FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, January 12, 1958
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FEDERAL AGENT Above, Fred Stabler, one of seven per
sons empioyed by the Medford office of the bureau of in
ternal revenue, goes over an income tax problem with a
.Medford citizen. The 650 federal employes in Jackson county,
lare nearly all under civil service. The annual payroll is
..approximately 53,593.909, which compares significantly with
tjje pear industry's average annual payroll of 54,000,000.
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ICHECK RECORDS Going over the records of a new appli
Jcant for social security payments, above, are W. V. Nusbaum,
;-left, manager of the Social Security office in Medford, and
-i Field Representative Kenneth L. Farner. The service is one
Yof 33 listed in the Medford telephone directory, which almost
without exception, hire employees under civil service. The
Toth anniversary of the civil service act 'will be observed
Jhis week.
SIIUIDE AIRCRAFT Information vnai to me saieiy of air
craft flying up and down the coast is relayed to pilots by
tSRirways Operation Specialists Norman Harrington, left, and
"Eugene Mars, who help man the tower at Medford airport.
" under civil service. Landing
xwere given by the Medford
-instrument approaches were
Allowable Cut Said
Withheld in Decade
tQt Timber Demand
y (Editor'! note: This is lhc
Ji3at in a series of articles
;3oncerninj a comprehen
.Zive study by the Industrial
-i-"orestry association of the
importance of federal tim-r-ber
holdings to Jackson
county's economy).
"The forest service and bur
Jjeau of land management have
a -moral and legal obligation
-'ftx sell government timber, at
aair price for the sustenance
dt dependent communities."
'.'.W. D. Hagenstein. executive
vice president of Industrial
Forestry association, said to-day.
JV Hagenstein was comment
ing on a comprehensive study
recently completed by the as
sociation on the importance
Federal timber in Jackson
,ceunty's economy.
3rHagenstein said the report
JSttows the federal government
.USs withheld realistic allow
la&le cuts from the market
:iiring the last decade of ac-
trve timber demand, which i enough funds for up-to-date
.'?lias had the effect of raising ' forest inventories and ade
52iarply timber costs to lum- quate personnel to market the
-?teer and plywood operators full allowable cut. It had urg
a5d helped price forest pro- ed the Northwest congression
.fucts out of the nation's buil- al delegations to concentrate
JS&ng materials markets. on the problems of federal
tZl Hagenstein was quick to ; forestry to help assure a con-
GUnphasize that failure to sellitinued. economy in hundreds
jjealistic allowable cuts was
jjjl the fault of individual
-government employees but
bEcause of cumbersome pro
cedures under which they
must function.
He pointed out that to put
the Rogue River National for-
eat and the O and C lands un-;
rier better management soiSDectre of increasing unem-i
they could play their rightful I
instructions to 26.523 aircraft
station during 1957 and 1,823
guided in.
place in the county's economy
would require:
1. Completion of current
forest inventories in the next
two years;
2. Recalculation of allow
able cuts from new inventor
ies; 3. Extension of timber ac
cess roads;
4. Concentration on timber
management activities as the
No. 1 job;
5. Sale each year of the full
allowable cut.
Hagenstein said that the In
dustrial Forestry association,
whose members employ more
than 63,000 people in western
Oregon and Washington, had
worked hard to help the
Federal agencies sell a realis
tic allowable timber cut for
many years. He said the as
sociation staff had urged
Congress many times to ap
prove adequate timber access
road funds. It had also urg
ed Congress to appropriate
of communities which depend
on an orderly harvest of gov
ernment timber.
''Failure to get our federal
forests under top manage
ment in the shortest possible
time," Hagenstein said, "will
result in less business in our
communities and the grim
ployment."
Act Was Result of
Assassination of
James Garfield
By EVELYN OUSTERHOUT
Mail Tribune Staff Writtr
If the federal government moved out of Jackson county
fa I tome taxpayers are wont to wish) and took its 650 em
ployees along, it is a good guess that most of the rest of
the residents would follow shortly.
Not only would almost half the terrain in the county
be included, but innumerable daily services now taken for
granted would disappear. So would over half the general
county revenues and 45 per cent of the commercial forests
on which much of our economy is based.
There would be no mail in the box, no forecast of the
weather, no money in the bank. Great changes would appear
in our highways, our farm program, crops research and
irrigation, military defenses, flood warnings, loans to home
owners, and in Medford's water supply.
Vorks Asked by Americans
For with the hundreds of civil service workers, who
observe the 75th anniversary of the civil service act this
week come works and benefits demanded by Americans
over the years through their representatives or by direct
vote.
The 650 federal employees in Jackson county, of which
I the great majority are under
five per cent of the estimated total number employed. Their
annual payroll of approximately S3,593,909 compares signifi
cantly with the pear industry's average annual payroll of
more than 54,000,000.
In addition, capital investment of the United States
government in this section of Oregon totals more than
5300,000,000, including the vast forests of the O&C and
Rogue River national forest, the Veterans Administration
domiciliary at Camp White, and equipment of Civil Aeronau
tics authority and weather bureau.
The added boost to local
economy brought about by op
erational expenses and busi
ness from employees' families
is hardly possible to estimate.
Operational expenditures esti
mated by Medford district of
fice of the bureau of land man
agement alone, excluding pay
roll, totaled $273,638.96 for
1957.
The bueau of reclamation's
Talent project to enlarge irri
gation facilities totals approx
imately S6,00,000 for the
fiscal year ending July, 1958.
Other Projects
Other projects and services
already complete or in prog
ress have been financed in
total or in part by the federal
government.
In such ways federal em
ployees touch every county
resident every day. Govern
ment officials thoughout the
U.S. are concentrating efforts
during the week of Jan. 15 to
"develop awareness and ap
preciation of the people who
compose the federal service,
the important work they per
form, and the satisfying ca
reer opportunities it offers,"
the civil service commission
reports.
Signed into law Jan. 16,
1883, the civil service act was
a climax to public sentiment
for civil service reform which
grew from the assassination of
President James Garfield by
a disgruntled citizen in a pa
tronage dispute.
Thirty-Three Agencies
Thirty-three agencies with
federal employees are listed
in Medford's directory. With
few exceptions, they are pro
tected by the civil service act.
They were hired following
c om petit ive examinations
which assure that randidates
are qualified for t le jobs to
be filled.
The veterans adm. nistration
domiciliary at C.'.uip White
leads local agencif s in number
of employees wfih 210, plus
870 members residing at the
station.
Valued at more than $6,
500,000, the domiciliary oper
ated at a cost of 51,667,879.17
for the last fiscal year. Food,
most of which is purchased
locally, totaled $243,701.25.
Employees there work un
der an incentive awards pro
gram common to many civil
service agencies. The Camp
White domiciliary's operating
cost is one of the lowest
among such installations in
the country.
Most Active Agency
One of the most active and
best known federal agencies
in the valley at present is the
bureau of reclamation, which
employes 80 workers from
the Camp White office and
seven in Medford. The annual
payroll is over S320.000.
Under the U.S. department
of interior, the bureau is in
ternationally famous as an
engineering agency in devel
oping natural resources for
irrigatioin, hydroelectric pow
er plants, flood control and
recreational benefits.
Employees increased here
during the past year when
work began on the Talent
project to enlarge and extend
irrigation facilities and pro
vide supplemental irrigation
water to 10.030 acres in short
supply and to 5.300 acres of
dry land. The project, headed
by J. A. Callan, construction
engineer, is expected to be 35
per cent complete next July 1.
Post Office Department
Approximately 120 civil
; servants are employed by the
post office department in
J a c k s o n county, nrovidine I
1 many services besides that of
civil service, represent almost
gathering and distributing
mail.
Sixty-nine work under Post
master Moore Hamilton in the
Medford and Central Point
post offices, 21 in Ashland
under Parker Hess, and about
30 in the outlying offices.
The post office is a collector
of customs; it sells duck
stamps, documentary stamps,
U.S. savings stamps; issues
money orders (requiring two
full-time employees); and reg
isters aliens each January as
required by law.
Care of the federal timber
lands is another important
government responsibility lo
cally. About half of the com
mercial national forests in
Jackson county are adminis
tered by the Medford district
forestry office of the bureau
of land management.
Concentrate on Timber
Headed by District Forestry
Ross A. Youngblood, the bu
reau's 57 employees concen
trate on O and C timber and
land valued at $155,000,000
in Jackson county, plus capi
tal improvements such as
roads, reforestation and blister
rust control.
Revenues from the O and
C lands, which resulted from
complex federal legislation in
volving the state and the oid
Oregon and California rail
road, made up over half the
general county revenues in
1955-56.
Working closely with the
lumber industry, BLM feels
that management of public
land must be intensified and
refined to achieve what the
public wants in wood, miner
als, grass use, recreation and
as esthetic assets.
Operates Out of Inoom
It is one of the few agen
cies that operates, out of in
come, a policy established by
law requiring that BLM op
erate from whatever propor
tion of 25 per cent of total
income that Congress chooses
to appropriate.
Permanency of wood har
vest is assured on the lands
through a sustained timber
cutting basis. A $1,000,000 re
forestation p r o g r a m was
launched this year, and BLM
also is working with other
agencies and individuals in
recreational development of
the Howard Prairie project.
In the Rogue River Nation
al Forest are the rest of the
federal commercial forests in
the county. Forty-five per
manent civil service em
ployees care for the 394,327
acres. They include Super
visor Carroll Brown, four dis
trict rangers, 12 rangers man
aging timber and related re
sources, eight engineers and
aides, 13 timber and fire con
trol aides, and eight other
office personnel.
Lookouts, Fire Guards
About 120 lookouts, fire
guards, timber scalers and la
borers work during the sum
mers, resulting in a total an
nual payroll in Jackson coun
ty of about 5300,000. More
than that amount also is spent
for materials and equipment.
Recreational use of the
forests, which is encouraged
by the service, is a leading
asset, along with livestock
grazing.
Water for the cities of
Medford and Ashland come
from the Rogue forest, as
does that for irrigating 53,
000 acres in the valley. Pro
tection of watersheds through
skillful management is one of
! the chief responsibilities of
the forest service.
1 a third agency which aires
WEATHERMEN Above, Bob Church, head of Medford's
U.S. weather bureau station, holds one of the radiosonde
balloons released at 3:30 p.m. daily at the Medford airport,
while Meteorologist Stan Lacy checks the box of instruments
that will send back signals indicating upper air tempera
ture, humidity and wind information. The Medford weather
bureau employs 11 meteorologists, under civil service, to
keep a 24-hour watch on the weather.
PLOTS DAM SITE Above, C. A. Tingleaf, supervisor en
gineering aide of the Medford field office of the bureau of
reclamation, is shown above plotting elevation contours
on map of a southern Oregon dam site. Money spent by the
federal government here for improvement of irrigation and
power facilities is of great benefit to this area. Last fiscal
year the bureau of reclamation spent S6. 600, 000 on the
Talent project alone and the payroll for its 87 workers totaled
more than 5320,000.
for the timbered areas of
southern Oregon is the Na
tional park service. It em
ployes 33 regular service per
sonnel and about 100 more
for special summer work.
It is charged with preserv
ing' and conserving "certain
outstanding examples of nat
ural or native America, along
with areas of great scientific,
scenic or historic vales," ac
cording to Superintendent
Tom Williams.
The Medford office, with
an average annual payroll of
5250,000, maintains Crater
Lake National park, all of
which lies in Klamath coun
ty, and Oregon Caves Na
tional monument in Josephine
county.
A well-known- and often
censured agency, (especially
in the Rogue valley's hard-to-predict
climate) is the U.S.
weather bureau. The hard
working 11-man staff of me
teorologists keep a 24-hour
watch on the weather.
Unpublicized Duties
Their unpublicized duties
include a constant observa
tion program for airplane
landings and takeoffs at the
Medford airport, weather map
preparation for national and
international use, solar energy
and radio activity measure
ments, observations for the
International Geo physical
Year, flood warnings and
fruit frost forecasts.
In its "upper air" program,
the bureau releases two radio
sonde balloons daily at 3:30
a.m. and p.m., sounding the
upper air for temperature,
pressure, humidity and wind
information. Two smaller bal
loons are released at 9:30
a.m. and p.m.
Weather forecasts direct
from the bureau are made on
local radio stations five times
daily.
Airport Activity
Most of the activity at the
Medford airport depends on
the 23 civil service employees
in the four offices of the civil
aeronautics authority.
Aided by equipment valued j
at more than 5750,000, the!
CAA provides for communi- j
cations, direction finding,;
weather information, ship
movement reports and instru-
ment landings.
Landing instructions were
issued 26,523 times during
1957 and 1,283 instrument
approaches were guided by
the CAA.
An emergency power gen
erator is part of CAA equip-j
ment and is automatically in
operation the instant normal
power is shut ofi. -w.
Social Security Work
Few county residents are
not affected by the Social Se
curity administration, which
employs seven persons in its
Medford office. The 4,748 per
sons drawing retirement and
survivors insurance in Jack
son county received S242.945
per month, according to W.
V. Nusbaum, district man
ager. Applications for social
security benefits totaled 1,896
last year.
Social security cards are is
sued by the office and anoth
er chief function is taking ap
plications from eligible per
sons for payments.
Farmers and agriculture re
ceive help in numerous ways
from three federal agencies
with offices in Jackson coun
ty. The soil conservation serv
ice works with the two con
servation districts "to plan
and apply soil, water and
plant conservation practices."
Overall Objective
The overall objective of the
six employees is "to assist
farmers in using their land
to sustain a high level of eco
nomical return," according to
Robert Lonzway, work unit
conservationist for the Sams
Valley-Beagle district. Clem
Ault is conservationist for the
Rogue district.
Actively handled by local
committees, the SCS assists
in land leveling, stream bank
control, crop rotation, under- J
ground drainage and other '
conservation practices.
Funds paid to farmers to
assist in some conservation ;
projects are administered by
the agricultural stabilization
and conservation committee,
with offices in the courthouse.
It assists also in developing a
county conservation program
and administers the wheat al
lotment, wool incentive, price
support and soil bank pro
grams. Research Farms
Further aid to agriculture j
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
Open House Slated
At Vets Domiciliary
The 75th anniversary of
the civil service will be ob
served with open house at
the Camp White (Veterans
administration Domiciliary
Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday this week.
Visitors at the Domicili
ary will be conducted on
tours of the facility and will
be advised by department
heads as to operations and
maintenance.
Manager E. K. Ricker and
Assistant , Manager Harold
Jaffrey will welcome visi
tors at the domiciliary.
is offered by the research
farms in the county under the
management of Superintend
ent Harold White, an Oregon
State college employee.
Federal funds bolster the
state budget for operating the
three farms, including one for
agronomy at Talent and two
for horticultural research at
lalent on Kings highway.
One federal employee, Dr.
Roland C. Blake, serves local
ly. The other state employees
receive federal assistance
through federal funds to the
state.
Although not under civil
service, members of the arm
ed forces contribute hundreds
of thousands of dollars to the
county's economy each year.
sixteen members of the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps and Air
Force are stationed here as
recruiters or with reserve
units. In addition almost 100
men receive pay while serv
ing part time with the reserve.
Ground Observer Corps
The ground observer corps,
under the Air Force, has a
local program under the di
rection of Master Sgt. Clifford
C. Poulson.
Some of the federal funds
reach the county through the
National Guard which has
over 250 men in training in
the two Medford companies
and two Ashland batteries.-
Separate from the armed
forces, but also under the de-
tense department, is the selec
tive service, which has two
civil service personnel in its
county office. They register
all men born after Aug. 30,
1922, plus recording former
veterans for the stand-by re
serve. Veterans have further con
tact with Uncle Sam through
the veterans administration
local office. Its services in
clude explaining benefits pos
sible for veterans and assist
ing applicants.
Geological Survey
The geological survey, sur
face water division, employees
four civil servants to studv
surface water run off in south
ern Oregon.
The federal housing admin
istration maintains a Medford
office to appraise property
preceeding local requests to
FHA from local lending insti
tutions.. Federal law enforcement
agencies are represented here
only by the federal bureau of
investigation, although each
executive branch of the gov
ernment has its own investi
gating agency.
Two FBI agents are head
quartered here, under the de
partment of justice, to "inves
tigate violation of federal
laws and, also to investigate
matters in which the U.S. is
a party of interest." Most of
their work, however, concerns
crime and security.
Housekeeping Agency
The comparatively new
housekeeping agency for the
federal government is the gen
eral services administration,
which has 10 civil service
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Retrial Set For
Klamath Patrolman
Klamath Falls (W Cir
cuit Judge David R. Vanden
berg said Saturday a retrial
will be set in the case of Kla
math Falls city patrolman
John Wilson, 26, who is ac
cused of assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
Judge Vandenberg Thurs
day ordered a mistrial in the
case when he learned that
Wilson's attorney, Ben. J.
Goddard, had died of a heart
attack. A new attorney will
be appointed and time grant
ed for him to familiarize him
self with the case, Judge Van
denberg said.
Wilson is accused of beat
ing Clyde Cioud, 52, when
the man was picked up by
police and allegedly ordered
to get out of town.
Plywood Workers
Laid Ofi Friday
Portland (IP) Between
300 and 400 plywood workers
were laid off Friday after
noon fct the Ply-Lock plant of
the Simpson Logging Co. at
the firm's St. Johns plant
here. Another 275 employees
at the company's Albany plant
were affected also, according
to a company spokesman.
Einer Pat Reiten, person
nel manager for Simpson here
blamed the curtailment of op
erations on' "a lack of work
orders." He said the Ply-Lock
operation ordinarily employs
450 employees. The Friday
layoff was one of a series dur
ing the last five months, Rei
ten said, the the largest so
far.
He said the layoff was tem
porary, but would continue
"until orders pick up."
Deserters Rounded Up
In Series Of Raids
Couenhagen, Denmark W)
Danish police "flying squads"
rounded up eight U.S. Army
deserters in a series of raids
on bars and restaurants here
Friday night, it was announc
ed Saturday.
The raids were made with
the knowledge and coopera
tion of the U.S. Embassy and
service oficials, police said.
workers here headed by Sup
erintendent Glenn Herdman.
They care for the mainten
ance of the post office and fed
eral buildings, each housing
nine agencies.
Many other non-federal
government units, such as the
extension service, welfare de
partment, employment service
and school lunch program are
bolstered with monies from
the national treasury.
Internal Revenue
Taxes pay for the innumer
able services and Uncle Sam
has the bureau of internal
revenue's seven employees in
Medford to help collect.
Despite what many taxpay
ers think, income taxes do
not pay for them all. Of the
entire federal budget, individ
ual income taxes have been
less than 50 per cent of the
federal income. Corporation
income and excise taxes and
customs and other receipts
make up the rest.
When considering the great
amount of the budget which
goes toward U.S. military and
security programs, the im
portant services provided by
most of Jackson county's fed
eral offices cost comparatively
little to the average taxpayer.
And maybe that will make
it easier wThen April 15 comes
'round again.
qualified and
understanding people
William E.
ASHLAND MORTUARY
4h an C Streets Ashland
Morticians by Invitation JL
National
Guard
News
' By MARGARET BEHNKE
Tuesday, Jan. 7, the tro
phies purchased by Company
A were awarded winners of
the rifle matches recently con
cluded. At last formation, after the
regular drill, Company Com
mander 1st Lt. Donald Ivie
presented a trophy to second
platoon. The team won the
series of matches. The trophy
was accepted by platoon ser
geant MSgt. Jack Burns.
First Lieutenant Ivie also
presented MSgt. Burns the
trophy for being the high
scoring individual in the com
pany. After accepting the per
sonal trophy MSgt. Burns
announced that he wished to
award it to the man in the
company who showed the
most improvement in firing
during the matches.
He said he believed that it
was more appropriate to
award the trophy to a young
er man in the company with
out as much experience, and
that he hoped it would help
promote interest and competi
tion in future matches.
The men gave M Sgt. Burns
a round of applause that
showed their approval of his
gesture in giving up his tro
phy, and in his choice of Cpl.
Charles Brown to receive it.
1st. Lt. Jack Phillips, who
has been in charge of the
company matches, announced
that Sunday, Jan. 12, the bat
talion matches will begin at
the Medford Armory. Com
pany A and Headquarters
Company and Company C of
Grants Pass will compete with
the other half of the match
being held at the same time
in Cottage Grove. The final
matches will be held in the
Medford Armory Jan. 26.
Headquarters Company has
promoted Pvt. Fred C. Corbin
! from Pvt. El to Pvt. E2. Pvt.
Corbin wil leave Jan. 11 to
begin six months active duty
training at Ft. Ord, Calif.
Erwin Stockford, a student
at Medford High school, has
enlisted for three years in
Headquarters Company.
At the drill Jan. 5 the men
in Headquarters Company at
tended class in various phases
of training including "Field
Fortifications," instructed by
Sfc Daun Chaney, and Pfc.
Bill Bowling; "Telephone
Switchboard," instructed by
SP3 Raymond Hilton, assit
ed. by Pfc. Anthony B.
Misksche; "Coding and De
coding," under Pfc. Frank
Artmire and Pfc. Kenneth R.
Jacks; "Combat Intelligence"
instructed by Pfc. James Ben
son and Pfc. Derwin Large;
and "Theory of Combustion
Engines," instructed by Sgt.
James Heberling. This class
was supplemented by a film.
The films used by the Na
tional Guard are furnished by
the Sixth Army and cover
every possible phase of train
ing. They are used as often as
possible in classes at the Ar
mory. Members of the winning
rifle team from the second
platoon include MSgt. Burns,
Pvt. David A. Dahl, Pvt. Rob
ert L. Thomas, Pfc. Donald D.
Goyette, Sfc. Harold H. Ves
sey, Sgt. George C. Halberton,
Pvt. John L. Shama, Pvt.
Perry H. Sneed, and 1st. Lt.
Jack C. Phillips.
Driscoll, Jr.
FUNERAL
DIRECTORS