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ABANDONED Smoke and flames enve'ope the Norwegian freighter Bbck Gull 70 miles off the Rhode
Island coast. Forty-five persons were rescued and four are missing and believed drowned. The Swedish
liner Gripsholm took part in the rescue. The freighter was bound from Bremen to New York.
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Vandal's Paradise
Vandals are on the prowl in
ancient Hexham, according to
my favorite English newspaper,
the weekly Hexham Courant.
The headlines on the front page
'state that "a shrub" was not
only uprooted but stolen from
a public park. The "Cemetery
and Pleasure Grounds Commit
tee" (actual name) raised a great
uproar of protest in the town
council, the Courant's leading
editorial of the week denounced
the crime and demanded that
vandalism of such outrageous
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character be stopped dead forth
with. Th limes of Arlington, Wash,
also carried news and a power
ful editorial on vandalism in a
recent issue. The story was of
a town park on which the coun
cil and civic groups had spent
money and labor through years
for Arlington -people with the
want for picnics and outings.
But at last the park had to be
given up.
Why? You know the answer.
It is an old story everywhere,
In the Arlington park plumbing
installations were torn up and
stolen. Picnic tables were brok
en and burned. Every other im
provement was ruined soon after
it was made. Law enforcement
officers and the courts pleaded
helplessness.
They all but hang vandals in
Hexham, England. It is vandal's
paradise here.
Blots on The Green ....
It is our habit to idealize the
non-commercial values of the
forest. Often, of course, the high
sounding talk about the inspira
tional influence and uplifting ef
fect of nature's forest is of polit
ical design that has the purpose
of winning support for land soc
ialization and of smearing bus
iness enterprise.
Any honest- study of the use
of the forests by masses of peo
ple is bound to face the ugly
facts of uncontrollable vandal
ism in national parks and wilder
ness and recreation areas, the
extreme prevalence of drunken
ness in forest hunting and fish
ing camps, the freedom with
which gun-toters on timber roads
shoot the locks off privately
owned gates, the carelessness
with fire that is a common attri
bute of trespassing berry pick
ers, - greens pickers, Christmas
tree rustlers and others who
move in on both public and pri
vate forest property without re
gard for law, order or common
decency.
Our land is bright and green
indeed. But it is badly spotted
with blots of degraded human
behavior. The psychopathic in
cendiarist, the irresponsible
smoker and the feckless recrea
tionalist are the main sources
of the man-caused forest fire.
These facts, joined with the inci
dence of illegal logging practices
in the commercial forest, reflect
destructive forces, roots of evil,
in the relationship of trees and
people in the Pacific Northwest.
Let's face it, as England does.
The Worst of Wildlife
As long as we are looking at
Rogue River
E. J. Green, who fell at the
silica plant last month and was
hospitalized with broken ribs
and a punctured kidney, return
ed home Tuesday. He is report
ed to be slowly regaining lost
weight, but may have to return
to the hospital in a few weeks
for an operation.
Harry Rose left Friday for
Los Angeles where he will un
dergo medical treatment.
C. M. Wiley and wife, were
here from McCloud, recently
and spent the week end visiting
their parents and sister, Mrs.
Lora Carter, at the Wiley-Carter
ranch on East Evans road.
Alice Burger and her mother
of Bakersfield, Calif., called on
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson last
Thursday. They are guests of K.
C. and E. W. Wilkerson of Ea
gle Point.
Mr. and Mrs. James Tate and
daughter, Sandra, Portland,
stopped for a short visit at the
home of their uncle, Lloyd
Smith, one day of last week.
They were on a vacation trip
and en orute to Crater Lake.
. Ralph, and .Mary Smiths and
sons, Pat and Mike, and Mrs.
Lois Morgan and her son, Hurst
spent the week end of July 13
at Diamond Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Ebeling en
tertained Friday, in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kunick, of
the Rogue View Inn, whose mar
riage was announced recently.
Mrs. Kunick is the former Sadie
Pearson. Guests at the party
were Mrs. Kunick's father, Wil
liam Spivey and her daughter,
Ida Pearson; Mr. and Mrs.
the forest and its use without
pretty colored slides but in grim
black and white, let's face the
realities of wildlife. The seed
eating rodents and the animals
that browse on tree seedlings
and strip off bark to kill sapling
trees, are obstacles to industrial
reforestation programs. The
spruce budworm, the helmock
looper and the bark beetle are
kinfolks of the forest wildlife
family and they are the dead
liest tree killers on earth,
wreaking even more devastation
than fire does.
Our forests do carry the ap
peal of a cool, green summer
land to people who want to es
cape from urban drabness, grime
and din into nature's fresh air,
quiet, calm and peace. But
among the hosts who respond
to the appeal there are literally
swarms of budworms, loopers,
beetles and rodents in human
guise American vandals on
the prowl.
Surely the vandal is the wild
est and worst of all God s crea
tures in the woods.
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1952
Pages 1-6
Chuck Riggs and daughter's
Kathy and Charlene.
Ralph Sieger, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Sieger of Riverview
district, is expected home from
the navy in about 10 days. Ralph
is a fireman first class, and will
have a 45-day leave before re
porting to the engineman's
school at San Diego, September
19.
The potluck dinner for Grange
families and their friends, Sat
urday evening, was well attend
ed. Fifty-five persons were
served and others dropped in
after dinner to enjoy the social
hour and dancing which fol
lowed. Members and guests
whose birthdays were honored
were Burton Stocking, Cliff
Johnon and Steve Dolan.
William Spivey of West Evans
road cooked a hearty farm din
ner for his family and friends
Saturday afternoon. His spe
cialty, Boston baked beans,
brown bread with sorghum and
country butter was a part of the
menu served to guests, Jim Wise,
Mr. and Mrs. Al Ebeling. Ida
Pearson and Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Kunick.
Mrs. W. H. Tenney left Sun
day for San Lorenzo, Calif.,
where she will visit her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
D. L. Tenney and her new
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KOG Association Appeals
To Loggers and Mill Men
To Be Careful With Fire
Salem UR) The -Keep Ore
gon Green Association has ap
pealed to loggers and mill op
erators to make every effort pos
sible to guard against fire.
If present weather conditions
continue, KOG said, -the fire haz-
Paving Project Bids
Opened by City
Bids on nine paving jobs were
opened Monday In city hall
and Contractor E. fC. Conrad
submitted the lowesf bid on all
nine of them, according to Ver
non Thorpe, director of public
works.
On each bid Coniad slightly
exceeded the estimate of the city
engineer. His total f.bid for the
nine separate projects was $63,
788.10. The total estimate was
$60,332.25. -;
The bids will be submitted to
the city council in an adjourned
meeting at 7:30 iJ&s evening
in city hall. The Was are for
paving projects on Bennett,
Welch, Haven, South Peach and
Taylor streets, Crown avenue,
Keene Way drive and an alley.
Bids were also submitted by
T. R. Florey and United Contrac
tors. grandson, James Willard Ten
ney. Mrs. W. S. Carey returned
home last Wednesday, from a
six weeks visit with relatives in
Portland and Reedsport.
GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS
ard will increase and every ef
fort must be made to prevent
man-made fires.
Defects Noted
Records indicate fires have
been caused this season by these
defects in operating equipment:
1: Faulty spark arresters on
exhausts.
2: Smoking while working on
the job. Loggers are urged to
smoke only at landings.
3: Refueling power chain saws
in dangerous locations. Fire ex
tinguisher and shovel should be
with every power saw.
4: Dynamiting tops out of spar
trees during closed season. This
is no longer permitted.
5: Watchman not on the job to
catch small fire before it gets
away. Employ a capable watch
man who can operate your fire
Two Medford Soldiers
Due Back in States
Pfc. William L. Buchanan,
route 2, box 247, Medford, and
Pvt. Woodrow W. Shaver, Med
ford, were among 1,047 army ro
tation combat personnel sched
uled to arrive in San Francisco
Monday from the Far Eeast
aboard the transport Sgt. How
ard Woodford, according to Unit
ed Press.
Local directories list the name
of Owen Buchanan at the rural
address. Private Shaver is not
listed in any local directories.
Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at
5:30 p.m. for following day: 10 a.m.
Monday for Monday: noon Saturday
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fighting equipment.
6: Fire blown from open mill
burners.
7: Welding equipment in for
est debris.
8: Defective electric wiring.
9: Crews lack forest fire fight
ing training. KOG suggests -employment
of a camp warden to
take prompt action when fires
are reported.
To Check Equipment
All operators were urged to
take a few minutes to look over
their landing equipment. KOG
said an operator should ask him
self: Is your camp clean? Are
your fire tools, extinguishers
and water containers in . place
and ready for immediate use?
And remember to watch the
humidity and shut down opera
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