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SUNDAY. APRIL IS. 1SS2 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Eleven Tracts of Timber Sold by BLM At Oral Sale o a. 8 B Timber on 11 tracts through out the Medford district of the bureau of land manage ment was sold at an oral auc tion last week. One other tract received no bids. The 30,578,000 board feel old for a total price of $600, 755.42. John Carnegie, oper ation! forester who was in charge of the sale, noted that competition was heavy for three of the tracts, but was non-existent for the other eight The heaviest competition was for 4,192,000 board feet located on Chinquapin moun tain in Jackson county near Hyatt lake. McGrew Brothers of Medford, with an offer of $55,019 was the highest bid der. The high bid Included price of $26 per thousand board feet for Douglas-fir and $11 for white fir. The white fir made up almost two-thirds of the sale volume. tlBMeeesaful Bidders The tlx unsuccessful bid ten who competed with Mc Grew Brothers were Cheney Forest Products, Richard Rey. nen, Thomas J. Parker and As sociates, Klamath Lumber and Box company, Kogap Manufacturing company, and Estremado and Sons. The other two sales located In Jackson county were pur chased by Timber Products company of Medford without any competition. . They included 7,837,000 board feet on Rock creek which ' was purchased for $133,085.05 and 2,527,000 board feet on Bald mountain, which brought $41,601.85. Both of the tracts are located In the Evans creek area. Douglas-fir, the major spe cies in both sales, was priced at $17.40 per thousand board feet and $16.25 per thousand respectively. Heavy Competition In Josephine county, heavy competition developed for 5, 817,000 board feet located on Holcomb peak in the Williams creek area. Southern Oregon Plywood, Inc., Grants Pass, of fered the high bid of $35.50 per thousand board feet for the Douglas fir and a total price of $178,233.60. Smith and Smith Logging was the unsuccessful bidder. Southern Oregon Plywood, Inc. purchased another Jose phine county sale, 2,354,000 board feet on St. Paul moun tain for $45,680.70 without any competition. The Douglas fir price was $18.99 for' that ale. Other Josephine county tracts were purchased without competition by Caveman Lum ber company of Wolf Creek nd S. H. and W. Lumber company of Grants Pass. The first was 1,618,000 board feet en Wolf Creek which sold for $34,944.92 and the other on Gal Ice creek, was 1,336,000 board feet which sold for $21, 271.25. The one Klamath county ale, 1,500,000 board feet lo cated south of Buck lake, also had considerable competitive bidding for it. Successful Bidder Modoc Lumber tomnmv nf Klamath Falls, with an offer of $25,574.95 was the success ful bidder. The sale was com posed mostly of ponderosa pine, white fir and Shasta fir, which brought prices of $29. $12, and $12.50 per thousand board feet respectively in the high bid. Klamath Lumber and Box company and Estremado and Sons were the unsuccessful bidders. Three Douglas county tracts sold, without competition Glendale Timber company of iiicnaaie bought one, with 1. 101,000 board feet for $21,. 938.45 and another, with 252. 000 board feet for $5,874.55. Both of the tracts were lo cated near Ninemile moun tain. The Robert Dollar com pany purchased 2,041,000 board feet located on Dutch man peak for $36,612.10. Receives No Bid The sale that received no bids was located In the Wil Hams creek area of Josephine county. It consists of 4,000 board feet of dead Port-Or-ford cedar. Regulations au thorize the bureau to accept bids for this timber for a pe riod of 90 days, according to Carnegie. Advertising is now In pro gress for the next bureau sale In the Medford district, Car negie said. It wil be held May 10 and will consist of 18 745,000 board feet appraised for $348,145.50. It is located in six tracts two of which are located in Jackson county, two in Josephine county and one each in Klamath and Douglas counties. Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn W. un vranana - (Reiliur Trlbuna Syndlcata, 192) 7 v in Birds Find Safety in Their 'Tower of Babel' Those wild things, always danger from predators. have flight alone to escape, or chaoa of their own making to confuse and bewilder an enemy. They attempt to con found by creating a mixture of voices and sounds. If their chorus of confusion is suc cessful, the predator becomes discouraged and leaves, allow ing them another day, hour, or even minute to live. Some small birds become ventriloquists by throwing their voices, seemingly caus ing the sound to come from some source aside. The preda tor swoops to the place where the sound seems to be and finds only emptiness. The voice Is there but the little victim isn't. Varies Call The small bird, too, tan vary the calls It makes, soun lng as if there, were several birds in the thicket, thereoy fooling the hunter. A flock of small . birds hiding in leafy foliage seldom remain long In any one place. By constantly changing their positions they contuse still more the enemy that seeks to destroy them, Even in flight flock of small birds will seem to in dicate uncertainty, by con- lantly changing their posi tions. The flock will wheel to the left, to the right, then fly upwards for a few yards, then descend back to the orig inal level. An uninformed observer might believe the flock docs not know where they want to go, or even in what direc tion they are headed, or whether to fly high or fly low. What the flock is actuallv ttempting to do is to confuse any larger bird of prey that might be following or wait ing to attack them. The same flock landing in a tree or bush begins at once its twittering seemingly use less chirping. 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