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Resolution Seeking Reforestation Funds Will Benefit Area A resolution calling for a fund not to exceed $1,000,000 annual ly be spent for reforestation of O and C lands in 18 western Ore gon counties has been approved by the O and C association. E. K. Peterson, Medford dis trict forester of the bureau of and management, said, "The res olution should be a great long run benefit to forest economy and to the Rogue valley basin as well as to other parts of western Oregon where the O and C rights occur. Peterson said of the 800,000 acres of O and C lands in the Medford forest district, that half the timberland in the area is not fully stocked with growing tim ber. Up to the present time the BLM has been able to obtain from congress meager funds to finance reforest stations on O and C lands, he said. Plan Seedlings This year, Peterson said, the BLM was given only sufficient funds to permit planning of 160 acres of seedlings. The action by the executive committee will make available for reforesting stations in the Medford district maximum increase of $250,000 a year, he said. Peterson stated this would enable the BLM to reforest artificially a maximum of over 6,000 acres. ' The reforestation funds have to be appropriated by congress and would be reimbursed from the counties' share of O and C receipts from timber sales, Peter son said. He said the counties re ceive 75 per cent of the sales receipts by law. Previously the counties had agreed that a third of their share be used for timber access roads, he said. The amount available for access roads this year, he said, should be about $4,500,000. Peterson said the resolution reflects the value of the O and C lands and that the substantial amount being invested will fur ther increase productivity of the lands. He said that if reforesting lands is successful, the BLM could sell possibly 50 per cent more timber than is presently being offered for sale. Proble mof Station Many problems are faced by a reforesting station, Peterson said. Among them, he said, are dry . exposures and other climatic fac tors, rocky and poor soil, rodents and fire. The immediate problem Is getting tree seeds, he said. Ponderosa pine and douglas fir trees frequently do not have good crops more than once in eight years, Peterson said. Con sequently, he said, on the eighth year it is necessary for foresters to harvest the large crop and keep the cones in cold storage to last several years. At Tuesday's O and C advisory board meeting in Portland, Rus sell E. Getty, Oregon State rang and forestry officer of the BLM, told the committee about 25,000 acres of O and C lands are being harvested annually and about half of that will have to be artificially reseeded or planted annually. Access Roads BLM State Forest Engineer Charles F. Fogelquist told the advisory committee -that $10, 312,000 have been appropriated from 1951 through fiscal 1956 for building access roads. This money will provide for 145.8 miles giving access to 8,900,000 board feet of timber, both O and C and private, he said. Fogel quist said thus far 48 miles of roads have been completed, 72.4 are under construction and will be completed this year and 25.4 miles have construction sched uled to start this summer. He said the budget request for 1957 is for $4,193,700 for 73 miles of road. Getty also reported to the com mittee that 445,966,000 board feet of timber were sold for $17, 223,320.98 from O and C lands in the first 10 months of fiscal 1956. He said that May and June sales would bring the total to an estimated 614,859,000 board feet. Getty said the inventory pro gram being carried on by BLM has permitted increases in allow able cut from 588,000,000 board feet in October, 1955, to 614, 000,000 in February, 1956. Getty txppr BEWARE OF IMITATIONS LOOK ton THE HAPPY unit DOG TOPS IN QUALITY! LOW IN PRICE said the secretary of the inter ior will be asked to increase the allowable cut under the sus tained yield program as rapid ly as inventories are completed. Inventory Speedup There is a speed up of inven tories including all species in cluding hardwoods and those once thought of as weed trees, Getty said. Markets are develop ing for these hardwoods and weed trees, Getty pointed out. He said 608,000 acres have been inventoried to present high in ventory standards, 1,103,000 acres have been partially inven toried with forest types classi fied and 1,230,000 acres remain to be classified. Sale prices have risen from an average of $1.96 per thousand board feet in 1939 to an average of $38.62 in May, 1956, Getty said. The sale price has increased $3 in the past four months, he said. Charles A. Sprague, Salem publisher and representative of the public on the advisory board was reelected chairman. David T. Mason, consulting forester, Portland, was named vice chair man. . WEATHER By United Press " Northern California: Fair Sun day but high fog near the coast; scattered thunderstorms in the mountains mostly north portion. xx JIN HERE FOR CONVENTION Supreme Knight Luke E. Hart (left), New Haven, Conn., is shown receiving greetings from two local Knights of Columbus upon his arrival at the Medford airport. He is here for the three-day 48th annual K of C convention, which ends today. Extending the welcome are Paul W. Haviland (center), chairman, of the greetings committee, and David E. Walsh, general program chairman. Following the 9:30 a.m. Mass today, wives of the delegates will visif the historic St. Joseph's church, Southern Oregon museum and other historical points in the Jacksonville area while the men conclude convention busi ness. (Landis-Shangle photo). I l - AJT ; V)2 - EADEoiiGHT HERE'S SOMETHING J ESMRTEDTOUZ- 5 JKrt I'M REALLY LOOKING OF DRIVING ALL NEW! GREYHOUND I WHAT ARE THEY? j ' J ' FORWARD TO 7xR E ' ESCORTED TOURSlj NT rl " " ' 0H FRANigSNT THIS EXCITING? . ' W AND WHAT LOW-COST . -T-V - - YOU SEE SO MUCH ON A & ' LUXURY ! WE HAVENT SPENT 2, N,. 'Js.- , ' mj$?tk GREYHOUND ESCORTED :-J$ HALF OP WHAT WE DID ON ' -'-B, yr T Three Portlanders Killed in Crash Of Private Plane Toledo, Wash. U.R) Wreck age of a private plane which dis appeared on a flight from here to Portland was spotted about 10:30 a.m. Saturday by the Washington state patrol. All three occupants of the twin-engined plane were dead, officers said. The wreckage was spotted by patrol officers in prowl car about one - half mile south of Winlock, Wash. The plane had crashed in a field some 1,500 feet off the Pacific highway. Reported aboard the twin-engined Cessna were Portland Res taurateur William Koltsch and his son, Michael, and Larry Wil son, assistant football, basketball and track coach at Franklin Tigh school. Air Rescue The air rescue squadron at Mc Chord Field in Washington be gan a route check between Port land and Toledo Saturday end the Washington state patrol checked all possible landing fields between the two cities The plane left Toledo at 12:20 a.m. Saturday. The plane carried about three hours of fuel but there was con siderable air turbulence and thunderstorm activity over the area through the night. The Cessna was the second of its type to be lost over the same route within a week. Earlier, a Cessna 170 was reported miss ing with four' southern Cali- forrrians aboard on a flight from Renton, Wash., to Eugene, Ore. Search for that craft has been called off. U S7S. BUTTE FALLS California Man Visits By JUNE TAUNTON Butte Falls W. S. Hartlerode of Red Bluff, Calif., is visiting here with his son and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hartlerode. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davies welcomed a son, born May 10, at Community hospital in Med ford. The baby has been named Jonathan Richard. Mrs. Howard Simmonds and daughter, Robin, have, gone to Denver, Colo., to be with Mrs. Simmonds' sister, Mrs. Joan Mc Alister, who is ill. Mrs. Sim monds plans to be gone until late in July. Mrs. Roy Price, who was re cently hospitalized, is now con valescing at the home of friends, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Andreatta of Medford. Mrs. Price's father, Bert Pil grim, Leavenworth, Wash., was here visiting his daughter. Ted Reddell was hospitalized recently to undergo surgery on his back. He is now at home and hopes to be able to resume ac tivities soon. Butte Falls welcomes several newcomers to the community. Among them are Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Baker and Mrs. Baker's father, Mr. Brandon, of Eagle Point. They reside in a new house trailer, which is parked across from the Butte Falls grade school. Pvt. Warren Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Brown, was home recently for several days after completing basic training at Ft. Ord, Calif. Also home on leave at the Court Records DISTRICT COURT Virgil Leonard Brown, overload. 53133 Leona Delia Turley, intoxicated on a puolic highway, sjo. Eva Marie Kight, violation of Dasic rule. S12.50. William Elvie Raines, defective headlights. $10, bail forfeited. Loletta Irene Rand, violation of basic rule. $15. Ray Chester Lilly, no operator's li cense. $6. Louis Richard DeMartin, violation of basic rule. $10. George Theodore Sherman, violation of basic rule. $15. Nobie Hollis Brown, failure to oner- ate on right side of highway, $10. John Loukas Thanos. lailure to stop at stoo light. $10. Paul Ethelburt Scott, one headlight, $5. William Lee Evans, no operators li cense. $10. Cecil Lowell Williams, failure to operate on right side of highway. $3. James ueiwood Koiston. overwiatn. $15. Robert Owen Kemnton. overwidth. $15. Leo Patrick Davis, intoxicated on a public highway, $30. bail forfeited. Rov Gallowav. intoxicated on a rjub- lic highway. S15. POLICE COURT Virgil Allen Wilkes, violation of basic rule. $10. Luitzer Swirveld. no stop light, $5. Norman Grace McPeak. violation of basic rule, $10. Michael Brvce Smith, violation of basic rule, $10. Dale Frankie Culley. excessive noise (tires). $10. Herman Kirt Le nor. excessive noise (tires), $20. , MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Duane Carrol Gleaves, 1170 McAn- drews rd., Medford. and Charlene Alyce Cook, 1146 West McAndrews rd., Medford. ClsZsZVlifsZ'-'''J JT' V"- f -r-r f same time were Pvt. Eleanor Sheppard, Women's Marines, of Parris Island, S.C., Pvt. Dale Leroy Smith, of Ft. Ord, Calif., and Boilermaker second class Eugene "Gene" Wright of the Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Purvis and son Mike of Coquille, Ore., spent the week end visiting Mrs. Purvis' grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Smith. A brother of Robert, Don Pur vis, was also with the visitors. Several civic clubs 'pooled their efforts in organizing a food sale last week, which took place in the Butte Falls city hall. Those participating were the Lady Lions, Mt. Pitt club, the Parent-Teacher association, the Extension unit, and the HEC of the Grange. All proceeds, which totaled nearly $45, were given to the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital fund. The annual banquet of the Butte Falls juniors and seniors was held for the third year at ' For Service Day or Sunday, May 20, 1958 Mary's Casa in Medford. The Lady Lions of Butte Falls wish to thank those who had any part in the presentation of the fashion show given April 28 at Butte Falls. The theme of the show was "Forever Spring." Special thanks should go to the merchants of Medford who allowed fashions of their store to be shown. Mx. and Mrs. Clint Dale of Eureka, Calif., spent last week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Harris of Butte Falls. Mrs. -Dennis Butcher spent several days with her sister, Mrs. Viola Curtis, of Sutherlin, Ore. Mrs. Curtis' husband. Ken Curtis, died a few days before, from a heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greer and children, Jeanette, J o c e 1 y n, Paula and Donald, of Medford, wereveek end visitors of Mrs. Greer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold. Mrs. Burell Facey of Butte Falls, and daughter, Vanessa, motored to Witter Springs, Calif., last week, where they vis THE WILLIAM J. Detective agents for the American Bankers Association and the American Hotel Association, with offices in principal cities of the world. Burns Guards and Burns Merchant Patrol Services are known tor their record of experience, reputation for results, world-wide facilities, and moderate cost. Burns services include Investigations both criminal and civil, Undercover Op erations, Armed Guard Escorts, Payroll Deliveries, Bank Deposits, etc. These services are available at hourly or flat fee rates. Burns ha' thousands of satisfied clients throughout the world regularly using one or more of its services. 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