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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE KISS iw 1 6 GOODYEAR TIRE & RUIBER CO. plaque wai proisnved to in. Midst? Soil Conervation District ai first place diifriet In Oregon in the company's annual achievement contest, Rodney Rosebrook, Bend, Midstatt chairman, holding plaque, and Roy Stanton, Sisters, behind plaque, outstanding conservationist ot his district, were given an expense-paid trip to Goodyear Farms at Litchfield, Arizona. Others pictured are Ted Thorson, extreme left, SCS work unit conservationist, and Joe Howard, extreme right, supervisor. Picture taken by Bud Parks of Fort Rock, one. oft the speakers at the annuel convention of the Oregon Association of Soil Conservation Districts held recent ly at Pendleton. Water Table Aided By Snow By DUK HtBBKLI. The public or, at least, Vc city dwelling public has Ittttf College Gets 56,000 Grant use for enow, except to ust !t to. The usable slot us to Upper rfct on, (Klamath L,aSse on December 1, JS5&, It's nasty, white aiuff that has ; l-J!.o e Sect, comprt with to be ahovelea or plowed. Drivers . . - r- . , 'r.r n if, 2 l-a-is. . v a y yyv f Si . C -I' a dMr fSfc OREGON STATE COLLEGE Research grants totaling $58,000 hove been received by the mathe matics department at Oregun State College ior four studies this year. Dr. A. T. Lottaetn. department clmlrman, has been awarded JIT, 500 by the office of ordinance re search, U.S. Army, to continue research on solution of compiex rcientiiic equations, called integ ral equations. Since the project was started four yeaVs ago, he has received &66.OO0, The atudy ts designed to find' wave of simplifying ana speeding up complicated problem calcula tions such as those Involved to computing earthquake wave pas sage and theory of lift on airplane wings. For the third straight year. Dr.i W. M. Stone has beer, given .j grant by Boeing Airplane Com pany. Seattle. This year's total is 58.800. The Study involves work on improving methods for iadar de tect ion ol planes and guided mts-sites. Two jfrrtits came to OSC from the Air Force Wright Air Develop ment Center at Dayton, Ohio. Both are tied in,with preparation of ma terial for a reference handbook on solution of involved mathemati cal problems by use of the new electronic computers. Dr. W. E. Milne, former head of mathematics who retired last summer, received $5,190 for one part of the project and Lonseth received 114,500 to head tip the second phase. have trouble making their automo biles go up hills. It blocks highways iometimes, and makes trains, bus es and airplanes, late. The Kiamath Basin, in common wtth most of Southern Oregon and Northern California, has had more than Its share of snow so far this winter. Some places have already had more snow then they had all last year. And Bureau of Reclama tion figures indicate that if pas, performances are any guide there are two, or possibly three, good. wintry momths ahead oi us, U.OYD GIFT of langell Valley, left, Pacific Northwest "Grass man of the Year," with Claudette Shuck and Bill Dearborn, second end first place winners in the SCO speech contest, Inspect MeNary Dam while at the annual convention of the Oregon Association of Soil Conservation Districts at Pendleton. Photo by Parks Soil Conservation Groups Hold Meeting In Pendleton By HELEN PARRS FORT ROCK The seventh an nual meeting of the Oregon As sociation of Sstii Conservation dis tricts held recently at Pendle ton chalked UP the btegest attend ance in she organizatien's history. Lake and Klamath counties con tributed considerably to that num ber. Ralph Saylor of Echo, presi dent, and Ralph Wilson of Salem, vice president, presided over the sessions conservation districts to this conn- P0" ht-the hormone mixture and nRKe ir.e excess jnoistwie on. Some will remain on the holly able to attend the Pendleton meet ing. In speaking of the worth at soil try. W. F. Hall of Sparta. Georgia, a national director, called the 13. 000 supervisors "men dedicated to dive and not fo receive." each worth $7000 in federal appropria tions. He also referred to Good year Tire and Rubber Company's 1100,000 a year to encourage im provement in soil conservation dis tricts and of the Spencer ChemJ Holly Mailing Advice Given Oregonisns sending holly for Christmas are advised not to pack it with ripening fruit. Ralph Clark, horticulture specialist at Oregon State College, warns shoppers that ethylene gas given off by the fruit knocks holly hemes and leayea off stems, Holly should be packed in card board cartons and shipped early for best holiday deliveries. Whether readying for mailing or local use, Clark recommends dipping the holly in a hormone preparation which is sold at stores handling spray supplies, "Twenty five cents will treat a lot of holly and will ensure Its freshness weeks after it's picked,' says Clark. Dip ping can be done at home ' in a laundry tub or sink. "When the holly comes off the tree. .put it in a cool place out of the wirni, Clark says. Dip tne . ' ,,,,,,,, ,h Leal Company's annual contest with Lloyd Gift of Langell Valley, who',, slM0F.r.nd Dri-,nrf tum , area prizes. ' was chosen Paeiiic Nortnwest "Grassman of the Year" last month, was honored at the meet ing. Bill Dearborn of Langell Valley presented his winning speech on "Wildlife, Conservation in my Soil Conservation District.'" "Nature is a good provider," he atated, "and what Nature has pro vided we must protect." He cited projects carried out in his dis trict, for increasing and Improving the basic necessities for wildlife. Dave Doneen, national steward ship director, spoke of the new program of stewardship as "one which seeks to help the people of soil conservation districts realiie their responsibility to God for the gifts of soil and water." National church leaders have been enlisted In this work and President Eisen hower plans to proclaim May i-12 as Soil Stewardship Week, Doneen said. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's plaque for achievement was presented to Midstate Soil Conservation District and accepted by Rodney Rosebrook, chairman, from F. W. Pickard. P Principal speaker was Nola Fu cut, president ot the National As sociation of Soil Conservation Dis tricts. With 35 years' experience in Boy Scout work, Fuqua also spoke of a five-year soil conserva tion program now under way in conjunction with the Scouting pro gram. At the evening banquet, Lloyd Gift, a director of the association, and first president of the Oregon association, spoke of his debt to soil conservation work. He urged those present to take advantage of the tools available through the service. At the close of his talk, the board members presented gifts for Gift and his wife. She was un- Johnsons Take Over From Smiths At OSC OREGON STATE COLLEGE Smith is no longer the most com mon name at Oregon State Col lege, a fall term name count shows. The Johnsons have taken away Ihe title. The tally shows 57 Smiths on campus and 59 Johnsons. The Browns are third with 36. followed by the Andersons, Millers and Jones. Merritt (Bud) Parks of Fort Rock spoke on "The Goals of My Soil Conservation District." A tape recording of his talk will be en tered in the Spencer Chemical Company's national contest as Ore gon's representative. Senator Wayne Morse spoke dur ing the final day, claiming our nation's surplus as one of our greatest weapons for freedom Another speaker. Don Williams, chief of SCS, Washington. D.C., stressed teamwork as the only way that the job of soil and water conservation can be done. "We must take the long range view of water and land conser vation and management and a stepped-up range management pro gram," he declared. "There ts no short cut. It is done by the farm er and the rancher who under stands it and believes in it and wants to do it." he added. A tour of the West Umatilla SCD and MeNary Dam concluded the program. and keep ft fresh. Pack the holly in cardboard boxes lined with waxed paper for" shipping. Although some holly was lost in the pre-Thanksgiving freeze, there will be enough for commer cial sales here asd in eastern states, according to Clark. Large losses in certain strains were re ported in the Portland area, a holly-growing center. About half of the 1.200 acres planted to holly in Oregon are in production. After a branch is cut off a tree. It takes two to three years for the holly to again produce. More nasty white stuff shoveled or manhandled. But the experts aooul these things the Bureau of Reclama tion, the power companlea, the For est Service alt seem to be re markably cheerful about this ab normally heavy snowfall. Thev point out. that for the past two years. Southern Oregon and Northern California have had ab normally dry winters. A third dry winter would Have prooucea a eq uation which one Vreica expert called desperate. This winter, they hope, win oe the end of this dry spell. Water. and lots of it. is needed to re-i plenish the dry soil and build up the reservoirs. Water is needed to fully wet down the forests and cut down the intense forest tire situa tion that plagued the area, along with much of Southern and Central California last year. The water is falling In the form of either snow or rain. fl exnerts are glad of one other thing. The water came be- fore the frost sealed the ground, j so the slowly melting snow is be-:; ing absorbed Into the ground, build-' ing up the underground storage j and water tables. According to J. Pitts Elmore, j project manager of the USBR j Klamath Project, thi is good. Hcj said the snow, when tt has melted, ! has melted slowly, giving thei parched ground a chance to draw ; it in. "That is very good," he said, j "it will get the ground recharged."! : The total precipitation last year , in Kiamsth Falls was 1.52 inches. The stream year runs from Oc-: tober 1 to September 30. As of S a.m. Friday, S.87 inches had been I recorded. He fcaid that ihe snowfall sou!!,, nf th Siskivou Divide has been somewhat lighter and the rainfall correspondingly heavier because of; the lower elevations mere, nt saiu i that this has served to build up; reservoirs m that section some- what, more than In Oregon. According to USBR figures, thei snowfall and rainfall last Novem-; her has been exeeded only live' times in the entire period the i bureau has been keeping records, i The moisture content of the prectp-: itation last November was 3.14 1 inches. In November, 1885, it was: 3.78 inches; in November. 1S09.; 6.30 inches; in November, 1910, i.18j inches; in November, 1928, 7. Mi Inches, and in November, i942, 4.16 j inches. j These bureau figures go back to IWi. with some gaps between 1890 ! and. IS03. And, Elmore said, the records if those six years show that De cember and January also had ab-; normally heavy snow or rainfall. Sometimes, the heavy storms con-; tinued on into Februarv. Elmore said that his heavy snow fall has not yet bad much affect on the reservoirs of the project because of the small runoff. "There has been practically no runoff," he said. Instead, the water from the lit., tie snow that has melted has been, absorbed into the ground- , 208,160 acre feet on December t. 1054, However, to Clear Lake ami Oerber Lake, the December t fig ure is below that of last year. T'tese takes, however, are slowly ftilmg up, Elmore said. Figures for clear Lake are i5S. 410 acre feet in 1955 and SJ,50 a-;re feet in 195. The Gerber Lake figure for !S55 is 1S acre feet thia year compared tu SS.Stu sore leet last year. Oifictais of Ihe Californig Oregon Power Company are also pleased with the wcBther. Truman Runyan, assistant manager of the Copco to be Klamath Falls area office, said ithat this looks like 'the start of a good one." but added that it is possible tlie storms could stop, "and leave us worse off than last year. Ruisvan said that Copes prefers a heat's snowfall early in the win ter because it wrtl oack much slightly different view from the sower company on the timing of the snow. The early snowfall. For est service officials said, was a good Utlsg, and would aid tree growth, but the precipitation late m the winter ana during lite sprtng is the precipitation which aids in prevention ot fires. mutely T.0SQ feet In elevation. Kobert L, Cooper, Kiamaia dis trict ranger oi ihe Rogue River National Forest, potmcd ouv thttt the snowpack would serve as an insulating blanket, and would prob ably prevent the ground from freei ifig at all this winter, except m foots wheie the snow melts oil or Russell M. Bower, supervisor oi !,.. rMsfin or mother. This, he the Kiamath National Fore it in; Mitt, would add to the amount of SfiAlysu County, said that m his forest, precipitation has already exceeded the total for the entire season last year. According to fig ures published in the Siskiyou Daily News as of t a.m. Thursday, there has been f .tt aiette? of precipita tion smce July i, compared with ; j 'iAb for the entire 154-55 year. Most of- the precipitation in the ; Kiamath Forest has been rain rath-; er than snow, but Bowea indicated j that the dry land was absorbing; most of the water. Beainning Jan- i uary 1, the Klamath Forest takes i sno,vpitek surveys tur the Cattfor-' ma State Division of Water Re rources, but until those surveys are begun, there are no figures on the pack. Bower said. He said that precipitation In April, May and Jutse would control the (ire danger net year. A dry water which would be absorbed by the ground. He also Bftreed that the critic! time lor precipitation to aid In ftro prevention was the last few months is tee season, bat sssisf fiat Use snow sack was st help secstsse it weuisi scSstjt gst drying oat be twees ataftas. Accurals snow pack figures re dtateuit to eatssss, be said, be cause the snow tends "to compress and VEfiat was tsar test sack; one week mig&i fee a three or two foot pack the following week. He said, however, that fi &k oi the Woods ranger statiea re portesS a tsar foot, paek sn De cember i, and that the storm slpee thee has prsSaisly sddetf around ft fool ts that figure, harder and the spring runoff nor.Fpeli during these months would maliy -would be slower. "But nets herald another severe season such always," he added, "there rouldjas last year, he said, always be some kind ot a chinoofc Jck Groom of Lakevlew, assis ;nat would roast the snow right off j tent superintendent of Ihe Fremont the mountains." tSational Forest, expressed the He said that when the snowfalls tame thoughts concerning a dry comes litse in the year, the runoff spring, but said that he felt that is usually much fester. The heavy snowfall bss hit ail areas where Copco has isyoroeSee tm plants, he said. Runyan added that the power company has been extremely fortu nate from a service point of view during the storms. 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