Lambing Season Begins in Sunny West North County
Spring weather brings lambing to south 008 County ranchers as three weeks of clear skies boost sheepmen. Farmers welcome newborns while wary of what later in the month may bring.
05 Feb 1976
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1976
Page
1
Spring weather brings lambing to south 008 County ranchers as three weeks of clear skies boost sheepmen. Farmers welcome newborns while wary of what later in the month may bring.
Oregon State University researchers led by John Schmitz study mycoplasmas linked to pneumonia in beef and dairy calves. They isolated over 200 strains from 100 infected calves and healthy controls, aiming to identify prevalent types and develop a vaccine to reduce calf deaths and losses in beef and dairy operations.
Oregon and Washington ranchers will pay higher grazing fees on BLM lands starting March 1 as the rate rises about 50 percent from 1975. The new price is 1.51 dollars per animal unit month AUM on most lands and 1.62 dollars per AUM in western Oregon. About 2,000 ranchers are affected, grazing roughly 263 069 cattle and 29 000 sheep on BLM lands for about five months annually.
Youth Conservation Corps offers about 360 summer jobs in Oregon for ages 15 to 18. Applications run February 16 through March 15, and camps span several national forests and refuges with nonresident projects by cities counties and the state.
The Russian research vessel Poseidon will operate off the Oregon coast until February 15 and from April 1 to May 10 conducting bilateral fisheries research with a U S observer aboard. The 279 foot stern trawler PB 4205 may fish within 3 miles of the U S coast for research purposes and may bear the word RESEARCH on its hull.
Sheep growers in Coos and Curry counties heard a briefing on re entering the federally backed predator control program at a courthouse meeting. Tom Nichols explained benefits and restrictions while noting funding, supervision options, and costs for local trappers handling M-44 devices amid concerns from Gene Kunkle to keep agricultural and environmental interests balanced.
Nine secretaries from District 41 schools attend a January 3 workshop in North Bend designed by the Oregon School Employees Association to improve job methods. Three Myrtle Point bicycles stolen this week are recovered. two belonged to Wayne DeWald and one to Larry Larson. Albert Pawkowicz reports a stolen vat from his pickup in downtown on February 1. the vat is recovered with no arrests. The Indian education parent advisory committee will meet February 9 at 7 p.m. at the Myrtle Crest Media Center. call Louise Uttinger at 572-2561 to join. Mikt Roth, in business 28 years with a Myrtle Point body and paint shop, will close this week over mandatory improvements andfire marshal concerns. decision to reopen with or without paint facility pending.
A long report to the Oregon Board of Forestry by John H. Reuter analyzes future timber availability in Oregon. Western Oregon harvest may decline through 1985 and drop about 22 percent by 2100, then rebound to 15 percent above today. Eastern Oregon stays near present levels with later gains. The study covers 10 timbersheds, ownership classes, and growth factors, using inventory data and models to guide policy amid forest-fire history and reforestation progress.
The seventh annual South west Oregon Music Educator's Association jazz festival takes place at Myrtle Crest School all day Saturday Feb 7 with a 7 30 p m concert in the MC gym. Twelve bands perform from 9 a m to 4 30 p m with clinicians including Charles Dowd and local specialists. Moon from Myrtle Point will join the University of Oregon Jazz Ensemble for the evening show. The event includes bands from Coos Curry counties and nearby schools and is open to the public.
Mother of former officers LeRoy and Ken Lawson asks councilmen to sign affidavits denying meetings at her Harris Street home linked to Summers dismissal. Hearing on Summers January firing postponed to Feb 24–25. new police chief Overhuls to start February 13.
Dan Williams Forest Supervisor of the Malheur National Forest announced a roundup of excess wild horses on Alderers Creek Wild Horse Head during February March and April this year. The plan aims to place horses with private parties with applications available at Bear Valley District Ranger's Office in John Day Oregon. The Malheur Forest works with BLM Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to control wild horse numbers in Alderers Creek.
The city reports yearly climate figures with Myrtle Point totaling 50.71 inches of rain in 1975 and February March and October as the wet months. A high temperature of 101 on September 5 1975 and a low of 22 on January 30 1975 are recorded alongside river readings peaking at 38.15 on January 6 1975. Separately the Wild Horse Territory on the south Fork of the John Day River plans to reduce Murderers Creek herd from about 210 to 70 to restore ecological balance under the Wild Horse Act and Murderers Creek Plan. A three year program may follow if herd sizes exceed 100.
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