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-
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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.
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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.
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