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Tillamook Fire Burned 250,000
Acres Twentv-five Years Ago
Salem One o'clock on
the afternoon of Aug. 14
marks a quarter of a century
since the first Tillamook fire
broke out in the Gales creek
canyon in northwestern Ore
gon. It was 10 days later that It
"blew up" and within a mat
ter of 20 hours, an area of
40,000 acres that had been
burned over during the first
10 days of the fire had grown
to 250.000 acres. More than
12 billion board feet of Ore
gon's finest timber was killed.
On that early morning of
Aug. 14, the sun rose clear
and hot. An east -wind swept
across the valley and into
the slopes of the Coast range.
As morning advanced, the
wind grfew stronger. It rus
tled through the forests. It
absorbed the moisture from
the slashings, the twigs and
moss on the trees and the de
bris on the forest floor. It was
a restless and uneasy day in
the forest.
Urged Closing
Foresters urged the loggers
to close operations. In those
days there was no law forc
ing such action. It was volun
tary only. Up in the Gales
creek canyon, 15 miles out of
Forest Grove, a logger had a
single log to bring in before
closing. As the huge Douglas
fir ground its way to the
landing the spark occurred,
either through a line around
a stump or windfall or by the
log itself as it ground its way
across a down cedar.
The fire call rang through
the woods. Before the loggers
could bring tneir fire fighting
tools from the landing, the-
fire had carried to the top of
a tall snag nearby. The east
wind caught burning debris
and carried it half a mile
across the canyon into an area
of tinder dry slashings. The
fire literally exploded. A wall
of flame was carried directly
into the nearby stand of age
old Douglas fir. It halted for
an instant and then flamed
through the tops of the trees
with a roar that could be
heard down in the valley.
Men were called from the
fields, the forests, and the
cities. A thousand enrollees
from the Civilian Conserva-I
tion Corps hit the fire. They
fought it for 10 days, loosing
lines, backing up and putting
In others. They were heart
ened during the approach of
the first 10 days by a slight
rain and it was nearly con
trolled. By that time about
40,000 acres had been burned.
Picture Changei
But with the coming of
daylight on the morning of
Aug. 24, the picture had
changed. An east wind blew
across the valley floor with a
force that picked up dust
from the summer fallow. For
esters knew the threat and
ordered fire fighters and fam
ilies away from the west
side of the fire.
Over a 15-mile front the
Tillamook fire broke out with
a fury like the eruption of a
giant volcano or the explo
sion of an atomic bomb. It
rolled through the forest with
a frightening force, uprooting
trees, twisting them off,
cracking the cliffs with the
terrific heat. Some of the
fire crew, with inexperienced
men verging on panic, were
brought out to safety under
the guidance of the experi
enced men. Families along
the Wilson and Trask rivers
made their way to safety in
the coastal areas.
Along the Pacific coast
charred needles of the trees,
ashes and cinders fell in the
streets of the cities to a depth
where they could be scooped
up in shovels. A choking,
blinding smoke settled in the
valley and cars crept along in
a cloud denser than any fog
that ever rolled in from the
Pacific.
Fog Rolls In
But late that evening the
east wind died down, and a
fog rolled in from the Pacific
ocean, the first in a number
of days. But the 40,000 acres
of that morning had grown
to 257,000 acres just 20 hours
later.
It was on that day that Ore
gon made the unenviable rec
ord of being the location of
one of the nation's historic
fires of modern times. This
one was added to those of by
gone days the Nestucca fire
of 1848. the Yaquina fire of
five years later, and the Coos
Bay fire of 1868.
But the 1933 Tillamook fire
was not the end of the trag
edy. In 1939 another logger
was careless and the second
Tillamook fire got away, cov
ering some 200.000 acres,
much of it in the original
burn. And again in 1945 at
the regular six-year interval,
the third fire broke out on
the burn and 180,000 acres
was covered before it was
brought under control. Out of
these three fires, a total of
M
350,000 acres of forest land
had been devastated and 13.5
billion board feet of timber
killed.
But that last fire really
made the headlines. The
newspapers sent their report
ers and photographers out on
the fire line. They fed the
news and the pictures to the
papers. Startling and tragic
stories, full of human interest
went into the papers and over
the air. The editors demand
ed that something be done to
reclaim this lost empire and
if the state could not do the
job, then it should be turned
over to the federal govern
ment. State Meets Challenge
The state met the challenge
and the voters in 1948 ap
proved a bond issue without
limitation of either time or
amount. It furnished the
available money -to go ahead
with the work of forest re
habilitation. In 1949 the leg
islature passed the enabling
bill and the work got under
way on July l of that year. It
was a job that exceeded any
that had ever been attempted
by any state or federal agen
cy. It was without prece
dence of a guide for the state
forestry department.
But work got under way
with two main objectives in
mind. The first was to re
forest all areas necessary and
the second not to plant a tree
or seed an acre of land un
less there was reasonable as
surance that it could be pro
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TIRED OUT ALREADY? Teamster President Jaii.es
Hoffa (right) yawns as he waits to be called before the
Senate labor rackets committee in Washington for the
fourth consecutive day. Hoffa has stated that he knows
"positively nothing" about the death of "human torch"
Frank Kierdorf, At left is Hoffa's attorney, Edward Ben
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tected from fire.
In line with this policy,
continuous corridor was des
ignated along the primary
ridges throughout the burn
where all the snags would be
felled, fire lines built down to
mineral soil, and all inflam
mable debris cleared for a
distance of many feet on each
side of this line. A block
might be lost during an ex
treme fire situation but that
would be all.
Areas were designated
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planting would be necessary.
As the work progressed, look
out houses were constructed,
roads maintained and built,
additional crews placed in the
field during the fire season,
and a 60-man camp estab
lished on the Wilson river as
a permanent fixture.
Work Accomplished
During the period that the
work has been carried out, it
has seen 25,000,000 trees
planted on 31.000 acres of
forest land, 57,336 acres have
been aerially seeded, 771,872
snags felled, and 140 miles of
fire breaks constructed.
The little trees are begin
ning to show their terminals
above the fern and brush in
parts of the forest. They are
a promise of future forests,
future industry, and future
recreational facilities.
The Tillamook burn will
eventually become a green
forest and a place in which
to work and play.
Crop Production Up,
Land Acreage Down
Washington (ITD Ameri
can farmers are producing by
far the largest crop in U.S.
history this year. And they're
doing it on the smallest acre
age in 40 years.
The Agriculture Depart
ment's August crop produc
tion estimate Monday said the
1958 crop will be 113 per
cent of the 1947-49 base
period. This compares with
previous record crops, which
weer 106 per cent of the base
period, in 1948, 1956 and
1957.
The department said gains
in yield prospects during July
now seem likely to make 1958
the nation's biggest crop year
"by far."
Eugene Market Held
Up For $203 Monday
Eugene (ITD A man wear
ing a bright plaid shirt and
brandishing a revolver took
S203 from Mark's Market
here Monday evening and
escaped in a car. Police said
roadblocks were up around
the area.
Mark Smith, owner of the
market, said a man with
black wavy hair with a gray
streak' in it walked in about
6:50 p.m. and demanded
money. The robber stuffed
the bills, all ones and fives,
into a brown satchel and
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PLANE CRASH SETTLEMENT Vito Michael Galasso
Jr., 14, one of the children injured when a Douglas trans
port collided in mid-air with a Northrop jet and feD into
the yard of the junior high school at Pacoima, Calif., is
shown with his parents at the court in San Fernando,
Calif, after a $105,000 settlement was approved by Su
perior Judge William Neeley. Vito suffered burns over
40 pet, of his body when the burning wreckage fell into
the school yard.
Ex-Assistant to Ike
Takes New Position
Durham, N. C.
Ar
thur Larson, former special
assistant to President Eisen
hower, will assume new dut
ies Sept. 1 as director of the
new Rule of Law Center at
Duke university.
Duke president, A. Hollis
Edens, announced the ap
pointment Monday a few
hours after Larson resigned
from his White House post.
The center was founded to
stimulate- acceptance of the
rule of law at the internation
al level, including its use in
settling disputes affecting the
world peace.
Larson, 48, became a spec
ial assistant to President Eis
enhower in 1957 after serv
ing as director of the U. S.
Information Agency and as
Undersecretary of Labor. He
formerly taught law at the
University of Tennessee and
Cornell university and was
dean of the University of
Pittsburgh law school.
Harbor Logger Killed
In Accident Monday
Brookings !UPD William
Hempel, 35-year-old Harbor,
Ore., logger, was killed Mon
day in the Boulder Creek
area when a log fell from
loading tongs and struck him
on the head.
He was an employee of the
Warren-Albertson logging
company of Harbor.
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LISTED A-BOMB VICTIM
Hiroshima !CPD A farmer
who died last week was the
victim of nuclear radiation re
sulting from the World War
II atomic bombing of this
city, was reported today. The
Kyodo News Agency said Rei
ichi Yorimitsu, 71, was the
16th radiation victim to die in
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF HEARINe
School District Boundary Chang
Notice is hereby given that a
petition to the Jackson County Dis
trict Boundary Board now on file
in the office of the County School
Superintendent asks transfer of the
follow described properties from
Prospect School District No. 59 to
Eagle Point School District No. 9:
The Northwest Quarter (NW'il
and the West Half IW',) of the
Northeast Quarter NE' i and all
of that portion of the Northwest
Quarter ot the Southwest Quart
er NW of the SW'il lying
North of Rogue River, Section 26.
Township 33 South. Range 1 East.
Hearing will be granted on thit
petition at a meeting of the Jack
son County District Boundary
Board to be held in the Court
House at Medford. Oregon August
21. 1958. 10:30 o'clock A.M.
Any objectors to the above trans
fer are cited to appear and state
grievances.
Dated in Medford, Oregon, this
4th day of August, 1958.
Rodney Keating
County Judge, Chairman,
Boundary Board
Adelaide Bailey
Secretary, Pro-Tem
Ne. 5-35-S
SUMMONS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR THE
COUNTY OF JACKSON
ARLENE L. RACKOWSKI.
Plaintiffs,
THEODORE RACKOWSKI.
Defendant,
TO THE ABOVX NAMED DE
FENDANT: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF OREGON: You are hereby re
quired to appear in the above en
titled court and cause and answer
the complaint on file therein
against you within four (4) weeks
from the date of the first publica
tion of this summons, and if you
fail to so appear and answer, the
plaintiff will apply to the court
for the relief prayed for in her
complaint, to-wit: For a decree
annulling and declaring void the
marriage contract existing between
you and the plaintiff and for such
other and further relief as to this
honorable court may seem meet
and equitable.
The date of the order for public
ation of this summons is July 25,
1958; the time prescribed for pub
lication of this summons is once
each week for four (4) successive
weeks; the date of the first pub
lication of this summons is July 29.
1958.
DAY AND COURTR IGHT
' Attorneys for Plaintiff
206 Fluhrer Building
Medford, Oregon
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LEGAL NOTICES
No. 16335
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
DT THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK
SON COUNTY
In the Matter of the Estate
cf
EMIL ANDREN.
Deceased
Notice ii hereby given that
the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Jackson County has
appointed the undersigned Admin
istrator of the Estate of Emil
Andren, deceased. All persons hav
ing claims against said Estate are
hereby notified to preeent the
same to me. properly verified, at
the office of my attorney, Walter
D. Nunley, 8 Goldy Building. Med
ford. Oregon, within six (6) months
from the date of this notice.
Dated and first published this
29th day of July. 1958.
EDWIN A. ANDREN
Administrator
No. 10040
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK
SON COUNTY
In the Matter of the Estate of
ANDREW OTIS BULLARD.
Deceased
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed b?
the Circuit Court of Jackson Coun.
ty, Oregon, administrator of the
estate of the above named de
cedent. All persons having claims
against the said estate are hereby
notified to present same, with
vouchers duly verified as provided
by law, to the undersigned, at the
office of Robert A. Boyer. 28 North
Oakdale, Medford. Oregon, within
six months of the date of first
publication of this notice.
Dated and first published this
29th day of July, 1958.
i Alan B. Holmes
Alan B. Holmes,
Administrator
Ne. 58-30S-E
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK
SON COUNTY
JEAN DICKESON,
Plaintiff
ARTHUR DICKESON,
Defendant
To ARTHUR DICKESON. the above
named Defendant:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OR OREGON you are hereby re
quired to appear and answer the
complaint on file against you in
the above entitled suit within four
weeks from the date of the first
publication of this summons, and
if you fail so to appear, for want
thereof, the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief demand
ed in her complaint, to-wit: For
a decree or uus court lorever dis
solving the bonds of matrimony
now existing between plaintiff and
defendant and granting unto plain
tiff an absolute divorce from de
fendant, restoring the parties to
the status of single persons.
The date of the order of publica
tion of this summons it July 21st,
1958. The time prescribed for the
publication of this summons is
once each week for four consecu
tive weeks. The date of the first
publication of this summons is
tuly 22nd, 1958.
JOHN H. CHANEY
Attorney for Plaintiff
8A Goldy Building
Medford, Oregon
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LEGAL NOTICES
No. 10034 -NOTICE
OF SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK
SON COUNTY
PROBATE DEPARTMENT
In the Matter of the Estate of
HARVEY LEE CONRAD, aka H. L.
CONRAD, aka LEE CONRAD.
Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned will, from and
after the 20th day of August, 1958,
sell all of the right, title, estate,
lien and interest of the above en
titled decedent and his estate, in
and to the following described
real property situated In Jackson
County. Oregon:
Northeast Quarter of the North
west Quarter of Section 29.
Township 38 South. Range 3
West of the Willamette Meridian,
situate in Jackson County, Ore
gon. Said property will be fold at
private sale for cash, or credit
in accordance with the law and
statues of Oregon, subject to the
further order and confirmation of
this court.
Dated and first published the
22 day of July. 1958.
Carlos W. Morris,
Administrator
NOTICE OF SCHOOL. ELECTION
UPON QUESTION OF INCREAS
ING TAX LEVY OVER AMOUNT
LIMITED BY SECTION 11.
ARTICLE XI, STATE CONSTI
TUTION Notice is hereby given that an
election will be held in School
District No. 62 of Jackson County.
State of Oregon, from 2:00 P.M. to
8:00 P.M. on August 23. 1958. at
schoolhouse in said school district,
for the purpose of submitting to
the legal voters of said district the
question of increasing the tax levy
for the fiscal year 1958-1959 over
the amount limited by section 11,
article XI. of the Constitution of
Oregon.
The reasons for increasing such
levy are:
As this District has no tax base,
the tctal amount necessary to bal
ance budget is considered in excesi
of the 6r limitation. Budget has
been reduced $7422.50 since last
election.
The amount of tax, in excess of
the 6 limitation, proposed to be
levied for said fiscal year is
$36,737.67.
Dated this 29th day of July. 1958.
Attest:
James H. Martin
Chairman Board of Director
Grace Heer. District Clerk
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