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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
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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
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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
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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.
The grants were made for
$320,000 by the Office of Na
val Research and for $177,000
by the National Science Foundation.
French Assembly
Sets Organization
Paris-WPIl-The newly elect
ed National Assembly gath
ered for its organizing meet
ing today dominated by an
unprecedented majority
pledged to support President
Charles de Gaulle.
Gaullist leaders were confi
dent they could push through
the president's plans for sta
bility at home and nuclear-
backed prestige abroad.
De Gaulle's Union for the
New Republic and its allies
won 280 of the parliament's
482 seats in the Nov. 18 and
25 national elections. It was
the first parliamentary ma
jority in the history of the
French republic,
De Gaulle is expected to
spell out his program in a
message to both houses of
parliament Friday or next
Tuesday.
Republicans Begin
Preparations for
1 964 Election Drive
Washington -IUPD- Republi
can leaders open a three-day
round of meetings today to
review the 1062 campaign and
begin preparations for the
1964 presidential election
campaign.
GOP National Chairman
William E. Miller and other
party officials will give an
analysis of the 1962 state and
congressional results at a
meeting of the Republican Na
tional committee Friday
morning. Miller will discuss
planning for 1964 later Fri
day. The executive committee of
the national committee meets
with Miller this afternoon for
a preview of his proposals.
Kalanchoe Plant Makes Good Gift
Good things come in small
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this is true as far as the
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You'll find it in florist shops
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biggest plant but certainly a
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Kalanchoes may be bought
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plants and demand little.
Whenever the topsoil feels
dry to your finger, set each
porous clap pot in a bowl
of water and let it drink up
all it will. Then when the
topsoil is wet through, take
the pot from the water and
let it drain before setting it
back on its own saucer.
Kalanchoes will do best in
a sunny window. Keep the
faded blooms pinched off so
they will not set seed and
new buds will continue to de
velop and open for many
weeks. For robust growth,
feed a soluble plant food once
every month.
Portsmouth, England - m -Fisherman
Reg Rook, 69, said!
today the "big one" he hook
ed in the English Channel wai
a submarine. It towed his boat
for 45 minutes before sur
facing to remove the hook. .
Exam Announced For
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The U.S. Civil service ex
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plication for machinists. Place
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sea-going hopper dredges and
river pipeline dredges.
Application forms are avail
able at the U.S. Civil service
office in the Medford post office.
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