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
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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
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1943 Hwy. 99, South
Grants Pass, Ore.
permit fees for annual sign per
mits for 1956 for the construc
tion and use of highway signs
meeting the provisions of the
law.
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. In winter, to
avoid trouble starting, drivers
keep their motors running all the
time. - -
Manning, in the northern part
of Canada's province of Alberta,
advertises itself as the "north
ernmost midwestern farm town
in North America." The town is
565 miles north of the United
States border.
Montreal, Canada's metropolis
with a population of more than
1,000.000, is the French-speaking
world's second city in size. It
ranks after Paris, the French
capital, which is more than twice
as large.
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