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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.
The device allow students in
elementary psychology courses at
the university to practice using
the tests and to gather actual
data for studies of test profiles,
statistics and measurement theo
ries. The "test" will bp usprl nn a
nation-wide basis to train psycho-!
logy and education students in i
giving, scoring and evaluating I
different types of tests, Dr. Cure- -
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