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Western Oregon Foresters Alerted To Watch for Wood Rat Damage Corvallis Western Oregon foresters have been alerted o watch for wood rat damage in dense young Douglas fir stands by Oregon State college forest ers who have found extensive damage in some 20 to 25 year Douglas fir stands in college forests. Harry I. Nettleton, manager of the OSC forests, said damag is largely confined to the upper third of the tree trunk and branches and is difficult to ob serve from the ground No dia meter or crown class group was noted as being especially vulner able. Baric Gnawed Bark is gnawed to the sap wood by the dusky-footed rats and used for nest insulation, Nettleton said. No evidence of rat damage has been found in Douglas fir stands of low den sity, where trees are too far apart for rats to jump from crown to crown. Some damage to scattered white fir has been discovered. JEAN KEMPSTER Now at Vogue Beauty Salon 17 N. Fir Ph. SP 3-5501 Rat nests had been observed . started in cooperation with the along creeks in the forest for osc fish and game department tTff!,!"rie" d Don Dickey, Eugene rodent that a substantial buildup with in the 20 to 25 year stands was observed by forestry students working on a combined thin ning, pruning and hardwood girdling project. Occasional re ports of damage earlier from throughout the area had been attributed to; porcupines. Started Thinning When the crews started thin ning, however, in stands where dominant trees averaged 22 years of age and 40 to 45 feet in height the extent of the dam age was so great that a half-acre study plot was established. Forty-three per cent of the first 136 trees removed in the first thinning from the plot had been either partially or completely girdled, Nettleton found. An ice storm in February 1957 also revealed that many of the tops broken out of trees in the same age class had previously been weakened by older gnaw ings of" the rats. The light-brown rats are about 7 to 9 inches long with a sparsely-haired tail, 6 to 8 in ches long. They are not often seen and are rather difficult to capture. Control studies have been t control specialist. Poisoning by Thallium-treated grain and wal nuts has been found most effec tice. Bait is spread around the ground nests and beneath the trees in which nests are found. Because complete coverage of affected areas is necessary to locate the nests, control costs are relatively high around $3 an acre, which includes survey, marking of nests, preparatioi and spreading of bait. The nests vary from 3 to 5 feet in diameter and 3 to 4 feet in height. Bark, which had been gnawed from the trees, was found finely shredded in the inner nest. No bark frag ments have been found to date in stomach content checks of rats killed, Nettleton said. BURNING SENSATION Bay City, Mich. 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Beck accused the AFL-CIO of conduct tng a "rr-','eva inquisition and witch hunt." 1,184 Cases Reported To Police in April City police received a total of 1,184 reports during April and cleared 91 per cent of the cases, according to the police depart ment's monthly report. Of the total cases reported, 1,076 were clos'ed. In April, 1956, the department cleared 94 per cent of its cases. There were 84 major offenses reported during the month com pared to 62 major offenses a year ago, and 561 miscellane ous offenses compared to 449 miscellaneous offenses a year ago. Major offenses included rob bery, one with none cleared; burglary, nine with five cleared; larceny of more than $50, nine with one cleared; larceny of less than $50, 64 with 15 cleared; Study of Snake River Temperature Slated Corvallis Water tempera ture conditions in . the Snaka river and changes in tempera ture brought by dam construc tion that may influence fish life, will be studied during the next two years by an Oregon State college oceanagrapher. Dr. Wayne V. Burt will do the work under a $22,000 grant from the U.S. fish and wildlife ser vice, department of interior. The wildlife service is inter ested in pinpointing water tem perature conditions in the river because movements of fish, dis ease problems of fish, and ef ficiency of proposed hatchery op erations are all influenced by temperature, according to Burt. 'His study will concentrate on the stretch of river that forms the boundary between Oregon and Idaho, extending from above Weiser, Idaho to Lewiston-Clark-ston. j aiiu auiu men, UliC LdW XCUllCU ana inree cleared. Two of the cases were reported in' other months. Miscellaneous Offense Miscellaneous offenses includ ed embezzlement and fraud, six, with three cleared; stolen proper ty, one with one cleared; sex offenses, one with one cleared; offenses against family and chil dren, two with two cleared; liquor laws, three with three cleared; drunkenness, 48 with 48 cleared; disorderly conduct, two with three cleared; vagran cy, four with four cleared; driv ing while intoxicated, nine with nine cleared; violation of road and driving laws, 97 with 96 cleared; traffic and motor vehi cle laws, 328 with 328 cleared; all other offenses, 54 with 15 cleared; and suspicion, six with none cleared. Miscellaneous public reports during April this year totaled 53 and miscellaneous services ren dered totaled 486. There were 40 motor vehicle accidents during the month, re sulting in eight injuries and no fatalities. There were three cases of sudden death and bodies found, and seven cases of caring for sick people. Miscellaneous services includ ed 49 escorts, 69 open windows, 129 open doors, 12 open safes, 127 night lights out, 41 vacation house checks, 97 bicycle licenses sold, 34 record checks, five fin gerprinting and 20 miscellan eous. 59 Countries Help Hungarian Citizens Geneva, Switzerland (U.R) The peoples of 59 countries have given more than $30 mil lion to the Red Cross to help the Hungarians, it was reported today. Justice Emil Sandstroem of Sweden, chairman of the League of Red Cross societies, said the United States, with nearly $6 million made the largest country gift. Little Liechtenstein gave the most per capita, $64,000, or M.50 for each of its 14,000 citizens. Wednesday, May 8. 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TSIBUNE FIVE U.S., Poland May Sign Aid Agreement Washington (U.R) The United States and Poland plan to sign a $100 million aid agreement soon after Congress completes action on legislation authorizing use of more surplus American farm products for foreign aid. Officials said today they hope the agreement can be completed in 10-14 days. Canada is unhappy about the prospective agreement because it provides for heavy deliveries of American wheat to Poland at bargain prices. Canada, bulging with a big wheat surplus, feels the U.S.-Polish agreement will cut into a wheat market the Ca nadians have helped supply in the past. The planned $100 million agreement is only a third of the $300 million originally asked by Poland in long negotiations that began here Feb. 26. However, Poland is now reported satisfied. Informed sources indicated one reason for Poland's current satisfaction is the likelihood that the agreement will include an in formal invitation for the Poles to return for further negotiations for more help if all goes well. The signing is awaiting final congressional action on a bill au thorizing use of an extra $1 bil lion for sale of surplus farm commodities for foreign curren cies. Of the approximately $100 million slated for. Poland, about $80 million will be in the form of farm surpluses, chiefly wheat and cotton. Water Quality Info Compiled at OSC Corvallis New information about water quality in various regions of Oregon has been com piled by the Oregon State col lege engineering experiment sta tion and will be published this summer. , . The new information fills out and gives statewide coverage to the first water quality index published in June, 1956. Eastern, northeastern and central Oregon received particular attention hi the new work. The water quality index has special value for various groups. Industry uses the information in appraising new plant sites, cities for water treatment plant plan ning, farm groups for irrigation programs, engineers for various phases of construction work, and recreation and wildlife groups tor planning purposes. Water quality checks include physical tests for such charac teristics as odor, color, turbid ity and salinity; bacteriological and biological information; chemical tests for acidity, alka linity, hardness, fluoride and chloride; and mineral analyses. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Tallahassee, Fla. State Rep. John Orr, on why he opposed passage of a bill to outlaw indecent literature: "If this bill had been in effect when some of the great classics were written they would never have been created. It would even pull the Holy Bible from our book shelves." Chicago Navy Chief of Operations Adm. Arleigh Burke, on Russian naval power: "The Russian fleet is getting better and the Soviets build ships as well as we do. However, the Russian's seamanship Is not as good as ours." .. Minot, N.D. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, to wheat farmers who, he said, are gradually making more money annually: "You are not out of the woods but things are looking up. You hear most of what is bad and little of what is good." Washington Rep. Albert Thomas (D.-Tex.) on why he and other congressmen rejected President Eisenhowers request for funds to launch the new federal flood insurance program: "The taxpayers can't stand this right now." ' Austin, Tex. East Texas Legislator Joe A. Chapman, denying he threatened to cut university funds unless a Negro girl was re moved from the cast of a student opera: "That was not mentioned at all." 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