has private timber avail able or must cut solely from pub lic lands." "Conflicting Rtceivers" "As a consequence," he states. 'BLM has been the focal point of conflicting pressures for bigger and smaller timber sales: new cruising methods; and new meth ods of appraising limber values." In defense, Doyle claims t h e BLM is making more small tim ber sales than any other federal agency. "Its appraisal methods are constantly being improved and at present are being correlated with those of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Efforts have been made in the past and are being made now to reflect the market trend in ap praisals." The increased competition, he says, is reflected in the fact that value of O&C timber in the past 17 years has jumped 1.700 per cent, as evidenced by bid prices. Allowable Cut Surpassed In timber sales over the years, 83 per cent of the allowable cut has been sold. In the past three years, the figure averaged 107 per cent. There have been 3.691 sales in the 17 years BLM has administer ed O&C timberland. In the past three years, there have been ,389 or 38 per cent of the total. In the 17 years, 7,408.000.000 board feet of limber has been sold, including a billion feet of salvage. Advertised sales accounted for all but .5 per cent of timber auctioned. Approximately half that amount has been offered in the past five years. In 1940, the average sue of a sale was 187.88 acres. Last year, it was 76.93 acres. Competition Increases In the past nine years, competi tive bids were entered on 52 per cent of all sales. Last year, com- Riversdale Cub Scout Pack To Meet With Parents petition was hown in 85 per cent of lit sales. In 1949, only IS per rent of all sales received more than one bid. In 1955, competitive bidding raised prices 70 per cent above ap praisals. Average for the last sev en years is only 16 per cent. Aver age bid price has raised from $1.96 a thousand in 1939 to $35.28 today. In the past six years, an aver age of only two bidders has shown up at each sale. In 1955, the aver age was four. Doyle says the average volume in sales in 1940 was 3,051,000 board feet. The average in 1954 was 1, 089,000. The greatest number of sales has been in the range be tween 500,000 to 1,500,000 feet. Points Raised In Report These were points raised by ! Doyle in a recent report closely related to evidence now in the hands of the Congressional Joint Committee on Federal Timber. Doyle also defended cruising practices. BLM forest districts have intensified scaling of sample areas to check against accuracy of cruises. Since 1948, the checks have re vealed a scale overrun of only about 4 per cent. The BLM has received cut-out scale reports of completed sales totaling 1,672,345, 000 board feet. These have been checked against cruises of 1,611,759.000 feet, for the same sales, an overrun of 60,586, 000 feet less than 4 per cent. By BEVERLY CHRISTIAN The Riversdale Cub Scout Pack 143 met Tuesday evening at the school. Scoutmaster Ray Casebeer presided. Mrs. Robert Johnson's Den 1 presented a program on "America (he Beautiful," which was t h e theme for the month. It is planned to have work meet ings for both parents and cubs each second and fourth Tuesdays at 7 p.m., to further acquaint the parents with the scouting program. At Port Orford Lynette Conn spent the weekend at Port Orford visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Airs. Leonard Munson and family. Lynette went with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Munson of I'mpqua. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wickman and daughter, Suzanne, Empire, and Mrs. Vern Sheilds and Chris tine, Myrtle Point, spent last week end visiting Mr. and Mrs. Don Kruse and family. Students home for the Thanks giving holiday included Marlene Emmitt and Sandra Humphreys from the University of Oregon, and Joanie Kruse from Cascade College in Portland. Rev. and Mrs. Ellsworth Steele of San Jose, Calif., spent several days last week as houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Dixon. The Rev. Mr. Steele is director of the World Missions to Children in San Jose. Don Kruse spent Wednesday in Portland on business. Robert and Ann B romps spent their Thanksgiving vacation in Portland where they attended a Christ's Ambassadors rally along with other young people of the lo cal church. They are both students at Roseburg High School. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Trussell spent last week in Portland where they enjoyed a Thanksgiving din ner with the latter's brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Glen don Davenport. They visited Trus sell's sisters, Mrs. Leah Stevens land Mrs. Helen Long. Other rela tives visited included nieces and nephews, Mrs. Wayne Booher, Mrs. Dorothy Bailey and Austin Daven port. Enroute home they stopped in Yoncalla to see Mr. and Mrs. Guy Day, who formerly lived here. There they learned that Mrs. Day was in a Eugene hospital having been in an automobile accident. Day had returned last week to his work after having been confined for two weeks from injuries re ceived in a mill accident. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Hum phreys recently had a vacation trip to Lakeview and then to Fal- ; Ion, Nev., where they visited Mr. i and Mrs. Paul Gregory, who for merly lived here. Mrs. R. H. O'Neill went to Eu gene last week where she received a medical check-up. She was ac companied by her children Jim, Bruce and Peggy. Also going were Mrs. John Trozelle and daughter, Valerie, who attended to business. Spokant Turns Down But Purchase Proposal SPOKANE Spokane voters Tuesday decisively turned down a ; proposal that the city buy the privately - owned bus svslem through a $1,700,000 revenue bond issue. The vote was 27,640 to 17,212 in unofficial returns from all 183 precincts against city purchase of the Spokane City Lines. As early returns made it clear the proposition would fail. State Mediator William Samish said he ! was asked by the AFL bus drivers' I union to begin immediate negotia . tions on demands for a pay raise. I The company's drivers and me Ichanics have been working on a ! day-today basis under terms of the old contract until after the ' special election. The bus company I has contended it couldn't pay high I er wages because of diminishing revenue. V-VaM '4 GIFTS A FOR MEN L; AND WOMEN i$ Smart Wrist Watches ,3 i NO MONEY DOWN ha PAY NEXT YEAR Phythian Sisters District Conclave Here Next April The Pythian Sisters will hold their district Tonvention in Rose burg next April. Deleeale from temples in Ban- don. Grants Pais. Medford and 'Klamath Falls, numbering at least 100, are expected to attend the one day meet. Business sessions will consume the day meetings, accord ing to District Deputy Grand Chief Mrs. Robert Cameron, Roseburg. ! She said an entertainment pe !riod preceeding the evening meet I ing would be open to the public. ! All other sessions will be closed. Delegates will examine a host of ibusinss items, including the elec tion of new district officers. I Several local residents are offi cers of the organization. Mrs; Earl IGutherie is state Junior; district offices are held by Mrs. John ! Sclinsog, treasurer, and M r s. i Earl l.auer, secretary. The hosting of a district conven- (ion is not new for Roseburg. The ' Pythian Sisters met here last five years ago when Mrs. ti. nign was district deputy. Mother Plant Welcomt For Son, Pvt. Tenntson ALDEN. Minn. H) Mrs. Portia Howe Wednesday planned "the best welcome home anyone ever had" after hearing of the impend ing release from Red China of her turncoat son, Pvt. Richard Tenne son. "1 am happy, relieved and thank ful to God," she said. Mrs, Howe, who has not seen her son since Feb. 17, 1961, said she is planning to have her family all together for their first Christmas since 1949. Mrs. Howe said there was d plane ticket waiting for her son in Hong Kong. She said she arranged for his passage in September after getting an indication in a letter that he was to be released. Tenneson, Mrs. Howe's son by a previous marriage, enlisted in the Army July 18. 1950, telling his mother that even if he earned the Medal of Honor he would not have done enough for his country. Thun. Dtt. 1, 1955 Tha Nawt-Rtvlaw, Roseburg, Ore. 13 Guilt By Kinship Theory Probed In Security Inquiry WASHINGTON I A Defense Lon Hocker, subcommittee coun Department security officer main-lel questioned whether this prac tamed Tuesday before a Senate i1" "?Vns entirely from our tra subcommittee on constitutional rights that inquiry into a person's kinfolk is t proper part of a se curity investigation. The security officer, Jerome D. Kenton, said that if a government employe or a member of the armed forces has a wife or a parent who is a Communist "it is perfectly all right" to look into that as part of an overall security evaluation. Fenton testified the subcommit tee inquired into the question of "guilt by kinship" where a per son may be accused of having a family member linked to subver sive activities. A number of such cases have arisen under the gov ernment security program. ; EUGENE MAN CONVICTED KELSO i William Ylinen. 30. Eugene, Ore., was convicted of negligent homicide by a Cowliti i County Superior Court jury Tues day night. j Ylinco was the driver of a car : in which William K. Armstrong, I Seattle, was killed in an accident Aug. 5 a few miles north of here. 1 Sentencing was set for Dec. 9. DIXIE AUTO COURT FORMERLY EDWARDS AUTO COURT Junction Hwy 99 and 42 Winston UNION OIL SERVICE STATION S&H GREEN STAMPS ditional concept of right, ana law. Except for hearing Atty. Gen. IBrownell or some other Justice I Department representative at a justice j future date, the current inquiry enctea witn Tuesday a session. L) JOWN 3JI;i S SUPERB Mod. troa 100 FYvll NnM Ss4. OlilMod od IUIW by ' Hoed liv.r Diiltlltn. 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