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14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, January H, 1959 , Senate Committee Lists Nine Recommendations from Survey A. Robt. SmiUl By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - (Special) -Complaints from Oregon and Washington state lumbermen about not getting sufficient federal timber for their mills last summer has resulted in a comprehensive survey and a 9-point list of conclusions and recommendations by the Sen ate Interior committee staff. In its re port, the staff states that i "the major factor holding up pla nned timber sales in the period studied was lack of rights-of-way." Most of the complaints came from mem bers and officials of Western Forest Industries association. The Senate committee held a hearing on some aspects of the problem last summer, then assigned its staff forestry consultant, Robert E. Wolf, to make an on-the-scene survey of the situation during the fall. Review Programs Wolf reviewed the timber sale, programs in detail with national forest supervisors, their timber-ma nagement staffs and district rangers. In Oregon, he did this in the Mt. Hood, Willamette, Umpqua and Siskiyou National For ests; in Washington, the Gif f ord P i n c h o t, Snoqualmie, Wenatchee and Okanagan for ests; and in California, the Klamath, Shasta-Trinity and Eldorado forests. The 9-point list offered by the staff report is as follows: 1. A national plan should be formulated setting forth forest-management goals for the future covering timber harvesting goals; reforesta tion and silvicultural work needed to attain optimum for est production; recreation, watershed protection, grazing goals and land use adjust ments needed to harmonize multiple uses; estimates of the role national forests will plan in nation's economy; roads required; cost estimates to .attain stated goals within the first 5-year period. 2. The Department of Agri culture should set forth a right-of-way policy and an ac tive adequately financed pro gram. Timber Not Sold The report stated that over 1 billion board feet of timber was not sold or was delayed from original planned sales due to right-of-way problems in Oregon and Washington, The report said: "Polices have not been set forth and backed up with funds so as to enable the For est Service to utilize the full range of possibilities in nego tiations. Thus, , the United States is at a disadvantage in negotiating both with parties who proceed in good faith, as well as with those who do not." 3. Forest Service records on timber sales are insufficient to reveal significant and im portant facts on a timely basis for its $100 million annual business. Instead of just emphasizing the timber cut each year, the Forest Service should offer a sale program which shows volume of timber in various stages of sale preparation; sales planned for coming year with information on sizes of sales, cost of access roads, and rate at which sales will actu ally be "loggable;" volume of timber under contract and rate at which it will be log ged in forthcoming year. Correlated Standards 4. Correlated standards do not measure current costs and sales plans are not co ordinated with funds. "Timber sale fund requests have not been sufficient to advance sales to the maxi mum level of operation. . . The budget officers should re view the timber-sale program taking into account its econ omic implications and its revenue-producing potential. . . . Arbitrarily setting the level of tjmber-sale funds will have increasingly serious implica tions for the growing seg ments of the forest industry dependent upon national-forest timber and for the com- Sheriff's Office Receives 1,728 Complaints in '58 Jackson county sheriffs deputies received 1,728 com plaints during 1958, including 505 felonies, 272 misdemean ors and 951 miscellaneous complaints, according to the annual report from the crim inal division. The total was 308 more complaints than the office re ceived in 1957. It was 692 more than in 1952. The nine deputies employed by the department closed 1,026 complaints which - re sulted in no arrests and clear ed 263 complaints which re? suited in arrests. Forty-three complaints were unfounded and 208 were suspended. A total of 188 complaints were pending at the end of the year. Felony complaints investi gated included 215 larcenies; 121 burglaries; 59 fictitious checks; 32 checks with insuf ficient funds; 13 auto thefts; 9 each, forgeries, absent with out leave crimes and escapees. Other Complaints . Other complaints we're for robbery, 6; non-support, 5; rape, fraud and arson, 4 each; homicide and aggravated as sault, 3 each; embezzlement, adultery and parole violation, 2 each; and fugitive, bribery and sex crimes, 1 each. Misdemeanors were topped with 58 complaints of ma licious mischief, followed by 30 violations of traffic and road laws; 33 disorderly con duct; 32 regarding weapons; 28 simple assault; 26 prowler; 13 traffic accidents; 12 tres pass; 9 drunk; 5 sex offenses; 3 each, intimidation, drunk driving and hit and run; and 1 each, prostitution, gambling, neglect of children and tor turing animals. Of the 738 persons lodged in the county jail during 1958, 252 were by ,the sheriff! of fice, 248 by state police, 132 by Medford police and 106 by others. 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( SISKIYOU 225 West Main 311114 (phone number) F8 whirlpool'Wbath S&H Green Stamps HARDWARE Phone SP 2-2939 munities in the 39 states where these forests are lo cated. The keys to a success ful timber-sale program are adequate lead times in sale preparation and a full-scale assembly line." 5. Personnel transfers and sale records have hampered efficiency. Often new fales officers didn't know the sta tus of work of their predeces sors because of inadequate local record keeping. The re port recommends more mean ingful local records showing time estimates for each major element of the sale job, job deadlines, time expended and current sale status. Related to Ability 6. Announced timber sale plans should be absolutely re lated to ability to perform, and information on the causes of change in plans should be issued to the industry when delays are necessary. 7. Access roads are needed for permanent timber cut ex pansion, but salvage plans can be increased now. Be cause of an inadequate road system, there are limits to the rate at which timber sales can be expanded. Main-line roads should be programmed into areas with usable carryovers in cutting budget deficits, and sales can be expanded rapidly and the rate of return on road in vestment accelerated. Salvage sales in already roaded areas offer a quicker method of temporarily rais ing sales levels, but don't solve basic problem. Salvage sales fit needs and financial ability of many small loggers, and the return to the gov ernment on these sales is five times the cost. 8. The social and economic impact of the size of timber sales should get further pol icy study. Large .Sales "If the objective is to sell timber at the lowest expen diture of appropriated funds, large sales would be the an swer. If the objective is to provide the broadest oppor tunity to all segments of the industry to bid for timber and in the process to insure the fullest chance for price to be set by the industry, then me dium and small sales should predominate. Despite the somewhat higher expenditure for processing net sale income will also be larger. Even on small sales revenue is sub stantially above costs." 9. Some sales had to be de ferred because errors showed up in original sale plans. Im proved p r e s a 1 e reconnais sance would help firm up plans. Increased ( availability of aerial photos and new map ping techniques may make it practical to conduct a pilot study comparing convention al sale selection methods to helicopter and light plane costs and results. In his report, Wolf de clared that the conclusions and recommendations were not designed as a lambasting of the Forest Service. He pointed out it was to help make the Forest Service's generally good record better in the future. The Family Council Editor's note: The Fmll Council consists of a lodge, a nsychiatrlst. tJree clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers. fcacn article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. Adelaide R. - I am 20 years old and about to marry. I have a very serious problem in that I don't know whether or not to invite my own moth er to the wedding. My mother deserted my father and me and my baby brother when I was six years old. She ran off with another man and is now living in another state married to a third man. She has written to me and tried to keep in touch with me over the years, but I have never answered her. Once when I. was a little girl she said to me "You'll under stand when you are older," but now that I'm older I can understand less than ever how a woman can leave her own children. My stepmother, who has cared for me for the past 13 years, says it is only right that I should invite my moth er. My father doesn't say any thing, but I'm sure he'd rath er not see her. I certainly don't want to see her. Mrs. F. R. - I don't make any excuses for Adelaide's mother, but I do think she is entitled to see her own daugh ter get married. I wouldn't want anyone to think that she had been left out on my ac count. It is true that my husband would rather not see his ex- wife, but he is willing to let her come. I persuaded him that it is the only right thing to do. Adelaide's fiance and his family are not very keen on the idea, but will go along with anything Adelaide wants. I have been told that it is the custom for the real par ent to take over at 'wedding ceremonies when there has been a divorce and remar riage. I don't want to violate the rules. Besides, I can't help feeling sorry for Adelaide's mother. She was a very un happy young woman and must have felt a million regrets-for what she has done. She has no other children. . . The Council: Mrs. F. R. ap pears to be a fine, sympathe tic person, but perhaps her happiness over Adelaide's marriage is causing her to go overboard. She wants to share this happiness with the girl's real mother. But she 'would not do this woman any kind ness by insisting upon her presence when nobody really wants it. ' Adelaide is deeply attached to her stepmother and wants her at her side when she mar ries. This is natural under the circumstances. The real moth er would look and feel irrele vant. Adelaide would have to deal with a terrible tangle of emotions. The bride should feel happy and no custom set of rules or public opinion is more important than this. Weddings offer wonderful opportunities for reconcilia tions, but it is not necessary to make the ceremony itself such an occasion. Since Mrs. F. 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