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
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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,
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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
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lar exchange was made with
the B and W Mining company.
In this case 60 acres of na
tional forest land was ex
changed for 1,120 acres of pri
vate land.
The forest service ap
praisals indicated that the
private lands, most of which
had been cut over, were worth
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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