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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1960)
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Offl. SUNDAY. JUNE 19. 1969 60 Acres of Hilts Burn of 1925 Is Bulldozed Clear for New Planting 0 PLANTED IN 1933 Adjoining the recently planted area of the old Hilts burn In Mill creek i a grove of Jeffery pine planted In 1933 by men of the Civil Conservation Corps. Several thousand acres were burned In the 192S fire. The trees, planted 27 years ago, as seen today are about SO feet tall and 10 inches In diameter. Last year, Boy Scout troops of Yreka helped to prune this area. &&&& ' ' ' ft ' ' ' ' P. .v. :- 4) YOUNG THEE One of the 38,400 ponderosa pine trees planted on SO acres of the old Hilt burn In Mill creek on the Klamath National forest is dwarfed by a workman's helmet, planted on 60 acres of the old Hilts burn in Mill creek on the down two feet of roots during the first year. The area had to be scraped clean of all brush and grass because small trees can't compete with the other vegetation for moisture during Its first year. SISKIYOU 2ioo FUNERAL SERVICE Investigate and Save SP 2-5488 PHONE m All Within Siskiyou Memorial Park To Serve You Better Corrjpare these Features and Conveniences: Air Conditioned Chapel by Refrigeration Quiet Dignified Location Reasonable Prices, Services 21 Different Casket selections 6 Different Price Ranges In Our Cemetery Property (You Pay No Commission Charges) Visitors Welcome Inquiries Always Invited 38 Years of Funeral Service Experience Funeral Director JOI HOSICK Ce-Ownar iSjay" CREMATORY 605 HIGHLAND One of the most drastic methods of reforestation used by the forest service is visible from Highway 99 at Siskiyou summit. A brush cleared area visible from the highway, Klamath National forest officials said, is part of the 1923 Mill creek fire which burned several thousand acres. About 60 acres of the old burn (also called the Hilts burn), were planted with pon derosa pine during March and April after the area was cleared of the thick brush last October. According to Charles Yates, supervisor of the Klamath for est in Yreka, this type of re forestation la the most drastic used by the forest service. The Mill creek burn is one of the first areaB in the Klamath for est where It has been tried.. Cleared By Bulldoser Before planting, the area had to be cleared of the thick brush by bulldozer, scraping down to mineral soil. It was explained that the young tree does not need top soil in which to grow. The brush, piled into wind-rows, contains enough dirt so it will not be a fire hazard and aids in the prevention of erosion. All vegetation in the site was removed, including the grass, since young trees can not compete for moisture dur ing the first year. An excep tion are any trees growing in the area. These are kept. Af ter the first year, when the trees have put down about two feet of roots, they are in a better condition to compete with other plants, it was ex plained. The forest service selected this particular area to replant for several reasons, Frank Tucker, forest ranger of Yre ka district, said. It was flat enough so the area could be cleared, it was not producing anything but brush, and tim ber had once grown there, he said. Some $6,000 was avail able this year for the project. Nursery Stock The trees, when planted, were two-year-old nursery stock. They were placed in rows eight feet apart. The 60 acres includes some 36,400 trees. After the first and third years, they are counted to de termine the percentage of sur vival. It was reported that al though this method of refores tation is the most expensive, the survival rate is about 85 per cent. If any rain falls in the area shortly after plant ing, officials reported that they can be sure of a good Survival rate. Nothing steeper than a 40 per cent grade is cleared in this fashion, Tucker said. Steeper sections In the area recently replanted were ter raced. Although, he added, some other method will have to be found for the much steeper slopes. Spray Steeper Slope In the burn, the forest serv ice has also tried spraying some of the steeper slopes with a brush killing chemical by air, Tucker said. This has proved effective, he added, and does keep erosion at a minimum. In such incidents the grass has grown back quite heavily. One problem faced by the forest service after planting young trees is the squirrels. The tender young trees are temptation to the rodents which bite off the topr. "Just plain orneriness," Lyle Hadsel, timber stand im provement foreman for the district, commented. ."The squirrels don't even eat the tops after they bite them off!" Poison grain has been used to some extent in the area to control the rodents, it was re ported. The grain, furnished by the fish and wildlife serv ice, is treated so it will not be eaten by birds. Contrast To Planting In sharp contrast to the new planting is a grove of Jeffery pine planted In 1933 by men of the Civil Conservation h TTr, err: JNr 23 v. .... tMHn:- jf. ff-rr Xl'V. REPLANTED AREA Visible from High- way 99 at the Siskiyou summit Is a cleared area across Cottonwood creek in Mill creek. Clearing of some 60 acres of the old Hilts burn was completed last fall by bulldozer, and 38,400 smail ponderosa pine trees were planted during March and April. This method of reforestation, the most drastic used by the U. S. forest service, Is quite expensive, but the tree survival rate is among the highest, about 85 per cent, offi cials report. The brush was pushed into windrows with sufficient dirt so as not to be a fire hazard. They also aid in the pre vention of erosion. Forest service officials added that any trees in the cleared area are retained. PI Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins Their Nett G6t a Little Water Logged Of all the ridiculous places they could have selected to build their nest they chose the very worst. Maybe It was their first nest. Anyway, they goofed. They had built the nest In an empty tin can placed on top of a stump at the edge of a woodland. They were active, excitable little birds with stubby up- tilted tails. They were mem bers of the beloved family of birds known as the wrens and recognized as the friend liest, as well as the most vivacious, of birdloom. Slight ly larger than the common house wren, these, the winter wrens. Inhabited woodlots where they ran through brush heaps and chased and ate bugs and worms. All for It The other side of this little family, the little male, was all for it when his wife se lected the tin can. Perhaps he thought the can was ideal, or maybe he didn't have good sense cither, or maybe he was being tolerant of his wife. He selected the finest small sticks and grass stems he could find, carrying them to the old tin can and singing while his spouse arranged the furnish ings. He knocked himself nearly out, hunting the softest feath ers for the lining of the nest. And all the time he violently Jerked his stubby tall and sang Incessantly. What he lacked in good Judgment, he made up for in enthusiasm. There was tangible evi dence that some boys during the late winter, had placed the tin can on the stump and shot at it with a .22 rifle. They had hit the can once; there were two holes through the sides, about two inches from the bottom. The boys had left It there on the old stump. Our little friends filled the can nearly full with material for their nest, and In the cozy feather-lined cavity, Mrs. Wren lain) .four tiny eggs. Papa Wren flitted his stubby tail and scrambled back and forth through the brush piles. He sang almost constantly, putting his entire weight in every note. Long before the eggs hatch ed, rains came, sweeping across the woodlands and drenching the thickets. The water filled the bottom of the nest-can. Mrs. Wren must have wondered why the flood never ran off; neither did she know why it never reached flood stage. She didn't know the bullet holes kept the wa ter at a safe level, and she didn't know why the seller of her home was water-logged. However, in spite of the dampness, the eggs hatched. The babies, with wet feet right from the start, develop ed normally. They had a moist beginning, but with the hardiness of youth they sur vived. But Mr. and Mrs. Wren must have learned a lesson, for when it was time to build a nest and raise another fam ily, they used their heads and built in the hollow end of a dead tree-limb. It must have been comforting to Mrs. Wren when the rain poured down that no water flooded the basement. (Released by the Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1960) 1 A Tribute i To Our Graduates! Bach Spring when Nature bedecks her flowers In their gayest end loveliest raiment, she gives us still another wondrous crop: youth that is blossoming into young - man - and womanhood. These are our graduates, those sturdy and irre pressible boys and girls to whom all the great world is just unfolding. With diplomas In their hands and high hopes in their hearts, they step up or out of their educational environment and become a little maturer toward the old yet ever young process of living. Ah, Alma Mater, how we shall miss your cloistered Halls, our patient teachers and our host of friends! Greet life with your head high and a song In your soul, dear Graduates. You have done well in your class rooms. You will do well on whatever roadway o life you choose to travel. This Is our prayer. You are the hope of America! God bless every one of youl Medford Pharmacy 101 North Central, Corner 6th Ph. SP 2-6253 Open Week Days: 8:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. I i Sundays and Holidays: 10 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. t I , We Salute Our Town! Corps. The trees in this older plantation are now about 50 feet tall and 10 Inches in di ameter. Last year the Boy Scout troops of Yreka helped to prune this area. The Yreka district com pleted its spring planting pro gram recently. Other areas planted were 655 acres of the 1955 Haystack burn; 53 acres seeded in the Sterling moun tain burn of 1955, and 38 burn. Since the fire 7,559 acres planted in the Sulphur acres have been planted and Ranch fire of last year. 1,071 acres seeded. Forest service officials re- The Sulphur Ranch burn ported that 401,291 small trees was planted with 25,505 small were planted on the Haystack trees. 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