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Aerial Photos Valuable For Forest Study STA T E M IN ER A L B U L L E T IN O U T O regon S ta te C ollege—By using aerial p h o to g rap h s in m ak in g tim b e r inventories, N o rth w e st fo r e ste rs a re c u ttin g costs and tim e and labor re q u ire m e n ts to a fra c tion of p re w a r days w hen surveys w ere no rm ally m ad e by ground crew s. • he photos also serv e as a v a l uab le tool in ma.p m aking and d e velopm ent of g en e ral forest m a n agem ent pro g ram s, according to J. R. D ilw orth. O regon S ta te col lege fo re ste r who helped introduce fo resters of this region to photo benefits and techniques. A erial photos a re also useful for p lann in g fire co n trol, road lo cation, re creatio n , fish and gam e m an ag em en t, soil su rveys and in d u stria l developm ent. P ra c tic a lly all la rg e com panies in th e N o rth w est now use th e a ir photos, su p p lem en ted by ground cruises, in th e ir in v en to ry p ro gram s. U sing th e photoes, in ten sity of ground ex am ination can be reduced by as m uch as 50 id 60 percen t w ith the sam e accuracy of results. Jobs th at once required w eeks or days can now be done in days or hours. The photos a r e n ’t likelv to ever replace ground crew s en tire ly be cause such specific d etails as log grades, d efects and percen t of volum e by species in m ixed coniferous stan d s m u st com e from on - th e - s p o t ob servations and m easu rem en ts. B ut the photos will be used fa r m o re extensively in the fu tu re and fo r m ore p u r poses. D ilw orth predits. t o s t of a e rial photography varies from about 1 to 5 cents per acre, according to size of tra c t and scale of photo. Most N orthw est forest lands h av e been photo graphed by federal governm ent agencies, how ever, and p rin ts no rm ally can be bought from them . In fo rm atio n on available ph o tographs can be o btained from th e P o rtlan d regional office of the U.S. forest service o r local ASC —fo rm erly P M A —offices. A s ta n d a rd 9 by 9 inch photo, which shows ab out 9 sq u are m iles, costs ap p ro x im a te ly 60 cents. OS( s ta rte d a sp rin g photo short course for in tere ste d N o rth west fo re ste rs an d logging en g i neers in 1949. M ore th an 100 have com pleted th e cou rse since then and re g istra tio n dem and still ex ceeds av a ila b le tra in in g facilities. | A course in a e rial photo in ter- I p retatio n was estab lish ed in 1949 by the OSC school of forestry. O ne of th e m ost p o p u lar S ta te D e p artm en t of Geology and M in e ra l In d u stries publications, B ulle tin 16, “ Field Id e n tificatio n of M inerals for O regon P rospectors and C ollectors.” has ju st been is sued in its fifth edition. T he b u l letin co n tain s d escriptions of n e a r ly 200 m inerals to g e th e r w ith ta b le s w hich aid in th e d e te rm in a tion of unknow n specim ens. A sec tion of the 133-page bulletin is devoted to descriptions of m in e ra l-te stin g eq u ip m en t and basic prospecting tools. S ev eral radio active m in erals have been in cluded for the first tim e as well as o th e r m inerals w hich have be com e im p o rtan t in recent years. The b u lletin is an elem e n ta ry re f erence book and the m ore easily understood physical te s ts a re stressed ra th e r th an chem ical tests. Copies m ay be o b tained a t the P o rtla n d office of the D e p a rt m ent in the S ta te Office Building or a D ep artm en t field offices in TEEN-AGE NEWS A held day sale. Mrs. I Brookings-Harbor Pilot THURSDAY. A P R IL 1, 1954 Teen-A ge C lub dance w as a t the V.F.W . hall last F r i evening. Cold Pop w as ón ADEN A JOY HOM E Miss A dena Joy spent the w eek C haperones w ere Mr. and end w ith h er p aren ts, Mr. an d Bud Lowe. Mrs. A lbert Joy, leaving S u n d ay Mrs. J. S. C lendenin, and d a u g h evening for S an F rancisco. ter, Joanne, accom panied by Mrs. Miss Jo y w as p rin cip al sp e a k e r Roger O liver and K ay O ’H olleran last w eek at tw o n o rth ern C a l spent F rid ay in M edford. ifo rn ia Hom e E x ten sio n U n it m eetings, one in E u rek a, and on e G ra n ts Pass and B aker. The price a t F t. Dick. Miss Jo y is a sp ecialist on F am ily Life. is $1.00. BUICK PRESENTS A STUNNING NEW new cars Fresh new colors Smart new décors SlfPK NEW FASHION IN "WARD- TO PS" n the brand-new , all-new 200 hortepow er Buick C lN T u er Riviera shown here—with the look o f tomorrow th at it in every 54 Buick today. Now in the SPECIAL and CENTURY models! W E cordially invite you to a fashion showing of a bright new springtim e on w heels . . . To see th e to m o rro w -s ty le d B uicks w e h a v e ready for you today— but now in airy new body 5/ j 7<’5 never available before, and in fresh new su m bier colors never show n before. F o r these are sm a rt new C onvertibles, hand some new “h ard to p ” R ivieras and new’ all-steel F -ta te Wagons read y for the first tim e in the b u d g e t-p ric e d V8 S pec ia l m o d els, and in the high-pow ered CENTURY models — and all w ith th e u ltr a m o d e r n w in d sh ie ld design of sw eephack pillars. New Convertibles Just Arriving! SCHROEDERS H ER E Mr. and Mrs. P. H. S chroeder of K lam ath F a lls w ere S u n d ay visitors, callin g on a n u m b er of old friends here. New Rivieras First Time Available ! A nd these high-fashion beauties come in b ril liant new sum m er colors — rich new hues th a t lift your spirits like a ro b in ’s spring song. M O TH ER V ISIT S Mrs. M innie Thom pson of T a coma. 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