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MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. JUNE 23. 1963 g j 4erie, IFiresft Seirvke Hiinid Aireos fevoeoed There is an old Scotch long that goes something like this: "You take the high road and I'll take the low." Substitute lands for road nd the song could be sung by the state forestry depart ment tn the U.S. forest serv ice, for that's the forest man agement pattern in Oregon. This is a good thing to know, foresters point out, as the annual fire season ap proaches. ' The high country is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. forest service, and the low country is in the state forestry department's realm. The bureau of land manage ment enters this forest pic ture as owner of the Oregon California railroad lands, the public domain and manager of the watershed. The BLM, however, contracts with the state forestry department for fire protection. Fir Protection Agency The state may protect one aide of the road and the fed eral government the other. The state forestry department is chiefly a fire protection agency and owns little land. The state forestry depart ment has manned 12 lookouts for the 1963 season. The Rogue River National forest will have 13 lookouts in op eration, one more than last year. Devil's Peak is still snowbound but will probably be manned this week. It is normally opened the last week in June or the first week in July, according to Carroll E. Brown, forest su pervisor. The lookouts manned In the national forest are Whis key Peak, Squaw Peak, Dutchman's Peak, Cinnabar, Wagner Butte, Robinson Butte, Blue Rock, Rustler's Peak, Devil's Peak, Bessie Rock, Hall's Point, Abbott Butte, Mt. Stella and Hersh berger. Slate Lookouts Noted , The 12 lookouts in the state forest area are White Point, Fredenburg, Soda Mountain, Hound Top, Battle Mountain, Tallow Box, Manzanita, Pea Vine, Sexton, Mt. Reuben, Waldo and Buck Rock. "The basic law of Oregon places upon each forest land owner the responsibility of protecting hii own lands from fire." This brings the . forest in' dustry into the mosaic or tap estry of fire protection. The forest industry in southern Oregon is "very coopera tive," according to Curtis Nesheim, district warden, TYPICAL LOOKOUT This state forestry department look out on Battle mountain, manned for the 1963 season, is just like many others from which southern Oregon woods and lands will be guarded against fire by trained fire finders. Battle Mountain is north of Wimer. and Wayne Peterson, admin istrative assistant, of the Southwest Oregon district. This cooperation makes fire protection a three facet thing and each spring the represen tatives get together for their annual planning . conference.' Why does anyone need to know all this? The answer is "it could help greatly in speeding up action in case of fire or in obtaining a fire It's Fine Weather for Painting! OUTSIDE WHITE REG. 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There are seven public rural fire districts on the Southwest Oregon district Shady Cave, Talent, Medford, Rogue Ri ver, Central Point, Wimer and Illinois Valley. Another one is being organized at Prospect. When a call comes into the state forestry department headquarters on Table Rock road, reporting a fire or re questing a burning permit, the warden looks at the map. He then tells the caller in what jurisdiction he is locat ed. If a permit is wanted, he tells the person which war den to contact. All Bacome Involved Sometimes "a big cloud runs a circle," Peterson said, and rural departments, state fire patrols, U.S. forest serv ice crews and industry volun teers become involved in the fire suppression. Each crew man is working to keep the fire from spreading into his area or to put out the fire already there. Suppression crews are called in as conditions war rant. Some were called up in May and by July crews will probably be at peak strength. At the time of the Hepsie mountain fire there were 48 fires going all at once. It was a lightning strike fire. Fires for the most part, how ever, occur where the peo ple are, Peterson commented. Last year 75 per cent of the man - caused fires on the Southwest Oregon district oc curred within a 12 air mile radius of Grants Pass, Nesheim said. In 1961 there were more in the Medford vicinity. Finance Protection In the forests the taxpay ers finance the protection. For fighting fires two cents an acre is budgeted. This money cannot be used for any other purpose. The state emergency fire cost fund is supported entire ly by the lumber industry with a severance tax of four cents per thousand board feet. When this fund reaches ! $750,000 the tax drops to two cents. That is what it is now, according to District Warden Nesheim. The Southwest Oregon dis trict controlled 213 fires be. tween April 10 and Nov. 3, 1962. These fires burned 2.404 acres with two of the fires accounting for some 835 acres and five others burning some 1,050 acres. A total of $35,417.59 was expended on fire fighting over and above the regular district men and equipment. Of this amount, $2,310.39 was expended on grazing zone fires, leaving a total of $33, 107.20 expended on forest lands. The sum of $878 46 was collected by the state for ester on fires that occurred during this fire season. There were 19 incendiary fires on the Southwest Ore gon district during the 1962 season. If a responsible arty is responsible for one of these fires the state is obligated to collect the fire costs from him. All the 1962 fires were in vestigated and three parties were apprehended. The state is suing to collect the fire costs. Another suit pending was filed in connec tion with the Wilderville fire. The six lookouts in the state forestry district that will not be manned this sum mer are Chimney Rock, Table Mountain, ' Anderson Butte, Burnt Peak. Mt. Isa belle and King Mountain. These can always be manned in case of emergency. It is the cooperation of the public in reporting incidence of fires that has enabled the state forest department to adopt this economy, the for esters said. The state protec tion budget has been reduced during the last two years. The operation goes on with the same amount of money in spite of rising costs. The de partment is assisted greatly in meeting this problem by the budget advisory commit tee, Peterson said. On Ditlrict Staff There are approximately 110 people on the Southwest Oregon district staff at the peak of the season. The war dens' assignments are very flexible, controlled by the weather. If they go on duty early and then a rainy sea son develops, they are called off duty. In the dry years the grass doesn't grow so tall, there fore it doesn't create as great a hazard during the fire sea son. Thus nature has ways of balancing the increased prob lem in the forest by reducing the danger in the fields. The forests of Oregon pro vide the state economy with its number one income pro ducer. So even to those per sons who fail to appreciate the scenic and recreational gifts of the outdoors, the trees are worth saving. Area Students on University Honor Roll Are Noted Eugene - Sixty students, out of a total of 429 listed on the University of Oregon's honor roll for spring term, made the perfect grade score of 4.00 or all A grades. The honor roll includes the names of all students making grade point averages of 3.50 or higher, based on not less than 12 term hours. The honor roll included the following students from Med ford: Mary Margaret Barker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Barker, 2430 Hlllcrest rd. Hannah Margaret Booth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Booth, 2133 Siski you blvd. Susan L. Coffman, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Coff man, route 2. Jacklyn Lee C r e a g e r, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Creagcr, 27 Glen Oak court. Thomas Alfred Emmens, son of Col. and Mrs. R. G. Emmens, 1511 East Main st. Harlow Zinscr Head, son of M:. and Mrs. Harold Head, 1415 Euclid ave. Linda Faye Hess, who achieved a 4.0 CPA, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hess, 750 Lozier lane. Nancy Chandler Hinman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Hinman, 675 Oakdale ave. Richard Victor Kcngla, son of V. W. Kengla, 2935 Old Military rd. Richard James Lichtl, who achieved a 4 0 CPA, son of Mrs. Carl A. Lichti, 544 Whit man place. Patrick Eric McLaughlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. McLaughlin, 3384 Jackson ville highway. James Craig Miller, son of DarreH Miller, 317 South Groveland ave. Micke Kae Noble, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Noble, 430 Haven st. Michael Victor Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth V. Phillips, 1909 Roberts rd. 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