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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday. May 12, 1938 on "Sir ft ,50-Acre Blaze Under Control " North Bend, Wash. IB Firefighters Saturday brought a 50-acre blaze in Snoqualmie National forest under control and were conducting mopping up operations, the Forest Ser vice reported. Three tanker planes joined the battle against the fire, spraying water over the blaze. The Forest Service said it was believed this was the first time tanker planes were used west of the Cascades. It took three days to bring the fire under control. A for est service spokesman said very rugged country made the firefighting operations diffi cult. In addition, the spokes man explained, the fire oc curred over an area that had been burned out in 1931 or 1938 and snags left from the older fire increased the difficulty. About 80 men fought the flafce. Half of them were log gers from this area and the rest were Forest Service em ployees. Head Scarves -Cause Lice Spread Portland TO Health au thorities Saturday blamed childish habits of trading head scarves and hats among school children, elementary jnd high school, for a fast spreading outbreak of head ice in Portland. ; Dr. F. Sydney Hansen, county health officer, said it was the first time in 15 years ;that the county has had to 2deal with a head lice infesta tion in the schools. Dr. Phyllis Davis of the Jcounty health staff said "it's spreading. That doesn't sound igood, but it's true." She said ;she was discouraged at pro Tgress made against the prob lem because the imminent summer vacation would mean Trio supervision of neglected jcases. - Dr. Hansen said "When -: school starts again in the Ifall, I'm afraid it's going to be worse." - The health office in April checked 300 cases and Dr. 'Hansen commented, "I would -not say we have been seeing tthem all by a good deal." Mrs. Minear Takes Part in Program 1 Mrs. Robert Minear, Jack- sonville-Phoenix rd appeared I on the program of the annual -state convention of the Ore- gon Association for Retarded Children in Portland this weekend, according to the Saskson County Tuberculosis i aad Health association. " Vrs. Minear is chairman of ,'the local program for parents -,;of mentally retarded children, 'sponsored by the association. ' Program for the convention lis built around the theme that retarded children can be helped and is to include sev eral people prominent in the Omental health field. Mrs. Min- 'ear has been asked to assist on a panel discussing local com pnunity work. ATTENTION!! Sawmill Operators, Loggers, Fanners arid Olhsr Employers EFFECTIVE JULY Isl INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT RATES ARE AGAIN SHARPLY INCREASED JUNE 1st IS DEADLINE IN ORDER TO CHANGE 9 You Can Maka Substantial Savings Through a Large National Mutual Insurance Company Assets Over $210,000,000.00 18 Years In Oregon For Information Without Obligation Complete and Mail Form Below D. A. Breakey Sales Rep. PHONE CA 2-1621 TIMES B1DG.," PORTLAND 4, OREGON Name, Address. Kind of Business. No. of Employees. JT" . -Ik HAND LINE Hand line location and con- classes taught struction gave the loggers a work-out. Other water, cat-line LINE LOCATION Applegate District location and Ranger Vern Taylor spoke to the Medford both schools group of logging industry personnel on line year. DEMONSTRATION Dry mop-up was dem- tion fire by separating the fuel and mixing onstrated by Medford Unit Forest Warden, it with dirt. This type of fire fighting is Bert Cook. He extinguished a demonstra- necessary when water is not availab .e. Warehousemen's Strkie Ties Up Retail Seattle TO King Coun ty shoppers Saturday anxi ously waited for signs of a break in the eight-day old warehousemen's strike which Friday spread from the food 1 Phone No. 53 4 Trade industry to virtually all other retail products but drugs. The Distributors Associa tions took action Friday to lock out members from the striking union, Local 117 of the Warehouse Drivers and Helpers, from 60 warehouses throughout the area. W. L. Williams, secretary treasurer of the union, esti mated 1,000 members were- directly affected by the shut down and 1,500 related em ployees were also out of work temporarily. . Scarcity Seen Meanwhile Saturday shop pers streamed through the aisles of supermarkets, with their pushcarts piled high. Fresh fruits and vegetables, the commodities most immed iately made scarce by the strike, were expected to be virtually non-existent in mar kets by Monday. , Representatives of the in dustry and the union began negotiating again in earnest Friday in the hope of reach ing a week end settlement. Although Arnold Schoenack er, labor relations representa tive for the struck warehous es, said some progress had been made, it was not known this morning whether the gap between the two sides was closing substantially. Immigrants who came to America in sailing ships often required seven to twelve weeks for the voyage. Poison Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL Yon must be satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT included f jre behavior, use of construction, and dry mop-up. construction. All classes at were held in the field this Kindergarten Visits j Medford Library Members of Mrs. Lester Harris' kindergarten visited the children's room of the Medford Public library last week, where they were enter tained by Mrs. Cynthia Mc Kay, acting head of the junior department. The morning kindergarten, with 22 mem bers, made their visit Wed nesday; the afternoon kinder garten attended Thursday. Boys and girls in the morn ing class are Douglas Bennett, Vincent De Manley, Bobby Mayer, Bobby Lowrey, Ifancy Tomjack, Merleanne Perkins, Tommy Shafer, Mike Wat kins, Jimmy Redden, Sara Wolf, Valerie Miller, Janet Schulz, Kelly Ouellette, David Dellenback, Eric Landis, Mark Townes, JoAnne Edin, Hank Hudson, Ricky Hamilton, Dan Heyerman, and David McFad den. Visitors from the afternoon kindergarten were Steven Chamberlain, Janice Greer, Neil Hogue, Cheryl Givler, Andy Dispenziere, Johnny Hatch, Gary McDougall, Deb bie Hogue, Vince Mathews, Shannon Smith, Brad Clark, Tom, Freeman George Heff ner, Kathy Neuch, Dale Bur 'ton, Vicki Ragland, Michaei Higgins. $37,000 in Tubing Ordered By PGB Portland OP) Enough cop per tubing to stretch halfway to Oregon's capital city of Salem from Portland some 20 miles has - been ordered by Portland General Electric company for installation in a condenser at the utility's east Portland steam generation plant. The one-inch tubing, according to purchasing agent Fred Hodge, will cost some $37,000. ' 65 Loggers Attend Classes Held Near Here, Grants Pass By JIM FISHER Fire control methods was the lesson for the day for log- j gers and other persons attend ing the .third annual fore man's school at Medford and Grants Pass last week. More than 40 loggers at tending the Medford advanced session were given field train ing at a prepared site south of the Old Military rd. Wed nesday. Approximately 25 loggers attended the advanced session held in the Grants Pass area near Merlin Thurs day. The idea for training log ging industry personnel as foremen of fire crews origi nated following the bad fire season of 1955. In September of that year, many project fires were being fought by the tw protection agencies of southern Oregon, the Oregon state forestry department and the United States forest serv ice. Both agencies noticed the lack of trained foremen to guide logging and mill crews in fighting fire. Idea Was Born Shortly after the 1955 fire season had ended, the Oregon state forestry department and the U. S. forest , service met with representatives of the bureau of land management and the Southern Oregon Con servation and' Tree Farm asso ciation. At that time the idea of a cooperative training'pro- gram for key industrial per sonnel was born. Details of the first foreman' fire school were worked out at a meeting of the same people in March, 1956. More than on hundred log gers attended the first fore man's fire school in Medford, April, 1956. This was a one day session in the basic meth ods of fire control. - In 1957, the program was enlarged to include both a basic course and advanced course at Medford and a basic course at Grants Pass. Approx imately 150 loggers attended at least one of the three one day sessions. Planned Each Year The foreman's fire ' school will be held each year as long as interest is found in the pro gram. New subjects will be covered each year to avoid repitition, but some review will be held at each school. Many private loggers attend the schools, but if a company wants to send some of their employees to the school, they sign an agreement stating that they will pay their man's wages for the day" spent at the school. In return, the state forestry, department and the forest service agree to pre pare the program, furnish the instructors, and serve a hot noon meal. Cost of the meals and furnishing of instructors at Medford is shared by the Southwest Oregon District of the state forestry department and the Rogue River national forest of the forest service. At Grants Pass, the same state forestry department district "shares the items with the Sis kiyou' national forest of the forest service. The foreman's fire school held in 1956 is believed to have been the first school of its kind ever held. Since that time, other districts of the state forestry department have held similar schools in other parts of Oregon. Opens Meeting , . t This year the advanced ses sion at Medford was held on the Fick rd. beyond the inter section of Ross lanes and the Old Military rd. Mel McGrew, Southern Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm associa tion president, opened the meeting ' in behalf of L. L. (Doc) Simpson, who could not attend because of illness. "Doc" Simpson is secretary of SOCTFA and represented the association during the organ ization of the foreman's fire school program. District Warden Curtis Ne sheim of the state forestry de partment explained the day's schedule. Fire behavior was the sub ject of the first class with State Training Officer Ron Smith of Salem serving as in? structor. He reviewed the "fire triangle" of heat, air, and fuel needed to have fire. He then spent the rest of his time explaining how . to spot symptoms of a fire "blow-up" the term used1 to describe the action of a fire when it sud denly explodes and spreads. Clouds, the fire's noise,' wind, and topography can all be used to help predict this con dition of a forest fire. Line Location Line location and construc tion were the next two class TEACHES WATER USE Use taught by Rex Resler, Union ranger for the forest service. USE OF WATER Fast-moving fires gave the class on use of water a realistic appear subjects. Vern Taylor, district ranger at Star ranger station, explained how to decide on the actual location of a .iire trail. A simulated fire was laid out using string as the fire's perimeter. After a trip around the fire, the loggers used Vern's suggestions and built an actual trail around the fire with hand tools. Cat-line construction was the next subject with Lyle Byers, fire protection analyst from Salem, serving I as in structor. He explained that all cat-line on fires must be built with holding the line and mopping-up the fire in mind. Disadvantages of using a cat on a fire include .the fact that cats cannot operate on steep, rocky, or swampy ground; they cannot work too close to a fire; they often bury fuel and make mop-up of the fire difficult; and they are not too maneuverable on a fire. Byers listed the advantages of using a cat as being good for building ire trail through slash created by logging, building a wide trail, often can make a fire trail into a road for pumpers, and they release fire crews for use else where on the fire. Travel Time Lengthy ; Since' travel time for a cat is lengtny, tney snoiua De transported to the fire during the night if possible and be ready to be used early in the day. A cat operator should have a man working with him to help locate the proposed fire trail. The two men should have pre-arranged signals to use in communicating over the noise of the cat. Byers stressed the fact that the cat operator should strive for length of fire trail built, rath er than quality of fire trail. At noon, the loggers and in structors ate a steak dinner prepared by Frank Helm, for est warden at the state for estry department's McLeod guard station. Following lunch, the loggers examined a cat line built to point out good and bad prac tices in fire trail construction. Use of Water , Next on the program was a class in use of, water , with Union Creek District Ranger Rex Resler as instructor. He showed different nozzles, noz zle tips, and other pumping equipment. A demonstration on use of water was held with the fire fighters using as little water as possible. Actual fires were set for this demonstra tion and the following one in which loggers used hoses leading from a forest service pumper to extinguish a fire. Unlimited use of water was then demonstrated using wa ter pumped from a water-hole. A pump was set up at the edge of the water-hole and water pumped through hoses to the demonstration fires. , Dry mop-up, or extingush- ing a fire without water, was the last class for the loggers. State forestry department As sistant District Wardens Doyle of water was use and unlimited use of water was shown. creek district Logger crews Both limited the methods ance. Both pumpers and pumps were dem onstrated by forest service personnel. Stockton of Medford and How ard Brock of Grants Pass con ducted the class. . Burning material buried an hour previously -was uncov ered and showed signs of hav ing enough heat to re-ignite. An exposed cross-section of a rotten stump showed how fire could travel through a root and ignite material outside of a fire trail although the visi ble fire in the top part of the stump had been extinguished. Medford Unit Forest Ward en Bert Cook and Grants Pass Unit Forest Warden Paul Mat teson demonstrated dry mop up. This was done by separat ing heavy fuels, using dirt to cool fuels, and digging "out stumps. A crew of loggers then completed the mop-up of the demonstration fire. Summary of School A summary of the fore man s fire , school was given by Butte Falls District Rang er Ralph Weise and District Warden Curtis Nesheim. Both men expressed the fact that the school would be held next year with, new subjects being taught. On Thursday, the same pro gram was held near Merlm for loggers in Josephine coun ty. The same state forestry personnel participated, but the Siskiyou national forest furnished the forest service instructors. These instructors included W. H. Marchant, teaching line location and construction," and George Mor- ry, teaching use of water. Should southern Oregon ex perience another fire season similar to the one of 1955, fire protection agencies will find a valuable source of trained and qualified crew foremen in the number of private in dustry personnel that have atr tended the foreman's fire training schools. The torch of the Statue of Liberty goes on at the hour of the official sunset and goes off at the hour, of official sunrise. Men and women hear again with nothing fTirMicrJi fnrillintr Sonotone - it &frWC' OU Uvuf O research discovery. Only YOU will know your E-Zone secret of transistor hearing aid completely concealed in stylish glasses. Yet you use both ears (just as normal per-E-Zone:. Everything worn of EYE-EAR level, nothing worn anywhere else. . , I I C. R. ADAMSON, Manager then extinguished a fire using they had learned. Plane Searched For Bomb Plant San Francisco -. (TO A United Air Lines plane -was searched and taken out of service at San Francisco In ternational Airport early Sat urday af ter a caller in Seattle said a bomb was aboard. Forty-five passengers and their luggage were . removed and transferred to another plane for the flight to Los Angeles. . A search of the first plane and the luggage disclosed no bomb, i v The search was initiated by a call to an unidentified Se attle radio station disc jock ey who notified- authorities there, Sheriffs Sgt. Roy Star beck said. Pay TV is being tested in Oklahoma. The results may show whether the future of the movies industry lies in the theatre or the home. Studies of seaside vegeta tion indicate, that, the level of the ocean has risen about one foot in the last hundred years. C AST 3 2) CARLOS ' YOUR I hiJl MORRIS CORONER .' j Paid Adv. Carles Morris for Coroner Comm. . E. H. Thomas, Chairman, 703 Wy 1 0th, Medford ' sons listen) to enjoy latest hearing revolu - tion recommended by doctors. 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