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8 1 D. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORB. THUnBDAY, JULY 21. 1000 1,250 Trained Lookouts in Oregon's Woods Are Backed Up by 40,000 Industry Workers Portland - Throughoxit Ore gon a vast well - disciplined army Is manning battle, sta tions, its alert lookouts scan ning the horizon for the com mon enemy. ' For this is forest fire wcath- er. , The first line of defense consists of some 1,250 trained members of private and state patrols, plus federal agency personnel, who stand guard at remote fire lookouts or re main poised In headquarters units to be flung instantly into fire lines. They are backed up by re serves of more thnn 4U.UOU in dustry foresters and loggers whose bulldozers, tankers, trucks and other heavy equip ment can quickly put real muscle into a thin line of fire fighters. Slortd Warehouses i Warehouses bulging with shovels, back pumps, hose and other equipment are situated strategically throughout Ore gon to equip an even more greatly expanded army in case of real emergency. Airwaves across the state L Iff' i IP i v'TSVti 1,1 l' II I l 1 fit M ill 11 1J r i is r , i i i, i ! ' i i j i i it II -J 1:1 I i are crackling with a radio communications network ty- ing the whole sprawling fire organization together nuo a versatile, mobile defense force that would draw an admiring whistle from a Pentagon gen eral. The protective wings of tills formidable array spread over 11 million acres of forest in dustry tree farms and state and private timberlands, plus some IS million acres of fed eral forest land.. Forest landowners are con tributing $1.3 million in i nual assessments to help fi nance the private patrol as sociations and state fire dis tricts that are the first bul wark against the outbreak of fire on private and state lands. Protect Own Land Forest industries and many other private tlmberland own ers are also pouring an esti mated $3 million more annual ly Into protecting their own forest acreage. Tills covers such items as salaries for com pany fire wardens, maintain ing pumper trucks, keeping fire access roads open, fulling snags, stocking tool caches, building water ponds and tak ing other protective measures. The yearly cost of organized forest fire protection on pri vate forest lands adds up to a minimum of 15 cents an acre in the Douglas fir region, al though forest Industries with certified tree farms are spend' ing an average of more than SO cents an acre on their own lands. Individual timber c o m panics maintain elaborate fire plans, somo of (hum bound volumes which detail emer gency, assignments for Indi vidual personnel, show loca tions and inventories of equip ment caches on maps, and set out a complete "battlo plan" blueprint. Company. plans are usually integrated with those of neighboring forest land owners, and all are worked Into a master plan by the lo cal protective association or state district. 'Project Site If an uncontrolled fire as sumes "project" size, a cadre of trained association, state or federal leaders is rushed to the fire scene, and the sprawl ing network of men, bulldoz ers and equipment Is gal vanized Into Instant action by radio. ' Several special flro fighting schools were held for Industry personnel around the stuto earlier this year. Advanced fire fighting tech niques In Oregon now Include aerial borate drops and forest servlco smokejumpeis. But stopping the big fires in their tracks calls for heavy equipment and plenty of man power. Timber company fall ing teams using their chain saws arc Invaluable 111 drop ping snags in the path of a fire, since standing snugs will flare as punky torches and throw sparks for great dis tances. Industry bulldozers are the backbone of the key Job of scooping out firo lanes. In ad dition to furnishing big pump er trucks, some companies have designed special water tanks that can be slipped quickly into dump trucks to convert them into a fleet of auxiliary tankers. On federal lands, the bulk of heavy equipment used In fighting fire is provided by forest industries under terms of their timber harvest contracts. "The men and oqulpnu'iit which can be put on tho spot In a Nhort space of time when Hie breaks out usually spells tho difference between a small fire and an uncontrolled fire, according to Jim Corlett, sec-retiiry-'niinager of the Oregon Forest I'rnlecllvo iissocliillon, Portland, Prlval Auoclntloni Corlett's organization is comprised of the private for est protective associations that - together with state districts and federal forces - make up the front lino of flro defense. The liuluslry-operuled groups Include tho Douglas Forest Protective association- - Hose burg; Western Lane Forest Protective association, Venetu; Kastern Lane Forest Protec tive association, Springfield; Clackamas Marion Counties Fire Patrol association, Molal la; Coos Forest Protective as sociation, Coos Bay; Klamath Forest Protective association, Klamalh Falls; Lincoln Coun ty Flro Patrol assoclallou, To ledo; Linn County Flro Patrol association, Foster; Walker Kauge Patrol association, Gil christ; and Northwest Oregon Forest Protective association, Forest Grove. "A basic objective of the Oregon Forest Protective as sociation Is lo promote coop eration between private In dustry, tho state forestry de partment and federal agencies In providing forest fire pro tection throughout Oregon," Corlett said. "Cooperation Is the key lo success In culllnif flro losses." 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If you can wash it Ef rr'?Trtl Ee Wufet ...you can dye it with y Uiaffl fe. mm EMERGENCY CACHES - Emergency tool the state in current hot, dry weather., caches, such as .the one above, maintained Backing up fire lookouts and first-line by Willamette Valley Lumber company crews are some 40.000 industry foresters and near Foster, are . being kept .in. constant loggers whose equipment can quickly con readiness at strategic points throughout trol fires. Oregon as the .specter, ot forest fire stalks (AFPI Photo) Borate Bombing To Be Used by Klamath County ,. Klamath Falls - Borate bombing - the rabbit punch of fire fighters for stopping forest fires in their 'tracks ' Is about to be unleashed here by the Klamath Forest Pro tective association. The jnove marke-what is thought to be the forest' in dustries' first use of the aerial fire-bombing technique in. Ore gon. The industry association has stockpiled 10 tons of borate and is setting up mixing equip ment, according to George Wardell, KFPA district war den. It will utilize a PBY, an ex-Navy amphibian aircraft, and two Steerman planes for making borate drops on fires. The PBY can jettison Up td 1,000 gallons of borate mix in one drop, while the SteermahS have a capacity of 12? gallons each. Protects 877,000 Acres KFPA protects' more 'than 877,000 acres of private and public and Indian timberlands In the Klamath Falls area. Largest single private' hold ings under .the association's protection are Tree' farm lands of Weyerhaeuser com; pany and Crown Zellerbach' corporation.. James Corlett, manager ot Oregon Forest Protective . as; sociation, Portland, said that while the . final . Knockout punch to a forest fire must atlll be delivered, by.grpynd. crews and their equipment, aerial borate drops, offer, real promise when used under cer tain conditions and .on, certain fuel types. "Forest industry , groups have watched closely the ex periments that have been con ducted to date with borate in air-drop ' techniques, particu larly in initial attack phases ' on a fire," he said. "We feel that borate has earned a dis tinct place among our fire- fighting tools." Capitol Memo Oregonians Hope For Relief in Taxes By DOUGLASS GRIPP United Press International - Salem - (CPU - Will there be tax relief in Oregon next year? No one knows yet. . Many a taxpayer lifted his sweaty brow this spring when Gov, Mark Hatfield predicted that no raise in taxes will be necessary for the 1961-63 bi ennium. ' . A, state, surplus, partly be cause of a surge in Oregon's economy, is expected to be healthy and has added to the speculation. . Current state tax commis sion estimates of the surplus are S27-S28 million. State Finance Director Free man Holmer hopes another $5 million will.be realized from operational economies - main ly in public welfare, the tax commission, and the military department. Some $509,000 in higher education funds is being held up because of an ticipated enrollments which may or may not materialize in the fall. 2. Removal of all deduc tions, or a combination of this and the tax credit. 3. Repeal of the property tax on inventories, or possibly all personal property, replac ing with a net income tax on business. Removal of federal deduc tions would result In payment of more state tax and less federal tax, especially in high er income brackets. . Manv states do this, including Cali- rornia for lMWfftifoJ I J HOP riAVORCO ' I ujP J ask 0IUC MALT EXTRACT Ribbon MALT EXTRACT IT'S PURE the added touch of , perfection 1 ' State Rep. Clarence Barton (D-Coquille), chairman of the legislative interim committee oil taxation, feels some tax 'relief is in the offing - espec ially in the field of personal income. He would like to cut this tax and offset it with a tax on tobacco. , The committee is concen trating on ways to broaden the state's' income tax base, to bring as manv people under the law as possible while re moving as many current in equities as possible. , Plans under study include: ' 1. A tax credit system: Re moval of the $600 deduction, replacing this with a straight dollar credit or discount ap plicable to all taxpayers and their dependents regardless of bracket. Workers to Salvage Old Treasure Ship Philadelphia (Science Serv ice) When workmen salvage a cargo of bronze implements and ox-hide-shaped copper in gots from a ship sunk 1,450 years before the birth of Christ, they will be taking part in what is reported to be the first scientifically orga nized exploration of an an cient wreck. The ship was evi dently on lis way from tho mines of Cyprus. The Ingots, some bearing stamped impres sions, served as the currency of that time. The wreck was found along with 46 other ancient wrecks off the south western coast of Turkey. Tak ing part in the exploration is George Bass of the Mediterra nean section of the University museum, here, Expert divers, photographers, and under water draftsmen will also par ticipate in the exploration. Richard Eymann of Mo hawk, executive secretary of the committee, . says, there doesn't appear to be any senti ment on the committee for a sales tax. Barton is flatly op posed to it. The 1959 law to remove the federal deduction and reduce income tax rates was designed to bring in $12 million thought at the time to be needed to keep the slate from going into the red before the end of the current biennium. This was referred to the people by an Albany group and will be on the November ballot. Eymann says the law will "undoubtedly be repeal ed." 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