Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1960)
0. 0 0 0 SUNDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Air Pollution 1 7 - n i V Fruit Industry to Experiment With Lumber Industry Product (Continued from Page 1) More acreage will be heated experimentally with the 'less smoke producing Presto Logs during next spring's fruit frost season, Car penter said. "It would reduce the cost considerably if the local ' n ber industry could make such a log here," he added. ' (Kogap Lumber Industries which is producinga fire log similar to the Presto Log on an experimental basis, has been trying for some time to get the fruit growers to commit themselves to defi nite orders, according to Com pany Vice President S. V. (Duke) McQueen.) Some problems with Pres to Logs is that they dissolve in wet weather, take longer to "come up to heat," are more difficult to handle in the orchards and cannot be put out once they start burn ing and relit as heating oil can. Carpenter explained. Cover All Mills As a preamble to the lum ber industry report, the coun ty judge pointed out that air pollution control must cov er all of the lumber mills on the valley floor and not just the three or four mills in or near Medford. Miller also read a letter from the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association, announcing for mation of a wood waste dis posal and utilization commit tee. Purposes of the committee will be: ' (1) to study, analyze, and promote improved methods of wood waste disposal with emphasis on those methods untilizing waste materials and reducing disposal by burning. (2) To give information and act as a clearing house for exchange of ideas on wood waste disposal and utilization. (3) To conduct, when feasi ble, experiments on new me thods of wood waste disposal and utilization. (4) To cooperate with pub lic agencies and other inter ested groups in solution of problems relating to air pol lution. , . . Progress Mads "The forest products indus try feels that considerable progress has been made in the last decade in reduction of air pollution in Jackson coun ty through greater utilization of waste products and im provement of plant facilities for disposal of remaining wastes. "The industry, however, also feels that it is vitally necessary that even further efforts be made to develop greater utilization of waste products for the economic progress of our industry and betterment of the communi ty," according to the letter signed by Glen Duysen, SOCTFA president. , Committee members 'are Gene Burrill, Burrill Lum ber company; Francis Cheney, Cheney Forest Products; George Flanagan, Elk Lum ber company; Bob Van Duk er, Fir Ply, Inc.; Bernard Pa rent, Gulf Red Cedar; Mc Queen, Kogap Manufacturing company; Jery McGrew, Mc Grew Brothern; Bud Nutting, Medford Corporation; Paul Doe, chairman, Olson-Lawyer Lumber, inc.; Tom Oliver, Timber Products; Ed Pease, Trail Creek; Steve Wilson, Steve Wilson Lumber com pany; Alex Austin, Oregon Veneer; Bill Mattson, Red Blanket Lumber company. B. L. Nutting, general man ager of Medford Corporation, said by next spring his mill will not be burning wood waste. A new veneer plant is being constructed and a jSw 4 V ' - mt mm m, k -a PET BRINGS SUMMONS-Edith McNeel, 33, Detroit, Mich., proudly displays her 25-pound pet ocelot, named Wendy, after she was presented with a summons to appear in court on charges of housing an animal not commonly classified as a household pet. The ocelot, native of South America, looks like an overgrown pussycat that resembles a miniature freshtoleopard. (UP! Tel'ephoto) Deer Kills Hunter Near Maplegrove Dallas - (UPD - A Monmouth hunter, George Connel Jones, 42, was dead on arrival at a Dallas hospital Friday night after he was kicked in .the face by a wounded deer, the Polk County Coroner's office said. Jones and Herman Amos, also Monmouth, were hunting in an area near Maplegrove west of here. Amos told authorities that Jones had fired at a deer and gone into the brush after it. A few minutes later he stumbled out bleeding pro fusely from the nose. Jones was the' state's 15th hunting - connected fatality. Six have been shot to death. Dacca, Pakistan (UPD - East Pakistan Gov. Mohamed Azad Khan returned Friday night from a tour of the 600 islands in the Bay of Bengal where an estimated 5,000 persons were killed by tidal waves earlier this month. barker and two chippers will soon be in operation. Don Jackson, Timber Pro ducts, said his mill will have only one burner operating after next week. The com pany has started new "steam generating facilities toward eliminating smoke and cin ders. Two existing .. burners have been shut down. The fir 'chip and ground bark by product program is continu ing, he added. McQueen noted that most of his firm's accomplishments have been reviewed already. The company is continuing work on utilization of waste products. At present sale of Multi-Bark, a ground bark by-product,, is slow. The fruit industry has given the forest products companies a chal lenge in developing an ade quate fire-log for orchard heating. The industry now has a committee willing to work with the fruit industry, he said. Kogap's two burners ave been shut down two weeks for hunting season, he add ed. Uiiliialion of Waste Paul Doe, Olsen-Lawyer Inc., reported that his compa ny has spent $250,000 during th elast few years for utiliza tion of waste products. All the company burners are burning now is white fir saw dust and some bark, he not ed. Some, open burning has been eliminated during the last three months. The com pany has. all A-l burners in good condition, he added. A representative of Med ford Veneer and Plywood burners since it uses dry ends. If is using waste wood from two other mills in its power facilities, the spokes man said. Some residue burning is being done in an open pit on the White City Realty property by other mills, he noted. A representative of Oregon Veneer company said his com pany is taking out the dry waste and has been studying possibility of installing a chip per. Edgings Sold Jerry McGrew . Brothers, reported that his company has started pulling out sawdust and wood waste. Edgings have been sold to a local company manufacturing small broom handles and to Mt. Pitt com pany. The company is exper imenting with cyclonic action in its burners, he added. Flanagan said Elk Lumber company is building a green veneer plant, installing bark er and hammer hog, plans installation of a veneer chip- peer and sale of Forest Loam ground bark by-products. The company plans to sell wood chips for pulp, he add ed. The company is planning installation of an air-free heater at an estimated cost of $25,000 to increase the boiler capacity. It is selling some of the power generated from burning wood wastes to California Oregon Power company, Flanagan added. The Company has reduced its contribution to air pollution 50 per cent, he said. 'Whipping Boy' Steve Nye, of Nye and Naumes Fruit company, asked if the lumber and fruit in dustries are to be the "whip ping boy of air pollution control. "How about all the home furnaces which send up smoke?" Nye asked the Medford city manager. "It would not be possible to control the smoke from some 8,000 chimneys," Duff retorted. Gerow noted that this prob lem is being dealt with ef fectively in Eugene. He add ed that sanitary incinerators and leaf burning are exempt ed from the new state law on open burning. Such opera tions would be subject to lo cal control, he added. . See and Hear a Presidential TV Panel Discussion MONDAY--4to4:15p.m. G on KBES TV GOV. G. MENNEN WILLIAMS 8 of Michigan WILL PRESENT VIEWS ON BEHALF OF KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT. OTHER PANELISTS INCLUDE: U. S. Rep. Edith Green and Hal Edwards, Treat, of Western State Wheat Growers League. . . . State Rep. Robert DurSflwi will serve as moderator. Pd. Pol. Adv. Jackson Co. Dem. Central Com., Haiel McMahan, Sec, P.O. Box 1223, Medford IV - -km Master MM" sta IV sin - g 6T)8& S QjJ .'Charge1, ODORLlSS flat watt. Wish .YfTt Durable Serubbable Easy To AppW POWERFUL ESTATE I b'8nds 'k.l. Zl' S"ec'' alloy 9as 'conomy manra 0"d be,, Open Monday and Friday Until 9 p.m. ed si,A.. fSchoo75 or Play Yo Choice r y t awestPW a.io IV "8fi V WET. toW35P CHARGE IT!" on SRC or Use Sears Easy Terms K T.aUd8antS I i,-4n.& II if -'r-N 7 1 f A . ll ff I e ii- Monday Bul "Charge lt H lady. ""'"""minded youna V r Monday Only NARCISSUS BULBS Giant Sue 35 99' Monday Only KING ALFRED DAFFODIL BULBS THE LATEST IN NEW BULBS PARROT TULIPS 1288 Holland Glory Empire State Spring Time Mond ay Oniv 2429' rdt Bardens. "Satisfaction 'guaranteed your money back" SEARS 501 EAST JACKSON STREET IN MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER OPEN MONDAY & FRIDAY TIL 9 P.M. PHONE SP 3-6661 FREE PARKING
