THIRTY-YEAR CLUB QGION Six U.SSosi Svic VolumeXXIIISeptember 1979 TIIIBEk LINES June -1979 VOLUME XXIII - I1JULISHED BY FWION SIX FOREST SERVICE 30-YEAR CLUB (Not published inl973) Staff Editor Carroll E. brawn Publication Region Six Forest Servjce 30-Year Club Obituaries Many - As indicated for each iypist Bunty Lilligren x XXX )OCXXX XX XXXXX XXKXXX)O(X xrAx,cc!rcxX x X XXX XX Material appearing in TIMBEJt-LflJES may not be published without express permission ofthe officers of Region SixThirty - YEAR CLUB, ForestServicepublications excepted. TAB.L OF CONTENTS A}tTICLE AND AUTHOR FRONTSPEECE Table of contents i - ii Thirty Year Club Officers,1978 7 1979 iii A word from your editor iv Greetings Fran o club tresident, Carlos T. tiTanu Brown. 1 Greetings Fran Forest Service Chief, John R. )Guire .. 2-3 Greetings Fran Regional Forester, R. E. "Dick Worthington - S Greetings Fran Station Director, Robert F. Tarrant . 6 7 I1oodman Spare that Tree . 7 In Mnoriuin and Obituaries 8-1O Notes Fran Far and Near ljJ. -lili. Sane Early History of Deschutes Nat. For.H'9)4 .0SIT1p4h - Snow, Wind and Sagebrush, Harold E Smith I8 - It.9 Cabin Lake Fire, 1915, Harold E. Smith . l9 - So Fred Groan Becomes a Forest Ranger, Jack Groom Fran the pen of "Dog Lake Ti1ey", Bob Bailey 52 51. Free Use Permit - For Personal Use, Fritz Moisio Sit. The Fort Rock Fire,1917,Harold E, Smith . 55 Christhas, 1917 Harold E. Smith 56 Hi Lo Chicamon; Hi Yu Credit, Harold E. Smith 57 - 58 A Winter Tragedy & Comments by Harold E. Smith 59 FLre Suppression, CUd Style Harold E. Smith 60 The daterproof Compass Harold E. Smith . 60 - 61 Twenty Years Ago-1908 - 1928, John D. Guthrie 62- 63 When We Swarmed, Shirley Buck 63 - 6I Twenty Years of Progress, A. H. Sylvester 61i. - 65 TABLE 01? CCTEMTS (Cone) Article and Author RthtLscing and Comparing, Jack Groom 66 Portage Over Ross Dan, Fritz Hoiio 67 Memories of the Summer of 1926, Ida Matz 68 69 Letters to Fred Matz from Gifford Pinchot , . 70 - 7). Fred Natz's Experiences, Ida Matz 72 82 Letter to Forest History Unit, N. N. Nelson . 83 Dreanr of an illinois V11ey Airport, N. N. Nelson 61i 85 A City Girl Goes To The Woods, Mildred Nelson 86 - 92 Spirit Lake Musings, C. T. "Tarn" Broim 93 Smith Creek Butte Lookout, C. T. "Tom" Rrown 9b The Protective AssistantsPants,?ritz Moisio 9tL Siskiyou Shenariegans, Stan Bennett 95 96. Early Lookout Ebcperiences, Carl ilbrecht 96 97 Fort Rock Valley, George Jackson 98 100 Heppner, 1937 - 1938, H. C. Chriswell 101 - 110 Sc*ne Timberline Lodge Recollections, Ward Germ U). - 116 The Wheels of Hnby Guard Stations, Fritz Moisio 116 Timberline Lodge, Ira J. Mason 117 ].20 Hunt -frap -Fish, H. C. Fosburg 121 122 It Depends on ilovi You Say it, H. N. Lilhigren . 122 You Asked For It, Dorothea Burgess 123 - 126 From t1e Th.ary of a Happy danger, Fritz Moisio 127 335 The Ira E. Jones Family, E'van Jones 136 - 139 Before and After, H. N. Lifligren 139 SomeEarlyExperiences, CE, "Slim" Hem 1140-11414 The Cabin Lake Well, N. L. Merritt 1145 Twenty Years Ago - The Ashland Fire, H. A. Thomas & Ho'ard HopIUn lLp -1514 ii THIRf1 - YEAR CLUB OYFICEHS The Thirty - Year Club Officers for the years 1978 and1979 are listed below, in keeping with the policy of recordingthese people in thTimber-LLnes. 1978 Jouin-I. th'illhart President Carlos T. "Tcn" Brown Vice-President Larry E. Olpin Secretary-Treasurer Vivian H. Yergen ) tIilhiam G, Morris Ececutive Cimittee 1979Carlos T. "Tcn Brown President M. N. "Slim" Holzwarth Vice-President Larry E. Olpin Secretary-Treasurer William C. Morris ) James P. Langdon ) cecutive Ccznmittee Reference to the articles on pages 62 to6,Twenty years ago - 1908 - 1928.These articles were sent in by Howard Rondthaler of the Mt. Hood Forest, with the following explanation: "Horaoe Cooper's article about A. H. Sylvester was interesting. Sylvester's name appears in the credit line of the 1906 U.S.G.S. Quadrangle of the Mt. Hood. I am acquaintedwith this manthrough early Forest Service publications in1908, Pinchot appointed Sylvester to (the position of) Supervisor, iJenatchee NP.Sylvester remained there for at least20years. "I enclose portion of the November1928 issue of 'Six Twenty Six', (the predecessor to the current R-6 'Green Sheet') in which Sylvester recalls his experience as Supervisor. Make use of this material as you see fit - or not at all." (Howard, I agree with Larry Olpin - that the articles are worthy of printing in lthnber-Lines Thanks for sending then in.CEB) iii A LJJ 1'iOi1YO1it EDITOR de take pleaanre in presenting to you the XXIII edition of TThER- LINES.Again, it has been an interesting, enjoyableandchallenging job. Ilany interesting articles, describing early events,and men- tioning names of those who have passed on, brings back treasured memories of the past. Those persons requested to prepare obituaries have contributedtheir timeandefforts to get a complete write-up for those who have pas- sed on. In most every case this has been acccznplished. The family of Mrs. Faye Chapin did not care to furnish material on herlife. Joe Thaihofer tried but was turned down. Thanks anyway Joe. Like- wise, the family of George U. Larigdon turned down the request of WadeHallfor information on him. I used what material I had in 'Who 'sWho andJhat's What" prepared eeeral years ago by Vic Flach. Thanks for your efforts, 1ade. "Bunty Lihigren again donated her time to do the typing She did all of thearticles except one worked over the article by "Qiris" Chriswell. Hope I did not cut out too much material, Chris.This has been a volunteer effort for both of us, doing it when otherdenands on our time were not pressing. Bunty deserves a special "Thank You" £ or her good natured acceptance of additional material when she was through with the first batch of articles I gave her. "Thank You Bunty"I We have again proof readRUof the material. Please forgive us for any over-looked errors0 Harold E. Smith has contributed several articles of his early experi- ences on the Deschutes. These are very interesting. Thanks Harold. We were especially glad to get an article frcun Bob Bailey. And George Jackson again gave us an article on Fort Rock Valley.Sorry we can- not give accolades to all who contributed articles, but these folks have been steady contributors. There are two articles on Forest Ser- vice wives, I:tELdred Nelson and Dorothea Burgess. I'm sure there are more wives with similar experiences. There are still several persons who worked for Fred Matz. His daughter, Ida, sent his material for consideration. I decided that Fred was too well known among his Forest Service peers and that his articles suited the purpose of TIMBER-LINES. I hope everyone enjoys reading about his experiences. Thank you Ida for sending then in. Allow me to repeat again - If this issue serves as a reminder of the past, brings back treasured memories, and serves as a tributeto those who have passed on, then the efforts to get it readyfor publication have been well rewarded. Carroll E. Brown Editor iv U720 S.W. King GeorgeDr0. King City, Oregon,97223 March 1,1978 Dear Friends in the Thirty Year Club: It is with a deep feeling of pride that I write to you as the incc&ning president of the Thirty Year Club. I remember hearing Kirk Cecil and Fo8ter Steele talk about the formation of this club back in the early forties I was then assigned to the Columbia National Forest, (now Gifford Pinchot) under Supervisor Cecil. The club has steadily grown from a charter membership of twenty four members in 191 to around five hundred and seventy two at this time. Isn't that a healthy growth for the old timers in this wonderful region of the Forest Service? The club has much to be thankful for, such as the untiring work of our past officers who have upheld the objectives of the club that were est- ablished in the original Constitution and By Laws.Thefaithful work of our secretary, Larry Olpin,whosenewsletters and comments therein are heart-wanning, to say the least. Also the dedicated workof our present editor of "Timber-Line&', my twin brother Carroll.This will be his third term as editor. About a year ago Carroll tried to get me to take over as editor of' this year's Thnber-Iànes,I almost did, but somehow or other, I held back. Now that I'm selected to head up this fine club it is fortunate that I didnottake on this added assignment. I have much catching up to do to get reacquainted with the many people I worked with in Region Six up to the time I left the region in19146. I didn't return until1967when I retired from Region 10, the Alaska Region. Carroll and I have had an iziteresting and nearly parallel careers in the Forest 5ervice,Being away from the region as long as I was I find it frustrating at times to remember many ofyou then we meet.When I visit the Regional Office I am oftenmistakenfor Carroll and I have a time trying to figure outwho'stalking to me. Be patient, fellows, I try. I'm sure if our outgoing president, John Brilihart, was here he would be writing this letter, as club president. He and his wife are enjoying themselves in Hawaii. Before he left he asked me to carry on for him until he returned.