BLM Starts Work on
Plan for 1958 Sales
The Medford office of the bu
reau of land management has an
nounced that work is beginning
on the 1358 calendar year tim
ber sale plan for O and C and
public domain lands within the
district.
Representatives of the forest
uons and nave ample oppor
tunity to examine each tract and
participate in the bidding.
The deadline for receiving
suggestions from prospective
purchasers for consideration in
next year's plan has been set as
Aug. 15. 1957. The district for-
ir.duslry w ho w ish to suggest i ester urged everyone interested
specific tracts of timber for con-' in having specific tracts of BLM
sideration should contact the dis
trict office in the Medford city
hall for necessary forms and in
formation. The bureau is espe
cially interested in suggestions
involving salvage timber, ac
cording to District Forester E. K.
Peterson.
The district forester and his
iitaff prepare the plan on the
basis of the volume of timber
which can be sold under scien
tific Sustained yield manage
ment. They also consider the
manpower available in the or
ganization to prepare for and
supervise timber sales, the ne
cessity for sound forest manage
ment practices and the interest
rhasers for specific tracts.
RTiwed by Supervisor
The plan as proposed by the
district forester is reviewed by
the state supervisor of the bu
reau and by the district advisory
board and any necessary changes
made before it is finally adopted
and announced.
The sale plan will include only
old growth or salvage timber
and the tracts will be well dis
tributed throughout the district.
No timber will be advertised un
less the bureau can assure equal
access to all prospective pur
chasers. This Is the ninth year that
the bureau has prepared a plan
in which the location, estimated
volume and proposed time of
sale for each tract of timber pro
posed for sale during the coming
year is announced to the public
in advance. By such advance
announcement, the forest indus
try can better plan then fpera-
timber advertised for sale in
1958 to make their suggestions
early so bureau foresters can
start making the field examinations.
Lake Creek Man
Injured in Accident
John Franklin ftlingle, 49,
Lake Creek, was hospitalized
with head and leg injuries Wed
nesday night after the horse he
was riding was struck by a car
on McAllister-Soda Springs rd.
In the Lake Creek area.
State police said Klingle and
his son were driving cattle east
on the road when a vehicle op
erated by John Harmon Fox,
20, Lake Creek approached from subsequently at the advertised
Ross Lumber Low
Bidder on Timber
In BF District
Ross Lumber company, Med
ford, was high bidder Monday
for 11,300,000 board feet of tim
ber in the Rogue River National
forest, according to Supervisor
Carroll E. Brown. Ross' bid was
$123,750.
Next -high bidder was Steve
Wilson of Trail. Consolidated
Timber of Medford also submit
ted a bid.
Appraised price of the timber
was S105.510. The tract is in the
Butte Falls district and is
known as the Black Bear sale.
Brown said the relatively low
price for such a large tract of
timber is due to its inaccessibil
ity. Road Construction
He said the purchaser will be
required to build eight miles of
road in addition to paying for
the timber at the bid price. The
forest service estimate the cost
of constructing the required road
is SI 38,000. The timber sale con
tract specifies the standard of
the required road. Engineering
work for the road is being done
by the forest service.
Ross Lumber company oper
ates a band mill at Prospect and
a dry kiln, planer, and shipping
facilities at White City. Some
of the timber will also go to
the gang mill operated by their
affiliate, Olson-Ross Lumber
company, at White City.
Brown stated that two pre
viously offered tracts of timber!
received no bid. These were the
Hanley Gulch sale, 5,300,000 j
board feet on the Applegate dis
trict; and the Ash Swale sale. '
3,100.000 board feet on the
Butte Falls district. The Ash
Swale offering was purchased i
the opposite direction. Accord
ing to officers. Fax was unable
to stop his car and drove into
a ditch. Klingle had "jumped"
his horse into the same ditch
and the car struck the animal,
knocking Klingle under the veh
icle. Klingle was taken by Medford
Ambulance service to Sacred
Heart hospital, where attend
ants reported his condition as
"fairly good" this morning. He
Is not permitted to have visitors
at this time, the hospital re
ported. Police cited Fox for having
defective brakes. Fox was not
Injured and damage to the car
was reported minor. There
no report as to the extent of the
horse's injuries, police said. The
accident occurred at 6:48 p.m.
Henpecked Husbands
Problem Drinkers
Los Angeles W Municipal
Judge Robert Clifton says that
henpecked husbands top the list
of problem drinkers who pass
in an endless parade through
Los Angeles courts.
Clifton, whose court handles
an average of 99.000 Jrunk cases
annually, Wednesday at the an
nual Institute for Scientific
Studies for the Prevention of
Alcoholism listed the "types" of
drinkers who get into trouble.
Besides henpecked husbands the
list included:
"Wives who are not appreci
ated by their husbands: job hat
ers who think they have missed
the boat their great chance in'
life; the guy who spends more
than he makes; and the. person
who has an inferiority complex."
price by Elder Logging company
of Shady Cove.
FBI Files Sought in
Integration Hearing
Knoxville, Tenn. (IP De
fense attorneys for 16 men
charged with hindering the inte
gration of Clinton, Tenn., high
school were expected today to
renew their efforts to examine
the secret FBI files on the case.
The defense Wednesday suc
ceeded in obtaining one docu
ment from the government's pre
trial, investigative reports, but
Federal District Judge Robert L.
Taylor refused a motion to turn
over the ' entire file on the
grounds that the motion was
"premature."
The government opened Its
contempt of court case against
segregationist John Kasper and
15 Tennesseeans Wednesday, but
the third witness called to the
stand was almost forgotten in
the turmoil touched off by de
fense requests for the FBI files.
POSTMAN DUMPS MAIL
Maywood. 111. 'IP A weary
mail carrier who tried to deliver
the neighborhood letters the
hard way ran afoul of the law
here. Police said postman James
Williams. 19. admitted Wednes
day he dumped the mail in the
river because it was a hot day
and his mailbajr was too heavy-
Stranded Passengers
Seek Transportation
, Hamilton, Bermuda HP) Pas
sengers from the grounded Brit
ish cruise ship Reina del Pacifico
have besieged air line officers
here for immediate passage to
their destinatons,-airline officials
reported today.
A number of passengers have
been going ashore on lighters
for sightseeing, shopping, and to
seek new means of transporta
tion. Meantime the 17,000-ton liner
remained stuck on the white
coral reefs outside 'Hamilton
Harbor while the ship's owners
flew emergency equipment Jrom
London for new attempts to re
float the luxury vessel.
London HP Sholem Asch,
76. Yiddish author of -Three
Cities" and novels on Jesus. Paul
and Mary, died Wednesday.
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VIBRATION SHAKES TRESTLE APART Two cars axe left hanging precariously at
the edge of this 50-year-old railroad bridge built on pilings tnr miles across Albe
marle Sound at Edenton, N.C The trestle shook apart under a 77-car Norfolk-Southern
freight train, plunging two trainmen to their deaths in the wind-whipped waters.
Three other crewmen survived the terrifying plunge into the sound. Two engines and
two cars went into the water.
Thuridar. Julr II. 19S7
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
Safety Council Sets
Meeting for Friday
A report on a recent member
ship drive will be given at a
meeting of the Medford Safety
council at noon Friday in the
Jackson hotel.
Members planning to attend
should make reservations with
Miss Josephine Swayne, secre
tary at SP 2-6504. Also on the
agenda is a review of the recent
driver-vision screening program
sponsored by the council.
A short meeting of the execu
tive committee will follow the
general meeting.
EDITOR DIES
Knoxville. Iowa rrpi Fred
erick W. Beckman, 83. editor and
publisher of the Knoxville Jour
nal and former head of the lnwa
State College journalism depart
ment, died Tuesday.
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