' MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
'A Sunday, March 13, 1960
Trainee With
Rogue River
; National Forest
" W. Thomas Harlan Jr. is In
'Medford as an administrative
trainee with the Rogue River
National forest, according to
Carroll Brown, forest super
visor.
Harlan is a native of Van-
"couver, Wash. He was gradu
ated from Lewis and Clark
"college in 1956. After two
years in the Coast Guard, he
started work for the forest
; service in January, 1959, in
the Gifford Pinchot National
. forest as a district clerk and
plater as a headquarters fire-
- man.
In September, 1959, he was
, transferred to Mt. Hood Na-
-tional forest as administrative
-trainee. Harlan is married
and has a 3-months-old son,
Ueff.
"Warehouse Completed
A warehouse has been com
pleted by Starr Builders, Le
banon, at the Prospect ranger
station, Brown announced
iThe buildings there now con
isist of an office, warehouse.
and four dwellings.
Hector Langdon, forest en
gineer, is attending a regional
safety training session in
Portland with representatives
of other national forests. The
school is being conducted by
safety experts of private Pa
cific Northwest Industry. The
Rogue River forest had no
lost-time accidents in 1959
However, Brown stated there
were some "near misses
which could have been
serious.
The Rogue River forest
road crew has completed con
struction of a new bridge at
Dead Indian Soda Springs,
and is commencing work on
a new bridge crossing the
right-hand fork of Steve
Creek in the Applegate dist
rict, Brown said.
Northwest Lumber
Figure Succumbs
Portland (UPD - Word was
received here Friday of the
death of Norman G. Jacobson,
72, a long-time prominent fig
ure in northwest lumber cir
cles, from a heart attack in
Tacoma.
Jacobson had been a Taco
ma resident for 30 years. He
had previously lived in Port
land and earlier had been with
the U. S. Forest Service at
Lakeview, Ore. He was, at one
time, supervisor of the Des
chutes National Forest at
Bend.
After moving to Tacoma,
Jacobson was chief forester
f St. Paul and Tacoma Lum
ber Co.
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12 Million Board
Feet of Timber Is
Sold by Area BLM
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The Medford district of the
bureau of land management
sold 12,423,000 board feet of
timber on seven tracts at an
oral auction sale March 10 for
$432,393.40.
Competition was heavy for
five of the tracts, BLM offi
cials said. There was little
competition for one small sal
vage sale and no competition
for a second.
A total of 21 different op
erators qualified to bid on the
seven tracts, with several of
them Qualifying to bid on
more than one tract. Several
of those qualfiying to bid did
not take part in the actual
oral bidding, according to Ross
Youngblood, district manager.
The heaviest competition
developed between six bid
ders for a tract containing 2,-
050,000 board feet in Douglas
county on Snow creek. The
high bid, made by Southern
Oregon Plywood of Grants
Pass, included an offer of $50
per thousand board feet for
the Douglas fir and a total
bid of $93,728.05.
Double Dee High Bidder
Double Dee Lumber com
pany of Central Point bid $45
per thousand board feet and a
total of $98,212.75 for 2,587,
000 board feet located on Bald
mountain in southern Jackson
county. The offer was higher
than those of three other bid
ders.
The largest tract in the sale
contained 4,131,000 board feet
located near the Tiller Trail
Highway in northern Jackson
county. It was purchased by
Steve Wilson of White City
for a total bid of $139,823.30.
His offer, the highest of three
bidders, included prices of $39
perv thousand board feet for
the Douglas fir and $20 per
thousand for the white fir,
which was a minor part of the
sale volume.
A tract containing 2,307,000
board feet located on Boulder
crek in northwest Josephine
county was purchased by
Rogue Forest Products of
Rogue River for $68,428.25
with a bid of $35 per thousand
for the Douglas fir. Three oth
er bidders took part in the
bidding.
In Klamath county, Modoc
Lumber company of Klamath
Falls bid $32 per thousand for
the Douglas fir on a tract lo-'
cated east of the Klamath
river near the California line,
Their total bid was $29,306.55
Two other operators also bid
on the tract.
Williams Firm Bids
Brown Brothers Lumber
company of Williams was the
higher of two bidders for 67,
000 board feet of salvage lo
cated along the Cedar Swamp
road in the Williams creek
area of Josephine county. The
total bid was $1,907.80. The
other small salvage sale, 33,-
000 board feet located at the
head of Ditch creek in north
west Jackson county was pur
chased by Jim Mosley without
competition for $986.70.
A special sale is planned by
the Medford district of the bu
reau March 24, according to
John Carnegie, district sales
officer. At that tune six tracts
of timber with a volume of
19,484,000 board feet apprais
ed at $479,354.90 'will be of
fered at an oral auction sale
One tract with 2,328,000 board
feet is in Douglas county, one
containing 1,161,000 board
feet is in Josephine county
and the other four tracts and
the remaining 15,995,000
board feet are in Jackson
county.
The next regular sale is
planned for April 14, at which
time three tracts with 16,633,
000 board feet appraised at
$343,898.30 will be offered
for sale.
Court Records
MUNICIPAL COURT
Wayne Ruben Buttram, 44, Shady
Cove, driving under the influence
of intoxicating liquor, $50, $25
suspended; driving while opera
tor's license suspended, S50.
Vernon Ray Casey, 24, 1205 East
Main St., reckless driving, $25; no
Oregon license plates, S5.
Rex Jerrold Igo, disobeyed traf
fic sign, S10.
Ethel Lillian Smith, disobeyed
traffic signal, $10.
Carl Herman Wiltermood, viola
tion of basic rule. $10.
Mary Alice Fowler, improper left
turn, o.
Delbert Lessie Price, no driver's
license in possession, $10.
Donald DeJmar Zeitler. dis
obeyed traffic signal, $10.
Anna Jewel Turner, failure to
yield right of way, $10.
Kicnara .patricK iaveraure. no
operator's license in possession.
ion, fine suspended.
Lester John achleieh. violation
of basic rule, $10.
Richard Louis McLaughlin, no
vehicle registration plates d i s
played, $2.50.
Irene Kathryn Backes, four In
front seat, $5.
Jessie Smart Budge, no opera
tor's license in possession, $2.50.
DISTRICT COURT
Donald E. Dillard, obstructed
vision, $10.
Virgil u. cool, failure to stop,
$10.
Marcel E. LePiniec. violation of
basic rule, $15.
William H. McKlnley, violation
of basic rule, $15.
- Paul Sparling, no operator"! li
cense, $10.
Charles H. Smith, failure to stop,
$10.
Margaret I. Pendleton, failura to
stop, $10.
Frank S. Fisher, no operator's
license, $10.
Harvey H. Belding, failure to
StOD. $10.
George L. Dieterich, no vehicle
license. $10.
Walter Henry Stockburger, fail
ure to stOD for school bus, $15.
Fred E. Myers, parking in pro
hibited area, $6.
Ferrest H. Stroh, four in driver's
seat. $7.50.
Wallace W. Waddelow overload
S80.
Earl C. Tipler, truck speeding,
$15.
Robert Dale Seth. failure to stop.
$10.
Seth M. Bullis Jr., violation ba
sic rule. $5.
Freddie D. White, failure to stop,
S10.
Curtis R. Holmes, violation basic
rule, $15.
CIRCUIT COURT
Elsa G. Mozerman vs. William
D. Moeerman. divorce complaint.
Anna Margaret Nelson vs. Albert
Lawrence Nelson, divorce com
plaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATION
Charles William Harvey. 345
Apple St., and Barbara Louise
Tickner, 1223 Withington st., Med
ford. Wayne Henry Breeze. 921 Mur
ray st., and Sharon Leah Blicken
staff. 21 South Orange st.
Albert Martial Andre Jr post
office box 53, Shady Cove, and
Joyce Irene Brown, route 1, box
470. Eagle Point.
Michael Ian Morgan. 740 Sunrise
St., Ashland, and Jean Louise
Bjorlie, 611 Normal ave., Ashland.
- CARDS & PARTY SUPPLIES
Clearance Sale of Party Goods for all occasions
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135 West Main, Corner Grape Ph. SP 2-2230
Bus Fare To
Be Increased
Effective Monday, March
14, Evergreen bus lines, Med
ford, will increase its bus
fares 5 cents one-way, as
authorized recently by the
Oregon Public Utilities com
mission. The new rate scheduled is:
Medford to Phoenix, 25
cents, to Talent 25 cents, to
Hot Springs 35 cents, to Ash
land 40-cents.
Phoenix to Medford 25
cents, to Talent 24 cents, to
Hot Springs 30 cents, to Ash
land 30 cents.
Talent to Medford 30
cents, to Phoenix 25 cents, to
Hot Springs 25 cents, to Ash
land 25 cents.
Hot Springs to Medford
35 cents, to Phoenix 30 cents,
to Talent 25 cents, to Ashland
25 cents.
Ashland to Medford 40
cents, to Phoenix 30 cents to
Talent 25 cents, to Hot
Springs 25 cents.
Ten ride ticket fares are
Medford to Ashland $3.20,
Medford to Hot Springs $2.80,
Medford to Talent $2.40, Med
ford to Phoenix $2.
Round trip fares are Med
ford to Ashland 75 cents, Med
ford to Hot Springs 65 cents,
Medford to Talent 55 cents,
Medford to Phoenix 45 cents.
Cheyenne Largest mem
bers of the bear family are
the grizzly and polar species.
Operating Monies
Show Increase for
Copco in 1959
Operating revenues in
creases totaling $2,079,919 in
1959 for the California Ore
gon Power company showed a
continuing growth in demand
for the company's service, A.
S. Cummins,, president, noted
in the 39th annual report to
shareholders.
This revenue growth repre
sents an increase of 14.58 per
cent in kilowatt hour deliver
ies of electric energy to retail
customers. This shows evi
dence of improved business
conditions, additional custo
mers and effectiveness of the
company's load building pro
gram, Cummins stated.
The average annual con
sumption of electricity by
residential customers during
1959 was 9,106 kilowatt hours,
a new high for the utility,
Cummins noted.
A total of $7,489,961 was
invested in new facilities dur
ing the year. The company
estimates that $50 million of
new capital will be required
through 1965 to help finance
a construction program to
keep up with future growing
needs. The 1960 construction
program contemplates addi
tions of $9,300,000.
Gross income of $7,181,139
for the year shows an increase
over 1958, but reflects the
generally increasing operat
ing costs and "extraordinary
amounts of purchased power."
A subnormal water supply
caused , generation of energy
in company plants to be re
duced substantially, Cummins
explained.
81 Flu Cases Are
Reported in County
Eighty-one cases of influen
za were reported to the Jack
son county department of
health last week, according
to Dr. C. I. Drummond, county
health physician. . .
Of the total, 62 were re
ported in Medford, 15 in Ash
land and 4 in Shady Cove.
Other cases of communica
ble diseases reported included
measles, Gold Hill 2, Medford
5, Ashland 2; chicken pox,
Gold Hill 11, Medford 18;
mumps, Rogue River 1; strep
throat, Medford 1; pneumonia,
Medford 7, Gold Hill, Ashland
and Eagle Point 1 each;
whooping cough, Medford 4;
German measles, Ashland 3,
and rheumatic fever, Eagle
Point 1.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
Finally, the Lonely Little
Crow was Rescued Why?
He was just a little guy, a
young crow about two thirds
grown, who came down in a
fluttering spiral glide from
the upper airways and
perched in a pine tree where
he spent the entire day.
During the hours he sat
there he made no sound no
effort to take off. But as the
afternoon waned, and the
crow-parade began passing
overhead, he suddenly came
alive and began calling. As he
called he looked up into the
sky at the flying forms of
homeward bound crows, all of
which were moving northward.
As the hour grew late, he
became excited and more
than a little angry. He cawed
louder, stretching out his
neck and scanning the sky.
But the flocks were very
high; much too far away to
hear his frantic cawing. Evi
dently he was afraid to go
home alone.
Then, just before the world
became completely dark,
three black forms came wing
ing out of the north, coming
from the opposite direction,
from which the passing
hordes had gone a little time
before. ,
Took Off
Within minutes they locat
ed the little one, and came to
rest beside him. They all
cawed at once, apparently
telling the timid one to
"wake up and fly right."
Shortly they took off with
the little one in between the
others. They were going
home.
There are some peculiar
angles to this "rescue busi
ness." The peculiar thing was
not that the three adult crows
came after the timid one, or
that he waited for someone to
come, but rather how did they
know that he was missing?
What signal or organized plan
went into operation? What
roll call revealed an absent
member?
In the nightly check-up at
the crow-rookery, if there is
a check-up, was one member
missing? Did one of the crows
that passed overhead hear
the call from the pine tree
and report it at the rookery?
Who, among the hundreds
of members of the crow so-
ciey passed out the word that
a member was missing, or
that "one was down and prob
ably needs help?" Did they
suspect the truth, that the
young one was afraid to fly
home alone?
Maybe the timid one was
a little sulky or perhaps he
felt, like all children do at
times, that no one cared and
so he would just wait and see
if someone came after him.
Maybe he wanted someone to
tease him to come home
again, and at the same time
promise him that "all is for
given." The answers to all
these questions are not forth
coming. In trying to understand this
peculiar action, one must take
into consideration that the
crow is a pretty smart opera
tor. In their behavior pattern
there often appears a bright
glow that doesn't resemble in
stinct; it looks more like
intelligence. Anyone who
claims the crow is only acti
vated by "blind unreasoning
instinct," has had little to do
with these birds, for these
black characters can make a
monkey out of the majority
of gunners who would kill
them. "Also, they confound
completely the scientist who
attempts to figure them out.
(Released by the Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
1942 Escapee Bound Over to Grand Jury
- Salem - (LTD - Merrield Sco
field, who escaped from the
Oregon state prison in 1942
and turned up recently in Se
attle, Friday was bound over
to the Marion county grand
jury.
He is charged with escape
and was held in Marion coun
ty jail in lieu of $1,500 bond.
Authorities said he indicated
he would waive grand jury
action and appear in Circuit
Court Monday at which time
he may enter a plea.
Scofield was serving a 10
year term for rape when he
escaped.
Mexico City - Mexico sup
plies about one-half of all the
mahogany used in the US.
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