12 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Sat., June 25, 1960
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FOREST ENTRY heralds the beauties of the Umpqua National Forest. This sylvan scene
is the gateway to an area which serves both as a, recreational paradise and the source of
Douglas County economy. (All pictures by Andy Fautheree) ,r
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FISHING 'is one of the favorite uses made of the Umpqua National Forest. Here is a
scene on the famous North Umpqua River which is re-enacted daily. Fishermen harvest
both trout and salmon from the sparkling streams that lace the forest.
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LOGGING AND REFORESTATION form the the major segments of the cycle that provides
both livelihood and pleasure to residents of Douglas County. The section shown here has
hfien loaaed off to timber in the background and has been replanted. The replanting is
aided by the seeds dropped
of hardy regrowth. ' '
Riddle Hires
Assistant To
By ERMA BEST
E. A. Alexander has been hired
by the. City of Itiddlo as patrol
man to assist Police Chief Frank
Hitchcy; Alexander, who was Kid
dlo police chief three years ago,
has moved his family back here
from Ontario:
B.n.fit Slated
A fled Cross benefit will be hrld
in Kiddle Juno 30 at the Episco
pal parish hall at 7:30 p.m., show
ing movies and slides of the Rose
burg disaster of A1' 7 lust year.
Hoscbiirg Police CI crnon Mur
doch Jr. will act as . alor. There
is no admission charge, but a silv
er offering will be taken.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zifka
drove to Klamath Kalis recently
to sec their son, Don, graduate
from Oregon Technical Institute,
with associato degrees in applied
sciences and accounting and in
secretarial technology. Don i the
first and only student to graduate
from OTI with two degrees. Ho re
ceived a 4.0 mark again this se
mester, the highest to ge given, as
hn has most of the time during
his attendance. He is a member of
Phi Tlieta Kappa, national honor
icholatic society.
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from the surrounding timber. The
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New Police
Help Richey
From among several available
positions, Don has accepted a posi
tion with Hyster Corp. of Portland,
where he will also attend the Uni
versity of Portland working to
ward his master's degree. He was
night manager for Town . and
Country Super Market in Klamath
Kails while attending OTI.
Following a visit here at the pnr
ental homes of - Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Smith and Mr. and Mrs.
Zifka. Don, his wife Marlene, and
their four sons have left to get set
tled in their home in Portland,
Mr. and Mrs. It. E. Paet and
sons, Leland and Gary, have re
turned from a trip to North Da
kota and Minnesota where they
visited relatives and friends. They
were accompanied home by a
nephew, Monte Graham, who will
visit for an indefinite period, be
fore returning to his home in
Jamestown. N.D. The family vis
ited Yellowstone National Park be
fore returning home.
Pirnt Visit
Mrs. Merle Branch has arrived
home from a two-week visit with
relatives in Arkansas City. Kan
Mrs. Branch was accompanied
home by her parents, Mr, and
logged area is showing signs
Luihn To Retire
SALEM (API J. H. Luihn, 78
Portland, who will retire from the
stale Public Welfare Commission
July J, was appointed by Oov.
Mark Hatfield hnday to ine state
Council on Aging.
He has been on the commission
27 years, and now is its chairman.
The governor hasn't named
Luihn's successor yet.
Mrs. Ralph Hunt, and nephew,
Jimmy Lowric, who will visit here
for a time.
Mrs, Harry Williams visited re
cently in Portland with her son,
Edwin, and family, daughters Mrs.
Albert Odoms and family, and
Kena and Joan Williams, while at
tending Grand Chapter as a dele
gate from Mistletoe Chapter 114.
Oregon Eastern Star. Before re
turning home, Mrs. Williams vis
ited another daughter. Mrs. Rich
ard Odoms and family in Irving
ton. Calif., then went back to Port
land to see her granddaughter,
Janice Odoms installed as honor
ed Queen of Bethel 3. Job's
Daughters. Mr. Williams drove to
Portland last week to bring her
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Marsters,
former McMinnville residents,
have sold their McMinnville home
and plan to locate in Kiddle. They
arc guests at the home of Mrs.
Marsters' sister, Mrs. Asa Law
son, while looking for suitable liv
ing quarters.
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Recreation, Forestry Coupled
In Umpqua Forest
By MRS. ARTHUR SELBY
The Forest Service basic concept
of resource management is "multi
ple use.
This term is simply defined as
the management of the forest re
source for the greatest good to
the greatest number in the long
run, with due regard for the few.
Water, recreation, timber, grazing,
mining and. other values are all
considered in all ranger district
multiple-use plans.
With a copy of Little River Dis
trict's plan in hand and accom
panied by District Ranger, Jack
Price, this correspondent made a
tour of this typical National For
est area to observe multiple-use in
action. The travel route as well
as many others are open to all
who appreciate the natural re
source and its wise management.
District Doscribed
The Little River Ranger District,
Umpqua National Forest, is locat
ed on the west side of the Cas
cade Mountains in Southern Ore
gon on the North Umpqua River.
It consists of 132,678 acres of
which 122,435 acres are federally
owned. District headquarters are
at Glide with supporting facilities
in the vicinity of Wolf Creek on
Little River.
The tonography of the district is
mountainous and varies in eleva
tion from 1,200 feet at river level
to approximately 6,000 feet on the
highest peaks. The breaks of the
North Umpqua River are quite
precipitous. The district includes
the Little Kiver drainage wmcn
is a major tributary to the North
Umpqua River. Three small lakes
exist with several man-made im
poundments proposed. The Forest
Service plans to make a survey
for future development in the Taft
Mountain area for a recreation
and wildlife habitat. Planning in
cooperation with the state Game
Department also includes the pres
ent undeveloped Hemlock Lake,
Cultus Lake and Black Creek Lake.
Ski Ar.a Used
The Taft Mountain ski area is
managed by a special use permit
to the Edelweis Ski Club. Estimat
ed use has been 2,200 man days
annually. Present clearing of more
timber to give a larger skiing, area
and the club's planned addition of
another tow will increase tne ca
pacity and use of the area.
The boundary line of the Umpqua
National Forest starts 10 miles
east of Glide. The Forest Service
will not sell any green timber
along the North Umpqua High
way in order to preserve the scen
ic beauty of the area.
Bark beetle and blister rust are
the primary diseases of the timber
in the Little River District. Tne
bark beetle epidemic of the last
two years is still active. An esti
mated six million board feet of
timber has been destroyed by bee
tles and the Forest Service esti
mates that two-thirds will be sold
as salvage,
A sugar- pine management unit
comprising an area of 6,600 acres
has been established in the vicin
ity of Panther Crce. This unit was
estaonshea alter studies showed
that soil, climatic, disease and
growth factors favored sugar pine
over other associated tree species.
Cutting units within this area have
been planted to 53.000 sugar pine
seedlings. In addition 128 acres
of cutovers were seed spotted to
sugar pine this spring.
Ranger Price stressed the prob
lem of grass competition, deer
damage, and blister rust control
within this relorestation area
Tree planters scalped the sod
away, planted sugar pine seed
lings, and then placed a paper
mulch around the little trees to
prevent regrowth of sod and to
conserve moisture. Apple trees
were planted among the pines to
tempt the deer to browse on them
instead of destroying the seedlings.
To furnish lush deer feed, other
areas were seeded to lotus major
in cooperation with the state game
department. A major problem of
the Forest Service is to destroy
ribes bushes (wild current and
gooseberries) that cause the blis
ter rust infection of sugar nine.
The disease enters the needles of
the pines, travels down the
branches, and then girdles the
trunk.
Exotic Trtes Eytd
The plantation unit also has 500
Japanese black pine seedlings in
a test of exotic tree growth. Hard
wood trees have been hard to grow
along Little River, and the only
one proven successful is the black
locust. Southern Oregon soil is de
ficient in nitrogen. This variety of
trees at a tuture date will provide
nitrogen for adjacent soil.
In the upper Panther Creek area,
5,000 Noble fir trees have been
planted along the roadside for
Christmas tree sales. At Snowbird
Mountain and Bear Wallows, Mc
Cready Reforestation Co. of Os
wego, is planting 117.000 2 and 3-year-old
Douglas fir trees. Donald
Wcrmlingcr, Little River forester
is supervising the 20-man crew.
The planting was planned for May
but four foot snowdrifts prevented
the planting at that time.
Ranger Price picked a bunch of
avalanche lilies growing in the
melting snow, yellow in color, dain
ty miniatures of Kaslcr lilies. They
joined a bunch of mountain orchids
picked in the Taft Mountain area
for the correspondent.
Rock Quarried
Duane Coble has a mining
claim, 5a miles east or Roseburg,
where he mined the beautiful rock
used in the First National Bank
building and Byrd's Market in
Roseburg.
On Limpy Mountain Rd., the For
est Service with tractors have con
strueted a water sump. Previous
ly, the Forest Service was unable
to have enough water for tire fight
ing purposes and sprinkling the
roads during the summer time in
this area. Similar sumps turmsh
water for cattle grazing on the for -
est.
Lake O' woods Is a beautiful
Management
scenic spot for campers or picnick
ers. A cabin built in 1907 by
rangers has weathered all storms
during the years. It served as a
way station for Forest Service per
sonnel traveling from Glide to
Black Rock Lookout. Snow water
made a swamp in the summer, and
it was drained for a pasture. Tim
ber operators built a road into the
area and the cabin lost its original
use value. Cooperation of Forest
Service personnel and logging op
erators, Roseburg Lumber, Tinker
Bros., and Earl Swift, built a ditch
from a small stream to the swamp.
A fill was made across the outlet
and the water level was raised.
Now, there is a four-acre lake.
Last summer the fire supression
crew at Wolf Creek Training Camp
built five tables for the camp. A
complete campground development
is planned in the near future by
the Forest Service. The state Game
Commission keeps the lake stock
ed with rainbow trout.
Primary Consideration Given;
Soil and water is the primary
consideration of the Forest Serv
ice resource management under a
multiple-use plan. Ranger Price
stated it takes nature 1,000 years
to make an inch of soil. Water
sheds are being protected by plant
ing grass seed with mulch and for.
tilizer to keep the soil from being
waMieu uuwn streams, mis ero
sion control measure, although just
started several years ago, was evi
denced by lush, green stands of
grass on the road cut and fill
slopes.
Looking back on the various far.
ets of the multiple-use practices,
it was clearly evident to a lay-
iiiuii a mai cam IllUlViaual
resource value was given its prop
er consideration. Nor was there
any apparent conflict between
these values since planning had
made their existence compatible.
Hospital News
Visiting Hours
1 p.m. and 7 to I p.m.
2 to 3:
Douglas Community Hospital
' Admitted
Medical: Casey Johnson, Rose
burg; Edmund Stewart, Roseburg;
Mrs. Thomas Norman, Roseburg;
Mrs. Smith Prowell, Roseburg;
Mrs. Lloyd Greene, Sutherlin; Mrs.
Denver Wallace, Myrtle Creek.
Surgery: Mrs. Grady Pippens,
Roseburg; Mrs. James Stanley,
Roseburg; Danny Jordan, Oak
land; Mary Jordan, Oakland; Ken
neth Morgan, Winston; Mrs. El
mer Winslow, Santa Barbara,
Calif.
Discharged
Kenneth Jones, Roseburg; Cath
erine Jones, Roseburg; Teresa
Cantwell, Roseburg; Walter Amis,
Roseburg; Dickie Jordan, Rose
burg; Rose McCardia, Roseburg;
Mrs. Ralph Christian, Roseburg;
Mrs. Donald Johnson, Riddle; El
mer Weston, Glide; Mrs. Alfred
May, Azalea.
Mercy Hospital
Admitted
Medical: Mrs. Charley Melton
Mrs. Eddie Pickens, Roseburg;
Mrs. Ernest Hennebeck, Sutherlin;
Mrs. Charles Stefanich, Eugene.
Surgery: Sharon Hockett. How-
are Head, Mrs. Phillip Gordon,
Koseourg; Vernon iieavers, Ralph
Anderson, suuiernn; i.imer Kcese.
Glide: Mrs. Ivyl Lowman. Can-
yonville; Mrs. Fred Ashton, Oak
land; Mrs. George Routledge, Port
land; Bill Foster, Myrtle Creek;
Mrs. Frank Rogers, Winston.
Diich-argad
Phyllis Smith, Patricia Beamer,
Roseburg: Mrs. Edward Bender,
Sutherlin; Mrs. James Whitehead
and son. James Elroy Whithcad,
Dillard.
Riddle Wins
VFW Honors
Riddle VFW members attending
the state convention af Baker last
week were Walter Sollinger, com
manlier of District 12; Airs. Myr
tle Cloud, auxiliary district presi
dent; Mrs. Luther Bates, past
president; and Mrs. Leanora
strong, delegate.
Riddle brought home awards for
Glenn A. Cnpps Post 9744, and
District 12, including the Gates
traveling award for membership
the all-state commander pin for
the local post, and the outstanding
commander's pin for District 12.
The district also received a cita
tion for 111.1 membership, and
Dodge femerson, retiring comman
der of Genn A. Cripps Post 9744,
received a pin for 179 per cent
membership.
Mrs. Cloud brought home a
plaque for the auxiliary for achiev
ing the greatest increase in mem
bership for Glenn A. Cripps Post;
also a citation for 100 per cent
membership. Mrs. Cloud was ac
corded the honor of acting as page
for the department president.
The state was represented by
179 delegates in session from Wed
nesday through Saturday. Sunday
morning a council of administra
tion was held for newly installed
officers, reports correspondent
Erma Best.
Number Of Polio Cases
Increase Over Nation
WASHINGTON (AP-A sharp
increase in the number of polio
cases was reported last week, th;
Public Health Service said here.
Thirty-seven cases, 30 of them
paralytic, were reported for the
week ended June 18. Nineteen
cases, 16 of them paralytic, were
reported during the week ended
June II.
The 30 paralytic cases, how
ever, are considerably below the
1 61 for the comparable week in
1959 but above the same week in
1 195.
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THIS SCENIC STREAM shows one of the more aesthetic values, of the great Umpqua Na
tional Forest. This is Hemlock waterfall which , is located near Lake O' Woods, oneot the
county's most beautiful' camping and picnicing spots.' i ' -
TREE PROTECTION is one of the Forest Service's tasks in assuring a continued growth
in the forest. Ranger Jack Price is shown explaining the purpose of .the paper mulch
around this little sugar pine in an effort to keep grass from competing with the little tree
and to conserve its .moisture. One of the toughest jobs is keeping seedlings alive until
they are hardy enough to survive by themselves.
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TAFT MOUNTAIN exemplifies another use of the forest. Skiers in the winter, moke use of
this slope. The Taft Mountain Winter Recreation Area is the only major ski slope in the
county. It is managed by the Edelweiss Ski Club of Roseburg under a special-use permit
given by the Forest Service.-Work to expand the area is now being carried on.
Melrose Grange Annual Picnic
Instead Of Meeting Set July 19
By NETTIE WOODRUFF
Melrose Grange will hold its an
nual picnic July 19 instead of hav
ing a regular business meeting.
Place for the picnic will he chosen
at the first July meeting. '
Mother Visits '
Mrs. Marie Lansing and her
mother, Mrs. . Garnet Dcnney, of
Areata, Calif., called at the home
of the latter's niece, Mrs. Otto
Matthews, and family. The ladies
were en route to Portland.
Weekend guests in the Earl Lash
home included his brother a n 1
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Merl Lash of
Blue River, and their cousins, Mr.
and Mrs. Chester Lash of Coos
Bay.
W. C. Pearman has returned to
the Southern Pacific HospilaJ in
San Francisco. Calif., for fuather
medical treatment.
Mrs. Shirley Sjogren and chil
dren are residing in the house be
longing to Ruth Hodson.
Mrs. Del Godbey and childre.i
are back from a short stay at Til
ler with Mr. Godbev. who is resi
dent engineer with the Forest Serv-
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The C. J. Bergeron family -was
in Eugene recently where the baby
received medical attention.
The Jack Clark family of Grants
Pass spent Sunday with the T. it.
Pargeters.
Camp Out
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Myers and
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Siples camped
and fished it East Lake last week
end. - . .. . .
' Mrs. -Ethel Becker has sold her
home on Cleveland Hill Rd. to Mr.
and Mrs. Moore from Ohio. She is
moving to Roseburg.
Receiving first prize in the rodeo
parade in their class were K l m
and Diana Jurgenson. Laura De-
Zues and Jean Preschern. The
young folks had a small covered
wagon drawn by a pair of goals
with appropriate costumes for
themselves.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Benefield
and family have returned to their
home in Washington after attend
ing to property interests here.
Thev have sold their home .on
Cleveland Hill Road.
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Coast Weather
Halts Flights
Weather conditions at fha Vm.tli
Bend Coos Bay airoort have
forced elimination of the West
Coast Airlines' late flight at Rose
burg for two successive nights.
ine uignt usually goes to the
Bay airport, where the crew makes
a night ston. then rptni-ns in Rnoo.
burg. The plane then proceeds
north to Portland.
This week, however, a late fog
has enveloped the airport at the
coast. The crew has remained
overnight in Roseburg, making the
iiigiu io norm eena at. approxi
mately 7:30 a.m., then returning
to Roseburg about an hour later
on regular schedule.
Church Gets Property
VIENNA, Austria (AP) The
Austrian government returned
numerous monasteries, churches
and other valuable real estate to
the Roman Catholic Church
Thursday and agreed to pay the
church four million dollars a year.
The payment is in reparations
for the large-scale confiscation of
Church property - by the Nazi
regime
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