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Lgg rs IMp CDeomi hh Lake ff Ranger Wanted To Clean Shore line for Years Br BOB VROMAN Mail Tribune Staff Writer Describe to a stranger to southern Oregon a lake high in the Cascades, nestled at the foot of a snow-covered moun tain. Tell him about the clear water, the excellent trout fishing and the surrounding forests of lofty fir trees. But, don't forget to mention something else. Jutting out of the water, and along a good part of the lake's edge, are ugly snags, white with age, a skeleton of the green tim ber that fringed the lake be fore the water was raised by a dam almost 50 years ago, This was Fish, lake, near Medford but not anymore. The scenery at the lake has been greatly enhanced in the last month or so, thanks to the U. S. forest service and a group of independent loggers of Jackson county who furn ished manpower, tools and equipment to fell the snags. clean up slash and "corral' floating debris into coves. 5.000 Snags Felled In 1955 and 1956 5,000 snags were felled by the Cliff Green logging operation along . i . it. i . a i , i me norm snore ox uie laive, from the low water line to the road. The timber was sold as ttumpage, bringing a revenue of some $34,000 to the forest Service and helping consider ably to improve the looks of the area, according to District Ranger Harold (Red) Thomas, Ashland. Another sale, made to Emil Unger in 1957, involved cut-ti-ig of 3,000 snags along the south shore, but, as in the previous sale, high water con ditions at the lake would not permit cutting of the worst of the dead timber, and the worthless "bones" below the water line remained. For years Thomas had been working on the idea of clean ing up the unsightly shore line, but funds for such a project were not available. In August of this year permis sion was given by fcarroll Brown, supervisor of the Rogue River National forest, to use all of the $2,000 allot ted to this area under the "Operation Outdoors" . pro gram for the Fish lake clean up. - 7 . . . : Debris floating Earlier, in the spring, some of the logs and debris float ing on the ' lake had been "boomed" into coves and by August was lying high and dry. While logger Emil Unger, under contract to the forest service, was working with his fork lift Cat at the job of stacking the "Junk" for burn ing, a group of forest service regional officers out of Port land came through on an in spection trip. ' ' . They saw what was being done, and what still must be done to clean up the lake and agreed that the $2,000 would not be nearly enough. The water in the lake this year was drawn down to an all time low, an excellent oppor tunity to get the job done. In several days $4,000 was made available for the project. Thomas was pleased, but, even with the $4,000 he knew he would have to make it stretch to do all that be want ed to do. He came up with the idea of getting "prof es sional" loggers to cooperate on the project. Their know how in this kind of an oper ation, combined with, the use of their tools and equipment added up to the "most prac tical approach ; to ", the ' prob lem. Round Up Men Thomas was well aware of the amount of timber a good "gyppo" could put down' in a day, and with this in mind he made plans to round up enough men to get the job finished fast - for rains had fallen, the irrigation company had shut off the water, the lake had begun to rise. Ed Zboralski, headquarters fireman for "the USFS, Ash land, was assigned ' to con tact various . logging outfits in Jackson county for volun teers. He explained to the men that they would not be mak ing near the money that they would be at their regular jobs, but they would get a fair hourly wage. The idea was that they were to put out a full day's work at their reg ular "gYPPo'' pace, sacrific ing a' latge portion of their regular day's pay. Only in this way could the job be done on the money allotted. .... More than 20 men agreed to the proposition, for it seemed, being outdoorsmen them selves, they apnreciated what the forest service was trying t3 do. : Fallers Move 1 On Sept. 23, 12 sets of fall ers .move into the area and soon the mountains echoed I, f V BOOMED TRASH Debris floating on the surface of Fish lake is shown above after it had been pulled into a cove by linking logs together to form a giant "chain." When DEBRIS STACKED Ready for burning, the windrows of "junk" wood along the shore of Fish lake, shown above, are what USFS inspectors saw when. they decided that more money should be granted to com NEW LOOK The shoreline of Fish lake, shown above, looks entirely different than it did a month or so ago when dead snags blocked the view of green timber. The s lags, with the whine of chain saws and the thunder of falling tim ber. The din was equal to that of a half-dozen logging camps thrown into one, and in seven, days the job was done. . .Every snag, cut off as low as possible, lay flat on the ground and southern Oregon's Fish lake suddenly' took- on a "new look." - . Even the snags out in the water were cut, with a crew of men working from boats. The boats, motors and gaso line were furnished free of charge ' by Lloyd " Morris, owner of Fish lake resort. Due to the low water level this year, the chances are that the. stumps will never again be visible, Thomas said. Material- Boomed Next spring, before fishing season opens the material that was cut will be boomed (or linked together) and .towed into -coves, where it will remain until the water recedes again, then it will be windrowed and burned. Be fore, when, booming was car ried out,, snags projecting from the water made the op eration difficult, but now it will be a simple matter. The loggew who helped on the project include Ira Thorn burg. Eagle Point; Al Offord, Medford; Richard Saltmarsh, Medford; Earl Saitmarsh, Medford; Otis Summers, Ash land; Lester Wilcox, Central Point; Lee Donaldson, Med ford; Virgil Donaldson, Med ford; Jerry Paul, Eagle Point; Bob Nelson, Eagle Point; Gav in HuSffins. Ashland- Harrv Belau, Jacksonville; Ron 01- son, Medford; E. O. Graham, niimommrnirimiiOT'-m niiniii'in 'nmtfmmiirm 2 water rises it shore, where it recedes. It will plete the Fish lake ' cleanup. Logger Emil Unger, with a fork lift cat, contracted to do the job for the forest service at little or ;no profit. The picture was taken in August. CUTS SNAG Ed Zboralski, Ashland, who was in charge tions at Fish lake,, is shown above cutting down a big snag. Falling dead timber presents hazards not encountered in fall ing green tree. Jacksonville, and G. Ward, Central Point. ' . Although some fishermen will probably miss the fam iliar snags that served as "guideposts" and mooring places, most people will agree that Fish lake will be a much more scenic recreation spot now that it has at last been cleaned up! Sugar was first produced in India about 2,000 years ago. will be towed further into will stay until the lake again then be stacked and' burned. i having been present for over 50 years, were cut out this fall by the U.S. forest service, with the help of a group of local loggers. headquarters firemen, USFS, of cutting and booming opera SEARCH "GERMAN SHIP Cherbourg, France -UPD-French officials searched the German freighter Bilabo, in tercepted by two French navy destroyers in the English channel and escorted here. In day and .escorted here. In formed sources said the freighter was - suspected of carrying a consignment of arms to North Africa for the Algerian rebels. Green Gold' Mow Taken From Area Mear Pbormans Greek Jacksonville - Legend has it that there is gold in the vicinity of Poorman's creek where it bisects the Echo Springs Tree Farm of H. . ana ueraidine Hogan near Jacksonville. Miners once panned this stream in the gold rush days of 1852, and "Hi" Hogan vows that someday he will use his "gold witch" to uncover the vein. But meanwhile, he is finding plenty of renewable "green gold" in his vigorously growing timber stands which blanket the property. When it comes to knowing how to manage mixed Doug las fir and pine' timber, the Jacksonville tree farmer has got plenty of savvy. Timber stands on his 360-acre tree farm are one of the finest ex amples of thinning in Jack son County, and his tree length logging is an up-to-snuff forestry technique. Lands Certified . So says Cal Smith, forester for Industrial Forestry associ ation tree farm sponsor in the Douglas fir region. IFA certi fied Hogan's lands in the industry-operated program to grow timber as a crop on pri vately owned, taxpaying for est lands in December last year after the forester had in spected the area and reviewed its management program. Hogan yards the whole tree out Of the woods and bucks it into logs at a central landing. Slash is thus concentrated where it may be easily dis posed of instead of being left scattered as an extra fire haz ard in the woods. The Jacksonville tree farm er is also utilizing much of the left-over tops and limbs for fuelwood. "Hi is a careful student of market conditions, and he constantly earns top dollar for his forest products," Smith said. "He is demonstrating how a prudent man can earn his living entirely from tree farming while actually ; im proving his timber stands." : Move to Land in J 949 . Hogan,. his wife and their four children settled on their timber - tiered property in 1949. He has been thinning the timber since that time, but doing it so carefully that he still has approximately 100 acres or so that have not yet been selectively cut. Although he has harvested some 2,000,000 board feet of timber, his open park-like stands seem ; hardly to have been touched. Most of the trees on the property are from I EXAMINE GALLERIES Galleries created by beetles under the bark of a ponderosa pine tree are examined by H. A. Hogan, left, and Cal Smith, forester for Industrial Forestry association, on Hogan's tree farm near Jacksonville. Hogan is yarding infested trees to central landing . area in tree length, salvaging the beetle-killed timber. (AFPI Photo) CONTINUED NEXT WEEK Santa Monica, Calif . ,MliPD- The drawn out divorce case of actor Glenn Ford and actress Eleanor Powell is due to come up in court next Thursday. The case was continued last week when, attorneys for the couple informed the court that a property and temporary alimony settlement was near- ing , completion. . It was the 14th time a date was set for the hearing since the couple separated last ApriL k PEELED BY HAND Pole -sized timber which he peeled by hand is shown by H. A. Hogan, left, to Cal Smith of the Industrial Forestry association. The trees, some of them more than 100 feet long, will be pur- 80 to 100 years of age. I An infestation of pine bee tles is forcing Hogan to sal vage infected timber in one area of his tree farm, and he is dragging the trees into his yarding area before bucking them into logs so that he can spread the slash in the open and let sunlight cook the lar- vae in the bark. This tech nique is helping to prevent further spread of the bugs. See Pitch Exuding "Whenever you see pitch exuding from small holes in the bark and little accumula- tions of sawdust in crevices of the bark," the .tree farmer observed, "you know that the bugs are in it and the tree is ready to go." ' ' He is also currently logging pole-sized trees, which bring a premium price as power poles. , Hogan has constantly stud ied his logging and forestry Dractices with an eve toward improving them. His tree farm sign bears this out. It is, Smith said, recognition of . progress made in manage ment of a forest. . r5I4-Ofg CORN REMOVE. mMaitf from pain mn, ttv wio.m hard com, loft batwM tarn. taUevuu. . BOfMllomot, duk' naflt k mmmI. rol rrffarfi ad, that urftan. end dews not covm irrilofMM do strong acid mxtvr,. Who than ha failod try M or union tolwf. whixi. pom, taroMM, twlling first or toeond appficonon Both rndi WMwy back guoranm. Exclusively at ' WESTERN THRIFT if Sk: WBSSSSrPI If!. ij. CLOSE TO GROUND ground on a ' 360-acre tree farm of H. A Hogan, Jackson ville. Here he shows f 1-inch stump on pocket rule. Out standing thinning program and careful logging practices such as this have made Hogan's Echo Springs Tree Farm a showplace of good forestry in the county. (AFPI Photo) i : ; . Room F or All ' . j At Hillcrest Memorial Park, bur chapel, has a n searing .capacity for 120 people. For a larger mem- . orial .service, we have room for arr additional 40; " 1 people. , ' , m ' ' I Hillcrest ' i -5 Memorial Park ; ' I I , North Phoenix Road Phoenix- ' X Rogue "5 A XT - ' . Valley . J iN Hospital ' ; - Imrt' 'I - 1 14JIJ -Bi" Drisc"' r ( .. . - - J om. Try North Phoenix gnrt . 1" Ifsp- : p- l - Phone bp j-6i62 m: .mr "' r. - chased for a better price as power poles than as sawlogs, Hogan said. He watches the market for his forest products closely. (AFPI Photo) 4,fefLss . Timber , is harvested . close to the , 1 A MAIL TRIBUNE, Madfori, Or. l' Sunday, Nov. t, 195 Speaker for Area Aging Conference Named by Group Donald. Sutcliff, regional representative from the health, education and welfare department for th White House Conference on Aging, will speak at the closing ses sion of the Southern Oregon regional conference on aging at the First Methodist church Saturday, Nov. 14- His topic will concern the purpose and plan of the con gressional act which instigat ed the state and district meet ing to obtain "grass roots" in formation on the needs of eld erly people. ' Sutcliff also will serve as a resource person on the em ployment and income work shop panel, which is one" of several groups meeting that morning under the direction of CoL C. L. Williams of Ash land. -Other Speakers Other speakers on the em ployment panel include Dale Simpson, Grants Pass, Julius GiuntonL Klamath. Falls, 'and John Patton, Medford, all rep resenting state employment offices; and Ed JacobsOn, Med ford, and Wilber Womer, Klamath Falls, both of the social security administration. They will discuss job op portunities for older residents, the effects of enforced retire ment policies, and discrimina tion against workers 35 and 40 years old. ' Mrs. Bertha Haskins, Vo cational committee of Altrus club, Medford, will explain the club's vocational grant available to older women who need retraining to help them find employment. Mrs. N. A. Gerritsen, social studies chair man of the local branch of the American University Women, will outline the . projected AAUW survey of employe policies . toward the older worker. ' All-Day Conference : The conference will start at 9:30 a.m. next Saturday and will continue throughout tthe day. No registration fee is planned, and the public is' in vited. ', " '.' r. Reservations for the lunch eon, which will be served by the church women,, should be made with, the conference committee as soon as possible, according to Frank Glonriing, chairman of the conference. t , reservations may be maae by telephoning Mrs. C. " D. Thatcher, SPring 2-5103; John Gribble, SPring 2-5932; Mrs. Elsa Walker, SPring 2-4318; or Mrs. Williams at MUrdock 2-9331. Portland - (UPD - Edwin E. Marsh, executive secretary of the National Wool Growers association, says the current lamb price situation should be investigated. . . . 7
