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. U.R) Larry
Poissin made the' mistake of
smoking a cigarette while pour
ing gasoline into the tank of
his stalled automobile Monday.
"It was an expensive smoke,"
Poissin said after flames left the
car a total loss.
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BECK CHARGES 'WITCH HUNT' Teamster Union
Pres. Dave Beck (left) chats with Al J. Hayes, chairman
of the AFLrdO Ethical Practices Committee, prior to
meeting of the committee in Washington to consider
charges that the Teamster Union is dominated by cor
rupt irluences. 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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day as flames destroyed their
trailer and all their instruments.
Bass player Bill Thresto sang
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while firemen fought the blaze.
Chicago (U.R) American
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York, dresses in Dallas, shoes in
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