First Field Performance Test
Given Oregon Brand Inspectors
Salem - Having already
proven through two previous
written tests that they pos
sess the I.Q. of the average
American - 90 to 110 - and
a good job knowledge ap
plicants for livestock brand
inspector jobs showed Ore
gon department of agricul
ture personnel it still takes
aspiring inspectors more than
a minute per head to decipher
the correct brands on assort
ed cattle.
The occasion was the first
field performance test given
by the Oregon civil service
commission, in cooperation
with the department, and
which took place in Redmond
last week. Similar exams are
currently being held for 30
additional applicants in On
tario, Medford, and Corvallis
to supplement a list of eligi
bles for any future openings
with the livestock division.
Ten head of cattle, pre
viously closely examined by
H. A. Matschiner, supervising
livestock officer, and brand
inspector aides, were turned
loose in a pen and applicants
given turns at distinguishing
which of Oregon's more than
13,000 registered brands was
before them.
Actually, an Oregon brand
Inspector's work is further
complicated with the influx,
for example, of some 40.000
additional brands from Cali
fornia; 60,000 assorted de
signs from Montana; 20,000
from Idaho; and a multitude
of other hot iron impressions
from other states and Can
ada. "Hank" Matschiner, a for
mer state police officer of
seven years experience, has
been in his present work
with the state department of
agriculture since 1953. He
was assisted in the testing by
George L. Ouellette, Civil
Service examiner, Portland.
Brand inspectors Ray Ego,
Ed Ivory, and Bill Radose
vich, joined Matschiner in
grading the contestants. Iv
ory, an experienced inspec
tor, personally scrutinized 3,
000 cattle in Deschutes and
Crook counties during No
vember alone. Redmond Auc
tion Yards, Inc., where the
tests were given, move more
than 500 cattle each week,
with a brand inspector at
tending every sale.
For legal recognition, Ore
gon law permits branding on
both hips, shoulders, and rib
areas. In addition to the
brands, those vying for fu
ture work with the depart
ment were asked to note such
other memorabilia as ear
notches, flesh blazes, and so
forth. Several steers bore
more than one imprint from
hot irons.
"Because it is possible for
cattle to be moved 300 miles
in 12 hours, we have prob
lems which didn't face the
cattlemen of yesteryears,"
Matschiner said in explaining
the importance of ciphers im
printed into the living hide.
Unless ranchers and farm
ers record their brands with
the department every five
years, the ownership expires
and the brand is open to be
used by someone else,
M. E. Knickerbocker, chief
of the department's division
of animal industry, stated
that Oregon's sixth livestock
brand book will be issued in
1960. Oregon livestock grow
ers will be notified in July,
1959, and must re-register
their brands with the depart
ment by Jan. 1, 1960.
Division head for 12Vfe
years, Knickerbocker was a
former ranch owner, admin
istrator, and county exten
sion agent. He noted that of
his nine livestock' officers,
seven have been former state
police officers and the other
two have had extensive law
enforcement experience, on
the county level.
A livestock officer has, gen
erally, had greater exper
ience and training in police
work than a brand inspector.
A minimum four years, or
equivalent investigative ex
perience, is a necessary qual
ification. Knickerbocker also observ
ed that a number of states
have adopted Oregon's pro
cedures for brand identifica
tion. Oregon's brand inspectors
had inspected 590,698 cattle
through October of this year
and, during the same period,
returned 18 sheep, 24 horses
and 449 cattle to rightful
owners.
The state has about 100
full-time and part-time brand
inspectors. Each inspector re
ceives a livestock brand
book, published by the de
partment. This book of sig-
neis facilitates checks on all
cattle arriving at a salesyard
or slaughter plant. The own
ership of stock must be prov
en before animals can be sold
or slaughtered. Also, all cat
tle, horses, mules, and asses
must be brand-inspected be
fore shipment out-of-state.
Hot Iron Tips
Brands are read from left
to right, from the top down,
or from outside in. A defin
ite m e t h o d of identifying
characters has been establish
ed. If a letter or symbol is
made backwards from its
normal position, its' read as
a "reverse."
A letter lying horizontally
on its face or back is said to
be "lazy," while the same let-,
ter partially over on its face
or back is said to be "tumb
ling." In the cattle industry's in
fant days, ranchers used
large, outsized irons that
nearly covered an animals'
side. When cattle hides began
to bring a good price, the
smaller, carefully forged
stamping iron was ushered
in.
Legibility of an insignia
depends a great deal on the
cowboy applying it. The ci
pher is applied with a grey
hot iron, about the color of
the branding fire ashes. A
red-hot metal produces an over-burned
brand, often re
sulting in sores which may
become infected, in addition
to smudging the print itself.
Though Oregon cowboys
may consider it a gross indig
nity, they are also graded on
their confidence - or fearful
attitude - toward cattle
while brand inspecting.
TAKEN ON TOUR
Ashland Dr. Paul P. Kies,
Pullman, professor emeritus
of English, and Dr. Harry L.
Cole, associate professor of
chemistry, emeritus, were
taken on a tour of the South
ern Oregon college campus
Monday afternoon by Dr.
Arthur S. Taylor, charman of
the socal science division. Dr.
Kies is presently visiting at
the Cole residence in Medford.
Both are retired from the
faculty of the Washington
State college.
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growing in California.
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Sceptre of the American rangeland knight is the iron
with a wooden handle at one end and a wrought iron design
on the other. Supervising use of range pyroglyphics is an
other service carried out by the State Department of Agri
culture which will issue Oregon's sixth livestock brand book
in 1960. Livestock Officer Bill Radosevich, left, discusses
brand irons with Ed Ivory, brand inspector. Both men are
members of the department's division of animal industry.
'Red Rose for Christmas7
Said Painfully Typical
Of Holiday TV Drama
By WILLIAM EWALD
New York (UPD "One fled
Rose For Christmas," a one
hour tranquilizer adminis
tered by CBS
T V ' s "U. S.
Steel Hour"
W e d n e s day
night, was
painfully typi
cal of what
passes for dra
ma during the
Christmas sea
son on TV.
William Ewald What t e 1 e
vision spoons out at this time
of year is great smoothing
doses of everything-will-come-out-all-rightness.
It is a kind
of super Tiny-Timism in
which small children and
small animals and adults with
small problems fumble around
for awhile, but then come to
gether in one grand emotional
Summer Range Use In Forest
Explained to Cattlemen
Last year the summer
ranger on the Rogue River na
tional forest gave forage to
6,200 domestic animals which
were covered by 84 different
range permits, S. T. Moore,
fire control officer for the
U. S. Forestry Service told
the annual meeting of the
Jackson County Stockmen's
association Thursday in Cen
tral Point.
The U. S. Forest Service
spent approximately $10,000
on the ranges for improve
ment and revegetation. This
money was used for 11 miles
of fencing, three cattleguards,
190 acres of reseeding to
grass, 200 acres of weed eradi
cation and competing vegeta
tion. In addition, the range in
ventory continued at a cost
of 5,800, Moore said. This
means that now 70 per cent of
the entire Rogue River na
tional forest is covered by the
basic range inventory. About
240,000 acres ramains to be
covered. This should be done
the next year, the U. S. For
est Service man said. Adding
it all up approximately 16,
000 has been spent on the
ranges this year.
"This sounds like a lot of
money and we think it is a
good beginning, but it is not
near enough to do the job that
has to bed one," Moore told
the cattlemen.
"The officers of your asso
ciation have asked me what
they can do to assist the For
est Service in increasing the
capacity of the National For
est ranges," the forester said.
Responsibility Described
"I look at it about like this:
The Forest Service has the re
sponsibility for managing the
basic range. The livestock in
dustry has the responsbility
for the management of the
stock," Moore said. "It's a
partnership proposition and
I'm sure that by working to
gether out on the range, work
ing together between Indivi
dual stockmen and stock as
sociations . and our district
rangers right out on the
ground we can improve the
condition of the forest ranges
and insure a permanent in
dustry based on good land use
practices." . "
The Rogue River national
forest is managed on the mul
tiple use basis, the forester ex
plained. This means that more
than one type of use may be
managed on any general area,
hes aid. On some cases all five
of the recognized uses appear
in a general area.
One of the long-established
and important uses is the
grazing of domestic livestock.
This summer range is import
ant to the livestock industry,
to' the general public and to
the Forest Service. '
Timber harvest is another
important use of the national
forest, Moore said. During the
last fiscal year, the total re
ceipts from the Rogue River
forest amounted to $2,600,000.
The bulk of this was from the
sale of timber.
"The timber harvest from
the Rogue River forest is the
foundation for a considerable
part of the payroll of Jack
son county," the Forest Serv
ice man said. "The Forest
Service paid $314,000 to the
county during the fiscal year
and this money was used for
roads and schools."
Recreation Important
"Recreation is another im
portant use of the national
forest," Moore said. "More
and more people are visiting
the forest each year. These
people expect to have ade
quate facilities available for
them in the national forest.
The Forest Service is seeking
to provide for their needs
through "Operation Out
doors," by furnishing campground-picnic
facilities for
them.
Another use of the national
forest is for wildlife range.
This is a cooperative venture
between the forest service and
the state game commission.
The game commission handles
the wildlife itself and the for
est service administers the
wildlife range, Moore ex
plained. Probably the most import
ant use of all in the forest is
that of a watershed to pro
vide adequate quantities of
usable water for irrigation,
power and domestic use. All
other management practices
are subordinate to its use as
watershed protection, Moore
emphasized.
pomade while buttered snow
falls softly outside the win
dow. "One Red Rose For Christ
mas" was, as I said, typical.
It posed no real problem nor
real emotional conflict. It
simply presented a nun who
was unable to forgive an or
phan who had indirectly
caused the death of the nun's
sister. In the end, of course,
the little girl was forgiven.
End of hour. End of play its
problems solved In the main
by the simple passage of time.
Hayes Under Contract
Helen Hayes starred in the
play and managed, for the
most part to keep her grab-
bag of tricks under control.
She was guilty only occasion
ally of licking her lips, clos
ing her eyes while looking
heavenward, clasping and un-
clasping her hands, patting
the arms of other players
one of her favorite devices,
fluttering her voice, letting
her breath run out at the end
of a phrase, and inserting cal
culated caches into her deliv
ery. These hardly flawed her
performance at all.
However, the following did
mar her performance: One
hand to the brow (resigna
tion), one hand covering the
eyes (please, I must think),
one hand covering the face
(horror), two hands to the
School Announces
Yule Program
The annual Talent school
Christmas program will be
presented at 7:30 p.m., Mon
day, Dec. 22, in the school
gymnasium. All parents are
invited to attend. -
School will be dismissed
Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 2:00 p.m.
and will not eopen until
Jan. 5.
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Patty Duke, a child perform
er, seems to have been watch
ing too many old Shirley
Temple movies.
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Youngster's Wallet
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La Grande --UPD- It took
5M months and 45 miles but
13-year-old Jess McMillan got
his wallet and $2 back Wed
nesday. Jess lost the wallet on July
2 while attending a 4-H camp
at Starkey, Ore. He was wad
ing in Meadow Brook and
laid the wallet on a rock.
He forgot about it and
when he went back after it,
the wallet was gone.
He was called into the;
principal's office at La
Grande junior high school on
Wednesday wjhere Ken Sev-1
erns of Summerville, Ore., i
presented the wallet and a
soggy $2 to the boy.
Severns said he had picked
up the wallet along the
banks of the Grande Ronde
rriver 45 miles from where
McMillan had left it.
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