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1 Good Weather Gives For Continued Work Land use activities were heavy on lands administered by the Medford district of the bureau of land management j during the last calendar quar ter of 1959, according to Dis trict Manager Ross A. Young blood. The sale of timber tracts and the harvesting of the timber on many of the tracts vibrated along at a fast clip. According to the three-month period record, a total of 16 tracts of BLM was offered for oral auction bidding. Well Distributed The bureau of land man agement appraised the 31, 793,000 board feet on the 16 tracts at $838,184.90. A num ber of interested bidders thought otherwise about this price, because the tally book for the last quarter period for 1959 revealed that about a one-third increase was of fered for the timber, totaling $1,171,787.15. The highest bid price for pine was $65 per thousand board feet, and the highest for Douglas-fir was $51. Sales of timbered tracts were well distributed RECEIVE PLAGUES Boyd Gibson, left, principal of Ruch school, and Francis Guidry, right, principal of Jacksonville school, display United Medford Crusade plaques awarded for 100 per cent partici pation in the UMC. Second from right is JA 4f($t Open Monday and n : hH Values to 57c Yard cri fp &l Percales Embossed Cottons Drip II jk , &f dry Crepe Polished Cottons II Pm i ' 36 Inches Wide ' ONLY.LZ3 LI yd. fjlfct : IP 100 Combed Cotton iPfRip Jpf $ ; in the newest spring and summer colors. II I Plaids and solids to match. You would 1 1 T) ) f I P J expect to pay 98c yard. LI V-X yd. pnW 45-Inch Flocked Nylon 7(0)C I $ Assorted patterns and colors. m-T J 1 'T$V& Values to 98c yard ONLY LI yd. iCf SOLID COLORS to Match-Only 69c Yard TODrip Dri Prinls ' Wr k i Dark and lisht co,or- II ftjl$k 36 inches wide. Values to IT J J ! w p-t 59c yord- only ks LI yd. wiv J J.J TIcui&cnui throughout the Medford dis trict, as seven tracts are lo cated in Josephine county, three in Jackson county, two in Klamath county, and four in Douglas county. The larg est volume sold was situated in Jackson county. The aver age volumn per tract' for the 16 tracts was 1,917,000 board feet. The total of all collections for this same period, amount ing to $1,153,038.80, was about equal to the bid price of the timber sold. Collec tions for the sale of timber totaled $1,135,776.31. A review of the district harvesting record, or timber cutting reports, discloses that logging of timber from the tracts was inordinately heavy for the three-month period. Since the late fall and early winter weather was good, log ging activity continued at a rapid pace, which, in compari son to the average year for the same period, revealed that total woods activity was above normal, Youngblood noted. Collections for the same three-month period in 1958 Sixth and Opportunity on BLM Land for all activities showed only $767,206.77. Compares Years Youngblood compared cal endar year 1958 collections with calendar year 1959 col lections to determine if the upward trend was consistent. The record showed the up ward trend was about the same, or specifically, collec tions for calendar year 1959 were about double that of 1958. The increase is partly the result of the increase in the allowable .cut from the O and C lands, and partly be cause of the consumer de mand for wood products in 1959. In timber sales activity, the Medford BLM office met its planned goal for the last quar ter of 1959. It was unable, however, to erase as many timber trespass cases as was planned. Collections from trespass cases during the pe riod tallied at $2,258.10. De mands were made on the tres passers for three cases in Jackson county and one in Josephine county having a to tal value of $2,683.05. Trespass cases are not tal- Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent of Medford schools, and Del Landing, campaign chairman of the 1959 UMC. All schools in the Medford district have re ceived plaques for participation in the UMC. (Knackstedt photo). Central lied until all field activity is perform ed or the case is ac tually closed; however, the district time record showed for this period that a good number of man hours were used in trespass investigation. A number of above-normal size trespass cases are pres ently being investigated. Road Maintenance Road maintenance fee col lections.for this period totaled $16,985.54, and over $15,000 of this total was for mainte nance fees on the Galice BLM federal access road. Road maintenance fees are not accounts receivable col lections; this money goes back into a fund used to maintain the access roads. Likewise, there are miscellaneous col lections from the sale of maps, court costs and the like that are not accounts receivable collections. All other collections on O and C land activities are ac counts receivable collections, and are distributed to the O and C counties in lieu of tax es in accordance with the for mula provided for in the O and C Act of Aug. 28, 1937. The formula provides for dis tributing to the 18 O and C counties 75 per cent of the gross receipts. Each county's share in the 75 per cent of gross receipts is computed on a percentage arrangement using the as sessed valuation of O and C lands in each county as of 1915 to the total valuation of all O and C lands for the same year. Douglas county, having the largest acreage of O and C lands, has the largest percentage, 25.11; Jackson county comes next with 15.68 per cent, followed by Jose phine county with 12.02 per cent. Although not having the smallest percentage of the 18 counties, Klamath county's share is only 2.39 per cent. Access Road Account With the approval of the O and C counties, Congress has appropriated one-third of the 75 per cent to the O and C access road account. This ap propriated money is used for the construction of federal ac cess roads into the O and C forests. The completion of the Galice access road in north west Josephine county has fa cilitated the offering of the allowable cut in the north ern part of that county. The completion of other access roads in Jackson and Klam ath counties will further fa cilitate the offering and mar keting of the O and C allow able cut. District personnel in the Oc tober-through-December peri od obtained easements, sur veyed, and prepared maps for the Medford district's access road projects1. Presently un der bureau of public road con tract is the construction of the Cantrall bridge near Ruch, the construction of the Thompson Creek bridge in the Illinois Valley district of south Josephine county, and the topping with crushed rock the West Fork of Evans Creek access road. Finalizing Medford district action has been just about completed in the getting of the Keno access road in south east Jackson county and northwest Klamath county ready for advertising for bids This road, when completed, will open up a large block of virgin O and C old-growth timber totaling about 650, 000,000 board feet. When the road is completed, it will be 27 V2 miles long and will be a through route from Dead Indian to Keno. Galice Access Road Finishing touches have been completed on 7Vi miles of new construction to extend the Galice access road. The project is expected to .be ad vertised soon after the snow melts, or as soon as the bid ders can inspect the job. Work on plans is just about completed on the Deer Creek BLM access road in south Jo sephine county. It is antici pated this road will be adver tised for bids in March. Two other access roads lo cated in Jackson cunty are earmarked for construction in 1960. They are Salt Creek, which is a tributary to Little Butte creek, and the West Branch of Elk creek. All ease ment arrangements for the roads have not been made as yet. For the October-December period, 11 road easements were acquired, including one by condemnation. . Also for this same period, four right- of-way agreements with four separate timber or lumber companies were completed. It is estimated that the acquir ing of these 11 easements and the completion of the four right-of-way agreements have made 948,000,000 board feet of BLM timber accessible for harvesting on a sustained-harvest cutting basis. Prior to this, the volume was blocked by lack of access. It is the policy of the bureau of land management to make 1 C MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 1U Sunday, Jan. 17, 1960 all sales of timber offered on the market for bidding equal ly accessible to all bidders. Mining Claim Activity Three men have been work ing steadily making prelimi nary field examinations for mining claims, as provdied un der Public Law 167 of Au gust, 1955. Four townships, to taling about 80,000 acres re ceived preliminary treatment in the October-through-December period. While goals and target dates in most activities have been achieved or exceeded in this reporting period, the district manager reported such has not been the case in the re forestation activity. Mainly the shortage of forest seedling planting stock has hampered the district from meeting this planned commitment. A small loss of seedlings by an ammo nia leak in a local cold stor age warehouse added a little more "discombooberation" to Medford distrit reforestation plans, Youngblood said. Two procedures are in use in the Medford district to ac tivate the planting of seed lings on cutover forest lands -by bid contracts and by the terms or conditions of timber sale contracts. First priority for seedlings go to BLM tim ber sale contracts. Fifteen bid contracts were let for the planting of 720,000 seedlings on 1,300 acres. A total of 765 acres were planted in this pe riod by BLM timber sale pur chasers. Two bid contracts were let to seed 314 acres. Scarification Not all logged-over or burned-over land can be re forested without readying the tracts for seeding or planting, Readying the tracts for plant ing is called "scarification," which includes brush eradica tion or, in some cases, harrow ing the soil much as the farm er does in preparing his fields for seeding grain. In this pe riod 483 aares were readied by scarifying so they could be planted by early this spring The actual planned goal for reforestation in this cur rent planting season, which ends about April 1, is 2,500 acres. The lack of seedlings may prevent the attainment of this goal. There is an upward trend in occupancy tresspasses on the BLM lands in the Medford district. The increase in pop ulation trend in southern Ore gon may have a direct bear ing on this type of trespass, according to Youngblood. Reserved for Timber The O and C lands, by con gressional law, are reserved for the continuous produc tion and harvest of forest crops. Where the O and C lands can be classified for in dividual leasing, homesites are permitted. Since the high est multiple use cannot be achieved by individual leas ing of tracts for homesite purposes, low preference is given to this type of use. The pressure is greatest on BLM lands fronting on the Rogue river. Public Land Order No. 1726, which with drew these lands for recrea tional use by the general pub lic, prevents mining claims generally, and makes home site leasing almost impossible. Germany Subject of College Program Ashland - Southern Oregon college will present Neil Douglas Jan. 18 in the Churchill hall auditorium at 10 a.m. in a film lecture ti tled, "This is Germany," a full length color motion picture. The film shows advances of the most prosperous nation in Europe and delineates clearly the troubled situation in East and West Berlin. To get his pictures for "This is Germany," Douglas has studied the peoples of every part of the Western German nation for nine years and by constant contact has kept his information current. This film shows the story of Berlin separated with all its political implications for the United States and the rest of the world. BREAK FOR LIFERS Jackson, Miss. -(UPD- Missis sippi Gov.-elect Ross Barnett chose eight Negro convicts all serving life terms for murder-to begin work today as servants at the governor's mansion. AWHEEL CHAIRS .ntah and Mas Avrnorfaod Everest ft Jswntnes Deafer HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 E. MAIN PH. SP 3-5345 Open Sundays I Holidays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. j.' , rom Simpson Attends Portland Session Ashland-Hugh 'G; Simpson, director of information at Southern Oregon college, Fri day attended a public rela tions meeting in Portland called by Dr. John R. Rich ards, chancellor of the state board of higher education. The meeting, a SOC spokes man said, was in regard to the public relations program to be carried out by the state sys tem of higher education's var ious agencies concerning a measure, "State Bonds for Higher Education Facilities," which is slated for next No vember's ballot. SOC President Dr. Elmo Stevenson told a gathering Wednesday that the ifeasure would cost the taxDavers nothing, yet is something which Oregon education "can't afford to lose." The measure, which passed the last legislature without a dissenting vote, is self-liqui 0 0m CAB. dating but educators fear it may be misunderstood or con fused with other issues. OPPORTUNITY DAYS ARE HERE! A complete selection of 1960 Chevrolet! and Corvairs are available for immediate de livery. More than an acre of used cars, too. We're TRADING HIGH! Bank terms or GMAC. Now is the time to buy. Big Volume Means Big Valuel Hop To It and Head For Courtesy Chevrolet 9th and Bartlett Sts. 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