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TWELVE MZPrOWP (OMOOlf) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, June J, 1331 Better Demonstrations, Displays Included At Elk Lumber Site Southern Oregon resident last Sunday got a better understand ing of the amount of equipment and personnel necessary in fight ing forest fires at a Fire-ama at Elk Lumber company. The displays and show, spon sored jointly by federal, state ; and private industry groups, was held to give the general public a ' first hand look at tools and meth ods used in modern-day forest fire suppression. It was part of an over-all pro- gram under way in southern Oregon to provide more ade- ; quate training of fire crews and to establish a more coordinated effort in suppression of dis astrous forest fires, such as those J last Labor Day week end. Complete Participation Sam Taylor, of Elk Lumber ; company, chairman of the event, . arranged for almost complete participation by all interested j groups and emphasized that only through cooperation was the ; show a success. He said the ; event this year was the result of , a similar show last year at Elk : Lumber company in which other J industry representatives were ! invited to see equipment which j Elk Lumber company had pur- ; chased to provide fire protection ; for the plant as well as for use , in the forest. , This year the show was re- ' peated on a larger scale with I support ' by state, federal and '. other members of the industry. ' Active Committee Members ' One of the most active mem- ; bers of the committee in charge of the Fire-ama, Lewis L. (Doc) ;. Simpson, forester and manager of the Southern Oregon Conser- I vation and Tree Farm associa tion, said that if this year's ac- i licity was an indication of what could be expected, there prob- ably would be another Fire-ama ' on a larger scale next year. More than 100 pieces of mo bile fire fighting equipment was included in the display, repre senting a good idea of the cost involved in reducing fire loss. - Each unit carried a card bear ing the agency or company name, nomenclature of the equipment and the approximate cost. The total value of equip ment on display was estimated to be more than $500,000. Industry men saw on display ' the most recent tools and equip ment used in fire control. Dis plays were set up by dealers from southern Oregon. Included were hand and power tools, pumps, tankers, fire hose, noz zles and heavier equipment such as crawler tractors, bull dozers and road graders. Map Display A map display was used to pinpoint the $150,000 worth of fixed and mobile radio stations which are part of one of the na tions most complete radio net works devoted to communica tion in logging and fire suppres sion activities. The map technique also was used to give a graphic picture of the fire caches throughout forested areas in southern Ofe gon available for instant use in fire suppression. Comments of visitors indicated that both map displays were helpful in provid ing a clearer picture of coverage of combined private and public agencies in providing fast report ing and combatting of fires in remote areas. Another display was that pro vided by the Medford station of the weather bureau. Bob Church, meterorologist in charge, set up a field weather station and gave a demonstration and explanation of the part which prompt and in a commentary of the fire dem accurate reporting of fire-danger j onstration weather has in alerting the in-1: Several civic officials who at- dustry to a standby basis for action. Afternoon Highlight One of the highlights of the afternoon demonstration was the air-drop supplies by a forest service plane flown from Port land for Fire-ama. The pilot of the plane was Ed Shultz. veteran forest service fiver assigned to the smoke jumper base at Wi-: nois Valiey. near Cave Junction. I Other crew members were i lenny Moore ana Ai Hansen oi ; the Medford forest, service i office. The plane is equipped with a 650 horse-power engine and can carry 2.000 pounds of cargo or seven fire fighters. In addition to supply work the plane also is used to fly smoke jumpers over forest fires-. It has room for five jumpers plus equipment, which is dropped after jumpers are safely on the ground. Through an arrangement worked out by Tom Winneford, radio tcrhncian for Elk Lumber comDany, spectators were able to hear the conversation by ra dio between the ground station ;;t up at the Fire-ama site and the pilot requesting instructions and permission to release the cargo. One Dry Run The exercise consisted of one dry run to line up the location and calculated wind-drift, three cargo drops with parachutes, Understanding Provided From -Fire Two Reforestation In Use In Two programs of reforestation are being used in the Haystack burn area where 64.000 acres of timber was destroyed in the Klamath National forest last September, John Hall, Oak Knoll district ranger, told the Siskiyou chapter of the Society of Ameri can roresters rriday during a field trip into the area. Purpose of the field trip was to inspect the Haystack burn salvage program and measures of erosion control. Two Methods One reforestation method. Hall explained, includes plant ing seedlings. The other method is direct seeding, he said. Each method will be used on 10.000 to 15.000 acres. Hall stated that the greatest drawback to planting seedlings was that it cost between $60 and S65 an acre, compared to be tween $10 and $15 per acre in direct seeding'. The forest service has finances for about $50 per acre, he said. Hall explained that with di rect seeding they would have a fairly cheap method of reforest ing but because of rodents they are only getting a 30-36 per cent survival rate. Area poisoning to constipate rodents has been used. Hall added, but direct seeding still has not made up the .needed difference. Direct seeding has helped, he said, but a 60-70 per cent survival rate is necessary before it would be a satisfactory method. Estimated Ttm Last September it was esti mated that '400.000 to 500.000 trees would have to be planted. and one free fall drop of a bale of hay. No smoke jumpers participat ed in the demonstration since it is contrary to forest policy to risk accidents involving jumpers for public exhibitions. ' The demonstration was calcu lated to give the public a behind-the-scenes showing of one of the most intricate operations in fire suppression operations. Fir Demonstration Capping the events of the afternoon was an actual demon stration of forest fire suppres sion by a crew headed by Britt Ash, district ranger at the forest service station at Butie Falls. Several truck loads r.f slash and forest debris were hauled onto the show site for the demonstra tion and state and federal equip ment was used. The debris was ignited and allowed to burn out of control for about 20 minuted before the hose crew was ordered to con- trot it. The crew, working from a 300 gallon tank truck equip ped with a one-inch hose, first surrounded the area with the fog nozzle working into the center of the burn area. Next, the nozzle-man, Ash switched to the high pressure hose to bore into the hot spot and force water down to mineVal content ground through the burning surface debris. The three-man crew then worked with hand tools to separate the fuel and turn it to allow the nozzle-man an opportunity to wet down sparks. Mopping-Up Phase The mopping-up phase was handled quickly and efficiently and demonstrated the import ance of well-trained crews in proper control and suppression. Curtis Hesheim and Dovle Stockman of the slate depart ment of forestry, southwest Ore gon district, arranged for sev eral displays and in showing state equipment. They aiso aided tended praised organizations for bringing more sharply into focus the need for more equipment and trained personnei for use in forest fire suppression, Taylor I said Among agencies which partici pated in the show were the Cen tral Point Rural Fire Protection district, Ashland fire deDart- ment. Medford fire department and the Medford rural fire de- partment. Also on display was j me -ivh ueiense emergency vehicle from Josephine county and the Jackson County Disaster Car. Boy Scouts directed traffic and the Air Explorer Scouts dis played their emergency trailer. A post-event meeting will be held June 4 to make recommen dations for next year's show and to evaluate results of this year's Fire-ama. mo ciKaxDDo pya is 3 MAPLE FURNITURE and LAMPS Haystack Hall said. However, because of poor conditions and lack of per sonnel, only 200.000 to 300,000 trees have been planted. He said about 210 trees are planted per flay, which is about three times as low as it should be. In re stocking trees in low elevation areas, he said, seeds dry out. Hall said that chiefly pon derosa pine is being planted with some Douglas fir. About $450,000 has been alotted to the Haystack burn area, he said. Despite rodents, direct seed ing is almost the only hope for restocking the dead forest, he said. The program is based on completion in four years. First Problem The first problem after the fire. Hall said, was to make ar rangements to have as much of the timber salvaged as possible. He said that after timber dies, fungus deteriorates the tree and it becomes blue stained. He estimated that sawmills would have until about the end of August to remove salvagable timber before there was anv dangerof deterioration. Although there has been some staining already. Mall sgid, no timber has been lost. Hail pointed out that of 366, 000.000 board feet of timber de stroyed in the Haystack fire, up to 14,000.000 board feet of it has been sold to private indus try, and 116.000.000 has been sold to the government. Oregon Purchases He said that 70 per cent of the timber has been sold to Oregon sawmills. Reason for this, he said, is that California sawmills have been too involved in their own salvaging. Starting next Sunday, Hall said, he expected that mills would begin removing about 30.000 logs per day. He said it is possible to remove almost all the trees out without spoiling. Because of recent flash floods, he said,, timber is being sold for higher prices than appraised. As a result, he said, many indus tries are not competing, and added that he expected about eight more firms to purchase timber between now and the end of August. Hall also explained that re cent flash floods have irritated ' Problem of Highway Deaths Is With local San Francisco U.R) Dele gates closed the Western region al conference of President Eis enhower's committee for Traffic Safety Friday in agreement that the problem of reducing the an nual highway death toll of 38,- 000 victims rests mainly on lo cal communities and their lead ers. Mrs. Raymond Sayre of Ack- worth, Iowa, a member of the President's committee, told dele gates from 1 1 western states that they would have to catch up with the East Const in the battle against needless highway deaths. Richards to Suggest College Name Change La Grande U.B Dr. John R. Richards, chancellor of the state system of higher education, said here Friday he would rec ommend to the State Board of Higher Education at its June 11 meeting in Portland that names of two schools in the state sys tem be changed. He said he proposed to change Eastern Oregon College of Edu cation to Eastern Oregon College and Southern Oregon College of Education, to Southern Oregon College. Both schools long have been referred to by the shorter names. Ballston Man Indicted For 1st Degree Murder Dallas (U.R A Polk county grand jury Friday indicted Bay liss Gilbert Fanning, 57, of Ball ston, for first degree murder in the fatal shooting of his wife, Margaret. Fanning is accused of slaying his 41-year-old wife with a .38 caliber pistol during ' and argu ment May 20. Programs Burn Area erosin conditions and that three measures are being used to pre vent erosion. One method is con structing small check dams to divert water. Such projects are usually too expensive. Hall said. Another method, he said, was constructing s k i d trails for mulching on granite soils. Granite soil. Hall pointed out, is among the worst soil for erosion. The best method for prevent ing erosion is the application of grass seed. Some form of vegeta tion is the answer to the prob lem, Hall said. Grass seed was provided with all sales of tim ber. . Fire-Weather Situation Following dinner at the Klam ath River Lodge, R. A. James and Lee Morford. fire control officers on the Klamath Nation al forest, gave a report on the analysis of the fire-weather sit uation preceding the Haystack fire and strategy used in con trolling it.' James explained the fire, which caused about $22,000,000 worth of damage, was facilitated by a deficientcy of moisture in the ground. Yreka had 39 per cent of normal rainfall that year, he said, and most of it came dur ing the winter and not in the summer. Other weather conditions also were unfavorable, James said. He said that forecasters didn't predict the wind accurately and as a result the forest service often didn't know what strategy to use, especially pn ground fires. ' Morford said that the forest service was hindered in fighting the Haystack fire because of manpower shortage. During the same three-day period in which the Haystack fire started, 27 other lightning fires started. He added that in a 15-day pe riod 65 fires were reported, in v.'hich the Haystack fire was the largest. He said the fire burned so fast it was impossible to con trol. In one area, he said, the fire was averaging about 20 acres every 12 minutes. Their strategy, Morford ex plained, was to hold the west side of the fire so it wouldn't spread into the more valuable timber. Reducing Cities As the two-day conference closed, all 11 states pledged to take steps to improve safety con ditions in their areas. The states and their resolu tions included: Washington: To take immed iate action to improve the ef fectivness of existing safety councils and utilize citizen groups now in existence. Utah: To form a special com mittee of business leaders to spearhead a full safety program and endeavor to arouse support and interest in safety programs and driver education programs Nevada: To form a state safe ty council and to hold a follow up conference in June; also to campaign for a "realistic speed limit." California: To support the Cal ifornia Traffic Safety Founda tion and to work for better co ordination of existing, safety groups. . Oregon: To improve present state organizations and to spark progress of its program by tak ing it to the "grass roots level. Arizona: To meet in the . im mediate future to create a rri vately sponsored, non-pol'ilcal council to work for a statewide program. Idaho: To ask the governor to set up a temporary nonpolitical statewide committee to plan for permanent organization . and program. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS LOOK fOK IHt HAPPY UTTU DOS TOPS IN QUALITY! LOW III PRICE Third Printing of Oregon Schedule of Events Published Salem The third printing of Oregon I Schedule of Events was released this week with several new events annearinff for the first time this season. The National Education Ac sociation will hold its national meet in Portland from July 1 through 7 with some 10.000 are exoected tn affenH TPrnm Sprit. tember 16-20, the Veterans of world War I will hold its Na tional Encampment, with some 5.000 exriected. August Events Of unique interest in August is the International Sourdough Reunion in Portland nthor ma. jor August events include the uregon bnakespearean Festival, Ashland, August 1 - September 1; the lltn Annual Marv'c - Paalr Trek, from Corvallis, August 5; a new event, the Oswego Water Festival, Oswego lake, August 24-25 and the Astoria Regatta and Oregon Fisheries Festival, August 30 . September 2. The Sisters Annual Tlnrfon a popular event in the Central Ore gon it e e re a 1 1 o Area, has changed its dates to June 22-24. The month of June -will also see the All-Arabian Horse Show, State Fairgrounds, Salem, on the 23rd and 24th and the first per formance of the Mirror Pond Water Pageant, Bend, June 30. Two other performance of the Mirror Pond Pageant will be held on Julv 4 and 7 Timber Carnival Other major events in July are World's f!rlamninn:t-iir Tim ber Carnival. Alhanv .Tniv oa- Miss Oregon Pageant, Seaside, July 20-22; Chief Joseph Days, Joseph. July 27-29, and Santiam Bean Festival, Stayton, July 31 August 4. The Oregon schedule is clim axed by two events, the Port land Rose Festival, June 6-10, and Pendleton Round-Up, Sept ember 12-15. For a copy of travel informa tion, residents may write Room E, travel division, Oregon state highway department, Salem, Oregon. The cells of the yeast plant are so small that if 3,000 of them were laid in a straight line they would measure only about one inch. June Smart kasttstu knot mtlk on social occasions is just at lotuti as tha familiar advict . . , JACKSON School Safety Patrol Honored Wm-U. nnn Nearly 200 persons, amonc them about 120 school safety patrol boys and girls, attended the sixth annual dinner in honor of the school patrols Friday eve ning at rieancK Junior Hieh school. The vounesters- sturipnt at the five city elementary schools and St. Mary's and Oak Grove schools, all have given time dur ing the past vear suardin? streot crossings near their schools, and supervising tneir classmates for weir own protection. Given Pencils Each was presented with an automatic school patrol pencil, plus a signed citation, for their work. Mayor Earl Miller pre ssmen ine pencils to a repre sentative of each school. The city and the schools are "partners in safety," the mayor told the group and he ureed the students to continue to partici pate in safety work, tn learn safety procedures, to know the laws, to oe conscious of the dan ger potential in today's society, and to pass on this information to their classmates. The speaker was Miss Venita Howard, informational repre sentative of the state traffic safety division, who was intro duced by Elliott Becken, assist ant ' school superintendent and master of ceremonies, who pointed out it was appropriate to have a feminine speaker due to the fact that so many girls are entering school safety patrol work. Stresses Cooperation Miss Howard, representing both Gov. Elmo Smith and Sec retary of State Earl Newbry, dis cussed the need for cooneration from family, school and govern ment in safety work. Steps she recommended for in creasing safety are an increase in safety consciousness and edu cation, in increased and tight ened law enforcement, in high way construction, and in revised licensing procedures. "Too often," Miss Howard said,, "people expect the schools to do it all." She emphasized the family's role in teachinff safetv and in setting a good example. btie related the safety patrol program to the overall safetv effort, telling of its importance, 1 THE that strvmg " COUNTY MILK PRODUCERS at Banquet . . .... and congratulating th natrnl ooys ana girls for their volun tary efforts on behalf of their friends and neighbors. The train ing fits in with the need for traffic experts, she said, experts on the highways and behind the wheels of cars. There is no need to be' proud of the present record of the state in safety, she pointed out, when there are 65,000 accidents each year which cause 414 deaths. 50,000 injuries, and $40,000,000 in property damage. "I hope our young people can do better than this when they grow up," she said. Past and present officers of the Medford Safety council and city officials were introduced at the meeting, as were school fac ulty safety patrol supervisors. a string octet from the Medford high school provided dinner music. The Safety council sponsored the dinner, with the eonneratirm of the Elks lodge, the Crater and Medford Lions clubs, and the Rotary, Kiwanis and Active clubs. Klamath Man Dies of Injuries in Tacoma iacoma (U.P nnnilil Frackie. 22. Klamath Falls, n . died in a local hosnital Fririav night about 10 hours after he was wounded in a hunting acci dent near Montesano, Wash. rrackie. 22. a former resiripnt of Montesano who mnvi tn Oregon about a vear aso was struck by a bullet fired from a rifle carried bv Bradlpv Hnworri 19, according to the Grays Har bor county sheriff's office in Montesano. Fresh Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail These Jumbo Shrimp arrive daily by Air Express. Our Chef cooks them with a little Celery and lemon Juice. They are then chilled and marinated tor your Taste Delight! , Served with Cocktail Sauce, Lemon Wedge, and Saltine Wafers Top Notch Cafe ' ' Next to Craterian Beauty Shop EO$T$$$ "WITH "teU She'i the one who an make you feel at home, even though you're away from home, She'i the one who ukes a second look at the foods and beverages most generally associated with your home life, then shrewdly serves them up to you right in her own home. Milk is certainly a "must" in ever) body's home. That's why it's about the friendliest, most welcome beverage you can serve your guests. And milk gots with everything. ..horn pastry to cheese and crackers, from candy to TV tidbits. . ' Mm, . Show Guests Flee Hotel In Portland Fire Portland U.R) Thirty guests were forced to flee their rooms in the New Rvan hntpl here early Saturday when a two- aiarm lire swept tne structure. One fireman was overcome hv the dense smoke and a small boy was carried unconscious from tha burning building by a Canadian Navy shore patrol officer. Firemen removed at least 20 persons from upper windows of the three-story building by ex tension ladder.-Their sairi a 3 a.m. check disclosed the huilriinir free of guests. Two other hotels adjacent to the New Ryan were ordered evacuated by firemen but guests were permitted to re turn at 3 a.m. The Cart Wheel, a restaurant and tavern on trip strppt level of the hotel, which is across the street irom roruana city nail, was believed the source of the fire. The establishment was de scribed as a total loss. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Fair Sun day except fog and low clouds on north coast morning. Little change in temperature. About 23 of every 100 persons under the age of 21 years are found to have defective eyesight in some degree. - - fiMTmiT.Vfiml w I II. ffurrffirt and hrun itntrta omtdt pteosont urroundfng. 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