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The Heppner fette-Tlme Heppner, Oregon. Thurday. May 15, 1 MO THREE j I I it 1 ! Kinzuabids on salvage timber 'for short term' United States Forest Ser vice, Heppner District, sche- dulcd a sule yesterday in an effort to Balvage 20 million board feet of pondcrosa pine and lodgepole pine that have been hit by the mountain pine beetle. Bids were taken May 14 for the Forest Service timber. Klnzua Corp. of Heppner was one of the bidders. "We have been losing money for years, Just like everybody clue, and getting this bid will put us In the black temporarily,'1 Allen Nistad, Klnzua vk-e president, said. "For short term, thin sale Is Important for Klnzua but not long term. There is going to be a lot of competition for it I'm afraid. "We do have some . to salvage on our own land but we won't be able to have the extra shifts If we don't get the bid." The Forest Service is also giving away free wood, up to 10 cords, from lodgepole pine trees that have been killed by the beetle. Maps of areas that can be cut and permits are available at the U.S. Forest Service Office in Heppner .- The dead trees are brown because the mountain pine beetle has cut Into them and taken away nutrients, Forest Service spokesman Dave Thorn said the only way to control the beetle Is by spraying each tree Indivi duallywhich would be Im possible In the forest, he said. Thorn said the Forest Ser vice could sell the lodgepole pine, trees to commercial buyers to use for poles or firewood but the district feels it should give some of the wood away to anyone who wants to cut it. Permits are required but they are free. "Get your wood early," Thorn said. "lagging trucks will be hauling the 20 million board feet from the salvage sale in June so you should get it before then." Thorn said commercial log gers buy permits from the Forest Service at 50 cents a cord and then sell it for firewood. A Forest Service 'team has placed a yellow mark on trees that are included In the salvage sale so bidders can investigate the type of timber available. The firewood is for personal use and not resale. Cutting is only allowed on lodgepole pine in certain, mapped areas. The mountain pine beetle is an epidemic in the forest now. Thorn said. The beetles are killing the trees and causing them to . turn brown. The beetles kill lodgepole pine first and pondcrosa pine second. Fire. danger is increased by the number of dry, dead trees. The beetle's habitat is 2,000 to 11,000 feet. The first sign of infestation is pitch tubes on the trunks of living trees. The tree sap tries to push the beetle out of it. Several months after the first attack, the sapwood begins to change its color because of a bluestaining fungi the beetle carries with it. Signs of woodpeckers can be seen on trees that have the beetle or its larvae in it. Mountain pine beetles pass through the egg. larval, pupal and adult stages in one year, all under the bark of infested i itOODCUTTWS JP inn i 2 34 Test firing ofBoardman plant slated byPGE ... t . --- II ..r - ., If J ' O WmMlcuttlng rr like this are clearly marked in the I'mutlllu forrKt. Test firing of Portland General Electric's coal-fired plant near Boardman was scheduled to begin last week. But minor problems have delayed its firing, according to PGE spokesman Dave Eagon. Eagon said it should fire up sometime this week. Small amounts of smoke are expected to be seen coming out of the 6r-foot chimney. That will not be the smoke seen once the plant begins operation in the late summer. Oil is used to start up the " turbines but when the low sulfur coal is used, the emission are expected to be hardly visible. The $530 million. 530-mega-watt plant will not have its main pollution control device, a precipitator operating for the six week testing period because' of low heat. The precipitator will collect 99 percent of the ash from the burned coal but it cannot be turned on until the emissions are hot enough to prevent water vapor condensation. eeoe Elec? Je roods RjtaiTOlIf ! COEallBli If you have a question on AMY issue or want to EXPRESS an idea Call me 481-4415 v. wl HMMt fewMll mm mm Wmmm mm) S) A ILL CME, Pd. by the committer to elect Jim Brooks County Commissioner F.E. Glenn, Treasurer , P.O. Box 428, Boardman, Oregon 978 1 8 trees (except for a few days when the adult may fly to another tree). The larvae feed on the inner bark and dig gaileries that cut off the nutrient flow to the rest of the tree. F.ggs are laid in July and August. V Unmated female beetles begin the attack by releasing an odor that attracts males and other females until a mass attack is produced. An epi demic is caused by a large food supply of large diameter trees during better than mini- mum moisture periods, low tree resistance in the form of sap and pitch to push out the attackers, lack of woodpeck ers and parasitic worms and insects that are common predators of the mountain nine beetle, lack of cold v Vi, .Mi- temperatures. Controlling the beetle once it ' hits is hard because spraying may cost more than the wood is worth. The best method is to thin forests with large dia meter host trees of both lodgepole and ponderosa pine. i ', ft. 'llhgfA Election Update with Be a Good Citizen! Cast Your Dave Thorn points to a mountain pine beetle larvae in some tree bark. An adult beetle is to the right. Candidates Fair...ThaTsday Night Jim Rogers's West of. Willow Restaurant will hold a reception style "Candidates Fair" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15. Local candidates for public office will be on hand to make a short statement followed by plenty of time for the voters to become acquainted with the candidates. -The public is invited and we hope to see you there VOTE REPUBLICAN. ...FOR A CHANGE Your hard working Morrow County Republican Central Committa paid for this announcement and urgently needi your tax deductible contribu tion. Stephen K. Peck, Lexington. dim. Elect ryiouEiirflooii Morrow County Treasurer t-e ' a; IP I I w ll iadr I'll a unit ' 1 I. ' h J s n '1 d A, - i j - jit Mary Martin Will Serve Morrow County CArcmtrtic in ritiwMic twinrniti BUSINESS Accounting: Experience in everything from Payrolls to Accounts Payable Kinzua Corporation: Accounting Dept. 4 yrs. experience Bechtel Power Corporation: Accounting Department presently employed AGRICULTURE 4M Ranch: a family corporation -"Any one familiar with present day agriculture knows that, like any other business, operators must remain knowledgable of the general condition of the economy. Their success depends on their operational efficiency and the ability to market their product." COMMUNITY President Morrow County CowBelles Chairman Legislative Committee. CowBelles lone School Advisory Board Assisted Initiating Many Against Drugs, Boardman area Morrow County Wheat Growers League Heppner Child Development Center Board life Support Mary Martin Gladys Beckett Marge Berg Jim Brooks Valerie Boyer Merle Carlson Mary l.ou Carlson Paid for Wilma Cheney Hubert Duncan SueZanne Duncan Monty Evans Becky Evans Ed Glenn Francis Glenn Robert Kilkenney Mary Kilkenney Chris Lovgren Bev Lovgren Konald Mark Diana Mark Rov Martin Juanita Martin Tad Miller Melba Miller Corrine Miles Dana Nance Linda Nance Marvin Padberg bv the Committee to Elect Mary Martin, harry Mills Treasurer, Heppner, Oregon 97836 Tana Padberg Virgil Pettigrew Karen Pettigrew Gene Rietmann Maxine Rietmann William Sharkley Lonnie Sharkley Paul Sumner Jean Sumner Greg Sweek Marsha Sweek Carleen West s it v
