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SECTION B
Medford,
Tribune
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1961
BLM Access Road Construction Highlights Quarter's Activities
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ALL-AMERICAN YOUTH-Allen Anderson,
18, second from left, from Chapin, 111., has
been named "All-American" youth at a re
cent meeting of the National Youth Power
Congress. He is shown at Chicago as he.
helped launch the national youth fitness
program.. From left, Jesse Owens, former
Olympic track champion; Anderson, Lynn
Thieman, 14, Western Springs, 111., a region
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Council Approves Part of Vacation Of Subdivision
Following a public hearing,
the Medford city council last
week approved part of a re
quested vacation of . several
lots in the Rogue Valley
Heights subdivision.- The
council also elected to call for
public hearings on two other
matters.
A request had been receiv
ed by the city to' vacate ap
proximately six acres of land
in the subdivision, but,' at the
urging of Councilman Donald
Hanson, the council agreed to
vacate only half that. '"
Hanson said he favored this
approach since a new subdivi
sion plat has been filed for
only three acres of the prop
erty. He said the other three
acres could be vacated when
plans have been submitted to
resubdivide the rest of ' the
area.
Public hearings were called
on a request for a change of
zone from single-family to
commercial at the corner of
Siskiyou blvd. and Highland
dr. The request came from a
store owner who wants all of
his store property to be in the
same zone. Another hearing
was called on a request to
change the zone of property
located on the southeast cor
ner of 10th st. and Siskiyou
blvd. from single to multiple
family. . The.: council approved - a
number of plans and specifi
cations, including those for
relocation of the Mayette st.
sanitary sewer; the extension
of the.Earhart st. storm sew
er; for paving Stevens st.
from Biddle rd. to the east
line of the. Eagles property;
for the north Hawthorne place
pacing and sewer; for Crest
view paving plans; and for
the widening of Fourth st.
The Rogue Valley Country
club was granted a variance
to continue to operate as a
country club, and a office
equipment home occupation
was approved for a residence
at 2318 Capital ave.
Credit Representative
Speaks for Local Group
A short talk on the values
of sound credit granting and
a brief history of the found
ing of Dunn and Bradstreet
were givejn .by J. Harry
White, Portland, a represen
tative of the national credit
firm, at a meeting of the
Jackson County Retail Credit
association at North's Chuck
Wagon restaurant recently.
Regular monthly meetings
will be held at North's Chuck
Wagon in the future, it was
decided.
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Access road construction
highlighted the third-quarter
of bureau of land manage
ment activities In the Medford
district, according to Ross A.
Youngblood, district manager.
Heading the list of access
road activities were awarding
of bids on two projects total
ing $297,179.50. The R & M
Construction company of Cen
tral Point bid in the west
branch of Elk Creek road with
a construction length of 5.3
miles, which will open up ap
proximately 375 million board
feet of timber, of which about
75 per cent is BLM.
The Southern Oregon Crush
ing company of Medford re
ceived the bid for crushing
and surfacing of material for
the first 10 miles of the Galice
access road in central-western
Josephine county.
Important Access Road
Another important access
road project which received
attention during this period
was the Keno access road in
northwest Klamath county
and the eastern portion of
Jackson county. The clearing
for this road got under way
early, and grading had just
started at the close of this re
porting period.
Experimental forest tree
planting co-starred with ac
cess road construction during
the reporting period.
The experimental tree-planting
plots are located in the
Ward road area of Klamath
county, and consist of enclo
sures to restrict deer from eat
ing the - seedlings and, like
wise,, the individual tree en
closures to keep rabbits from
nipping terminal buds of the
young planted seedlings. '
The experiment is directed
to determine whether rabbits
or deer, or some other animal,
is the biggest destroyer of
planted tree seedlings.
Reforestation Projects
The BLM is progressing sat
isfactorily in most of its re
forestation projects. Refores
tation on cut-over lands is be
ing accomplished by the use
of a force-account crew under
the supervision of bureau for
esterst and by contract crews
furnished by the successful
bidders on advertised projects
put out by the BLM.
Spring planting on BLM
land really got under way dur
ing this period, and at the end
of the reporting period, was
at its peak Snow hampered
the planting crews to some ex
tent, particularly in the high
er elevations; however, in
these instances the crews were
moved to lower elevations,
and planting continued at a
rapid pace.
It is expected that the total
reforestation program for the
year will approximate close to
3,000 acres, with the biggest
portion of this acreage being
planted during the third-quarter
spring season.
Sale of Timber
1 Sale of timber played a sig
nificant part in BLM activi
ties during the period. A first
for the Medford BLM district
was a Small Business admin
istration earmarked timber
sale. No competition was re
ceived from the tract; the only
bid submitted was by C. R.
Hassell of Ashland.
During the last three months
the Medford BLM district sold
47,194,000 board feet of tim
ber for $1,177,090.95. This was
appraised at $972,403.85; thus
the average bid price for all
the volume sold totaled $24.94
per thousand board feet.
Twelve of these tracts were
located in Jackson county and
four in Josephine county.
The highest bid received
for Douglas fir in this three
month period was $45.25, and
the highest bid for ponderosa
pin was $25.50.
Sales Were Good
Sales were good during this
three-month period and bid
ding fairly strong except for
the March sale; cutting, how
ever, of the timber lagged
considerably over previous
years.
Sale of timber during the
three-month period for all
BLM lands in the Medford
district totaled $504,053.15.
Of this total, $7,400.10 was
collected from public domain
timber lands.
Collections Up
Collections from timber
trespasses totaled $14,523.04.
Trespass cases continued to
demand a considerable
amount of time. Ten cases
were discovered, and nine
cases were closed. Of the 10
new cases, it is estimated that
154,000 board feet were cut,
valued at $3,586 on a single
stumpage basis. Collections on
timber trespass cutting Is at
double or triple the fair mar
ket appraisal. Circumstances
of the cuttirig determine the
penalty.
Collections for grazing leases
were up fairly well. Cattle are
ready to go onto the spring
range, and fees were collected
from stockmen who plan to
use the range this season. The
collections totaled $6,642.63.
The acquisition of ease
ments also played an impor
tant role. Twenty-three ease
ments were acquired for sub
sequent use of the BLM in
building roads and develop
ment of its timbered tracts.
Eleven quite claim deeds were
acquired over mining claims
where subsequent BLM tim
ber access roads will be constructed.
One reciprocal detailed
right-of-way. agreement was
approved during the period
which covered a sizeable area
of land of private and govern
ment timber which will be
developed for logging pur
poses where rights to con-
IN JAPAN
Bernard K. Schultz, radio
man seaman in the Navy, is
serving with headquarters
support activity in Yokosuka,
Japan. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard J. Schultz,
717 Broad St., Medford.
struct and use roads by either
party are permitted on an
equal basis.
Four short-term non-reciprocal
agreements were ap
proved; these types of permits
are used by individual loggers
to remove private timber via
BLM roads Normally a small
fee is assessed to assist in the
amortizement of the roads
constructed by the BLM.
In the period an essential
training program was con
ducted with the assistance of
the Kogap Lumber company.
This training was in the cruiser-appraiser
field. All the
BLM appraisers in western
Oregon and some from eastern
Oregon discussed and learned
new timber appraisal tech
niques. Occupancy trespasses, which
are actually the building of
homes without legal authority
upon public lands, continue
to plague and aggravate BLM
foresters. Several notices of
occupancy trespass were sent
out during the period.
One $17,500 home was dis
covered built in trespass on
bureau lands. Action Is un
der way to prevent further
occupancy trespass and to re
solve the existing trespass
problems.
Occupancy trespass frequen
cy rate appears to be higher
near the Rogue area cities,
and on property that has high
demand for recreational de
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