Oregon To Receive $12,889,469
O f Federal Aid Fcr Highways
T he S ta te H ighw ay D e p artm en t
h as today been advised by th e
federal D e p artm en t of C om m erce
th a t O reg o n ’s sh a re of federal
aid for highw ays for the fiscal
y e a r 1956 is to be in th e am ount
of $12,889,469 and th a t th< pro-
g ram m in g and c o n tra c tin g of
th at am ount by th e S ta te m ay be
gin at once. T his am o u n t exceeds
by 84.427.658 th e 88.661.811 a l
lo tte d to th e S ta te for th e p re
ceding y e a r and its av a ila b ility
for c o n tra c tin g is six m onths
e a rlie r th a n has been usual for
corresponding funds of e a rlie r
y ears .
Of th e $12,889,469 allo tte d to
Oregon, 82.330.696 m ay be used
only on highw ays of “ in te rs ta te ”
classification. In O regon, in te r
s ta te highw ays com prise highw ay
US-99 and th e p a r t of highw ay
l'S -3 0 w hich is betw een P o rtlan d
and th e Id ah o s ta te line. T he re-
m aining $10,558,773 is allo tted
$1,387,166 to p rim a ry highw ays in
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in
urb an a re a s having populations
in excess of 5.000; $5,398,620 to
p rim ary highw ays in ru ra l areas;
and $3,772,987 to highw ays in th e
federal-aid
secondary
highw ay
system .
As a condition to receiving th e
federal aid allo tte d to
S ta te m u st “m a tc h ” th e
m oneys w ith s ta te o r
m oneys to 60 p e r cent of
m oneys.
it, th e
federal
co u n ty
fed eral
In addition to the federal aid
m ade
av a ila b le
to
O regon
fo r
expenditure by the Oregon State
Highway Department as above
described, the federal govern
ment has allotted $2,100,000 of
federal funds for expenditure by
Cregon Log Brand
History PSanned
the U. S. B u rea u of P ublic R o ad ,
on th e s ta te highw ays and county
roads w hich comprise the
“ F o rest H ighw ay S ystem . federal
T hese
OREGON S T A T E C O LLEG E
funds, like th e federal aid funds, A history of Oregon log b -ands
a re av ailab le for c o n tra c tin g as and the stories behind sonv» of the
of Ju ly 1. 1954.
ea rliest, unusua» m arks a re being
T he H ighw ay D e p artm en t es w ritte n by an Oregon S ta te Col
tim a te s th a t th e early av a ila b ili lege forester.
ty of the federal funds will in
W a rre n R. R andall, a ssistan t
crease by about $8,000,000 the professor of forest m anagem ent,
am ount of highw ay co n stru ctio n
w ork to be c o n tra c te d d u rin g 1954^ ¡5100
w R h T n d com-
X
S Fc rester
. com
the s t a t e b ra n d
re g istra tio n act of 1943.
M a n y of them are plain com
T he V FW post, last m eeting, binations of c o m p an y le tte r s and
voted to enclose th e ir building in num bers w ith some c h a ra c te rs
grey, fire-proof shakes.
This or symbols.
But the big job ahead is trac in g
project will cost som e $300 w hich
th
e
old-tim e brands th a t had pass
the v eteran s have. They have
about finished a store-room ad ed from the scene before th e re g
dition. to l>e followed by extensive istratio n law. -Some of these
rem odeling of , th e kitchen,
and brands had unique c h a ra c te rs and
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dcveloP"ienft of th e lobby, pending shapes trees, birds, faces and
rPTnoval of thp ijb ra ry F ra n k figures th at w ere in keeping
K elly is bossing th e job and can I w ith th e individualistic n a tu re of
use lots of help. A bran d new oil the pioneer loggers. F or inform -
h e a te r has been bought and in m ation on these. R andall is asking
stalled in th e m ain hall. J u s t as help from early day fo resters and
soon as th e city and w a te r com- o th ers who rem em ber background
?®ny- d° What has been ,ong de i in lorm ation on th e m arks.
laved in s tre e t wrork, the v eteran s | Ix)g brands have been a p a rt of
plan re ta in in g w all and th e “Neu- ¡O regon’s forest history from the
™ !iC ^ c g i a n , ” (T isdale) will beginning. R andall explained. Like
. ° n ,an d scaP’"K
th e prop- th e c a ttle brand, they a re neces
sary to m ain tain o rd e r and ow n
e r ( y-
ership. R a th e r th a n b u rn in g in
prof ram ronfor™
m em bers’ obligation brands as th ey do w ith c a ttle ,
tOUi J ttCr,. ^ 5 comrnunity in how ever, fo re stry o p e ra to rs have
a brand h am m er th a t m a rk s an
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im pression on th e end of th e log.
U nder s ta te law, bran d s m ust
Subscribe to The Brookings- be a t least 2 by 2 inches but th e re
Harbor Pilot
is no u p p er lim it on size.
Not
VFW IMPROVES
meeting hall
m issio n e r since
m ore th an th re e sym bols o r not
m ore th an one le tte r tn d two Brookings Harbor Pilot
THERSD A Y , JULY 15, 1954
n u m erals a re allowed. B rands
m ust be renew ed every five years.
In w e ste rn O regon, th e s ta te ! R E T U R N FROM VACATION
law req u ires b rands on all logsI
Mr. and Mrs Chuck B ebee a n d
or forest p ro d u c ts m oved by I son, Gregory re tu rn e d last w eek
w a te r, railro ad o r ov er public 1 from i m onth s \ ,pa ion trip to
highw ays, in
e a ste rn O regon, K an sas w here they \ isitixl re la
w h ere most logs go d irec tly to tives. On th eir way they v isited
the mill, b randing is optional.
th e P ain ted D esert, fh
P e tri
fil'd F o r e s t . C a r l s b a d C i
ns. an d
G R A N D SO N BORN
sp< nt a day in Mexico. T h ey also
Mi', and Mrs. Lew M organ re spent several days w ith frien d s
ceived word last w eek of an 8 lb in Los Angeles
I oz. grandson born in Fail banks
H ighlight of th e trip for M rs.
A laska, Ju ly 3, 1951 The baby's Behe«
hough, was a tte n d in g a
p a re n ts are Mr. and Mrs R obert perfo rm an ce of th e New Y ork
I M organ.
¡City B allet.
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From where I sit... Zy Joe MarsE
What's New with Cows?
Catching up on my reading. I
noticed three news items you
might like to know about.
First, a farmer whose milk had
a trace of garlic flavor is feeding
his cows chlorophyll to sweeten
their breaths.
Next, a college agricultural sta
tion has trained a herd to get
milked when they are called by
number. Seems 75 out of M cows
learned their numbers in a few
days. Gneee the “dumb” five
couldn't count that high. Final
item — cows are getting "nose-
printed” for identification.
From where I sit, I hope there
as much progress being made
with humans . . . especially in re
gard to tolerance. Whether it’s a
choice of a political party, a
basketball team, or a favorite
beverage, let’s learn to live and
let live more. You may ask for a
soft drink after a hard day's
work — I'll choose a refreshing
glass of beer. But let’s not try to
*5cow” the other fellow into our
way of thinking!
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