Medford mail tribune., April 17, 1960, Image 9

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BLM Notes Heavy Use Demand
On Land Activities in Area
A review of the records of
the Medford district of the
bureau of land management
for the first quarter of 1960
showed a heavy use demand
on all land activities in the
BLM forests of this district,
according to District Manager
Roes A. Youngblood.
Not unexpected, but par
ticularly pleasing, was the in
tense interest shown in the
bidding on BLM timber. As
a comparison, he noted, col
lections for the first quarter
In 1958 totalled $339,761.44;
for the same three-month per
iod a year later, collections
totaled $607,986.51; and for
the first quarter of 1960 col
lections totaled $844,028.19.
Actual collections totaled
$823,930.66. Monies from the
O and C account are distribu
ted by the O and C formula
on the following basis: the
Congress is permitted to ap
propriate 25 per cent for ad
ministrative purposes; in no
case to date has the Congress
appropriated the full 25 per
cent of the gross receipts in
the O and C account collected
In any one fiscal year.
Gross Receipts '
Twenty-five per cent of the
gross receipts collected in any
one fiscal year, by arrange
ment with the O and C coun
ties, .is appropriated by the
Congress and allocated for
road construction and refor
estation, Youngblood noted.
The remainder, or 50 per cent
goes to the 18 western Oregon
O and C counties in lieu of
tax payments.
In this particular period in
the Medford district, collec
tions for the public domain
lands totaled $16,771.53. Ninety-five
per cent of the monies
from this account goes into
the reclamation fund, and five
per cent goes back to the state
to be distributed in the gen
eral state fund.
Access timber roads have to
be maintained, Youngblood
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pointed out, either by the
timber purchaser or user, or
by BLM maintenance crews.
In this past three-month per
iod, $3,177.90 was collected
as maintenance fees and de
posited in the O and C main
tenance fee account. This
money Is used to maintain
BLM timber access roads, as
needed, he said.
Miscellaneous Matters
Only a small amount of col
lections was noted for miscel
laneous matters, which totaled
$188.05. Principally this col
lection was for service fees,
sale of maps, court costs, and
similar items, Youngblood
said.
In ferreting out the actual
timber activity that was car
ried on in the Medford dis
trict of the BLM during the
past three months, it was
found that the lack of getting
clear title to and timely pro
curement of easements, aug
mented by a heavy snow pack
in some areas, delayed the
offering of the total volume
of timber the district planned
to offer in the period, the dis
trict manager noted.
These items delayed the dis
trict from offering a total of
15,000,000 board feet - or, as
a matter of comparison, 53,
407,000 board feet were sold
compared to a planned vol
ume of 68,400,000 board feet.
The planned volume which
was anticipated to be offered
on the market when the dis
trict's plans were promulgated
a year ago will be offered
before July 1.
Located on 52 Tracts
The 53,407,000 board feet
which was offered for sale
during this quarter was lo
cated in 52 tracts: 27 tracts
were in Jackson county,
which contained the most
volume; ' 9 tracts were in
Douglas county, which con
tained the next most volume;
15 tracts were in Josephine
county, which contained the
third most volume; and one
tract was in Klamath county,
which was the smallest vol
ume offered in any county.
The average volume of the
tracts sold In this period total
ed 1,027,000 board feet; and
the average price received
per-thousand-board - feet was
$35.85. The highest bid re
ceived was $55.05 per thou
sand for Douglas fir.
Because of the industry's
demand, aided by the BLM
pattern of ownership, small
sales were offered; such is in
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feet average for each sale.
Small sales seem to reflect,
likewise, better stewardsiiip
to the BLM lands, Young
blood said. The sale price re
ceived for the timber offered
in this three-month period tal
lied out at $1,914,750.85, or
about $700,000 above the
BLM appraisal.
Timber Trespass
Timber trespass continued
to be a use of manpower in
the Medford BLM district.
While only five cases were
closed during the period, a
considerable number of addi
tional cases were worked on.
Of the five cases closed, the
total value tallied out at
$1,525.51. However, total col
lections amounted to $8,
027.72 for the period, which
includes some backlog cases
and new cases in process of
closure.
Six new cases were discov
ered during the period with a
presently undetermined
amount of volume and value.
One case is a 40-acre tract
where the, volume is esti
mated to be in excess of 1,
250,000 board feet.
There is much speculation
among foresters as to why
trespasses occur, Youngblood
said. Principally among these
is the high price and demand
for stumpage, another is the
lack of good corner markings
and line differentiation be
tween government land and
adjacent private property. For
the past several years, in an
attempt to reduce trespasses
and to establish positive sec
tion corners and section boun
dary lines, a cadastral survey
crew has been assigned to
field activity in the Medford
district during the summer
season. Similarly, a cadastral
survey crew will be assigned
to do section line running and
corner establishment during
this coming summer season,
he added.
Road Maintenance
The matter of road main
tenance is becoming increas
ingly important because more
roads are being developed in
to presently-inaccessible BLM
timber. Where the BLM has
right-of-way agreements with
the adjoining private proper
ty owners, offtimes the main
tenance is performed under
the contract agreement by his
operator andor operator buy
ers of BLM timber.
In case of timber access
roads, however, the bureau of
public roads, performs the ac
cess maintenance work under
a contract agreement with the
BLM, the district manager
noted. In this past three
month period, actual access
road maintenance has been
almost at a standstill because
of adverse weather and non
use of the timber access roads.
The bureau of public roads'
maintenance crew was kept
busy doing betterment work
on the Mt. Rueben access road
in northwest Josephine coun
ty. This Rueben road better
ment is needed because the
BLM anticipates offering tim
ber on the market this coming
logging season which will be
loggable to this road, Young
blood noted.
Largest Fee Collection
The largest fee collected
during this period was for
maintenance work on the
West Fork of Evans Creek
access road, as this road is
now coming to be used by the
adjoining private property
owner and as the result of
recent BLM timber sales. Now
that good weather is here, it
is expected tha collections
for maintenance will increase
steadily.
The Medford district's pro
gram on access road construc
tion progressed at a moderate
pace during this period,
Youngblood said. Tne Tnomp-
son Creek bridge, located in
south Josephine county was
almost completed: however,
no sale of timber is anticipated .
in the Thompson Creek drain
age, which will use this bridge
In 1960. because of a pending
condemnation case to clear
the road for logging use.
The Cantrall bridge, located
in south Jackson county near
Ruch was delayed by high
water, but it is expected to
be completed by June 30. The
construction of this bridge, in
cluding approach roads, is an
important development as it
will open up a presently-Inaccessible
tract of BLM tim
ber. Likewise, a large timber
sale is planned to be offered
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Now Under Contract
The West Fork of Evans
Creek timber access road in
central Jackson county is
presently under contract for
surfacing, and the contractor
has been opening up rock pits
and completing the erection
of a crusher. It is expected
that the contractor will be
ready to start surfacing soon.
The Galice access road will
be extended seven miles this
summer, weather permitting,
Youngblood said. It is expect
ed that tlie job will be adver
tised for bids within the next
15 days. The extension of the
Galice access road will open
up another large solid block
of BLM timber. Eventually
the road will extend to the
east boundary of the Siskiyou
National Forest, which is on
the divide between Stair
Creek and Big Windy Creek
in eastern Curry county.
The Keno timber access
road, which is in the southeast
part of Jackson county and
extends into the northwest
part of Klamath county, open
ed for bidding April 18. The
construction of this road will
open up a large body of
bureau timber that extends
from the Dead Indian county
road southeast to Highway 66.
It is expected that, if weather
permits, the contractor will
be under way with the road
construction by June 1.
Ready For Bidding
Youngblood said it also is
expected that the Deer Creek
access road in south Josephine
county will be ready for bid
ding sometime in early May.
The Salt Creek access road in
the east-central part of Jack
son county is on the schedule
for construction this year, but
progress has bogged down be
cause of easement difficulties.
The west branch of Elk
Creek and the Hast Fork of
Evans Creek are on the cur
rent schedule for start of con
struction this summer. Lack
of securing the necessary
easements has resulted in a
delay in getting these projects
ready for bid advertising. Dis
trict officials are still hopeful
that the necessary easements
may be secured to release this
job.
Bureau of public roads lo
cation survey crews, under
the guidance of the local Med
ford district BLM office, con
tinued with survey activities
during this reporting period,
Youngblood said.
The Whisky Creek access
road survey was completed in
February; should an access
road be developed into the
Whiskey Creek drainage, it is
expected that more than 150,
000,000 feet of timber now in
accessible will be opened up
for bidding by BLM purchas
ers. Whiskey Creek is located
in northwest Josephine coun
ty; the road will unlock a
solid area of BLM timber.
Road Reconnaissances
The district engineering
staff made a number of access
road reconnaissances into var
ious areas in the district dur
ing this period. One of the
reconnaissances completed by
the local staff was the ex
tension of the Cantrall bridge
road into the Negro Ben area.
While the construction of
timber sale roads during this
period was not heavy, such
construction contributed ac
tively to the development of
BLM timber in the Medford
district The timber sale roads
com pleted totaled approxi
mately two miles at an esti
mated cost of construction of
$12,000. The roads completed
were only summer-use roads,
and have no rocking for win
ter usage, Youngblood noted.
One of the busiest activities
carried on in the Medford dis
trict is the matter of securing
rights-of-way, development of
right-of-way agreements and
the purchasing of easements
for the construction of timber
access roads by timber sale
contracts and by appropriated
access road funds. During the
period the district acquired 10
easements, seven of which
were located in Josephine
county, two in Jackson coun
ty, and one in Douglas county,
The district completed two
right-of-way agreements with
Timber Products company.
Reforestation Activity .
At this time of year refor
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The Medical
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Heart Attacks
And Fats and Oils
ror the last few years
many of us doctors have been
warning all of our patients
who have had
a heart attack
or who have
been facing
the possibility
of getting one,
to avoid ani
mal fats, and
to take, in
stead, oils of
vegetable orl
mi. ALVAKEi" As 1 nave
kept saying in this column,
I have never been so con
vinced of the efficacy of these
measures that I have felt jus
tified in ordering my patients
to do this or that.
Now, I am a bit amused
to read that the Food and
Drug Administration people
are actually threatening the
sellers of "unsaturated" fats
and oils, and telling them that
they are claiming too much
for their products. The FDA
people say that the role of
cholesterol in heart and artery
discs es has not been estab
lished; and the advisability ol
making expensive changes in
our fat-intake has not been
proved. As I remember, it was
two or three years ago when,
on lunching in one of Amer
ica s big clubs, I saw that
many of the older men had,
beside their plate, a cup of
safflower oil or corn oil. They
were drinking this with the
idea of lowering their blood
cholesterol, and reducing their
tendency to hardening of the
arteries. Today, only a few
experts believe that the add
ing of a vegetable oil to a
diet will reduce the person's
blood cholesterol, and some
who believe this are not sure
that it will lower the choles
terol enough to do any good.
Many are not sure that choles-
office of the BLM. Two con
tracts covering 483 acres, with
292,000 seedlings, were let
during the period, Young
blood said.
Planting contracts are han
dled under two procedures -under
procurement, that is,
the tracts are open for com
petitive bidding with the low
bidder getting the planting
contract (normally the BLM
furnishes the seedlings); and
under the terms of timber
sale contracts.
The record shows that dur
ing the period, 1,792 acres
were planted and 314 acres
were seeded, principally to
ponderosa pine, under the
procurement method of refor
estation. Under the terms of
timber sale contracts the dis
trict presently has 888 acres
either to be planted or seeded;
progress is under way by BLM
timber sale purchasers in the
planting or seeding of this
acreage.
During the period, the Boy
Scouts of Troop 2 planted 800
trees under the supervision of
District Engineer Dick Sen
lachter on an O and C timber
tract in the Butte Falls area.
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terol has much to do with the
coming of a heart attack!
Keeping Up to Date
As an American humorist
once said, "It is better not to
know so much than to know
so many things that ain't so!"
Some people may now ask,
Well, then, why did you
keep telling us about all this
oil and fat and cholesterol
business?" I did it just to keep
you, my readers, up-to-date on
what the experts were doing
in their efforts to throw light
on the problem. It must be
that many a time a group of
scientists will follow a gleam
for two or three years, only
to find that it has petered out.
Then they have to begin work
all over again, following a
new gleam.
Dr. Alvarez' booklet on
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Series of Films
Planned in City
A series of unusual films, of
the kind usually seen only in
'art" theaters, will be shown
in Medford on coming week
ends, according to Robert
Corbin, manager of the thea
ters here.
The films, many of them
controversial, will be open to
adults only, Corbin stated.
They will be shown Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights,
one show per night, at the
Holly theater. Doors will open
at 7:30 p.m., with tne mm
beginning at 8. The series be
gins next week end.
'The Magician," the Swed
ish picture by Ingemar Berg
man, will be one of the first
of the series. "The Lovers,"
showing of which was halted
by police censorship in Port
land recently, also is sched
uled. Others will include
Nude in a White Car," "A i
question oi inimciuy, anu
The Miracle, which was
shown in New York only after
censorship was outlawed by
the state supreme court, Cor
bin said.
He said he also will bring
some unusual short subjects,
including old "classic" come
dies featuring W. C. Fields,
Charles Chaplin, and others.
A feature-length film on the
life of Picasso, several sym
phony reels and ballet films,
including one of the Moseyev
Dancers, are also scheduled.
The "adults only" policy
will be strictly enforced, Cor
bin stated, with no one under
18 admitted. The policy has
a two-fold purpose, he said,
first because of the controver
sial nature of some of the
films, and second because
many theater-goers prefer an
all-adult audience.
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brought before the committee
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late Sen. Richard L. Neu
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is more widespread today
than In the Wild West of the
1870's, according to the Texas
and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Association.
With "hot" cattle bringing
as much as $300 a head as
against only about $5 In the
old west, it is estimated that
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