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Reinventory of Forest Resources
In BLM District Hears Mid-Point
Using modern methods of fall on land administered by the
atrial photogrametic mapping
ami permanent plots for timber
olume sampling, the Medford
atorest district of the bureau of
land management is approaching
the mid-point of an intensive re
Inventory of the forest resources
on 910,000 acres of bureau lands
in southern Douglas, Curry,
Josephine, Jackson and South
western Klamath counties.
The previous inventory was
made about 15 years ago. Due to
the relatively low standard of
this inventory and the fact that
present day forest products
manufacturing concerns utilize
considerably more of the raw
material than was the case in the
1940's the old inventory is obso
lete. Plans call for completion
of the project for the BYM lands
during 1959, according to E. K.
Peterson, district forester.
Upon completion of the re
inventory, accurate information
will be available concerning the
volume of merchantable timber
and the rate of growth for the
young forest stands. In addition,
all land will be accurately
tapped.
$filie Information
Utilizing this Information
$3L.3K foresters will recompute
b volume of timber that can
Q cut annually from bureau
ataaaaged lands on the basis of
oyetaived yield. As soon as the
0teaKputation can be completed
cftr Eaay one unit a new allow
Gffele ut will be declared. In the
ctfetrw the fact that past sales
the Medford district have
fcpe lass than the amount allow
sales during 1957 and 1958
(B per cent in excess of the
&dclarel annual allowable cut,
Jsterson said.
Some increase in the presently
tffcclared allowable cuts for the
different units in the Medford
district is expected. BLM re
feitory projects already com
ftlete is other areas of Western
Cteagsn have resulted in in
fesB6s in allowable cuts of from
t t 40 per cent,
ork
Seld work on the project was
Jar tea! in the summer of 1955
fit three professional foresters.
3?fl tempo has been increased
alily to the extent that
3fym. professional foresters will
f? working on, the project this
gEMon. During the months of
uly through August each pro
afenwonal man will be assisted by
(J student trainee, a sophomore
t junior from a forestry college
qyko has successfully passed a
ffenpetitive Civil Service exami-oasetion.
At the end of the summer stu-
t trainees are given educa-l
3i furloughs so that they can
(Saturn to school and still retain
(employment with the bureau,
iftfter graduation, they auto
matically receive a professional
(fcawester's appointment.
According to Peterson, the
(iJUKimer training program pre
misses the bureau with a better
trained forester and affords the
individual an opportunity for
reore rapid professional develop
ment
Three Steps
Tht Inventory project Is car
ried out in three steps: type
mapping; timber volume samp
ling; and acreage; timber volume
and growth computations.
Planemetric and forest type
maps are prepared from recent
areial photographs by photo in
terpretation and field checking
techniques. Both are large scale
maps, 1 inch equals 1,000 feet,
and show roads, streams and
property boundaries.
Although they are necessary
for the inventory project these
maps together with special topo
graphic maps on the same scale
obtained from the Geological
Survey, prove to be equally val
uable for other activities such as
location of timber access roads,
recreation, timber sale, and
range management planning and
timber trespass cutting control
work.
Mapping Phase
The field work necessary for
the mapping phase of the pro
gram has been completed for
Josephine county and the Glen
dale portion of Douglas county.
In Jackson county it is 75 per
ment finished with the comple
tion date scheduled for the sum
mer of 1957. The southwestern
Klamath county area will be
mapped early in 1958, using new
aerial photographs which will
be taken this summer.
The timber volume sampling
phrase of the project will get
under way in Josephine county-
the last week of this month. The
method used in this second step
Is to plot a grid on a map of the
county. The distance between
points on the grid is 1.7 miles
on both a North-South line and
Line intersection points that
bureau will be established as
sample plots. Each sample plot
will consist of three 15 acre
circular sub-plots. All the trees
within these sub-plots will be
measured, and identified by
numbered heavy gauge alumi
num tags.
Future Inventories
Future reinventories will be a
relatively simple1 matter of re
measuring the same trees that
were tagged in the current in
ventory. All of the information col
lected on the plots will be re
corded on special cards which
will be used in the third phase
of computing timber volume and
growth rates. All computations
will be made using electronic
computers.
Using the results of these
computations the bureau forest
ers will establish the volume of
timber that can be cut annually
in each area in conformance
with the sustained yield concept
of forest management.
Tentatively, completion dates
for the reinventory project in
the Medford district are Jose
phine Master unit in December,
1957; Jackson Master unit in
December, 1958; and Southwest
Klamath Master unit in June,
1959.
The Family Council
Editor'! note: The Family Council consists of a judge, a psychiatrist,
tnree clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Eacb
article Is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give
advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible
agencies and counselors.
Mn. O. B. Jeff Is turning
into a character.
Mr. O. B. He's a brain,
Mrs, O. B. I am worried
about our 17-year-old son who
seems to be turning into a regu
lar character. He is so peculiar
in his ways that he has no
friends and never dates.
Jeff spends days and weeks
buried in books, puzzles or ' ex
periments." Then he talks in
floods, explaining what he is
up to but it just doesn't make
sense. Sometimes he just reads
the encyclopedia or the diction
ary for days at a time. He says
his ambition in life is to get on
a TV quiz show and make
enough money to support him
self for life so that he can go
on with his "experiments" and
not have to worry about making
a living.
He may sound like a budding
genius, but I'm afraid that isn't
the case. He is just average in
school and his teachers say his
I.Q. is nothing special. One of
my brothers was a lot like him
and just wasted his life trying
to make up some great inven
tion that would startle the world.
I want to take Jeff to a psychia
trist to see what is wrong with
him, but my husband is against
it.
Mr. O.B. I don't care what
the teachers say. I know that
Jeff is a brain and someday he'll
do something great. He should
be given all our encouragement
instead of hustled off to the
psychiatrist like a mental case.
The 4eaehers don't appreciate
Jeff because they don't know
what he is talking about. They
just can't keep up with him.
Anyway, he's bored with all the
memory work in school. He says
work. I wouldn't be surprised if
the teachers ' aren't just plain
jealous of him.
Naturally, Jeff can't have
friends. The other fellows can't
keep up with him. Girls certain
ly can't and I don't see why he
should have to date them if he's
not interested. He says he's only
interested in people he has to
"live up to."
I'm all for Jeff's studying up
so that he can win a fortune on
a TV show. That will really solve
all that boy's problems. My wife
and everyone else would be con
vinced then that Jeff really has
the stuff. Jeff knows that no
body appreciates him but me. He
takes after me, not my brother-in-law.
I know that I could have
done things if I had been given
encouragement.
The Council It is possible
that Jeff has high potentialities,
but his father's form of "en
couragement" is not helping
him. People who win fortunes
on quiz shows or who do other
"big things" are not usually mo
tivated by the desire to convince
others that they have "the stuff,"
but have simply become deeply
interested in some special branch
of learning. Of course, the desire
to shine is a motivating factor
in the lives of some, but it is
doubtful whether they are
among the happier members of
the population.
Mr. O. B. is so eager to have
his son shine for him that he is
losing his grasp of reality.
Things have become pretty bad
when a 17-year-old is called upon
to . win a fortune on a iTV show
to "solve all his problems."
Mr. O. B. should realize that
teachers are not usually jealous
of a gifted child, but are quite
happy to find one and to en-
he wants to do only original courage him. Their . verdict of
NEWS NOTES from
Crater High School
Sunday, April 21, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
By PAT MEDLEY
Candidates for student body
offices have been announced.
Campaign posters are up and
students who wish to petition for
nomination are
in the process
of acquiring
the required
number of sig
natures. The
candidates who
were nominat
ed by the stu
d e n t council
last week are,
preside nt,
Richard Evans,
Randy Camp-
Pat Medley
bell, Joe Teeter and Gerry
Kime. The nominees for vice
president are Alan Kimmey,
Warren Strauss and Bill Callen
dar. Student body secretary
nominees are Louise Pendleton,
Judi Davis, Jean Bonney and
Pat Peffley. Running for treas
urer are Sandra Guss, Marilyn
Wisely, Carol McGonagle, Pat
Cowie, and by petition, Jim Gol
denpenny. Allan Barnes, Doug
Davis, Bill Manasco and Bill
White are the four candidates
for student business manager.
Tomorrow the candidates will
be presented in an all-student
assembly, where they will be al
lowed to give a two-minute
speech in their behalf. Campaign
ing will take place until Tuesday,
the day of the primary election,
and from then until Thursday
when the final election will be
held.
The Bell Telephone company
presented an assembly to Crater
High students last Thursday. The
purpose of the assenjbly was to
acquaint students with the new
direct-dial system going into ef
fect on April 27. A demonstra
tion of the proper method of
dialing was given and students
were shown some of the latest
"just average" doesn't have to
be accepted as the final word,
but neither should it be totally
dismissed.
. On the other hancl, Mrs. O. B.
may be a little over-alarmed by
Jeff's behavior. It is possible
that he is just going through
a growing-up stage. She might
discuss his behavior in school
with his teachers and try to get
a little help from them in en
couraging Jeff to pursue his in
tellectual interests in school
clubs, where he will be able
to .relate himself to others.
An interview with a psychia
trist woud indicate whether any
serious difficulty is brewing
within Jeff. He won't be treated
as a "mental case" if he isn't
one. It might be a good idea for
Mr. O. B. to go along on that
psychiatric interview.
developments in telephone science
Kay Askwith was elected the
new president of the Comettes
for 1957-58. Other officers who
will serve with her are Sandra
Guss, vice - president; Suzanne
Hood, secretary; and Donna
Burnett, treasurer. The historian
chosen was Susy Stephanson.
Judy Davis will serve as drill
leader for the second year.
Seniors are beginning to real
ize how close graduation is. Sen
ior cards and graduation an
nouncements have arrived, and
more than one teary eye has been
displayed as the future adults
contemplate graduation on May
29. Crater High has a graduate
record to be proud of with over
50 per cent of her graduates go
ing on to college.
The spring concert program
which was all recorded is being
played back to students who care
to hear it. Music students, and
anyone else who is interested,
may purchase records made dur
ing the concert. The varsity
choir's "Brumbasken i Bumba"
is recorded, complete with laugh
ter. A panel of seven school lead
ers, discussing the recent safety
campaign, was on KBES-TV last
Wednesday evening. Sally Elden
was moderator for the group and
with her were Karen Johnson,
who discussed the background of
the safety campaign, and Pat
Medley, who told of the work of
the school paper in the cam
paign. Dennis Kottke talked
about the work of the students,
and Lary Smith spoke on class
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Phone NO 4-1273
Frank Wilkinson, Mgr.
Convenient Parking
participation. Ron Harrison told
of community participation and
cooperation. - , v :'-
The Crater chapter of The Fu
ture Farmers of America Is mak
ing plans for their annual FFA
banquet, which willTae held next
Thursday. Special speaker for
the banquet will be Jerry Hra
bal, who is the state secretary.
At the banquet, the awards for
the chapter will be presented.
Among these awards are the
chapter star farmer, the soil and
water management award, and
the public speaking award.
Don Comfort, representing the
National School Assemblies pro
gram, recently presented a pro
gram of accordion music. Com
fort played several different
types, of accordions, one which
sounded like an electric organ.
He amused students with his
"two-ear" music.
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