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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. JTTT.T IS. 1962 X ROM) KWHU i f r . - ROAD MAGNET The Oregon slate high way department's road magnet cleans High way 99E, eight miles north of Salem. The magnet covered more than 6,000 miles of Oregon's highways last year, picking up three pounds of metal per mile. Truck-Mounted Large Magnet Sweeps State's Highways Clean Salem In this age of high er speeds and super highways, a car striking a stray nail or e piece of scrap metal can result in a fatal accident. The Oregon state highway department, in an attempt to eliminate such accidents, em ploys a truck-mounted electro magnet to sweep metal debris from state highways. Object of the operation is to cut down some of the 3341 accidents Oregon had last year involving a single car leaving the road. Single-car, non-collision accidents claim ed 125 lives. The truck-mounted magnet, an invention of highway de partment employees, has been used for 30 years. It has prob ably eliminated an untold number of flat tires and auto accidents while picking up thousands of pounds of metal along the highways. Traveling at eight miles per Jiour, the truck operated by Edward A. Perrin, Salem, cov ers most primary and secon dary highways at least once and the main arterials at least twice a year. The magnet has picked up everything from bottle caps to hub caps, nails to fender skirts and even an automobile drive shaft. The magnet picks up an average of three pounds of metal per highway mile, with freeways yielding a higher pound-pur-mile total. Last year the mag net collected a total of 18.980 pounds of metal from high ways. Various highway sections yield special types of metal, according to records kept by the road magnet operator. Highway 99 between Albany end Junction City provides a heavy yield of nuts and bolts, Landowners May Sign Up Land Landowners in the Kane creek and Blackwcll creek areas may sign up their land for soil classification at a meeting Tuesday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Gold Hill Grange hall. The meeting has been called by the Left Bank Irrigation committee of the Rogue basin project. Vernon Gobhard is chairman. He and committee members, Mrs. Katheryn Hcf fernan and William Foley have urged all landowners in the area interested in irriga tion attend the meeting. Landowners wishing to sign tip their land for soil classi fication should have a legal description of Iheir property available. Persons whose land lies in the northern part of the Bear creek drainage who were un able to attend the June 7 meeting in' the Central Point Grange hall will be able to nign their land up at the Gold Hill meeting, according to the committee. The committee emphasized the importance of getting a maximum amount of land Figned up to help enhance the possibility of extending irri gation into the areas. Technical personnel will be available to answer questions. Office Moves Location District offices of the Soil Conservation service have been moved to the Standard Insurance building. 711 East Main St.. Medford The offices were formerly at 33 North Riverside ave Clem A'.ilt. work unit con servationist, said the Rogue unit office is in room 21. and the Jackson unit office is It room 22 of the building. The move was maris last eek the Salem to Portland section of Highway 99E is abundant with nails and bottle caps, and the Portland to Scappoose sec tion of Highway 30 is noted for scrap metal lost from pass ing trucks. Has Powerful Pull The electric generator, driv en by a powerful industrial engine, turns out 220 volts at 25 amperes, giving it a hefty pull. The pull is so powerful that it will pick up loose man hole covers, making it neces sary to turn the engine off in cities. Last year Perrin covered approximately 6,750 miles of highway with the magnet, at an average cost of $1,33 per mile, with a total stale expen diture of $9,046. He actually traveled a totaled of 12,230 miles, covering the coast in the winter months, the Will amette Valley area in the spring, and eastern and cen tral Oregon in the summer and fall. In addition to covering the highways, the magnet also cleaned up grounds and roads on a fee basis for the Douglas County Fair, Oregon College of Education, MacLaren School for Boys, the cities of The Dalles and Pendleton, and various state maintenance yards. Winema Rangers Report Wide Use Of Campgrounds Klamath F a 1 1 s - District rangers on the Winema Na tional forest report, wide spread use of recreation fa cilities on the forest. On the Klamath district in the Lake of the Woods area, Aspen Point campground is now open for use, although expansion is still under way. When completed, the camp ground will provide 50 addi tional family units. In order to preserve the na tural beauty of the lake shore and maintain the attractive ness of the camping area, park ing lots have been constructed back from the lake shore area for the use of those using the sites nearest the lake. Snow is leaving the high mountain country and Cold springs campground is open for use. For campers who find the improved campgrounds over crowded, Doug Shaw, Che mult district ranger, suggests the unimproved camps. Among the unimproved camp spots on the Chemult district are Jackson creek above the Guard station, Scott Creek near the forest boundary, and Irving creek on the William son road three miles south of Jackson creek guard station. Regulations provide that fire tools must be carried if campfires are built at unim proved camps. State Law re quires a shovel, axe and a one-gallon water container. A safe place should be cleared to mineral soil, and fires should be completely ex tinguished before leaving, rangers stressed. Garbage cans and toilet fa cilities are not usually furn nished at unimproved camps. It is suggested that garbage, with the exception of that which can be burned, be bur ied, and the public is asked to cooperate by leaving a clean campsite. Water at these locations may be unsafe for drinking purpose. Boiling or the use of purifying tablets is recommended. 12 Million Feet of Timber Sold During BLM Auction Here Seven tracts containing 12, 139,000 board feet of timber were sold by the Medford dis trict of the bureau of land management last week. The total purchase price was $274,399.95. Heavy competition develop ed for two of the sales, but the other five were sold with out any competition, accord ing to John Carnegie, forest er in charge of the sale. Parker Industries, Inc., Ashland, purchased 215,000 board feet of salvage timber located on the Dead Indian area in Jackson county for $3,210.50. A tract containing 818,000 board feet located on Sykes creek in Jackson county was purchased by Timber Prod ucts company of Medford for $20,223.35. T. & W. Logging company was the unsuccess ful bidder for this tract. Third County Tract The third Jackson county tract was purchased by Kogap Manufacturing company of Medford. They bid $59,957. 40 for 2,259.000 board feet located on the newly com pleted Keno Access rd. Low er bids were submitted by Greensprings Lumber com pany, Parkers Industries, Inc., and McGrew Brothers Saw mill. Inc. The largest tract offered, 5,130.000 board feet located on McGinnis creek in Douglas county, was purchased by C. & D. Lumber company of Roseburg without competition for $117,610.45'. A second Douglas county tract was purchased by The Robert Dollar company of Glendale without competition. They paid $26,297.50 for 1,340.000 board feet located on Riffle creek. Caveman Lumber company of Wolf Creek purchased 102, 000 board feet of salvage tim ber on the Josephine-Douglas county line near Upper Wolf creek for $2,249.10. There were no other bidders. Last Sala Noted The last sale was purchased by K & C Timber company of Wolf Creek. They bought 2.275.000 board feet located on Salmon creek, near Sunnv Valley for $44,851.65. Carnegie Indicated that four of these purchasers will be required to do improvement work valued at $46,630 in ad dition to the purchase price for their timber. The amount was allowed by the bureau in setting the minimum accepta ble orices for the tracts, Three of the four purchas ers will be required to con struct a total of 4.6 miles of new road valued at $43,083. 56. A total of .9 miles of exist ing road will be improved on two of the sales. This has been valued at $3,037.38. One purchaser will be reouircd to plant tree seed on 34 acres of the contract area. The seed for this planting will be fur nished by the bureau. Five tracts of timber are now being advertised for sale Aug. 9, Carnegie said. They contain 6,952,000 board feet appraised at $159,760.90. Three of the tracts are located in Jackson county and the oth er two are in Josephine county. Registrations Now Being Taken lor SOC Alumni Event Central Point Youth On Dean's Honor List John . E. Foley, Central Point, is among 108 students at New Mexico State univer sity, University Park, N.M., to be named to the Dean's Honor List in the college of arts and sciences for the spring semester. Foley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Foley, route 1, Central Point. During NMSU's June com mencement, Foley was award ed a bachelor of science de gree with a major in physics. Ashland Registrations are now being received for the All-Time Southern Oregon College Alumni Reunion scheduled Aug. 10-11. Hugh j G. Simpson, director of alum ni affairs, has announced . Highlights of the reunion will include tours of the cam pus and the valley, group at tendance at the Oregon Shakespearean Festival Fri day, Aug. 10, an alumni break fast Saturday morning, a spe cial luncheon in honor of the Old Time faculty and a busi ness meeting in the afternoon. At the Saturday evening banquet, speakers will include Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, SOC president, and an alumnus of the college Priies To Be Awarded Prizes will be awarded for the representative of the old est class, alumnus that comes the farthest, person with the greatest number of descend ants attending SOC, person with the greatest number of generations attending SOC, and the person teaching the greatest number of years. Music for the alumni dance will be provided by the SOC dance band directed by Glenn T. Matthews. Two of the eve ning's dances will honor the Old Timers branch of the as sociation consisting of those who attended the Old Normal Central Point Youth Named Hall Advisor Corvallis Duane W. Goodman of Central Point is one of 31 Oregon State uni versity men named to be ad visers in the men's residence halls for the 1962 63 school year, according to Van Rich ards, assistant dean of men. Carefully chosen for their responsibilities, the advisers help students with study and personal problems; assist in new student orientation pro grams; and help to organize and direct dormitory affairs and social programs. In re turn he will receive a regular graduate stipend of $1,500 for the year. Goodman is a graduate stu dent. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Goodman, 984 Bcall lane. Central Point. school prior to 1910, and the other in honor of the class of 1926 when the college was re opened on its present site. At intermission, a half hour va riety show is scheduled. 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