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angres in Governmen t Timper Policies ndustry Representatives Agree The third in a series of con gressional hearings into federal timber policies concluded in Medford yesterday afternoon, and most lumber industry rep resentatives testifying generally agreed on . several improve ments of administering govern ment controlled timber sources. . Some 13 parties interested in southern Oregon lumber agreed on over-all principles of more access roads financed by federal funds, on a competent reinven tory of present timber supplies, an increased salvage sales pro gram, and additional personnel to help attain allowable cuts from government land. Difference of Opinion There was a difference of op inion on whether or not Bureau of Land Management marketing areas should be changed, and at least one witness suggested or ganization of a similar program in forest service managed land. The hearings moved to Rose burg today, where Congressmen Earl Chudoff (D-Penn.), and Clare E. Hoffman (R-Mich.), were expected to hear several more witnesses. The hearings started in Redding, Calif., Mon day, and will end Dec. 1 in Spo kane, Wash. David C. Shaw, attorney rep resenting Gold Beach and Curry county interests, suggested the principle of marketing areas be applied to forest service land in the Siskiyou National forest. Presently, forest service timber is not limited to specific proces sing areas as under the BLM marketing area program. Lack of Roads Shaw pointed out that timber which geographically and eco nomically should go into the Gold Beach area does not be cause of lack of available main line access roads. He said a for est service road from the north would funnel timber into the Coos Bay area which would en hance Gold Beach economy. The actual cut from forest USED Portables - Cabinet Modefs WE ARE CROWDED FOR SPACE, so the manager says: "Let's MOVE THEM OUT!" PRICES ARE REALLY DOWN! FOR EXAMPLE . Portables $1 Q95 A Low As . I . Cabinet Models $CO50 As Low As J m SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO. 318 EAST MAIN service land in that area is far below the allowable cut because access roads are not available. He said a primary road is needed east from Gold Beach to make timber accessible. These roads he said, should be built by the government because rough ter rain makes it almost impossible for individual operators to ii nance mainline access roads. Norman Webb, representing Brown Brothers Lumber com pany of Grants Pass, said BLM marketing area boundaries should be changed and all areas open to competitive bidding, Webb pointed out that the com pany may have to close opera tions if boundaries are not changed. Webb claimed he could not go more than five miles from the company site for timber, while other operators could come into the area riear Brown Brothers and log. Established in 1947 The boundaries were estab lished after public hearings in 1947, when master marketing units comprised natural group ings of drainages containing BLM timber. Smaller towns within the master units had no historical dependence on the ad jacent master unit, according to BLM officials, because there were no records to show that smaller towns processed timber from adjacent units. The result was overlapping of Jackson and Josephine market ing units, especially in the val ley areas, processed timber from both Jackson and Josephine master units, continued to do so after units were established. Smaller towns, however, were limited to the unit which they had historical dependence. BLM officials pointed to Mur phy and Merlin as examples, Neither town produced evidence they processed BLM timber from the Jackson master unit, and therefore could purchase only in the Josephine marketing area. Another witness yesterday af ternoon, Howard Russell, forest er for Hunter and Best sawmill, suggested flexible marketing areas. He said the company is within a mile of the Josephine area, yet can not purchase tim ber from the area. Russell pointed out that flex ible boundaries would 'eliminate several situations similar . to Hunter and Best's, but said the company favored the principle of marketing areas. General Argument Testimony on mainline access roads and increasing salvage sales as well as increasing al lowable cuts prevailed through out the hearing, and although witnesses varied in details of what should be done, they gen erally agreed on principles in volved. Virgel L. Clark, representing Brookings Plywood corporation and other interests, said access roads should be constructed by the government when financing is beyond the capacity of indi vidual operators. He said he thought federally constructed roads are the least favorable be cause of political and economic pressures, and operator - built roads are constructed when and where economic pressures, and operator-built roads are con structed when and where ec onomics dictate. He also said ac cess roads can be built cheaper by operators. Jack A. Crump, representing the S.H. and W. Lumber comp any and the Sunny Valley Lum ber company of the Grants Pass area, said more funds should be appropriated by congress for ac cess roads. He suggested that timber sale regulations be am ended so sale receipts might be expended on construction. He also said sales should be of suf ficient size to amortize construc tion of roads. Maps Presented Crump presented maps of the Siskiyou and Rogue River Na tional forests indicating where he thought access roads should be constructed to obtain over mature timber. Access roads were discussed yesterday morning, when Lewis L. Simpson, secretary-manager of the Southern Oregon Conser vation and Tree Farm associa tion, asked that road regulations be reviewed and a "common sense" approach used to elim inate cumbersome and unwieldy regulations. He pointed out large areas of oyer - mature, diseased, and blowndown timber is inaccessi ble because access roads are lacking. He suggested mainline access roads built by the gov ernment with spur roads con structed by successful bidders. Witnesses agreed that funds should be provided to increase personnel to administer allow able cut sales.' Howard Norwood, manager of Magnolia Lumber company of Rogue River, explained that personnel is not available for the actual cut to equal the allow able cut on government timber. Adequate and competent person nel could bring the actual cut up to allowable' cut, and many com panies, such as Magnolia, would not be faced with possible clos ures because of lack of logs, he said. New Survey Needed Up-to-date inventories, wit nesses said, would help greatly in increasing the allowable cut. Crump pointed out "old and un reliable estimates in volume" are being used in allowable cut policies, and stressed the need of a new survey . Along with a reinventory, Simpson .gaid, goes an "accurate and careful study of timber growth in each area. The annual allowable cut must be synchron ized with the annual growth in each area in order to promote sustained yield." Salvage sale programs should be altered, witnesses said, to remove as quickly as possible diseased, killed and other dam aged trees. Clark pointed out that salvage timber should be in excess of green timber in salvage areas, and should not be included in allowable cut estimates. Simpson said "The primary thing is to salvage as much of the timber as possible and to re habilitate the salvage area so that it will start reproducing a new crop of timber as quickly as possible." Norwood said there is "a lot of loss because the salvage pro gram is not being pushed," and Crump pointed out that there are several areas where over mature timber should be sal vaged as soon as possible. Others Testify Other witnesses who testified yesterday included Frank Van Dyke, representing the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce; Don McNeil, also of the chamb er; R. E. Kellso, Southern Ore gon Plywood, Inc.; K. W. Blan chard, Lithia Lumber comp any, Ashland; Glenn L. Jack son, representing the Oregon State Industrial commission; and E. H. Wood, vice-president of Conifer Wood Products of Med ford. Subcommittee members who did not attend the hearing in clude Congressmen John- E. Moss Jr., (D-Calif.), and Robert H. . Mollohan (D-W.Va.). Sena tors who did not attend are Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), W. Kerr Scott (D-N.C), and George W. Malone (R-Nev.). Neuberger earlier this week was stricken with a virus infection and was unable to be here, and Scott was in Columbia, S.C., presiding over a meeting of the senate ag riculture committee. Following the hearings, Con gressman Chudoff said a report and constructive recommenda tions will be prepared for con sideration by Congress. Outdoor Advertising Law Slated To Start Dec. 31 Portland The permit require ments of Oregon's new outdoor advertising law which goes into effect Dec. 31 were outlined by Tom Current, assistant commis sioner of labor, at a meeting of the Oregon Roadside council in Portland . this week. He stated io Rurpan n-f T.nhnr is now ready to accept applications ancn v;. Pre-Holiday Clearance Sale OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF FINE FURS EDUCED UP ICO to yro Take advantage of this opportunity by selecting your new fur now. Choose your new fur from the following quality furs as listed. A deposit will hold your purchase. 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Current emphasized,' "It is the hope of Commissioner of Labor Norman A. Nilsen that the law vill work toward a return to the natural beauty of Oregon's high ways without undue loss to the advertising industry and the in dustries dependent upon adver tising." The council was requested to advise highway sign owners who have not received sign permit applications to obtain them from the labor bureau as well as in formation on provisions of the act pertaining to their outdoor advertising. A weather proof identification tag will be issued for each sign securing a permit. Current pointed out that the law generally regulates place ment, spacing, safety, and ap pearance of advertising signs and structures outside of incor porated cities. He named several limited exemptions including signs which advertise the name, nature or services of a business and which are placed within 300 feet of the business site. He pointed out that while these signs are exempt from pay ment of a fee, they are subject to other regulations. Various warning signs, signs on a farm advertising its products, and rental or sale signs on the real estate involved also are not sub ject to permit but are under some regulation. Compulsory Meal Inspection Underway Klamath Falls (U.P.) A three-weeks program of compul sory meat inspection is under way this week in Klamath, Lake and part of Grant county. Two packing plants in Lake county, four in Klamath and one in Grant county will be under continuous inspection during the three weeks pilot study. Two inspection teams are examining all animals before and after slaughter at the plants. The compulsory meat inspec tion pilot program was author ized by the 1955 Legislature. Similar inspections have al ready been completed in several sections of northwest Oregon. Most of the major island areas of the Antarctic continent are : named for females, while most I mountain ranges and peaks, gla Salk Tells New Tesis of Safety Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) The U. S. Public Health Service today "unveiled new production and safety testing procedures of polio vaccine which should put manufacture of safe vaccine on "an assembly line basis." Dr. Jonas Salk, appearing with a panel of polio experts at the 83rd annual meeting of the American Public Health associa tion, said that under the new procedures, including much more effective safety testing, "we should get safe consistency in lot after lot." Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, U. S. surgeon general, said manufac turers were in "various stages of readiness" and that some al ready were operating under the procedures set forth in the inter im report released today by the Public Health Service's Techni cal Committee on PoMo Vaccine. Several changes in manufac turing procedures and safety tests were outlined in the re port. Salk said the changes amount ed to submitting each batch of vaccine to a "calculated amount of over-treatment" to create a bonus "margin of safety" against any lingering virus that conceiv ably might remain. I Thursday, November 17, 19S5 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Three Perish in Fire In Chicago Residence Chicago (U.R) A brother, sis ter, and baby girl were killed early today when fire swept their home and their . bodies were brought to the hospital where their mother was on duty as a nurse. The dead were identified as Louis Kohler, 19, his sister, Betty Ann, 15, and their four-month-old half-sister, Catherine Eileen Killips. Jack Killips, 46, the stepfather of the two older children and father of the youngest, was se verely burned and was in criti cal condition at the Little Com pany of Mary Hospital, where his wife is a nurse. Film To Be Shown For Advisory Group A film entitled "Head of the House" will be shown at a meet ing of the Advisory Committee to the Jackson Juvenile Court at 8 p.m. Monday, it was announced today. The Rev. Thomas McCamant will serve as moderator of a discussion to follow showing of the film. The meeting will be held in the .circuit court room in the county courthouse. The executive committee of the group will meet at 7:30 p.m. prior to the full committee meeting. Total new memberships and renewals in the state farm bu reaus as of March 31, 1955 were 74,102 ahead of the correspond ing period a year ago. The total for the 48 state farm bureaus and Puerto Rico was 1,081,078 farm families. DETERMINED to make full time career of acting, Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski arrives in Hollywood for motion pic ture debut (International) Taxis of Yellowknife in Can ada's far northern-District of Mackenzie, do a thriving busi ness. Because few people own cars, some cabs rack up 5,000 miles a month. 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