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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Bond Issue Reported Imminent In School District 6 I Regional News
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BRUSH HAS TAKEN OVER This aerial area is for the most part barren of timber
photo shows some of the Carbury area on the and covered with brush. Forest service tech
southern slopes of the Applegate Ranger Dis- nicians plan to eradicate 18,000 acres of brush
trict in the Rogue River National Forest, The in the area.
Applegate Ranger District
Plans Treatment for Brush
APPLEGATE VALLEY The
traveler enjoys the muted col
orings of ocean spray and wild
lilac in the spring. The waxen
white blooms of dog wood and
mock orange are faorites.
But Forest Service techni
cians weren't thinking of mere
beauty when they listed these
shrubs with two dozen types of
brush and hard woods to be
eradicated from forest lands.
A vast program to eradicate
18,000 acres of bush fields on
south slopes of the Applegate
RanRcr District is under way.
The job involves not only labor,
hut much skill and scientific
knowledge, and its purpose is
to free the land for seeding of
conifers.
Joe Jewell, youna forestry
technician who came to Star
R gcr station four years ago
from Modoc National Forest,
Where he worked as a scaler,
is supervising the project. Bob
Martin is foreman of the sur
vey crew with Jim Cased and
Jerry Mulk. comprising ine
rest of the crew.
Started In 1957
Brush eradication started
here in 1957, accordingto Jew
ell, when 16 acres of manzanlta
were cleared with a crawler
type tractor. Since then 195 ad
ditional acres have been clear
ed, including some this year.
The work was done in O'Brien
creek area on Carbury.
Survey work comprises the
first attack on a brush field,
Jewell explained. Fields are
surveyed by laying out one fifth
acre circular plots. Information
recorded inclucbs number ot
brush species, including height,
density, and per cent of cover
age. There are about 20,000 addi
tional acres of brush la4 with
a 20 per cent growth of conifers
known as the understocked
areas. Survey plots in these
areas include conifer species
and their height, diameter, age,
and rate of growth. Also record
ed is the per cent of slope, as
pect, soil type and depth, and
r'evation. Notes also are taken
on animal and rodent signs.
o Aerial Photos
Plots arc laid out at random
Using aerial photos and contour
niHps to select the general area
for each plot, which is designed
to cover various brush types
and soil sites. Jewell said aerial
phc' 's ar of special importance
in survey work.
Brush field survey work was
started in 1962. Region 6 has set
a deadline for completion of sur
veys for all forests by next
June.
Where tractor clearing of
brush is impossible, Jewell ex
plains that several types of
spraying are used. In the case
of areas where a good growth
of conifers exists, but are sup
pressed by brush and hard
woods, spraying is done by heli
i ptcr, using a herbicide 2,4-D
In a water carrier.
Some of the sprays are growth
hormones that affect broad
leaf species only, causing a
quick growth that uses up plant
food and water available, re
sulting in death of the shrubs
On steep slopes aerial spray
Ing and seeding also are used,
and are followed by aerial ap
plication of poison grain for ro
dent control.
Other Method
Where a large stand of coni
fers surround brush field,
making aerial treatment Im
possible, treatment Is given by
hack pack mist blowers and
pressurized cans applying herb
icides either as a foliage spray
or as a basal treatment.
ANOTHER PROBLEM Other problem areas tn the district arc
like this one, where there is a. dense ovcrstory of madrone and
just a scattering of Pondcrosa pine understory. The young pine
seedlings are crowded out.
cd in study plots to determine
whether a fast growing mer
chantable tree can be obtained.
Knobcone also is consld-red
a good nurse cover for desir
able conifers since it shades out
brush thon dies when it becomes
shaded hy the young trees It
has protected.
The knobcone produces cones
every year starting at an early
age. These cones are sealed
with pitch and remain unopened
on the tree indefinitely until in
the path of a tire. The heat
melts the resin and allows the
cone to open. Its seed and the
germinated seedlings thrive in
the ashes of the burn, the seed
usually germinating in the
spring following a fire.
Ha. J wood trees interfering
with conifer growth get the bas
al treatment consisting of chop
ping frills around the tree trunk
and spraying herbicide into the
frills. This method results in
about an 80 per cent kill. .
. Some areas not capable of
producing merchantable timber
will be left in brush to provide
a watershed
Among the types of brush list
ed for extinction are hazel nut,
chinkapin, service berry, wil
lows, Oregon grape, mountain
mahogony, gooseberry, currant,
bitter cherry, and Fremont silk
tassel. Hardwoods to be elimi
nated are madrone, maple, red
alder, black oak, and California
liveoak.
Old Burns
Brush fields of the Applegate
District, located principally on
southern slopes, are the result
of old burns, some dating back
as far as the 1910 era, and some
having been bu.ned several
times. In the days before forest
protection was offered cattle
men burned the brush to pro
mote grass growth.
Brush occupying these areas
in quick growth were manznnita
and ccanothus (buck brush,
snow brush, and wild lilac) be
cause the heat of a forest tire
is needed to germinate their
seed.
Dormant seeds lay in the
ground for years in their tmcK
woody shells until germinated
by fires. Jewell explained that
a brush field will build up a
deep dutf of three to six inches
in which cornier seeds win noi
germinate because they cannot
reach mineral soil.
Applegate Ranger District has
621,027 acres under forest ad
ministration. Trees that have
been seeded or transplanted
since the brush program stnrted
Include Pondcrosa pine, Jeffrey
pine, and Douglas fir.
Dead brush Is not removed
from the slopes, Jiwell said,
because it provides shade, acts
as a soil stabilizer, and pro
duces organic matter as it dis
integrates. It also protects small
conifers from snow damage.
Knobcone Pine
Jewell offered an interesting
sidelight ..i uic subject of knob
cone pine, which is a hardy,
fast growing weed tree that In
vades a burned area. It is of
no commercial use, but its spe
cie is being propagated in a hy
brid tree which is a cross be
tween knobcone and Monterey
pine. The hybrid Is being plant-
Siskiyou Milk Costs
To Be Investigated
YREKA Senator Randolph
Collier said today the Bureau
of Milk Stabilization of the
California Department of Agri
culture has agreed to conduct
a three-month survey ot cost ot
production ot market milk (or
t h c producers in Siskiyou
County.
Collier said he sought the
study at the request of Siski
you milk producers who felt
that abnormally high produc
tion costs exist in the county.
Collier explained that the price
the farmer receives tor his
market milk is established on
an area basis by the bureau on
the basis of production costs.
"It is my belief that condi
tions in this area vary greatly
from other regions of the Slate
and justify a determination ot
these costs and a reasonable
producer price," Collier said.
BOOK WIH'.K HEI.l)
TALENT - The Talent Pub
lic Library is participating In
Children's Book Week, Nov. 10
through IB. Mrs. Archie (Alta)
Eslcs, librarian invites every
one to visit the library during
the week.
The School District 6 Board
of Directors heard a building
recommendation report present
ed by Superintendent of Schools
C; A. Meyer when they met
Tuesday evening. Their consen
sus of opinion is that a bond
issue to finance new construc
tion is imminent and will prob
ably be placed before the voters
of District 6 in January.
"We have definitely reached
the position where we must
build or double shift. In a dis
trict as heavily transported as
ours the cost would be prohibi
tive to double shift. Transporta
tion represents 12 per cent of
our overall budget, with 68 per
cent of the school children in
the district transported," Meyer
said.
During the past year three
building sites have been pur
chased, one each in Gold Hill,
Sams Valley, and Central Point.
The proposed new school
would be located in Central
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Tablets
By R. E. NEALON
Mail Tribune Table Rock Correspondent
Monday morning, Nov. 4, we went out as usual to milk
the cow and feed the stock. Before we had finished we began
to be bothered with pains, caused by a condition which our
late doctor had told us might bring us to the end of the trail
if we didn't have it attended to. By the time we got to the
house we had n condition we could not handle and which was
getting more painful every second. Our better half was franti
cally trying without success to contact a doctor. She finally
got in touch with Dr. Bishop at the Manor, who said he would
be right there, and for us to start at this end and we would
meet at Sacred Heart Hospital. The little woman is a good
driver, and seldom drives at high speeds, but we could see
she was driving with a heavy foot and fighting against time
that was bringing us closer to the end of the trail. We got to
the hospital in time to meet our good doctor, who arranged
for an anesthesiologist, who gave us a $30 shot, after which
we were out until we awoke in a bed with metal side boards
and a bright eyed nurse peering at us. She informed us that
she had been assigned to us as our nurse, and that hence
forth she was responsible for us, and that we should do as she
said. That included not getting out of bed without her help.
We found later that although she was not a large person, she
knew how to handle patients and could pick us up and carry
us off.
Since arriving home we thank the telephone service men
for an extension telephone and Bob Dunn for installing a T.V.
so that we could watch the showing of the film, "The Yanks
Are Coming," which proved highly entertaining and brought
back memories of an early fifty years ago, some of them
unpleasant. We saw the young soldiers hurrying along at a
cadance of almost double time with their smiling faces and
eagerness to oo on their way and help turn back the "Kaiser"
armies who were riding roughshod over France and other
countries seemingly without any worthwhile opposition. Some
of the unpleasant things were: bidding farewell to mothers,
and casualties in our- ranks. These were not caused by gun
fire, for influenza had settled over the camp, and there was
much sickness and many deaths. Strange as it may seem,
we did hospital duty, but never contacted the disease. We
began to hold military funerals. The colonel did an exercise
with his sword, the chaplain offered a prayer, the firing squad
fired their rifles over the open grave, and the most touching
part, the one that brought the lump in your throat, was -when
they sounded taps. ...
War is killing, and being killed. We were taught in this
camp how to kill the enemy in many ways, but in the Ameri
can and British armies it seemed just as important to teach
the recruits how to keep from being killed. The most cruel
way the Germans had for killing the opposing soldiers was
mustard gas. If a man inhaled some of this, his lungs broke
out in an itch with no way to scratch it, so that the victim
died in agony. We have the British to thank for putting an
end to the gas business, for five days after the Germans first
used it, the British were ready with their brand ot gas, so
the Germans, not wanting to take their own medicine, stopped
using it. , , .
We find we are about out of space and energy, so hope
you will forgive us for using so much space on World War I,
but Armistice Day brings back a period in our life we can
never forget. To those who would have our patient president
push some one around and do bomb rattling: if they had a
little taste of war, they might thank the Lord that we have a
president who in these tense times believes it is much better
to negotiate than to aggravate.
We have received lovely cards, letters, and get well
wishes, so many in fact that it is touching to us to find so
many who consider we are worth having around. In our
next Tablets we will try to answer some of these cards and
letters and give an account ot our stay in the hospital. As of
now we are getting ready to visit our doctor for an adjust
ment. Thought for the day
Goodbye, and may the Lord bless you and keep you.
Santa Claus To Arrive
In Ashland on Nov. 30
ASHLAND - Santa Claus is
scheduled to make his official
entrance into Ashland two days
after Thanksgiving. He will be
escorted to the Plaza by a pa
rade of youngsters costumed
(or the occasion.
Thn Ashland Chamber of Com
merce and the Retail Trades
Committee, co-sponsors ot the
Christmas event, announced this
week that prizes will be award-
RegionalCalendar
SHADY COVE- Saturday,
7:30 p.m., public auction at
Parish Hall of Our Lady ot Fa
tima Catholic Church. Items to
be sold include household goods,
furniture, linens, toys and live
stock. Proccdes go to beautify
the church grounds. Public in
vited, i
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PROSPECT - Saturday, 10
a m. until dark, turkey shoot at
Prospect Gun Club. Prizes will
include hams, bacons and tur
keys. Food and coffee will be
served in clubhouse. Public in
vited .
ed in three categories and ac
cording to age groups. Entrants
in the contest will include pre
school children through those
in sixth grade. Cash prizes total
ing $60 are to be given (or the
parade entries judged best by
three adult judges.
No theme title has been cho
sen (or the Nov. 30 parade but
originality and appropriateness
will be a major consideration
according to the sponsors. Par
ticipants are asked to register
by Nov. 20 at the chamber of
commerce office. The parade
will (orm at the public library
at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 30 and headed
by a band will march north
along Main Street followed by
Santa riding on the city fire
truck.
Candy treats at the Plaza are
included for all children taking
part.
Point on West Pine Street. It
would have 18 classrooms, of
fice, health and multipurpose
rooms, and would house approx
imately 500 students in grades
1-5.
Jewett school which at the
present time has 563 students,
grades 1-3, would become a
ffrarips 1-5 sphnnl. Tr. has 9.1
classrooms with the multipur
pose room usea as a norary,
music room and cafeteria.
Four additional teachers
would be required , . , one each
in grades 1, 2, 3 and 4. No new
principal would be required.
Grade six would occupy the
brick building at the present
Central Point Elementary
Srhnnl site. Grades seven and
eight would occupy the present
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junior mgn uuuuuig nuu uvei
flow into five rooms of the re-
mnHnlorf fnmn White hllilriinCR
now occupied by the fourth
grade and part of the littn
opoHa At Ipast nne new lunior
high teacher would be neces
sary.
Plans for Sams Valley at the
present time call for remodel
ing the auditorium into two
classrooms making tnis a sue
room school with six teachers
I at the nresent time there are
five rooms, including the audi
torium, with Uie second ana
thirH irrnrtes combined). One
new teacher would be neces
sary. Grades seven ana eignt
would continue to go to junior
high at Gold Hill.
Room At Gold Hill
in r.nA Hill room availability
c evnellent. One teacher would
be added to take care of the
present split grade, mere win
be 52 in the fifth grade next
year, making the extra teacher
necessary.
Crater Hlgn win reacii i.vmu
or more students next Septem-
Un. Tha nnt imnm is nrnund 900.
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and 1,000 brings the building
usage to maximum, ivieyer sam,
nf which he recom
mended a new junior high site.
Early bird classes win in
crease and all other measures
In increase maximum USage Will
be tried, he reported.
The untinisnea gins utciub
room at Crater should be com
t nnirerc fnr !infl Girls are
fJIClcu. - a
available with 326 girls sched
uled (or P. E. , , ,
At least (our teacners snouiu
be added to the Crater staff
because of the additional iuu
students next year, bringing the
total new teacners in me tuauwi
to eleven.
Enrollment Figures
Present enrollment in the dis
tal intala 2.94R. The grade
break-down is as follows: first
grade, Gold Hill, 4t; sams v al
ley, 21; Jewett, 192; second
grade - Gold Hill, 49; Sams
Valley, 21; Jewett, 186; third
grade - Gold Hill, 46; Sams
Vallev 11: Jewett. 185; fourth
grade - Gold Hill, 53; Sams
Valley, 29; Central Point Ele
mentary, 184; fifth grade Gold
urn jr. Sams Vallev. 22: Cen
tral' Point, 178; sixth grade
Gold Hill, 43; aams vauey, n,
Central Point, 183; seventh
orarie r.nlH Hill. 55: Central
Point, 186; eighth grade Gold
Hill, 58; central roini, 11. u
lor ninth tirade. 258: 10th
grade, 251; 11th grade, 249, 12th
grade, 163. Special education
Gold Hill, 15; Central Point, 15;
Crater, 15.
Prior to hearing Meyer s re-nn,-i
hnni-H memhers interview
ed representatives (rom two ar
chitectural (irms. However,
members plan to visit new
school buildings in Josephine
County betore a decision is
is reached.
Building For Sale
The hoard received notifica
tion from the Orecon Fish and
Game Department that their
ounaing locaiea ai o e v e u i u
Street and Ash Street is for
sale. Board members decided to
investigate this property as a
possible dus garage.
Chiirman Wilton White ap
pointed Director C. W. (Bill)
Anhorn as scnooi noara repre
sentative to the joint school
playground - city park commit
tee.
Board members acknowledg
ed the gift of a complete x-ray
unit In Crater hv Dr. F.dward V.
Chance, Central Point.
Meyer announced that 45 per
cent of Crater's 1963 graduating
class is attending a college or
university.
Before the meeting convened
Keith Johnson, head football
coach at Crater showed films
of the Cratcr-Medtord and the
Cratcr-Ashland games.
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CONFERENCE SCENES Teachers and educational personnel
from all over Oregon visited Central Point and the Rogue Valley
Oct. 25 and 26 when the annual fall conference of the Department
of Classroom Teachers of the Oregon Education Association was
held at Crater High School. Zelma Foote, Jewett School teacher
and vice president and president-elect of the state DCT, chats with
Benton Dailey of Woodburn, DCT treasurer, in the top photo. John
Stewart of Phoenix, president of the Jackson County OEA, may
be seen at right in the bottom photo during a breakfast meeting.
Fire District
Consolidation
Advantages Told
ROGUE RIVER "The con
solidation of the city and rural
(ire departments through simple
annexation of the city to the
rural fire district is a logical
step in progress and econom
ics," said Loyd Morrow, Rogue
River City Councilman, in an
open letter to residents today.
Voters in the city will vote
Wednesday, Nov. 20 on whether
to annex the city to the Rogue
River Rural Fire District. The
rural department, which main
tains a station inside the city,'
has been protecting the city
area since last August, when
co cilmen decided they were
not satisfied with the condition
of the city fire department.
Speaking in favor of the an
nexation proposal, Morrow said,.
"A relative example is our
school system. Would it be good,
economics for the city to operate
its own school system independ
ently? The answer obviously is
no. Two smaller units cannot op
erate as economically as one
larger district.
"The same theory applies to
our fire protection. One depart
ment with more equipment
available to all would certainly
enhance our chance of getting
lower insurance rates for all the
people in the city as well as the
rural district.
"There is no legal require
ment that any area must main
tain a (ire department, but the
National Board of Fire Under
writers, through its state
branch (The Oregon Insurance
Rating Bureau), has the power
to grade all areas ot the state
(or insurance rates according to
the (ire protection facilities
available.
"A fire department is actu
ally not an expensive item to'
the taxpayer. If properly oper-,
ated and maintained it can save,
money (or the average property1
owner by reducing his insur
ance costs. The saving in insur
ance in any adequately pro
tected area will more than pay
the cost of operating the fire de
partment. Rogue River's (ire
rating in 1941 (Zone 8) is still
in c((cct today."
$303.35 Collected
For UN1CEF In Yreka
YREKA Local Trick - Or
Treators (or UNICEF collecte
$303.35 on Halloween, Madeline
Elsca, chairman, reported to
day. Fifty young people from five
Yreka churches participated in
the canvass. The money has
been sent to the U.S. Committee
for UNICEF in New York.
Miss Elsea, a member of the
Yreka Methodist Church young
people's group which spear
headed the drive, reported that
this year's total collection near
ly doubled that of last year.
She extended thanks to all
young people who took part and
to those who contributed to
UNICEF.
INJURY REPORTED
WILDERVILLE - Mrs. John !
Combs has been staying at the !
nome ot Mr. and Mrs. Orrie
Bull of Marble Mountain Road
recuperating from a fall. I
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WONDER - Mrs. Richard
Slayton, who has in the past been
annoyed by a coyote stealing
her chickens, finally solved her
problem by bringing him down
with her ride. This year the
wild animals seem to have all
come down out ot the hills and
annoy people no end, resident report.
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