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History from the Hies of The
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10 years ag
10 YEARS AGO
June 13, 1948
fit was Thursday)
Four prominent citizens speak
at public forum at Jackson coun
ty courthouse on juvenile delin-
qency.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Cowmen
are now In the hills scattering
"salt" for their beef cattle, of
which there will be none until
1948. Washington, D.C.. reports
daily.
20 YEARS AGO
June 13. I93B
(It was Sunday)
Sigmund Levanevsky, famous
Russian pilot, visited Medford
this morning.
Medford attention was called
yesterday to the 4th of July cel
ebration in Crescent City by
Paul A. Brunk.
30 YEARS AGO
June 13. 1928
(It was Sunday)
Grain hay about five feet tall
Is on display at the Chamber of
Commerce, grown by Thomas
Taylor on unirrigated ranch.
Dr. R. E. Green files for di
rector at school headquarters for
election June 21 in Medford
school district.
40 YEARS AGO
June 13, 1318
(It was Tuesday)
The local lodge of Elks 1168,
will hold flag day exercises to
morrow at temple.
From Local and Personal col
umn: R. E. Nealon, of Central
Point, was a business visitor
Monday.
What's the Answer?
1. The Missouri delegation at
the Democratic convention will
support Harriman, Kefauver,
Stevenson, Symington, or Tru
man for President?
2. Voice of America programs
may be broadcast in as many as
(a) 15, (b) 27, (c) 34, or (d) 43
languages?
3. Federal-state old-age assist
ance payments go to about (a) 1
million, (b) 1.5 million, (c) 2 mil
lion, or (d) 2.5 million persons?
4. Alcoholism killed more peo
ple than tuberculosis in France
in 1955; right or wrong?
5. Americans 10 years of age
or older consumed in 1955 an
average of Ja) 15, (b) 20, (c) 40,
or (d) 50 pounds of coffee apiece?
6. The U. S. has air bases in
all the countries of North Africa;
right or wrong?
7. A baseball fan injured by a
foul ball can or can't recover
damages?
The answers: I. Senator Sym
ington. 2. 43 languages at maxi
mum. 3. 2.5 million. 4. Right (30
per can! more). 5. 20 pounds, ac
cording to Pan-American Coffee
Bureau. 6. Wrong (five bates in
Morocco, one in Libya, none in
Tunis or Algeria). 7. Can't usual
ly recover (Courts have said in
most cases that injury from fouls
is a risk assumed by all specta
tors). Biggest Pie Contains
26S Pounds of Apples
Boston (U.PJ The world's
biggest apple pie was unveiled
here.
The six New England gover
nors sampled the prodigious pas
try at the annual meeting of the
New England council.
Ten feet wide and weighing
300 pounds, the pie contained
265 pounds of New England apples.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Porcupine
HOW TO DO IT
As summer comes back, so does the battle of the porcu
pine, the difference of opinion between those who kill por
cupines because porcupines eat trees and those who defend
the porcupine as the creature who was there long before
man got dominion over fir and pine. We've taken the
porcupine's side, most of the time, but we've tried also to
be fair. In that spirit of fairness we pass on the advice of
Bend's irrepressible Paul Hosmer who is on the other (the
wrong) side. Writing in his "Pine Echoes," Paul tells how to
catch a porcupine. -
First thing, he says, you sneak up on the critter and drop
a washtub over hir.i. That way, you've got a place to sit
down while you figure what to do next.
THE ABOVE is from the
nature-loving editorial
ister-Guard, who has been conducting a spirited,
though largely unsuccessful, defense of the porcu
pine. Porcupine defenders have been few and far be
tween in recent years. Up until this week, we counted
ourselves among them.
Our change of heart, if such it can be called, was
the result of a trip into the
group of foresters who look upon porky with a jaun
diced and murderous eye.
We were shown evidences of the tremendous dam
age they do to growing and potentially valuable trees,
which has been estimated "conservatively" at $65 per
animal per year.
XE WERE TOLD of other types of depredation
T how the prickly little
officially) consume vast
than the soft, inner bark of trees; things which man
kind finds useful and expensive.
We were told how a "Cat" was left to sit overnight
on one logging operation, and when it was inspected
in the morning, porcupines were found to have eaten
the seat, the fan-belt, the
nition wires, and parts of the tires damage wnicn
amounted to several hundred dollars.
They like salt, and items associated with human
perspiration, as the handles of axes, shovels or picks,
are often chewed away if left carelessly about. One
group destroyed a brand-new fire hose ielt out over
night by a lumber company's forest fire fighters.
" m m e e
IN ADDITION, the pincushion beasts are hated by
livestock men and orchardists. In the case of the
former, they can cause a cow to die if some of their
auills become buried m the
In the case of the latter, they
trees as enthusiastically as
Thus the forces of mankind, with a few excep
tions such as Bob Frazier, are pretty well allied
against the porcupine. His ranks must be decimated,
it is proclaimed, to save our forests and orchards and
herds of livestock.
Poor porky !
I
F HIS LEGIONS (and there are places in the forests
I - ... i i m " 111
wharo thpro arp mmnrpfls or norrunmes coma De
Vnr 7 nor nonf if
1 CUUtvU fcJT w f,. v. w o -
would be confined to bearable proportions. Plans are
L.: n nvMv,,iTrm nlnffArl Tinfoila urill ho. on.
Uclilg Iciiu, cum a ;aiiipaigii a-who
nnnnporl in rlnp time, hut the idea is to offer prizes to
adventurers aged 18 or under who slay the largest
number oi porcupines.
Tha .Tapksnn P.nnntv
porcupine as a "predatory" animal, and thus eligible
next fiscal year for a $1 bounty. Several of the larger
liunuc cuitiyauica nave iui ovxnc lain kh. mj1"
or $2 each for dead porcupines.
1I7HAT OF the porcupine itself?
' We observed four
a distance they appear as
sensitive, auivermg brown
The lightning-fast backlash of their quill-equipped
tail, however, makes them dangerous at close
quarters, and gave rise to the old superstition that
they can throw their quills.
The more one observes a porcupine, the less love
ly he becomes. The chief reason, we suspect, is the
smell an awful, rancid stench which, those who
should know inform us, is one of the big hazards
to those engaged in hunting
In addition to their other
are prone to become hosts for wood ticks, which be
come fat and bloated on their blood.
"IITE WATCHED as one was killed the other day, as
a demonstration in an argument over which
would be the better' bounty evidence the nose or a
front paw.
Now we do not class ourselves as overly fastidious.
But the combination of the nauseating smell ; the des
perate, flailing attacks with the tail ; the dying agon
ies of the beast, the dripping blood and the bloated
ticks these left us with little heart for any campaign
at all, either pro- or anti-porcupine.
Let the campaign begin, let the trees and the cattle
be saved, and let the dried noses (or paws) of the
porcupines mount up.
But leave us out of it. E. A.
Editorial Comment
SEND BOWERMAN TO THE OLYMPICS
Bill Bowerman, track coach at the University of Oregon since
1949, has won four Northern division titles during his tenure there.
and developed some of the finest
All right that you know. But
The Olympic games are being held this year in Australia.
If you could pick one man in
more out of the, Olympic games,
participate and-appreciate what
Bill Bowerman, of course.
Well, it's a long trip and it
you don't pile up any fortune teaching at Oregon
Bill Bowerman s friends have
should be at those Olympic games
they're raising a fund to see that
ing for big amounts from individuals, because they want all of
Bowerman's friends to "have a part in getting Bowerman out of
the country" (as one wag put it). Figure it wiU take around $3,000.
Wednesday. June 13, 1SS8
typewriter of Bob Frazier,
writer for the Eugene Keg-
Green bpnngs area witn a
beasts (they are rodents,
quantities of things other
rubber insulation on the ig
nose and become infected.
chew up the bark of fruit
that of ponderosa pine.
is psnni atari tht HamatTG
nnurt. baa reclassified the
captive ones this week. At
attractive little things, with
noses and oddly blue eyes,
and killing the animals.
objectionable traits, they.
distance runners in the world.
we are leading up to something.
aU of Oregon who would Bet
see some of the men he trained
went on, who would you pick?
costs a nice piece of change, and
decided that he and his wife
as Oregon's representatives, and
they get there. They're not look
Oregon Journal
Slump in Automaking
Seen Threat to GOP
Congressional Chance
Washington (CO) Auto
industry layoffs threaten to dull
the glitter of the Republican
campaign slogan of Peace and
Prosperity.
. Washington GOP leaders are
not seriously concerned yet
about the political consequences
of the slump in Detroit and other
auto centers. But if the situa
tion doesn't improve by election
day, they say it could create
trouble.
Latest Department . of Labor
surveys find 185,000 auto work
ers off the job in Michigan, Ohio,
Indiana, California, New York,
Illinois and Wisconsin. Unem
ployment is heaviest in the De-
troit area, added to the Depart
ment's "distressed area" list in
May.
Auto Districts
A Congressional Quarterly
survey, part of a continuing an
alysis of Congressional districts
based on the 1950 census, dis
closed 117 districts each of which
has more than 1,000 auto work
ers. Races in these districts will
help determine who controls
Congress in 1957. The Democrats
now have a 231-202 advantage in
the House, with two seats vacant.
In 1954, the last Congression
al election year, the 117 districts
sent 68 Republicans and 49
Democrats to the House. Twenty-
one Republicans won their races
with less than 55 per cent of the
vote; only 10 Democrats had
such a narrow edge. Eleven of
the seats changed hands that
year; Democrats picked up nine
new seats; Republicans, two.
In 1954, as in 1956, there was
a summer slump in the auto in
dustry. Employment picked up
in the fall, but not in time to
help the Republicans at the polls.
GOP strategists fear the same
thing may happen this year.
Some Not to Run
It may be an indication of
the way the wind is blowing
that four of the 21 Republican
in jmbents have decided not to
seek reelection. None of the 10
Democrats has made that de
cision. ' ,
The retiring Republicans are
Reps. Shepard J. Crumpacker of
Indiana (23,821 auto workers,
aU told, unemployment center
ing in South Bend and Michi
gan City); Jesse P. Wolcott of
Michigan (23,818 auto workers,
unemployment in Port Huron);
George A. Dondero of Michigan
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Farm markets note:
Hog receipts went down and
HOG PRICES WENT UP at Mid
west markets Monday. Last
week, the reverse was tru
with hog receipts going up and
hog prices going down.
As a result, prices today rang
ed from steady to 50 cents HIGH
ER than last Friday in the East
ern cornbelt
THAT lends emphasis to a state-
- ment made the other day by
Secretary of Agriculture Benson.
Speaking at the state dairy festi
val in Rutland, Vt., he said:
"Once farm surpluses are dis
posed of, it will be necessary to
AVOID LIKE A PLAGUE poli
cies and programs that would
create NEW over-supplies of
farm products.
He added:
"Tb.e government's new soil
bank program is designed to
bring farm production into bal
ance with markets by 1959, but
I must emphasize that it is not a
program to empty government
bins and warehouses SO THAT
THEY MAY BE FILLED
AGAIN."
THAT is to say:
Trm Enil Vianlr t .Ai,.m.
ment-subsidized program to TA
PER OFF farm production to the
point where demand (which is
based on consumption) will
again balance supply. It is in
tended to act as a stop-gap dur
ing the period when we are
worsung on me immense sur
pluses that have accumulated be
cause we lacked the political
courage at the end of World War
II to put an end to the subsidies
that were intended to stimulate
production during the war years
when we neeed greatly expand
ed farm production in order to
feed ourselves and our allies.
If we have the political cour
age now to accept the fact that
the soU bank is merely a taper
ing off process designed to bring
farm markets back into balance
with supply and demand, it will
work. If it works, it will be
worth what it is going to cost
which will be a lot.
TUT
- As Secretary Benson
says .
If we use the soil bank merely
as a temporary scheme to subsi
dize UNDER-PRODUCTION
during the period when we are
emptying the presently over
stuffed warehouses and then go
back to vote-catching policies
and programs that will create
NEW over-supplies of farm pro
ducts, we'll be in a pickle again.
That is plain common tease.
(44,700 auto workers; unemploy
ment in Pontiac); and Karl C.
King of Pennsylvania (3,711 auto
workers). .
Other incumbents whose fu
tures may depend largely on the
auto workers' votes:
Rep. John M. Robsion Jr. (R
Ky.), a winner by 573 votes in
1954, had 2,258 auto workers
in his Louisville district. His
office reports no big layoffs yet
in the Ford assembly plant, larg
est in the district.
Rep. Paul F. Schenek (R-Ohio),
who won by 8,116 votes in 1954,
had 9,300 auto workers in Day
ton, Hamilton and Middletown.
Employment in Layton General
Motors plants is down 4,300 since
Jan. 1.
Rep. Lawrence H. Smith (R
Wis.), who won by 10,968 votes
in 1954, had 11,119 auto workers
in his district. Kenosha is on the
Department of Labor's "distres
sed area" list, indicating unem
ployment above 6 per cent.
Distressed Area
Rep. Don Hayworth (D-Mich.),
who won by 3,990 votes in 1954,
had 71,220 auto workers in his
district. Flint is officially classi
fied as a distressed area.
Rep. Martha W. Griffiths (D-
Mich.), who won by 6,645 votes
in 1954, had 27,948 auto workers
in her Detroit-Wayne county dis
trict. Detroit is a "distressed
area."
Rep. Thomas L. Ashley (D
Ohio), who had a pluraUty of
3,815 votes over the next candi
date in a three-way race in 1954.
The 1950 census counted 14,450
auto workers in Toledo and un
employment in the area report
edly hit 12,000 last month.
The auto workers also could
play a vital role in this year's
fight for Senate control. The Re
publicans, with 47 seats, need
net gain of two to win a Senate
majority.
Six of the seven leading auto
manufacturing states have Sen
ate contests this fall, the ex
ception being Michigan.
Republicans wiU defend seats
in California, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and Wisconsin, each with
a sizeable population of auto
workers. The sixth state. New
York, will fill the post now held
by Democrat Herbert H. Leh
man. In the four midwestem states,
particularly, an auto industry
slump could cut into the city
vote Republicans hope will off
set expected farm losses.
(Copyright 1956,
Congressional Quarterly)
Ten of the states require five
day waiting periods before a
marriage license can be issued.
Seven states require from two to
three days.
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although
under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication'
is permissible. 1 he Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a
view to clarification and condensation.
not exceed 400 words.
A Tree Falls
To the Editor: Well, the mighty
oak at West Main and Hamilton
is no more. And it's most unlike
ly it could have been saved had
there been some heroic voice
proclaiming, "Woodman, spare
that tree, etc., our rapidly ad
vancing civilization being what
and such as it is. Being in the
center of the double lot, it could
have been built around. But
there would have been the ever
present worry of a big heavy
limb crashing down on rooftop.
And had the aged oak showed
signs of decay and death, the
cost would have been out of all
reason to lower it by block and
tackle. So, a gasoline saw was
used to dismember it limb by
limb, some of shade-tree size,
then some two hours of steady
whittling to bring the old giant
crashing down, a healthy old
specimen of the black-oak tribe,
clean and solid the full 24 inches
to the heart center. Ten growth
rings to the inch, varying some
in thickness, route testimony to
the dry and wet years of long
ago.
The Spanish were pretty much
in control here, or thought they
were, when the oak first lifted
its leafy crown, for the U.S.A.
was but a hopeful gleam in the
eyes of black stockinged citizen
ry, far to the east. It really is a
tragic thought to see nigh a
quarter millenium of precarious
growth, surviving the hazards
of drouth and storm, to be laid
low in a few hours. But it was
a field day for neighboring chil
dren who scampered like mon
keys over the great fallen trunk
and limbs, leaving the sadness
to older ones. But saddest of all
were the pair of doves who had
nested each year in the oak be
yond memory of people present,
fluttering from tree to tree left
standing, bewildered at the trag
edy that had come to them. For
it required no imagination to
note the questioning plaint in
their cry that always has a sad
like quality, for now their two
babies lie dead by the home nest,
its simple ways scattered among
the broken limbs and leaves.
F. J. Clifford,
1211 West Main St.,
Medford, Ore.
Shepilov Making Rapid Start
As Russian Foreign Minister
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Dmitri T. Shepilov is getting
off to a fast start as Soviet for
eign minister.
Less than
two weeks aft
er his appoint
ment, Shepilov
has lined him
self up an im
portant diplo
matic tour.
It is one on
which he may
be able to do
Charles aiccajin me ureniiin a
lot of good and the United
States, Great Britain and
France a lot of harm.
Shepilov first is going to
Egypt then on to Syria, Leban
on and Greece.
This will give him the oppor
tunity to meddle in several sit
uations which closely concern
the Big Three western allies.
The situations include the
Baghdad Defense Pact, which
Egypt and most of the other
Arab countries oppose, the Pal
estine dispute between the Arabs
and Israel, the revolt against
France in Algeria and the Cy
prus dispute between Britain
and Greece.
WiU Join Celebration
In Cairo, Shepilov will join
in the whooping-and-hollering
celebration by Egyptians of the
final evacuation of British
.. .J. SMIM.SM.
4,145 County Residents
Received. Monthly Benefits
A total of 4.145 persons in
Jackson county were receiving
$207,223 monthly in benefits
under the old-age and survivors
insurance provisions of the so
cial security program at the end
of 1955, W. V. Nusbaum, man
ager of the local office, has
announced.
The total represents an in
crease of 614 beneficiaries and
$38,173 in monthly benefits over
1954.
The largest group of benefi
ciaries consisted of retired work
ers, Nusbaum said, with 2,537 in
Jackson county and 1,203 in
Josephine county. In Josephine
county, Nusbaum said, 1,890 ben
eficiaries were receiving $92,
438 monthly at the end of 1955,
compared to 1,609 receiving $74,
854 at the end of 1954.
Other Groups
Other groups In Jackson and
Josephine counties receiving pay
ments, and the amounts included
wives, 989, $29,853; children
under 18 years of age, 824, $30,-
ua, widows, 348, ?15,743; and
mother of children under 18
years of age, 124, $5,836.
(iusoaum said with many
groups employed and self-em
ployed persons previouslv ex
cluded Increased the old-age and
Letters submitted for publication must
Flag Day
To the Editor: During the war
it was a popular thing to display
it on every occasion that jus
tified it, but in the desire to
get adjusted to times as they
were before the war, the flag
has been laid away, and in many
homes, if found at all, is like the
Bible in some homes, badly in
need of dusting off.
We contend that the sight of
the American Flag proudly wav
ing from every home or business
establishment every day, would
have more of a discouraging ef
fect on those seeking to over
throw our way of life for Com
munism, than a display of atomic
power,
In the more advanced novels
and motion pictures dealing with
war experiences, those which
are called realistic for want of
better word, patriotism is min
imized, if not actually ridiculed.
According to these earthy, cyn
ical stories, every man in the
fighting forces is worrying more
about how much he lost on the
last crap game, the quality of
drinking liquor he can get hold
of, or if there are enough females
to go around, in the nearest
town, than he is about protect
ing and advancing Old Glory in
the battle.
It is no doubt effective to pre
sent every fighting man as most
ly interested in his own affairs,
and heroic only when a spurt
of natural adrenalin prods him
into unthinking action, but at
the risk of sounding "corny" I
don't mind protesting that there
are many disabled veterans who
are not ashamed to admit that
patriotism is still with us.
The cleaning establishments of
Medford that have declared their
willingness to clean any Amer
ican Flag no matter what size,
free of charge, providing the
Owner display the freshly clean
ed and shiny Stars and Stripes
on Flag Day, June 14th, are to
be commended.
We hope to see many Amer
ican Flags fluttering in the bre
eze on Thursday, June 14.. Let's
get them out and dust them off.
Pat Graham, Adjutant and
Service Officer, Jackson
County Post 8, Disabled
American Veterans
troops from the Suex Canal
Zone.
He also will be able to talk,
openly or secreUy, to the Arab
leaders who from their Cairo
headquarters are directing the
revolt against France in Algeria
and fermenting new revolts in
Tunisia and Morocco.
He wiU be able to talk over
with Egyptian Premier Gamal
Abdel Nasser the supply of arms
by the Communist countries to
Egypt, and possibly to Saudi Ar
abia, for use against Israel.
In Syria and Lebanon, Shep
ilov is expected to concentrate
on Palestine.
In Greece, Shepilov's job will
be to try to restore good Russian
relations with that country and
to do as much harm as possible
to Britain in view of Greek ang
er over Britain's refusal to give
up Cyprus.
Study in Contrasts
It is interesting to note that
while Shepilov is in the Middle
East giving the western allies
the poison-tongue treatment.
Gen. Nathan S. Twining, chief
of staff of the United States Air
Force will be in Moscow getting
the sweetness and light treat
ment from-Soviet mUitary lead
ers. Shepilov's tour helps to ex
plain why, at this time, he was
named to succeed Vyacheslav M.
Molotov as foreign minister. '
Molotov is an old-school dip-
survivors insurance program to
almost universal coverage at the
start of 1955. An estimated 68
million presons had taxable earn
ings under the program last year,
he said. .
At the end of 1955, some 70
million workers were insured
and of that total 32 million were
permanenUy insured and wiU
qualify for old-age benefits at 65.
Maximum payments under the
program, Nusbaum said for in
dividuals is $108, and $200 for a
family. The minimum payment
is $30.
Congressional
Quiz
(Copyright, 195
Congressional Quarterly)
Q The Senate July 28, 1945,
ratified the United Nations Char
ter. How many Senators voted
against ratification: (a) 2 (b) 8
(c) 157
A Two negative votes war
cast by William Langer
(R-N.D.) and Henrik Shipstaad
(R-Mlnn.). Absent but an
nounced opposed was Hiram
W. Johnson (R-Calif.).
Insurance Pays Off
On Strangest Claim
Cleveland, O. -U.R) The
H. B. Schneider insurance brok
ers paid off on one of the most
unusual claims ever presented
them. v. ,
John Berish spent his vacation
from a Cleveland job in a Penn
sylvania -hunting lodge. One
night he awoke to strange noises
outside the cabin. He looked out
busily devouring one tire and
buisly devouring one tire and
starting to work on another.
Berish shot the vandals with
his rifle. Upon investigation he
found one tire completely ruined
and another chewed down to the
inner-tube. Most of the insula
tion on the underneath wiring
was gone, too.
Half Slave, Half Free
To the Editor: An article in
last Friday's Mail Tribune en
titled "United States . can yet
come out as winner in Asia
points up a matter of most vital
importance to us alL The out
come of this contest will affect
not only the people in Asia, but
the people of all the world, our
selves not the least. For if we
lose in Asia and Africa we shall
eventually lose in Europe and
America, both South and North.
The contest boils down to what
may be described as a competi
tion of ideas: ideas which must
be put into practice so that the
results will be plain for all to
see.
Our appointed and elected
representatives can never ac
complish their job effectively
unless they have the active sup
port of the people at home. With
the communists, it is different.
Their leaders tell their Deoole
what policies they must support,
and how much they must pay
to support them. It is our priv
ilege to tell our representatives
just how far they may go and
how much they may spend, but
unless we, as a free people, are
willing to exert ourselves hard
er than are the communists, as
an enslaved people, we may
one day find that we are no
longer free.
A century ago Lincoln said.
This country cannot endure
half slave and half free." This
world, in many respects smaller
now than was the United States
a hundred years ago, cannot long
endure half slave and half free.
E. Whealdon,
804 Cedar st.,
Medford, Ore.
lomatist, who preferred to do as
much of his own work as possible
in his own office. With his cold
ly skillful personality, he was
not much of a grand-tour tvrje.
At 66, with 17 years of big-time
diplomacy behind him. he evi
dently felt he had done enough
traveling.
Shepilov, only 50. is one of
the new school dynamic type
men. He may possibly give Sec
retary of State John Foster Dul
les some competition as a grand
tourist Dulles, incidentally, is
two years older than Molotov.
But he, too is one of the new-
school men and his feet are hold
ing out well.
12,465 Porcupines
Killed During 1955
In Areas of Oregon
Salem A porcupine kill of
12,465 animals in critical areas
of the ponderosa pine forests of
eastern and southern Oregon
during 1955, with still no appar
ent decrease in the population of
the animals that are causing ex
tensive damage to young ponder
osa pine trees through their bark
eating habits, is reported by Al
Larsen, state forestry depart
ment official who has just com
pleted a survey covering the ma
jor part of the pine forests of
Oregon. -
This count of the kill of the In
vading army of animals by no
means gives the total mortality
since many hunters, forest visi
tors, stockmen and loggers were
responsible for an unreported
number of the pests, Larsen said.
Critical Areas
Larsen' stated that reports
sent in by the various cooperat
ing agencies assisting in tha
study indicate that the most crit
ical areas are the upper Rogue
river region near Prospect, the
Klamath Indian reservation, the
Ochoco and Fremont ' National
forests, the western half of the
Blue Mountains and around the
Deschutes area.
One of the largest kills Is re
ported from the Fremont area
when the forest officials "killed
3,000 of the animals and young
folks accounted for an additional
2,210, Larsen stated. There were
still other unreported kills by
forest visitors.
"Numerous private timber In
terests have been carrying on a
program of extermination," stat
ed Larsen. "Some of these have
been promoted by bounties and
others have been carried out di
rectly by company employees.
Reports indicate that the cost of
control has run better than $1.50
per animal. Still the companies
are continuing with the proj
ects. Threat to Trees
"The animals offer a distinct
threat to the young trees, eating
the bark from the upper portion
of the trunk. While the attack
does not kill the trees, it usually
kills the top, resulting in great
ly retarded growth and deform
ed trees."
The forester stated that it is
quite possible that the extensive
damage is not necessarily due to
an increase in the over-all porcu
pine population in the state but
is because migration from its
nomal diet of grass and other
herbaceous material.
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