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g lUrtDAY. JUNE 23. 1M3 MEDFOHD MAIL TKIBOWE. MEDFOHD. OHEGOM - . Indication of -Howard f rairie Lake, Recreation Area Scheduled Howard Prairie lake, one of Orefon'i newest and raet popular recreation areas, will be formally dedicated Satur day, June 29. Dedication ceremonies will commence at 1 p.m. with in troductory remarks by Earl M. Miller, Jackson county Judge, , and Larry Espey, chairman of the Jackson county recreation commission and president ot the Oregon County Park association. Glenn L. Jackson, chair man, Oregon state highway commission, will act as mas ter of ceremonies. Also planning to attend are William I. Palmer, assist ant commissioner, U. S. bu reau of reclamation, Washing ton. D.C.; M. Boyd Austin, assistant regional director, and Thoralf Torkelson, chief, lands branch, U.S. bureau of reclamation, region 1, Boise, Idaho. Representatives from other agencies will include Mark Pike and Ed Arnold, U.S. bu reau of outdoor recreation, Curt Ncsheim, Oregon state forestry department, and Harold Schick and Dave Tai bot, state recreation division. Representatives from the state game commission, stale marine board, state park ad visory committee, U. S. Na tional Park service, U.S. for est service, bureau ot land management; Douglas, Jose phine, Klamath and Siskiyou counties and private organi zations will also participate in the event. Unveiling of Plaque The unveiling of the dedi cation plaque will be done by Assistant Commissioner Pal mer, Judge Miller and Ho mer Moore, long-time mem ber of the board of directors Talent Irrigation district. This will be followed by an old-fashioned family style picnic in the Howard Prairie Recreation area. The land the leak now cov fez fe:,; fffir irB-- DEDICATION PLANNED-Howard Prairie recreation area will be dedicated Saturday, June 29. The public Is in vited to inspect the facilities at the lake which Include the new concession building. Plana for the dedication were announced recently by the Jackson county parki and rec reation commission. Nell Ledward, department director, explained that arrangements for parking to accommodate the anlclpated crowd are being worked out. (Hooker-Johnston photo) Completion of Timber Sale Program Noted in Area Forest The advertising of the low er' Copeland Blowdown Tim , ber sale in the Union Creek Ranger district last week marked the completion of the Rogue River National 'ore t timber sale program lor me fiscal year ending June 30. Six sales are now adver tised for sale in the week ot June 24-28 to complete the The scattered blowdown In the Inaccessible areas away from existing roads, and the debris left from logging the blowdown, will be the great est threat to the forest. Bettle broods could build up In the isolated blowdown to cause local epidemics, and the dry logging debris will be an extreme tire hazard : program, I until It Is Isolated ana dls- "Itae total volume that wllll posed ot. Brown said. . have been sold la 234,865,0001 The public hat been asked board feet, enough to menu-1 to use extreme caution In all facture lumber tor eonstruo- tion ot about 34,000 average " sized homes. The sold volume is the second highest in his tory for the Rogue River 1 forest. In I960, 280,314,000 board feet of timber was sold, but this included the Klamath Ranger district program which is now part of the Wi nema National forest. The an nounced program for the cur rent fiscal year was 218,200. 000. The forest exceeded this goal by 16.665,000 board feet or about 1i per cent. Includtd In Program Included In the sales pro a-ram was 103.083,000 board feet of blowdown timber in 53 tracts, the forest service noted, Resulting from the Oct, 12 windstorm, the timber was In cluded in the annual program . In order to prevent dcterlora tion of the down timber, beetle Infection ot surround , Ing standing timber, and loss ' of grade from blue-staining of the pines, . Inclusion ot this timber re quired complete alteration of ; the Union Creek and Pros pect Ranger district sales pro grams after most ot the pre paratory work lor tne regu lar sales had been done. Only by considerable extra effort by the foresters and tcchnt cians on the two districts was this program accomplished, Forest Supervisor C, t Brown. noted. The other dis tricts on the forest did their part by furnishing ext. a men to help as needed. Logging of the blowdcwr. timber has been accelerated ' to the extent that new rec ords for logs scaled at the Prospect log scaling station have been established, Brown noted. Two hundred seventy-two truckloads of logs were scaled, that is, the net board feet contents Were measured on the record day, compared to a previous high in form-r years of 11 loads. The aver age daily output now is about 250 truckloads or more than 1,000,000 board feet per day. Cooperation ot Industry The cooperation of the lumber industry in accelerat ing logging of blowdown by ' deferring logging of green standing timber will mate rially reduce losses from de terioration and beetle eoi- , demies. Although bark beetles have 1 already attacked many of the ' down trees, the beetles nd their broods will be removed with the logs, and drowned In ! the log ponds before they i have a change to emerge to infest surrounding green tim ber, forest service personnel said. wooded areas to rule out the possibility ot man-caused tires under the hazardous condl tions caused by the slash. Bark Beetle Threat The bark beetle threat in the Isolated areas Is being ex amined by a crew of two for estry technicians who are cruising the back country in strips one quarter mile apart recording and mapping blow down. Two areas ot conccn Drivers Asked to Support Precautions Chief of Police Charles Champlin has urged local drl vers to participate in the Ore gon Safety Shield program this summer by practicing "common sense safely pre cautions and supporting po lice and court action against errant drivers. Chief Champlin said the Shield will be used to -smlnd the public ot the necessity for obeying traffic laws and driv ing defensively during the heavy summer travel months. Slogtm tor the program Is "Shield .irsclf fn i traf fic trouble." Need for such a public edu cation program, Champlin said, Is emphasized in the traffic toll recorded last sum mer when 143 deaths occur red during June, July and August. August was the worst single month In the history of the state with 69 of tho&e deaths reported. trated blowdown have been discovered this way and will be sold this summer. Flights to look for beetle activity have been scheduled throughout the summer so preventive measures can be taken based on early detec tion, Brown said. Although the cutting of timber will be accelerated this year, the calculated an nual allowable cut governs the amount ot timber that may be cut on any national forest. The cut la calculated using volume ' and growth data collected by sampling all the timber stands on the for est, Brown said. No more timber may be cut than Is grown and the present Rogue River National forest annual allowable cu of 176.4 million board feet could be cut each year with out ever endangering the re serve of timber. However, conditions change and the forest will be re-examined in detail each 10 years to detect changes and adjust the cut figures. In the event that extreme overcultlng results from the sale of blowdown, future compensating adjust ments may have to be made in the timber sale program, but this is unlikely since deferment of cutting in green timber will probably make tho pro. gram self -compensating, Brown added. Four Flights Are Made by Ambulance Two Gold Beach men were returned home from Rogue Valley hospital Thursday, Mercy Flights service report ed Friday. Richard Larson was return ed after having a back fusion and Fred Burgess was return ed after suffering injuries in an accident last week. Orville Strahm, 16. also of Gold Beach,' wag taken to Rogue Valley hospital by Mercy Flights after being In volved in an accident and a accommodate the rapidly ers was originally composed ot two prairies known as Grizzly Prairie toward the north and Howard Prairie toward the south. The prai ries were homesteaded in the 1880's and for many years served as pastures for horses and cattle and tor harvesting native grasses which grew there. The farm at the northeast corner of the lake was also the post office for the area known as "Lily Glen," which is now the name of the riding stables located at the same site. 33 Miles From Ashland Howard Prairie Reservoir project is . located approxi mately 33 miles east of Ash land and is a part of the Tal ent Irrigation project; was undertaken by the U.S. bu reau of reclamation to pro vide water for many pur poses. The primary purpose being for irrigation in the Talent irrigation area, which con tains 14,000 acres of agricul tural land in the Rogue val ley. Other benefits include power development, recrea tion and wildlife preserva tion. The Howard Prairie proj ect was started in May, 1958, and completed in the fall of 1959. The dam, which crosses Grizzly creek, is a compacted earth and rock fill type, 105 feet high and 990 feet long at the crest. It backs ud a lake of 60.000 acre feet of water and is 5'4 miles i . i : i : j t-i I lung auu uiie nine wiuc. xne elevation when the reservoir is full is 4,526 feet above sea level. Recreation Area The recreation area encom passes 1,904 acres of land which surrounds 2,000 acres of reservoir surface making a total of 3,904 acres. The initial recreational develop ment was constructed by the bureau of reclamation under the direction of the National Park service and amounted to an expenditure of $126,-225.00 On Dec. 30, 1958, the Unit ed Slates entered into s 50 ycar lease agreement with Jackson county for adminis tration of the area for recrea tional purposes. Since then, Jackson coun ty has expanded the facilities many times including the in stallation of a marina and boat launching facilities, a concession building and many new picnic and camp sites to b&kk5;5 n y , -T-rf frf CAS RANGES DOWN V A mkiUm SMNlX k i PAYMENT j " V JUST MITMS90 g i sss 7 S " (10 ) tfE&p'l iaouw P. Q J&T , , oaursuMMitsau ' f' "vjp - I sriciu I , I ' NORMAL J "S. , .. , V V INSTALLATION J NJ -! fjt " aKMeiTns "" i : ' - :-i S ...... : PAY STATIONS GAS BILLS May Now B Paid j. J. NEWBERRY CO. Shopping Center VILLAGE VARIETY & GARDEN SHOP 771 Stewart Ave. CAUFORNIA-PACIFie UTILITIES COMPANY HOWARD PRAIRIE LAKE Boats sail, row, and motor have been evident at Howard Prairie lake this spring as hot weather arrived in the valley. The lake, at its maximum depth, has been a popular recreation spot this year. Among the activities available in the Howard Prairie recreation area are horses for riding at the Lily Glenn ranch which recently was opened by the Clyde Wilhelms at the upper end of the lake. Picnicking and overnight camping facilities also are available at the lake. (Hooker-Johnston photo) in. fourth man, who, was not I creasing number ot recrea named was also flown as alttonlsts using the area, patient the same day. ' Plan Expansion . Be Choosy . . Get Jjcuzxi PUMPS! Vi H.P. DEEP WELL PUMP With 42 Gal. Tank . and Air Charger $15.95 down, 513.15 per mo. Centrifugal Irrigation Pumps $0050 and un Siskiyou Hardware 235 W. Main Ph. 772-2 UH GRItN STAMPS Jackson county, under the direction of Neil Ledward, ot the park and recreation commission, is making plans for the continued expansion of all facilities to meet the an ticipated increase in use of all types of outdoor recreation. Original estimates forecast ing use of the area indicated there would be approximate ly 25,000 visitor days each season. A check on the use during the 1961 season re vealed that there were over 213,000 visitor days during the season. Cole Rivers, fishery biolo gist, made spot checks dur ing the season and estimated that over 600,000 fish were caught in the reservoir in 1961. Present Indications are that both records are in danger of being surpassed this year. SALE SWIMMING POOLS All Popular Sizes and Depths above ground or in ground MODEL POOL OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, EVENINGS, Brine Your Bathing Suit IXCILLENT FINANCING AVAILABLE DORAN TAYLOR 517 NE Din Drive-Grants Pitt PHONI 476-6335 Directions: Tike itcond exit to Grants Pais. Come to third stoplight, turn left onto NE A Street. Go three blocks and turn right onto Dean Drive. TOO J Contractor MORE PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT PIPERS THAN ANY OTHER PLANE III THE WORLD PIPER AZTEC Th Big On on th Bast Seller listl PIPER CHEROKEE The fattest of the four-place "Economy Four". The only one rated at 1 50 MPH. FLY THE PLANE THAT PILOTS PREFER . . . Look at the Rest ... But Fly the Bestl look for the PIPER in the yellow pages of your phone book. CHARTER AND STUDENT INSTRUCTION AVIATION SERVICE Across From Mercy Flights Phone 772-2938 CHOICE OF 2 NEW MODELS OKeefe&Mexritt MODEL 7125 with HOLD-O-MATIC OVEN The 20 ovtn that boids darner moist, bot end tfelkioos until you're ready to eat. PLUS boiit-iB aknninum griddle, drvidedi cooking top, nwkeless broiler, star jet burner, decorator designed panel. Big 36" white with chrome top. Beautiful I MODEL 7HS with PANOMAHC BURNER lrbiTuriajteWBtfyof boiTACTWcooUiiorboflCTBrwlfaatie) 36 lift top far owy ctoanipg, mokcitm broflcr decorite CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY BHHHKiieB Phone 772-5281, Medford 482-2116, Ashland 4 aaa"BBBr . ,i irr ' s f j iubv k aaTV ar. . t at, m The boys and girls in Medford and the Rogue River Valley are out of school now to enjoy a summer of fun. PLEASE help them to keep enjoying it! Youngsters will still be going to school play grounds and playing at home . . . they are apt to dash into the street anytime . . . into the path of YOUR car. The Medford Traffic Safety Council urges YOU to make SAFE DRIVING a very person al responsibility. Have your car thoroughly checked for safety . . , be doubly careful to observe traffic signs and regulations .... watch out for children everywhere - and give them the right of way! Published in cooperation with the Medford Safety Council by The Mail Tribune
