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Grassy Knob Fires Said Set $21 Million Paid To Oregon And Washington IPorl Orford Mews T llIS PANARAMIC view shows major extent of die area invol ved in C ra s s y Knob fire, be lieved of incendiary origin. Tire T h u n ., September 9, 1965 than »2 m illion greater than the previous record year of 1960, the Forest Service said. T otal for Oregon counties was »15,- 614,589.57 this >• 1 ’ ••«> to »13,654,118.32 last year. To tal for Washington counties was »5,685,489.60 compared to »5,- 441,835.43 a year ago. Since 1906, Oregon counties have received more than $166 m i l l i o n In receipts, ind the Washington counties more than »74 m illion. In a d d it io n to the money turned Into the federal treasury and the »5% returned to the counties, there are many other N a tio n a l I o f st t . n. (Its, It was pointed out by J. HerbertStone, R e g io n a l Forester. Payrolls and permanent Improvements are examples of tangible bene fits. Other benefits, such as recreation, contribute to the welfare of m illions of persons. Again this year, lane County led O re g o n recipients with Douglas County second. Coos County received some Twomen alleged to have been leasing atolen traveler* check* $100,514.26, while Curry Coun in several coartal c I t i e * were ty ’ s share was »737,651.15. THIS VIEW shows where first of s e v e n fires were discovered, mostly on logged-off land, slash and blowdown. R. R. Dedication Set Saturday travelers Check Passers Nabbed ineited In Brooking* Thursday Chief Deputy Resigns Post Chief deputy s h e r i f f Allen Bo Ice lastweekresigned hi* pet According to a report. Jack ition wld> the Curry county sher Cham payne a n d Jack Stewart iff's office, to be effective Sep were In the O r fo r d s when the tember IS. Portland men entered and be- Bo Ic e became chief deputy snplaying a pin—ball machine, January 7, 1963, when Sheriff fter getting c h a n g e several B ill G a u n t l e t t took office. times (rom die bartender, tliey Gauntiett s a id that a replace a s k e d him to cash a c h e c k , ment w ill not be announced un which he did. . . for $50. t il the deputy's tim e expires. No future plan* were announ Cham payne and Stewart be came suspicious of the two men ced by Bolce. and notlfiedOrford* owner Aden Chapman, and the three lo o k off for Gold Beach to try and lo ca te the men. Not finding them, they notified the Sheriff’ s office and word was passed to Brook Local Real Estate man John ing* to lie on the look-out. W. "Red" M cW illiam s announ A check for $75 was also cash ced today that he his dissolved ed at die Sea Crest M otel, here, his a ffU U tio n w lth D. F. DeVoe, the S h eriff* office said. Realtor, of Gold Beach. Red’s The two men were scheduled Real Estate office w ill be closed to complete prelim inary hear te m |o ra jily b u t the Insurance ing in Gold B e a c h at 2 p.m. office w ill remain open. Wednesday. T Real Estate Agency Association Over ONLY PART of the destruction causedat the Ray Nowlin home sometime Tuesday was this boat propeller slammed through the motor housing oi tins power lawn mower, in addition a log chunk was thrown through a large rear window, th e n vandals entered th e house and proceded to cut appliance and ligh t cord*, te l ephone line and making an axe mark in the rear door. Paint was al»o poured over crab 1 lnesstored in the garage. Nowlin, a com m ercial fisherman, and his wife l e f t Tuesday for a vacation at Yellowstone Park. The vanda lism was discovered by Dr. C. O. Boots w h e n he entered the house to feed the Nowlin’ s cat, shortly after 8 p .m . C ity police are investigating. —Police Dept. Photo with trees and water. Abundant supplies of water for irrigation, Industrial and domestic use and for cheap hydro-electric power have represented a most impor tant economic a d v a n ta g e for Oregon In the heated competi tion for development. Some say It Is our only economic ad vantage and that this Is more than offset by high freight rates, recurring shortages of railroad cars and the great distances from the large concentrations of people where the profitable markets exist. "Competing I n t e r e s t s - - geographical, I n d u s t r i a l and power users and suppliers— have long wanted either to share our Northwest resources or re duce the economic advantages Inherent therein or both. "The power rate Increase Is an attack on the Northwest, demanded more by pragmatic political considerations lnvol- lng the development of hydro electric power than by the eco nomic necessities. In meetings with the BPA officials and the Secretary of the Interior, nei ther made a convincing case that rate Increases were neces sary at this time. '•Oregon and the P a c if ic « The statistics 1 basis on Northwest have bee n blessed School Count Is Down First day enrollm ent in Dis was 241, 260 and 358, respec tric t 2CJ schools dropped 54 from tive ly. last year's beginning day of 851. However, expected late en Tuesday's count showed 797. rollments, t h a t usually follow Langlois registered 229-, Pac ific , 228j Port O rfo y d grade the L a b o r Day week may in s c h o o l and Battle Rock upper crease the ta lly by another 25 e le m e n t a r y , a total of 340. students. The increase amount Count for the schools last year ed to 19 last year. Fish Biologist Talks To Rotary Paving Project To Be Finished The Oregon State Highway De partment is readvertising for bids for grading and paving Arizona and 14th Streets in Port Ctford. The project is a 26 of a m ile long and the completion date is set for November 15, 1965. The project was pulled before bids were received last tim e, at the re quest of the c ity. It is cur rently one of 25 projects to ta l ling an estimated cost of $6, 900, 000. Bids are to be in Salem by September 24. Estimated cost of the local p r o je c t is $18, 000, which would mean the c ity ob ligation would be elim inated. The city council has approved the revised project te rlo r Stewart L. Udall could mean an upward revision of Coos-Curry E lectric Coopera tive ra te s", says W.A. Cook, Research studies at a down cooperative manager. "We have opposed any rate stream migrant fish trap at A nvil increases” , said Cook, "and Creek on the Elk River were ex- cannot estimate at this Urne plained toRotarians Tuesday by what the p ro p o s e d Increase Paul Reed, a biologist for the would have on our system” . Oregon State Fish Commission. F ir s t , to clear up any ques W a it! Don't throw that cigar • If the FPC allows the rate Increase to BP A" added Cook, tions about over-lapping of the ette out the car w in d ow. Use "w e hope the amount of Increase Fish and the Game commissions, y o u r ashtray please. Let's all which the Increase In based w ill be low enough to be ab Reed s a id that his department help "Keep Oregon Green. " sorbed without an Increase to wasconcerned prlm arly w ith the Is tenuous and speculative, In volving predictions of economic our memlier consumers. We commercial fish life , whereas conditions, interest rates, labor intend to "hold the line” again the G a m e Commission d e a lt and other costs, revenues and st any Increase, Cook conclu m ainly w ith sport fish. A c tiv ity at A nvil Creek was new production and transmis ded. started in the summer of 1964, sion facilities for many, many Reed noted, w ith the research years In advance--at least up ATTENDS A l ASKA MEET Six members of Coos-Curry geared to eventually determine through the year 2030, E lectric Cooperative, Inc. left the possible establishment of a "The newly announced rate Tuesday to attend Region IX hatchery at the site. Phases of policy, in effect, asks present Meeting of the NRECA In An the protect include: what tim e BPA customers to pay In ad chorage, Alaska, September 8- juvenile fish go to sea; species vance for power projects not of fish and t h e i r relationship; yet begun and for which money 10. They w ill tie amor.g more man how long fish stay in s tr e a m ; has not yet even been appro 200 Rural E lectric members affects of genetic pairing; and to priated by the Congress. .’ xpecled to Attend the meeting establish self-absorbtion pattern "Present rates could be re from Region IX states of Ala of spawning fish as an age deter viewed again In 1969. There ska, California, Idaho, Montana, mining factor. would be ample time to adjust Reed also p o i n t e d out that Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wa them to avert a deficit pro counts of Juvenile fish leaving shington. jected In the next century. There Participating from C o o s - the stream have reached as high would tie fewer variables to con C urry Cooperative , Inc. are as 4 to 5, 000, w ith the average sider then. Indeed, the whole board members Ivan L a i r d , at about 1, 000, in a day. period for g e n e r a t in g struc He illustrated his ta lk w i t h F a rre ll Rankin, C. F. Camp tures Is too low. I know of no bell, Dave Phtlpott, and Nick colored slides of the project site private u t i l i t y which depre Marsh; also attending Is W. A. and the type of double trap used dates on that basis when they Cook, Coos-Curry ElectrlcC u- in the research program, know the useful life Is much operative, manager. longer." Topics to be discussed dur DOCKMANAGER Herman Carl CO-OP IN AGREEMENT ing the three day event are son, left, and helpers Jack Ste future financing for rural el wart and E ld o n Wiechmann, "The requested power rate ectric systems, exposing the Increase by Bonneville Power have big Job of rebuilding port rural electric pattern to for Administration to the Federal commission pile driver. eign countries, and the woman’ s Power Commission last F ri — Harold Hight Photo place in community activities. day by Secretary of the In- hincan Against Power Increase Congressman Robert P. Dun in today expressed strong op- osltlon to the application of ie Bonneville Power Admlnls- •atton to the Federal Power ommlsslon for an Increase i power rates. ••I oppose the I n c r e a s e , ’ tunean said, " I t w ill not des- roy the Northwest, but It w ill ripple us. 1 urge the Secre- ary of the Interior to with- raw his application^ or» should hat not occur, I urge the Fed- iral Power Commission to deny t. ” In a public statement Issued oday at Washington, Duncan laid; ° I have read with disappoint- netit and regret the Secretary of Interior’ s announcement that the Bonneville Power Adminis tration Is petitioning the Fede ral Power Commission for an Increase in Its power rates, averaging about 3 per cent. The announcement Is not un expected and Is much less oner ous than previous proposals. It Is, In my Judgment, however, unnecessary and not In the l«st Interests of the Pacific North More Than 300 Âcres Involved Voi. 8 No. 22 More than »21 m illion — n all-tim e high — w ill I * paid > 30 Oregon counties and 27 I ashing ton counties as their hare of receipts from the Na- onal Forests In fiscal year 965. The payments represent 25% I the receipts from all re sou r- es and uses of the National orests — timber harvest, rec eption, g r a z in g , minerals, ower and other land use. Shares are proportioned ac- ordlng to N a t io n a l Forest r reage, with the money ear- narked for public roads and ichools. Checks have been sent o State Treasurers for dls- rlbutlon. This year's total was more following a tip from two local nen after a travelerscheck had ieen cashed at O ford* last Wed- aesday. Arrested were John W. Jones, 1», and Glen Sallee, 30, both »f Portland, where th ; check* had reportedly been stolen. covered e n t ir e length of area shown, plus several spot fires to le ft that had been contained. Dedication of Port O r fo r d 's new Battle Rock rest rooms has been slated for 1:30 p.m . Sat urday, September 11, with city and c o u n ty officials to be in attendance for appropriate com ments. Special printed invitations for the occasion have also been is sued to Governor Mark Hatfield, officials of the State Highway and Parks divisions and repre sentatives of local organizations who have worked toward getting the comfort stations erected. The Saturday ceremonies w ill m a rk the end of m a n y year's efforts for rest room construction requested from the State. After repeated denials by the S ta te b e c a u s e oi their opinion that costs were prohibitive and a san itation p r o b le m existed, the county came to the rescue and agreed to build rest rooms here u n d e r their parks and recrea t io n program, w ith c ity assis tance. Similar fa cilitie s were also installed under the program at p a rk s in Gold Beach and Brookings. The public is also invited to the ceremonies. High late a f te r n o o n winds nearly fanned the Grassy Knob fire our of control and into Na tional Forest lands Saturday. Be lieved be of incendiary origin, ¿he b la z e was reported Friday night and investigation disclqa- ed about s e v e n separate fires burning on the east side of Grea sy Knob road. Coos Forest Patrol crews were joined by fire-fighters from the SouthFork Prison Camp and p rl- vate timber operators to com- bat the fire covering a reported 305 acres in old sla s h , some green timber and blowdown. Six bulldozers and four tanker trucks aided the 66 man crew in con trolling the fire Monday. The Grassy Knob area is bet ween the Sixes and Elk Rivers. UNUSUAL HEPATITIS FOUND IN COUNTY Dr. J. Robert Schmidt, Cur ry County Health Officer, re ported today on the unusual in cidence of hepatitis in C u tty County this year. Investigations by health d e partment personnel indicate the mode of transmission to be per son-to-person contact and thue far no cases have been related to any p u b li c u tilitie s or any other reservoir of infection. Early case-finding is essential in stopping the spread of hepa titis and any persons experien cing fever, nausea and abdom inal disc cm fort should seek me dical advice. Dr. Schmidt also advised that particular attention should be directed toward good sanitation M e m b e rs of the September and personal hygiene in order to term of the Curry County C ir cu it Court from the northern sec reduce the incidence of the d i sease. __ tion of the county include: Letha M. Bush, John G. Car WEEKEND GUESTS penter, Betty J. Keeler and Ro Labor Day weekend guest of bert A. Wallace, from Port Or Mr. and Mrs. George McDonald ford; \rthur P. Sweet and M y - was Dave Vernon, the new m in rel M . Carr, of Sixes; and Han ister of the Christa in Church. na M. Pier of Denmark,______ Panel Drawn t
