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14 A THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Applegate Stock Raisers Tell Stand In Use of Land (Edilor'i noi: Th lol- lowing iatement, preprd by lh Applegaia diock man'. Anociaiion, ii ir reiponi lo a Mail Tribune editorial of latt Sunday commenting on U.S. Foreit Service plane to place added rxirictioni on graiing in the foreiti. It wee .ubmlt. led by Martin S. Grier, president of the atiociation, and ii publiihed in full.) After reading your editorial in the Sunday edition entitled Pnrosi Ranee Problems," I fnrl obliEatcd to give som facts for your consideration I am glad that this problem has been brouglH lo me nv tenlion of the public. It is too had. though, that there were not more facts presented so that the public could honestly evaluate the situation We realize that the Forest Service has a job to do and that by law they are required tr manage the forest lands for multiple use. We do not disagree with them on the basis of this policy. But, we must make it clear that we the cattlemen, are part of the multiple use plan and we are not going to be the wnipping nost for the Forest Service, The cattle are not hurting the range and they in turn come closer to paying their own wav. and cause less trouble, than any one of the other multiple uses. I am writing, In particular, of the Applegate area and what the Forest Service has proposed to us in their basic management plan. In the soring of this year, we were told that if cooperative agree ments were signed and a basic management plan adopt ed which was agreeable to both cattlemen and Forest Service, it would probably not be necessary to have allot ment cuts. We worked with the Forest Service In develop ing a management plan and we signed cooperative work agreements. The Forest Serv ice had these plans approved but what finally became of them? They received $500 lo work with. Since that plan did not give them enough money to work with, the plan was thrown out and seemed not lo have been worth the paper that it was written on. This was done without ever consulting any of the cattle men who had worked on these plans. We have always done our part when we have been approached by the Forest Service; hut we can not de pend upon Forest Service to hold to their agreements. Reply To Editorial Before I give you the fads and figures on what was offer ed lo us by the Forest Service. I would like to make the fol lowing statements in regard to some of the things stated in your editorial. The range is nol over grazed and the cattle are not causing a severe deterioration on the range and the callle are not causing erosion prob lems. It has been the policy of the Forest Service to give a permittee an extension on the grazing season if the grass and feed warrant them doing so. This past season some of the permittees were given ex tensions upon the recommen dations of the Forest Service Ranger who went on the range with the cattlemen and saw the feed. In many cases this was a two week earlier turn out and a two weeks later gathering time. Is this over grazing or deterioration of range? Have you ever noticed that an animal, unless forced to, will not go straight up n hill? A cow will always go on a contour when feeding or traveling if at all possible. Many of our hills show per fect contour paths made by both deer and cattle. This is nature's way of preventing erosion. There are 20 permittees in- volvcd in this Forest Service proposal in the Applegate and they average out 60 head of ratiie permitted on the range. Hie cattle are turned out in the spring and they are gath ered in the fall, but common sense would tell a person that there is a lot of riding re quired between the turn out time and the gathering time. There is a big investment by the cattlemen on the range and he docs ride regularly and salt regularly and the Forest Service knows that this is done. At least 500 pounds of salt per permittee is put out regularjy by the cattlemen every summer which is also a big benefit to the deer population. It is true that a range anal ysis was made by a qualified (et tilV V : i . ... PRESENTS CREDENTIALS - President Kennedy poses with Ambassador Abdou Sidikou of Niger, left, when the latter called at the White House to present his credentials. While he was so doing, the President's five-year-old-daughter, Caro line, popped into her father's office and had a chat with the envoy, bidikou called Caroline ' very vivacious and very bright." (UPI) I SCIENCE KIT - There heart interest in this fascin alius science kit which en ables the young student to reproduce the action of the human heart. A gift like this can help lake the pursuit of biological knowledge far be yond Ihe classroom. Hy SU PERIOR rLASTICS Bowl Scholars Win Study Grants rom OSU Alumni Corvallis Oregon Stale university's "scholar squad members who have scored vic tories on the nationally-televised College Bowl show the past two Sundays have been awarded full-tuition scholar- shins for next year by the OSU Alumni association. The scholarships are design. ed to help the five top young scholars complete tneir Dacn eior's degree programs and encourage them to go on for advanced study, President James H. Jensen said in an nouncing the awards. He added that the scholar ships worth $1,650 in total were decided upon also as a tribute lo "student scholars who have distinguished them selves and brought high cred it to the university through out America. Money will come from the 1062-63 OSU fund that draws contributions from alumni and friends of the in-, stitutlon. Team Members Regular members of the j team are Fran Freeman and Mrs. Judy Wicks Torgerson of Portland and Clifford Demp ster and Gary J. Ford, Corval lis. Philip Bernard, Sandy, al ternate on the team, was in cluded In the scholarship awards. He makes all trips to New York as a part of the team and serves as an assist ant coach as well. All five of the students are juniors mid the l!)(3-64 schol arships will carry them through their final year ot un dergraduate work. President Jensen noted. The action was approved by the chairman of t h e university scholarship fund. This Sunday night, the OSU team will match answers in tiie collegiate quiz contest with University of Virginia. OSU has scored victories the past two Sundays over Man hattanville college of New York and University of New Mexico. Scholanhip Fundi In the process, the team has won $;i,0(IO to date in scholar ship funds for the university. It has not yet been decided how Ihe College Howl win nings will be used in the uni versity's scholarship program, President Jensen said. The College Howl team was selected from a field of more than loo candidates by a Faculty committee that also coaches the team In prepara tion for the television appear ances. Dr. James Ciroshong, pro fessor of F.ngltsh, was faculty coach for the first two trips to ftow loik. This week. W. Bruce McAlister, oceanog raphy professor, will go as roach. He Is chairman of the Faculty committee that helped pick the team. HOPE TOUR SET Tokyo -Uri- Comedian Boh Hope will entertain American servicemen in the Far last for tun weeks beginning Pec 20. It wa announced today. Hope for ears h;ix been mak ing annual Christmas usils to US. military installations W i. JS " ii was made by the pace method whenever the left foot of the man hit the ground in a given distance, the plant at the end of the toe was ana lyzed and the results put on paper. The results of the pa per were evaluated and the final results showed a poor condition of the range. The cattlemen have, from the be ginning until the end of the analysis of 1958, protested the analysis as not being a true picture. No browse has ever been considered as cat tle feed whether they eat it or not, no timber areas were considered as fining areas, whether they cat there or not, no glade under 10 acres was analyzed. The logged off areas are considered as transitory ranges and so very few, if any, points are given for them even when they are abundant with grass. The Forest Serv ice knows all these things and it Is strange that they are not allowed to give the cattle man due consideration on range conditions. I might add that the Forest Service state: "No range trend has been established to date." The following are some of the pertinent proposals pre sented to the Applegate Cat tlemen: 1. Total cost to restore the range, based upon Forest Service proposals, is $66,495 for the Forest Service and $46,879 for the permittees. 2. Man hours to do the jobs for improvements such as fencing, cattle guards, etc. are broken down by Forest Service and permittee allot ments: cost is also included, Improvements Forest Service Permittee Manhours Manhourt Big Grayback ....$ 4,450 64 $ 4.310 Upper Big Applegate .... 13,415 203 9.955 Elliot Creek 9,160 68 6,160 Beaver-Silver 9,810 150 8,810 Carberry-No Improvements Revegetalion-(No manhour breakdown-only cost) Big Grayback 3,720 3.520 Upper Big Applegate .... 19,100 9,970 Elliot Creek 2,000 1,600 Beaver-Silver 4,400 2,174 Carberry 400 400 171 422 278 318 Total $88,495 On top of this cost of im provements based on Forest Service wanta, the permittees are asked to approve the un warranted cuts of AUM or head cuts of the following percentages: Allotment Per Cent of Cut (Either AUM or Head) Carberry 75, Upper B I g Applegate 34, Elliot Creek 34, Beaver - Silver 55-59, Big Grayback 34. Could anyone match the U. S. Government in monies, even with the total permitted numbers? How can we be ex pected to pay anything with such a proposed cut? The cattlemen do not de serve this sort of treatment and we would appeal to all to come and see for them selves the range. We do not want anything that would cause any destruction, imme- S46.879 WONDERFULLY REAL - This Christmas, walking baby dolls are even more life-like than ever. This walking baby carries her own nursing bot tle; she has a cute pixie hair cut and can wear "real" size one clothes.-Doll by UNEEDA Youth Confesses Murdering Girl New York-uVPB-A schoolboy confessed Wednesday night that he raped nine-year-old Lourdes Bass, then pushed her to her death from the roof of a 14-story housing project building because she threatened to tell on him. The arrest of 15-ycar-old James Rooks 27 hours after the rooftop attack ended an all-out search in which near ly 1,000 persons were questioned. Only 20 minutes before the slaying a seven-year-old slipped away from him when he tried to corner her, police said. The youth was caught aft er an area resident pointed him out to patrolman Joseph Heyen and said Rooks had ex posed himself in a bus two weeks ago. Hcyen approached the boy, and noticed that he looked like the composite drawing made from the younger girl's description. The officer also saw that he was still wearing a cap and jacket that matched the police alarm. Science Enrollment Increases at PSC Portland - Applied science enrollment at Portland State college has increased 118 per cent, according to the latest issue of "Life at Portland State." The monthly newsletter re ports class registration of 130 students compared with 61 at this time a year ago. Part of the increase can be explained by the four year ap plied science curriculum. Freshmen applied science courses have been added for the first time, according to Dr. Harry White, department ex ecutive officer. The streamlined curriculum which gives freshmen six hours of applied science courses and sophomores nine hours replaces the standard 27 hours of engineering courses, Dr. White explained. Fresh men now take courses in chemistry, mathematics, be ginning applied science, Eng lish composition, humanities and social science. diate or long range, to the great values in our National Forest. We are all men of the soil and have dedicated our lives to the soil. We feel as American citizens we deserve some considerations based upon the actual conditions of the range, analyzed or not. We want to make it plain that we also are a part of the multiple use plan. Martin S. Grier, President Applegate Stockmen's Association Route 2, Box 45 Jacksonville, Ore. Oceanography Grants Received by OSU Corvallis (UrD The Oregon State university department of oceanography has received two grants totaling $497,000. 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