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Advisory Council Comes to Defense of Forest Service in Criticism Answer The Rogue River National Forest Advisory Council, in the first meeting called at the request of the council mem bership, came to the defense of the forest services by an swering recent criticism of the two forest service land exchanges. The criticism, based on General Accounting Office figures and leveled at the for est service, drew a five-point resolution from the council, V. A. Norris of Medford, coun cil cnairman, reported. "Having fully informed it self concerning the two recent forest service land exchanges ...uinu t:n:nnj in witiuii wcic cuuci&cu can 111 January by the General Ac counting office," the advisory board resolved: Based on Dollars, Cents "That the GAO criticism is based solely on dollars and cents considerations, without ' including recreational, aes thetic, management and oper ational advantages of value to the forest service or in carry ing out its planned land con solidation program. "That its criticism is ser iously deficient in failing to recognize the facts of a fluc tuating timber market, where prices for stumpage rapidly rise and fall in a short period of time. "That the GAO report fail ed to include mention of the fact that the property ac quired by the forest service has potential values many times those of the appraised values. Point Out Deficiences "That the GAO report pre sumably was aimed at point ing out deficiences in the 1922 law under which forest land exchanges were made and that this is a worth-while aim. "That, nonetheless, release of this report at this time, GIVE the Gift would like to receive Medford Shopping Center you jBfe in the K; Ww m 'Except Fafeort Station But and Club Whom ESffi kjl ran rows wcomimm . mmmi " ii--'-. "rssx 7 '!,,eT ?tVI 6th without further explanation, was a disservice to the forest service. "That, despite one minor technical error on the part of the forest service, the ex changes were completed in all other respects strictly accord ing to established procedures under law, and that, in fact, the public interest was served well thereby." Carroll Brown, supervisor of the Rogue River National for est, represented the forest service at the meeting. Also present were Bob Torheim and Ralph Wiese of his staff. Not Called By Service Norris emphasized the fact that the meeting was not call ed at the request of any mem ber of the forest service. Brown explained the or ganization and functions of the General Accounting Of fice, an organization which audits the activities of govern ment agencies. Under the law, he said, the GAO is directly responsible to Congress. The audits are generally constructive investig a t i o n s and often result in beneficial changes in laws and regula tions, Brown said. The forest service cooperates with the GAO in its audits of national forest programs. Brown add ed that he has not yet seen the audit report upon which the critical newspaper articles were based. Reviews Act's Features Torheim reviewed the fea tures and requirements of the General Exchange Act of March 20, 1922. Under this law, he said, the forest service conducts a land exchange pro gram with private landown ers and other public agencies. He explained the several types of land exchanges and out lined the purpose and objec tives of exchanges. The long range land exchange plan for the Rogue River National for est was presented by Torheim and the procedures involved in a typical land exchange case were outlined. The history of the two ex changes, which were publi cized, was explained by Wiese. He said that in 1960 the gov ernment exchanged 140 acres of national forest land for 1,972 acres of land owned by Edward G. and Raymond Tay lor within the boundaries of the Rogue River National for est. In the same year, a simi r AT YOUR FORD DEALER'S NOW! 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The forest service ap praisals indicated that the private lands, most of which had been cut over, were worth Oregon Cavalcade Group Schedules Newport Meeting Roseburg - The first annual winter meeting of the On To Oregon Cavalcade, Inc., a non-profit Oregon corporation composed of 30 members of the 1959 Oregon Centennial Covered Wagon Train, will be held at Newport Feb. 23 and 24. The Cavalcade group is meeting to put the finishing touches on plans to construct an Oregon Trail museum, which will be located at In dependence. The land for the museum has been provided by the city of Independence for this purpose. Six members will be brief ed at the Newport meeting for the plan to retrace the Ore gon Trail this spring and sum mer promoting the museum project to civic groups and historical societies in states through which the old trail passes. Invited To Crab Feed The meeting place in New port has not been designated but all members of the 1959 trail crew have been invited to be guests of the Newport Elks club for a crab feed Saturday evening. Dick Carter, president of the Cavalcade from Medford, has described the forthcoming meeting as the most important to be held by the Cavalcade organization. Special invitations to the gathering have been sent to Howell Appling, secretary of state; Ray Dunckel, mayor of Independence, and members of the board of directors. Mrs. Hazeldean Hunter of Rupert, Idaho, will be present to out line plans for museum promo tion in connection with the Idaho statehood centennial. America's liveliest, most care free cars! Medford MEDFORD more than the timbered na tional forest lands in dollar value. Sold By Owners The GAO, as reported to the press, determined that the Taylors sold the former forest land and timber for $148,940 more than the forest service appraised value of the former Taylor lands. It was reported that B and W Mining com pany sold its former national forest land and timber for $58,240 more than the ap praised value of the lands ex changed by the company, Wiese pointed out that these exchanges resulted in the acquisition by the govern ment of 3,092 acres of land for 200 acres. The land re ceived by the government, he said, helped to consolidate na tional forest ownership and is well suited for multiple use. Brown summarized the pre sentation and explained that some of the differences in valuations were undoubtedly due to a forest service error in the use of the volume tables to complete timber volumes. He indicated that the private lands acquired by the government also may be of greater value now and in the future than the original appraisal indicated. The Rogue River National Forest Advisory Council, which called the meeting, is composed of the following members, who represent the classification listed: Eric W. Allen, Jr., Medford, general public welfare; Harlan P. Bos worth, Jr., Medford, water power; Harlan Cantrall, Ap plegate, ranching; Jack Ha nel, Medford, Izaak Walton League; Jean F. Eberhart, Ashland, recreation; William E. Hallin, Roseburg, experi ment station; Mrs. Kathryn Heffernan, Medford, water re sources; Mrs. Pauline La Plane, Medford, labor; S. V. (Duke) McQueen, Medford, small timber operators; Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, Ashland, education, and Frank J. Van Dyke, Medford, business and industry. CONFIRMS APPOINTEES Washington - (UPD - The Senate Tuesday confirmed the nominations of David E Bell to head the foreign aid program, and Christian Her- ter as President Kennedy's special trade negotiator. C2 FORD M f ALCOK faifttANE fHD IHUfiBtrJiKrl FV ' S MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. SCOUTS IN SALEM-Southern Oregon Boy Scouts in Salem recently are shown here with Gov. Mark Hatfield. The Scouts are, left to right, David Gillespie, Area Boy Scouts Report to Tom Ness Jr., 7 Glen Oak court, represented Crater Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America, at the annual Boy Scout report to the Governor ceremony held at Salem recently. One Scout from each coun cil was given an opportunity to make a brief report to the governor on an outstanding accomplishment of his council during 1962. Young Ness Is an Explorer Scout with Post 103, spon sored by the Army Reserve. Accompanied by Olhtrt His report concerned the raising of membership in the area, the continued advance ment in ratings of the Scouts, the percentage gain of adults in leadership training, and the Area Engineers Are Told Atomic War Is World Suicide "Atomic war would be world suicide," H. P. Bos worth Jr., vice president of Pacific Power and Light, told members of the Rogue Valley section of the Professional Engineers of Oregon at a re cent meeting. Pointing out that today's hydrogen bomb is reported to have a destructive force 10, 000 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb, Bosworth urged his listeners to seek moral development to match the scientific growth In the world of today. "We have opened new fron tiers of scientific knowledge but our moral development has lagged," the speaker de clared. "It is time to catch up, and there is a growing de mand for this action through out the world. The problem is one of morality, both person al and international." Topic of Address "Nuclear Energy" was the topic of Bosworth's address, arranged in observance of "National Engineers Week." The national theme for the week is "America's Engineers Build for the Future." Bosworth gave his fellow professional engineers and their guests a concise history of the developments in nu Master's Program At UO Accredited Eugene The American As sociation of Schools of Busi ness Administration, the ac crediting association for col legiate education in business administration, has announced it has accredited the master's degree programs in business administration at the Univer sity of Oregon. In previous years the as sociation has only accredited undergraduate programs. The University of Oregon under graduate program in business administration was accredited in 1923. Dr. Richard W. Lindholm dean of the university's school of business administration, said the action by the associa tion makes the school one of only eight schools west of the Rockies to have an accredited graduate program in business. USE SILENCERS Paris - lUPu - Members of the famed Surete Natlonale take target practice wearing huge carmuffs to kocp out the noise of their automatics. OREGON r EES -r and Tom Ness, Lake Council governor. Melvin Taylor Governor record of camping participa tion. Ness was accompanied by Scouts Dave Gillespie, 1020 Northwest Washington ave., Grants Pass, member of Post 125, sponsored by the Sher iff's Posse; and Melvin Tay lor, 1625 Grand ave., member of Troop 7, sponsored by the First Methodist church, Med ford. George Brennen, Crater Lake council assistant execu tive, drove the boys north. Brennen and Taylor took part In order of the arrow activi ties in Salem. In addition to reporting to the governor. Scouts from throughout the state toured the Capitol and attended ses sions of the state legislature and senate clear technology, which be gan in 400 B.C. when the Greek philosopher Democri tus expressed his atomic theory. He told his audience of the many present and possible fu ture uses for nuclear energy in the fields of electric power, transportation, medicine, agriculture, public health and other industries. He concluded his talk with the question, "What kind of tomorrow do you want and what are you willing to do about it?" Try and -By BENNETT CERF- BACK IN THE rugged and romantic days of railroad ing in our country, a circus train was flagged down on a siding of the Santa Fe. Three elephants managed to get their trunks, unnoticed, Into the tender tank, and used up all the water giving themselves a shower. The train was stalled until an ingeni ous mahout named O'Reilly uncoupled the engine and made the ele phants tow it three miles down the track to a water tower. 0 I recall another story about the Santa. Fe Rail road. It concorned a clergy man In a remote New Mex ico town who rushed down to the station every evening to watch the Super-Chief whiz by. There was no chore he wouldn't inter rupt to carry out thla ritual. Members of the minister's congregation deemed his eccentrici ty juvenile and frivolous, and asked him to give it up, "No, gentlemen," he replied firmly. "I preach your sermons, teach you Sunday school, bury your dead, marry you, run your charities, chairman every drive it pleases you to conduct. I won't give up seeing that Santa Fe train every evening. I love it. It's the only thing that passes through thla town that I don't have to push." Flay Producer Max Gordon recalls In his hew autobiography the morning he Instructed his secretary to locate a certain brash comedian who was working on the road. She returned to report, "He died in Kansas City last night." To which Gordon sighed, "He always did!" O 1M, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by Kmc features Syndicate NEW AMBULANCE SERVICE 1 Inc. New, Economy Non-Emergency AMBULANCE SERVICE for Medford! Call 482-2816 for pricei and accommodations C. M. Litwiller 181 1 Ashiand St., Ashland who represented the Crater at the Scout report to the Ail-Time High Harvest Noted Portland-Timber harvested in the national forests of Ore gon and Washington in 1962 reached an all-time high total of 4,404,000,000 board feet, J. Herbert Stone, regional for ester, U. S. forest service has announced. In 1061, a total of 3,808,- 000,000 board feet was cut, and in 1960 the total was 3,564.000,000. Total value of the 1962 harvest was $80,835, 240. The annual sustained-yield allowable cut for the Pacific Northwest region recently was revised upward to 4,267, 000,000 board feet. Since har vest volumes are averaged out over a period of years, the higher harvest figure for 1962 does not violate the principle of sustained yield, Stone ex plained. Timber sold In 1962 amount ed to 4,178,000,000 board feet, which is also an increase over the past years. Volume of tim ber sold varies from the amount cut during the year because the period in which a sale of timber is cut varies from a few weeks or months to several years. Total value of the volume sold in 1962 was $69,039,957. The total volume under con-tract-7,850,000,000 board feet is also the largest amount on record, Stone noted. THINKING OF SUMMER Burlington, Vt. - (UPD - Po lice Sgt. Norbert Bcauvais bought the first season ticket Tuesday for swimming privi leges at Lake Champlain s norlhside municipal beach. The lake presently is full of ice and snow. Stop Me 2-t Mrs. Litwiller Dial 482-2816 WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1963 Medford Students To Six students from Medford High school will attend the awards ceremonies for the 36th annual scholastic art awards competition in Port land Saturday, Feb. 23. They will be accompanied by their instructor, Miss Cath erine Fonken. The Medford winners are Roger Dyke, senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Dyke; Diane Mcdcalf, junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Medcaif; Steven Kingman, senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Kingman; Bill McDaniel, senior, making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Emmons; Elizabeth Clark, senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clark, and Nikki Yah ya, senior, exchange student from Malaya, who is making his home during the school year with Dr. and Mrs. Robert Riechers. Diane Medcaif and Roger Dyke received blue ribbon labels and their work will qualify for the National Scho lastic Arts Exhibition in New York City in May. There were 4,000 entries from schools throughout the state and 200 are selected as Washington mm KRESKY Economy $100 WOOD HEATER He. up to $7777 77 8 Room SPECIAL KRESKY With Thermostat & Blower . JUST.... $17995 George would have flipped hit wig to have one or these at Valley Forge. 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