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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. I960
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No Minerals Are
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v Portland Reporters
' Visit Claim Scene
'(Reprinted by permiiiian)
(Copyright, 1960, by The
Portland Reporter)
By ROBERT McBRIDE and
DANIEL L. GOLDY
..The Al Sarena mining
claims, symbol of Democratic
gnd Republican conflict over
management and conservation
of . the nation's natural re
sources, have been sold to an
Oregon lumberman.
. ..The Portland Reporter also
has learned that some 6,617,-
000 board feet of timber has
been cut from the 23 claims,
located in the Rogue River
.National Forest of southern
,Qregon, but not one spooniui
of mineral has been removed
.from the land since patents
were issued Feb. ll, luai.
The amount of Al Sarena
Umber logged through Au
1 gust of this year is based on
. ocular slash estimates by the
; U.S. forest service. The estl
' mated value of these logs,
based on a conservative
itumpago price of about $30
per thousand, is $198,510. ,
Paid for Property
The Al Sarena company of
Trail, Oregon, and Mobile,
i Ala., paid the federal govern
ment $2,375 for the property.
The statutory price for min
ing claim land is $5 an acre.
Each of the 23 claims consists
of almost exactly 20 acres.
The Oregon lumber firm to
which Al Sarena Mines, Inc.,
sold its claims, the Steve O.
Wilson Co. of Medford, sold
it paid "less than $100,000"
for the land and remaining
timber, plus an undisclosed
amount of mining stock.
There Is no record of the
sale in the Jackson county
courthouse In Medford, but
Wilson told The Reporter the
transaction took place In the
Dring and said, "I consider
mvself the owner."
Wilson added that he has
had trouble getting title In
jurance for the property, but
he was at a loss to explain
why 'there is no record of the
sale: In the courthouse.
The Rcnorter heard a ru
morof the transfer of the Al
Sarena property several
weeks ago. but delayed print
lng the story until it could
confirm the details of the
transaction with Wilson and
view the property first hand.
Taken Off Claims
The Medford lumberman
aid he already has taken
about 2,000,000 board feet
off the c 1 a i m s since tney
came into his possession. He
said he did not cut the timber
himself, but contracted with
- a small logger to do the Job.
No evidence exists of re
cent mining on the claims
The old mine tunnel, process-
lng plant and othar buildings
and equipment on the site of
the claims on Elk creek road
some 45 miles north and east
of Medford look as if they
havo- not been in use for at
least a decade.
A model "T" Ford stands
on flat tires astraddle if the
ore cart tracks Into the tun
nel. The ancient automobile
has obviously been immobile
a long, long time. The rails
from" the mine to the ore pro
cessing plant are useless. The
rail .trestle is falling in de
cay, tirass grows In the door
way of the shed at the mouth
of the mine tunnel. A few
rusty tools are strewn about
the property. A constant
stream of yellowish water
runs from the dark mouth of
the mine.
' Evidence of Logging
Evidences of logging arc
all about the area. A few hun
dred feet from the mine, en
tire hillsides have been strip
ped of their timber,
-ilwforcst service estimates of
Vtbecut year by year are as
Tollows: 1954 - 800,000 feet;
41955 - 1,820,000; 1956-none,
-3ut some timber sold to Steve
.5). Wilson; 1957 - 341,000;
3J058-1, 156,000; 1959 - none;
sj 960-2,500,000 feci.
gr The forest service once es
timated Hint 20,000,000 board
feet of timber stood on the Al
."Sarena claims, but Wilson
iald not more than 2,000,000
-M still there.
-i The Al Sarena claims were
'.'(he subject of lengthy, bitter
'.and Inconclusive congression
al hearings in 1955 and 1956.
CA mass of testimony and doc
umentary evidence was col
lected during the investiga
tion In both Oregon and
;JVashlnglon, D.C, but no
.agreement ever was reached
"On the point at Issue.
'Blatui of Claims
?! That point was whether the
.Claims were legitimate, whe
ther the land contained gold,
-.Silver or other minerals in
'iommcrclnl quantities, or
Whether Al Sarena Mines,
:nc:, had sought and obtained
'patents in order to cut mil-
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STRIPPED OF TIMBER - Mountain sides
at the Al Sarena mining claims arc stripped
of their timber, a familiar sight on the
EM
MINE IN DECAY The Al
in decay. Not one ounce of
mineral has been removed
since, mining claims were
lions of board feet of valu
able national forest timber.
Democrats' such as Richard
L. Neubcrger charged the Re
publican administration of
the Interior department under
the late Sec. Douglas McKay,
a former governor of Oregon,
with permitting a "timber
grab" in the Rogue River
National Forest.
Neuterger's opponent In
the 1954 senatorial campaign,
incumbent Sen. Guy M. Cor
don, replied vehemently that
Al Sarena was a "phony is
sue. In 1956, Rep. Charles
Porter's opponent in the 4th
district, incumbert Rep. Har
ris Ellsworth, 1 asserted that
patents to the claims were le
gally issued under the mining
laws of 1872.
Oregon newspapers divid
ed sharply on the issue. Some
agreed with Neuberger, Por
ter and other Democrats.
Some newspapers agreed with
Cordon and Ellsworth and
supported the administration
issue Lives on
But the Issue lived on de
spite disagreement along
what seemed to be strictly
partisan lines. The Al Sarena
case became, In fact, a sym
bol of what the Democrats
hold to be the Elsenhower ad
ministration's "retreat from
responsibility" in the field of
resource management and
conservation. It is mentioned
In this context in the I960
Democratic national platform.
The Majority members of
the House committee on gov
ernment operations asserted
In a report June 20, 1956,
that "to grant patent to the
claims of Al Sarena Mines,
Inc., in the Rogue River Na
tional Forest, the department
of the Interior Invented a pro
cedure without precedent In
the administration of our
public lands and contrary to
the principles of the Admin
istrative Procedures Act. Al
Sarena Mines, Inc., had been
unsuccessful In obtaining pat
ents under the normal proce
dures applicable, then as
now, to all other mining
claims."
The company applied for
patents Oct. 4, 1948. On April
id, 1930, the forest service
filed protests on 15 of the 23
claims, charging inadequate
mineralization. The forest
service based its protests on
three separate assays by In
dependent assnycrs In Oregon
and California.
Hearing Held
A hearing was held In Port
land, Sept. 13, 1950, at which
representatives of the com
pany walked out without pre
senting a single piece of evi
dence. In due course, the 15
disputed claims were denied
by the bureau of land man
agement. The company was
offered another opportunity j
"Maw
claims, which are located in the Rogue
River National forest about 45 miles north
and east of Medford.
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Snrena mine is
gold, silver, or
from the land
patented Feb.
11, 1954. The company was awarded pat
ents on the premise that valuable ore de
posits were present.
to present its case under reg
ular BLM procedures, but
turned the opportunity down
The company's refusal to sub
mit its evidence during the
hearings later led to charges
Dinner Planned for
Exchange Students
Gillian DuCroz and Hisa
yuko Kondo, foreign exchange
students here under the aus
pices of the American Field
service, are scheduled to be
formally presented to mem
bers of the local AFS commit
tee Saturday night.
The committee is holding
the annual "get acquainted
dinner at the Rogue Valley
Country club for members of
the committee and their fam
ilies at 6:30 p.m.
Mrs. R. E. Mcncke, local
AFS president, said DcAnne
Taylor will also speak briefly
about her trip abroad this
summer. Miss Taylor spent
three months living with a
family in West Berlin, Ger
many.
Both Miss DuCroz and ' '
do are attending Mc. jid
High school this fall as sen
iors, and will reside with lo
cal families until next sum
mer. They arc sponsored lo
cally by the Crater Lions club
and the Medford Rotary club,
Young Kondo is staying
with Dr. and Mrs. Fred C
Lorish and family, 830 Minne
sota st,, and Miss UuCroz is
living with the L. C. Mc
Laughlin family, 3384 Jack
sonville highway, both Med
ford. The exchange students ar
rived In Medford late last
month.
Erie Passenger
Train Derailed
Port Jervls, N. Y. - IWD
The crack Eric Railroad pass
enger train, the Chicago Ex
press, was derailed four miles
east of Port Jervls early to
day on a mountainside curve.
Railroad officials said three
crewmen were Injured and
were taken to a hospital, but
none of the passengers aboard
the train, No. 7 bound from
Hobokcn, N. J., to Chicago.
was hurl.
The railroad said the acci
dent occurred near the town
of Otlsvllle when the train
was about 85 mil s from Ho
boken, its originating point.
i no roalroad was going to
run a shuttle train to the scene
of the derailment to take pass
engers off the train.
It was reported 12 cars of
the H ear train left the track.
-e
that the BLM had somehow
withheld information that
would have been favorable to
the company, and that rec
ords were missing.
In 1953, when McKay took
office as secretary of the in
terior and Clarence A. Davis
as solicitur of that depart
ment, Davis worked out with
Rep. Ellsworth of Oregon a
novel procedure for reap
praisal of the claims outside
the record previously made.
Davis asked a representa
tive of the bureau of mines to
accompany the Al Sarena
company's mining engineer to
take new sompies from the 15
disputed claims. Under his in
struction, these samples were
to be assayed by a firm ac
ceptable to the company as
well as the bureau of mines.
Reject Asiayers
After rejecting three west
ern assayers, the government
representative and the com
pany engineer sent the 15
new samples to an assa.ver
with which Al Sarena had
done business in the pnst-the
A.W. Williams Inspection Co.
of Mobile, Ala., where the
company had its home office.
No provision was made for
any notice to the contestant
forest service, nor did the for
est service receive any notice
of these special proceedings.
It had no opportunity to ex
amine the new evidence,
cross-examine witnesses, or
submit evidence In rebuttal.
On Christmas Eve, 1953, a
messenger from Rep. Ells
worth delivered to Solicitor
Davis the report of assays in
Alabama, which reported
mineral values on the Al Sar
ena claims far in excess of
those found In the three prior
assays. When the accuracy of
this assay report was chal
lenged, the ore samples could
not be produced. It was al
leged that they had been
thrown away.
On Jan. 6, 1954, Davis or
dered patents granted to the
company, and on Feb. 11, this
was done.
Oregon Escapee
Nabbed irt Idaho
. Salem rilPD - Oregon pen
itentiary officials were advis
ed Tuesday of the capture In
Sandpoint, Idaho, of Warren
Elriridge Keller, an Inmate
who escaped Aug. 12. Kel
ler, 33, Pendleton, Is serving
five years for a burglary in
Umatilla county. '
Ho fled the prison annex
with Richard Arnold Miller,
30. serving two years from
Wasco county for breaking
and entering. Miller Is sjlll
being sought.
Quotes From the News
BY UNITED PHESS INTERNATIONAL
Hollywood Actress Arline Judge, dicussing plans to
divorce her seventh husband:
"I thought this marriage would be lucky seven, but maybe
I should try for 11 that's supposed to be luckier."
New York Soviet Premier Nikila Khrushchev when
asked what he was going to do at the United Nations:
"We Russians are working, not spending our time in
drinking as you probably think."
New York-Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy, on
Khrushchev's complaint of police interference and Kenendy's
counter-charge of interference by Khrushchev's bodyguards:
"Mr. Khrushchev is not putting ui on notice, I am put
ting him on notice through our government that this kind
of conduct will not be tolerated."
San Francisco The International Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's. Union in rejecting both Kennedy and Nixon
as presidential candidates:
"A vote for either is a vote against a positive program
for peace and progress. We reject both."
Khrushchev, Castro
Display Boredom;
Outbreaks Frequent
By JACK F. FOX
New York - IUPD - Nikita
Khrushchev stared at the ceil
ing and Fidel Castro nervous
ly shuffled his feet.
Their bear hugging out of
the way, the two premiers had
settled down to the business at
hand - heading the Soviet and
Cuban delegations to the
United Nations. Both men
looked a trifle bored.
It was evident this pair of
new-found friends, who em
braced with gusto both at Cas
tro's Harlem Hotel and before
the first session of the U.N.
General Assembly a short
time later, became led upj
wuu sluing in me auaiencc
the first day.
Khrushchev left after an
hour of the droning night ses
sion. Castro didn't even show
up
The most dramatic display
came at the opening after
noon session.
Ignore Each Other
Khrushchev ambled down
one aisle of the assembly hall
to personally cast the Soviet
ballot for the new president.
Down another aisle came
American U.N. Ambasador
James Wadsworth. They
reached the rostrum at the
same time.
Neither made a move to
recognize the other. Wads-
worth stepped back and per
mitted Khrushchev to cast the
Two Paroled in
Truck Dynamiting
Portland-mro-Two of four
persons who confessed dyna
miting newspaper trucks in
Portland Jan. 31 have been
paroled from the Oregon State
Correctional Institution.
Charles Henry Snyder and
Gerald Allen Couzcns were
released Sept. 12, after serv
ing 3 months of 13-month and
9-month sentences, respective
ly.
The parole board was to
make a decision soon on re
lease of William L. Snyder,
who also received 13 months,
A third Snyder brother, Ed
ward, received a 4-year sen
tence and is not yet up for
consideration for parole.
The four confessed to dyn
amiting trucks serving the
then combined Orcgonian
Orcgon Journal. They impli
cated Levi S. McDonald, strik
ing stcreotyper, who was con
victed but who has remained
free on bail pending appeals
to the State Supreme Court
Bellman Helps Nab
Suspected Robber
Portland-IUPD-A hotel bell
man helped police catch a
suspected jewel robber Tues
day night.
The suspect was identified
as James Patrick Atkins, 36,
Vancouver, B.C. Officers also
recovered a diamond ring
worth $4,500 and a watch
worth $1,250.
The bellman, Don Osmond,
remembered seeing a man
jump into a cab driven by a
friend. He notified police and
Atkins was stopped at Port
land International Airport.
Osmond is a bellman at the
Benson hotel.
John R. Graf, 26, Seattle.
told officers the ring and
watch had been taken from
his room by a man introduced
to him as a prospective buyer.
Atkins was charged with
larceny with bail set at $10,-
000.
London - OTP - Lord Mor
rison, chief British film cen
sor, today gave a frank ex
planation of his Job: "You've
ot to watch every Inch look
ing out far things that are
;hlcn i enjoy and
things that are not to good,
which I also enjoy."
secret ballot. The premier
turned on his heels and head
ed back to his seat.
Outside the great hall there
were outbreaks of jeering
pickets, scuffles, fist fights
and flailing police clubs.
Three persons were arrested,
Including one 19-year-old Uk
rainian youth who was seized
while setting fire to a Russian
flag.
A long line of policemen,
part of the force of 700 as
signed to the U.N. building,
stood almost shoulder to
shoulder along First ave., pre
venting crowds from gather
ing.
Numerous other incidents
were reported around the liv
ing quarters of the Commu
nist leaders. Eggs and vege
tables pelted the car of chief
Ukrainian U.N. delegate Niko
lai V. Podgorny Tuesday
nignt.
Search for Bomb
There was more than surly
crowds to keep police busy,
Castro's hotel was searched
for a bomb after an anony
mous phone call, one of sev
eral received since the Cuban
angrily departed a midtown
hotel and stormed up to Har
lem, six miles from the U.N.
building.
Khrushchev comp 1 a i n e d
there were too many poli-e-mcn
around him. So
Wladyslaw Gomulka, tiie
Polish Communist leader.
One of Khrushchev's body
guards, husky 220-pound, 6-foot-3
Gen. Nikolai Zakharov,
was collared by an equally
burly New York police cap
lain after the Russian started
shoving the city policemen.
The policemen were trying to
escort Khrushchev away from
Castro's hotel following his
surprise visit which caught
police off guard.
Some of the residents in the
area where Khrushchev, Tito
and other Reds are staying
became fed up with demon
strators, and dumped buckets
of water on them from bal
conies and upper windows.
There were sporadic clashes
with ' mounted policemen
charging into the milling dem
onstrators. Bloody noses were
not uncommon.
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United Medford Crusade Supports Camp Fire Girls
One of the most worthwhile
agencies that comes under the
support of the United Medford
Crusade is the Camp Fire
girls.
Camp Fire Includes girls in
all parts of the United States,
of all races, religions, who
have joined together in the
fun, friendship and high ideals
of Camp Fire.
Camp Fire Is a leisure-time
program supplementing the
training of home, church and
school through activities
which are enjoyable and char
acter building.
Last year in Jacxson county
there were 814- members,
ranging in ages from 7 to 18,
under the guidance of 225
adult leaders, sponsors and
volunteers.
'Junior' Members
Blue Birds are the "junior"
members with their own pro
gram designed to meet the
needs of seven to nine year
olds. The emphasis is not on
skills or competition so much
as with experimenting with
materials and ideas.
The Blue Birds become
Camp Fire Girls at the age of
10 during a special "Flying
cux&picuice ol electsiic beat. . .
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3 Big Days-Sept. 22-23-24
Turn To Harvest Festival Seotion-C
Up" ceremony. The Camp Fire
girl receives honors, ranks and
awards by exploring her spe
cial interest in the seven
crafts: home, creative arts,
outdoors, frontiers of science,
business, sports and games,
and citizenship.
Whole new worlds open up
to Camp Fire Girls as they
"learn by doing" together
skills in work and play, serv
ice to others, a sense of con
fidence and responsibility, and
a sound idealism.
Activities of the Camp Fire
Girls are varied with council
wide song fests, the annual
candy sale, Mother-Daughter
Tea, resident and day camping
and the annual Grand Coun
cil Fires in May where .girls
are recognized for their
achievements throughout the
year.
Camp Held
Resident camp was held at
the Methodist Church camp at
Dead Indian Soda Springs for
both Blue Birds and Camp
Fire Girls. Here 56 girls en
joyed a varied program of
swimming, hiking , archery,
cook-outs, camp craft skills,
and Indian Lore.
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HABVESTM
Horizon clubs are geared to
the maturing tastes of the
high school girls. Here she
finds the same "fun' and
friendship" the younger girl
enjoys in Blue Birds and
Camp Fire, but the program
emphasis is on her mora
grown up interests in co-ed ac
tivities, in personality devel
opment and social skills, in
vocational exploration, and in
personal service in the com
munity. Horizon club girls in the
Rogue Council give many
hours of service by helping in
the Camp Fire office, assisting
with younger Camp Fire
groups, and as junior counsel
ors at resident and day camps.
Tiornfon Rules on
Collection Certificate
Salem - IUPD - Residency in
the state of one year is not
a requirement for a collection
agency solicitor's certificate,
Attorney General Robert Y,
Thornton said Tuesday.
He added that it is beyond
the authority of the Oregon
Collection Agency Board to
set such a qualification.
- NO 4-2091
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