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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1950)
18 governor. He states: “Although we Oregon Myrtlewood •lose our constitutional amendment Governor Long and' some of his follow Travel Information Department ers are recruits for civil service. Oregon State Highway Commission Whether they really believg in ' civil service* is immaterial, becau|e/in any Land of the myrtle woods, south event they evidently believe that thê^ western Oregon SLiong ■■■.spee^^uE^a made a mistake in/repealing the law shorelines of the Pacific,vsgthe nation’s in 1948, and have now joined with our groups in advocating the restora principal habitat of this distinctive tion of civil service by constitutional type of tree, which growsuto best^ajâ- amendment. We believe, and Gover- vantage in Curry and Coos countie^ nor Long publiclyÇMtated, that a ma Myrtle is an uncommon species but yet in j suf f ^ ^ fesupply jo rity of the people of the state want found a merit system law.” Good ôoyërri- ^tp'Sfdrm the nucleus of an unusual in- dustry in the manufacture of novelties,1 ment. B B B fflE fo n d/ p anels. isg sg a at ith ^ same time, Jh e groves as a whole, are under the protection of Sacramento Analyzes the “ Save the Myrtle Woods, Inc.,” or ganized j ust a: assure Sick Leave preservation of ftii*e^tree in the years 'aliead, w ith spècial referencê^tovirgin- This year,/for the first time, Sacra stands. mento, • California, reported <sipk leave time taken by city employees on the I Thdn Oregon-;myrtle^is a distinctive dark^rich basis of the illness involved. Six gen ~trfeè/ with glossy green throughout the year. Most eral categories w ere^sèd to classify the data: (1) common aliments;" (2)/ of tbuwS|œæ|tre •syirfeh'S^ical. pruned, sérjous ailments, (3) surgical opera ing as if they had tion s® ^ functional—female, (5) mis the leaves glistening in the sunshine. cellaneous, and (6) injuries and accid Others are columnar and some with ents not in line of duty. From a grand fantastic shapes, wide spreading and total of ,7,449 total days of sick leave, forked, heavy with burls. They can be array common ailmentsi/including^nffis and seen influenza) accounted for almost half. as they’mardi up h illsid esl^ S throRld flankhl^ ^ ^ ^ o u cla^^aH Miscellaneous in c lu d in g two days for the Much of Oregon’s myrtle' is second a bone, stuck in one employee's throat) from and surgical operaS ^ ^ ^ y /ere*) pragtie^ ally tied for second place. Although highp^ ^ ^ Fores^èrSÿ say’ the city denies" time off wHen sick how the original trees were cut or leave is tnot justified in the opinion of slashed, they shape themselves gen their visiting nurse, denial was con erally in perfect symmetry as they sidered necessary for only 23 days. In ,gro/v back from the roots. such cases, employees are charged with A forest.of ’smaïl^M ^ ^^|K^Bt/M d- leave without pay, and employment i g torists along state highway 42 entering terminated when it is obvious a parti Myrtle Point from Coquille; Larger cular employee is an malihgrt myrtles are found throughout both erer. cities and they border the highway to the Powers junction turn-off, with the largest groves on the Powa||s< roŒ||i Progress Report about 22 miles from Myrtle Point. Gus Gooselberry plunked down the Remnants of once gigantic myrtle for first payment .ion a .‘ new petrol buggy ests can be observed in the v a lle y o f the Coquille river. last Tuesday. “How is your wife get ting along learning t^tj^rive the car,” Farthei^ a u th along the coast on the we asked to know. “Not bad,” sez Gus, “ The road is . beginning to turn and /Bankus W R Q rivaled only by the now when she does.” (Continued on Page 22)
