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.
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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
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