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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
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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. His ' promise of improving utilization
band sound has captured the of forest stands and saving in
imagination of voung and old I dustry millions of dollars in the
as evidenced by the constant i immediate future, Graham said.
booking he receives in the na-!
tion's top spots, including a re- j
cent record breaking engage
ment at the Roosevelt hotel,
New York City.
tickets may ic puicnaseu ai
Britt student center at South
ern Oregon college, l'liruckor's
in Medford; and the Melody
House in Grants Pass.
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