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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1960)
SOCTFA Oppose Minimum Rates Bill Jack Curtis, of Oregon Timber Transport Operators, . Friday night urged members of the Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm as sociation to combine with , others in the state to fight ; House Bill 72, a referendum measure, which proposes mini mum log hauling rates. Curtis, who represents an organization promoting better public relations and safety practices for long truckers, spoke before a comparatively small crowd at the Rogue Val ley Country club. The Teamsters union is also organizing a drive for a new charter to cover independent logging truck operators, he said. Both moves, he said, would upset the log trucking business more than it ever has been before. A trucker cannot legislate himself into prosperity, he indicated. "I never have seen the time when I couldn't sit down with a logger or a mill operator, point out that I was not mak ing money and get adjust ments," Curtis said. Considerable Discussion Following considerable dis cussion, Curtis agreed that most truckers do not know when they are losing money until they are forced out of business. In the past both the trucker, logger or mill oper ator have been at fault for not being willing to sit down and learn how much of a rate the trucker must receive to make a profit. One mill representative said he was surprised at the low rates logging truck operators were hauling for in this area when he first came here. There are several complicated factors which make a logging truck operation profitable or , unprofitable, he pointed out. Curtis said a trucker should get $100 plus a day to run a profitable operation. A few years ago complete truck over haul was $800 to $900, but now is about $1,500. Those who spoke on the issue generally asreed eood hauling conditions included a lair rate of pay, good roads and highways, fast loading and unloadinz. auick and fair ly uniform scaling, and few nauis inrougn town, good re lations and understanding be tween the trucker and logger. The logging industry should develop its own legislation for this problem and others. Ten Foresters Are Promoted by BLM Ten forester vacancies in the Medf ord district of the bu reau of land management have been filled by promo tions, aecording to Ross Youngblood, district manager. Those promoted came from the western Oregon BLM dis tricts, he explained. Jim Anderson was promot ed to engineer in the Glen dale unit, coming from the Roseburg district Doug Mor rison is filling the timber management vacancy in the Glendale unit, coming from the Eugene district. Hal Westover was promot ed to the engineering vacan cy in the Greensprings unit from Eugene. Dana Collins and Fred Wolf were promoted to the Galice unit from Salem. William Mclaughlin, for merly of Roseburg district, has been promoted to the tim ber management vacancy in the Applegate unit. Roland Smith, William Cousineau, Tom Roessler and John Austbo, now employed at the Medford BLM, were also promoted to fill vacan cies, Youngblood said. Most of the transferees are married and have moved to Medford with their families. Second Meeting of Adults Group Set A second meeting of the newly formed Young Married Adults group will be held at 8:30 pjn.. Wednesday at the Medford YMCA. Group activities include volleyball, badminton, swim ming and trampoline. Membership is open to all couples whose combined ages do not exceed 60 years, a club spokesman said. Meetings are held every first, third and fifth Wednesday in the YMCA gym. EASTER TIL Time BUNNIES GREETING CARDS & GIFTS! CANDIES & PARTY GOODS! PRETTY RIBBONS & WRAPPINGS! ... and we have 'em plenty, too. ?M DAVIS PHARMACY v:iE REXALL STORE We Give S4H Green Stamp "35 West Main, Corner Grape Ph. SP 2-2330 Members Asked to Legislators report their big gest problem is learning of the needs of their' constitu ents, Curtis emphasized. "We need better highways, truckers should be allowed to carry more weight," the OTTO representative said. "Break even point is 80,000 pounds." (Load limit on most Jackson county highways and roads is 72,000, one SOCTFA member pointed out.) Cutthroat competition and practice of some, logging oper ators to call for more trucks than can be used to earn the truckers a profit have forced the truck operators into tough times, Curtis pointed out. Many large operators feel the gyppo can haul logs for less than it would cost to operate a fleet of trucks, Curtis em phasized. They realize it's to their benefit to keep good gyppo truckers operating for them. Generally Satisfied The OTTO representative admitted that establishing minimum rates with some chanees has generally satis fied logging truck operators in the state of Washington. Robert Duncan, Medford, Democratic state representa tive, declared he had voted for the measure which would School News Oak Grove School Reporters: Martha Lamb, Debbie Bittle, Terri Eppin ger. Rhonda Hamilton, Bev erly Biehn, Teresa Gardner. Sally Duhaime. Sandra Humphries, and Tom Free man. Mrs. Nancy Gustafson's first grade has been studying the telephone and the numbers of the fire, police, and family doctor. They have been studying and planting seeds. Earlier in the year, they put up a bird feeder, and have been watching the birds come to make homes. Mrs. Marjorie Gandee's first grade has ; been studying spring flowers and pussywil lows. They have also been study ing the telephone. They brought a toy telephone to practice calling others. Mrs. Peabody's fifth grade has been studying the Mid Western states. Robert Phil lips showed slides of a trip in the Mid-west. Mrs. Peyton gave a talk on Kansas wheat belt. Mrs. Dena DeKorte's sixth grade has been making a mu ral on the important things of each of the South American countries. In English they have been writing their own poems and stories. - ' James Hennebeck's sixth grade has been making a mural of the Inca Indians of South America. They have been playing mixed baseball in physical ed ucation. The children in Mrs. Ruth Dunn's second grade made pictures of flowers, cutting colored paper from magazines. The girls from. Mrs. Bar bee's Brownie Troop have a display of things they have made in Weeks and Orr's win dow. The girls are wearing Brownie uniforms for Girl Scout Week. They also have a new girl, Margaret Harris, in their room. Earl Hills is going to move to the Lincoln school district. The third grade is studying about Indians. We are making Indian drums. Some of us are making a bulletin board about Indians. We are making maps of Oregon. Mrs. Mary Carton's second grade is studying about plants. They are looking for signs of spring. They have two "coal plants" in their room, and are study ing about plants and animals. A new boy, Mark Harris, has enrolled in the class. He stayed in Alaska for a year. We will miss Mike Hills. He moved to Lincoln school district. ' We made stencil patterns during art. 1 for ... & BASKETS! establish minimum log haul rates and require a certificate of necessity through the pub lic utilities commission before truckers from outside the state could be brought in. This was before Gov. Mark Hatfield vetoed the measure during the last session of the legislature. He also complain ed that the people do not make their wishes known to their legislators. "The fiscal health of the log hauler is not of recent origin," Duncan pointed out. "The in dustry must get the solution. This should have been done several years ago. I accepted the bill, supported and voted on it. There was no alterna tive suggested by the indus try. It was content to let things remain on a status quo." Political Problem Financing of state highway construction has become a political problem, unfortu nately Duncan noted. He said he is against bond issues as proposed for Highways 101 and 42 in southwest Oregon since it promotes "log-rolling" in legislature. "I assure you if this bond ing of highway construction in the state continues, I'll in troduce legislation for bond issues to cover every cow path in Jackson county if I'm elected back to the state legis lature," Duncan declared. He said that the basic form ula of the state highway com mission on considering alloca tions for highway construc tion is fair. However, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, he admitted, so Jackson coun ty should also have constant delegations before the state highway commission. Future Construction Future construction of the Rogue river basin project will possibly flood part of the Crater Lake highway which has caused the highway com mission to delay overall im provements for Highway 62, he explained. "One way would be to re route it up Elk creek, but then the filling station operators and tourist cabin operators would scream like angry Apaches!" Slash disposal is a problem which the SOCFTA members did not bring up, Duncan pointed out. Some modifica tion is needed, he said. He asked the group to give it some study and come up with some suggested legislature which would follow good factory management and sus tained yield practices. Quick as a bunny..,' EASTER SHOPPING WARDS;'.. . CATALOG IS FAST... AND EASY! Want to Easter-shop quick at a bunny, without hopping like one? Just shop Words Catalog! There, in one handy spot, you'll find a fine variety of fresh fashions to outfit, etl the fomily from top to toe. Hot can order everything so easily at home, by phone, too. Try it today I, Misses' All-silk Two-piece Suit Dr 1Q.98 Juniors' Suit in 100 Wool Glen Plaid 29.98 Girls' "Rainbow" Nylon Dress, 4-6X3.79 Little Boys' Blazer and Slacks Outfit7.85 Men's 100 Wool Worsted Continental Suit49-75 Prims 4o nor inehd rf (importation drarg. SHOP BY PHONE SHOP IN PERSON 4 H Club News Ruch 28 Stitches A Mile The Ruch 28 Stitches A Mile 4-H club had a worshop session at the home of Mrs. Glen Travis recently. We worked about four hours. We now have a sewing machine that we keep at the Ruch Community church basement. We got in a good working day. Some of the girls finished their projects that they had started. A meeting was held recent ly at the Ruch Community church basement. We have been working on our garment protectors. Some of the girls have completed their garment protectors and are ready for the making of a shirt. Edith Retaking, Reporter. Meadows Busy Beavers The Meadows Busy Beavers 4-H club met recently at the home of the McAllisters. There were eight members present and Mrs. George Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Mose were visitors. Steven and Stanton Hall, Charles Mose and John McDonough joined the club. John Bush, Steven Hall and Shirley McAllister were .ap pointed to find out if we could use a projector to show films at some of the meetings. Mrs. Ellis gave a report on summer camp and summer school. She also reminded the members to save their postage stamps. The meeting was adjourned and games were played. Re freshments were served by the McAllister family. Next meeting will be April 16 at the George Bush home. Cynthia Pleasant, Reporter. Korny Kampers The Korny Kampent 4-H club met for an outdoor cook ing session at the Wright home recently. The meeting was called to order by hte junior leaders, Craig Wright. The records were passed out by the lead er, Mrs. Wright. We had election of officers. They are Janice Main, presi dent; Marta Heffner, vice president; Susan Wright, sec retary; Mike Harrin and Hugh Charley, sergeant at arms; and Susan Tinsley, re porter. Refreshments were served and the meeting was ad journed Susan Tinsley, Reporter. A liner ' for the inside of automobile tops is made of molded glass fiber and can be put in place on. the assem bly line. -Call SP 3-7301 -117 S. CENTRAL Merlin Firm Buys Three Tracks of Timber From BLM - Three of the six tracts of timber offered for sale by the Medford district of the bu reau of land management Thursday were purchased by Bate Lumber company of Mer lin. The tracts, which contain a total of 19,484,000 board feet of timber located in Jack son, Josephine and Douglas counties,' were all offered at an oral auction sale which drew strong competition for every tract, BLM officials said. The total bid price for the sale was $773,773.30. Bid prices for the Douglas-fir ranged from $40 per thousand board feet to $55.05. The low est offer for Douglas-fir was in the one sale in which it was not the major species. In that sale the White fir, which was the major species for the sale was bid in at $12.60 per thous and board feet. The three tracts for which Bate Lumber company was high bidder included one con taining 3,303,000 board feet located on West Fork Evans creek in Jackson . county which they bought for $146, 411.70. Their offer for the . U U U U U W . 27" x 54" II vW -K 1 iVjKSCW-ulWWI Mr5ar6 KSrSm'a.v;l f it . ; -'M'J? r 1 t&SS&Tfci m&m&lM3m im2B8&B8&tn u-:-tM'xi - mfstswsJisQsim iisdssKsssxrsrm vemM33&iivi3xM- r 2 iK&mmzzteM ixsfiii iKss3yi2 wmkxmxi PKrt x V3ty2on M-&,.': f- '""tew-Ai . U 11 1 U U LI ll ll U . U U U LJ V V I ::$r . Pieces , .. . . fg From . ML my 1L L 1 . 4; '.v.wiiv.w?w?.vm t See Our OVAL RUG Specials! Popular sizes and colors in stock 9x12 Sizes SHOP Southern Oregon's Oldest and Largest Furniture Store 114 West Main Street Phone SP 2-9351 Douglas-fir in this sale was $49 per thousand board feet. Second Purchase The second purchase was 1,161,000 board feet located in the Galice ' area of Jose phine county, which they pur chased with a bid of $44 for the Douglas-fir and a total offer of $48,841.65. The one tract in Douglas county, 2, 328,000 board feet located on Russell creek was the third purchased by Bate Lumber company. The high offer for this tract included $46 per thousand board feet for the Douglas-fir and $99,701.25 for the tract. Rogue Forest products of Rogue River was the high bid der for 9,924,000 board feet of timber :n the two tracts located in Jackson county. The offer of $42.55 for the DougHis-fir and $193,816.20 was the highest for a tract lo cated on West Evans creek while they were required to bid $55.05 for the Douglas fir for a total of $221,650 for the second tract which was located near Flounce Rock. Kogap Manufacturing com pany of Medford purchased 2,768,000 board feet located LOTS OF SIZES - COLORS 11 CCS 4 Soils tO'Chbose From C Q E s M W U M W - Values to 1250 ALL THREE FLOORS FOR QUALITY AT LOW near Hyatt lake in Jackson county for $63,352.50. The high bid included $40 per thousand board feet for the Douglas-fir and $12.60 for the white fir, which was the ma jor species. A review of the sale sta tistics by John A. CarnegieJ district sales officer, s hows there were 16" operators who qualified to bid on the six sales, several of them on three or four. The next' sale planned by the Medford district will be held April 14 at which time 16,633,000 board feet of tim ber located in three tracts will be offered for sale. One of these tracts is located in Are You Pickling Your Seed In Acid Soil? A soil test will tell you. See your district SCD office, your County Agent or local ASC office. 'v AGRICULTURE LIME DISTRIBUTING COMPANY BOX 637 UL 5-1245 GOLD HILL, ORE. We Will Deliver Your Lime Spread on Your Field Write Us for Free Copy of "100 Questions and Answers on Liming Land" ALL-WOOL American Made Hamilton Attends Development Seminar Moore Hamilton, Medford postmaster, attended the third annual management develop ment seminar last week at the University of Oregon, Eu gene. . He was among the 31 re gional officials of the U.S. Post Office, postmasters and postal supervisors from Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Montana at the course. Purpose was to give postal Joesphine county while the other two are in Douglas coun ty. & PATTERNS CARPETING 12 Foot Widths 'EASY TEES MS I No Carrying I I Charges or Interest We carry our own contracts. There is no extra charge added to your payments. At Weeks & Orr you pay ONLY for the merchandise. I MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. C Sunday, March 27, 1960 A executives a briefing on mod ern techniques and the latest developments in the field of business administration. It is part of the program develop ed by Postmaster Gen. Arthur E. Summerfield to improve postal service. We Give GREEN STAMPS ELLIS MARKET 820 Crater Lake Avenue Open Monday; flight PRICE 1 i
