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L 1 BRAftr u or o EUGENE. ORE. 97403 Rcpcrtcr tcurs bl.htcd forest T ban leaves timber to " DDT mercy By FRNIE CERES A The nation's concern with "environment" and "ecolo gy" has resulted in the tussock moth destruction of 50C 000 acres of prime timber and 200 million trees that may take from too to 150 years to replace. The timber, located in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and parts of California, is being destroyed because the Environmental Protection Agency, created by Congress and given extraordinary pow ers, refuses to allow the use of the chemical DDT, the only know deterrent to the tussock moth. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz took a 75-minute helicopter ride Friday into the heart of the moth-infected regions of the Blue Mountain Forest. "I will use my influence to see that steps are taken to control the moth, and we must do all we can to control it. So much depends on the efficient management of our forests that we can't see this thing go on," he told a group of citizens, forestry personnel and members of the Boise Cascade Company at La Grande. .ii. ' ;t vfiC A'M'Wl'V" SdaeTstmoi!htaesaide (II1E VIHIGfil fllhi X r)j&?'tr'y&tf in its spread by the tussock MVUI IIUIIVJ UUU 11 . j'i".-," ' O'' I '-- s" .' -? moth-killed timber. Added rMffll I s 7 V ,M ifsV&0 V'C Ay llA protection to the other infect- IfttT JpFl 313 ! ITUVQ ed areas will be needed for the IU U ClltSl AGS & -'N.V '.hZ next 3-5 years. M U II13I JW .'J :i ' I T Y ' r V, USI wer 40 million board feet of -i AV'1 V;'k i'1 ' r;jf!P timber was destroyed in 1972 Gene Arylan Hembree, 34, aK VjL7v Mk- -4-V 5 " Private lands. Another 140 390 Union St., Heppner, plead- V, .-A-. kK''.tV CVvVVP''' million board feet was lost in ed guilty to charges of driving 'v' 'feVVjU''',,AZ! 'i-i' 'AT' & 1973. A large amount of timber while under the influence of I V-e V W?i & MTC.' $LVff-l'ii was destroyed both years on liquor Tuesday before Justice JjkfJ-w. 5-V .CfAf-. 4wV national forest lands. Salvage 0f the Peace Charles O'Con- of the killed timber was nor.. , ' i ''X5--, ik: sil k started this summer, and will Hembree was fined $305 and V,T. f. i l1 S-!. i JZ rtr' i','-'J . Mend .to ontinu -t a fast J in Aw i A ? '..Vf r"i jfV-.w-... r'fZ J ?n , rV. pace to remove timber Detore iiC1 ects and disease make it - - t unmerchantable. Over 300 fll'. VlfiJ7'jL-TiS 'IrU'fty& t&yii individual forest landowners lZt 'VJiJi'f' have been affected. Another young tree "saved" by the use of Zectran. The tree was saved from growing, and will have to be piled and burned to make wayfor reforestation. Zectran was recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a substitute for DDT in killing the tussock moth. Here, too, EPA's judgement was bad. of tussock ' It was small comfort to his listeners, who know already that the decision to use DDT lies with the EPA, which they suspect of being dominated in its policies by over-zealous environmentalists. I saw the almost total devastation of forests at Mt. Emily, Ruckle and High Ridge. Forestry officials esti mate that 650,000 acres of timber are either destroyed or damaged by the tussock moth. Douglas fir, white fir and grand fir are the preferred targets of the moth. But the caterpillars (larvae) will feed on many other trees after the choice "menu" has been exhausted. In some areas, ponderosa pine, tamarac trees and even buck brush have been attack ed by the moth. Aerial applitations of pound of DDT in one gallon of fuel oil per acre has been suggested as the dosage required to control the moth. Distribution will be by helicop ter to border streams and river beds. However, the Environmental Protection A gency will have to approve its application, even though there is no insecticide registered with the EPA for use on the tussock moth. 1 Bill tVeatherford, Heppner, looks IisgnsUy at a small tree in the Blue Mountain Forest. This tree, along ita 2M nil! km ethers, bat beea killed by the Uismk anotli. Requests by the States of Oregon and Washington and the U.S. Forest Service to use DDT to control the moth were denied by the EPA in the spring of 1973. According to Forester Ken neth Keeling. "It is too late this year for any type of chemical control, as the insects have now completed their feeding for the year and are in the cocoon (pupae) stage." Some have already emerged from cocoons as moths and begun to lay eggs, but no tree damage is done in this stage. One female lays an average of 250 eggs, on the cocoon from which she emerges, AH the damage that will occur in 1973 has already been done, as the female dies soon after the eggs are laid. The eggs hatch in late May and can only be controlled with chemicals soon after they hatch and while they are in the caterpillar stage. To be effec tive, chemical control must be used during June or early July. Unless controlled by mid July, entire trees may be defoliated and may die the following year. Sometimes only the tops of trees are attacked, and may die, or spiked top may develop. Increased fire protection is now needed in the infected areas. The fire that burned 6.130 acres at the edge of La New office hours for planners The Morrow County Plan ning Office will be open from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, during September and October, according to County Judge Paul Jones. Those having business with the planning office may tele phone during these hours, 676-5030, or visit the office at Room 201 in the court house. Del Smith is the planning director. PUBLIC MEETING ON WILLOW CREEK DAM The proposed Willow Creek Dam will be discussed at a public meeting, Friday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m. Interested persons may at tend this meeting to be held in the judge's room in the court house. mot Many acres of the Blue Mountains will need reforesta tion once salvage is com pleted and the tussock moth controlled. Forestry officials are developing plans to assist private land owners. A major problem will be having an adequate supply cf seedlings available for planting. FPA's briefing memoran dum directed toward the application of DDT states. "Since 1937 five serious In festations have recurred in different areas of Washington 9 and Oregon. In each of these outbreaks there was no signifi cant spread of defoliation in subsequent years beyond the initial area of infestation." EPA did not mention that in the 33 recorded infestations since 1928, 20 per cent did not collapse during the third year. Records show that S collapsed in the fourth year and two in the fifth year. The odds were one chance in five that this THE Vol 90, No. 29 county jail, later suspended, and had his drivers license revoked for 90-day period. Hembree was' arrested by State Police, July 8. William B. Baker, 22, Hepp ner, was arrested by City Police early Sunday morning for driving under the influence of liquor. Baker appeared before Jus tice O'Connor, Tuesday and pleaded guilty to the charges. He was fined $305 and had his license suspended for 90 days. Baker, a truck driver asked for a limited driving permit to al'ow him to continue work ing. Mark Lovegren, 21, 24oS. Court St. Heppner, was arrest ed Aug. 25 for driving while under the influence of liquor. Lovgren pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on his own recogni zance in order to obtain legal advice. An opinion poll on parking meters i . The Chief of Police says he will be glad to forget about jj? parking meters on Heppner streets if only the city council orders him to do so. The mayor and some council members f have indicated they will be guided by the wishes of the public M in any debate over removal of the meters. gs Well, what does the public think? Do motorists find Heppner parking meters helpful and convenient, or do motorists find them nuisances and exasperating? fj Would you spend a stamp to register your support of or opposition to parking meters? fl There is a coupon below. Let's have a poll on the subject. Fill out the coupon and return it to the Gazette-Times. We will publish the results in a future issue, but not the names of those participating in the opinion poll. -I love Heppner's parking meters and want I them to remain. I love Heppner's parking meters but want I I I them removed. I hate HeDDner's parking meters and want I ! them removed. 1 hate Heppner's parking meters but want them to remain. 1 don't care whether the meters stay or go. Check one. (Sign your name) Return to Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore. population collapse would oc cur in 1973. There has been some population decline in some areas, but no total collapse. Upon considering the virus didn't collapse the population in the early larva stages, and that the epidemic has tripled in size beyond the initial area . of infestation during 1973, one. might wonder if this isn't the third year of infestation. After all field surveys have been completed this fall we , will have to wait for a Research Lab Report in March, 1974, to learn if it will be controlled. Secretary Butz promised to "try to get DDT authorized for usage against the moth in festation." The' promise pro voked a bitter comment from at least one "laborer in the timber vineyard," Glenn B. Parsons: "EPA took the risk; the people of the Blue Moun tains suffered the loss." Lovgren is presently attend ing Oregon State University, Corvallis. Nathan Ray Hammons, 19, Roseburg, Ore. was arrested by City Police officers for driving with a suspended license. Justice O'Connor fined Hammons $105. James Garrett Watson, 50, Lapwai, Idaho, was arrested Aug. 10, for driving while under the influence of liquor. He pleaded guilty to the charges before Justice O'Con nor Aug. 15. He too, was fined $305. Calvert is promoted Richard S. Calvert, opera tions officer at First National Bank of Oregon's Heppner branchy has been appointed assistant cashier, reported Manager Ken Belcher. Calvert joined the bank as a management trainee in 1971 and was assigned to the Heppner branch as operations officer in July 1972. A native of Salem, he graduated from high school there, and later attended Southern Oregon College. I Let's vote! I I I I I I I I i I P r i yy , V ! . - Ileppner, Ore., Sept. 6, 1973 Jaycees disband; give city $1,000 A check for $1,000 to establish park and recreation facilities at Hager Park high lighted Tuesday's night Hepp ner City Common Council meeting. Ed Struthers, Morrow County Jaycee president, pre sented the check to Mayor Jerry Sweeney and announced to the council the disband ment of the organization. The Jaycees lost their charter because of lack of required membership. In other business, the coun- Sunday School classes to begin Sept 9 Seven teachers will be ready to begin Sunday School classes for families of AH Saints Episcopal Church and United Methodist Church, and for any persons who would like to come at 9:45 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 9. The three youngest groups will meet in the basement of the Methodist Church. Judy Gochnauer will work with the children from age 3 through kindergarten. Ruth Maatta will have the 1st and 2nd grade youngsters. Cindy Green will teach those in the 3rd and 4th grades. Four classes for older stu dents will be held upstairs in the same building. Jean Ben nett will teach the 5th and 6th grades; Maxine Rietmann will have grades 7 and 8; and Cliff Green will teach the high school students. 1 S f's. if , Jh 1 - ' k U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz pauses before boarding his plane to read tome of the signatures on a petition handed him by Gerald Swaggart, Ileppner. The petition contained more than 200 names of periona advocating the use of DDT In the Blue Mountain Area. TTTTC7 cil announced the position of city librarian has been va cated. Applications for a new librarian will be accepted until Sept. 24. Don Jensen, Vancouver, Wn., requested permission of the council to purchase Buck num's Tavern. Upon approval of the police department, Jensen will apply to the Oregon Liquor Control Com mission for a state license. The council accepted War ren Richey's request for dancing in his tavern. Mayor Sweeney pointed but that on Oct. 3 a new law will allow Last rites read for Ethel Blanche Ross Ethel Blanche Rose, 76, died Friday, Aug. 31, at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Born July 31, 1897 at Lime Ridge, Wis., she was the daughter of Frank W. and Inez Goodell. In May, 1920, she graduated from nurses training at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Rose was employ ed at Pioneer Memorial Hos pital in Heppner as a regis tered nurse from 1953 until she retired in June, 1971. On July 14, 1933, she was married to Ray Jasper Rose in Waukegan, 111. He preceeded her in death in 1955. Mrs. Rose is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth M. Bai ley, and son-in-law, Charles L. Senator Mark Hatfield, t'mett Joiner and Judge Pan! J one difccutt the Willow Creek Dan Project. Hatfield visited Heppner recently during the fair and met with ma av of the Ural cituent. 15c dancing in all Oregon taverns. The council also passed the ordinance . commission re quest to raise the temporary permits for mobile home from $5 to 25 for 90 days. Dean Gilman, chief of police, reported during the month of August, $216.75 was collected from the parking meters and $118.14 was paid in fines. Concluding the meeting, the council adopted a proposal of the charter revision for the city of Heppner. Further explanations of the charter will be made at a later date. Bailey, Heppner; four broth ers, Arthur Goodell, Reeds burg, Wis., Floyd Goodell, Shirland, 111., Charles Goodell, Sauk City, Wis., and Forrest Goodell, Grants Pass; two sisters, Helen Markin, Rock Ford, 111., and Alice Goodell, Reedsburg, Wis. Funeral services were Tues day, Sept. 4, 2 p.m., at Sweeney Mortuary Chapel. The Rev. Edwin Cutting, United Methodist Church, of ficiated. Interment was in Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Casketbearers were Ho ward Bryant, William . Lowfc, Frank Connors, William Nic hols, Robert Lowe and Dr. Wallace Wolff.
