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1 Special Fund Proposed For Reforestation Plan Reforestation of 33.000 acres of O&C lands with county funds, the latest activity in the lengthy and varied history of O&C lands, was approved by the members of the association of O&C Coun ties at their annual meeting in Eugene last week. The program they ok'd would set aside a special fund of about SI million from 13 western coun ties' O&C receipts, including tl?ose in Jackson county, to be used by the federal government to reforest about 33,000 acres of cut-over O&C lands. To Present Bill A committee from the Asso ciation of O&C counties will go before the state legislature at its next session with the draft of a bill which would allow the county financed reforestation plan to be cirried through. Con gressional legislation would also be necessary before it is put into action. The program was recommend ed earlier this summer by the association's executive board. The board explained that more than 6S.000 acres of land in the O&C grant are logged ofl and unproductive. It advised the association to approve the use of up to SI million from annual O&C county receipts for artificial reforesta tion work. Provisions Violated O&C lands began as one-mile square sections in a checker board, every-other-section, pat tern granted by the federal gov ernment to the Oregon and Cali fornia railroad for 30 miles on each side of its railroad right of way In 1366. The land was given with spe cifications as to how it was to be disposed of by the company. The railroad violated these specifications and the govern ment filed suit against it. Con gress revested the grant to the United States in 1916. The re vested area totalled 2,890.893 acres. Off Tax Rolls This took many acres of land off the tax rolls of 18 Oregon counties (including Jackson) through which the railroad right of way passed. The O&C act now in effect passed Congress in 1937. It pro vided for these counties by stipu lating that timber on the re vested lands should be sold by the O&C administration, a gov ernment agency later absorbed into the Bureau of Land Manage ment, on a sustained yield basis. Money from the sales was to be distributed, by a general in terpretation. 75 per cent to the counties and 25 per cent to the federal government. The 75 per cent was in the form of cash pay ments in lieu of taxes. (Counties cannot tax federal government lanrls). The 25 per cent put into the federal treasury was to be used in yearly appropriations by Con gress to cover management and protection of the lands. (Actually the most ever appropriated in a year by Congress for manage ment of O&C lands has been about 12 per cent of the total O&C sales for that year.) When timber is sold and taken off. the land can be left barren and unproductive, under certain conditions. Eugene Peterson, district forester for the Medford district of BLM. said the bureau would do a little artificial regen eration of forests on each timber sale, if funds were available. The recent action of the asso ciation of O&C counties would make it possible for the bureau to replant and seed some cut over areas to start another crop of timber growing. Nixon Speaks at Legion Convention Los Ancele ).P.) Vice President Richard M. Nixon told the closing session of the 38th National American Legion con vention Thursday that the Unit ed States was willing to negoti ate at any time to bring peace to the world but would demand "foolproof" guarantees of sin cerity. The vice president, making his first public appearance since the death of his father Tuesday, warned that there was no "price tag" on peace and said the na tion would not "yield to black mail" and recognize Red China. Nixon also failed to agree with his political opponent Ad lai Stevenson. The Democratic presidential nominee only a day before told the convention he favored halting the draft "at the earliest possible time consistent with national safety." "This is no time to suggest to our friends or our possible op ponents abroad," Nixon said, "that America is getting soft and tired and is looking for an easy way out of world responsi bilities." More than 4,000 Legionnaires jammed Shrine auditorium to hear the vice president. His speech was interrupted 44 imes by applause. Friday. September 7, 1358 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Medford Trail Riders Plan All-Day Ride Sunday Medford Trail Riders will go on an all-day ride in the Sam's Valley area Sunday, Sept. 9, starting at 9 a.m. at the Roy Vagues ranch. Riders will bring sack lunches. Members have extended an invi tation to all riding clubs and the public to participate in the event. The Trail Riders will also hold a meeting Saturday, Sept. 15. at COACH'S PROUD RECORD Hanover. N. H. ;U.R) Dart mouth college football line coach Jack Musick, won varsity foot ball letters at Southern Califor nia in 1944, 1945 and 1946; won the USC most - valuable player award in 1945; and was an all coast selection at both guard and tackle. Military bridge. A watermelon feed and wiener roast will fol low the session. Salem Man Committed To State Hospital Salem U.R) Vassili Mike Jabin, 27, who admitted shoot ing his father-in-law here last Monday, has been committed to the state hospital following a sanity hearing. The wounded man,. Ivan Laz roff, 50, was released from Salem Memorial hospital Wednesday after treatment of shotgun wounds in the face and chest. NOTHING WRONG HERE Negro boy (sitting next to window) goes about his studies undisturbed after Negro students returned to classes at Clinton High School. There was no trouble whatsoever when the Negroes came back to the school in Clinton, Tenn. after earlier riots over integration. Portland Records 29th Traffic Death in '56 Portland (U.R) Frank Wy singer, 28. died in Emanuel hos pital here last night to become Portland's 29th traffic victim of the year. Wysinger died of injuries suf fered Tuesday when he appar ently fell asleep at the wheel of his car and it crashed into a tree here. He suffered head and face injuries and a broken leg. The Bureau of Public Roads estimates that one worker in seven in the United States has work directly connected with highways and motor transportation. Psychologist Designs Test for Test-Givers Knoxville. Tenn (U.R) A University of Tennessee psychol ogist and his wife have designed the nation's first "test" for those who give tests. Dr. and Mrs. Edward E. Cure ton styled a working scale model which looks like a test, performs like a test, but stops short of giv ing test results. 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