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O SUNDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1960 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, QBE. B Industrial Forests of Area Inspected by Group Thursday Inspection of industrial for. ciis in normern Jackson coun ty took place 1'hursdav bv a group of interested business men and educators from Med- lord and Ashland The trip, organized by Cal vin Smith, district forester for the Industrial Forestry as sociation, and representatives of member companies, was de signed to review a cross sec tion of practices followed by the local timber industry in managing forests. First stop was at the Med ford Corporation reload where smitn, logging manager, discussed the reloadins tices and briefly reviewed the company's plans for convert ing the railroad into a private logging road. Next stop was a vardinc and loading demonstration, in which tractors ground-skidded logs to the landing, and the loaaer operator, using a grap ple, deftly selected the logs needed to load the trucks. Al Smith pointed out that loads of 10 to 12 thousand board feet are not uncommon for off-the-highway trucks, and would weigh in excess of 100 thousand pounds. Another highlight was a demonstration of timber fall ing. The group went through several hundred feet of felled and bucked timber to view problems faced by fallers in laying mature timber on the forest floor. On some of the freshly bucked logs, there was evi dence of defect. Glen Duysen, timber manager for Kcgap Manufacturing company, pointed out some of the fruit ing bodies which indicate that a tree is defective. He also mentioned that in recent years "white speck" logs are being converted into veneer, which is then used as core stock in manufacturing plywood. "This represents another step to wards greater utilization of our timber resources," he said. .After lunch in Prospect, the group gathered at the Pros pect ranger station for a lec ture on the problems of blis ter rust in sugar and white pine. Douglas Baker, In charge of the Prospect ranger district on, the Rogue River National forest, pointed out that through research a chemical, Acti-Dione, now is being used as a control on infected trees. The chemical, mixed with white gas as a carrier, is sprayed on the base of the tree where the Acti-Dione is absorbed and translocated to the infected area killing the blister rust. Another approach to the same problem was discussed by William Roberts, assistant ranger, who said that they were looking for blister rust resistant trees from which growing tips could be grafted to younger trees and then checked for further resistance. When resistancp is HAfpr. mined, then seed from this source will be collected for propagation purposes. Sam Taylor, timber man ager for Elk Lumber compa ny, led the group up the Ul rich rd. to view the results of horse logging. Reviewing the history of the tract, he pointed out that Elk acquired the lands last year from Trail Creek Lumber company which had done an excellent job of selective logging resulting in a heavy stand of reproduction. The company is currently using horse loggers to remove seed trees, high risk trees and windfalls from the area. Walk ing over the skid trails, it was apparent that little or no dam age was done to the remain ing thrifty stand of trees. The "hay burner" is still import ant for logging purposes in areas where reproduction is heavy and extreme care is needed in removing overstory merchantable trees. Passing over the divide be tween the Rogue river and the Elk Creek drainage, the group viewed extensive stands of timber near the head waters of Elk Creek. Arriving at Dodes Creek, a tributary of Elk Creek, Tay lor discussed the selective cutting practices. He pointed out that a light 30 per cent cut in the virgin forest did not result in the establishment of any reproduction and they '$id removed an additional 30 per cent last year to let in more light, which would re sult in germination and sur vival after the next good seed year. The forester pointed out that he felt cutting practices of this type provided greater assurance of a new stand of trees than did clear cutting, and the hot sun, burning on their lands. Final stop of the day was Burnt Peak lookout where thousands of acres of timber could be viewed at a glance. The air was smoky, restricting visibility and the foresters pointed out that this was the result of controlled slash burn ing on private and govern ment lands to reduce the pos sibilities of wild fires. Cal Smith, Industrial For estry association, emphasized that the forested acreage viewed was but a small por tion of the 1.490,000 timbered acres in Jackson county. He said that current up-to-date forest inventories show a vol ume of timber within the county in excess of 22 billion board feet. He also pointed out that the timber industry contributed 24 i million pay roll dollars into the economy of the county last year. Guests on the trip included Dr. Ken Baker, Omar Bacon, Dr. Merle Foland, Donald Per ry, Glen McCullough, Donald Carlon, Curtis Hopkins, Mack Follmer, Del Landing and Russ Jamison all from Med ford. Attending from Ashland were Vern Speirs, Archie AUTHORS WANTED BY N.Y. PUBLISHER Leading book publisher seeks man useripts or all types: fiction, non fiction, poetry, scholarly and reli gious works, etc. New authors welcomed. Send for free booklet 0,-47. Vantage Press, 6253 Holly wood Blvd.. L A 28, Calif. (Mam Office: New York). Fries and Dr. Frank Sturges. Hosts for the trip were Wes Graham, forester for Timber Products Corporation; John Dee Lumber company; Al Smith, Medford Corporation; Sam Taylor, Elk Lumber com pany; and Glen Duysen, Ko- O'Connor, forester for Double gap Manufacturing company. Herb Hunter FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR A hole in the head does not necessarily indicate open mind-edness. Paid Political Ad by Hunter for County Assessor Comm. 409 Lynnwood Ave. BUY NOW-OUR LOWEST PRICES OF THE SEASON Hatfield Sends Ike Greetings; Blasts Truman Salem - (UPD Gov. Mark Hatfield sent birthday greet ings today to President Eisen hower and a letter to former president Harry Truman be rating his "go to hell" state ments in Texas. To Truman, Hatfield said: "As a fellow Baptist, I had long felt that although you have in the past experienced difficulty in tempering your anger it never occurred to me you would go so far as to make two statements attribu ted to you in the past week or so." "I refer to your charge that the Baptists of Texas could 'go to hell' if they did not support your candidate for president, and that Vice Pres ident Nixon 'never told the truth in his life.' " Question Veracity "As a former college teach er," Hatfield continued, "I admired your promise at the end of your tenure in the White House that you would make your experiences avail able to campus groups in lec tures on American history. I now must question both your spiritual undergirdings and your veracity." Hatfield signed it, "with dis appointment, sincerely, Mark O. Hatfield." In his message to Eisenhow er. Hatfield said he spoke for all Oregonians in wishing the president well. He told the president that two members of the gover nor's staff arc also observ ing their birthdays today. They are Warne Nunn, Hat field s executive assistant, and Leolyn Barnett, serving her sixth Oregon governor as a secretary. 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