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THINNING OPERATION Big trees on
Olger and C. J. Sether's 300-acre Tree Farm
near Glendale are still putting on plenty of
growth, thanks to thinning operation by the
tree farming brothers which
In the Days News
Br FRANK JENKINS
MORE about spying:
From Bern, capital of
Switzerland: "Two SOVIET
DIPLOMATS caught spying
on U.S. rocket bases in West
Germany and on SWISS ra
dar installations were expell
ed in what the Swiss govern
ment called the gravest case
of Soviet espionage since
World War II.
"The Incident stunned a
eountry already confused by
and critical of the U.S. 'spy
plane' incident in Russia.
News that the Soviet Union
was spying inside Switzerland
brought a SWIFT CHANGE
OF MOOD and an outburst of
indignation against the So
viets from Swiss newspapers."
THAT is to say:
It's all right for Russia
to spy on everybody else in
the world (including neutral
Switzerland) but when some
body spies on Russia it's dirty
pool. ' ' '
The realistic Swiss saw the
point quickly.
QUESTION:
Why did we spy on Rus
sia? PRESIDENT Elsenhower an-
swered mat question tne
other day when he told his
news conference that U.S.
reconnaissance flights over
Russia were a "distasteful but
vital necessity" TO GUARD
AGAINST ANOTHER PEARL
HARBOR SURPRISE AT
TACK. That's laying it on the line.
OUR government is getting
a lot of criticism for frank
ly admitting it DID it.
Do you join in the criti
cism? Or do you think we
SHOULD guard against an
other Pearl Harbor?
DEFORE answering these
questions, remember wis:
If Russia SHOULD GET
THE JUMP ON US in this
nuclear warfare age, that
would be that.
There would be no mc
U.S.A.
It's just that serious.
Y Summer Plan
Starts June 13
I The Medford YMCA's sum
mer schedule will start June
13 Y officials have announced.
With new additions, the ac
coustical ceiling and ventila
tion system, the YMCA's pool
is one of the finest in the Med
ford area for swimming in
struction. Regardless to type
of weather, the class can be
held the year round.
Swimming classes will be
limited so that each child may
receive individual instruction,
officials said.
Classes to be scheduled in
clude beginners, low inter
mediate, and advanced, mom
'n tot, tiny tots, scuba diving,
and life saving.
There will also be gym
classes scheduled for the sum
mer.
Salem Census Set
At 49,165 Persons
Salem- IUPD -District census
officials upped their prelim
inary federal census estimate
for Salem today to 49.165 per
sons. Last week's initial esti
mate for 1960 was 48.799.
Census Supervisor Ronald
Blundell said he doubted if
Salem will achieve the 50,
000 mark In this count.
The entire freshwater area
In Canada has been estimated
it 228,070 square miles,
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trees more "elbow room" for growth. Thin
ning also let in sunlight, helped nature car
pet the forest floor with hundreds of thou
sands of tree
gave the best crops.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
FRED ALLEN turned down several offers to act as M. C.
for TV vaudeville shows or spectaculars. "M. C's," he
reasoned, "are really little more than pointers. That is, they
point at someone elso do
ing an act and say 'Isn't
he great? Isn't he won
derful? Watch him!'
Shucks! That's the sort
of trick you could teach
a dog to do by smearing
meat on the actors."
Discovered:' an author
who can be objective about
his own work! He Uvea in
London, has written sever
al beat-sellers, and dis
patched this note along;
with his newest manuscript
to his flabbergasted pub
lishers: "Here's my new book.
a masterpiece,
It is a habit mv
of genius before I start writing them, masterpieces for the first
few thousand words, and unspeakable from then on. Alas, alas,
alas!" 1
C 130. by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King features Syndicate
Bids Are Called on
Keno Road by BPR
Invitation fori bids on con
struction of the Keno rd. are
now being accepted by the bu
reau of public roads, 824 Mor
gan building, Portland, and
will be received until 2 p.m.
June 2.
The project is located in the
Greensprings unit of the Med
ford district, bureau of land
management. The project is
27.4 miles in length beginning
near Highway 66, approxi
mately one-half mile west of
the bridge crossing the Klam
ath river, or approximately 7
miles west of Keno. The road
is to terminate on the Dead
Indian rd. approximately 1.4
miles northeast of turn-off to
Howard Prairie dam or Hy
att lake.
An estimated volume of
7,461,000 board feet of timber
valued at $156,227.55 is lo
cated on BLM and Interna
tional Paper company lands,
and 280 designated merchant
able trees valued at $4,412.20
are located on lands under
forest service administration.
Private Owners
Timber on the right-of-way
of other private owners will
be decked in suitable log
lengths on the owner's prop
erty adjacent to the road.
Two options are available
for right-of-way timber on
BLM and IPC lands, and lands
administered by the forest
service: (1) purchase of timber
under timber sale contracts
with BLM and forest service
or (2) decking of logs in suit
able lengths the same as on
private lands.
Plans and specifications
may be examined by prospec
tive bidders at the Medford
district forestry office, bureau
VOTE FOR
LOWELL E.
AGER
for COUNTY
SURVEYOR
16 Yean Professional
practice In Jackson County
Pd. pol. adv., Ager for Surv.
Cam., Mri. L, E. Ager, sec,
63 Gresham, Ashland.
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seedlings for future timber
(AFPI Photo)
I'm afraid it has stopped-being
books have got They are works
of land management, 1133
South Riverside ave., Med.
ford. Individuals desiring
copies of plans, specifications,
bidding requirements and con
ditions, bid forms, and other
bidding information should
contact the bureau of public
roads, Portland.
Review Planned
A two-day review May 23
and 24 of the project will be
made with prospective bid
ders who review the project j
ai tnis lime.
In addition a review of the
timber sale will be made at
the district office prior to the
field review at which time
any specific questions will be
answered and further break
down of timber volumes and
values will be made available.
In order to plan the number
of maps, timber data sheets,
and the number of vehicles
needed for transportation,
prospective bidders planning
to review the project May 23
and 24 are requested to notify
the office prior to 4 p.m.
May 20.
Desert Room Club
Will Lose License
Portland - (OPD - The City
Council Thursday ordered the
restaurant license of the
Desert Room night club op
erated by Nate Zusman re
volked. The vote was 3-2 to revoke
the license effective July 5.
To hide the oil pipeline now
being laid across the Sahara
from roving tribesmen, It is
being buried deep in the
sands.
Fred V
fa:-
Mr- t,
Thinning
Sun for Tree Farm Seedlings
Glendale-The cheapest m ay
to plant trees is with an axe.
This old foresters' dictum is
overwhelmingly evident on
the 300-acre Cow Creek Tree
Farm of O. G. and C. J.
Sether, whose pine-and-fir-studded
timberlands near
Glendale have been carpeted
with hundreds of thousands
of tree seedlings since they
thinned out their mature tim
ber five years ago.
"We just let a little light
down to the ground in there,
and nature took over the
planting job," Olger Sether
said.
The rolling, green clad
property has been in the
Sether family since the broth
ers' father-a lake states log
ger at the turn of the century
-moved west and bought the
parcel in 102. While they
farmed the lowland fields in
the decades that followed,
they watched their timbered
hillsides grow increasingly
valuable as better logging and
forestry techniques made for
est management economical
and new forest industry uses
for wood created growing
timber markets.
Chances To Sell -
The Glendale tree farmers
recall the many times they
were offered chances to sell
their timber "for $1.50 or $3
a thousand." It was fairly
Tumor Registry
Here Is Approved
The American College of
Surgeons recently notified the
administrator of approval of
the Sacred Heart hospital
tumor registry and clinic.
The tumor elinie and regis
try have been functioning ap
proximately three years. All
patients admitted to Sacred
Heart hospital with the diag
nosis of cancer have signifi.
cant clinical data recorded in
the registry. These patients
are then followed as long as
they live.
This gives the hospital ac
curate statistics of the results
of cancer treatment in this
area and the opportunity of
comparing the cancer results
in Medford with other parts of
the country.
The tumor clinic Is held
once a week when problem
cancer cases are presented to
members of the Sacred Heart
hospital staff. These cases are
discussed and recommenda
tions concerning treatment
are given to the referring phy
sician. No charge is made to the
patient for the service, hos
pital officials said. The tumor
clinic and registry are sup
ported by funds from the
American Cancer Society.
Portland - IUPD - U.S. Sen.
Hall S. Lusk (D-Ore.) will
maintain the Oregon office
formerly occupied by the man
he succeeded in the Senate,
the late Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger (D-Ore.).
OPEN
FOR BUSINESS
Margaret and Clydt Ramsey
Are Proud To Announce
The Opening
OF THEIR
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Operation
food money in the timber
economy of that early era,
but the big sawlogs being pro
duced today are fetching up
to $35 a thousand.
"I can remember the days
of railroad logging and steam
donkeys, and the horse log
ging that came before that,"
reminisces Olger, who is 71.
"In those days, to get to Coos
Bay we'd have to take the
stage from Drain to Scotts
burg. then go the rest of the
way by riverboat on the limp-
qua and by stage again at the
other end."
The Sethers began their
careful thinning program with
the help and advice of Bob
Bradley, Douglas county ex
tension forester. Their first
cut through the timber was
a light one, but enough to
free the big trees from com
petition with each other.
Daylight at Crown
"When you look up, you
can see daylight around the
crown of each tree," Bradley
says. "The result is that those
pines are putting on a new
spurt of growth. This and the
heavy natural regeneration of
seedlings under the sheltering
leave trees were th principal
reasons for the thinning."
Bradley uses the tract as
demonstration area to help
other landowners learn how
to manage their forest better
for maximum timber produc
tion.
"One of the problems of the
landowner," Olger observes,
"is that he often doesn't know
what he has or the value of
it. And he doesn't know just
what to do to get the best out
of it. Bob is doing a lot to
give timber owners the an
swers."
Because of the strides the
Sethers have made in putting
their forest land into healthy,
top growing condition, the for
est industries this year award
ed the brothers a Tree Farm
sign and enrolled the prop
erty in the industry's Tree
Farm program to grow tim
ber as a crop.
Inspected by Forester
The land and its forest
management program was in
spected by Calvin Smith, dis
trict forester for Industrial
Forestry association, Portland,
which sponsors the program
in the Douglas fir region.
In joining the Tree Farm
movement, the Sethers asso
ciated themselves with 17,000
industrial and non-industrial
tree farmers nationally who
have now pledged altogether
over 50 million acres of pro
ductive timberlands to grow
ing repeated timber crops for
man's use.
By protecting the trees
from fire, insects and disease,
and by carefully planned har
vesting, tree farmers are help
ing to assure the nation's
wood supply while at the
same time they are improving
wildlife habitat and recrea
tional and watershed values
on their lands.
Bumper Crop
"The bumper crop of seed
lings sprouting all over the
Sethers' Tree Farm is an out
standing example of how tree
Dry
Provides
farming practices by man ran
help nature-can, in fact, put
nature to work for man,"
Smith said. "The growing ca
pacity of forest land can be
greatly increased by intelli
gent forest management."
The lavish bounty of na
ture's seedling crop on the
Cow Creek Tree Farm
Was i
almost swept away during the I
n
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past summer, however, by
fire started accidentally by
youngsters. Only quick work
by the Douglas County For
est Fire Protective association
and the fact that the tree;
farmers had built access roads!
into the timber prevented the
fire from engulfing the entire
tract.
Damage was held to a loss
of some 15 acres, and the tree
farmers were able to salvage
much of the fire-killed tim
ber. It will be necessary to
plant trees by hand in the
burned area, they pointed ,
out.
"The roads we built to get
timhpr out " Oltfpr snv "wore
the key to getting fire fight-1
rfM r sharp
TERRIFIC SELECTION -
LONG TAPERS! MIDCALFS!
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ers In there qulfkly. It's an
other proof," he added, "that
roads are a basic step to tree
farming."
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