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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1963)
mmm -TirH---irT -T s . g miiKsUAV, 01 iUllhit 3, VMi .lii.ui uiii) .m.Ul, iiiiuL,.t, mt-or UKD, OKtuu.N rm n rr rm j Shop TFhursclay and Friday Uiiiil 9 p.m. SBlJ HBffl WKI1DING KITES Bill Skiles, 31, was born in stand in the back of a Jeep Infill on a bluff a truck so it seems natural that he should want overlooking Newport Beach, Calif. The best to be married in one. The Rev. Edward C. man is Pete Henderson and the matron of honor Smith blesses Skiles and his bride, formerly is Mrs. Kenneth Brown. They will spend their Arlene Adams, 28, of Van Wert, Ohio, as they honeymoon on a camping trip in Colorado. (UPI) Two-Year Study Under Way To Find Method of Testing Poles CORVALLIS-A $20 billion in. vestment in 100 million wood poles carrying telephone and power transmission lines throughout the United States to day represents a continuing maintenance challenge to indus try and wood scientists. Oregon State university's For est Research Laboratory is now conducting a two-year study aimed at finding easy and eco nomical methods of inspecting poles now in use and treating those which are unsound. Rob ert D. Graham, associate pro fessor of wood products, is in charge. The challenges facing industry and wood scientists are how to treat poles before installation in the ground for longer life; how to determine whether poles in use are free from decay; and how to extend the life of poles that contain decay. The average life of poles is about 30 years. Since the re placement cost is high, industry has a great interest in extending the useful life of each pole. Cost to Industry The average cost to industry when a polo is replaced runs from about $100 for a 40-foot pole to $750 for a 70-foot pole. Occasionally, replacement costs for a single pole may exceed $1,000. The current OSU study is be ing financed by Oregon indus try under a $20,000 grant. Co operating with the Forest Re search Laboratory arc Bonne ville Power Administration, Pa cific Power and Light company, Portland General Electric com pany and the Northwest Public Power association. Consumers Power Inc., Corvallis, also has an interest in the study. In Oregon, there are an esti mated 1 million poles. Most poles in the Pacific Northwest are made from western red cedar and Douglas fir. Studies of these poles in use have shown little deterioration of the preservative-treated zone in the species. Work on Identification Wood scientists at OSU have been working to identify Hie 'io r.ny fungi which destroy poles. Fungi lack the ability to manu facture their own fond. The fungi must rely on breaking down the cell walls of wood into substances which can be used us food. This produces the brown and white rot so familiar to decayed wood. Also under study is the pat tern of decay in Northwest to find a simple method of de tecting decay in poles already in use. Seriously decayed poles can be discovered by sounding and by boring into the pole Up to now, most methods of determining decay quickly and accurately in the wood poles have been confined to the use of boring devices. Ultra sonic energy and various chemical methods to reveal the internal condition of poles are now being studied at Oregon State. Re searchers hope to eventually produce a simple device which Zenter Band Will Be With Mathis ASHLAND "An Evening With Johnny Mathis," sponsored by Southern Oregon college will be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Oct. 22, at llcdrick Junior high school, Mcdford. Si Zenter, one of the lop trom bonists in the field of music and his 25 piece band, will ac company Mathis. Mathis, a well-known popular singer, has recorded 15 best sell ing albums, each surpassing the 500,000 mark. His single record sales have passed the 6 million mark with several totaling more than 1,000,000 copies. can be used by field workers to quickly and inexpensively de termine pole condition. One of the chief concerns in pole preservation is the splitting of the wood as the pole dries out and seasons. These cracks which extend beyond the treated zone into the heartwood are called "checks" and have been found to be the most important factor contributing to the pole's event ual decay. Difficult to Season Properly seasoned and treated j small poles seldom develop these "checks" but large poles arc difficult to season to pre vent this splitting. Preservative techniques on poles now in use are now also being expanded at the OSU For est Research Laboratory. Out side treating of poles seems to be effective but much study still needs to be done on internal decay. Although tests of wood posts by the OSU school of forestry began as far back as 1027, main wood preservation research be gan at the Forest Research Lab oratory in 1017. Applying re search findings to wood pole structures 1 began in 1057. The first Pacific Northwest Wood Pole conference was held at OSU in lout) and this stimulated interest in research on wood poles. The second Pacific Northwest Wood Pole conference will be His receptive audience range i hold in Portland Oct. 10-11. from teen-agers to night club j From this increasing study patrons. j and interest on wood poles and Zenter has background of band j the special characteristics of experience with such people as wood could come new proced Lcs Brown, llarrv James and 1 urcs and equipment which show the late Jimmy Dorsey. 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