fEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE,' BEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY. "AUGUST 8, 1938.
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FOREST BURNING
BEST
Where Bonneville Power Will Go
GOODYEAR BUILDS LIFEGUARDS ON WEST COAST
LOANS ARE NOW
I JUNE
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Old Theory On Fire Preven
tion Exploded Years Ago
Ruinous Blazes Took
Toll in Good Old Days
A myth to hard to dispel even after
the truth hat been established.
Th recent aerie of forest flre
again revived the myth about burn
ing the ground cover each year aa an
efficacious blaze preventative
"Why don't they burn the ground
cover every spring the way we did
when I waa a kid," many an old
timer wa heard to remark. Before
the white man came, the Indiana aet
fire to the forest floor every year and
they never had any forest fires," oth
era commented.
Called Balciney.
Oh yeah? Well, for yeara and yeara
trained foresters have been aaytng
that'a a lot of bunk.
Back In 1021 John D. authrle wrote
an article for the Four L Lumber
Newa on historic foreat flrea. Major
Outhrle waa then assistant district
forester of 'the United Statea forest
service at Portland. Now he la foreat
service lnapector of the CCO at Wash
ington. D. C.
In that 1037 article Major Outhrle
said: "When Europeans flrat land
ed on these shores there were surely
enough 'forests to burn' and the
white man began at once to burn
them. It has long been the practice
to lay the blame for forest fires of
early daya to Indiana, to pirates, with
little or no foundation In fact or rec
ord, that the Indians burned the for
eat off regularly. If the American
Indian did all the foreat burning he
la credited with there would have
been no forests left In America when
the first aettlers landed."
Seedlings Destroyed.
' In an article written for the name
Journal In July, 1032, Major Outhrle
aatd that during every bad fire year
foresters have come to expect "a, aer
lea of so-called arguments for 'ltght-
bumlng' of the foreate."
"Bum over the forest floor regu
larly,' the advocates- of Slwash for
estry say," Major Outhrle coutlnued
''Yes, and burn, kill and destroy all
the tiny tree seedlings, one Inch to
three, four to six Inches tall, which
are your future foreat.
.' "'Burn It off like the Indiana used
to do.' And with this atatemcnt there
la the Implication that the curly-day
Indiana were pretty good foresters
'Stwash forestry' Is a good name for
that mythical system aupposed to
have been used by the early redmnn
Not Indian Custom.
- ''As to the Indians making a prac
tice of burning the forest regularly,
with a eonacloua Idea of keeping It
clean and open, there la not the
slightest bit of what may be consid
ered as real evldenoe."
Continued burning of the ground
cover not only destroys the tiny trees
of future forests but eventually ends
sny kind of useful growth. Karl L.
Januocb. supervisor of the Rogue Riv
er national forest aaya. Only the most
useless kind of brush will grow after
while, he asserts. Pasturage la thus
ultimately ruined, he adds.
Proof of thla, Mr. Janouch states,
may be seen In any burned-over area
of the forest. He cites an old burn
on Hunckleberry mountain where
thick brush U feet high harasses the
foresters.
Bad for Cows.
"A man oan't even crawl through
that bruah. much less a cow."
Another bad feature about burning.
Mr. Janouch pointed out, la that It
leads to erosion. With growth burned
out, rains and melting enow, aoon
denude the land of top soil, he as
serts. As to there being no aerlous fires
In the good old dsys when the ground
cover was supposed to be burned reg
ularly, the record la full ol thrm.
Some of those fires were cited by
Major Outhrle aa follows:
Big Htamls Ttulnrri.
In 194a occurred the Yaqutna fire
In Oregon, covering 4S0.000 acres of
"probsbly what were as heavy standa
of Douglas fir. Sitka apniee and west,
ern cedar aa could be found on the
Pacific coast."
Seven yeara later In the same re
gion came the Neatucra fire which
covered SJO.OOO acres on the Oregon
coaat.
"The Sllverton fires of 1B63. again
In Oregon, la mid to haw covered
probably 1.000.000 acres. That sum
mer wsa very dry. Settlers In Silver
ton read newspapers at night by Its
light The air waa filled aa If a dense
fog end the ashra on the burned area
were four to five Inches deep. It la
recorded here that It was common
practice then for settlers to fire the
forests as If they had no value."
Many I.Ives Lost.
In September, lea, occurred the
Coos fire which burned over 300.000
acres on the Oregon coast from Sep.
tember 15 to October 30. Also In
September of that year the St. Helena
fire covered more than 300 000 acres.
Numerous of the historic American
forest fires cited by Major Outhrle
took an appalling toll of life, some
wiping out entire settlements.
With these fscts In mind, foresters
are Inclined to lose patience when
they are advised to "bum the ground
cover regularly to Improve the forests
and prevent fires." But, they con
fess, It Is hard to destroy a myth.
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This map shows the power linos which will bo built with the .0,750.0O0 ullocated recently by the PWA
for trans mini Inn lines to carry BonnPTllle dam power. The Mark lines rep resent the lines to be built, while the
dotted lines show whafaddlllonol lines Administrator .1. I. Hons had asked for but which were not pro
vided Tor In the allocation. Where dotted lines parallel black lines, Ross had asked Tor double circuits Instead
of the single lines allocated. (AP Photo.)
JUNIOR CRATERS
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Med ford's Junior Craters belted
out 31 hits yesterday at the high
school pork to defeat Prospect, 16 to
7. In a Jackson county league base
ball game. Johnny Oltzen led the at
tack with five hits In six trlpa, in
cluding a double; Qcorga Harrington
hit three singles and a double, Mal
colm Stlne two singles and a triple
and Croud icr & triple.
Crouoher and Harrington worked
on the Med ford mound, with th for
mer fanning nine and allowing eight
hits and five runs In the first elx in
nings and the latter holding Pros
pect to a paJr of tallies In the last
threo frames. Dewey Hill, Prospect
manager, had a perfect day at bat
with four hlta In as many chances.
Score: R H, s
Medford 31 5
Prospect .............. 7 14 3
Croucher, Harrington and O. OUr
i; Lensy and Hill.
FIND WANDERING BABE
UNHARMED IN CANYON
LOB ANOEWS, Ana. .UPI A
ao-hour aearch In which ! airplanes
and a blimp too part In scanning
mountain country ended late Sunday
when two-year-old Yvonne May Jeff
ries waa found unharmed In a can
yon In San Dlmaa park.
The baby daughter of Mrs.' Viola
Jeffries of Lynwood had been sought
alnoa late yesterday when she tod
dled away from a plentr psrty anil
disappeared in San Dimes canyon.
TRIO KILLED WHEN
BOLT IS BEACH
NEW YORK. Aug. 8. (UP) Three
persona were killed and IB Injured
Sunday when lightning struck Beach
No. 14 at Jacob Kits park. Rock a way.
The bolt struck about 30 feet from
the edge of the water while many
of the 80.000 persons at the park
wero on the beach or In Its vicinity.
Cesare Ceto. 3d, waa killed by the
bolt and Peter Cava and his wife
were pronounced dead after mem
bers of the police emergency squad
had worked over them with In
halatora for several hours.
Those Injured were taken to the
Rock a way beach hospital for treat
ment.
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DIE IN WAR GAME
IERRY IS CUED
IN MINING CASE
Complaints charging Norman H.
Terry of the Rogue River district,
with larceny by bailee, and with
practicing the profession of mining
engineering without a certificate of
registration have been filed in Justice
court. Pleas on both charges will be
made today. P. L. Heath of Rogue
River Is the complatnana In both In
stances. Bonds In the larceny by bailee
charge were aet at 1,000, and In the
other case at $800. Terry has been
unable to provide either, his attor
ney, Don Newbury reports.
Terry la alleged to have failed to
turn over taoo assertedly given fclm
by Heath, and to have represented
himself aa a mining engineer.
MOOSE TO GIVE DANCE
NEXT TUESDAY EVENING
The Moose lodge will hold a pub
lic dance at the K. P. hall Tueaday
evenlng. According to D. D. Davis,
assistant secretary of the lodge, the
orchestra and drill team will be pres
ent and thero will be Initiation of
several candidates prior to the dance
Dauclng la expected to get under way
about nine o'clock.
IN BARTLETT DEAL
It la expected the next few days
will see a "break1 In the local Bart
lett penr cannery price situation.
Court Hall, a buyer's representative
for a number of years, said Sunday
there might be developments In the
next couple of days.
Picking of Bartletts is expected to
start the latter part of the week In
some orchards, and will be in full
Swing next week. County Hortlcul
turlst A. B. Cordy said he had heard
reports some orchards started pick
ing on a small scale today, but they
were unconfirmed.
All of the packing plants have
made preparations to start operations
next Monday, August 13, out do net
expect to operate full swing until a
few dsys later.
SALEM (UP) If you want to make
a safe auto Journey In Oregon dur
ing June, don't pick a clear day or
a dry rnd, make sure your travel
at n!ght ami don't choose a car
with no apparent defects.
Such a list of safety precautions
might, at leaat. be Inferred from the
June statistical summary of motor
vehicle accidents compiled by Secre
tary of State Earl Snell.
The summary revealed that most of
the accidents reported during that
month occurred under supposedly
favorable driving conditions. The day
light h.ours produced about four
fifths of the accidents. 1925. with
the hour of 3 to 6 in the evening
leading ail others with 333 reported
mishaps.
Nearly 87 percent of the 3408 acci
dent occurred on dry roads. They
resulted In U of the 39 fatalities
while 13 cases where road condi
tion was reported aa slippery caused
no deaths. In the 108 wrecks re
ported where road condition were
not stated In the report 14 were
killed.
Cars apparently In satisfactory con
dition Involved In collisions and other
types of accidents numbered 3740.
about 68 percent of the 4768 total.
Two were killed and 112 machines
were wrecked In cases where faulty
brakea were reported.
Safest day to travel during June
waa Monday, which had a total of
310 auto mishaps. Saturday, occurring
only four tlmea In June, had 464
accidents, surpassing the other days
of the week. Including Wedneday
and Thursday which each came up
five times during the month.
Safest hour was 4:01 to 5:00 a. m..
The first Goodyear LlfeCuartl built on the Pacific Coast Is shown bclnp
packed for shipment to the Goodyear Museum, Akron, Ohio, by Vi
President J. E. May and J. A. Wilson, Division Superintendent, Western
demand for LifeGunrds, which rid tire blowouts of danger, will be sup
Plied by Goodj car's Los Angeles factory aa rapidly as possible.
low point In the ebbing total of
accidents in the morning hours. Prom
that time on hazard Increased stead
ily until the evening peak was reach
ed with two exceptions, the hours be
fore and after noon to 1 p. m.
Only 13 crashes occurred on roads
where a lighted or unlightcd obstruc
tion was Involved, while 1588 hap
pened on clear roads.
AQUAPLANE TITLE
HERMOSA BEACH. Cal Aug. 8.
(UP) Prank Rodeclcer of Hermosa
Beach, his body covered with bruises
and abrasions from a rough ride,
finished ahead of a field of 10
starters Sunday In the 42-mlle ocean
aquaplane race from Catallna Island
to Manhattan-Hermosa beaches.
His victory was disputed, but the
protest was disallowed by tho rules
committee.
Price Sloan of Lake Arrowhead fin
ished second behind Rodeckcr. who
waa taken to the hospital for treat
ment after ending the gruelling race.
He waa discharged after receiving
first aid.
It was the roughest passage In
history of the 4-year-old event, which
today attracted an estimated 100,000
persons to the atrand between Man
hattan and Hermosa. Virtually every
rider took at least one spill and
four of the 19 starters dropped out
of the way. Among the finishers was
a Santa Monica girl, Mary Ann Haw
kins, who wound up In 14th place.
Farm security funds for loans to
Jackson county farmers unable to se
cure necessary credit from other
sources for purchase ot livestock,
equipment, feed, seed, and other pro
duction (roods, are available for the
1038-1030 program, announces Eugene
Hampton, county FSA supervisor, 311
Pluhrer building.
Where purebred sires and heavy
equipment can be more economically
provided on a Joint use basis, loam
will be made for cooperative purchase
of such facilities.
Farm plans based on estimated
livestock production and crop yield
are worked out by the borrower In
cooperation with the IocaI supervisor
to provide for meeting most of the
food needs on ti:e farm. Where debt
adjustment is necessary to place the
farm on a sound basis, this service la
worked out through negotiations be
tween debtor and creditor prlod to
making of the loan.
General qualifications governing
FSA loans are:
1. Applicants must be hona fide
farmers unable t3 secure adequate
commercial credit to purchase neces
sary production goods.
3. Applicants must be located on a
productive farm capable of support
ing the family and repaying the loan
on the basis of an approved farm
and home plan.
3. Applicants not owners of their
farms must have a satisfactory rent,
lease or ott:cr tenure agreement.
4. New settlers from within or
without the state must supply refer
ences from their place or origin as
to farming experlenco and integrity.
Use Mall Tribune Want Ads.
OREGON'S STATE FAIR
WILL OPEN LABOR DAY
SALEM. Aug. 8. (PiLeo Splts-
bart, manager, said Saturday that
Oregon's 1938 state fair will open
Labor Day, September 6. He predict
ed that not less than 26 of the state's
38 counties would enter exhibits,
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
lfy Ads Is 1:30 p. m.
LONDON, Aug. 8. (UP) 81 men
were killed and one was Injured Sun
day In the final day of British
aerial "war games." in a series of
spectacular airplane crashes that
added a touch of grim realism to
th mock warfare.
Five persons died when a bomber
skidded Into a hedge near Oereat
Barton, Suffolk, and crashed In
flames. An observer In another bomb
ing plane was killed and the pilot
injured when the plane crashed near
Hlghongar, Essex.
Tli r re two-scatd fighters, lost In
a Tog over Lincolnshire, were aban
doned In mld-alr when they ran out
of gas, the crews all landing sat fly
in parachutes. A fourth plane In the
squadron attempted a blind landing
and crashed at Dlgbv. Lincolnshire.
Meanwhile, authorities searched for
biplane which left Zealand Satur
day nlcht bound for Newcastle, and
has not bNn reported. One penn
mas aboard.
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