SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE KISS
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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
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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. There have been
very few outages, he said, and none
of them were serious. , ,
The U.S. Forest Service took a
RAISE UTTER BEEF
with ' ;
SWi FT'S Mineral . Blocks
More Mineral far year Merwf
Pacific Supply Co-op
July should be included in tt
erKics! months for fire danger.
He us id that there has been so
tmsQii with aii &t the water going
mto the grotiiKi. He said that oa
Decamber ? there was pproxij
mately !4IS inches . Qt snow in
La Se view jttui abou iour feet on
the sand ot the Dennmg: Creek snie i
cn Gearhsrt Motrntain north of Bly.
Thto area, however, is apjiroxM
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