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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
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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."
Corlett also had pi also for
Ihb work of the Keep Oregon
Green association In enllslInK
Iho cooperation of Iho general
public In helping lo prevent
forest fires,
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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
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1 ' State Rep. Clarence Barton
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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." Barton says the committee
is determined to find e form
ula for tax relief acceptable
to the voters. Policy decisions
on tax proposals before the
group are expected Aug. 15-16
in Salem
Hatfield so far' is mum on
possible relief. Holmer backs
this up by saying a definite
statement now would be premature.
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