MEDFORD MAIL TH1BVNE. MEDFOHP. OREGON SUNDAY. AUGUST 26. 1962 g J
Cooperative Observers Recognized for Weather Bureau Recordings
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
f Mail Tribune Correspondent
For 20 years two Applegate
r Valley women patiently have
tended their weather record
ing instruments for the U.S.
weather bureau.
Recently they received
' length of service pins in rec
' ognition of their persevering
work.
' Mrs. Glenn Saltmarsh and
Mn. Bert Harr were present
1 ed pins by Robert Church, me
teorologist in charge of the
weather bureau station at the
Medford airport.
. . Twenty-year pins also were
', presented recently to two oth
' er area cooperative observers,
r Orville C. Hamilton, superin
: tendent of Modoc orchards,
' who tends instruments in the
Table Rock area, and Everett
; Moore, superintendent of the
; fish hatchery at Butte Falls
Mad At Grange Meeting
The presentation to Mrs
Saltmarsh and Mrs. Harr was
, made at a meeting of the Up
: per Applegate Grange.
Church referred to the
women as part of a dedicated
. group of 10,000 workers
throughout the nation whose
continuous records over the
years establish the climate of
a locality. They are known
as cooperative observers.
Gilbert Sternes, federal cli
matologist for Oregon, is su
pervisor of the program of
substations over the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maps
ton also have tended rain and
river recording instruments
for the last four years. Other
observers are Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Head, and James J.
McFadden on Williams creek.
Weather recordings also arc
made at Star Ranger station
by the forest service, to which
the weather bureau has ac
cess, Church noted.
Used By Engineers
The recording instruments
used by Mrs. Harr and Mrs.
Saltmarsh were brought into
use by the Army Engineers in
the late 1930s. Two types are
installed at the Saltmarsh
ranch.
One is called a "weighing
rain gauge." The rain falls
into a container mounted on
a platform of a scale. The
weight of the precipilation
raises a pen which continu
ously records on a chart.
Record sheets are changed
twice a week and during rainy
weather twice a day or often
er. Minute measurements
such as .02 of an inch are
recorded, and the amount of
rain falling in any set time
period can be determined. The
container will hold 12 inches
of water.
Second Instrument
The second instrument has
an 8-inch funnel emptying
into a cylinder, and the con
tent is measured with a dip
stick. During times of precip
itation, measurements are
taken at least once a day. Rec
ords are transferred to the
Medford weather bureau once
a month, and to the Weather
Records Processing Center in
San Francisco once a week.
Church pointed out that it
is desirable to have the in
struments remain in one
place for as many years as
possible, because of the use
of the records for climatic
calculations, and because road
engineers use the records in
designing culverts and
bridges.
Church has been with the
U.S. weather bureau in the
Northwest for 30 years, hav
ing started in Pasco, Wash.
He later worked in Pendle
ton, Spokane, Seattle region
al office, and in Glasgow,
Mont., where he established
headquarters, using packing
crates, borrowed chair, typ
writer and stand as begin
ning office equipment.
Recreation Study
Report Available
Copies of the Oregon state
highway department's study
of Oregon outdoor recreation
are now available, according
to a letter by L. V. Espcy,
Medford, executive secretary
for the Oregon County Parks
association.
The report recommends
park management courses for
colleges and universities. Es
pey suggested that a prior
questionnaire on this recom
mendation be returned to the
county parks association as
soon as possible.
Potential parks and recrea
tion resources in Oregon are
emphasized in the report, Es
pcy noted. Agencies and pri
vate groups can use the re
port as a basis for planning.
Oregon has spent 26 per
cent more money than federal
agencies on recreational de
velopment, yet the federal
government owns 30 times
more land. Congress should be
urged to appropriate more
money so "federal agencies
can carry out their responsi
bilities." E.pey recommended.
The fall meeting of the
County Parks association will
include such speakers as Gov.l
Mirk Hatfield and State High-
way Commission Chairman
Glenn Jackson
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APPLEGATE OBSERVERS-Robert Church,
meteorologist with the U.S. Weather bureau,
presents pins to Mrs. Bert Harr, center, and
Mrs. Glenn Saltmarsh, honoring them for
20 years of weather observing in the Ap
plegate valley area.
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GETS PIN Sid D. Howick, right, field aide for hydrocllma
tology with the federal climatolgist's office in Portland, pre
sents 20-year service pin to Everett Moore, who Is a weather
observer in the Btute Falls area. Moore serves as superin
tendent of the state fish hatchery at Butte Falls. At left is a
a weighing type of precipitation measuring device, which
measures rainfall by the weight of the water collected. In
the center foreground is the older manual (dip stick) type
of precipitation measurer. Rain falls into an opening eight
inches in diameter, then is directed into a tube exactly one
tenth its sectional area. One tenth of an inch shown on the
dip stick, therefore, actually represents .01 inch of precipita
tion.
Detroit - One - seventh of
U.S. workers are in highway
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HONORED Orville C. Hamilton, right,
superintendent of Modoc orchards, receives
a 20-year pin from Robert Church of the
U.S. weather bureau at Medford for his ef
forts as a weather observer in the Table
Rock area. Hamilton took over the measur
ing equipment in 1941. The station itself was
established in 1915.
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Stephen Eichelberger, son
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