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THURSDAY, JUiy
To me it appears quite p ro b -1W. A Raymond Last week-end
able that the action taken pre- were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hull
viously and now advocated by and sons, Mr. and Mrs. King, Mr.
men of the B aptist Com-
a few misguided enthusiasts — George Hull and son Ben. Mr. and m unity church sprung a surprise
namely, burning off the “brush” Mrs. BJetchen, and Mr. Haye on t he ir pastor, Rev. C. E. Dun-
was responsible for the present Bryn all of Grants Pass, Oregon, ham a t the Sunday m orning serv-
state of affairs. Burning again can
M artha Carpenter, Ray a n d ¡ce They presented him w ith a
only
make
things
worse,
forcing
Lenard
of Bodego Bay have been beautifully engraved gold Wal-
Forest Service Man
the rebuilding process to sta rt visiting friends and relatives at tham watch.
Refutes Belief Of
anew
Pistol River and C arpenterville. i Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vincent
Old-Himers
A nother interesting sidelight They formerly lived at Carpenter-1
on the num ber of fish in the river 'Hie.
R ecently at a m eeting of the now and form erly is this. An art-
Joeseph T. Mead, Doris and i
Chetco Rod & Gun Club, M arian icle in last weeks paper indicated Skip Barbeaum of Sekin, Wash,
Nance, of the Forest Service, re that other rivers (the Rogue.; and Dorothy Owen of G rants
futed a rem ark th at burning of especially) are experiencing the Pass visited the Joe Mead family
underbrush in the forest, p e r same reduction in num bers of last week.
m ittin g th e snow to settle solidly fish. The im portant difference.! a bridle shower was given for
on the ground to prevent rapid however, exists in the purported Doris C arpenter Saturday a fte r
m elting. To go on record in this cause of this condition. The auth- noon at her mothers home. A pot
statem en t, and to have the sam e ority quoted in the paper stated luck lunch was served and Doris
conveyed to the public, Mr. N ance that fewer fish are getting by the received many lovely gifts.
w rote R. S. Perkins, giving his nets of offshore fishermen. Cer
Mrs. Ralph W alker was a visitor
reasons for his rem ark. The le t tainly there was no contention in Brookings last week.
te r reads:
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that the plant cover on the hills
Gold Beach, Ju n e 25, 1946 had any adverse effect on the
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situation.
R S. P erkins, president.
Chetco Rod & Gun Club,
Another m atte r I would like
Brookings. Oregon.
to take up with you is this. Since
Dear Bob:
it is impossible for us to depend
R eference is m ade to your fine entirely upon the very small
le tte r of Ju n e 14 which would num ber (four guards regularly
have answ ered e a rlie r if we had in the area from the Chetco River,
not bee”, at Rand R anger S ta drainage south to the state line)
tion atten d in g our guard school' of Forest Service employees even;
Local News Items
Brush Burning In
Forests Does Not
Conserve H ater
and son, Jimmy, of Osu(
week-end visitors her»
about erection of his ho
Vincents will move here
to m ake their home.
Mr. and Mrs. John TuOp
son, Rennie, of San Frt
a re vacationing at the r,a
Mrs. Tw orek’s parents,
Mrs. Dan Hassett of H
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ED AND MENDY, Authorized Distributors
during the past week
fo r in itia l a c tio n on fire s , m a v '
Some ol the old-tim ers contend we depend upon y o u r club to act
th a t the Chetco R iver has few er as sort of a clearing-house for
fish and less w a te r today th a n em ergency assistan ce in so uthern
form erly because so-called ‘b ru sh ’ j Curry* C ounty if we should have
is being allowed to grow in the to have help quickly for fire
back country form ing this w a te r-i suppression ’ It should not be too
shed They feel th at burning oft difficult to draw up for fu tu re
the brush would rem edy the situ- referen ce a list of nam es of those
alioi and they a re undobtedly who could help out for a few d a y s .!
sinci '■» in th eir beliefs. However. showing th e ir q u alifications, such
lhe\ are w rong because th e ir as m achine o p erato r, tru c k driver,
conclusions are based on false m echanic, blacksm ith, tim ekeeper,
prem ises
cook, firefig h tin g overhead, etc.,
Tfi« old-tim ers claim th at brush
___o r ju st plain fire fig h ter. They will
supports the snow, preventing its I of course, be paid fo r th e ir service.
J ing com pactly on the ground ! T o o t his is one ac tiv ity y o u r club
and consequently allo ttin g m elt-(c o u ld sponsor th a t would be to
«ng to proceed quickly instead of the ad v an tag e of e v ery c itiz e n
over a longer period of time. in that part of the county.
Runoff is rapid, th e w a te r is low
R e g a rd in g r e c r e a tio n facilities,
er, and fish do not go up the I have two suggestions to m ake
riv er to spawn However, let us W hat do you th in k of y o u r club
lœ k at a few of the fa c ts:
; sfMaisormg a drive to r funds
It may lx* tru e (fo r a short I necessary to p u rchase the m yrtle-
tim e only) th at the brush does wood grove in the vicinity of B ruce
hold snow aw ay from the ground Hole to be converted into a public
and hasten m elting, but the con re cre atio n a r e a ? It should m ake
dition to which they object would an ideal spot.
never have come into existence
A nother suggestion is th is: If
if the hills had not been burned your club m em bers w ant me to
the first t i m e .
Now, let us do so. I ’ll be glad to a rra n g e a
follow the chain of events a few "show -m e” trip for any of them
links fa rth er. The “brush" to who wish to look into th e re c re
w hich the objection is m ade if a tio n possibilities in the vicinity
protected from fire will develop of Snow C am p T h ere a re definite
in to oak and m adrono trees in a ad v an tag es of this n a tu re in th at
f«‘w years, thus estab lish in g con area, p a rtic u la rly in the vicinity
ditions from one to five tim es of Snow C am p Meadow ‘and Al
m ore fav o rable to the retention pine G lade You folks could bring
of fallen snow (due to shade, p rin , a lunch and m eet me at the Pis-
cipally) th an b a l e burned h ill | tol R iver sto re From th e re we
sides F u rth erm o re, the young fo r could go on together, visit a look
ests are open u n d ern eath and out o r two. look over cam p sites,
produce mort* acorns th an the observe a m ining o p eratio n if you
brush previously did. R em em ber came, and re tu rn in the evening.
too, that this n a tu ra l reproduc Very tru ly yours. M arion Nance,
tion ot a stand of tim b e r and the district ran g er.
absorlx*nt forest soils u n d er it
requires up to 100 y ears a fte r a
fire. A n d everyone, fisherm an,
h u n ter, recreatio m st. lum berm an.
P aul Ibx'kem a is vacationing
and just plain citizens suffer from w ith relativ es at Salem . P o rtlan d
PISTOL RIVER
the lo ss d u rin g th is re -b u ild in g a n d M edford. Oregon He recently
period
sold his sa w m ill to Jo h n SshofT.
The o th er very im p o rtan t a s
De F rev ille Hill has moved from
pect ot the situ atio n should not lam g Beach, Calif. He is the son
be overlooked. T h e s e forests, of Mrs H Hunt
young and old
brush" patches^
Mr and Mrs Clyde M iller of
an d rocky ridges belong to ev C rescent C ity went clam digging
eryone. I fie forest service simply Sat unlay m orning They spent
ad m in isters th e m in an effort to the rest of the day visiting Mr
produce the g re atest good to the ind M rs \\
A R aym ond and
g re a te s t n u m b er o f people in the h lorence Book
long run Selfish in terests have
M rs Jo e M ead’s sister. M iriam
no place in this schem e Conse P ra th e r is here fo r a sh o rt visit
quently. the in tere sts of com She has been in the \V A A C s
m unities and many individuals to r two vears H er hom e is m
needing p u re drinking w ater, for- j Glendale. C alifornia
age for livestock. recreation, ttm-
Mr and Mrs O B
her product», and many o th er less Chicago. Illinois are H offm an of
ire here visiting
tangible forest asse ts fa r out- Mr and Mr- H Hunt.
weigh in im portance any gains
p aTs> Reeve
f N orth H olly-j
"»»' n’JKht » « ru e to » few in- wood California Is
■»ending her _
dlvnlua , for , v,.r> „h„ r ,
sllm n„ .r
plant cover w e e burned p a re n t. Mr. and M r. D O Scott.
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House guests Of Mr,
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