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.Sunday, April St, 1958
breoTmomi Forest IFire IFighftiimg School SyccessM Here
About 110 Trainees
Parlicipafe in Two
One-Day Sessions
Plan for a foreman fire fight
ing school next year are being
considered by state and federal
agencies and representatives of
southern Oregon lumber indus
try on the basis of the success
for the first such school here
Thursday and Friday, according
to administrators of the school.
Between 105 and 110 trainees
representing more than 30 lum
ber industry firms, participated
in the day-long school at the
state forestry department's
southwest district headquarters
on Table Rock rd. Two one-day
session were held.
Lack of Foramen
The school is the result of an
apparent lack of trained fore
men from this area during last
September's forest fires. Super
visors were transferred into the
area to oversee fire fighting.
Lewis L. Simpson, secretary
manager of Southern Oregon
' Conservation and Tree Farm as
sociation, said lumber industry
representatives and state and
federal agencies agreed that
trained foremen from this area
would be more valuable because
of familiarity with topography,
burning conditions and other
factors affecting fire fighting in
a particular locality.
The school includes courses in
large fire organization, radio
procedures and practice, time
keeping and safety on fire lines
as well as demonstrations on
fire behavior and use of water.
Fir Control
George Flanagan, vice presi-
dent and general manager of
Elk Lumber company, during
the introduction and orientation,
told the foremen his first experi
ence with a cooperative fire con
trol program was in Chester,
Calif., In 1941.
The program was developed
there, he said, after many pros
pective forest fire fighters re
fused to sign required forms for
fire fighting. Two or three lum
ber companies cooperated in
starting the fire control program
there. He noted that when the
southern Oregon cooperative
program started, about 40 firms
were participating.
A program such as the South
ern Oregon Conservation and
Tree Farm association cooperat
ing with federal and state agen
r cies reduces fire losses, he said.
. Timber grows about 2 per cent
annually, he pointed out, and
; through cooperative efforts, fire
!t loss is kept to two-tenths of one
cent annually.
5 Area Protected
Jack Wood, supervisor of
' Rogue River National forest,
J said the area protected by fire
fighting groups in southern Ore-
gon produces between $30 and
$40 million worth of lumber
shipped out of the area annually.
I The area covers about 4,000
square miles, he said.
If the entire area were rolled
. into one-mile-wide strip, it would
reach from New York to San
Francisco and north to Portland,
he explained.
t State and federal agencies, he
5 noted, control between 200 and
i 300 fires annually, many of
them involving small acreage.
He said that because of eco-
nomic reasons, the forest service
could not maintain personnel
and equipment the year-round
to fight tires like those of last
September.
Available Manpower.
The forest service, Wood said,
"would have been unable to
5 cope with the situation if it
t had not been for available man
i power in southwest Oregon."
Even with trained manpower,
, he added, the need for trained
supervisors was aDDarent last
September.
i" -' The Southern Oregon Con
st servation and Tree Farm asso-
ciation was discussed at a meet
. ; ing of bureau of land manage-
ment foresters in Washington re
. cently, Eugene Peterson, district
i forester for BLM here, said.
J Those attending the meeting,
g he said, indicated such an or
t ganization may be tried in the
J state of Washington,
i Lands in southwestern Oregon
covered by the bureau of land
management include about 400,
000 acres, and is the largest sin-
j gle land owner, Peterson point-
ed out.
Fire Protection
Fire protection for the land
costs about S60.000 annually, he
said, to state and other federal
$ agencies. It is the same protec
I tion rate paid by private com-
panies, Peterson noted.
:: The timber brings in about
.if $1.5 million annually, he said,
which results in lower taxes.
Lyle Byers, of the state for
3. ester's office in Salem, and S.
'T. Moore, fire control officer
for tlu Rogue River National
forest, were instructors in the
large fire organization class.
Jobs of each overhead posi
" tion were outlined, showing th
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NOZZLES EXPLAINED Various nozzles
used in controlling forest fires are explained
by Doyle Stockton, left, assistant district
warden of the state forestry department's
southwest district, and Britt Ash, district
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USE OF WATER Britt Ash, district ranger at Butte Falls for
forest service, displays use of water in extinguishing fire in
tire at the school for fire fighting foremen last week. Purpose '
of the water demonstration was to show how to use the least
amount of water most effectively. (Brainerd Photo). ,
relation of each job in the effi
ciency of the over-all operation.
Also outlined was the organiza
tion from the fire chief to the
man on the fire fighting line.
Proper Orders
Foreman duties in camp to
keep men in a group, see that
they are properly fed and cloth
ed, and that proper orders are
given prior to going onto the
line were discussed. Byers and
Moore pointed out that it is im
portant that the linemen know
what to do when going onto the
fire line.
Men in charge of falling trees,
heavy equipment and other over
head positions were included in
the class.
' The radio procedure and prac
tice class chiefly centered around
effective use of walkie-talkies
aud becoming familiar with
various type of radios used by
fire fighters. The class was
taught by Curtis Nesheim, south
west district warden for the
state, and H. A. Thomas, district
range; of the Ashland district,
Rogue River National forest.
Accurate Records
Lee Port Jr., of Salem, stress
ed the need for accurate records
in timekeeping for men and
equipment. He pointed out that
accurate records are necessary
to avoid confusion and errors
in reimbursing man and equip
ment for serving on the fire line.
George W. Kansky, . district
ranger at Union Creek, discuss
ed safety on fires, pointing out
that one injured man will re
duce efficiency and strength of
the crew. At least one man ac
companies an injured man back
to camp, and in many cases two
or three are needed. Kansky
stressed the need of safety in
structions to fighters regarding
hazards from falling . burning
limbs, and use of equipment.
Fire Behavior
William Hughes of the state
forester's office in Salem demon
strated fire behavior. Included
were how fire reacts when there
is no draft, in various degrees
of wind, how it climbs hills
and an effective means of con
trolling the fire just over the
crest of a hill.
The demonstration was with
pine needles on an asbestos cov
ered table.
Britt Ash, district ranger at
Butte Falls, Rogue River Na
tional forest, and Doyle Stock
ton, assistant district warden for
the state forestry department
here, demonstrated use of water
on fire, and discussed various
type nozzles. The demonstra
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tions showed how to use the
least amount of water to the
best advantage.
Training films for the school
were furnished by the forest
service and state forestry department.
Olson-Ross
Timber on
An estimated 4,302,000 board
feet of timber on May creek in
Jackson county was sold by the
bureau of land management to
Olson-Ross Lumber company,
White City, April 19.
Most of the timber was killed
or damaged by the Sykes Creek
fire last September. The tract
represents one of the major
blocks of timber to be offered
for sale in the Sykes creek burn
and brings to more than 7,000,
000 board feet, the amount of
timber sold by the BLM in the
burn, according to District For
ester E. K. Peterson.
Olson-Ross Lumber company's
high bids were $28.50 per thous
and board feet for Douglas fir,
S30 for ponderosa pine, $35 for
sugar pine, and $6.85 for in
cense cedar. One other bidder
particiated in the oral auction
sale.
Speedy Reforestation
In order to assure speedy re
forestation of the lands adminis
tered by the BLM in .the burned
area, the purchaser will be re
quired to plant 188 acres of the
area logged with two-vear-old
ponderosa pine seedlings. A por-
uon of tne area previously sold
has already been planted by
BLM and other areas will be
planted by the purchasers as log
ging progresses.
In a second oral auction sale,
A. C. Smith Lumber co., Wolf
Creek was successful bidder for
an estimated 555,000 board feet
of timber on Coyote creek in
northern Josephine county. One
other bidder competed in the
sale. The high bids were Douglas
Fire Department h
Called to Lumber Firm
The Medford fire department
dispatched two pumpers about
1:51 p.m. Friday to the Timber
Product's Veneer plant to extin
guish a fire between two sand
er dust bin walls.
With the aid of the Timber
Product's fire fighting unit the
fire w-as extinguished by remov
ing the roof.
No damage was reported and
cause was not determined. ,
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ranger at Butte Falls, Rogue River National
forest. The demonstration was included in a
school for foremen fire fighters at the district
headquarters on Table Rock rd. Thursday and
Friday. (Brainerd Photo).
Plans for Fire-ama
Here Announced
Plans for a Fire-arma Satur
day, May 26, at Elk Lumber
company, were advanced last
week at a meeting of the Fire
ama committee. Sam Taylor, for
est superintendent for Elk Lum
ber company, is chairman.
The event will be held from
noon to 6 p.m. sponsored by cor
porations to demonstrate fire
fighting equipment and to di
rect public attention to the prob
lem of forest fires.
Proposed activities during the
afternoon include extinguishing
burning trash piles by different
methods, a log birling contest,
display of smoke jumper equip
ment, display by the weather bu
reau, "-and maps of lookouts,
guard ' stations - and other key
points.
The group is considering the
possibility of an air-drop of ma
terial and a demonstration of
various fire suppression meth
ods. A food concession also is
planned.
Letters have been mailed to
all agencies interested in the
event with requests for com
ments and suggestions concern
ing the educational program.
Buys BLM
May Creek
fir, $23.75 per thousand board
feet; ponderosa pine, $31.70; su
gar pine, $31.40; and incense ce
dar, $7.80
The next timber sale by the
Medford district, BLM, will be
May 17 at the Medford city hall.
Five tracts totalling approxi
mately 6V& million board feet
will be offered for sale by oral
auction.
Information regarding the
tracts may be secured from the
office of the district forester in
the city hall.
NAMED ASSISTANT Alan
F. Eames Friday was appoint-
ed assistant manager of the
Medford branch, First Nation
al Bank of Portland. He comes
here from Coos Bay, where he
was assistant manager. He
replaces Ray Sorenson, who
plans to become associated
with the Oregon Veneer com
pany, Medford. (The Camera
Shop, Coos Bay, Photo).
WEATHER
By United Press
Northern California: Mostly
fair Sunday but occasional high
cloudiness; fog on coast.
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WINTER SLEEP This photograph by Bob Roberts of the
Bellington, Wash., Herald shows a bear in winter sleep. Tha
bear, whose eyes are film covered, could not be disturbed
until the cedar had been felled and rain disturbed his sleep.
The picture was taken several years ago.
Reaction of Bear Most
Risky Following Winter
By F. J. CLIFFORD
Guessing a bear's reaction is
risky business as two Alaskans
realized too late. The most risky
time is when a bear is awaken
ing from winter sleep.
The bear is not a true hiber
nator as is the groundhog. Like
all hibernators and winter-sleepers,
the bear accumulates fat for
springtime recovery. When the
animal first emerges from the
den, the fat is still much the
same as when the bear went
into semi-hibernation. Reestab
lishment of digestive processes is
painful and slow, as Captain
Eddie Rickenbacker and com
panions found. They captured a
sea gull, ate it raw, and suffered
distress. Little good was accom
plished from eating the gull.
News Releases
As reported in news releases,
the Alaskan bear apparently had
been nibbling at what new green
growth was available and was in
his den nursing a stomach ache.
Certainly in no mood to be
poked. While still asleep in his
winter quarters, considerable
liberty can be taken with a bear.
When bear meat was consid
ered "good eatin' " and bear oil
used in combing hair, it was not
too risky to crawl in a den, care-
The Family
Editor's note: The Family Council consists of a judge, a psychiatrist, a
newspaper editor, a women's page editor and two newspaper writers. These
consult with clergymen of all faiths and denominations. All letters are held
in complete confidence. i
LUCY He doesn't , really
want to quit:
DAN She undermines my
confidence.
LUCY For more than five
years my husband, Daniel, has
been complaining about his job
and arguing with me that he
wants to make a change. The
first time he brought that up we
had a long and emotional dis
cussion, and I finally agreed
that I would cheerfully go along
with him and take all the
chances entailed, although we
had just bought a heavily mort
gaged home and had two chil
dren who were little more than
infants.
No sooner had I agreed with
him that he should quit than he
went to see his boss about it
and got talked out pf his resolu
tion in a very few minutes. With
in three months my husband was
complaining again. A few weeks
ago he came to me and told me
that he had decided to leave his
job. I asked him what other
plans he had and he admitted
that he had none, that he would
simply take his chances.
I ventured to suggest that he
should have another talk with
his boss and tell him frankly
what his complaints were. At
this, he blew up and accused me
of having worn him down to the
point where he could not con
tend with his boss. He said I was
to blame for the fact that he
surrendered to his boss five
years ago, when he had gone to
him to resign.
This was too much for me, and
I told him that he was continu
ally undermining my security
by threatening to leave his job,
but that he was doing nothing
constructive to create an alter
native way of earning a liveli
hood. This enraged him, and he
has gone around the house glar
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fully loop a rope over a bear's
head, haul him out, and butcher
the animal like a hog.
There is little drain on a hi- i
bernator's or winter-sleeper's fat.
The metabolism drops too low to
use fat. The need of accumulated
fat is when digestion is being re
established, which requires about
two weeks.
Overcoat Slipping
With fat gone and the hairy
winter overcoat slipping in
patches, the bear is lean, alert
and dangerous.
The bear shown in the picture
was discovered by two loggers
west of Bellingham, Wash. The
picture was obtained by a re
porter from Bellingham. The
bear was sleeping in a 12 foot
diameter hollow cedar which
had been felled. Rain drove him
out later.
In proof of a bear's deep winter
sleep, a headsawyer from the
north Klamath Falls country
tells of an incident in sawmill
operation when his tailsawyer
yelled, "Hey, stop it. You're slic
ing off bear steaks.
' It was true. A small bear had
crawled into a fallbucked log,
which had been logged out of
the snow and dumped in the
mill pond where the bear likely
drowned.
Council
ing at me and refusing to talk
to me ever since.
.
DAN When my wife goes
along with my decision to quit
my. job, it is as' if she were
agreeing to commit suicide. She
certainly shows no confidence
in me. She evidently does not
think it is possible for me to do
well on .another job or to find
another job. I blamed her for
my surrender five years ago
despite the fact that she had
"agreed" that I quit. I blame her
because she had argued with me
for days and days to convince
me that my decision would be
the ruin of our children. When
I finally went to the boss and
he argued against my decision,
I was too weak for him.
' THE COUNCIL: Lucy has to
learn to carry her "insecurity"
a little better. Dan has trying
problems in his relations with
his boss and he needs an outlet
for his sense of complaint. When
he tells his wife that he plans
to quit, he wants expressions of
sympathy and confidence from
her.
. Dan obviously has both a keen
sense of responsibility and a
pronounced lack of self-confidence.
When his wife explores
the gloomy side of the picture,
she is but underlining the pic
ture that haunts him. She would
be wiser to approve of his de-!
cision in principle while urging
patience to time the resignation
to his best advantage. j
Dan would find his relations
with his boss less irksome if !
he did not feel desperately de
pendant on his job. Lucy could
best help him by changing her :
role in these family discussions, j
She should not try to belittle
the extent of his office problems
or to argue with him. He will
do nothing rash; the reason he
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High School
By NELLIE RAWLINGS
The school year is almost over,
and it is time once again for
next years club officers. The
Girls' League
elections were
held Wednes
day, and the
following girls
came out on
top: President,
Joyce Greg
ory; vice pres
ident, Bev De
Borde; se c r e-
Nellie Rawlings iary, Milt
Carter; treasurer, Dianna Getch
ell. Katherine Gott was elected
Girl of the Year, and the pin will
be presented to her permanently
at the Mother-Daughter Tea, dur
ing Girls' League week.
The results of the Boys' League
elections were announced: Presi
dent, Dick McLaughlin; vice
president, Mike Stearns; secre
tary, Larry Perkins; treasurer,
Jay Mullen; sergeant at arms,
Larry Cranston.'
This week .end was senior
visitation at most colleges. Many
students planning on attending
college next year visited the
campuses and were made famil
iar with the college, and also
entertained at parties, dances,
etc.
A dance, "Drag Race Drag,"
was held at the YMCA Friday
night. Music for the dance was
provided by the Bob Ayres Band.
The concert t band presented
an assembly program Thursday
morning for all students.
Six weeks test were taken
this w eek. There is only one
six weeks period of school left,
and teachers are preparing final
tests and students are dreading
them.
The sunny weather ' has
brought out all sorts of spring
clothes, of which the widely-
advertised bermuda shorts take
top notice. Since the recent
escapade, a few boys are seen
every day wearing the famed
apparel.
is so enraged at his wife's ar
guments is his own inner fears.
and he needs propping up of
self-confidence.
(Copyright 1956, General
Features Corp.)
Gone Fishin'
The eom'mg of warm weather in the Rogue Valley means fun
for lots of people . . . it's time to go fishing. Of course, some
people would rather go-water skiing . . . and some would
rather go to the beach.
But along with thoughts of outdoor recreation here in the Rogue
Valley, spring-time also meant home repairing and remodeling
for many of ui.
If your home needs a new roof ... if you're thinking of a new
room ... if you have any home face-lifting project in mind . .
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News Notes
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of their Iowa tests of educa
tion development, which were
taken earlier in the year. The
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